5 weeks out and a 2000 mile road trip....
Disclaimer: Dave Palumbo does not endorse Mr. Liberatore's actions regarding precontest dieting and driving halfway across the country. Remember he's a trained professional...we think!
Let me start out by saying I don't suggest driving 2000 miles in 3 days when you have an important show coming up. Here's the story. . . my girlfriend, Cristina, and I decided to buy 2 pitbull puppies. The breeder we found and liked was in Massachusetts of all places; roughly 1000 miles from our home in Chicago.
Well I started off this journey to the Orlando Pro as any focused bodybuilder would. My prep started 11 weeks out and I was feeling pretty good for the first 11 days. Not only was I getting leaner but I was getting stronger as well. Thursday February 24th I was training back and I felt great! Strong, focused, and determined.....little did I know that I had a stomach flu waiting to break my stride.
Every year, truly great physiques emerge from the NPC Nationals. The Nationals (and the NPC USA) are, essentially, the "farm system" for future IFBB greats. Haney, Gaspari and others emerged from these big shows but the one single show that should go down in the record books as the most spectacular battle ever was the 1991 NPC Nationals held in Pittsburgh. I was lucky enough to "take part" in it by virtue of having worked with two of that year's top placers; Paul DeMayo and Chris Cormier. Chris was coming off a 3rd place at the NPC USA that year (having been edged out by both Flex Wheeler and Chris Duffy). After that show Chris couldn't quite decide what would be his next step. As a near-natural competitor at the time, he discovered the NPC was hosting a (drug-tested) Team Universe posedown to be held the same night as the NPC Nationals in Pittsburgh.
Snooki on Raw!!!!
WrestleMania 27 is now 20 short days away!!!
The 2011 Arnold Fitness Weekend has come and gone and the first BSN SYNTHA-6 Protein Bar Taste-Test is now history. BSN Nutrition had the gall to pit their new Syntha-6 Protein Bar up against the leading bars on the market. Not knowing how their product would fare against the likes of Met-Rxs Big 100, Supreme Protein, and Dymatize Elite Gourmet, BSN set up a taste-testing table in their humongous booth and allowed thounsands of fans to sample the newly designed high protein bars.
