Bodybuilding Diet Tips for Strength Training

Blog - Bodybuilding Diet Tips for Strength Training - February 24, 2017

For bodybuilders, working out is only one part of the equation to sculpting an awe-inspiring physique. Just as important as your lifting routine is your calorie consumption routine, otherwise known as your diet.

Diets aren’t fun to talk about (unless you’re that lady on Facebook telling everyone how much you LOVE the new “cleanse” you’re on right now). For normal people, especially guys, you want to eat what you want as long as you don’t get fat. Unfortunately, you can’t properly shred your body without a healthy diet.

But diets aren’t all about cutting. You need the right diet to GAIN muscle and strength as well. Here are four tips to maximize your diet for optimal strength gains.

3 Mindset Hacks to Dominate Your Post-Show Recovery

Blog - 3 Mindset Hacks to Dominate Your Post-Show Recovery, A Strong Body is a Healthy Body, Rebound Like the Champ - February 17, 2017

It’s three weeks after the best competition of your life. For months, you dedicated yourself to a workout routine that would add amazing mass and shape to your muscles. You tracked every single piece of food you put in your mouth to make sure you stayed within your calorie limit and proper macros. You went to bed early and avoided alcohol. You even gave up that bachelor party in Vegas because you knew it would set your training back. And all the hard work paid off with your best competition finish yet.

3 Useful Tips to Save Your Knees from Terrible Pain

Blog - February 6, 2017

As a bodybuilder, you spend a lot of time thinking about your muscles. You try everything you can think of to make them grow, make them stronger, and make them stand out. However, as bodybuilders, you should think about your body as whole, not just your muscles.

I talk a lot about working on your mental conditioning and how important that is to building your best self. But one area of the body that often gets overlooked is your joints. Because no one has ever complemented another bodybuilder with a, “Great knees!”, healthy knees remain a low priority.

3 Amazing Ways a Coach Can Help You Overcome Fear, Doubt, and Failure

Blog - January 17, 2017

3 Amazing Ways a Coach Can Help You Overcome Fear, Doubt, and Failure (Or, Words of Wisdom from Batman’s Dad)

In the exceptionally badass movie Batman Begins, there is a scene where a young Bruce Wayne falls into a well and has to be rescued by his father. The elder Wayne pulls him out of the well and carries him into the house to care for his injuries. As Bruce is carried into the house by his father, Alfred the butler says, “Took quite a fall, didn’t we, Master Bruce?” To which Bruce’s father states,

“And why do we fall…? So we can learn to pick ourselves up.”

This quote is applicable to so many more people than just young billionaires who have stumbled into big holes. It’s true for anyone who has ever tried and failed. It’s for anyone who has reached for a goal and fallen short.

No one who has ever accomplished anything, whether it’s defeating The Joker, earning a promotion, or building an awe-inspiring physique, has ever done so without little failures along the way. But the little failures don’t have to mean long term defeat. In my One on One Coaching Program, my team can turn battles lost into wars won. Here are 3 ways a coach can help you overcome failure and accomplish your goals.

Process Over Results

If you’re constantly worrying about the end result in any given task you’re undertaking, you’re apt to get discouraged and quit when an obstacle lands in your path. For guys looking to get a competition-level body, that end goal can seem so far away when you start. If you get an injury or miss workouts or gain a few pounds of fat on a guys’ weekend, that ultimate body looks further away, and you start to feel like you’ll never get there.

Fortunately, a coach will help you focus on the process of building your body, not just the results. It truly is about the journey,

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Reminiscing 2016 & Visualizing Success In 2017

Blog - January 4, 2017

As I sit here reminiscing 2016, and visualizing my success in 2017, I can’t help but look back at all the ups and downs I have had. I’ve seen the highs and lows and how each experience has molded and sculpted my life for a specific reason. Every single obstacle, every single success was a stepping stone to where I stand today. So much has been accomplished, yet so much more is still out there to conquer.

2016 was a year that was designed to make me or break me. I faced a lot of personal battles that could have easily thrown me off my game, but yet I managed to grind thru and learn from the adversity. 2016 was a setup year. It was year of growth and hard work where I didn’t get to reap the benefits to the fullest. A lot of hard work with not a lot in return but the lesson that was learned was that patience is key; that is what I was able to take away.

