Nov 13

Holy Crap I am so busy!!!! Business is booming so I will never complain! it would be nice to have some down time. Wed I recorded my 4th episode of SUPERHUMAN radio. This episode was on back training. I strongly urge you guys to go to www.superhumanradio.com and check out my past episodes, I guarantee you will learn at least one thing you thank me for!!
Training is going great, my body weight today was 251. I am big hard and strong!

I decided to get to baby kittens this week so Piglet could have companions since I am home so little and he gets lonely. The babies are only 6 weeks old and are a bit of work, but I love them so much!

Nov 5

Its almost 3 weeks since I left Atlanta now and I think my rebound has finally slowed. I was 247.4 yesterday but 246.6 today and this is the first day it hasn't gone up. I am very excited about what is going on these first three weeks and I am assuming I can still capitalize on this rebound another 2-3 weeks! Ideally I would like to be a very solid 255 at the end of those 2-3 weeks and I will then back off and take it easy so I can let my system clean out for about 6-8 weeks. My body could use a bit of down time. I am back to training intense and I love it! The pumps I am getting are great!!
So far I am only training 4 days a week:
Mon- legs
Tues- chest
Wed- off
Thurs- back
Fri- shoulders and arms
sat and sun- off
Next week I am going to get back to a 5 day split.

The Future of PJ....?

Well nationals has come and gone and for those of you not very close to me or not on the bodybuilding chat boards or face book, I did not win. I placed 9th. I was in the best shape of my life and I looked AWESOME! For some reason I got overlooked. It happens sometimes. I do not feel I should have won. Fred Smalls was the true winner and I am happy for him, however I do feel I should have gotten compared with the top 5 and I had a bitter taste in my mouth after the show since I wasn't. I am over it now and have moved on.
I am very fortunate to have such a supportive family, not only do my parents love what I do, but my grandparents and Step grandparents support me like crazy too! Its really special to have my family in my corner!
I also have a really great group of friends. So many actually. I can say with all honesty if you treat people the way you want to be treated it comes back to you ten fold. I have awesome friends who take good care of me!
After the show I did a kick ass shoot with Juan Morel for MUSCLEMAG. I will be sure to post when it comes out!
I took the week after the show to totally relax and eat like a slob. I really poured everything I had into this and needed some time away from the gym. Taking a week off is strange for me and I have a new fire now that I am back into the gym!!
So what does the future hold? Considering I was next to death making the heavyweight cutoff there is no chance I can ever compete in that class again. I have decided to take a step back from the top of the game to focus on the Junior Nationals in June. I want to establish myself as a new and Improved BIGGER version of myself in the super heavyweights and I feel that I should go to Juniors first so the Judges can get a good look at my transformation. From there I will decide what to do next.

2 days out!

This will most likely be my last blog before Nationals. I leave in a few hours for the airport, just getting the last of my stuff together over here. I suffered with very low calories through yesterday to get whatever remaining bit of fat I could off and today my body weight was 225.6. I woke up about 90min earlier than normal so I would guess normal time it would be 225. I am very flat and depleted but in damn good shape! Best condition of my life! Today I start carbing up and reducing my protein. Usually when I do this the first day I drop some more weight so that should put me right where I need to be for weigh ins tomorrow. Most likely I wont be able to drink water tomorrow until the night weigh ins but I have gone through dehydration before. I am very thankful for all the support I have in my life from my family and awesome friends as well as all my awesome fans. Its easier to keep pushing when you know how many people have faith in you!
I am very confident in what I look like this year and after Friday I will be a champion. I have some really cool pics up on my facebook so go check them out! For now I am off! Thank you so much Everyone and thank you SPECIES for taking good care of me!

4 days out!

After my low calories yesterday I am down to 227.8 which really fired me up! 225 seems so much closer now. I am going to continue with the lower calories again today and maybe go just strait protein and veggie for 6 meals tomorrow, but I am feeling confident as ever. One key element for the next few days is that I am going to try to really increase my water intake. I usually do about a gallon a day...some days I may get up to a gallon and a half if its a very hard training day. Well for the next couple days I am shooting for 2 gallons just to keep my self peeing and flushing weight out. I still don't look that overly flat yet which is a positive. I mean I am not full like I want to be, but I am not totally emaciated like I expected.
I have a photo shoot today, I will talk more about it in tomorrows blog but I am looking forward to working with this gentleman!

