LBC Testimonial from The United Kingdom

The beauty of online coaching is that there are really no geographical limitations. Here's a testimonial from Manchester, England. Another testament to what smart coaching and getting away from the overreliance on the nonsensical approach of the more cardio the better, the lower the calories the better, the less carbs the better, can do for you.

I started my journey with Erik in September 2009. Having done my first figure competition in August 2009 and training couple of years before that, like a competitor, but not competing, if that makes sense, I run out of options and ideas, how to make things work and my body respond to it. Of course 3 hours of cardio... read more 0 comments

Hartford, CT Europa Weekend Recap

So after five days of unburying myself from work and trying to catch up (still not quite caught up either), I finally have some time to put up a recap of my recent weekend in Hartford, CT at the Europa.

The trip started early Thursday morning, and by early I mean about 5:30am. Why so early? Well, I chose to drive to Hartford instead of flying and it was an estimated 8 hour drive so I wanted to get a good jump on it. I always have a little competition with my GPS to see if I can beat its predicted travel time and by the time I hit the Canada/US border I was 15 minutes ahead of... read more 12 comments

Melody Clere Two Days out from the CT Europa

So the 2010 Europa in CT is just a couple days away now. Here is a quick picture I received from Melody this morning.

Looking tighter than Pittsburgh.



 

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Undercover Pro Final Update - Injury Withdrawal (Before & Afters)

I have some unfortunate recent news to report. The Pro Figure competitor who has been authoring the Undercover Pro blog has sustained a season-ending injury - a calf tear.

For those that have been following her blog, the blog was focused on highlighting her prep and progress as she prepared for her IFBB Pro debut. Unfortunately, due to the aforementioned calf tear, that is going to have to be postponed until 2011.

How was the injury sustained? Check out her last entry, Final vs Finale.

Go figure eh?

With only 6 weeks until the planned Pro debut and a recovery timeline of 4-6 weeks, she has decided to withdraw and postpone her debut until next... read more 2 comments