I had a lot of things that challenged my character and I was put infant of a lot situations that would cause most to turn their back on their goals. But that’s not who I am, nor who I was brought up to be. My circle has gotten smaller as my name has grown bigger. The distractions have climbed but my self-discipline has as well. No longer am I a kid where it’s okay to “mess up”, as an adult we have to make calculated and educated decisions because as an adult a single choice can change your life in a blink of an eye.

2016 I felt was my time to make a statement. 1 win is an accomplishment, but some say was a gift. 2 wins impacted the industry, but left some saying it was a fluke. 3 wins was a statement that left people eating their words. I have worked my ass off since I can remember. Always being told I was undersized, always being told I was the underdog.

The Heart of a Champ: 3 Mistakes to Avoid During Your Rebound

Blog - January 2, 2017

My first contest in 2012. Only took 7th place, but I learned to eventually take advantage of my Rebound during off-season!

Imagine this: You just stepped off the stage of your competition. Your adrenaline is pumping. The energy in the building is electric.

All the work you have put into your diet and all the hours in the gym have culminated into your body looking the best it’s ever looked.

You’ve consumed what seems like an endless stream of chicken breasts and egg whites. In the gym, every rep, set, and workout has created the body you now see in the mirror.

But once you walk out the doors of the competition, your off-season begins. There are no more bright lights or cheering crowds in the near future. Just you and your body.

Some guys take this period as a time to let loose a bit and let their mind and body adjust back to living a “normal” life.

Others decide that they want to beat all of those other guys in the next competition and stay committed to maintaining the condition of their body.

The only question is: which one are you?

In my time training to be a 3x Olympia Physique World Champion, I’ve seen guys make a ton of mistakes immediately following a competition.

Below I’ll talk about 3 major mistakes to avoid while rebounding so you can become a true champ. I talk about how to make the most of the 3 weeks immediately after your competition in my new ebook: Rebound Like the Champ.

Mistake #1: Taking Off During the Off-season

Here’s a quick note – I HATE the word “off-season” to describe this time of year. When he was playing, people would comment how Michael Jordan would always come back from his off-season with new moves they had never seen before. That’s because Jordan knew the off-season was the best time to GROW his game.

It’s the same with bodybuilders.

Warning: Why Overactive Muscles Kill Your Chest Workout

Blog - December 28, 2016

Are you ready to Maximize your total physique results in 2017?

For me, I’ve discovered a key element:

Building your chest THE RIGHT WAY is the most direct and effective path.

When you maximize your chest output, it becomes the first muscle group people visibly notice.

The famous phrase “walking with your chest out” exists to describe a powerful and confident man. People know (from experience, evolution, etc.) that a large, round, masculine chest conveys strength without even saying a word.

The problem most guys have is that their chest is either underdeveloped or developed with improper technique so it doesn’t have optimal shape and size.

I’ll see guys KILLING THEMSELVES in the gym on their chest workout, but when I see their lifts, I know they won’t get results.

Why?

Aside from using poor form and improper workout plans, they have overactive muscle groups that are totally sabotaging their lifts. In my eBook, Building a Legendary Chest, I talk about ways to activate the correct muscles, along with the proper techniques to build your best chest.

Overactive Muscles

When you’re lifting, you want to fully activate specific muscles to maximize your strength gains and muscle growth in those specific areas. When the muscles surrounding your target muscle group are too tight, they will lessen the tension on your target muscles, creating less activation on those muscles. This is how some guys end up spending hours working out their chest, only to have a small chest and large front deltoids and trapezius muscles.

An overactive muscle is typically strong, short, and tight. During lifts, these muscles overcompensate and dominate an underactive muscle. It’s the body’s way of working efficiently. Unfortunately, this efficiency creates unnecessary limits on building the muscles you really want, like the chest.

But hope exists!

Releasing Overactive Muscles to Build an Amazing Chest

Ok – you’ve identified your overactive muscles limiting gains in your chest.

First Week Back After Vacation – Jeremy Buendia Fitness

Do you want to know what’s next for the 3x Men’s Physique Olympia Champion? In this video, Jeremy Buendia shares his future plans for training and also the coaching workshop he’s preparing for you.
Keep waiting for the upcoming news!

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