5 days out!

For starters I want to congratulate my client Nick Lepore for winning the bantam weights at the Eastern USA yesterday! Nick looked awesome and was a pleasure to work with! More clients like that please!!!! Also a HUGE congrats to my friend and fellow SPECIES athlete Melissa Di Bernardo for winning the woman's overall bodybuilding title! She looked AMAZING!

Yesterday was a long tiring day. I was up 2 hours earlier than normals to make it down to NYC for the show. I had packed an extra meal of just fish and asparagus because I know how long and draining of a day those shows can be. After the Prejudging me and SPECIES athlete Juan Morel ( a favorite in the heavyweights) went to his gym on 14th street to train. We were both dead but it was just arms so we got through. Then I headed over to my buddies house to practice posing, and I had 45 min of cardio to do!
Today my weight was 230.4lbs so I am going to remove some calories...about 400 to be exact all from carbs. I am also doing double 45 min sessions of cardio today but in between I will be resting and watching football. Only 5 more days!

Easterns and 1 week out!!

VERY long day today and I apologize to those of you attending or thinking of attending Eastern USA's in NYC tomorrow for not posting this early. I will be at the prejudge repping SPECIES and I also have a client Nick Lepore competing in the bantam weights. He looks awesome and is going to do damage in his class! Also good luck to my friend and fellow SPECIES athlete Melissa Di Bernardo competing in woman's bodybuilding! She looks awesome!

I am one week out today and I have to thank my boy IFBB pro Guy Cisternino for destroying me in a back workout Thursday! I never would have went that hard or heavy without him. I felt like I was going to pass out by the end of the workout and he kept telling me I was a pussy and he was working out like that 2 weeks before his show! LOL, Of course I reminded him that I am 1 week out and that makes a HUGE difference in energy! The workout was Intense as hell and he was telling me no one is working harder than me...and I believe that. I also believe that no one is prepping more intelligently then me. I have really got in tune with my body and mind as one this year. Its amazing. I am never satisfied and know I can still Improve greatly each day until the show and that excites me greatly based on what i look like now!!
Today I got a painful deep tissue massage from my therapist Tatyana. I made her go as hard as she could on my legs and back especially because I believe it helps rid your muscle of waste and scar tissue and helps your separation. Nothing like a sharp elbow being driven into the back of your hamstring!
I have been having dreams, or nightmares I should say, about food now. This is common for me before a show.
body weight this morning was 230lbs.

1 week till I leave!

1 more week and I get on my flight to Atlanta. 1 more week of cardio. 5 more workouts in the gym. Its all coming together! I am in that last stage of suffering but its all gonna be worth it when I taste victory. My trouble spot for years, my glutes, have striations that I have never seen and I have so much separation in my legs! I cant wait to see the finished product. Today is a much needed cardio only day and I am going to rest as much as I can! body weight this morning 231.

Last leg workout!

Today is the last day I will crush my legs. With 10 more days until the show I am going to kill them today and then let them rest. Of course they will still get lots of stimulation from the cardio, but no more direct work. This should help my separation really pop by the time I get on stage!
Bodyweight this morning was 233.

Down with the SIKNESS?!

