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  • Originally posted by rich55 View Post
    BIG ANNOUNCEMENT AT 10 DAYS FROM TEXAS!

    First the announcement:

    Dear Clients, Friends and Family of Beyond Limits Training,

    Over the past two years I've worked tremendously hard to build a gym,
    brand and environment for which all levels of people can achieve
    extraordinary fitness goals. However, I must resign as manager and
    trainer at Beyond Limits Training, LLC. I have thoroughly enjoyed
    working with each of you, but have decided to prioritize the needs of my
    family before that of my profession.

    To my clients that are working towards goals, I will be happy to
    continue consulting with each of you in transition. The past six years
    of personal training has been an incredible journey that is not yet
    finished.

    Sincerely,

    Rich Lauro
    Owner/Manager/Trainer
    Beyond Limits Training, LLC


    Now for today's leg workout as I keep pushing towards Texas:

    Squats
    45 x 10
    135 x 10
    225 x 8
    275 x 5
    315 x 5
    365 x 4
    395 x 1

    Glute Ham Raises
    BW x 10
    18 x 8
    26 x 8
    26 x 6, drop to BW x 6

    High Stance Leg Press
    Took these slow and controlled.
    360 x 15
    540 x 15
    630 x 10
    720 x 7

    Seated Calf Raises
    4 sets x 10-20
    - SUPERSET -
    Alternating Lunges in Place
    45 x 10/leg
    95 x 10/leg
    135 x 10/leg
    185 x 10/leg

    Posed tonight with the Mrs. coaching for 20 minutes. Will keep working on the posing from here on out!
    Oh wow! Good luck with your next adventure!
    laurie@controlledlabs.com

    Disclaimer : The above post is my own PERSONAL OPINION and DOES NOT REPRESENT the official position of any company or entity. It DOES NOT constitute medical advice. CONTROLLED LABS products are produced in a GMP for Sport certified facility (no hormones produced in the facility / no cross contamination).

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    • Originally posted by bull.dogz View Post
      Oh wow! Good luck with your next adventure!
      Haha, it will be interesting to see how things shake out! Thanks!!

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      ONE WEEK TILL SHOW TIME!

      That's right! Peak week has begun. I'm picking a few gallons of water tomorrow after church to get this thing going! Drinking just a little more water than normal to start the week. How I wrapped up last week in short:

      Thursday: CRUSHED shoulders with Justin and went for a 2.3 mile jog outside in the heat
      Friday: Smashed arms with Seth & Justin
      Today: Light legs, abs & some light farmer walk/shrugs

      Tonight we did a ton of walking as we picked up 120 pounds of iron for my wife at home, some clothes for Texas and a baker's dozen from Cheryl's cookies to add to the freezer haha. Light legs went a little something like this with a bunch of supersets:

      Squats - 4 sets of squats up to 315
      & Decline Situps 3 x 12

      Leg Press Calf Raises - 3 sets of 10-15
      & High Stance Leg Press - up to 6 pps

      Leg Extensions - 3 sets up to 190
      & Leg Curls - 3 sets up to 140

      Walking Lunges - 40 steps no weight
      & Close-Grip Leaning Pulldowns - 3 sets light
      & Reverse Crunches - 3 sets of 10-15

      20 farmer shrugs, farmer walk 25 yards, 20 farmer shrugs, farm walk back 25 yards - 123/hand

      Carbs & Peaking Oh My!
      Each day I'm tightening up in the little areas that are the last to come in for me. I had a little less carbs on Thursday & Friday morning and then carbed up Friday and Saturday morning. Felt REAL full & dry at 169 Friday evening (up 1 pound actually). Weighed in a 165 this morning as usual.

      Today after breakfast and the above workout, I went LOW carb. Enjoyed maybe 120 g of carbs for breakfast and have had probably 40-50 g since. Tomorrow will top out at 180 maybe with them in the first 3 meals. I'm certainly flatter then yesterday, but tightening up. I may eat just a little more on Monday and bump it back up a bit on Tuesday and steadily throughout the week. I'll be back on my normal diet by Thursday when I'm in Texas and then refeed Friday similar to yesterday.

      I'm psyched! Got my routine together. Putting a little tan on tomorrow then playing with the Dream Tan. It's my first time Have many clients to train on Monday & Tuesday, then it's time to get ready for TEXAS!!!!

      Bodyweight is weigh up over 2 years ago with much more fullness than 3 years ago and the conditioning of 2 years ago. Reading from this morning:

      "Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield; but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts..." and THEN David slew Goliath! 1 Samuel 17. Let's do this!
      **CONTROLLED LABS SPONSORED ATHLETE**
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      WNBF Pro Bodybuilder & Trainer

      http://www.RICHBODYFIT.com
      http://www.BeyondLimitsTraining.net
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      • 4 DAYS OUT PEAKING & BACK!

