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I BECOME RONNIE COLEMAN
IN 6 SHORT MONTHS!!!
SEE ARTICLE FOR DETAILS
by Brent LeBlanc
I had an interview with Ronnie Coleman after this latest Mr. Olympia win in 2000. During this interview I asked him what his secrets were for gaining muscle. To my surprise he was quite open and honest and said that 4 years ago he was a puny 180 lb police officer in Arlington ,TX. Although he knew it was a particularly bad scenario for a cop to be taking an illegal substance such as steroids, he went ahead and bought some testosterone, deca and dianabol for a 12-week cycle.
SURPRISE, SURPRISE . . after that first cycle, Ronnie was up to 300 lbs of muscle and ready for his first Mr. Olympia competition. Of course, he won.
OK, I never interviewed Ronnie Coleman, but the above tends to be the views of gear newbies and those outsiders who will never step foot in a gym. Who gives a fuck about diet and training, these guys only got big because of steroids. Oh, and how many times have you heard that once those evil steroid users go off using, all the muscle will magically turn to fat?
GOOD AND BAD TRANSFORMATION
As you may have seen my picture in an issue a short time ago, you will have noticed the dramatic change that I achieved in just a little over a month (with Jason's help of course). I look and feel a helluva lot better. In fact, for the first time in 2 years, I have caught girls actually checking me out!!!!! Amazing what some definition can do for you.
But besides the physical transformation, the other major change that has accompanied this has been a dramatic DECREASE in the amount I can lift. I used to be the guy who everyone always stopped briefly to watch me lift on the power exercises _ like squats, bench, etc. Oh yeah, I was the man. For dumbbell bench press, I was actually worried that I would exceed the maximum amount available and have to resort to doing higher reps. Higher reps are for babies.
Not any more. Now I start my workouts with what I call "normal man weights" and then slowly lift less and less as the workout goes on as I deplete the carb stores in my muscles. It's really sad. Usually for the last exercise for the muscle group I will do a machine exercise (I don't make a practice of doing these, but anyway). By the last set I am doing reps with only the minimum amount on the machine. I have been getting some weird looks from my fellow gym members lately.
OK, so what caused this decrease in lifts? I am taking roughly the same amount of gear as I always have. I mean if gear is so great, I should be lifting as much, if not more than before, having used the stuff for the last 1.5 years. By the way, while I have not proposed any sort of gear cycle in this article, you should make note that I do have a prescription from Dr. Scruggs and use only the amounts he has prescribed.
I haven't changed my training. Well what has changed has been my diet. Jason has significantly reduced calorie intake, especially restricting the amount of carbs I am taking. There is nothing more humbling than being able to squat more than 5 plates on each side then being reduced to 3 plates or less all in the span of a few weeks.
IT'S THE FOOD, REALLY
So why am I rambling on, well, because it's the food you dumbshit!!! One of the things all the muscle mags do get correct is their emphasis on the importance of food. In fact, I have read more than once that food was the most anabolic substance there is. When I started training seriously, I also began to take my diet seriously. Instead of eating ramen noodles for dinner 5 times a week and eating twice a day (if I was lucky) I began to include more and more protein and clean carbs and began eating 6 small meals throughout the day.
This dedication to both training and diet took me from 165 lbs to 275 lbs in the span of 6 months (OK, I went from 165 to 245 in 6 months, took a 5 month break, then went from 165 to 275 in 6 months) and yes, I was extremely dedicated to training and eating. After about 225 lbs, I gained muscle mass at the rate of 2 lbs of muscle per 1 lb of fat. Not the best ratio, but hey, I was completely drug free, although everyone thought I was using. And, I really didn't know any other bodybuilders, so a lot of the information I had was gleaned from the muscle mags. Not too bad I don't think.
EXAMPLE: THE BOSS
My boss had been lifting half-ass for most of the last 3 years. Making absolutely no progress at all _ size or strength-wise. He had no clue what he was doing wrong. Here is a brief list of what was wrong:
1. He had been doing the same workout for 3 years
2. He ate like a bird
3. He was afraid to lose his 6 pack abs
Everyday he saw me haul in my massive amounts of food and take up all the room in the frig _ only to have it all disappear by the end of the day. I am no Jason Meuller, but this guy needed some help.
He has a fast metabolism so I told him to eat everything in sight _ with an emphasis on getting in as much protein as possible. OK, there are more details than that and I introduced him to protein powder, but I will spare you the small talk. In the last 3 months he has put on a very noticeable amount of size _ adding around 8 lbs _ and his strength has gone through the roof. His shirts are starting to get tight and he's now got stretch marks on his arms. The guy just needed to eat like a bodybuilder.