Have you ever been happy about getting sick? Well this week it happened to me. I havent felt right lately and Monday I was just exhausted. I felt so weak and out of it. I have been tired on diets before but not like this. My training partner for legs thought I looked pretty shitty, but I just laughed it off and toughed it out through a kind of mild workout. Nothing like what I normally do for legs. When I was done I got very dizzy and lite headed. I went home and passed out on the couch. I never take naps ever so I guess I was happy to get the sleep but surprised I passed out. That night I slept a good 8 hours and woke up feeling awful Tuesday. Doing my morning cardio was brutal and exhausting but I made it through. I sat on the couch and dozed off for an hour after I ate my breakfast. When I woke up my stomach was very upset and I had to run to the bathroom. I wound up going to the bathroom about 5 times over the next 2 hours...still I pressed on.
My chest workout Tuesday was awful. I went about 75% what I normally do and it felt like I was going 150%...I made it through the workout and at the end my partner said my lips were very white and my eyes were glassy...I said to him that I never felt so mentally defeated and I wasnt sure how I could make it 4 more weeks like that. I said I felt like I was gonna drop any second.
I cancelled all my work that night and drove to CVS so I could buy a thermomiter. I checked my temp in the parking lot and it was 100.3.... So I went back in and bought some tylenol. by the time I got home I was freazing cold so I checked my temp again and it was up to 101.9. I took the tylenol and layed on the couch. Eventually I started burning up and my fever broke.
Wed I stayed home and rested all day and I am finaly starting to feel better today. I was able to get an OK back workout in, but mentally feel alot better. I know now I can regroup this weekend with some rest and press on!

Tired of being TIRED!!

I have been so tired lately. I am actually sleeping a bit better...THANK GOD...but still so exhausted. My workouts are suffering slightly but I am listening to my body and giving all I have. If I have to back off the volume I will, but I push myself hard. I cant get hurt this close to a show. I honestly cant remember feeling this tired this far out. Inside of 4 weeks so I can handle the suffering but its strange. Whats the most strange is that I am not hungry at all! Just tired. I am trying to get all the rest I can.

I had a great time guest posing on Saturday Nite despite how exhausted I was. For those of you who couldn't see it, the video is up on www.rxmuscle.com as well as my facebook page.
I have now decided to see if I can make the journey down to heavyweight. After discussing things with people I respect a lot, many feel I will be unbeatable if I can make that weight and then fill back out again. So the push for 225 has begun! This morning my weight was 239.

NPC BROOKLYN THIS SAT COME SEE ME!!

I am guest posing this Saturday at the NPC Brooklyn. If you are in the NY area come check it out. I am in damn good condition and ready to rock the house. Also SPECIES own Juan Diesel Morel will be posing too...and guess who the MC is? The godfather of SPECIES himself Dave Palumbo! Lots of reasons to come check it out! Don't miss it!

Just outside of 4 weeks and sleep has become scarce. I would kill for sleep at this point. My body is so tired but my mind wont rest. I visualize myself at Nationals at nite, I think about my business ventures, clients, love, what I can do to improve...My brain wont stop! Eventually it catches up to me and I crash bad.

Weight this morning was 238. I am looking really lean and am happy with my new size and grainy condition. I am going to do my best to keep blogging.I know many of you enjoy this and I am a giant douche for not doing it more often!

Bump in the road...

So my week started off fairly normal. Big cheat on Sunday, blast legs Monday...
This time things went a little different. Sunday I decided to go for a bit of an out door hike for my cardio. It took about an hour and at the end my knees were quite sore. Monday during my leg workout, I had to back off the weights on some of my exercises because my knees felt like they were going to literally explode! At the end of my workout I got very sick to my stomach. I thought I was going to puke but I wound up being OK. For the rest of the day I didn't feel right so I just layed on the couch. That night my knees were so sore it kept me from sleeping!
Tuesday rolls around and I am exhausted. I had tons of errands to do, and I felt so crappy, I almost canceled work and my workout! I never do that! I decided to tough it out and I managed to get it all done.
On my way home I was sitting at a traffic light and I fell asleep! I saw some green as I came too, and I got startled and hit the gas...unfortunately it was for the lane next to me and I wound up smashing the guy in front of me. Everyone was fine, but I dented his bumper. I was pissed at myself, but shit happens, and it could have been way worse! That night I finally slept and I felt better today! Back to being focused on my show!
weight is 241. I have some exciting news I will reveal in my next blog!

6 weeks out!

Very light today- 237.5. pretty flat, but very lean. I will bust my ass through today then eat up again tomorrow. Training is going awesome. I have some freaks to train legs and chest with! I am feeling confident and ahead of schedule. Wish I could sleep better, but that's always been an issue for me.

