The Grind

The Grind is that time in your physique transformation where you just put your head down and grind it out.

It's often the time between the initial fast "newbie" results and the final results. Changes are occurring in your body, but you may not see them from week to week.

Mentally, The Grind is also where some of that new program and new diet enthusiasm wears off and it all becomes routine, even boring. There's nothing left to do or say really; you just work the plan, day to day to day.

But toward the end of The Grind, what'll happen is that you'll glance back at your "befores" and realize you've made some... read more 7 comments

One of the criticisms I've seen mentioned of personal trainers, online trainers or anything that might fall in between is the idea of "selling fish vs teaching someone how to fish". That's a cliche way of saying, telling someone what to do instead of teaching them how to do it themselves, so to speak. I personally don't think it's necessarily an either/or case however. While without clients I'd be out of business, the goal is still to hopefully impart some degree of knowledge into a client over time. Enough so that should they decide to, they can take over the reigns on their own, and continue to be successful in their fitness/physique endeavors. For some, the decision to go... read more 7 comments

I linked to these before and after pictures of LBC client Sunny Daye in the most recent newsletter, but I thought I'd also post them on the blog. Sunny went on to win three classes at the Pacific USA Naturals Bodybuilding and Figure Championships, taking first in Figure Short, Figure Masters Short and Figure Masters Overall. read more 5 comments

So, the 2008 IFBB North Americans have now come and gone. We just got home from Cleveland a short while ago and we actually made good time getting home in just over 4 hours. Many of you already know the results from the forum updates, but in short we had two girls in the top 5 in their first national shows. Lisa Peper ended up in 5th place in a good sized D Class and Jennie Hamilton came in at a solid 4th spot in a smaller, but very competitive F class. The overall goal for each was a Top 10 placing, so a final placing inside the Top 5 is icing on the cake. All in all... read more 5 comments

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