IFPA Pro & Scivation Athlete Tommy Jeffers ~ The Never Ending Quest To Be The Best

[adamjohn32]

Good to see you back bro, hopefully you fight through this and come out stronger!! On that note, could you post some shots from your two shows you won last year, I have never came across a good variety and the ones I have seen are awesome, but would love to see a lot of the poses in those shots.

I 2nd Brandon's request. Need some more motivation for my wall this year.

[DiamondMaker]

Just keep pushing through Tommy and keep us updated when you can.

[co1e_train]

Glad to hear your doing well inspite of the serious things that happened this past year. Keep on going man!

[NaturalPursuit]

huge inspiration man! Been lurkin here but havent posted yet haha, keep doing work!

[Sporto1633]

you are a strong dude my friend.not attempting to be preachy but my grandmother always says "if you get to it you can get through it"
which is true im finding out..not sure how at times but you do get there(even when the road to get there is sucky)not trying to be preachy I hope it wont come off as such...oh and lol at getting back to repping 600lbs for reps like thats "normal"

That's very true. The challenge for me lately has been trying to handle several things all at the same time on the psychological level...especially since I am experiencing emotions so intensely and all at once. But, with enough time, I will prevail!

Amazing story tommy, can't wait to see some logs I didn't know at your peak you where dead lifting 600 for reps! All the best with your family and recovery

Yep1 I worked on my form and was able to peak at 600lbs for 4 reps slightly before my dad's passing. I was in the mid-20's with 405 as well, but I need to start doing more cardio if I'm going to break 30 with Miller...I was out of breath before I was out of strength!

Your an inspiration mate nough said ! Can't wait to see this journal banging and the amount of weight you will be throwing around . Btw when did you switch to max ot. ? And why ? And how are you liking it will this be your staple now

I switching to a Max OT type setup because of the time constraint that I have during tax season. I worklong 14-16 hour days, so I need an approach that allows for me to maximize intensity and time in the gym. I'm also incorporating some rest pause and heavy drop sets too.

I don't necessarily favor this approach over any other, it just happens to fit my situation the best at this point in time. Besides, nutrition is about 90% of this entire game...as long as you nail nutrition the way you should, you can look amazing as long as you train at least half way non-retarded.

I understand where u coming from cause also experience the same challenges (I train for triathlons) with my babies and family...

IMHO just do whatever it makes u happy!

Absolutely! I have just a few more things that I would like to accomplish in this sport before I hang it up for good. As long as it doesn't interfere with the joy I have in my life right now, I will find a way to accomplish those things and then move onto the next great challenge!

Congrats on all the positive things going on in your life right now. You've weathered a hell of a storm over the last year and come out w/ an optimistic outlook. Thank you for sharing your journey w/ us, Tommy!

Thanks for being here while I do!

Talk about a crazy year, Tommy! I'm glad to see that you are back and look forward to following.

So am I - it will be nice to have some fixed structure for a change!

Boy oh boy what a year Tommy, life is so precious. Sad to hear about your father and also very glad to hear that you and your family are safe. I'm rooting for a full recovery for you.

Thank you!

Glad you'll be back on the forum (well that is until tax season gets uber-crazy lol), and I'm glad you are on the road to recovery both physically and emotionally. That type of year would leave most people down and out. But it's awesome that you have such a solid rock to lean on in your wife, as well as a beautiful daughter that lifts your spirits. I really admire your approach to getting back on the stage. There are many other things in life that are way more important than stepping on stage super shredded, and from your message above you get that. I think once you get the family, house, business, etc under control you'll be back on the stage better than ever. At 31, you're still a youngin' in this sport and you have plenty of time on your side to get back and leave your legacy. The only thing is, now I have some time to catch up (LOL YEAH RIGHT). Looking forward to following along, you truly are an inspiration.

Thats right....31 is the new 21!

Thank you for the kind words!

Thanks for the update. I remember reading about your accident back when you first posted about it and I'm glad to hear you're healing up well. I hope you can find what direction you want to go from here and passionately pursue whatever path you choose.

Thanks, so do I!

