I have no idea where you guys are these days. But hit me up.

 

Think like the Best, not like the rest.

You know with my whole involvement in fitness and stuff since I was a kid. I just thought, okay, I want to be a bodybuilder. Trainer.. Blah blah. It was my life. All of my clients wanted to get the body they wanted for why?... so they could do what they wanted with their life. Listen people, I'm not trying to turn everyone into a hardcore fitness person(unless you want to be). When I was 22 it came to me that, you should workout so that you can live your life, and not live your life to workout.

" You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending." -C.S. Lewis

" The doctor of the future will give no medication, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, diet and in the cause and prevention of disease." -Thomas Edison. 1903.

Now this quote was written in the year 1903. Over 100 years before Covid-19. Take a second right now to think about how bettering your health before the pandemic and at the moment would help YOU personally.

" Life is like a coin. You can spend it anyway you wish, but you only spend it once." -Lillian Dickson

Don't do preacher curls.

Guys out of all the bicep exercises this one tops the charts of what you should NOT do for bicep growth. You've probably seen people doing this in magazines and videos. Horrible for bicep growth and too much stress on the bicep tendon, great way to fuck up your bicep tendon. You see it so much because it looks cool for photos and videos. Don't do it. And dont do the preacher curl machines or preacher cable ones either, don't even do concentration curls on a preacher bench. Not good, there's plenty of better bicep exercises to do. That's my final opinion. I haven't done these since I was 16 years old, and that was before i realized what actually worked best for bicep growth. 

No time for cardio?

That's no excuse. Buy a jump rope, it's great cardio for fat loss and overall health and you can do it pretty much anywhere. I like to do 3min rounds. 

Set a timer for yourself and try it. If you have to take a rest during the 3 min that's fine, but try to work your way up to where you can go the full round without stopping.

( I did 2- 3min rounds first thing when I woke up today. Took a total of 8min with a 2min rest included in between. You can't say you dont have time for that!)

" Health, contentment, and trust are your greatest possessions. And freedom your greatest joy." -Buddha

A person I want to give a special mention to on here is someone I used to train with at the east palo alto boxing club, Aaron Katzman. This guy is one of the most inspirational fighters I know. He taught me so much in that gym and out of all the fighters I know, he deserves some of the highest respect.

Here's a link to one of his fights with an interview included. You can also search him on youtube.  :   https://youtu.be/N0fjs0DvBgo

This has always been one of my favorite bodybuilding motivation videos:

" Better to lose count naming your blessings than to lose your blessings by counting your troubles." -Maltbie Davenport Babcock

" The future is unwritten." -Joe Strummer

I can't do any of this stuff, but this video is very motivating.

Here's an interesting boxing video where Muhammad Ali boxes Denver Bronco's defensive end Lyle Alzado in an exhibition match in 1979.

 Heres the link:

https://youtu.be/3t5h4wtPwBo

" I take my desires for reality because I believe in the reality of my desires." -Paul Brown

One of my favorite boxers:

" If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it." -Jonathan Winters

" Don't let yesterday use up too much of today." -Will Rogers

" All times are beautiful for those who maintain joy within them." -Rosalia de Castro

" There is nothing that cannot happen today." -Mark Twain

Love watching this stuff:

" Don't go through life, Grow through life." -Eric Butterworth

" Deep in their roots all flowers keep the light." -Theodore Roethke

I just want you all to know that I am working on some good posts right now, but they aren't going to be ready for a bit, and I spend alot of time on my best posts. So, just so you know I am not going to turn my blog into just sharing videos and posting quotes, but right now I think we all need words of positivity and motivation. And of course we can all use some motivational and entertaining videos during this time of lockdown, I'm pretty sure everyone is a little more bored than usual. Hope that helps.

" Live your questions now, and perhaps even without knowing it, you will live along some distant day into your answers." -Rainer Maria Rilke

If you think the Corona virus is going to stop me from motivating all you motherfuckers out there to get in better shape, you are wrong.

" Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life." -Steve Jobs

" Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves?" -Friedrich Nietzsche

One thing alot of people don't understand these days is that it's hard to ACTUALLY train hard.