Congrats to my boy and fellow SPECIES sponsored athlete Juan "Diesel" Morel for top call out last nite at the North Americans. Juan looked Nasty and should finish no worse than 2nd!

Leg Destruction!!!

So I have been using Sunday as a "re-feed, or cheat day" to really load my body up with calories and glycogen. Then Monday I absolutely kill my legs. Well yesterday I really turned it up and I had 3 guys all training hard with me. It was a brutal high volume workout and I am really sore today! This is what we did:

Lying hamstring curls- first 4 sets were 15, then a set of 10, followed by a drop set to finish. 6 total sets.
Leg press- 5 sets of 20-30 reps, the last set I failed at 20 we increase the weight each set.
Front squats- 4 heavy sets of 10
SUPERSET- leg extensions for 25 reps with hack squats 12-15 reps- This was brutal for 3 sets
Sumo style dead lifts- 3 sets of 10 reps
regular close stance dead lifts to finish- 2 all out sets, I finished with 365 for 13 and I was fried!

I love a killer leg workout. The rest of the week should be a breeze now.
Body weight was 243.8 today. I have been as low as 238.8 and looked very dry there. Everything is going great!

9 weeks out

Morning body weight 240.2
Today is my "refeed day" so I will be eating whatever I want and loading up with glycogen and water! It makes legs very intense on Mondays! Training is going great, no major pains, but I did tweak my knee last week so its a bit sore.
Congrats to my buddy Guy Cisternino for taking 5th in the 202 at the Dallas Europa and to his fiance' Bethany Wagner for winning the fitness!

10 weeks out

Had a long and tiring weekend in FL and I am so happy to be home. I missed one session of cardio but managed to stay exactly on point with my diet. Considering I got booted off my flight there and then stuck in numerous hotels and airports I am pretty pleased. I had a couple cheat meals yesterday to fuel my body up for a brutal leg workout today. This morning I was 245.6 and I am glycogen loaded and ready to destroy my lower body!! Feels good to be home! Congrats to my friend Kat Ramirez, a fellow SPECIES athlete on her great placing in Jacksonville!

Jacksonville Pro

2 weeks ago I was onstage guest posing at the NPC Empire States, this weekend I head to Jacksonville for the Jacksonville Pro! After this I don't want to go anywhere other than the Olympia till after Nationals. This weekend should be fun though.... My buddy Aaron Singerman is competing and I will be there to help him along the way. Fellow SPECIES athlete Kat Ramirez will also be competing and I am hoping they both kick ass!

My training is going great. I feel I am ahead of schedule so have been loading up the calories on Sunday which has cased some SICK leg workouts Monday! I am very pleased at this point. Body weight this morning was 243.5

Empire States

Saturday I will be guest posing at the NPC EMPIRE STATES in NY. I guest posed there last year and it was a really great experience. Also this weekend is the Hartford Europa. Its a two day event and although I'm busy with the guest pose Saturday, I will be there all day Friday. Good luck to my client Jillian Reville competing in the amature figure and to my good friend Guy Cisternino making his pro debut in the 202 class!!

Team Universe!

I will be at Team Universe tomorrow all day long! Gonna be a huge show! I have clients as well as tons of friends competing and will be in the SPECIES booth so look for me if you are there!

Diet has begun!

After a week of pigging out which reached its climax on the 4th of July, I have officially disgusted my self enough where I am excited to diet. The diet started yesterday, July 5th at 253lbs. This is roughly 20lbs lighter than when I started last year and I feel I put on some quality muscle too. I would guess I am about as lean as I was at 8-9 weeks out last year. Considering how much I learned about my body last year I am really excited to be this far ahead of the game. I really want to have the best condition on stage!
More updates to come.

For those of you who havent seen it, check me out in the August MUSCLEMAG in the East Coast Muscle section. Thank you Tony Monchinski for the article and picture!

More Client success stories!

Congrats to my client Michelle Dileo who took 3rd in a very tough masters class and 3rd in a novice that we all thought she won at the INBF Hercules over the weekend!
Also check out my client Jillian Reville's training video at musculardevelopment.com Jillian talks about the program we structured for her to improve her butt and hams for Team U! Its a very informative video!

