Keep in mind that as you get leaner and leaner your ability to measure or quantify change will decrease. Progress will show up qualitatively, but not quantitatively (you can see it but you can't measure it), so you have to now start moving OFF the numbers.

For example, improvements in vascularity don't show up on any numbers. Also remember that the process is not a straight line - as you get leaner it gets harder to get even leaner and progress is slower near the end than it was at the beginning; and not only that, you wind up having to work harder for less results in the home stretch... read more 0 comments

Good coaches tell you want you need to hear, which admittedly isn't always what you want to hear. Good coaches put high expectations on you, because they want a lot for you. They believe that together the two of you can achieve great things and they are fully behind this belief. Good coaches are tough, but beyond that tough exterior is care for you, for your well being, and for your goals. Good coaches tell it it like it is. Sometimes that blunt, direct, no BS toughness can feel like a slap in the face in the immediate, but eventually it's going to feel like a big hug, a pat on the back, and an encouraging push in the right... read more 0 comments

FLASHBACK to comp prep in the year 2010 (Before Erik):

Sobbing in my car, parked outside the gym for the third time that day, desperately trying to summon the energy to walk from my car to the gym door, knowing that if I could just get inside I could probably then force myself to at least start the RPM class and hopefully, hopefully, the music would drown out the sound of my legs screaming as they endured yet another torture session on zero energy. I might as well go in, because it had already cost me so much to get there: my broken heart as I pulled away from my... read more 0 comments

I think most people would agree that "betrayal" is one of the most awful feelings in the world.  Well what about when your own body is the very thing betraying you?  THAT HURTS.  You diet like everyone tells you to, you train until you feel like you're going to break, and your body does NOTHING.  That's where I was.  After 2 years of competing with the same crash diets and excessive cardio that are oh so very popular amongst competitors, I was burnt out and rebounding 18 lbs in 3 weeks.  Time to start training again.  Dieting with only about 10 different food selections, minimal carbs, 6 days of cardio a week... read more 1 comments

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