" Have patience with all things. But first of all, yourself." - St. Francis de Sales

" Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant." -unknown

" Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving." -Albert Einstein

" Never let success get to your head, and never let your failures get to your heart." - Anthony Joshua

The Corona virus and the Next big fight I want to see.

What's up motherfuckers! Hope everyone is doing well in quarantine and staying healthy and having a good time. I know me and my friends are. Seriously though guys I'm loving the positivity I've been seeing from people lately, it's great. Shit alot of you are nicer than before, kind of funny. Anyways, as you know, alot of things have shutdown. And the fitness industry is certainly taking a fall right now. And professional sports and all sports in general. Gyms are closed, we can't go out much, blah blah. My favorite athletes that I follow on IG aren't posting about today's training routine, instead they're posting today's handwashing routine. I'm literally serious. Anyways I believe we will make it through this, it's a small setback in our lives. 

Anyways back to sports. The next big fight I want to see when this shit clears up is... can you guess?    It's Anthony Joshua vs. Tyson Fury. And yes I saw some article today talking about it so that made me want to talk about it, but everyone already fucking knew that is the next big fight. 

And yes I was disappointed with the Wilder vs Fury 2. But hey Wilder didnt step his game up and got his ass kicked and Fury certainly deserved the belts for that fight. So I'm glad to see the better fighter get the win and no bad judging or that bullshit.

Ok so with AJ vs Fury we have all 4 world title belts on the line. And Anthony Joshua can actually box well, when he's in shape at least. Shit I was amazed when Ruiz knocked his ass out, but AJ just looked horrible. And then I thought Ruiz was gonna win the second fight and AJ came back in shape, so I dont know, sometimes these guys just dont train hard enough. And that's where I'm almost always impressed by the lower weight classes because they always train harder, usually.

So now we have AJ at 6'6" 237lbs vs Fury at 6'9" 250-275lbs. I dont think AJ ever fought anyone bigger than himself as far as I know. So this fight could literally be crazy. And remember AJ beat Vladimir Klitscho after Vladimir's 8 year reign holding all 4 world heavyweight championship belts. That's fucking crazy. And btw AJ and Klitscho were pretty much the exact same height, same weight. So the AJ and Fury is really going to be something different. 

" Different roads sometimes lead to the same castle." -George R. R. Martin

" Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see." -Mark Twain

If you want my opinion on what's going on right now... let's just take it one day at a time people.

" Don't let one cloud obliterate the whole sky." - Anais Nin

" Keep your gaze upon the light and you cannot possibly see any darkness. When you are looking toward the light, shadows fall behind you." - Myrtle Fillmore

"Let us be grateful to people who make us happy. They are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom." - Marcel Proust

Don't allow the world to make you stupid, let it make you smarter.

"Learn from yesterday, Live for today, Hope for tomorrow" - Albert Einstein

Biceps today.

62 year old man planks for 8hrs.

And I thought 5 minutes was strong..

Link:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/02/25/planking-guinness-record/?outputType=amp

We all miss you already man.

Fury vs. Wilder post fight analysis

Now this fight ended in the 7th round with Deontay Wilder's corner throwing in the towel. Fury had been chasing Wilder around the ring since the start of the fight connecting good punches while barely getting hit himself. Wilder took a lot of strong punches too soon and by the 4th round was already stumbling around unable to regain full balance. Although Wilder caught Fury with a few good hard punches, he was still out boxed the whole fight. Through the 5th, 6th, and 7th round Fury literally beat the crap out of Wilder to the point where there was no way Deontay was going to comeback during the fight. I think his corner probably did the right thing stopping the fight at the time they did. Wilder was taking too many hard shots and was unable to punch back with anything much.

Well I was wrong about that one for sure.

My predictions for the Tyson Fury vs. Wilder rematch.

On Saturday the rematch is happening with these two. Now I'm gonna admit I was disappointed with the last fight outcome and the judging, I'm sure everyone was. 

    So, the last fight I bet on fury to win and I'm not even a fury fan. It was mostly just that I was believing he was going to make a come back from his drug problem or whatever the fuck was going on, I dont think any of us know the full story. But still, bad judging with the whole thing. I dont know how the judging wasn't better, but I also dont know how the fight wasn't alot better on one side of either. Honestly I saw good reasons for a win on both sides, so maybe the draw made sense. I'm not going to analyze the whole fight again.