I'm sick with a sinus infection. Had to get on antibiotics but its best I get this out of the way cus the diet is starting soon!

INBF HERCULES AND PROS VRS JOES!

Good luck to my client James Webb competing in his first BB show tomorrow The West Coast Classic in California....Also Good luck to my client Michell Deleo Competing in her first Figure contest tomorrow the INBF HERCULES...And Finally good luck to My man Luke Badaracco trying to beat Ben White at the Pros VRS Joes tomorrow

Junior Nationals Weekend

Had a great time at Junior Nationals. Got to catch up with a bunch of friends and do some mild partying. It was a fun weekend! I trained at the famous QUADS gym in down town Chicago and boy was it AWESOME!!! Top 3 best gyms I have ever been to. I had some great workouts there!
The show was good, alot of competitors brought some serious condition and I M fired up for my own diet to start soon. I flew back very early Sunday morning so I could see my step day for fathers day. Today its back to the grind and a few more weeks of off season!
weight is 256.

Congrats to Stephanie Ney!

Congrats to my client Stephanie Ney who won the figure overall at the NPC CT state champ this weekend. She worked her ass off and deserved it!!!!!

Atlantic States

This Weekend is the Atlantic States Bodybuilding championships in NYC. This is another huge Bev Francis show that usually gets a very impressive turnout. I have two clients Competing: Stephanie Ney who will be in the figure medium class, and Marc Andrade who will be in the LT Heavies (if all goes according to plan) Both are set to do some serious damage and I am very excited about this. My client who one the OVERALL at the gulf coast, Shora Fiedler will be competing down in Florida again this weekend as well. I am very excited about all this!
GOOD LUCK TO ALL MY CLIENTS!!!!

As all ways I can be found at the SPECIES booth at the show so if your attending please come say hello!

ARM VIDEO IS UP!!!!!!!!!!!!

My latest video, an arm workout with big Juan Morel is up on www.rxmuscle.com
go into muscle central and leave a comment in the thread. Positive or negative, all comments are welcome!
At the end of the video we take our shirts off and pose down!
I'm currently lean and mean at 255. Very happy about my progress, and strong as ever in the gym!

Heavy Muscle Radio/ another win!!

I did an episode of Heavy Muscle radio....Finally. It will be airing tonight at 7pm Eastern Standard time. Check it out, it was funny. The show is on www.rxmuscle.com for those of you who don't know!
I also did an arm workout that will be up in the near future!

Also, I have to congratulate my client Shora Feidler for winning the open short class and OVERALL title of her show this weekend!!!!! Another Victory for a Braun trained client. Get this, it was her first show!!!!!

New Client Testimonial

Check out my latest client testimonial in the training section of my website. Heavyweight bodybuilding champ of North Carolina Dustin Helms! Just scroll all the way to the bottom of the personal training section and you will see him!

New Arm Video!!

I went down to Bev Francis' Gym in Syossett yesterday to shoot an arm workout for www.rxmuscle.com. It was the first time I have done an arm video since 2007 with Evan Centopani. I think the video will go over pretty well with the fans, Juan Diesel (my partner for the video) and I did a lot of volume. I am excited for it to come out. At the end of the video we did some posing.
Training is going well, and the business is keeping me busy, I have a bunch of clients competing in the near future!

JUNE IRONMAN!!!

This will be my third strait month in a major magazine!! The June issue of IRONMAN is out on stands now and I was selected as a rising star by Lonnie Teper!! Page 225! Pretty Awesome!
Huge thank you to Lonnie Teper for selecting me!

NY PRO!

Tomorrow is the NY Pro show in Tribecca and I will be in the SPECIES booth all day.
Come say hi if your in attendance, its gonna be a great show. My buddy Aaron Singerman (host of OFF TOPIC RADIO) has been staying with me since wed, and we are both very excited with conflicting opinions of how the show will go.
My Predictions if everyone comes in shape (which never seems to happen):

1- Dennis Wolf (I've heard inside rumors that he is not in shape, but I hope he brings it)
2- Toney Freeman
3- Roelly Winklaar
4- Ben Pakulski
5- Hidetada Yamagishi

Now, there are a number of things that could come into play here and I would not be surprised if Hidetada placed higher being that he beat Tony in Arizona. NY has favored big boys in the past so it will be very interesting!

