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People use their garages for everything. Most people follow society's dictates and park their cars there at night. But some of us do our laundry in the garage. Some store so much stuff in their garages that they resemble Goodwill Stores on growth hormone. True collectors know what I mean. Wild raccoons could be nesting there and they'd never know it. Some people turn their garages into secondary living quarters to house the wayward son that never outgrew his mom's apron strings. Some make their garages into offices or workshops. These days, some turn their garages into children-shrines. The once ignored, oil-stained garage is now replete with carpet, a TV, a Dolby sound system, a computer, video games and a pool table. Nonetheless, not withstanding the hedonistic changes of the 21st Century, very few people launch, let alone maintain, a professional bodybuilding career in their garage! Well now - it just so happens that my second PLANET MUSCLE Buffed Home Workout happens to involve a garage and a true garage barbarian, bodybuilder Jeff Williamson, the Hoosier who made Natural PRO, after just three years of hard-core garage labor. Pumping Iron In The Old Garage Jeff Williamson has just become a professional bodybuilder for the WNBF. To do so, he had to win the overall in the USA drug-free amateur affiliation contest. Jeff is drug-free, always has been, always will be. (Today, that alone can be considered noteworthy.) I first met Jeff last December when the Indiana native flew to California to film several Planet Muscle television shows for the E! Entertainment Network with host Jeff Everson. I appear on Planet Muscle regularly and my segments centered on home training and nutrition, along with Beverly Nutrition (an upscale nutritive company that Mr. Williamson seems to live and die by), Ivanko barbells, and the PowerBlocks (those famous home dumbbell boys). As Mr. W told his story, I was so flabbergasted at the totality of his dedication and his down-to-earth reality that I wanted to relay it to Planet Muscle readers, those who are most interested in building their bodies in the privacy of their own homes.
There's more. Jeff still found the time to work out up to three times a day to make pro status, and went no farther away than his garage to do it! Ladies and gents don't tell me that you just do not have the time to train!
Jeff's Training: The Garage To win his association USA event and make pro, Jeff trained three times a day. Each of his workouts lasted about 30-45 minutes and Jeff always trained in his garage dungeon, at home by his lonesome. Here's how his mind-boggling preparation and training broke out: His first workout was one major body part. The second workout was stationary bike aerobics and his third workout of the day was reserved for smaller body parts. Here is the workout, Williamson style, summarized:
Here Is An Example Of Jeff's Chest / Triceps / Trap Day 6:00 a.m:
Typical Meal Nutrition
Savior Supplements Against Over-Trainnig Jeff says he doesn't want to sound like a commercial billboard, but he freely admits to using an enormous amount of supplements - all Beverly International. Jeff loads on Beverly's specialty pharmaceutically pristine protein powders (not yet available at GNC and stores). This includes 100% Egg White and Muscle Provider (an extreme anabolic blend of 3 whey constituents of up to 32% whey hydrolysate peptides, and egg albumin). He also uses Beverly's Muscle Size. Like the original MET-Rx, this is a multiple blend of milk isolates, casein whey and egg albumin, but it also includes beef plasma, and was also developed by a medical doctor, Eric Serrano. Other supplements he uses are Beverly ZMA at night, Beverly GH, Glutamine and Muscle Mass in the very early morning, to help switch nighttime catabolic mechanisms over to daytime anabolism, as he calls it. Jeff, right hand ever on the Bible, swears loyally to the quality of Beverly. A Home (well garage anyway) Is A Man's Castle Jeff's a PRO bodybuilder, but still enjoys life. His wife Linda and he, have 6 children (Brittany 13, Krista 11, Chassi & Alice 10, Seth 3, and Brett 2).
The third workout is the tough one. I usually start to train about the time the kids start settling down for bed. However they often come out with me and "help" me train. The little ones like to play while the older ones like to crank up the tunes and dance around while I train. Career-wise, I attend school one night a week. I already have an engineering degree, but for whatever reason, I decided to go back to school and get another degree that focuses on business as well as all the technical stuff. I have many roles: Dad, husband, student, technical support specialist, personal trainer and competitive bodybuilder. These keep me going all the time. My garage is specifically for my training and possibly to expand my personal training. I have all of my equipment in the garage at this time - (Ivanko, PowerBlocks, power-rack, leg machines, bench press, incline, lat machine, bike, squat rack). Jeff's Pumped Up Vita:
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About The Author Karen Jo Koumas, BS, is a certified aerobics instructor and teaches body-shaping exercise on Planet Muscle Television on the E! Cable Network. (See the show schedule on page 37). Karen is also a flight attendant with United Airlines and insists she has nothing to do with any flights ever being delayed. Thanks, Karen Jo Koumas Planet Muscle Recommend this article to a friend by e-mail here! Visitor Reviews Of This Article!
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