Back pain, back pain, let me give my fast advice for back pain!

Ok first of all, avoid injuring your back in The first place so you wont be fucked. Injury prevention is key. Lift with your legs! And keep that spine straight! Like you are doing a deadlift when you pick something up. Never reach for something and then try to lift it with your back! Bad! Bad! Bad! 90% chance thats going to fuck you up, dont do it!

Also, no twisting while lifting something up! Bad!

Always try to walk standing straight, posture is key for prevention!

Now, if you already fucked up your back. Rest until the pain goes down a good amount and stabilizes. Then try to see what the maximum amount of physical activity is that you can do, without making the pain worse.

Start to do plank exercises, as long as it doesnt cause the pain to increase substantially. It might aggravate the painful areas the fist time, but experiment to see what you can handle. After that, try to build up your plank time. Start by doing the plank 1 set twice and week and build up from there. By building strength in your core, this should take pressure off of the problem area, and therefore decrease pain.

Try not to take pain medication. Try to solve the problem instead of masking it.

If you manage to gain strength in the plank and pain goes down, slowly add in more physical activity, weights, running, etc. Adjust accordingly. If pain increases, back off and try again. 

One of my favorite bodybuilders when I was training in highschool

Markus Ruhl. He had some of the best motivational workout videos. His training reminded me of Ronnie and Dorian's, except he used the smith machine a lot lol. He trained hard and heavy, with lots of volume. Im still curious exactly how much of what he put in those shoulders that made them look like that... But whatever, this is bodybuilding lol.

How soon do I eat after a workout?

So i think alot of people ive trained and people who see me leave the gym after a workout dont completely believe i practice what i preach for post workout meals. They think i just leave the gym and go to a fucking party or something, or smoke a bunch of weed, and dont stick to my meal plan. This is not completely true. Do i drink alcohol right after i workout? Yes, sometimes. But if you think i dont eat multiple meals after a workout you are completely wrong. I never do a weighttraining workout and just get drunk and fall asleep till the next day. That would make the workout i did completely pointless, no stregnth gains, no muscle gains, and definitely no fatloss. After a workout i believe you can go up to an hour max without eating. Is this scientifically correct? I honestly dont know. Has it allowed me and my clients to make the progress we wanted? Yes, absolutley.

Heres how it works. After a good weightraining session your muscle fibers have been broken down, you need to give it nutrients to repair them. Last thing you want to do is fall asleep for 10hours without eating. By the time you wake up you probably lost muscle mass. So feed those motherfuckers. But that doesnt mean leave the gym and imediately cram down 2 chicken breasts and a tupperware of brown rice while you are still fucking pumped, lol. If youre somehardcore bodybuilder, sure you can slam that protein shake right after with fucking maltodetrixin. But for the normal guy you are going to be ok not eating for 30min to an hour, just dont go over 1 hour. I mean sometimes its nearly impossible to eat right after a good workout. Youre pumped, adrenaline is still flowing, you need some time to relax. 

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Now i guarantee you this fella aint natural, but godamn he looks good. This fella derserves a few beers.

Bodybuilding is like a puzzle.

Bodybuilding is like a puzzle, there isnt one exact way to solve it, there are atleast several. And not only that, there are multiple components to each solution. You have 1. Training, 2. Diet, 3. Rest. And if you are using steroids to reach your goals, that will be 4.(if not, leave that out.) And each one of these components is almost its own puzzle, sounds complicated doesnt it? Well it takes knowledge to understand what to do...

so we have these components and we have to put them in the right places in order to solve this puzzle, in this case the completely solved puzzle represents the results we want to achieve.

How do you do this? Well for 1. Training, learn how to train correctly and efficiently. Read bodybuilding books, watch youtube videos on how to perform exercises correctly, hire a trainer with real bodybuilding experience and who looks the part.

For 2. Diet, research some bodybuilding meal plans online, read about basic nutrition, what is protein, carbs, fats, etc. Find someone with good bodybuilding or fitness experience and ask them for advice. Once again make sure they look the part. If a fat person is preaching nutrition advice, stay away!

Number 3. Rest, take atleast one day full rest each week when you begin your workout routine. You wont get stronger bigger muscles if you overload your body. And your fatloss will cease too. Your workouts wont progress if youre too tired to even do the workout. Get it?

And 4. Steroids, growth hormone, and other drugs. Now many people do reach their fitness goals faster with the use of these drugs, but the results usually will go away completely if you cut down on the dosage and stop training. You need to know what the fuck you are doing with this stuff or you will take it and end up looking like shit, and then even worse when you stop taking it. Beginners stay away from this stuff. But like i said theres many solutions to this bodybuilding puzzle, you just have to find the correct solution that works best for you.

Ive been lifting weights for 17 years.

April marked my 17th year of working out. The first gym i joined was the ymca, right before i turned 13. Ive been working out in gyms for over 16 years consistently. Thats a long fucking time. Some people dont understand why i look pissed off sometimes or emotionless when im training in the gym or just in the gym in general. One time one of my clients said, " Brandon you come into the gym with a growl on your face..." and yeah i do sometimes, because ive been in the gym for over 16 fucking years. Im there to handle my business and get the fuck out, not waste my time. Sure you see me joke around sometimes, but the workouts arent a joke, well mine arent atleast, lol. And theres nothing funny about wasting your time doing shit incorrectly at the gym when you could have been doing it correctly. I mean sure if you want to pay some of the bullshit artist trainers out there to lie to you while they take your money go ahead, I see it all the time. Theres ones that will tell you everything you want to hear, and ontop of that they will make the workout fun! Fun?.. Looks more like FUNNY to me.

And also think about how many fucking annoying characters ive met in gyms over the years. Theres the staredown guys, the fakes, the liars, the loud people, the braggers, the bodybuilding "experts" who have never gained an ounce of muscle in their life, the fat trainer, the annoying front desk people, the sunnyvale stinkeye people, the gay stalker, the straight stalker, and the list goes on. Even my dad annoyed the fuck out of me at golds, i mean i was like dude shut the fuck up and do your godamn fucking workout. Introducing me to everyfucking person at the gym, fuck. What a bunch of fucking gossipers. 

And dont get me wrong ive met alot of great amazing people in the gym, you guys know who you are. I thank you for your help and knowledge you have passed on to me. But unfortunatly ive also met alot of fake, lying, annoying shit heads who arent worth knowing, and you also know who you are.

So there it is as to an explanation of my mindset when im in the gym. Since some of you are so confused about it.