Wow, amazing story and you seem to have such a positive outlook. Just take one day at a time. As a father of four kids, I know that bobybuilding at a high level (while being a heavily involved parent) can be extremely difficult. Maybe impossible. I'm a relative noob as I've just finished my first shows. My advice would be to be there for your family, first and foremost. The little ones will only be little for so long. As for body building, I also believe it is a part of who you are. I think if you want it bad enough, you'll have to plan it out very carefully so that it interferes with family life as little as possible. For me, that means waking up very early for workouts (4 am) so I can be ready to help get the kids up, fed and to school. Meals are planned in advance yet I still help cook stuff the kids will eat. It sounds like you've done quite well in bodybuilding, so if anyone can do it, I bet you could.

Yes, that's the trick. I have to be able to not sacrifice the time I want to committ to my family, business, etc. As things settle down, it will just be more of a time management challenge than anything else. The food thing will be an easy one for us because my daughter eats all the same nutritious foods we eat thankfully. So, it will be more of me maximizing my time conisitently...

Tommy, good to have you back. Frick what a year 2011 was for you. Sorry for your lost first and foremost, but I can't believe the other crazyness that happened.

You are such an inspiration and to hear you wanting to get back at it is truly something.

Thanks! I appreciate that!

pretty much what everyone else has said lol... great to have ya back, strong motivation coming from ya right now.

"If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome." - Anne Bradstreet

What's the matter, don't know any Shakespeare? :P

Good to see you back bro, hopefully you fight through this and come out stronger!! On that note, could you post some shots from your two shows you won last year, I have never came across a good variety and the ones I have seen are awesome, but would love to see a lot of the poses in those shots.

Thanks Brandon! Sure thing, I'll make a separate post or two of some of my progress and stage shots....

I 2nd Brandon's request. Need some more motivation for my wall this year.

You got it!

Just keep pushing through Tommy and keep us updated when you can.

I will! The workouts won't be near as impressive, but the journey back will be exciting!

Glad to hear your doing well inspite of the serious things that happened this past year. Keep on going man!

Always!

huge inspiration man! Been lurkin here but havent posted yet haha, keep doing work!

You bet!

Sporto

[Sporto1633]

2 weeks out in Vegas at the Olympia:





Night before Cape Cod:



NPC Natural Northern USAs:



Stage shot Cape Cod:



My favorite pic:



Sporto

[Sporto1633]

And here are a few professional shots taken backstage immediately following prejudging:







And this was how my offseason was going before all the shenanigans:





Enjoy!

Sporto

[Mundungus]

Very inspiring pics, I hope your recovery goes well. I always see people post your username but never knew who you were.... Now I know why your name comes up in a lot of threads!! Looking beastly in the offseason pics. I hope everything start looking up for you again.

[Spadaboom]

And here are a few professional shots taken backstage immediately following prejudging:







And this was how my offseason was going before all the shenanigans:





Enjoy!

Sporto

Awesome pics man you looked fantastic. Keep on trucking things will look up!!!

[Sporto1633]

Hey gang!

So check this out, I had every intention of getting into the gym this weekend to start my way back up on tracking workouts, meals, etc. and sure enough, when it rains it pours! So I found out a couple days ago that a tenant in one of my rentals passed away. He was an older fella, and it was a tiny 1 bedroom apartment...I could tell he was on his way out, but you never know when something like that could happen. And just as I was in the process of dealing with that, a grease kitchen fire erupted in another rental of mine and burned down about 1/3 of the house LOL. I mean, at this point all I can do is laugh really. So, as much fun as I think Monday will be trying to deal with all of that on top of the first week of electronic filing, I am still going to the gym at 5am!

As for meals, I will be relying on oatmeal, egg whites, and protein powder for the majority of the day for the first couple of weeks until we get moved into our new place and I can grill out some meat in bulk. Later this week, I'm going to make an order for supplements and start dialing in the supplementation with the nutrition. Then it will just be a matter of consistency!

Anyone have their eye on Iran lately? Does anyone other than myself see all the chess pieces moving around the board like it's about to turn into something serious? If it does, be ready for some expensive gasoline...