This time I'm picking Wilder to win, hopefully by a good knockout and an obvious victory. I know that he has enough skill and the power, and I am more of a fan of him than Fury. And I do get annoyed by bad judging with any fight, but at the same time i get annoyed by the best of the weight class fighters that dont make the win obvious. And especially with rematches. They should have been training harder and doing at least something  different.

Like for example, this last AJ and Ruiz rematch, I mean obviously AJ came back in shape and took Ruiz out. AJ knew he fucked up and underestimated Ruiz for the first fight, so he obviously had to change something. Btw I didnt think there was bad judging on either of those two fights.

Life can only prepare you for so many things, so you have to prepare yourself for life.

If you knew that you would be dead in 2 days...

Pick 2 people(other than your parents) that you would want to spend tomorrow with.

And ask yourself why you chose those two people.

Change SOME things in your training and your diet, a little at a time. It's not all going to happen overnight people, it can't and it won't.

One of my favorite bodybuilding motivation videos

I don't aspire to be as big as these guys but it still pumps me up. Here's the link to the full video: https://youtu.be/xg4X29QLZrY

What is collagen?

        By now, you've probably heard the word "collagen" being thrown around somewhere. But what is it? Here's the answer.

Collagen is a protein in the body that makes up connective tissue such as our tendons, ligaments, skin, and also our bones, hair, nails and teeth. As we age our bodies produce less collagen, which leads to less firm skin and wrinkles. Collagen supplements on the market promise to help us get great skin, nails, hair, and all that. But does it really do that? The answer is that there are actually some benefits to taking these collagen supplements, but at the same time it is not 100percent proven to provide the benefits that you are seeking. Also, studies show that eating collagen does not necessarily raise the amount of collagen in our bodies, when you eat something containing collagen it is broken down in our digestive system and the collagen you absorb does not exactly equate to higher levels of collagen in your body. Also the collagen you absorb may not go to the area that you want it to go(for example your skin or hair). Chicken skin, pork skin, beef, fish, and bone broth are foods that contain collagen.

     I prefer to get most of my nutrients and vitamins from actual food. But for people who already eat a healthy balanced diet, a collagen supplement could help you maximize the benefits of your overall collagen intake.

In case anyone is wondering... my memory is really good. Like really, REALLY good.

Peet's espresso, possibly some of the strongest coffee you can buy.

So it was back in late 2011(damn I feel old saying that). And my workout partner at the time had invited me to work a security job with him at a club one night. We were both avid coffee drinkers, so on the way to the job he took us to Peet's. Now somehow I had never even been to Peet's before, only starbucks. So we go in and I asked him what I should get. He recommended I get 4 shots of espresso over ice. I had never had espresso before so I asked him what was the difference between that and regular coffee. He turned to me and replied," It's different.." "Different?!' I thought to myself, 'well shiieet, let me get some of that!"

So I get this espresso and we head to the club. I had only taken a few sips of this stuff before I realized I was literally fucking wired. Yeah this is some strong shit and I had only drank 1/4 of the small amount that I bought. So, long story short we get to the club, finished the job around 2:30am and I go home and couldnt sleep to 8:30am. I didnt even finish the rest of the drink.

So there you go, if you want some strong ass shit try peets espresso. It makes black coffee look weak as fuck. And I recommend you get it on ice because hot expresso plain tastes horrible. Also, dont go to starbucks for this drink, their expresso is shit compared to peets.

AJ wins

Ruiz! This is not the news I wanted to hear when I got home from work. And I just lost 20bucks because of you.

Anthony Joshua vs. Andy Ruiz Jr. Rematch(tomorrow)

Tomorrow will be the highly anticipated rematch between Anthony Joshua vs. Andy Ruiz Jr. Where Andy Ruiz Jr. will be defending his 3 heavyweight belts(WBA, IBF, and WBO) for the heavyweight title in Saudi Arabia.

After their last fight I am expecting both to be extremely determined to win, however I believe Ruiz has much more determination in this fight. I'm going for Ruiz to win this one. Although I am sure AJ is in much better shape than in their last fight. May the best man win fellas. 