EXAMPLE: BLOW UP MAN (BUM)
All these years I had been lifting I had only heard about guys who just "blow up" out of nowhere. Going from small to decent-sized in a short span. Except for my first cycle when I went from 260 to 295, gear never worked for me like that. But there is this guy at my gym who, in just the last 6 weeks has gone from small, but decent sized body, to something noticeably bigger.
Good stuff, don't you think? Well, there's more to the story than that. Blow Up Man (BUM) didn't really have a good base to work with _ meaning he needed to add a substantial amount of mass _ NATURALLY _ before he even thought about O.D.ing on gear. BUM is taking extremely large amounts of injectables, but especially orals _ and you can tell. I wouldn't want to be near this guy with a sharp object as in the Noah's Ark episode that would follow. Again, its all fun and games until you lose the size you thought you had gained. What??
Yep, BUM eats like shit _ fast food is a staple. And there is no fucking way he eats enough of this crap to get enough protein to build muscle. BUM is around 22 and did a few cycles when he was 17/18 _ but you sure as hell couldn't tell. Because he isn't careful, he also has a nice set of bitch tits.
Yeah, yeah, bitch tits don't really relate to food _ but his whole BB attitude can be summed up in his daily menu. He doesn't really give a shit. Thinks all the gains will come easy _ basically the stereotypical bodybuilder that most of us try to distance ourselves from.
SCARED OF FAT
You know, I have met so many people who are so fucking scared of putting on some fat that they never put on any muscle. In fact they never go anywhere in terms of their physique. Put on some mass and then take off the fat. Even the muscle mags will tell you that it's better to put on the muscle and then shed the fat later.
I can remember the first month I trained and ate well. I added around 15 lbs and reduced my bodyfat. I was hooked, but I was also finally eating the amount of food I needed.
I have talked to a number of guys who essentially limit their size by their squeamishness to add some fat. HELLO??? Do you want to be big, or do you want to be pretty? Me, I want to be big and I will do whatever I have to do attain the most muscle mass my body will support.
As an aside, they should have a "big" section at the gym and a "pretty" section.
Big Section _ here all the evil, scary, roid monsters can lift in the peace and quiet of heavy metal music. These guys would even be allowed to make loud, icky noises when they lift that might otherwise bother other members.
Pretty Section _ This would have all those "who just want to tone" or look good at the clubs on the weekend. (Of course this would include about 99% of all women). If you are scared of free weights, you would be required to lift in the pretty section.
Yeah, I like that idea.
Anyway, the moral of the story is it's the food that the most important thing, not the gear, not the training, its food. Food isn't even illegal!!!!
I BECOME RONNIE COLEMAN
IN 6 SHORT MONTHS!!!
SEE ARTICLE FOR DETAILS
by Brent LeBlanc
I had an interview with Ronnie Coleman after this latest Mr. Olympia win in 2000. During this interview I asked him what his secrets were for gaining muscle. To my surprise he was quite open and honest and said that 4 years ago he was a puny 180 lb police officer in Arlington ,TX. Although he knew it was a particularly bad scenario for a cop to be taking an illegal substance such as steroids, he went ahead and bought some testosterone, deca and dianabol for a 12-week cycle.
SURPRISE, SURPRISE . . after that first cycle, Ronnie was up to 300 lbs of muscle and ready for his first Mr. Olympia competition. Of course, he won.
OK, I never interviewed Ronnie Coleman, but the above tends to be the views of gear newbies and those outsiders who will never step foot in a gym. Who gives a fuck about diet and training, these guys only got big because of steroids. Oh, and how many times have you heard that once those evil steroid users go off using, all the muscle will magically turn to fat?
GOOD AND BAD TRANSFORMATION
As you may have seen my picture in an issue a short time ago, you will have noticed the dramatic change that I achieved in just a little over a month (with Jason's help of course). I look and feel a helluva lot better. In fact, for the first time in 2 years, I have caught girls actually checking me out!!!!! Amazing what some definition can do for you.
But besides the physical transformation, the other major change that has accompanied this has been a dramatic DECREASE in the amount I can lift. I used to be the guy who everyone always stopped briefly to watch me lift on the power exercises _ like squats, bench, etc. Oh yeah, I was the man. For dumbbell bench press, I was actually worried that I would exceed the maximum amount available and have to resort to doing higher reps. Higher reps are for babies.
Not any more. Now I start my workouts with what I call "normal man weights" and then slowly lift less and less as the workout goes on as I deplete the carb stores in my muscles. It's really sad. Usually for the last exercise for the muscle group I will do a machine exercise (I don't make a practice of doing these, but anyway). By the last set I am doing reps with only the minimum amount on the machine. I have been getting some weird looks from my fellow gym members lately.
OK, so what caused this decrease in lifts? I am taking roughly the same amount of gear as I always have. I mean if gear is so great, I should be lifting as much, if not more than before, having used the stuff for the last 1.5 years. By the way, while I have not proposed any sort of gear cycle in this article, you should make note that I do have a prescription from Dr. Scruggs and use only the amounts he has prescribed.
