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Gabriel
Wilson recently had the pleasure of interviewing the Hyperplasia
Challenge contestants. For more information on this challenge, click
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The
Question will be denoted by the letter "Q"
and the answer by the letter "A."
Interview with
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Q.
Can you please share your ABCbodybuilding testimony?
A.
When I was a freshmen
in college I was looking for workouts/exercises online where I found
ABCbodybuilding.com. Soon after I read The Window Of Opportunity and
bought some of my first supplements. At that time I weighed around
150lbs, and began gaining weight immediately. My entire dorm started
noticing the rapid changes I was going through. About a year or so
later I weighed 195lbs. However even though abcbodybuilding is mainly a
bodybuilding website, which changed my life dramatically towards a
bodybuilding goal, possibly the biggest impact the website has made is
the influence towards me becoming a Christian. Bodybuilding or
knowledge itself would not be possible without the Lord. I became a
Christian because of the welcoming arms of the ABC community and your
centered theme of GOD! People don’t understand how I can look at a
man’s body and see so much beauty. How I can have picture after picture
of Arnold above my bed. One of my favorite muscles is the hamstring,
because of how rare a defined hamstring is and how absolutely awesome it
looks when it is defined. I truly see Jesus in a well defined
hamstring, because of how amazing it is. I see God’s creation in such a
unique fantastic way. Thank God for these bodies he has let us use and
the ability to show the skeletal muscle in such a profound way. Before
and during my first discovery of ABCbodybuilding I was a graphic arts
major. I was then struggling over psych and philosophy where I ended up
changing to psych. Soon after I switched to Kinesiology because of the
incredible impact ABC has had on me. I found a quick love for my first
kines. and hardest college class, Anatomy. I finished the class with
one of the highest grades, and a new respect for the human body. From
then on I have found an endless interest in science. Ultimately I am a
completely different person from before I found ABC. Before I was in a
very corrupted relationship leading a life awaiting a powerful
awakening/GOD to pacify my sadness and confusion. Now I am in great
shape, have a huge respect for life and the world, and am ultimately
living as a servant with amazing freedom for Christ our Lord.
Q.
Did you enjoy the HYPERplasia challenge? Please give us your sincere
assessment of the event, and why/if you would recommend it to other
bodybuilders?
A.
Yes, I enjoyed the
HPC very much. The challenge is good for any bodybuilder of any level
because it gives constant motivation within an arena of great
competitors to learn from and push/encourage you.
Q.
Did you feel that the contest facilitated hostility among the
competitors? If so, what would you change to avoid this in the future?
A. Nope.
Q.
Did you feel the contest facilitated friendship and cooperation between
the competitors? For example, did it encourage people to work with each
other and encourage each other?
A. Definitely;
people were very encouraging in other journals as well as their own. I
didn’t see any slander or bad talking. I thought their could have been
more encouragement somehow and participation, however with future HPC’s
I’m sure things will just get better and better!!
Q.
What was the hardest part about the challenge?
A. Finding
the time to do everything is usually always the hardest. I would write
out my diet every night, which took a little time. However when I had
everything organized and outlined perfectly nothing was really hard and
it really felt good!
Q.
How much did you have to adjust your life?
A. The
only adjustment or change I made was working out twice a day, which
usually required me to do cardio in between classes.
Q.
What kept you on track and focused for 12 weeks? There must have been
times that were difficult for you to train or stay strict to your
diet—what stopped you from slacking?
A. I
actually found the entire competition very fun. The more work it took
the more I enjoyed everything, so it wasn’t too difficult for me to stay
on track. I, unlike I guess a lot of people do not have a hard time
staying clean and avoiding cheating once my diet is set up. Like I have
said before, I requested a salad instead of cake for my 6th
and 7th birthday’s and wouldn’t eat slurpy’s when I was
little because of all the sugar.
Q.
Did you ever feel like quitting the challenge, or feel signs of
overtraining? If so, how did you handle this?
A. Never!
Q.
Do you plan on competing in the future? If not, what are your future
aspirations and goals in bodybuilding?