Be the best YOU can be. That's one of the most important things.

Why Drinking Black Coffee Reduces The Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

Black coffee will help reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes because it increases insulin sensitivity. Therefore by drinking coffee any carbohydrates that you ingest around the time will be more effectively absorbed. This helps with the prevention of type 2 diabetes because your blood sugar will not rise too high or to dangerous levels. Type 2 diabetes develops as a result of the body not producing enough insulin to combat frequently high blood sugar, which usually is the result of the person's high sugar and/or high carbohydrate intake. Because black coffee helps keep the blood sugar low and helps burn fat and expend more energy(therefore more calories) the risk of developing type 2 diabetes(insulin resistence) is severely lowered.

The Health Benefits of Coffee

This post is long overdue. People who know me know that I am an avid coffee drinker. And I'm talking about black coffee here, we dont do that pussy shit here on this blog adding cream and sugar ok. My clients would sometimes ask me, " is it ok if I add cream and sugar to my coffee?" NO! It's not fucking ok! Do you Want to gain more body fat? Didnt fucking think so! So drink that shit black motherfucker!! You can add some milk to it if you want, But that is fucking it!!!!

I train you guys to be Savages, not fucking weak ass pussies. So get used to the taste of that shit.

Anyways, here are some of the reasons why I am a huge advocate of people drinking BLACK coffee: 

1. Increase in energy, coffee contains the stimulant caffeine which helps increase energy and burn fat. This can drastically help improve your training intensity and overall productivity throughout the day, especially at times when you lack energy and motivation.

2. BLACK coffee contains basically zero calories, which means you can pretty much drink it all day and you dont risk gaining body fat. Aside from water, green tea, and a few other teas, you can't really say that about any other beverages, especially ones that contain sugar.

3. Coffee consumption decreases your risk of type 2 diabetes by as high as 67%.

4. Studies have shown that coffee drinkers have up to a 65% decreased risk of developing Parkinson's Disease.

5. Coffee helps protect against cirrhosis of the liver. So all you alcoholics out there, you might want to buy a cup of coffee tomorrow.

6. Coffee helps decrease your risk of cancer, especially liver and colon cancer.

Sources:

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/top-13-evidence-based-health-benefits-of-coffee#section1

https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/the-latest-scoop-on-the-health-benefits-of-coffee-2017092512429

How I was introduced to boxing

Most of you don't know about this but when I was 22 years old I was baptized by my boxing coach, Tongan professional boxer, Tony Fulilangi(professional boxing record: 36-4-2, and also taking Tongan boxer Pea Wolfgram to win a silver medal in the 1996 Olympics) at a Mormon church. That's right, I'm a Mormon motherfuckers! Haha jk Im actually an agnostic, but somewhere on paper it says I'm a mormon lol . I did it as sort of a thank you to him for training me, because god was very important to him. So there it is, I wanted to share this strange story with you, because if I had never met this man I never would have gotten into boxing. Here's the link to his last professional fight against George Foreman https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3453kk

204.0lbs today.

I totally forgot about this guy, he's not as well known as other professional boxers but he is really impressive to me. Check out the link to the video.

https://youtu.be/14HDpEeu_EE

Weights dont hit back

Not that you hit them in the first place, but just saying. A dumbell never jumped off the rack and hit me in the eye and a barbell never flew off the floor and punched me in the chin. 

204.3lbs today.

Dont just work hard, work fucking correctly.

If you dont know what correctly means, do some fucking reading. 

Never heard of this guy before, but this is a real shredded motherfucker right here.

"Floyd Mayweather's only signed MMA fighter Makhmud Muradov has inked a deal with the UFC, and the first-ever Uzbek UFC fighter will make his Octagon debut in two weeks."

You can't expect to stop making tons of mistakes in the future if you can't even admit the mistakes you've made in the past.

The Universe is an incredible thing, what you put into it you get back.

Should you bulk or should you cut? One of the most confusing questions in the last 10 years.

