Max-OT Cardio Tips

Posted by on Jan 15, 2010 in body building, cardio, drug free, Max-OT | 33 comments

Remember not to over complicate Max-OT cardio. The goal of Max-OT style cardio is to work out of your comfort zone for 16-20 minutes. You need to be “huffing and puffing” throughout the session. Simply put, if you complete 16 minutes and it feels easy then you are not working hard enough. Don’t worry too much about what program setting you choose, what machine you are on or how...

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1999 Team Universe

Posted by on Jan 14, 2010 in body building, drug free, Team Universe | 0 comments

I came across this photo recently from the 1999 NPC Team Universe and it brought back a lot of memories. This photo is meaningful to me because it was my first real photo shoot. The photo was taken in the alley outside our hotel in NYC by Mitsuru Okabe for IronMan Magazine. It was taken Saturday mid day before the finals so I didn’t know at that time that I had won the light heavy weight...

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Heavy Dumbbells = Diminishing Returns

Posted by on Jan 13, 2010 in body building, drug free, dumbbells, Max-OT | 7 comments

I’ve had an evolution of thought over the years about using heavy dumbbells for pressing movements, both chest and shoulder. The shoulder training clip I just posted on my new YouTube page brought it to mind so I thought I would share it.Though dumbbell movements are an excellent compound choice of exercise and they fit squarely within the Max-OT principles I feel there is a diminishing...

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Organization is Key

Posted by on Jan 12, 2010 in body building, diet, drug free, nutrition, oganization | 0 comments

We always talk about discipline, hard work and dedication when we talk about achieving goals and these are all important attributes without a doubt but often times a key skill gets overlooked is organization. Being organized will be critical to achieving your goals, particularly when we talk about nutrition. One tool that can help you stay organized with your nutrition is writing out a menu with...

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Day by Day

Posted by on Jan 10, 2010 in body building, drug free, mind set | 0 comments

When you are working towards a goal sometimes it is easy to get overwhelmed by the enormity of the task at hand. That is why you need to remember the simple concept that each goal, no matter how big or small, is achieved by your accumulative efforts over time – or as they say a journey of 1000 miles begins with one single step. One of the keys to my bodybuilding success was the ability to...

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Back to the Blog

Posted by on Jan 7, 2010 in body building, drug free, DVD | 2 comments

It’s been a while since I posted anything. The last couple months have been busy with holidays and some travel. Now it’s time to get back and re-focused like many of us do at the start of a new year. I have a couple cool things in the works. The first of which should be available within the next few weeks. More to come on that in the near future. The other “cool thing”...

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