to be the best in the world there's no such thing as balance
the gym is my happy hour the gym is my Friday night this is what I live for for
these 12 weeks
I woke up this morning I look like shit so I text my coach I'm like well first
of all all night last night I had a ridiculous amount of pain in my stomach
and like ridiculous gas so that's why I like you experiment you try different
things this far out to see if it works or doesn't work so this morning I just
woke up like bloated last night I was gassy I was up all night like didn't digest
good for me so I'm just gonna stick to the regular rice so I only take
half a scoop of nitraflex um for you guys that don't know like if you're not
familiar with nitraflex it's really strong so incredible pre-workout but you
know half the scoop is great for me the reason you need like a good nutritionist
behind you is is because when you get to these four three two weeks out
there's doubt that arises there's anxiety that arises there's the fear of
not being good enough that arises so sometimes having an extra set of
eyeballs on you or an extra mind to just look over what you're doing and making
sure that everything looks right you know that means everything because you
don't get these 12 weeks back all right guys so we got a pre-workout meal which
is actually meal number two for today you see there's no carbohydrates I just
got three and a half ounces of broccoli eight ounces of chicken breast and I've
got my infamous pre-workout pickle for you guys that no you know I've never
been a type of person that could just like eat and like go straight to gym I
need like 45 minutes to an hour to digest and I just feel like there's so
much going on my stomach that uh really affects my overall pump
the rep range, the machines, the sets this guy knows what the fuck he's doing
oftentimes like people like hey Sadik you're one of the best in the world at
what you do why do you need a trainer why does Michael Jordan have a shooting
coach why does Kobe have a shooting coach these are the best guys in the world
why because that person's committed to making you 10% better 20% better 30%
better if I stop at 10 reps he's gonna push me to 15 if I do 15 easy he's gonna
push me to 20 to maximize my time in the gym in that one hour I want to train as
hard as possible and mike camp and the rest of my training partners are there
to make sure I get to that level Sadik is second to none when it
comes to commitment and dedication shows up on time never asks questions in
regards to what we have to do he just wants to make sure that he's doing
everything correctly he's meticulous with his form when he's lifting he's
controlling the motion not only on the eccentric but on the concentric as well
most important thing with a training partner is not their
achievements not their size noy how long they've been training most important thing about
a training partner is to be comfortable around them to vibe out that well where they
get kind of read your mind without talking to you because you don't really
want to get distracted during a press talking about bullshit we're comfortable
with each other you know we've developed that relationship
I mean he trains just like a bodybuilder so obviously Mike sometimes adjust the
weights for us and whatnot but overall we do the same exercises the gym is my
happy hour the gym is my Friday night the gym is like me hanging out with my
friends like this is what I live for there's nothing else I look forward to
besides having the most intense training session as I possibly can
after I'm done with this gym I'm visualizing tomorrow's weight training
session this sport is built off of genetics can you change yes you can
change it by meticulous nutrition training hard training consistently okay
making sure you set goals that are short-term and long-term and consistency
is the key to this industry so you want to be a big guy then you go into body
building but if you want to build an awesome physique it's still the same things but
just you're kind of fine-tuning your details a little more specifically
most guys whether in a physique division or classic division or bodybuilding
they love to train so they want to train hard they want to put muscle on it's
just fine-tuning how much muscle we're gonna put on and making sure we're
keeping it in proportions my last time I competed men's physique I was 179 2016's
Olympia now I'm 218 so it's like 30 pounds of stage muscle man
but just I was able to put on thickness in the right places my back my chest my
arms my shoulders but I was still able to keep my waist very slim so we looking
forward to this show a lot really am Sadik transitioning back into the
physique division we saw okay we're still lacking a lot of that thickness
from the front and to the back so we wanted to prioritize our upper chest and
our mid-back development so starting back in October our priority was hitting
chest twice a week and back and then we did that for eight weeks and then we
transition into working on our delts hitting that twice a week and sometimes
even three times a week nothing new with methods wise we just prioritize certain
body parts and we hit them hard as we slowly came closer to the Arnold how do
you be the best in the world if you have balance well you know what I do this 80%
fuck the other 20% if you want to be the best in the world at something you go 100% you
let this thing consume you and eventually what consumes you will
destroy you and that's what being the best in the world is that's why so
little people to call themselves mr. Olympia I don't want to look at nice
things I don't want to look at past achievements past achievements will make
you complacent whatever happened yesterday doesn't matter today and it
doesn't matter tomorrow when I step on stage none of those trophies are gonna be
there you know none of those great magazine covers will be there with me
it's just me and the work that I'm putting in so I'm always trying to
remain hungry like I'm climbing the ladder instead of being on top of the
ladder