So people, i have observed that this is something that confuses alot of people(mostly guys). And trust me i was confused about this alot too especially when i was in highschool and was still sort of new to lifting and bodybuilding. I mean i was off to a good start, but still didnt know as much as i thought i did. So, this is very important! The time we are in now, is what i consider the New Age of bodybuilding, we have so much information available on youtube, articles, books, people we know at the gym, its truly incredible. I compare it to back when i was 18 and just got out of highschool in 2008 and i still couldnt find nearly as much good information online as there is available now, im serious it kind of blows my mind when i watch some of these videos online and these people lay out the steps in the easiest way possible lol, im like wtf no one told me this when i was 13 or even 20. I literally had to learn most of this stuff through trial and error, i mean i did have some mentors but even they didnt know what the FUCK they were doing! I mean, they got results but it took them like 20 years naturally, or they eventually just juiced the fuck up after like 3 years of training and finally got results, Lol. Im serious, thats how bad it was back then. Even Arnold and the guys back in the day didnt know exactly what the fuck they were doing(and im not the only experienced person to say this). Honestly, like i said in previous posts, Arnolds training books mislead the fuck out of me. Sorry Arnold, love you dude, but this is the New Age of Bodybuilding. Pharmaceutical grade steroids aren't sold over the counter at the drug store anymore like when you had it back in the day. These days theres research that provides us with information on how to get results with out the drugs.

Anyways, back to the bulk or cut question. Guys, we dont do the bulk or cut thing anymore. If you have alot of excess bodyfat you have no business "bulking," thats just going to add more bodyfat. If you have alot of excess bodyfat and you have zero definition, you need to focus on losing bodyfat while maintaining the muscle you have, what ever amount you may have, trust me if you lose the fat youre going to look better.

Now the only only time you start to do this "bulk" shit, is if you have your bodyfat under control. MEANING, you either have lower bodyfat and can see ATLEAST some ab definition(top 2 abs ok, but preferably 4 and a smallish waistline for your build). Ok, in this case you can start eating a little more, more cheat meals, and just eating or drinking what you enjoy. But in this case you are on a MISSION to USE these extra calories to build muscle. You HAVE to be lifting heavier and progressing in stregnth. You CANNOT miss workouts. And ALSO, if you begin to put on too much extra fat in say a 2 week time span at anytime after this mass gain phase you NEED to cut back!! That means you are fucking overdoing it!! Ok? This is where you are just being counter productive. And i dont tolerate that fucking bullshit unless you look better than me, alright.

Ok, so there you go fellas. What i want you guys to do is work towards a leaner muscular BASE! This is best because from there you can go either more muscular(bigger) or you can get ever more lean and achieve a very, very lean look and STILL maintain it(very important)!!! 

So to simplify it even more!(applies to overweight people, skinny people, men, women, and people trying to gain muscle AND lose fat!!!)! :

1. Keep your lifts(strength) UP!

2. Keep your bodyfat DOWN!

3. Eat healthier!

4. Stay consistent always! You are building a better body that you want to last the rest of your life right? Yes? Well, you need to treat this workout and diet stuff like its the same thing as brushing your teeth and wiping your ass everday. Theres no way around it, so get used to it, and start enjoying the way your body looks so you can live your fucking life looking the way you always wanted to look.

5. Continue to learn and do your own research. Guys nothing has made things easier with this bodybuilding stuff than actually taking the time to learn how the body works, ESPECIALLY how the organs work. Once you learn this stuff you literally will never need to ask anyone a fitness question again, you will already know how your own body's metabolism works and what you need to do to lose a pound of fat or gain a pound of muscle. How cool is that? It can be learned guys and all the information is out there in your fucking face if you just take the time to learn it.

How you get stuck.

So today, we talking about why youre stuck in the same spot youve been in for years. Youre not making any progress, you thought you would have by now but, youre just not. Ok, heres the problem. Now i see this with people who have good genetics, they always looked pretty good, even at their worst they better than average, however they not progressing at all.

Heres the problem, they believe they have already done everything they can, but they actually havent. The main problem is that they refuse to admit that they dont know everything. What they need to do is learn more. On their own time they need to do their OWN research. Guys an important thing that has helped me the most in my bodybuilding journey and in life is that, I am always a student. It doesnt matter how good you are at something, there is still more to learn. Like i said in past posts, no one knows everything.

RIP Franco Columbu (1941-2019)

Just heard the news. Forever a true OG in bodybuilding history.