And remember guys, to get good results you dont just have to do the workout correctly, you have to eat correctly at correct times, you need to fit the gym time in your schedule so it works for you, you even have to shop correctly. Everything has to be done CORRECTLY, not just some things correctly. This is a lot of fucking work, and if im doing all this fucking work, to me thats fucking serious. And when i help my clients do this work, thats also fucking serious. Sometimes they dont realize this. 

How i can tell youve done test enanthate and prOp..

Thickening of the skin. Hardening of the jaw. Musculairity despite not training hard. Fulleness of the muscles with noticeable water retention even if lean, and the typical, blow up and shrink down... After each cycle.

My own bodybuilding progress over the years.

I never reached any of my goals as soon as I wanted them to be reached. I always wanted things quick, I didn't care what I needed to know. When I first started working out at golds gym, I thought I knew everything. I read every Arnold book in existence. I figured, what else could I learn?...well actually, there was a lot I could learn. My own failures during my bodybuilding journey were my greatest lessons. I learned what wasn't working and I changed it. You should do the same. You don't want to be the guy in the gym whose been there for 30 years and never made any gains. You want to be the person who joins the gym and realizes what works and what DOESN'T. Take that knowledge and use it to make the progress you wanted.

The most impressive pro bodybuilder of all time

Ronnie Coleman. At 5'11" and 258-280lb contest weight, Ronnie was a mixture of freaky mass and great proportions, all while maintaining an aesthetic shape. He had insane vasculairity and muscle density, and also was one of the strongest bodybuilders of his time. In his prime he was usually the most shredded guy on stage. This guy's nutrition was always on point, if you ever seen videos of his meal prep and showing his meals you know this. And I haven't seen many bodybuilders who ever trained as hard as Ronnie. Another crazy thing about him most people don't know is that he had a herniated disc before he ever won his first Mr Olympia. So this guy trained for and won 8 Mr Olympias with a herniated disk, wtf. I heard him discussing this with Dave Palumbo on his rxmuscle radio show. Dave couldn't believe it.

What are the healthiest "fast food" options?

So people ask me stuff like, " Um, dude do you think this is better than mcdonalds? Or is taco bell better than this?"

So right now im going to quickly discuss the best "fast food" places to go to, in order of healthiest to least healthiest. And when i say fast food im talking about places you can get the food, fast. Not just the stereotypical places like mcdonalds or taco bell. These are places i actually go, and i will order them in the rankings i would personally choose, if i was trying to get "fast food." And im going to just list the ones i would choose so some places will be left out.

1. Off the stick. Off the stick is like chipotle, but way healthier, they grill all their meat fresh and have tons of options of rice and vegetables. They have bowls, burritos, and other stuff. Unfortunately the only one i know of is in sunnyvale.

2. Chipotle. Chipotle is pretty basic, im sure they add some stuff to their rice that makes it less healthier than if you cooked it yourself, but fuck it, you need food fast in this case. Get a fucking chicken or steak bowl with preferably the brown rice and some peppers(fajitas), salsa, and lettuce is fine. If youre trying to lose weight get the bowl and not the burrito, too much flour. And no sour cream or cheese! We just want te protein and some carbs, not extra stuff that will make us fatter! And no corn! Incase you didnt know corn has alot of sugar in it, plus its all gmo and shit.

3. Togos. I like togos. I get a large whole wheat turkey and swiss cheese sandwich, no mayo! Mustard is fine. And i get the peppers, lettuce and tomato. Good amount of protein and the whole wheat bread isnt gonna be too bad for you. Keep it simple. Dont get some crazy meatball and cheese sandwich drizzled in olive oil.

4. Mcdonalds. Ok now were going down to the lower rankings. I try not to eat mcdonalds very often, but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. Especially if you just did a hard workout and you realize you dont have any food at home and theres nothing else around. I usually get 3 double cheese burgers plain, thats just the meat and cheese. Theres like 25-26 grams of protein per burger, so thats like 75g protein. This will be fine for after a hard weight training session. But like i said this is a last resort!!! Sometimes i get a large fry too, but dont do that unless youve been eating good all week and have been making progress!

5. In and out. Pretty close to the same thing as mcdonalds, but try not to go crazy, no fucking animal style shit with secret animal sauce. I usually would get 2 double doubles, and maybe a fry. Like i said, this is last resort. Id choose off the stick, chipotle and togos before this!!!

6. Carls jr. Ok same thing as mcdonalds and in and out but id put it below them because i sense the quality of the meat, bread, and overall ingredients is a little lower. But same rule, get a basic burger with the meat. I think the "six dollar burger" is one. And if youre craving fries, do what you gotta do. But you better be eating healthy the rest of the week.

You People who dont get results in the gym.

Hey, you people who dont get results in the gym, you know what you could do? How about reading some books about bodybuilding, exercise, and nutrition. That way you can figure out what you're doing wrong. Pretty simple solution if you ask me. Because trust me, I know some of you don't like what I have to say about all this diet and workout stuff. Even though you know I'm right. So I'm just throwing out some other options for you. And dont get me wrong, some of those books are going to take a very, Very, long time to read. Oh god I remember it like i was reading them yesterday, but oh wait, it wasnt yesterday, it was 10 years ago. Jesus it took me a long time to understand all that science stuff. I wish some of you would just listen to my simplified version of it, but Oh well...

It's called the FITNESS industry

It's not the ugliness industry, it's not the fatness industry, it's not the weakness industry, its not the be a little scared pussy industry. Some of you need to re-adjust your fucking minds and get real, because if youre somebody in the gym who looks like shit and acts like theyre all that, you aint getting my respect(unless you own a lamborghini). And all these fucking fat and skinny ass, facially ugly front desk people who arent even cool and have zero life experience, you guys are fucking shit to me. Im just gonna say that. Acting like your living all high society and shit making 12 bucks an hour, its fucking funny and sad(if youre actually a fit front desk person who looks good, ignore this). And lets get to the personal trainers, who most these days(and especially ones in certain cities not worth mentioning) are fucking pathetic looking, and dont even know how to build muscle or lose fat(especially without the use of steroids!). In fact, most of them have never even done it themselves. I honestly feel bad for some of their naive brainwashed clients who believe these people's talk. I remember a time where if you actually looked good, you got respect, now it almost seems to be the opposite. People see someone in the gym whose in shape, and they think thats the bad guy... Lol. All you Bitches who think that shit, make some visible progress for once. Let me for once look at you and think, "yea that guy or girl is training hard, correctly, and eating right."

