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.

What makes a good client?

So this morning I watched a youtube video that I thought brought up a very good topic. Dave Palumbo posted it on his channel, so I have to give him credit for this first. If you dont know who that is you might want to look him up. He specializes in more of the professional "unnatural" bodybuilding(not to put that down) and bodybuilding scene and he is absolutely a true guru in bodybuilding. Ive personally learned so much from this guy, especially bodybuilding science.

So anyways back to the topic. What makes a GOOD client? And you may be thinking, " Brandon doesnt know anything about being a client..." Well, you'd actually be wrong about that, because ive actually had a bodybuilding trainer and a boxing coach. Both who were high level experts, im not going to mention names right now, maybe we will get into that later, but im making a point here.

So im going to list points here(and btw some of these points were the same as in the video i mentioned because i agreed with them)

1. A good client listens to what their trainer says and follows instructions.

2. A good client asks questions.

3. A good client tells their trainer the truth about whether or not they have been following the trainers instructions when the trainer is not with them. This is one of the most important points, not just for the trainer but ALSO the client.

4. A good client will not try to control the workouts or tell the trainer that they know a better way to do things as far as the training and diet go. If they know of a better way to do things then the client should not have hired that trainer. Now, I will say theres a few exceptions to this, especially if you were getting training for an actual sport, not bodybuilding. Like for example boxing, or mma, or basketball, or baseball. Your boxing trainer may have been a great fighter and have a good record, but that doesnt mean he knows everything about nutrition... Get what im saying? So theres some exceptions here, but for now im talking about just clients who hire a basic fitness trainer or a trainer who is a bodybuilder person. Obviously the average person usually wants to just look better and be healthier. Not so much aquire a skill.

5. A good client should know if their trainer has credibility and good experience in what the trainer is training them in. Guys this one is up to you, use your brain before you select a trainer. Does the trainer look good? Have his clients gotten good results?(look at the girl or guys fucking clients! Watch them for a few weeks, months! Did those people get results?) dont be fooled by the fake fitness experts, the con artists, the FILTH!!!

Guys Im here to tell you the truth about this shit. Im not here to sweet talk your ass so you believe everything i say and pay me for training. And honestly, i dont give a fuck if you dont want me as your trainer. You do what ever the fuck you wanna do. Im just giving you the real science and information that will allow you to get you results in the most effective manner. And one reason why i like posting on my blog is so people can read it and learn(if they want) and i dont have to hear all the bitching and complaining from those pain in the ass motherfuckers. They be like," ahh i cant, thats too hard!" No its not hard, youre MAKING it fucking hard because you keep saying its hard! Quit being a little fucking crying pussy and just do what you need to do to get the results YOU want.

You will never see past anything if you keep looking in the same spot.

Follow the FACTS, don't follow the followers.

Clearing up some terminology confusion.

Guys I want to clear this up. Some people classify me as a bodybuilder, other people(who are actual bodybuilders) classify me as probably just some guy who works out, or maybe a "physique guy", or some athletic guy, i dont know. If you want me to name actual bodybuilders, arnold for numero uno is a bodybuilder. Ronnie Coleman is a bodybuilder, ok. And yeah sure, these fake natural, oh sorry, i meant "natural bodybuilders" you might have heard of or seen are bodybuilders. 

So, i just dont want to annoy anyone with this. I dont actually classify myself as a bodybuilder. I dont tell people im a bodybuilder. What i do is follow bodybuilding principles, bodybuilding IS my background. It is what i know most about, period. Would i have considered myself a bodybuilder in the past, yes. But thats not my "title" now. I study bodybuilding, i use bodybuilding principles, and the way i eat is like a bodybuilder as far as the rules go. 

Any client ive trained in the past has been taught bodybuilding principles by me, that is how to get the fastest results as far as how the body looks.

So there you go. Technically anyone who builds their body is a bodybuilder guys, im being fucking serious. Even the girl at the gym who just wants bigger thighs or a bigger ass. Shes going to be doing exercises that build the muscle in that area, therefore building the body. 

Hope that clears that up. All you bodybuilders who live that life please dont get mad at me. Last thing i need is 20 bodybuilders showing up at my door threatening to beat me up because of my posts. Because overly muscular men who cant fight, scare the living shit out of me. They are quite terrifying lol. Im shaking right now.