A.
I think competing
would be fun and I would like to do it in the future, however at the
moment it’s not a definite plan. Bodybuilding for me is most definitely
my ultimate lifestyle, therefore my plans for BB are very similar to my
plans for my life. I want to learn as much as I can and enjoy every
second of it. So in the end my main goal for bodybuilding is just to
excel in it as much as possible.
Q.
What was your diet like during the HYPERplasia challenge? Did you use
any advanced dieting principles such as calorie and carb cycling? And by
how many calories did you drop or increase on average from the start to
the end of the challenge?
A. I
was doing carb and calorie cycling. I started a carb cycle at the
beginning of my diet, however it was a very bad decision because I was
not keeping track of my diet, so I lost weight very drastically. A lot
of this initial weight loss I am sure was muscle. It was a good lesson
to learn from and a good experience to see first hand the proof of
science.
Q.
What supplements did you use?
A.
Champion Nutrition
Pure Whey:
Cocoa Moccachino,
Banana Scream, Strawberry, & Chocolate!!
Dextrose
Maltodextrin
Glutamine
Multivitamin
Antioxidants
Vitamin C
Vitamin E
Vitamin B Complex –
Close to end of cut.
ZMA: Zinc, Magnesium,
and Vit. B6 - All Separately
Flaxseed oil
Chromium
Green Tea Extract
Ginko
Caffeine
HMB – Close to end of
cut.
Q.
What did your split look like?
A.
I unfortunately did
not stay true to my split the entire time, because the split I made
requires for everything to be done perfectly to stay true to the point
of making a split like that. I used this split and variations of it.
Day 1 Qauds/Calves/Biceps/Traps(Light)
Day 2 Shoulders(Heavy)/Tris(Heavy)/Chest(Light)
Day 3 Back(Heavy)/Glutes(Light)/Hams(Light)/Calves(Heavy)
Day 4 Biceps(Heavy)/Triceps(Light)
Day 5 Chest(Heavy)/Shoulders(Light)/Traps(Heavy)
Day 6 Qauds/Hams/Calves(Light+Heavy)
Day 7 Rest - Cardio
Day 8 Back/Biceps/Triceps(Light)
Day 9
Chest(Light+Heavy)/Shoulders(Light)/Traps(Heavy)
Day 10 Rest
Q.
How much cardio did you do?
A.
In the second half of
my cut is when I really stepped up my game around the time I did the
“mini bulk”. From here until the end I was doing 60-120 min. of cardio
3-6 days a week. I think one day I did a double day of cardio. Cardio
was definitely a great benefit of the cut, because I started to enjoy it
which is something I have never really experienced.
Q.
What was more important to you—winning the competition, or improving
your body? And why?
A. Definitely
improving my body, which I think should always be the priority. Winning
is more of a recognition for how well you improved.
Q.
Would you have done anything different in your program if you could
start the challenge over?
A. Absolutely!,
I would have done the one thing that destroyed my chances of winning,
which was dieting carelessly. I wasn’t keeping close enough attention
to my diet in the first half of my cut. I pretty much bowed down to
gluconeogenesis and paid dearly for it. I made up for it in my mini
bulk which was a smart decision. However like everything in life, I
don’t regret it, because I definitely needed the experience of ever area
in which I failed. It gave me amazing empirical knowledge of what
happens to the body when its manipulated. It was an awesome experience!
Q.
What are some key training tips you would give to a bodybuilder
competing in the same challenge as you (whether it be cutting or
bulking)?
A.
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Check up on your
competition to see how well they are doing and if they are utilizing
any techniques that could help you as well.
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Don’t be afraid
to ask for help in any area.
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Listen to your
body, if you really listen your body will always respond and talk to
you.
Q.
Based on the results of the HYPERplasia challenge, and your knowledge of
science, do you feel it is possible to lose fat and gain muscle at the
same time? Why or why not?
A.
Absolutely, just take
a look at Damien Voorhees stats!
Q.
Thank you very much for the interview.
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