Hey and you ever heard of bodybuilding? Yeah that shit that started the fitness industry. You know who Arnold Schwarzenegger is? That guy didnt win mr olympia so many times because he looked the worst, he won it because he looked the best, you fucking retards.

If you ever wondered why I'm not impressed by something...

It's because.... well, im not impressed.

Alot of guys in the gym...

Alot of guys in the gym be thinkin, " haha Brandon thinks im natural and i havent taken steroids, when i actually still do, muahahaha..."       um correction, I already know you took steroids, and i can tell you still take them, im just pretending i believe youre natural so you dont get upset. Cant fool old BC fellas, I know too much. And i seriously take shits that look more impressive than some of you hormonized fellas.

You can check out some of my sparring in this video.

(me in the gray)

https://youtu.be/zkF4fke-eQk

If you want the best results...

It's best to know, what the fuck you are doing.

Whats the truth?

Does anybody know the truth? Do you know the truth?

A genetically gifted natural who wouldnt listen to the science or bodybuilding facts

So there was this guy i used to train with towards the end of highschool(and no he didn't go to the same highschool as me). His name, we will just call him Jim. Now Jim was possibly one of the most genetically gifted freaks ive ever met. Jim was a 5'11" white guy weighing 228-235lbs his senior year of highschool. However, with his frame and muscle shape he looked easily a muscular 240-245. Bodyfatwise i dont know, but it probably wasnt over 17-18%. Now this guy Jim not only had 18" arms but his quads were huge and his calves were about 17.5-18". This was at the age of 17. And also not only was Jim huge, but he was also freakishly strong. I remember spotting him one time our senior year while he cranked out 315 for 12 reps on flat bench and then could have done more but just stopped because he was getting tired lol, he could also bench 405 his senior year which i witnessed one time and it was pretty ridiculous. Jim would also do alternating dumbell curls with 80lb dumbells for a minimum of 12 reps each arm with fairly good form. Jim also loved to do cardio and would go on 3 miles runs several times a week.. Now at the time we started training together senior year i didnt know nearly as much as i know now about training and nutrition, but i still had good size for my age and was very lean, because i atleast was obsessive about eating clean, staying consistent with my meals everyday, and always getting the right amount of protein. Now jim was alot stronger and more muscular than me but he admired that i was very lean and he kept asking me questions all the time. "Dude, what do you eat?" And, "how come you dont lift very heavy, but youre ripped?" I told him what i knew at the time about nutrition and training and how i had noticed results from doing what i had read about on bodybuilding websites and in books. Jim didnt want to hear any of it. He said, " dude it has nothing to do with diet all that 5meals a day is bullshit, its all about just training harder." At the time jim told me he only ate 2-3 times a day, some times his dinner only consisted of a salad with no protein what so ever... This is why this guy has to be one of the most genetically gifted bodybuilders ive ever met. I mean i have no idea how this guy had the muscle size and stregnth at that age eating this little. And if you want to ask if he was taking steroids? no this was not the case at all. Jim knew that i knew more about bodybuilding than him and often times due to the lack of results he was getting, would ask me if i knew what steroids he could take, or if i knew where to get the steroids that would help him reach his goal. Which, basically at that time was just to drop about 15lbs of bodyfat and look ripped, or atleast look leaner.

   I told Jim that he definitely did NOT need to take steroids to reach his goal, but he seemed to think this was his only option. I told him he needed to fix his diet and eat more, more protein, more meals, but he just didnt want to listen. He kept thinking because he was already so big and muscular and was eating so little that his only option was to eat LESS in order to get leaner.

   I kept training with him for a period of 5 months towards the end of highschool and after we graduated. Towards the end of that time Jim still had not obtained the results he wanted and was pretty confused. I told him he needed to fix his nutrition, but again he wouldnt listen. Sometimes he would laugh at me when i told him this because he could do so much more weight than me on pretty much every exercise. And to him, because he was so much stronger than me meant that i didnt know how help him.. Do you get what im saying about this guy's logic?

   So lets fast forward 3 years to when he and i eventually would meet up at golds gym in mountain view where i had been training since i was 13. I was leaving the gym when i heard, " Hey Brandon!" I looked around and saw a massive person approaching me in the parking lot, but i couldnt tell who it was. As he got closer i realized it was Jim. Jim had put on about 15lbs and looked fucking massive but his bodyfat had noticeably gone up. He had just come out of togos and just happened to see me. He starts talking about training and blah blah blah. By this time i had put on some size since the last time we had seen eachother but was still lean. So Jim notices this and of course goes back to asking me the same questions he was asking me back when we were 18, "dude what do you eat?" "Should i train with lighter weights like you did back in the day?" Lol. And im just standing there thinking, "no matter what i tell this guy, hes not going to listen.."  

  So Jim keeps talking and goes on to tell me he took some prohormones while he was in college and noticed it had "helped" him. Now when he told me this the first thing i thought was, " wow what a fucking idiot." The guy still didnt know how to eat correctly, had great genetics, already had an insane amount of muscle, and then decides to take prohormones which he probably didnt know how to use and then the end result was him getting more muscular and fatter. Which was not his goal...his goal was to get leaner and look more defined.

   

End of part 1.(im going to make this story 2parts because its taking to long to write this right now)

One of my problems

The big problem with me getting smarter, is it makes everyone else seem dumber...

I dont fight because I want to, I fight because I have too. That's life.

ok... Maybe thats not completely true, I do like to fuck people up. Especially people who deserve it, lol.

Your body might look good...

But are you athletic?

Lets just say we went hard that day

Lets just say the workout was hard today

The lying hormonized fellas

Fellas remember anyone in the bodybuild/fitness world who constantly scream, " im natural! Im natural!" Usually is not natural. The one who scream the loudest are the biggest liars. If you first meet someone in a gym and the first thing he start telling you is that hes drug free, especially if you didnt even ask... that fella is almost guaranteed not drug free. They are what is called natural liar.

When

That moment when the out-of-shape/less experienced/person who never makes progress wants to control the workout... And I'm like, "yeeah please let's not do that."

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Before I could do a muscle up, I was unable to do a muscle up.