Sporto

[Sporto1633]

Very inspiring pics, I hope your recovery goes well. I always see people post your username but never knew who you were.... Now I know why your name comes up in a lot of threads!! Looking beastly in the offseason pics. I hope everything start looking up for you again.

Awesome pics man you looked fantastic. Keep on trucking things will look up!!!

Thanks guys! I really appreciate it!

Sporto

[co1e_train]

Anyone have their eye on Iran lately? Does anyone other than myself see all the chess pieces moving around the board like it's about to turn into something serious? If it does, be ready for some expensive gasoline...

Sporto

Its a great time to be a college student with loads of money /sarcasm

[wrkoutfrq]

Its a great time to be a college student with loads of money /sarcasm

bahah nice, repped

in all seriousness they're doin all they can to goad us into something nasty, and i'll be honest it's getting a little too serious for my taste. pretty soon we're gonna threaten them with nukes and their gonna be able to threaten back, and now you've got a new version of the cuban missile crisis, except this time we don't have to be a couple hundred miles from them

[nickdavid]

Hey gang!

So check this out, I had every intention of getting into the gym this weekend to start my way back up on tracking workouts, meals, etc. and sure enough, when it rains it pours! So I found out a couple days ago that a tenant in one of my rentals passed away. He was an older fella, and it was a tiny 1 bedroom apartment...I could tell he was on his way out, but you never know when something like that could happen. And just as I was in the process of dealing with that, a grease kitchen fire erupted in another rental of mine and burned down about 1/3 of the house LOL. I mean, at this point all I can do is laugh really. So, as much fun as I think Monday will be trying to deal with all of that on top of the first week of electronic filing, I am still going to the gym at 5am!

As for meals, I will be relying on oatmeal, egg whites, and protein powder for the majority of the day for the first couple of weeks until we get moved into our new place and I can grill out some meat in bulk. Later this week, I'm going to make an order for supplements and start dialing in the supplementation with the nutrition. Then it will just be a matter of consistency!

Anyone have their eye on Iran lately? Does anyone other than myself see all the chess pieces moving around the board like it's about to turn into something serious? If it does, be ready for some expensive gasoline...

Sporto

Tommy, it sounds like you've got plenty of fireworks going on much like myself - Minus the bodily injuries.

Iran - Mate, there are many things going on in this world that could explode at any moment - We can only focus on things we can truly control (as you know) - As they say in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective people, we can only control our:

Behavior
Emotions
Speech
Thoughts

~Hear from you soon, take care

[Frankdaddy]

Thats why I buy my plane tickets 6+ months before vacations...Saves ticket $$

[Sporto1633]

Hey everyone! It feels good to be back and posting again! Instead of starting a new log, I figured I would just revive this old one and pick up where I left off a long time ago. Lots of life has happened, but I am finally back into the gym consistently now and at a point where I feel like I can begin posting again on a regular basis. Up until about a month ago, my training and nutrition was pretty hit and miss...training especially - which made it pointless to really try and keep up a training log. I basically just went to the gym when I could, and even then, I would usually only have an hour or less to squeeze something in. The nutrition part just hasn't been tracked, but for the most part I am eating nutritious whole foods, I just don't know exactly what my ratios are or the amounts I'm eating. My body is just maintining a particular weight and look right now as I am slowly building my strength back up to where it used to be.

Other than that, I will be talking about little bits and pieces of all the different things going on as I progress with the journal. For now, I just wanted to get this log back up and rolling so I had a place to start keeping me on track!

Nutrition

I am basically just rotating a lot of the same food sources on a regular basis. Lots of chicken, turkey, extra lean ground beef, egg whites, whole wheat/whole grain pastas and tortillas, brown and white rice, oatmeal, sweet and white potatoes, almonds, natural peanut butter, and occasionally some low fat cheese. I venture off those sources about once a week (usually on Sundays) for some pizza for dinner since that is our designated one night off a week of cooking from scratch. I typically track macros for the first half of the day up to and through post workout, and the last two meals of the day I don't. If I needed to start tracking for the sake of progress, a certain look, etc. then I will, but for now there is really no need.