        4 days!!!!! Wow, does time fly! Tomorrow I am packing up and getting ready for the trip first thing on Thursday. Super psyched! I will try to update here, but will put pictures up on Facebook after prejudging and update faster there. We are borrowing my stepmom's nice camera with a zoom. Hit me up on Facebook if you want to stay up on the WNBF Pro Men's Southern Natural. www.naturalfitnessproductions.com

        Today I weighed in first thing at 162 and with some meals at 165. 3 pounds have just fallen off in the last 4 days. Crazy! I'm certainly shedding water and am still shy of being filled out properly. BUT, I don't feel flat as I've felt before in the least. Thickness and fullness is still there 100%, but I'm just getting that shredded look that has been coming since last week day by day and what seems to be intraday a this point.

        With all that being said. I'm going to bump from 280 to 310 on carbs tomorrow with a shoulder & arm day tomorrow. I'll hold steady on Thursday with just some harder posing. I took off from posing today to recover and focused on stretching and foam roller this evening. Next up is another application of sunless tanning lotion.

        PUMPING BACK WELL BALANCED

        Exercises for my last back workout that I went about 80% in terms of intensity. Weight was much lighter than usual but really just much slower. This made my chest pretty sore today and will probably do the same to my back. Thought I did a fair amount of volume, but held back quite a bit focusing heavily on form.

        Lat Pulldowns
        Bent-Over Bar Rows
        T-Bar Rows
        Straight Arm Pulldowns
        Close Grip Pulldowns
        Plate Loaded Rows
        Farmer Pull to Shrug
        Incline Rear Delt Raises
        DB Shrugs

        ^^^ Yeah, couldn't help it haha. 4 days to recover with some more food coming too!
        **CONTROLLED LABS SPONSORED ATHLETE**
        **THENUTRITIONX.COM SPONSORED ATHLETE**
        WNBF Pro Bodybuilder & Trainer

        http://www.RICHBODYFIT.com
        http://www.BeyondLimitsTraining.net
        http://www.NaturalBuckeyeClassic.com - 3rd annual coming in April 2011 with the WNBF Pro Men's Tournament of Champions!

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        • WNBF SOUTHERN NATURAL WRAP UP

          Yes, I finished 3rd place in a lineup behind Miles Stovall (1) and Charles Fuller (2). Miles went onto to beat Chad Havunen in the overall. I was honored to be compared next to those guys. It was a humbling experience that has me so thankful for everything as it has been a TOUGH road. There was 2 classes with 7 in each with tough battles across the board. Thank God for the strength this prep with all that has been going on this prep.

          I was first in the prejudging lineup and stayed next to Miles which made me feel good. They flipped me in next to Charles on the other side and back out to the end by Miles. Right there, my mission was accomplished. Nearly 2 years ago I took 7th out of 9 and remained on the ends. Here I was compared to the best in class. 8.5 pounds up from 2 years ago I knew I was bringing my best. I was a little flat 2 years ago with a personal best conditioning and this time the focus was on fullness with conditioning. I could have been a little tighter (1-2 lbs), but this strategy paid off with the "Lightweight" class cutting at 183 lbs. I looked big and full at my size of 165.6 next to Miles at 183 and Charles in the mid-170's.

          I'm ecstatic and super psyched. What's next? Another 2 years off. I'm going to do another WNBF show in 2013 and then perhaps the Worlds if all goes well. First, I must focus on family, business and growing! I've got tons of pix up on my facebook page. I'll try to post some up here soon.
          **CONTROLLED LABS SPONSORED ATHLETE**
          **THENUTRITIONX.COM SPONSORED ATHLETE**
          WNBF Pro Bodybuilder & Trainer

          http://www.RICHBODYFIT.com
          http://www.BeyondLimitsTraining.net
          http://www.NaturalBuckeyeClassic.com - 3rd annual coming in April 2011 with the WNBF Pro Men's Tournament of Champions!

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          • Congrats!!! I'll check out the pics!
            laurie@controlledlabs.com

            Disclaimer : The above post is my own PERSONAL OPINION and DOES NOT REPRESENT the official position of any company or entity. It DOES NOT constitute medical advice. CONTROLLED LABS products are produced in a GMP for Sport certified facility (no hormones produced in the facility / no cross contamination).

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            • Originally posted by bull.dogz View Post
              Congrats!!! I'll check out the pics!
              Thanks!!! Putting some up in here too

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              Trained as follows this week with focused on 10-5 rep range with light volume and no forced reps:

              Tue- Push
              Wed- Pull
              Thu- Off
              Fri- Legs
              Sat- Chest
              Tomorrow- Off

              I will push harder next week and stay in the 10-5 rep range and hit some workouts with some clients. I will also hit some Strongman work next Saturday. I won't be posting as much here, but may be starting a new journal REAL soon.

              Pix from this past weekend:









              Posing Routine:

              **CONTROLLED LABS SPONSORED ATHLETE**
              **THENUTRITIONX.COM SPONSORED ATHLETE**
              WNBF Pro Bodybuilder & Trainer

              http://www.RICHBODYFIT.com
              http://www.BeyondLimitsTraining.net
              http://www.NaturalBuckeyeClassic.com - 3rd annual coming in April 2011 with the WNBF Pro Men's Tournament of Champions!

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              • dude! Congrats on 3rd!!! Huge Accomplishment!!

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