Trips Me Out

There's these two guys ive been seeing working out at the gym for the last 13months. They're both obvious steroid users, not that there's anything wrong with that. But what trips me out about these guys is sometimes i don't see them for like 3 weeks and then when i do see them sometimes i can't believe it's even the same guys. these guys literally shrink down to mini versions of themselves. And its even crazier because these guys arent even legit bodybuilders, they barely even got close to a small fitness model look, and then they lose what little muscle they had. It makes me think they dont know how to train properly and most likely dont know how to eat correctly. I gotta admit though it trips me out to see them shrink down and then blow back up to where they were before, and then repeat the process, over and over lol. Sometimes im literally rooting for them, hoping they will finally break their plateaus on their next cycle. In my mind im like, " common, Yooo can doo IT!!!"

Theres a big difference

There's a big difference between the atmosphere of a gym where most of the people look good, vs a gym where most of the people look bad, but think they look good.

Don't get confused about what youre trying to do

Guys and girls if your focus is to lose body fat, don't expect to gain muscle at the same time, it's probably not going to happen unless you're a beginner. However, you can make strength gains while losing fat. And if your focus is to gain muscle, don't expect your bodyfat to not go up, because it's most likely going to go up if you are eating correctly for muscle gain. (This is all assuming you dont take steroids.)

Crawdaddys vs. The Boiling Crab vs. The Kickin Crab. Cajun seafood review

        So I'm a big fan of seafood and I figured I should mention that since it's a good low-fat source of protein, in case you didn't already know. I especially like Cajun seafood and I go to restaurants occasionally to eat it. So I want to talk about these three restaurants because 2 of them I'd recommend and then there's one I would not. So my top two in order would be 1. Crawdaddys, this was the first of the 3 that I went too and I think it may have even been the first time I had Cajun shrimp. Typically I get a pound of the Cajun shrimp "mild" and with NO butter. And also the Cajun French fries. That's usually enough for me but one time I ate 2lbs of shrimp there once. I love shrimp. And I'd say they have the best Cajun fries of the 3. Also I'd say Crawdaddys is spicier than the other two places. Their "mild" is going to be spicy enough for someone who doesn't eat spicy food often. Their "medium" is pretty hot, and that's the hottest I've gone and would go. Even their Cajun fries are hot compared to boiling crab. I've also tried the king crab legs here and they were pretty good. I believe I also got the lobster one time and that was good too. However, I wouldn't recommend the crawfish, they were pretty undersized and a fucking chore to shell them. Aside from that, it was a fair price for everything I'd say.

2. The Boiling Crab. So I went here one day to try it out and it was pretty good. I got the 1lb of Cajun shrimp "mild" with no butter and the Cajun fries. So here was the only difference I noticed, the "mild" was like almost half as spicy as the "mild" at crawdaddys. And also the Cajun fries were not as spicy as the ones at crawdaddys. They were good, just not as spicy. I went back there a second time and this time got the "medium" spicy Cajun shrimp, but this time it still was only equal to the "mild" shrimp at crawdaddys. So I was slightly annoyed by that, but next time I will know to get one level up. Prices were about the same as Crawdaddys.

      Ok lastly, the one I don't recommend is the kickin crab. I tried this place last out of all 3 and let me say this place sucks for the Cajun shrimp and even the Cajun fries. I mean how the fuck can you mess up Cajun fries, it was ridiculous.
       So I went to this place one day and I order 1lb Cajun shrimp and Cajun fries. Now I will say considering how few people were eating there, the food took a while to come out. So first they brought out the fries. Now I get these fries and I look at them, no joke, these things were like as thin as spaghetti pasta, I was like wtf! So I grab a clump of these things and start eating them. They weren't even fucking spicy! So at this point I'm already disappointed, but the shrimp still hadn't come. Finally they did. So I dig in and start eating. So as soon as I taste these things I'm like wtf!!! Not only were the shrimp not spicy but the sauce tasted like it was fucking pasta sauce! Like some ragu ragusto shit. So I'm sitting there by myself eating this shit, thinking god dammit I knew I should have gone to crawdaddys or the boiling crab. So I just kept eating these pasta flavored shrimp thinking to myself, " well at least I'm getting protein from this, and I mean luckily they did taste like shrimp, fuck..."  I finished this crap, payed and walked out, very, very unsatisfied. Pasta flavored shrimp and spaghetti fries, at a Cajun restuarant, wow. So yeah don't go to this place it fucking sucks. Go to crawdaddys or boiling crab. And fuck you kicking crab! You guys fucking suck!!! I hope someone takes a huge shit on your doorstep.

Recommended snack

Speaking of the vitamin shop from my last post, before I forget. If you haven't tried these ostrim snack sticks I'd recommend them. 14g of protein and 1g of sugar per stick. Its like a healthier beef jerky. It's made of beef and elk. Comes in 5 different flavors. I like the habanero, teryaki, and original. You can find them at the vitamin shop.(if you're lucky you might find them at Safeway, also some gyms sell them in the lobby)

Old pic of me 2015

One of my friends just sent me this old pic he took of me in 2015. Gotta remember those good times. Thanks Abel. I think I was about 195lbs 

The Most Helpful Supplement I've Ever Used

So I had been meaning to talk about this on here. Psyllium husk caps. So there's a story why I began using this and this goes back to when I was in High school. When I was 16-18 my understanding of nutrition really wasn't there. I thought I could just eat tons of meat, protein shakes, protein bars, and this alone would make my muscles grow. Well I was wrong, not only did i not make the gains I wanted, I also developed some serious constipation. Yeah it was unpleasant and I was so dumb I didn't even think I was doing anything wrong. So eventually I literally got cramps and I went to the doctor and they took an MRI and the doctor came back and was like "wtf have you been eating?" And I'm like " uh I just eat a lot of chicken, steak, some rice, some fruit, not really vegetables.." so I'll spare you the details but the doctor could tell I was suffering from some serious constipation. So she told me to start taking mirilax, which is that mild laxative you see at the store. She said take this for a few weeks and it should fix the problem. So I started taking it but it didn't help that much. I also started eating more broccoli and vegetables but at this point my digestive system was already too messed up. So I didn't really know what to do at that point and neither did anyone else including my doctor. So I was like "fuck..." after that I even tried fasting for half the day(for a few months) thinking if I put less food in my body then nothing could constipate me more. Which sort of worked but I wasnt getting enough protein to make gains! So then I was really frustrated and I really didn't know what to do. So literally years went by with me having this issue, sometimes I would shit normally but it never seemed to stay that way and I was eating enough fiber too...

