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.