I haven't changed my training. Well what has changed has been my diet. Jason has significantly reduced calorie intake, especially restricting the amount of carbs I am taking. There is nothing more humbling than being able to squat more than 5 plates on each side then being reduced to 3 plates or less all in the span of a few weeks.
IT'S THE FOOD, REALLY
So why am I rambling on, well, because it's the food you dumbshit!!! One of the things all the muscle mags do get correct is their emphasis on the importance of food. In fact, I have read more than once that food was the most anabolic substance there is. When I started training seriously, I also began to take my diet seriously. Instead of eating ramen noodles for dinner 5 times a week and eating twice a day (if I was lucky) I began to include more and more protein and clean carbs and began eating 6 small meals throughout the day.
This dedication to both training and diet took me from 165 lbs to 275 lbs in the span of 6 months (OK, I went from 165 to 245 in 6 months, took a 5 month break, then went from 165 to 275 in 6 months) and yes, I was extremely dedicated to training and eating. After about 225 lbs, I gained muscle mass at the rate of 2 lbs of muscle per 1 lb of fat. Not the best ratio, but hey, I was completely drug free, although everyone thought I was using. And, I really didn't know any other bodybuilders, so a lot of the information I had was gleaned from the muscle mags. Not too bad I don't think.
EXAMPLE: THE BOSS
My boss had been lifting half-ass for most of the last 3 years. Making absolutely no progress at all _ size or strength-wise. He had no clue what he was doing wrong. Here is a brief list of what was wrong:
1. He had been doing the same workout for 3 years
2. He ate like a bird
3. He was afraid to lose his 6 pack abs
Everyday he saw me haul in my massive amounts of food and take up all the room in the frig _ only to have it all disappear by the end of the day. I am no Jason Meuller, but this guy needed some help.
He has a fast metabolism so I told him to eat everything in sight _ with an emphasis on getting in as much protein as possible. OK, there are more details than that and I introduced him to protein powder, but I will spare you the small talk. In the last 3 months he has put on a very noticeable amount of size _ adding around 8 lbs _ and his strength has gone through the roof. His shirts are starting to get tight and he's now got stretch marks on his arms. The guy just needed to eat like a bodybuilder.
EXAMPLE: BLOW UP MAN (BUM)
All these years I had been lifting I had only heard about guys who just "blow up" out of nowhere. Going from small to decent-sized in a short span. Except for my first cycle when I went from 260 to 295, gear never worked for me like that. But there is this guy at my gym who, in just the last 6 weeks has gone from small, but decent sized body, to something noticeably bigger.
Good stuff, don't you think? Well, there's more to the story than that. Blow Up Man (BUM) didn't really have a good base to work with _ meaning he needed to add a substantial amount of mass _ NATURALLY _ before he even thought about O.D.ing on gear. BUM is taking extremely large amounts of injectables, but especially orals _ and you can tell. I wouldn't want to be near this guy with a sharp object as in the Noah's Ark episode that would follow. Again, its all fun and games until you lose the size you thought you had gained. What??
Yep, BUM eats like shit _ fast food is a staple. And there is no fucking way he eats enough of this crap to get enough protein to build muscle. BUM is around 22 and did a few cycles when he was 17/18 _ but you sure as hell couldn't tell. Because he isn't careful, he also has a nice set of bitch tits.
Yeah, yeah, bitch tits don't really relate to food _ but his whole BB attitude can be summed up in his daily menu. He doesn't really give a shit. Thinks all the gains will come easy _ basically the stereotypical bodybuilder that most of us try to distance ourselves from.
SCARED OF FAT
You know, I have met so many people who are so fucking scared of putting on some fat that they never put on any muscle. In fact they never go anywhere in terms of their physique. Put on some mass and then take off the fat. Even the muscle mags will tell you that it's better to put on the muscle and then shed the fat later.
I can remember the first month I trained and ate well. I added around 15 lbs and reduced my bodyfat. I was hooked, but I was also finally eating the amount of food I needed.
I have talked to a number of guys who essentially limit their size by their squeamishness to add some fat. HELLO??? Do you want to be big, or do you want to be pretty? Me, I want to be big and I will do whatever I have to do attain the most muscle mass my body will support.
As an aside, they should have a "big" section at the gym and a "pretty" section.
Big Section _ here all the evil, scary, roid monsters can lift in the peace and quiet of heavy metal music. These guys would even be allowed to make loud, icky noises when they lift that might otherwise bother other members.
Pretty Section _ This would have all those "who just want to tone" or look good at the clubs on the weekend. (Of course this would include about 99% of all women). If you are scared of free weights, you would be required to lift in the pretty section.
Yeah, I like that idea.
Anyway, the moral of the story is it's the food that the most important thing, not the gear, not the training, its food. Food isn't even illegal!!!!