Supplementation

Very basic. I'm taking the following:

Solgar VM75 Multi-Vitamin
10,000 IU Vitamin D3
1g Vitamin C
6g Fish Oil (I'm also throwing in some left over Sesamin and CLA I have just sitting around to use them up)
Primaforce Elastimine and Cissus (joint care)
2-3g Creatine Monohydrate post workout (there is usually a few grams already in a preworkout)
Beta Alanine + Cirtulline Malate + BCAAs (during workout)
Whatever pre-workout drink I am trying out at the time. Currently I am trying out Mr Hyde for the time being based on a friend's recommendation.

Training

Now that I am training consistently, I have been doing a basic routine that rotates around the days I am able to go to the gym and the time frame I have. As of right now, it's now a set in stone routine - which to be honest - has been refreshing for a change. At this point, I am just making sure I am hitting all muscle groups in all rep ranges, I vary the intenisty techniques here and there between rest pause and heavy drop sets, and am hitting muscle groups about once every 5-6 days. It's worked well for getting me back to where I was before. Within a couple of weeks I will be transitioning back to one of my periodization plans as I have every intention of working my way back to the stage, possibly as soon as next summer/fall. For those that care, I've been able to work back up to these weights for these lifts:

Conventional Deadlifts: 585X2
Parallel Squats: 495X2
Barbell Bench Press: 345X4

Starting with tomorrow's workout, I will be laying things out with my plan and thoughts along the way, so feel free to join along with me in my journey back to the stage!

Sporto

[Carlito99]

Great to have you back, Tommy!

[adamjohn32]

Yes, glad to hear everything's on the up and up with you Tommy.

Any chance you making the trip to the Cape Cod show this year?

Looking forward to following your journey back, I know it's been a tough one.

[Sporto1633]

Great to have you back, Tommy!

Great to be back!

Yes, glad to hear everything's on the up and up with you Tommy.

Any chance you making the trip to the Cape Cod show this year?

Looking forward to following your journey back, I know it's been a tough one.

A little adversity just makes us stronger, right?

I can't make it to the Cape this year unfortunately...I have way too many things here that require my attention - one of which is a newborn that is due any day

I plan on a definite trip next year as I have two absolutely monster clients that are aiming for that particular show in 2013...and hell will freeze over before I miss their pro debut!

Sporto

[greekmanman]

In!

[Zachary533]

wow.

People like you Tom make me never regret my decision in competitive bodybuilding.

I wish you the best of luck, you are inspiring people all over the world- including down here in lil NZ.

[nickdavid]

Hey everyone! It feels good to be back and posting again! Instead of starting a new log, I figured I would just revive this old one and pick up where I left off a long time ago. Lots of life has happened, but I am finally back into the gym consistently now and at a point where I feel like I can begin posting again on a regular basis. Up until about a month ago, my training and nutrition was pretty hit and miss...training especially - which made it pointless to really try and keep up a training log. I basically just went to the gym when I could, and even then, I would usually only have an hour or less to squeeze something in. The nutrition part just hasn't been tracked, but for the most part I am eating nutritious whole foods, I just don't know exactly what my ratios are or the amounts I'm eating. My body is just maintining a particular weight and look right now as I am slowly building my strength back up to where it used to be.

Other than that, I will be talking about little bits and pieces of all the different things going on as I progress with the journal. For now, I just wanted to get this log back up and rolling so I had a place to start keeping me on track!

Nutrition

I am basically just rotating a lot of the same food sources on a regular basis. Lots of chicken, turkey, extra lean ground beef, egg whites, whole wheat/whole grain pastas and tortillas, brown and white rice, oatmeal, sweet and white potatoes, almonds, natural peanut butter, and occasionally some low fat cheese. I venture off those sources about once a week (usually on Sundays) for some pizza for dinner since that is our designated one night off a week of cooking from scratch. I typically track macros for the first half of the day up to and through post workout, and the last two meals of the day I don't. If I needed to start tracking for the sake of progress, a certain look, etc. then I will, but for now there is really no need.