So fast forward to when I'm 20 and I was still stumped about this. Till one day I was listening to Dave Palumbo's podcast on rxmuscle and he was talking about his fiberlyze supplement which contained psyllium husk and he was always boasting about how it made him and all his bodybuilder friends take perfect shits. And I was like damn must be nice. That's when I realized hey maybe this will help me. So I researched his fiberlyze supplement a little more, and then specifically the ingredient psyllium husk. I found out you can just buy psyllium husk capsules at the vitamin shop. So asked my doctor if it was a good idea to take this because some people are allergic to psyllium husk, but she said yeah it should be fine. So I bought it that day and started taking 4 caps with my dinner. Then the next day a took 4 caps with my lunch and then 4 caps again with my dinner. And let me just say the next shit I took after starting this was pretty damn good, nothing crazy, but it only got better from there. After a few days I started taking 4 caps(3 times a day). And I was pretty pleased with the results and my body finally started to feel normal again.

   After a few weeks I moved up to the maximum dose, 5caps-3times a day. And honestly it just worked even better. So I kept taking these for at least 3 months and took them pretty much the same times everyday. And I was able to go back to eating lots of meat like I used too, but this time I was eating more balanced meals with vegetables and eating 4-6meals a day, not just 3 large meals like I did in High school and didn't know wtf I was doing. 

   Eventually my bowel movements were so good, I actually starting missing a few dosages and things remained the same, so that's when I knew the problem was really fixed. I actually then stopped taking the caps and everything was normal, and throughout the following years I would just take them occasionally if I was eating a lot of red meat or if I started to feel constipated. So there you go, that's the story of how psyllium husk caps cured my problem and no other supplement has ever helped me this much. I don't know why my doctors didn't recommend this or even know about it in the first place. I don't have to take the caps anymore and I'm fine. Hopefully this story will help you if you are experiencing similar digestive issues. Just ask your doctor about psyllium husk before you start taking it.

One of my favorite on-the-go meals

Simple, but effective. 39g protein, 76g carbs, 6g fat, 4g fiber.

Tip for the intermediate bodybuilder regarding meal timing and hunger

So I want to share this tip for the intermediate bodybuilder who has been making progress for a few years and is on a solid workout plan and has at least a decent understanding of what they need to eat for muscle gain and fatloss. If you keep track of everything you eat, when you eat, and all your macros even better, that's a lot of work haha. Anyways after a while you are probably not going to have to write everything down like you used to because you're going to have it all memorized. Of course if you are prepping for a show or something that's different and you probably will have to write everything down, measure food, etc. So what I'm about to tell you is that at a certain point you are going to start knowing your body better, for example you will know how much carbs you need to eat to have enough energy everyday, and how much protein you need so that you don't lose muscle or strength. You will also learn how much food will cause you to gain fat and also what the bare minimum amount of food you need is to just maintain the condition you're in.

   So my tip is that if you are eating regularly throughout the day, lets say a meal every 2-3hrs(4-6meals a day) and you are used to doing this, you might find there is a certain occasion where you ate your meal as scheduled but you end up getting hungrier sooner than usual.(and I'm talking about if you are eating mostly clean foods, I'm not talking about that day you went to taco bell and had 7crunchy tacos and a fucking chalupa.) 

what this hunger feeling means is that your body needs more food at that point than you gave it. Usually this means you need a little more protein and maybe a little more carbs. Now for me personally I can sense if I just need a little more protein without any more carbs and I will be good till the next meal. Sometimes however I can tell I need both more carbs and more protein, in which case I will have another small meal like a few hardboiled eggs and a little brown rice(about 1 cup cooked)

And guys I'm basing this off of how the human metabolism is like a fire, you feed it enough to keep it "burning" you don't throw a bunch of extra wood on it with wet leaves and shit. That's just going to put it out.

So think about all this the next time you have that first, second, third or post workout meal and you feel really hungry like 30-40minutes later. This means you didn't give your body enough nutrients. And this goes especially for a day where you worked out a little harder than usual. You are going to feel it in your body ok. You broke things down a little more than usual and therefore need more nutrients to build it back up.

Also guys this advice is not for an occasion where you didn't or couldn't eat for 6 hours, in that case of course you are going to be starving, and that's not where this advice comes in ok. Of course if you starve all day you will be hungry, you already fucked up to begin with.(unless your goal was to do a fast or something, but thats not what im talking about here.)

   So there you go, if you're on a good meal plan but on a certain day you feel a little hungrier that means something. Pay attention to your own body and how it feels and functions and you will learn more about what works best for you.

How much Tuna can you "safely" eat?

Bodybuilders know that canned tuna is a great low-fat source of protein and contains omega 3 fatty acids which are important for heart health and brain function. However, because of pollution most fish contain some level of mercury which can be bad for you. Tuna contains less mercury than larger fish such as swordfish or shark, but it is still recommended that a healthy man not consume more than 14.5oz of tuna per week. According to all these studies eating to much tuna can lead to toxic levels of mercury to build up in the body, which can lead to nerve damage, brain damage, and nervous system damage. Guys, all I have to say about this is LOL!!! If all this were true id be paralyzed right now or fucking dead. If you know me well, you know I eat boatloads of canned tuna. There's been times I literally ate 5 cans in a day, that's 35ounces. That's more than double than the recommended amount for the week! And look at me, I'm still alive baby! and sporting a good amount of muscle maass!! I mean shiet currently I eat around 10 seven ounce cans a week. That's 70 ounces of tuna a week and I've been doing this for the last year and a half. Is that crazy? Maybe, but whose making gains? Whose keeping their body fat down with minimal effort? Yes me. So think about that for a second. When I was 21 I bought a workout/nutrition program from a well known bodybuilder at Golds, he said , " you like tuna? You can eat two cans a day." And I said, " isn't that bad for you to eat that much? Wouldn't that be too much mercury? Can you die from that?" And he replied, " Brandon, you could walk out the door and get hit by a bus.." and when he said that I realized there are a lot of other things out there that can kill you aside from tuna. So I said fuck it, I'm gonna eat as much tuna as I need to build my physique and stay lean. 

So there it is people, that's my take on eating tuna. Sometimes even my friends are like ," You can get mercury poisoning from that!" And then I have explain to them theres a lot of things out there that are more dangerous than eating tuna. And no, I'm not recommending you go start eating as much tuna as me, I'm just sharing my personal experience so you can learn something from it. 