Ok thats all, goodnight motherfuckers.

How to IDENTIFY the problem with your training and diet.

Now guys, this is the MOST important thing i am teaching you people on this blog. Im not just naming the pieces of the puzzle and explaining what they are. The most important thing! im trying to teach you is HOW to MOST effectively put these puzzle pieces together! Yes, it has to be done a certain way, yes it has to be done in atleast CLOSE to the way i explain it on here. This is not me trying to boss you around, its the science, its the way it works. Like it, hate it, or find a better way to do it.

I get the feeling some of you dont understand this. 90% of the people i have worked with get this, but there are some straglers.

So, first off let me list some of the common problems that hold people back from getting the progress they want:

1. Not sticking to their new healthy eating.

2. Not sticking to their new workout program.

3. Believing they already tried everything that should get them results but didn't work.

4. Believing they should be getting the same results as people who are more knowledgeable about bodybuilding and have been training for many years or people(who they dont realize) are taking steroids.

5. Not realizing that even though they started a new workout program, diet, or both, that they still have to stick with it more than 2 weeks to get results.

6. Not realizing that they are capable of learning more about training, diet, and their OWN body and that this will help them dramatically increase their own progress.

7. Not realizing that bodybuilding and fitness should now become part of their new lifestyle if they want to improve their body and health. People, you brush your teeth and wipe your ass everyday after you take a shit( i mean, hopefully you do..) thats part of your LIFESTYLE incase you didnt fucking realize that. So, if you want a better body and change they way you look, this stuff has to be part of your life too, get it? Its your new routine, and you WILL get used to it!

So i think i touched on enough for this post. I could go on further but i gotta make this simple and to the point, otherwise i aggravated. Learn from this, and dont fucking piss me off.

One of the best physiques Ive ever seen. Adam Charlton.

 A great inspiration, but Definitely not natural. I even asked him online one time if he was natural when I was unaware as fuck, and he just made a joke about it and laughed at me like I was retarded.

Always remember.

I'm not you, and you're not me.

Throughout my life many people have told me that I think too much, but to me it's not that I think too much, it's that they are the ones who think too little.

There are no natural limitations for strength.

So guys, ive already discussed some of the limitations for true natural bodybuilding, as far as what you can look like without using drugs. However, there are no limits as far as how strong someone can get naturally(realistically speaking). Powerlifting is not the same as bodybuilding, the goals are totally different. Powerlifting has nothing to do with how you look, it just matters how much you can lift on certain exercises.

Some people are just naturally strong on certain movements like squat, deadlift, bench, etc. Genetics does play a factor because someone can just naturally have stronger tendons, better bone structure, especially when it comes to arm and leg length, they can just have the ideal limb legnth to give them the better leverage on a lift.

The use of hormones certainly can and usually will(depending on what youre taking) increase your strength. However, im sure we've all seen that huge bodybuilder guy in the gym who barely uses more weight than the average gym guy and hes fucking huge. And then weve also seen that guy whos like fairly muscular but not big, and hes benching almost double his bodyweight for reps. Sometimes its a trip, but thats just how it is with STRENGTH.

Also, youre overall focus on a certain lift will help you increase the weight you can use, so its not ALL genetics, im just saying genetics is part of it. If your main focus is to increase your benchpress and you keep working on it for a while, you most likely will increase the amount of weight you can bench. And you wouldnt necessarily have to get bigger. I mean dont think im going against what i said in past posts. Strength increase will lead to muscle growth in that area. A bigger muscle is a stronger muscle. That is why bodybuilders do try to increase their strength on exercises in general, even if they arent necessarily strong for their size. Hey whatever they did worked for them, you gotta remember that too.

My experience with Pilates and the Pilates Reformer.

So, a few years ago a new Club Pilates opened up near where I was living. They were having a grand opening that day and being somewhat of a fitness person and all, I decided to step in. I had never done Pilates before, nor had I ever planned on trying it. I'm sure you've seen it on tv or in a movie, where theres a bunch of rich housewives doing a pilates workout while they contemplate what to do with their husband's money. That was the stereotype that came to my mind as I walked in the door. And I pretty much assumed I was going to get fed a load of Bullshit about this type of workout as soon as one of the employees approached me and started talking. However, little did I know that I was soon to find out that this pilates reformer workout was great and that there was an incredible history of how this machine(the Pilates reformer) and workout was created.

