I started the purple wratth 4/8/08 and as I thought it was great. I was on xtend and purple wraath has totaly kicked in for me way better then any other and I love the tingle WOW. I have not drink caffine in 3 1/2 yrs now by choice, So I needed to find other ways to booste my energy. I have tryed alot and I think I have found the one that works best. I Started my diet and it will last 12 weeks as for my show is June 28th 2008 Natural Hercules International Bodybuilding & Fitness Championships and North American Figure Championships.
Today was leg day Rich and I blew it up as always. Thanks Purple Wraath

Thursday 4/10/08
Today was chest day. Rich and I started off with stretching.
Took 1 scoop of purple wraath lemonade and 1 scoop during.

Flat bench DB pull overs
50x15, 60x15, 70x15 80x10

DB Press
70x10, 80x10, 85x10x6

Fly machine chest push
70x10, 80x10, 90x10
Superset
Med ball pushups 10x10x14

Incline Chest Press Smith Machine
185x8, 195x7, 205x7, 215x6

Incline DB Flys
25x15
35x15
40x Burnout I got 6 reps

Was a GREAT Chest day for me.

ALL NATURAL

12 Week Diet

Meal 1
3/4 cup Oatmeal
1/2 cup blueberries
2 whole eggs + 3 whites
1 Scoop Max Pro

Meal 2
96/4 Lean beef 8oz
6 oz sweet potato
1 cup vegs

Meal 3
1 scoop Max Muscle Gourmet
1 Tbs natural peanut butter
1 cup strawberries
1 scoop of Max Muscle Max Pro

Meal 4
Pre/During Workout
1 Scoop Carb Slam (split pre/during)
Purple Wraath & Glutamine
Creatine

Meal 5
Immediately preworkout
3 Scoops Beverly Mass Maker
1 Scoop of Max Muscle Iso Whey

Meal 6
8oz Lean Steak or 96/4 beef
1 cup veggies
1/4 cup grain brown rice (precooked)

Meal 7
1 Scoop Max Pro
1 Scoop Max Gourmet
2 T natural peanut butter

TOTAL CALORIES 3133
Carbs 240 31%
Protein 349 45%
Fat 89 26%
OTHER SUPPLEMENTS-
EFA GOLD
LEAN GREEN
ACETYL L CARNITINE 2 grams 3 times a day
CREATINE
GLUTAMINE
SUPER PAC VITAMINS

Big James in the house! Great training today. Had a blast and looking forward to cruising down to the NPC Cinci show to watch Sean kick some butt. Delts and tris are getting blasted at the Powerstation Gym, haha!!

Hey James, sup big guy!

Heard alot about you from Rich.
Looks like your coming to NYC to compete,

I'm looking foward to seeing both of you, and Sue if shes coming

Hello, Nice to meet you. I can't wait to get there. I love New York.

4/11/2008
Back N Bis

Started off with a little stretch and as always Purple Wraath to get me going.

Straight-Arm Pulldowns 100 x 15, 110 x 15, 120 x 15, 130 x 10 1-Arm Freestyle DB Rows 60 x 6, 100 x 6, 110 x 6, 120 x 7
Cable Lat Squeezes 90 x 12, 95 x 12, 100 x 11
Wide Grip Pulldowns 120 x 8 130x8x8 T-Bar Style Single DB Rows 100 x 15, 110 x 15, 120 x 13
Seated Cable Rows 170 x 10, 180 x 7, 190 x 8

And Rich added a little arms. Thanks Rich ;O)

Alternating Hammer DB Curls up and down the rack up 25, 30, 35, 40, 35, 30, 25
GROW ARMS GROWWWWWWW

4/12/08


Rich and I went down to Middleton Ohio to watch Sean Take a AWESOME 2nd place in the Light Heavy Great job Bro. So Rich and I was able to work out at a GYM WITH GREAT BODYBUILING MUSIC. GET PUPMPED YEAHHHHH
Power Station

Shoulders and Tri

Sit DB lat raise
20x15, 25x15, 30x10

Machine shoulder press
110x10, 140x10, 180x8, 200x5

Cable upright pulls
90x15, 100x15, 120x15, 140x10

Standing DB Press
45x10, 50x10x7 then 30 burnout

DB Shrugs 110x15, 120x15, 130x15, 140x12 LOVE THIS

Tri Cable push downs
100x10, 120x10, 140x10, 150x10x7

Rev Tri BB Press
95x15, 135x15x15

1 arm over head Tri
40x10, 35x10, 30x 8

Then the lights went out.

