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Body Transformation: Clayton Burkhart Quit Drinking And Lost Over 100lbs!
Lifestyle Prior To Change What was your lifestyle prior to your transformation? Lifestyle was rough. I was an alcoholic and the only exercise I did was the 12oz curls. I would get drunk and come home from the bar and eat everything and anything in sight. I was 215 pounds my senior year of high schoo...
Body Transformation: Claudio Ramos Body Transformation
A Timeline Of Claudio's Progress June 01, 2009 – Started my different lifestyle to get healthy and lose weight at 317 lbs. July 01, 2009 – 293 August 01, 2009 – 269 September 01, 2009 – 250 October 01 , 2009 – 240 November 01, 2009 – 230 December 01, 2009 – 218 Janua...
Body Transformation: Christina Adler Body Transformation
Lifestyle Prior To Change I spent most of my life being extremely athletic and very active. I was a softball player, gymnast and golfer. So staying in shape came pretty naturally to me. That was until I became pregnant with my second daughter. Almost from the onset of pregnancy, things started to go...
Body Transformation: Christine Wilson Body Transformation
Lifestyle Prior To Change I was active but not consistent. I would go to the gym on and off. I was an amateur boxer and used to being active, but was really not that interested in weight training on a consistent basis. My eating wasn’t too bad; but I was only eating 2 times a day, thinking I would l...
Body Transformation: Christian Leva Drops 78 Pounds
Lifestyle Prior To Change What was your lifestyle prior to your transformation? In high school and college, I was a star athlete. I played football in college and was a national champion powerlifter. Years after college ended however, so did my athletic build and my dietary discipline. My lifestyle...
Body Transformation: Christian Robinson Body Transformation
Lifestyle Prior To Change What was your lifestyle prior to your transformation? I am a music major, so I practiced trumpet all day. I'd wake up, eat a Poptart, and go to rehearsal. Then at school I’d get a pretzel or coffee in the morning before lunch. After lunch in school, I'd come home to eat wha...
Body Transformation: Chris Heitman Went From Soft To Rock Hard!
Lifestyle Prior To Change I injured my back playing football my sophomore year of high school. After the injury I lived a very sedentary lifestyle, mainly watching television, playing computer games, and eating corn dogs. I had become overweight and very disgusted with my appearance. My older bro...
Body Transformation: Cassandra Wycko Body Transformation
Lifestyle Prior To Change My beginning measurements were actually in my car when it had gotten stolen. In April, 2009, the boot camp program I had been attending had calculated in one year I was down an overall 50 inches total...the equivalent of 4ft! Moved to NC in 2010 and gained 25 pounds back fr...
Body Transformation: Brian Turner Packed On 45lbs Of Muscle
Lifestyle Prior To Change I was always involved in athletic sports but never lifting. I would spend a lot my free time that wasn’t used by sports by playing video games. What was your low point or turning point? At the end of my sophomore year in high school and during the summer that year I was ge...
Body Transformation: Brandi Wisdom Body Transformation
Lifestyle Prior To Change My lifestyle prior to my transformation was very unhealthy. I made very poor choices when it came to foods and exercise. I am confident in saying that 95% of the time, my family and I would eat out (fast food) for breakfast, lunch and dinner (yuck)! I never made time to...
Body Transformation: Billy Urias Body Transformation
From Billy Urias I played football, soccer, ran track, and did powerlifting in high school. When I was not doing one of those sports I was always out playing with friends and didn't spend much time at home. As the years went on my activity level decreased more and more. My weight had been up and dow...
Beyond Bodybuilding Motivation: Stay Hungry & Reach Your Goals
Are you feeling a little burnt out with bodybuilding? Have your last few weeks of workouts been lackluster, your diet uninspiring, your progress average at best? If so, you're certainly not alone! Even the most hardcore bodybuilders and strength athletes feel a little uninspired from time to time, a...
Body Transformation: Barb Herbert Body Transformation
What Was Your Turning Point? I was a college student at the time that "IT happened". I was tired of being obese. I was tired of being laughed at by young and old alike. I was tired of the rude remarks from friends, family and complete strangers. My legs and my back ached all of the time. As a matter...
101 Bad Ass Training, Workout & Bodybuilding Quotes
1. “Strong people are harder to kill than weak people and more useful in general.” - Mark Rippetoe 2. "Biceps are like ornaments on a Christmas tree." - Ed Coan 3. "The Iron never lies to you. You can walk outside and listen to all kinds of talk, get told that you're a god or a total bastard. The Ir...
Body Transformation: Austin Hill Quit Bad Habits And Lost Over 100lbs!
Lifestyle Prior To Change What was your lifestyle prior to your transformation? My lifestyle before the change was what I would consider out of control. I was consumed with excess. I lived to eat, drink and party. Having a huge meal with an abundance of beer was the norm for me. The only thing I did...
Ask Joe The Pro Vol. 2 - Stages Of Being Shredded
In volume two of Ask Joe the Pro, natural bodybuilder Joe Ohrablo talks about the six stages of being shredded, and answers questions on the accuracy of bodyfat percentages and banned natural bodybuilding competition cutting drugs. Ripped! - The Six Stages Of Being Shredded For those of us who co...
Body Transformation: Ashley Johns Body Transformation
Lifestyle Prior To Change I reached a point in my life where I realized I had lost control. The controlling relationship I had forged with food had put me at the most I’ve ever weighed. I was depressed, lonely and digging a deeper hole day by day. I lost most of any confidence I had and hid behin...
64 Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes On Bodybuilding, Motivation & Success
Arnold Schwarzenegger Training and Bodybuilding Quotes "Training gives us an outlet for suppressed energies created by stress and thus tones the spirit just as exercise conditions the body." "The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides the champion from someo...
Body Transformation: Areya Dargahi Body Transformation
Lifestyle Prior To Change What was your lifestyle prior to your transformation? I was getting teased as far as I can remember. It was hard being overweight in grade school; kids are cruel! Getting ridiculed over and over again can really take a toll on you and I developed an emotional state of anger...
Body Transformation: Andras Szeri Body Transformation
Lifestyle Prior To Change My lifestyle was very similar. But to be on stage I had to fine-tune my diet and get more serious in the weight room. What Was Your Low Point Or Turning Point? A friend convinced me to diet down and see if I had what it takes to get up on stage. What Was Your Exercise Plan?...
Body Transformation: Amber Jerome Body Transformation
What Was Your Turning Point? I have always been an active individual but as I got older my habits changed and the relationship I was in at the time was definitely making me fat! I decided to do something about it and joined a boot camp class. I was hooked. I started seeing nice results and wanted mo...
Body Transformation: Alex Lee Gained Over 60lbs Of Muscle Mass!
Lifestyle Prior To Change Drank a lot, partied, a lot of pent up anger. Did not focus on school. I tended to overcompensate my for my lack of girth and mass with attitude. What was your low point or turning point? I don’t know if there was a single factor that led me to make a change; but a accumula...
Body Transformation: Alissa Parker Body Transformation
Lifestyle Prior To Change I worked out on and off my whole life. My mom taught aerobics so I took her classes as a kid, and I started lifting in high school. I did go through periods when I didn't work out at all, I was naturally thin when I was younger. What was your low point or turning point? I h...
A Day With The Ultimate Fit Couple: Steve Kuclo & Amanda Latona
Last month, the Muscle & Strength media team took a trip down to Dallas, TX to visit the Kuclos. Steve Kuclo and Amanda Latona are both Team Allmax athletes and IFBB Pros. The two welcomed us into their home, showed off their rides, and gave us a tour around town. The two lead very busy lives promot...