Aaron is looking over my shoulder and wants to add his opinion. Here are his pics:

1- Toney Freeman
2-Roelly Winklaar
3-Hidetada Yamagishi
4-Dennis Wolf
5-Ben Pakulski

****Aarons note*** "I want it to be known that I was the only one in the bodybuilding community to pick the correct top 6 at the Arnold. Thank You."

Best of Luck to my friend Tabitha Leandri making her pro debut in bikini!!!

Training is going great. I am 255 and as lean as ever!!!

New Testimonial

Check out my latest client testimonial in the training section of my website. Jill Tellefsen-Crean is a two time cancer survivor that I have been working with for about 7 months now. Her pics speak for them selves!!!!

My training is going great....I cant give a weight update right now because I left my scale at the gym. I feel large though, lol.
I will update again soon with a body weight!

4-23

Went to Fox Lane High School in Bedford New York Yesterday with another bodybuilder Jeff Beckhem, and IFBB Pro Fahkri Mubrak. We were invited by MUSCLEMAG photographer Tony Monchinski who happens to be a teacher at the school. Tony invited us to the school for earth day because they were doing lots of fitness related activities. We spoke to the students about why we got into bodybuilding, what we have got from bodybuilding, and living a healthy lifestyle. The kids were in awe of our size and asked some really intelligent questions. It was a great experience and I would bet at least 2 of the kids I talked to will get into bodybuilding now.

Weight this morning was 255. Staying lean, making gains.

Fitness Atlantic

Another Weekend, another client competing. This one takes me to The Fitness Atlantic. An all natural competition held in Connecticut every year. I have a client, Jen Olsen who is a mother of 2. 37 years old looks better than most 25 year olds!! This will be her first show ever and she is more than ready! Good luck to her!
My training is going well. I seem to be getting leaner and leaner so I am planning on adding in some calories. Body weight is still in the low 250's but my stomach and quads are chiseled and I can even see lines in my glutes when I first get up in the morn.

Another Client Success Story

Congrats to my client and main man, Dustin Helms for winning the Heavyweight Championship of the North Carolina State championships this weekend. Dustin is a beast and a pleasure to work with. He Dominated his class and got Screwed in a Bizarre Overall decision where the least respectable athlete beat out some good bodybuilders. Regardless Dustin kicked ass and he once again proved my theory that if you follow a good plan and trust your coach, you don't have to see each other in person for success. Hopefully now that its all done I will actually meet the guy in person, he made me proud!

April 5

Had a good time at the NY Metropolitan this weekend. Both my clients looked great!!! Congrats To Jillian Reville who took 2nd in a very competitive B class! Also congrats to my boy Nick Freglette who took 2nd in a close battle with Species and RXMUSCLE's own Sean Andros.

I am still sick but trucking through somehow!

NY Metropolitans Tomorrow

Tomorrow is the NY Metropolitan, the first of the 3 biggest shows in the est coast all held in the Tribecca Performing Arts Center. I will be there all day!! I have 2 clients competing in figure and a few friends competing. I will also be in the SPECIES booth so if your attending please come by!

Training is going well, came down with a nasty cold this week. I'm fighting through it with Nyquil and Sudafed. body weight is 253 and I have gotten leaner the past few weeks.

Aaron Singerman visit

First off let me start by saying I am not 35olbs, I am currently 252lbs!! lol, sorry for the typo in my last blog!

My good buddy Aaron Singerman the host of OFF Topic Radio, is here visiting CT for the next two days. I picked him up last night from the airport. Poor Aaron's luggage was lust and has finally just arrived a whole day later so now he can finally get his ass in the shower and we can go do something! lol
We are going to go to the Montanari Bros golds to train. I haven't been there in a few months and am really looking forward to it. Aaron is gonna love this gym. I am sure he hasnt been to a gym like this before!
All in all training is going well. Still doing cardio at least 5 days a week and eating lots of clean food.