4/13/08


Ok

Rich_55 holds a pose class on sudays, So I had to pose. I took 1 scoop of Purple Wraath to keep me going. Was fun. kathryn
posed also and is looking Great. O and some guy walked in on us and started kong fu fighting lol or was that yoga??? LOL

I did 20mins of cardio and sip on 1 more scoop of Purple Wraath. MMMMMMM

04/14/2008 Started off With a stretching and a warm up set. Took 1 Scoop of Purple Wraath before and 1 During

Chest & Bis

DB Pullovers 60 x 15, 70 x 15, 80 x 15, 90 x 13

Barbell Curls 105 x 10, 95x12 75 x 15

Flat DB Press 75 x 10, 85 x 10, 90 x 10, 95 x 6

Hammer DB Curls 35 x 10, 37.5 x 10 x 10

The next 3 workout was super sets
Machine Chest Squeezes 80 x 15, 90 x 15, 100 x 115
Medicine Ball Pushups x 10 x 10 x 18
Preacher Machine 65 x 12 x 10

Incline Smith Bench 185 x 10, 195 x 8, 205 x 6, 215 x 6, superset after last set DB Flys 40 x 12

This was from the NPC Monster Mash. Took 1st place in the Middle Weight my last show.

4/15/2008

Tuesday was Leg Day


We hit legs hard as always.


Walking DB Lunges (down & back) BW, 25, 30, 40
After last set super set with no weight down and back. Yeah I kind of wanted to get sick after that. But I made it. lol

Leg Extensions (for 10's) 90, 140, 180, 180

High Stance Leg Press (for up to 20) 450, 540, 630

SLDL (for 10ish) 135, 275, 275

Wow that was one hard leg day

Dude...your traps are incredible! How do you keep them both growing evenly? My left one is big and strong...right one, not so much.

Wensday 4/16/2008<br><br><br>Today I rode the bike to the gym for cardio and did calfs and Abs what a fun day, it was warm out, in the 70s.

yeaah, the weather is supposed to be great here too, 71 today
77 tommorow.

i gotta start doing some cardio as well, i cant stay on the treadmill for more than 5-10 minutes on 5 mph without getting winded.

Thursday was back Day 4/17/08


Straight-Arm Pulldowns 100 x 15, 110 x 15, 130 x 15, 140 x 115

1-Arm Freestyle DB Rows 60 x 6, 100 x 6, 120 x 6, 125 x 6

Cable Lat Squeezes 95 x 15, 100 x 15, 110 x 15

Wide-Grip Pulldowns 130 x 8, 140 x 8 x 7

DB T-Bar style Rows 120 x 15, 125 x 15, 130 x 14

Seated Cable Rows 170 x 9x10, 180x7

Bent-Over Rear Delt Rows 30 x 15, 35 x 15, 40 x 12

Standing Machine Shrugs 360 x 15, 380 x 15x 15

Seated Alternating DB Curls 30 x 10, 35 x 10 x 10 then 20 no alternating burn out.

For cardio I rode my bmx to the gym and home.

4/18/2008 Friday

Military Press 175 x 5 x 5 x 5 x 5 x 5

Lateral Raise Machine 80 x 15 x 15 x 17

Upright Cable Rows 130 x 15, 140 x 15, 150 x 15

Hammer Behind Neck Press 140 x 9, 160 x 9, 180 x 9

Close-Grip Bench 195 x 8 x 7 x 6 ----> slow negatives

Dip Machine 270 x 10 x 10

Reverse-Grip Pushdowns 110 x 10 x 10, drop to regular pushdowns 85 x 10

For Cardio I played a littlle 1 on 1 basketball for about 1 Hr
and rode bike to gym.

Sunday 4/20/2008

Leg Day

Some changes today as we started a new program.

Squats 315 x 5 x 5 x 5 x 5

Low/Narrow Stance Leg Press 510 x 11, 540 x 10, x 9

Leg Extensions 140 x 10, 150 x 10 x 10 ----> walking lunges after last set for lap around the gym

Lying Leg Curls 100 x 10 x 10 x 8 drop to 60 x 10

Shoeless Standing Calves 180 x 15, 190 x 15 x 10

Donkey Calves 290 x 10 x 10 x 10, ground calf raises after last set for 2 sets