A Meathead’s Dream Vacation

My wife and I returned from our Carribean Cruise Vaction yesterday.  Our cruise departed Miami, FL and traveled to three locations in the Eastern Carribean over a seven day period returning to Miami.  Where we went and the activities we participated in seem irrelevant for a blog dedicated to muscledom.  What seems more relevant to [...]

Tools of the Trade

When I was 19, I prepared for my first bodybuilding competition while I was completing my first year in college.  I really had no clue what I was getting myself into.  I was broke, had no car, and the only real access to food was at the college cafeteria.  I basically dieted on egg whites, tuna, [...]

Support System

This afternoon my wife noticed me logging my meals into my diet journal.  I had not discussed with her the fact that I was planning on beginning my preparation for the contest next April.  Normally, bodybuilders begin serious contest diets 12-16 weeks before their competition.  I usually give myself somewhere around 20 weeks to prepare [...]