CONGRATS TO MY CLIENT JILLIAN REVILLE FOR BEING THE MD FORUM BABE OF THE MONTH!!!

March 17

The Arnold was a blast! I got to work with some awesome people in the booth and meet tons of really cool people. I managed to get a workout in out there despite the long days. The after party was INSANE!! Now that I am back I am officially back to my off season full speed ahead. my weight has been steady around 350, but I am leaner and getting stronger. I have never been this lean at this weight before! The plan is to keep doing cardio and add some more cals in slowly and see if I can put some good mass on while maintaining this level of body fat. I am confident in my plan!!

ARNOLD HERE I COME!!!

I had a blast Last weekend at the Phoenix pro! Home for ten days and then its time for the ARNOLD CLASSIC in Ohio! I cant wait!!
I am very excited to be in 2 magazines this month! Flex magazine put me in the 4 to watch column and MuscleMag gave me 12 pages of pics!! Both re April issues in stores now.
Training is going well, and I plan on going full speed as soon as I get back from the Arnold! Body weight is steady around 250.

April MuscleMag

Wanna let everyone know, I have a big spread in the April Issue of MuscleMag!~ The first picture is pretty awesome! It should be in stores now!

Feb 15

Last week was my first week back to training on a 5 day split. I was very sore all week despite only going about 70%! my weight this am was 253 and i am very pleased with my condition at this body weight!

I have alot going on lately and have been so busy, but I try to get on here to update all of you on whats going on. Over the weekend I had to go down to Jersey for a good friend of mines mothers funeral. It was very sad and my heart goes out to the whole family.

This weekend is the Phoenix Pro show and I have the pleasure of being able to not only attend the show, but I am going to be doing the Live Play by Play with my friend from OFF TOPIC RADIO Aaron Singerman. I am really excited! I leave for Phoenix on Friday!

Great Birthday Wekend!

I had a great birthday weekend! Started on Friday night and went right through to the Superbowl. I spent alot of time with loved ones and great friends and ate a ton of good food!
My current body weight is exactly 250lbs. This week I am going back to my regular 5 day split. Still not full speed yet, but stepping it up more and more each week!
I want to thank all the people on the Forums, facebook and everywhere else for making this birthday really special!

Up to 4 days

So I am up to 4 days a week training now. Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri. I plan on taking this weekend off and then getting back to my regular 5 day split next week. Injuries are slowly getting better!
Body weight today was 246.4 Still pretty lean.
My best friend Jay Castaldi got married over the weekend and I was the best man. I gave an Awesome speech and had a great time. The wedding was videotaped by TLC for a show called four brides. I'm looking forward to the airing.

Good Season for the Jets

Tough loss for my beloved NY Jets yesterday, but they were not anywhere near as good a team as the Colts. It was a tough but exciting season and I think the Jets are gonna be pretty damn good next year. I love our new coach!
I pigged out on food all day for the game, but its back to normal this week and I am adding a 4th day to my workout split that has only been 3 days.
Weight this am was 247.8 but thats alot of water weight that will be gone in a day or two.

J-E-T-S JETS< JETS< JETS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What a game Yesterday! This is the happiest I have been in a while! I love this team, and I love our coach! We play hard nosed, smash mouth football! Off to the Colts for the AFC championship! I am so excited!

Still training 3 days a week trying to get my injuries healed.

New Year New Beginnings

Happy New Year!
I know its been a while since I have posted, and I apologize for that.
Its 2010 and I am very excited to announce that as of January 1, I have signed my first REAL contract exclusive with SPECIES NUTRITION!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am very excited for the upcoming year!
I am still taking it easy training 3 days a week. Doing cardio about 5 days a week and eating very clean. I weigh 240lbs. I am the best man in my best friend Jay Castaldi's wedding at the end of the month and I cant really expand my frame any more or I will not fit in my tux! come February I plan on getting back to my regular 5 day split and making some serious improvements.
Still going through some drama in my personal life, but I am hoping to put that to bed for good soon.