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Perfect form is the most important thing to have a perfect body, it's impossible to make a painting with a big brush
The path to added muscle is consuming more calories than the amount needed to keep your current bodyweight unchanged.
I grew up as an only child, so I like being by myself. So I train predominantly - 98 percent of the time - by myself.
I believe that if you're able to eat as much as a bodybuilder is supposed to, you're probably not going to overtrain.
Splitting your meals up into smaller, more frequent portions will enable food absorption and utilization of nutrients.
The weight is just a tool. Do you focus on the hammer or the nail? You better focus on the thing you're trying to hit.
PR is extremely important, and being able to use it in the right way means everything. You have to market your success
Weight training has enjoyed a huge impact, and the transformation has gone mainstream. I'm fortunate to be part of it.
When they get a 50-inch waist and a gorilla butt, it's ugly looking - and I think bodybuilding has become ugly looking.
I know that God gave me the blessing to use, to bring honor and glory to Him, and to use to impact the lives of people.
PR is extremely important, and being able to use it in the right way means everything. You have to market your success.
Time between sets should be short and just long enough so that you are sufficiently recovered to hit the next set hard.
Use what you have in your gym. Try to do my training program, you will lose your fat and gain muscles at the same time.
It took me 20 years of hard training to get the physique I have today. what you need is what i had - BELIEF IN YOURSELF.
I am more interested in health, quality of life, longevity and how training and nutrition affects that as you get older.
I was a pretty fit and physical kid, and my first interest was in martial arts and kung fu with all the Bruce Lee movies.
If it was easy everyone would be a champion, so you've got to decide if you're that person that's going to be a champion.
Where I'm from, Bastrop, Louisiana, you played football, basketball, and baseball; you ran track - and that was about it.
One difference between artists and ordinary people is that artists have big egos. In some cases, it's the only difference.
I get all excited when I think that someone's 1-900 sex call from a cell phone might be passing through my body right now.
I'm not the kind of guy who tries to run between the drops. Sometimes you gotta get a little wet to reach your destination
I began bodybuilding shortly after I watched a couple friends compete at a state show and thought it would be cool to try.
There are times I have to diet 16 weeks at a go, and I had to miss out on stuff I love, like burgers and birthday parties.
There's no way in hell I could have achieved what I have without being a good student and listening to the wisdom of others
I'm always trying to improve on my overall package. Just try to get a little bit harder and maintain the same muscle quality.
When I was 18 years old I knew pretty much what I wanted to do in life. When I was 18 I knew I wanted to be a pro bodybuilder.
If a man doesn't have a dream, then he has nothing to work for. Nothing to get up in the morning. No reason, no purpose, to be
Do not let yourself be contaminated by others' ideas of what is best for you. Cast aside the shackles of destructive thinking.
When I was a teenager, you were either a punk, a skinhead or a mod, or you weren't on the scene. Me and my mates were skinheads.
I think that strength levels go hand in hand with building a great physique. You've got to lift heavy weight to get big - period.
Whey protein is taken very quickly into the bloodstream and there is a lot of waste, so it is not ideal on its own in most cases.
Most kids will not volunteer to eat veggies. At times you must step up to the plate and enforce the rule of authority as a parent.
Bodybuilding has been my life; if it weren't for bodybuilding, I don't know what I'd be doing. I look at bodybuilding as who I am.
Moderation assures mediocrity -- nice, safe. Mediocrity is for the mediocre -- simple, okay. The intense rule; the mediocre follow.
I've never competed in powerlifting. But my goals weren't to be a powerlifter. My goals were to pack on size and get big, big, big.
I have had quite a few injuries during my time and if you are not injured in this sport [bodybuilding], you are not doing anything.
As my athletic career was coming to an end in 2007, I asked myself, do I want to work for somebody, or go out and make a difference?
Exercise to stimulate, not to annihilate. The world wasn't formed in a day, and neither were we. Set small goals and build upon them.
Your body produces a lot less testosterone each and every single year no matter who you are. We are all human, nobody is super human.
When you pick up your first magazine you definitely hope you can be like the guy on the magazine. That's usually why you start lifting.
Rule of thumb: Eat for what you're going to be doing, and not for what you have done. Don't take in more than you're willing to burn off.
I kind of stumbled into this. I used to do karate and then I started reading muscle magazines. Eventually, I began training and competing.
You come to a point in your life and you may be in bed just thinking about it. Ask yourself what is stopping you from becoming your dreams
When your goal is to put on muscle mass you must increase your calorie intake as you increase the activity level being given to the muscle
I received a lot of criticism early in my career, but people didn't realize that I'd only been training for three years when I turned pro.
But you can't just sit around the fireplace and sip Cokes and eat pretzels and get an attitude of confidence. You have to put in hard work.
When your goal is to put on muscle mass you must increase your calorie intake as you increase the activity level being given to the muscle.
Actually to be a champion your goal is to be a little bit better each day, making sure that every day is an opportunity to be at your best.
Before, I could lift 600lbs in squats and all incredible stuff in the gym, but if I walked a couple of miles I'd probably get out of breath.
Enrolling your child in a recreational sport sponsored by your neighborhood recreation community centers is a great way to keep kids active.