Story from Today

Guys I want to share this story from today. I was hanging out with my friend Tony at the store earlier just talking, when all of a sudden I see this guy staring at us. I asked Tony, " who is that guy?" Tony says, " Oh that's my friend." I didn't recognize the guy but he comes over to us and he looks familiar. I said, " hey I think I know you." The guy looks at me and I can tell he recognizes me. Turns out I met this guy exactly a year ago when I was at my fattest weighing 238-240lbs. This guy, his name is Randy, was almost in shock lol. Randy turns to Tony and says, " Man this guy used to be fat!!" Lol and he was making all these gestures to Tony saying how fat my face and belly was, I was cracking up cause he was so surprised. He was like , " Damn man you look good." I was like , " thanks man, I really had to change and get back in shape. It took me 6-7months to lose all that fat." And I could tell this guy Randy was impressed.

 So the point of this story is that you should appreciate the honesty of people when they comment on how you look. Apparently Randy thought I was a fat ass when he first met me but didn't want to say that. But at the time I knew I was fat and didn't look too good. So to hear this guy today basically tell me I used to look like shit and then to see him so impressed with how I look now, was really a big compliment to me and I appreciated it. If you only listen to people who tell you what you want to hear and you aren't honest with yourself, don't expect to make progress with anything, especially fitness and bodybuilding. You will never see your flaws and therefore won't be able to fix them or atleast improve in some way.

Ed Corney Died Today

Fellas I don't know if you heard, but old school bodybuilder Ed Corney died today of a brain aneurysm, he was 85 years old. Ed was known for being one of the greatest posers onstage during his time. He was in the movie "Pumping Iron" and was one of Arnold Schwarzenegger's good friends. I was lucky to meet him at the same show I met ronnie coleman, in 2008, where he was selling his old magazines and t-shirts. He was a pretty friendly guy and it is sad to hear this guy died today on the first day of the new year. Rip Ed.

My new favorite sauce, Chili Garlic Sauce

I just started using chili garlic sauce and I have to say its a new favorite of mine. Usually I alternate between tapatio or cholula but this will be my new addition to my sauce arsenal. Chili garlic sauce contains no sugar and it literally says 0calories on the nutrition label. This makes it a great sauce to use if you are like me and try to keep your body fat down, or at least try not to eat things that will make you gain fat. This sauce tastes great on chicken, tuna, rice, and even on salads. And any bodybuilder knows that something that can make those foods taste better is very useful.

  As far as spiciness this sauce is not as spicy as tapatio, but more spicy than cholula. Also it has the chili pepper seeds in it which adds a nice texture to the sauce.

Mr. Peanut

So I met this guy one day when I was at a grocery store in San Jose. Now this was a very nice guy so I'm not trying to talk bad about this fella, only going to explain some of the dumbshit he was trying to brag about. So I met this guy, we will call him David. I was walking around in Safeway snacking on some peanuts and I could see this guy admiring me in a no homo way. Right away I knew this guy was probably going to come up to me and say something, and he did. He comes up to me and he's like "hey man, blah blah blah, and he's like dude you got pretty big arms" I'm like " thanks man." He replies, " you ever measure them?!" And I'm like , " uh yeah." And he's like, " how big are they?!" I'm thinking wow this guy is really excited, so I tell him, " yeah they're like 17s." I really wanted this guy to calm down a little.

 So David goes on to tell me that he makes very expensive custom swimming pools. He told me he once made a custom pool with a taj Mahal theme for a person in los altos hills that cost 2.2 million dollars. He also told me his best year in the business he made over 1.1million dollars. Now at this point I'm pretty fucking impressed, and he was talking about this shit like it was not even that impressive and its just the work he's been doing for 20 yrs.

 Now here's where the topic of the conversation changed. David switches the conversation back to bodybuilding. He told me, " I used to be a bodybuilder." Now I'm looking at this guy, he was 46 years old, about 5'6" 210lbs, slightly stocky but pretty fat. This guy looked like he maybe touched weights a few times in his life. So he goes on to tell me was bodybuilding in the 80s and 90s, took steroids, the whole deal. But I'm still looking at this guy like wtf. He's like ," yeah I had a 365lb bench." So I'm trying to act like I'm at least somewhat impressed by this guys fitness stuff but I think he could sense I wasn't very impressed. So what he goes on to say next was ridiculous. At this point we are still just standing in the aisle at the store and I'm still eating these peanuts. He glances at my bag of peanuts and then looks up at me and says, " you know most people get fat from eating peanuts." So I'm thinking wtf, most fat people arent fat from eating peanuts lol. Also most people I know who have a problem dropping fat don't even eat peanuts lol. So then David goes on to say in the most bragging tone, "I can eat peanuts all day and not get fat. Back when I was bodybuilding I was eating 10,000 calories a day." So at this point I'm like wow this guys on some sunnyvale shit right now. I mean when did eating peanuts all day and not getting fat become impressive? Lol. Plus this guy was already fat too, lol. I honestly couldnt believe he said that and he was giving me this look like , " yeah, you're impressed now.." no I wasn't impressed lol, I was more confused and on the verge of laughing.

So it wasn't even clear if he was talking about present or past. The guy was clearly fat now, but even talking about in his bodybuilding days. I mean the guy told me he was running steroids and training regularly, and of course in that case eating peanuts all day should never make you fat lol, unless you're eating like 3lbs a day on top of everything else you fucking eat. So yeah I said ," that's cool man." And we ended the conversation, David walked off and gave me a friendly wave, I could tell the guy liked me but that whole peanut talk was just fucking stupid. I mean the guys pool business was impressive as fuck, but he wanted to brag about eating peanuts all day and supposedly not get fat lol. 

So that's the story of David aka "Mr peanut" the bodybuilder. I never saw him after that, but who knows maybe ill run into him again one day.

How I got into working out, bodybuilding, and personal training. A bizarre mystery or logical explanation?

For the last decade my involvement in personal training, gyms, and bodybuilding has baffled many members of society and the fitness community alike. " how the fuck did that guy get into this gym?" "Does that guy work here?" "Does he even know what he's doing?!" I know guys, as strange as it may seem to many people there is actually an explanation. The reason I got into working out was actually my parents, yes. My parents were fucking health freaks who met at a gym and when they had me they apparently decided to try turn me into the healthiest person alive.

 They took me into golds gym when I was just a baby to get blessings from the bodybuilders there. I remember my dad was holding me wrapped in my blanket, when a 6'5" 280lb bodybuilder named Big Tony came up to us and told my dad, " Regan, this kid's got good genetics for bodybuild." I was 6months old at the time but I remember my father was overjoyed to hear this.

