sometimes you get second in the show you can feel second place in life and I
don't want that kind of pain
sweet huh they call it the drawer microwave shit's from the future yo so it's
actually my carb cycling I do three days low at 50 grams and one day at
1600 grams pour this in and you got stand here for about a minute just
doing this cream of rice is primarily gonna be our refeed and our filling out
carbohydrate of choice when we get to Columbus Ohio so we want to do a little
trial run four weeks out and see how my body reacts I'm in love with competing I
just know where my body's at the last time I competed at the men's physique
Mr. Olympia I got second and I weighed 179 pounds on stage now I weigh 218
pounds and I filled out in all the right places I need to be fuller on prep has
been totally different I took 14 months lay over from the stage so I went back to
being a normal civilian eating two or three meals a day really slowed down my
metabolism so the beginning of prep was so hard just to get to five six meals
you know so it's been difficult it has its challenges but I'm there now damn dude
this is a lot of fucking food leading up to a show your life goes on pause for
four months you are not doing anything except eating sleeping training and
eating you're not hanging out with your family you're not hanging out with your
friends everything goes on pause so obviously when you dedicate a lot when
you invest a lot there is anxiety that kicks in
whoever says they like diet food is a liar like do I enjoy like egg whites
like yeah do I enjoy like some grilled chicken yeah but when you're eating this
stuff for 14 weeks and six times a day you don't want it any more man
this chicken actually looks pretty nasty so I'm gonna skip out on the chicken
because it doesn't actually look that great
um I eat with my eyes you know visually like I like to like pick my meats you
know same thing like you want to pick like the best fruit you know out of the
batch you know and if I don't like the way something looks I just won't buy it
I won't eat it just broccoli so I'm gonna show you guys
another convenient thing like not only do I do this with my broccoli but I
usually do this my rice as well so you know we don't always have like 20-30
minutes to like cook food fresh the microwave is a lot more convenient
ninety seconds in a microwave it comes out amazing last six years what I
learned about competing is is that the longer you do it it gets easier but it's
still tough I struggle just like a beginner
struggles you got to learn how to cook you got to learn what intensity is what rep
ranges to use how much sleep to get I mean don't mind the landscaping the home
has been under a bit of construction
and believe it or not like I've been I've been at this house for thirty years
I was born and raised in this house so it's pretty cool to still be here after
all that time family is a huge driving force in what I do everything I do in my
life I think about my family I think about you know my mom and dad when they
came to this country poor they didn't know the language they didn't have any money
they didn't have a jacket you know they found their first article of clothing in
a trash can you know how hard they worked two or three jobs didn't sleep so
any time I feel like giving up something like ah you know what I don't want to do this
30 minutes cardio you know what I don't want to eat this chicken and rice I
think about what the fuck is wrong with me everything they've done to overcome
to give me a better life and I'm complaining about this and that fuck
that you know so my family is number one like a huge motivator of mine and I
always want to make them proud and number two it's a big support you know
knowing that people care about you and they love you and to me that means
everything this home was like a one-story ranch so we actually did some
renovations we put a second floor on that and we did all types of stuff
man I went a little crazy with the chandeliers which I love I didn't know
like I was such a fan of chandeliers until now and check out I got a little
cat that resembles a lion from 21 22 23 24 I look fucking sick and I would win
bodybuilding shows I would never do cardio
I would never diet I would buy those cakes from the supermarket I would eat half of it
and then I take two scoops of protein and drink that with half of it I'd go work
out eat the other half of the cake with a shake and then later in the evening I
would eat two pieces of grilled chicken and then last meal before bed was like
pizza or like McDonald's or Taco Bell and I fucking had a six-pack and I
looked sick because I would train for two or three hours a day it's calories
and calories out like you know you're putting the fuel in your body but you're
burning up the fuel by the end of the day because it's the work ethic and
the performance not just the food because I could eat lean all day but if
I don't work out I'm never going to develop muscle you know like the working out is
the important part we are headed to the gym although it's a
rest day I still like to go in and get some hiit cardio done I still like to go
in and train some abs and my hips have been feeling a little tight so do some
stretches for my hip flexors try to release that tension
every minute I'm on this motherfucking machine is a competitor that I'm passing
on stage on minute 20 I'm on fifth place minute 21 I climb up to fourth
place 22 23 24 eventually when I hit my goal I'm first place that's how I do
cardio
I feel my competitive nature comes from a lot of my failures and I know how
tough it is to place second I know how tough it is to place third and I never
want to be in that position again that's why when I'm in the gym when I'm in the
kitchen when I'm doing my cardio no matter what it is I'm giving a hundred
and twenty percent and that's where my competitive drive comes from is from
that pain that failure that anger I know what it feels like to cry in the shower
after a show and wash your tan off I know what it feels like to plan an
awesome week with your friends and family but you didn't win this show so
now you're fucking devastated and everyone is trying to cradle your feelings
sometimes you get second in the show you can feel second place in life and I
don't want that kind of pain