Sometime before 1923, The pilates reformer was created by Joseph Pilates, an expert skier, diver, and professional boxer, " A German-born emigré to Britain and then America, he devised the Pilates method as a new approach to exercise and body-conditioning in the early decades of the last century. His method included the use of equipment referred to by him as:apparatus. Perhaps the best known piece of equipment, is the Pilates reformer, which is in use in the Pilates Central studio today."(1)

During world war 1, Joseph Pilates realized he could use his pilates methods to help stregnthen the muscles and bodies of bed ridden hospital patients by attaching cables and bands to their beds. This allowed these patients to build strength and muscle without EVER getting out of bed. This is how the pilates reformer came to be born! So hopefully the picture of the reformer i posted shows up, but incase it doesnt, the reformer is that strange looking wooden table thing, with two cables you attach to the arms.(youve probably seen it on tv)

Anyways, that is the brief history of how Pilates was developed. Pretty surprising, right. Now, back to my experience with it. So, that day when i walked in the studio i wasn't trying to hear a bunch of hyped up bullshit. Some of the trainers ive worked with know what im talking about, or should i say, who im talking about. So, i they gave me a free session pass for the next day. I thought," ok great, lets see what this lame ass shit is about." 

Well, like i said i was totally wrong about this pilates stuff. The next day i ate my preworkout meal(about 35g protein, and 50g carbs) an hour before the workout and then at 11:30am i showed up. I was asigned to my own reformer. There were about 10 other people in the class. The instructor was a pretty attractive, fit and fairly muscular woman. Which made me feel reassured that this wasnt some bullshit hype workout. I mean like i mention in my old posts, most trainers never made physical progress in their lives. And especially with the women trainers, there tends to be a trend where they are skinny and have never built muscle or lost fat in their lives, they get a super easy cerfitication, and whala! They the newest expert trainer at your nearest gym! Lol.

Anyways, i start this reformer workout. And let me just tell you its harder than you think. Its like a mixture of calisthenics, balance, and flexibility, while using your own bodyweight. This shit had me sweating 20 minutes in and the whole workout was an hour. It was challenging for someone of my fitness level and if youve never done it before it will be a good challenge for you aswell. It also made me aware of weak muscular areas in my body which i thought were strong from doing heavy compound movements.

I would recommend the pilates reformer workout to the average person, or an intermediate to advanced bodybuilder or physique guy who is looking to achieve a physique that is muscular but athletic. Also i believe this type of workout would benefit a athlete of any sport, football, basketball, mma, or track and field. This workout will make you aware of muscular weaknesses you were not aware of and will also add something very new to your training regimine.

1. https://www.pilatescentral.co.uk/history-origins-pilates/

The more.

The more you are right about things= the more you are right about things.

The more you are wrong about things= the more you are wrong about things.

Which would you rather be?

How do bodybuilders and fitness models achieve the "thin skin" look?

So people first off, competitive bodybuilders, fitness models, and most IG models ALL take hormone. If they say they natural, most likely lying or they take it before in the past atleast. If you think these guys are natural, especially on magazine cover, you out of your fucking mind. Even the women, less so than the men but they still take hormone.

Now today i touch on how these people achieve that "thin skin" zero fat look on the abs. People in the picture i just posted this perfect example. This fella a hormonized fella, no doubt, he like to use test and tren ace. His bodyfat already very low, but he also use somtin extra. What is that? This fella also use a diuretic. Lasix(furosemide) is a popular one that bodybuild and fitness model use, most likely this fella using it for this ad. Diuretics are drugs that are typically used to decrease fluid build up in the body, such as edema. However they are also used by athletes to drop weight in a short period of time. Also the are used by bodybuilders and fitness models to decrease the amount of water held under the skin, which will bring out muscle definition and will give the body a much tighter look. Look at this guys skin, is thinner than fucking seran wrap.

Ok hope this answer some question people. Do not believe for a second these people are drug free because they not. Trus me i believe these people natural when i was younger lol, but they not. Dont be fooled or discouraged by them, and stay consistent with your diet and training.