  At the age of 5 my mom put me on a strict diet of chicken, fish, eggwhites, milk, rice, and broccoli. My parents wanted me to be lean year round and only on special occasions they would allow me to eat red meat. junk food was out of the question. I began playing soccer at the age of 6, but it wasn't until I turned 12 that I began my bodybuilding training. First it was just light dumbbells and bodyweight stuff. But the day I turned 13 my father got me a membership at golds gym "the mecca of mountain view." It was at this gym where I began my bodybuilding studies. I would read books such as "Arnold's Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding" and "Hardcore bodybuilding" by Robert Kennady. There were a lot of bodybuilders at golds, and when I first started training there I aspired to look like them. Little did I know at the time these guys were juiced out of their minds. Ha I mean you know every young kid wants to believe that Arnold never took steroids and that their favorite professional athlete never cheated.

  Anyways over the next several years I trained my ass off, slowly building my physique. Sometimes my workout plans were not as successful as I had hoped and I would hit a plateau for many months at a time, I mean fuck I didn't know Everything. I kept going and learning more and more. By the time I was a sophomore in high school I was certainly one of the more muscular kids around. My friends would often come up to me and ask me to flex my biceps, I of course would oblige them. I continued to lift throughout high school and naturally I made gains. Nutrition was one of the last things I really learned about because I thought physical training was the only important aspect of bodybuilding. Yes I was hard headed.

 When I got out of high school I really wasn't sure what to do, and I honestly didn't want to become a personal trainer. I had known trainers at golds and 24hr fitness, most of them were so fucking cheesy and out of shape. I knew they were doing it for work, but most of these guys looked fucking horrible. They were fat, weak, sloppy, and cocky. I couldn't believe people paid these guys to give them fitness advice and have them train them. It sickened me. I just wanted to know the truth about what really worked for fat loss and muscle gain.

 So when I started at community college I began to take classes on kinesiology, nutrition, science, and drugs. I knew that if I read everything about the human body and understood training and chemical processes I would absolutely know, at the the very least, one of the best approaches to fat loss and muscle gain. And the result of all this was that I learned how the human body loses fat and gains muscle! What a shocker! God damn, who would have thought actually knowing what works would actually lead you to knowing what works. Strange. "Oh shit, guys, guys! Brandon's telling the truth agaain! I'm telling my fitness manager!" Yeah you better tell him.

   Fast forward to when I decided to drop out of school. My parents were like "Brandon you better get a fucking job!" And I was like, " damn I guess I have to get a job.." and my mom was like, " son why don't you become a personal trainer?" And then I was like," fuuck, what other choice do I have?.." So it was settled, I got certified and became a personal trainer, yeah that's basically how it happened. So there it is, all you whining bitches getting mad because I work at a gym and know more than you, just be mad at my parents first. Don't come up to me with that fucking bullshit you give me, when you look like a fucking turd on wheels. At least look good before you do that.

  

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Meeting Epic Gym Man

When I started my bodybuilding journey I joined Golds Gym in Mountain View, CA when I turned 13(I worked out at the YMCA before that but I'm talking about main gym). To many people in mountain view, Los altos, and Palo alto this was considered "the mecca" at the time. It was after a few months of training there i ended up meeting Epic Gym Man. My father had told me about him before, but he was still a great mystery.
     Epic Gym Man was native american, I don't know what tribe. He had a long ponytail, and wore tight, short, blue spandex shorts. He would perform some of the most impressive acts of fitness anyone had ever seen, one of which was a 700lb quarter squat. He also would often sit cross legged while meditating at the gym and would trill around a 2 foot baton like he was Bruce Lee spinning fucking numbchucks. After I witnessed this there was no doubt in my mind that this man was highly trained in some kind of ancient native american mma.
One day I was at the pull up bar resting from a set and Epic Gym Man approached me. Everyone knew at the time I was new at the gym and I guess he wanted to throw in his spiritual guidance. He asked me(in epic native american voice), " How old are you?" I told him I was 13. He then goes on to say, " When I was that age I had a weight set at home and used to workout." He rambled on a bit more and I wasn't really sure what point he was trying to make, I did one more set after that and left. Even though this guy didn't seem as smart as I had expected I was still glad that I finally got to meet someone so epic.
After I walked away I felt the forces of nature surround me and at that point I knew that I had met someone with a spirituality far beyond most. I was a bit puzzled but I knew this had to mean something, I just didn't know what.
Other bodybuilders at the gym would often make fun of this guy and call him "Squanto" but in the end no one could deny the fact that he was indeed, epic.
If you search this YouTube clip(sorry don't know how to embed video) you will find some rare footage of him at Golds in mountain view performing 1 million crunches at a superhuman speed. There's no other known documentation of epic gym man other than a few black and white photos and 3 original oil portraits which are owned by wealthy land owners. If you are lucky you may see him around mountain view one day running by the 101 and when you do, you will know that have seen something truly, epic. https://youtu.be/hz_-jRpr1E8

The Natural Fella

Ok fellas listen up, this here real natural fella. I follow this fella many year, he train hard and correct and make SLOW, but consistent progress. He never lose his siize like fella who come off hormone. Fellas listen now you see difference in the texture of the skin! Not talking about fcking tan. This fella skin not as thick as the fella I show in last picture,. These fella both same heigt 5'10, similar age similr weight! Notice texture of skin an difference in muscle fullness, also that difference of da muscle density, less than the hormonized fella.. this natral fella here. Not natural Liar like most bodybuilding filth these day! This fella have very good genetic for bodybuild. He not gonna get bigger than this without hormone, maybe he do in tha future.. an then still claim natural, lol. But this here what you can get if you work hard for many year an have good genetic.

How to spot Hormonized Fella(Who claims to be natural)

Fellas, fellas listen up. I tell you how to spot Hormonized fella at gym. The hormonized fella profession, professional liar, scum. Dis fella train less than 1 year natural, this fella lie to friends and family. Look at the fullness of teh delts, fullness of the abs, lean but not necessarily siizee. This fella take hormones and of course he lie. This fella take tren, deca and test. This fella blow up from nutting to this size Ina few month. You see the texture of da skin, it tight, very thin looking. You don't get like this natural. Some new natural fellas get confuse, they think they can get like this in a few years, but no!

3 sports you didn't know I competed in.