Supplementation

Very basic. I'm taking the following:

Solgar VM75 Multi-Vitamin
10,000 IU Vitamin D3
1g Vitamin C
6g Fish Oil (I'm also throwing in some left over Sesamin and CLA I have just sitting around to use them up)
Primaforce Elastimine and Cissus (joint care)
2-3g Creatine Monohydrate post workout (there is usually a few grams already in a preworkout)
Beta Alanine + Cirtulline Malate + BCAAs (during workout)
Whatever pre-workout drink I am trying out at the time. Currently I am trying out Mr Hyde for the time being based on a friend's recommendation.

Training

Now that I am training consistently, I have been doing a basic routine that rotates around the days I am able to go to the gym and the time frame I have. As of right now, it's now a set in stone routine - which to be honest - has been refreshing for a change. At this point, I am just making sure I am hitting all muscle groups in all rep ranges, I vary the intenisty techniques here and there between rest pause and heavy drop sets, and am hitting muscle groups about once every 5-6 days. It's worked well for getting me back to where I was before. Within a couple of weeks I will be transitioning back to one of my periodization plans as I have every intention of working my way back to the stage, possibly as soon as next summer/fall. For those that care, I've been able to work back up to these weights for these lifts:

Conventional Deadlifts: 585X2
Parallel Squats: 495X2
Barbell Bench Press: 345X4

Starting with tomorrow's workout, I will be laying things out with my plan and thoughts along the way, so feel free to join along with me in my journey back to the stage!

Sporto

Awesome Tommy.

Glad to hear you're on track and keeping that thing called... Balance?

I completely understand how life works, even when we were working together I had things crop up.

Looks like both of us are back into it - and I'm looking forward to watching your results unfold once again.

wow.

People like you Tom make me never regret my decision in competitive bodybuilding.

I wish you the best of luck, you are inspiring people all over the world- including down here in lil NZ.

Ah, looks like we have another kiwi lad in here. Great to meet you, Zach

[anti-steroids]

is it strange that I get excited when I see a new post from Tommy?...good to see you back bro

[The Solution]

Good to hear you are back in the swing of things Tommy. Look forward to future updates.

[wrkoutfrq]

is it strange that I get excited when I see a new post from Tommy?...good to see you back bro

not strange at all because i was probably just as excited!

good to have you back Tommy, congrats on the impending birth! can't wait to follow along again

[CutItUp9759]

In on this

Very strong #s on the big 3 man!

[chuckles_345]

Glad to see you logging again! I will be following!

[jpfaherty]

He'sssssss backkkk!

[Gibson5521]

Finally !!!! ;-)

You, Paul, and Layne are my favorite pros !!!

[Sporto1633]

wow.

People like you Tom make me never regret my decision in competitive bodybuilding.

I wish you the best of luck, you are inspiring people all over the world- including down here in lil NZ.

Awesome, thanks for that - it means a lot! I'm glad that I was able to in some way inspire you and reaffirm your decision to stay involved in the sport!

Awesome Tommy.

Glad to hear you're on track and keeping that thing called... Balance?

I completely understand how life works, even when we were working together I had things crop up.

Looks like both of us are back into it - and I'm looking forward to watching your results unfold once again.



Ah, looks like we have another kiwi lad in here. Great to meet you, Zach

Yeah, everyone goes through it to one extent or another. What matters most is how we choose to deal with it and make ourselves better. There are a lot more important things in life than lifting weights and bodybuilding, and when those things require our full attention, there's no shame in scaling back the workouts in order to get your life in order!

is it strange that I get excited when I see a new post from Tommy?...good to see you back bro

In this sport, NOTHING is strange lol

not strange at all because i was probably just as excited!

good to have you back Tommy, congrats on the impending birth! can't wait to follow along again

Thanks! Once the little one comes, it is back to 6am workouts! Woo Hoo!

In on this

Very strong #s on the big 3 man!

Thanks! After a year of rehab, I can't say at all that I am disappointed with where I am at. It could have been A LOT worse! I just hope I'm not too old to push those numbers even higher

Glad to see you logging again! I will be following!

He'sssssss backkkk!

Finally !!!! ;-)

You, Paul, and Layne are my favorite pros !!!

Awesome - thanks for the support guys...I really appreciate it!

Sporto