odds are he cut that damn cereal out of his diet he eats with toast. bet he went back to potatoes...or kerry is back in the game as in 01?
That is exactly what he did
About FST-7
he sued that for some time in his off-season
the he said he will do it on his own
I dont think he followed FST-7
which is volume training
but for sure he incorporated more reps and more volume
if he credits it to Hany
then props to Hany
but I guess jay got carried away the past years in doing what Ronnie was doing and duplicating his exercises and the method of performing them
maybe thinking it will end up in the same result it did for Ronnie
But this was one of the years that Jay stayed on hi carbs + cardio and just cruised to the show + the regular water manipulation
Thats my 2c
http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=238494.25http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=294710.msg4198359#msg4198359Not to announce a disclaimer or such
but I am big fan of jay (the person) to me he is a true business/family man who really mad his way to face and wealth starting from nothing
u will know that is you read his book.
When u look at jays pix or video when he was your (teenager)
he had a wide waist + small arms which are his weak points
so his structure was like that since day 1
I still disagree with his diet fort the past 2 years or more when he started doing the blood type diet
that thing never works
and having the Ezekiel bread and cereal in his diet instead of oats and rice was not what I recommend
too much of insulin would be a reason
as everyone has his own insulin protocol
mine is I use it for x number of weeks and the diet has 3 phase to it
and it is important to me that the bodybuilder doesnt get fat during this period
others might disagree with me and say that while on insulin a person should eat everything
but once you plan to get I shape you will suffer a lot and sacrifice a lot of muscle
so my protocol has been working pretty well
but I dont think he is using a similar approach
the water manipulation is a big factor as well
u see them drinking water till 1 day out form the show
well we all know that for every gram of carb u need 2.7ml of water to store it (specially in the carb up phase) but the idea of carbing up is loading the muscle to look fuller and most importantly to pull the water from under the skin
so your calculation should be less than 2.7ml per gram of carb
and the reason is your aim should be to get the rest of the water to be pulled from under the skin to complete the glycogen restoration process
when that is done you will be less likely dependant on hi doses of diuretic
which doesnt go right most of the time
so the less diuretic you have to use the better
I do recommend diuretic but with moderation and try to keep it at minimal
there are 3 kinds of water retention and each one should be targeted to be pulled with sense
if your body is holding water cause of androgens
diuretics wont solve the problem
it will make you look flat and might even increase the water retention
so it is a complicated process and I dont want to get too technical but I think most of the top guys who dont nail it fail to follow the Contest prep 101 standard operating procedures
which I think are known to most
or should be known to most of the top guys or the gurus at least
The time for trying new stuff would be 5 weeks out of a show or at guest posing
and that is what I do
and all the blame that goes to insulin is right to some extend
the key to avoid that is
Never use insulin for carb loading
and I am sure you have realized with a lot of Olympians doing the same mistake realized it this year and brought it down
I would also blame drug quality
as I am very specific o the quality of drug hat people use and am very specific on brand
cause there are a lot of shit in the market and this was visible at the Atlantic city.
I did mention previously about injuries and the reason that I think some of the bbers have difference size of each of their sides
DX
I didnt say he was carb loading with Ezekiel break
I mean to be honest even in 2006 he didnt look all that good
Ronnie had a much better condition than jay
but they just wanted to have a new champ and blamed it on the condition and said Ronnie looked phenomenal on Saturday but most of the judging was done on Friday which is a different scenario every year and they said that ronnies left side was smaller that he right
jay was having the same problem but spot light should have been on Ronnie for this matter to justify the excuse of letting jay win
Ronnie was much better
it is not only the bread I think jays whole contest prep need to be changed not modified
I think the best thing jay should do is
stop training for some time and then go back slowly 7 months out of the O or so
then 2 months later gear up (with insulin-and should be monitored very closely) and bulk up
all in moderation
I think doses should be revised
and then have anywhere between 16 12 week of contest prep. No insulin and no Ezekiel shit
go back to basics and keep in mind that the period between you teenage to your late 20s is a whole different ballgame than the period from your late 20s to mid/late 30s
and that is why he still cant go back to the 2001 condition
id you do what you have always done you will NOT get what you have always got
key word is not
if a contest prep works once it doesnt mean it will work again
the whole contest prep is tricking your body and forcing it to do things it doesnt like
once you try to duplicate a certain approach it will not respond as the first time cause your body gets immuned/acclimated to it
Again
I would blame on bullshiters who call themselves friends
I am always know to be a very harsh critique specially with my athletes cause I tell what I see disregarding who the person in front of me is
friend, enemy of a 10 time world champion
if a guy loox like shit than he lox like shit
and giving the edge to a person just cause he is the reigning champion is really retard as far as I see it
I see a lot of people in local gyms giving props to their friends 5 or 6 week out of a show while they look like 20 weex out and say that you look like Mr. O and you will win the show
and of course at the show he discovers that he was out of the top 6 of a regular show or sometimes they dont even place
so bullshiting a friend isnt friendship
it is hypocrisy
and all the Olympians are facing this epidemic