So I'm sure some of you are like "wtf Brandon is retarded with no knowledge of sports" lol. Ok so let's start off. When I was 6 my parents put me on a fucking soccer team, "the silver knights" lol. I never liked working out but they made me do it. Running, sweating, cardio, kicking a ball... I hated that shit. I played this fucking shit for like 3 years, I was pretty good at the physical aspect but I was mostly helping assist the person scoring the goals, I scored a few but I was like fuck this.
Next, I did shot put and discuss in highschool. My friend from the wrestling team talked me into doing it and I was like ok. At this point I thought my weightlifting progress was enough to make me good at hurling the shot put and discuss to unbelievable distances! But, it wasn't. Alas I was just a mediocre thrower... And I didn't train my legs much so I didn't have the athletic abilities for it. Jv shot put I threw a 38. And discuss I threw a 110. Yeah, that's not good. Anyways I quit after 2 seasons, mostly because I was high lol.

So, next I tried cross-country running lol. Yeah it didn't go so well... My first race I finished 111th out of, well 111 lol. I really wanted to challenge myself with this sport. I was kind of the bigger guy on the team and also a smoker, but I was determined that my mental focus would overcome, but it didn't. Even the coach was like "Brandon wtf are you doing." And after the second race I quit the team..
The point here is guys, always challenge yourself no matter what you aren't good at, training your body Hard is the best thing you can do to stay in shape, mentally and physically. I love to workout and get results, but stepping out of your normal training regime will only make you stronger! Even if you're not good at something new.
All of the experiences I just mentioned made me stronger physically and mentally, im Glad I did them and now I incorperate something from each of them into my current training. This is what led me to get in the best shape I can be in guys, and it doesn't end there. Keep going and learning more.

Let's celebrate!

Hey guys it's Monday and it's a great day to keep celebrating your imaginary fitness results that some of you have been getting. Yaayyy!....I just lost 0.0000001lbs myself in the last 3 weeks so I'm obviously on track to shedding all this bodyfat! All of my friends who are extremely fat or dumb as fuck say I look like I lost weight so it must be true.

Me Sept 2018

Ah yes much less fat here and wearing those red striped shorts everyone likes to see me wear, or should I say not wear. Weighing 213lbs here and about 14% bodyfat. Yeah took me a good 7months to lose that 20lbs and 6% bodyfat. Still continuing on but I've been lazy and not ready to completely give up my beer drinking.

Fat Me Feb 2018

233-235lbs. About 21-22percent bodyfat. If I said I wasn't fat here, well I'd be a fucking liar. Lol

Ok

Ok let's be honest here guys, the current Mr olympia competitors these days look horrible. There's no shape, only size. They're on too many drugs. These fellas hormonized too much, it destroy the beauty of what bodybuilding is.

Mr ripped

Ok first of all on a late Friday night, Mr ripped Andreas munzer. Out of all the people on steeoids, this guy became one of the most ripped bodybuilders imaginable. You see the quality of the size,the maass, this guy doing what he love to do, get shredded as possible. He hormonized fella, but he do what natural has to try hard to do. Dat is respect for this guy.

New views on bodyfat percentage?

So there seems to be this new thing going on where everyone now has realized there is no 100% accurate bodyfat measuring method. They used to say calipers were more accurate than biolelectrical impedance tests, and then hydrostatic weighing was the most accurate. Now they're saying none of them are completely accurate and then what we thought 10% bodyfat was 10 years is actually much higher. People on YouTube showing pictures of guys looking ripped and saying they are 10% or even 12-13%. Years ago we would have been arguing these people are 7-8%.
I even used to read articles where bodybuilding "gurus" were saying you should never get to over 10% during a "bulk." So everyone was supposed to be shredded at 6-8% tops before they started trying to put on size, lol. That's pretty unrealistic for someone who isn't taking steroids. And that's what these gurus were preaching to people who were almost new to lifting.
I think it makes sense to judge your leaness by the way you look and by how much fat you can basically pinch on certain areas of your body, but you also want to get a second opinion on it so you don't start imagining you are lean because you look at yourself all the time in the mirror. This is where you can test your bodyfat using some kind of testing method.

I don't know why.

I don't understand why most of the old school bodybuilding books and even Arnold's "Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding" don't really mention much or sometimes anything about the importance of increasing the weight you are using on an exercise over time to build muscle size. It seems pretty stupid considering how much a person can learn about working out correctly from a single video on YouTube these days. Most workout videos I watch usually clearly explain not only how to do the exercise correctly but also exactly what you need to do to make progress on the exercise and get results!
Honestly when I first started working out and had some basic knowledge on exercise I started reading these old bodybuilding encyclopedias because there was no YouTube. I found these books to actually confuse me more about how to train correctly as far as training frequency, rest time, and even the number of reps to do.

Chipotle

If you're ordering for yourself at Chipotle and it takes you more than 2minutes to decide what you want on your bowl, burrito, or tacos you're a fucking idiot. Even if it's your first time there, that's no excuse. It's not like there's tons of options of stuff. And at least know if you want it for there or to go, fuck.

The leg press, hack squats, and barbell squats should be performed in a way so that the knees do not pass over the toes at the bottom half of the movement. Foot placement is important so that the knee joint can move correctly. Face your feet in the direction that the knee is bending.

Dan demonstrates the leg press as he reps 600lbs for 20 reps.

Old pics of me at 18

Recently discovered some old pics of myself at 18. Weighed about 180lbs. Unknown body fat. Arms were not even 16inches. And I could only bench 235.

Old picture

When I met Ronnie Coleman, summer 2008. I was 18 years old. This was a few years after he retired.

Water

Aside from beer and black coffee, water is the only other beverage I consume. People ask me how much they should drink... Honestly, I don't know. Just fucking drink it. If you're thirsty you should probably drink some.

sprouts organic sriracha sauce vs. regular sriracha

I prefer the regular sriracha sauce, but last week the only store I was near was sprouts, I ask them if they had sriracha and they said yeah. However it turned out they only had the sprouts brand which is "organic," the employee told me it tasted the same as the regular. I believed him and glanced at the ingredients, seemed similar enough. But the truth is the organic sriracha contains red bell pepper and jalepeno, while the classic one contains chilli as it's main pepper. The calories and macros are almost the same, with regular sriracha having slightly more sodium and the organic having slightly more sugar <1g sugar. Also, the organic sriracha says it should be refrigerated after opening while the classic does not. That is kind of a big deal to me because I want to leave my sriracha out on the table or in the cabinet. The conclusion is stick with classic sriracha, but if you want a sweeter version of it and don't mind having to put it in the fridge, then try the organic.