Iaj2014 (i am a juggernaut challenge 2014)

**rumblebird** · 02-10-2014, 03:17 AM

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**ZacK1313** · 02-10-2014, 10:49 AM

***Remember never let self-doubt become the reason for not achieving your goals in life***

**kennknee** · 02-10-2014, 03:58 PM

Originally Posted by balls2dawalls

It's like crickets in here. What's going on with you Dustin?

I believe that he said he was going to try and start in February sometime. He's going on a business trip soon I heard somewhere.

**Duranbo** · 02-10-2014, 05:00 PM

Originally Posted by slumpbuster

My name is Dustin and I am excited to be part of this challenge. As a young kid I was weight proportionate for my size. One summer before 5th grade that all changed. In those three months I probably put on 20-30 pounds and to make things worse I was short in stature. So this is how I entered middle school and high school. Because I was always teased about my height, being teased about my weight didn�t bother me and didn�t really seem to hinder me too much. I still played sports, had plenty of friends, and was never one to judge people so it helped weed out girls that were judging me based off my overall shape.
Then college came around and it was a different ballgame, options and competition became fiercer in life and the dating game. This brings me to my first successful weight loss. I decided I was tired of being heavy and seeing girls I knew were good at heart fall for obvious jerks just because of how they looked. I went on a low calorie diet and 60 minutes of cardio a day and over 6 months probably lost about 40-50 pounds. During this whole process I started seeing someone and as our relationship moved along and we became more comfortable, the weight started adding itself back which leads me to the second time I was heavy.
For ten years my weight slowly grew until I was much heavier than I ever was before. How could this happen when I worked so hard to lose it in the first place. Looking back now at it is easy to explain, I lost it for the wrong reasons. I lost it to be purely vain and hence selfish and once I accomplished what I wanted and set out to do, the desire was lost and thus the drive and purpose was no longer there to continue. I was also able to now make excuses that I felt were worthy of the reason I let myself go. I just got married, we just bought a house, I�m concentrating on my career, I became a father, I had a second child, etc.
Then I experienced your typical oh crap moment, I ended up in the hospital. Now it wasn�t anything serious but enough to scare me. I have asthma and have always gotten this bronchial seasonal cough because of it. One year right before Christmas it was so bad I broke two ribs and tore the outside mucus lining on my lungs. While I was laying in the hospital all I could think of was how selfish I was being and two things kept running through my mind. I�m a father and now my kids are worried, how long if I continue down my current path will I be around for them and in what capacity? That was it I needed to do something, not for me but for them.
I started, a second time to diet and exercise. Again I started with a low calorie diet but now I was so out of shape I started exercising lightly and tried to make it fun. For a couple of months I exercise using only Wii Fit. When I noticed that this was becoming too easy and the results were plateauing so I started using the treadmill, first steady cardio only (mainly walking) and as I built up endurance interval training (walking, jogging, sprinting). For about 6 months my goal was simply weight loss and to build up the strength of my lungs, so all I did was cardio. I went from about 235 pounds to 145 pounds (from wearing pants with a snug 38 inch waist line to a comfortable 28 inch).
I was so bent on losing weight I didn't realize how quickly I lost the weight and how sickly I was beginning to look. One of my co-workers who was into fitness asked me if I was doing any strength training, when I responded no he offered me his P90X videos and I dove right in, they were awesome and they sucked. I thought I was in good shape before I started these videos and was quickly proven wrong. I couldn�t do a single pull up (if you�ve ever done the videos you know how many pull ups you do in a session). But I stuck with it and completed the program and felt stronger, healthier, and while it wasn�t important to me this time around I looked better. It taught me that you really need a balance of everything to be in shape: cardio training, strength training, and a healthy diet (not as in any type of fad diet but a balanced healthy diet).
Since then I have constantly been trying to better myself from a health aspect. I have along the way learned that everything works and fails to some degree. I like to tinker to see how things react and adapt, I think most people do. There is so much in this world we can�t control, if you are employed, married, or a parent you get it. Our body is something you can take some what control of. I am constantly experimenting (disclaimer � no drugs) to see what I can accomplish, how hard I can push, how my body and mind will respond. I try to change my workouts every 4-8 weeks and I�ll change/modify my diet as well. There is no perfect workout or diet and everyone will respond differently. The key is to find something you can enjoy (I enjoy lifting) and to find foods/dishes you enjoy that are healthy but also to push yourself. I hate running any distance more than 5K so I thought what better way to challenge myself mentally and physically than to run a marathon. So last October I ran the Chicago Marathon, while I hated everything with the training, the race itself was the most incredible thing I have ever done.
My advice is to commit to changing your life and to do it for the right reasons. You can�t succeed if you don�t commit but be able to be flexible. Most individuals do not have the ability to give 100% all the time in all aspects of their life, understand you will make mistakes, you will at some point eat something you will regret later, you will miss a workout, it happens. The important thing is that you move pass it, you shouldn�t be striving for perfection just to be better and put yourself in a position to succeed. Find healthy foods you enjoy, if you need to have ice cream once a week than do so, etc. I work out in the morning because I know it is the only way to guarantee I do it, there are too many distractions that can arise throughout the day. I eat primarily the same meals throughout the day, this is to keep it simple which means I am more likely to eat healthy. You need to experiment to find what works for you but you need to give it time, nothing happens immediately.
I have chosen to do this challenge for two reasons. First I want to help support my fellow Juggernauts, it is a great group of people who truly try to help each other, hence I don't see this as a competition but as a support opportunity. Second there are things I would like to focus on. My goals for this challenge are two increase my flexibility (I will be working towards a split), balance (I will be working towards a chair handstand from a seated position), I also want to do a Physique Competition in October and will be working toward adding size.

Great job man!

**ezericw** · 02-12-2014, 04:38 PM

Dustin!

What's up, Man????

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**kconnell** · 02-13-2014, 05:12 PM

Dexter "The Blade" Jackson
has his own line of supplements coming out, sponsored by Infinite Labs!

First item out of the block will be PreWorkout 1.0
Available in Hurricane Punch or Cherry Lemonade

Blade Nutrition�s PreWorkout 1.0 is a full spectrum power blend that delivers massive pumps and extreme focus to ensure you finish your workouts with the same intensity you start it with. Using key ingredients including Beta Alanine to enhance muscular endurance, Agmatine and Citrulline to support nitric oxide production, Creatine MagnaPower� to provide energy to cells and BCAAs to promote recovery and protein synthesis; PreWorkout 1.0 will provide you with what you need to work out harder, longer and more intense all while combating fatigue and enhancing overall recovery.*

- Increased muscle density*
- 40% longer pumps*
- Explosive Power*
- Reduced Fatigue*
- Antioxidant support*
- 30-servings (per 2 scoops)

Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid) 500 mg 834%
Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine HCI) 10 mg 500%
Folic Acid 400 mcg 100%
Magnesium (Glycerophosphate) 10 mg <1%
Sodium (Bicarbonate) 20 mg <1%
Potassium (Glycerophosphate,Citrate) 58 mg <2%
Beta Alanine 2200 mg �
Agmatine Sulfate 1000 mg �
L-Taurine 1000 mg �
Caffeine (Anhydrous) 300 mg �

Blade Nutrition PreWorkout 1.0 is exactly what you need in a pre-workout ensuring that you get the most out of every set and every rep in every work out.

Dexter will be at the Arnold Classic, Booth 1425 next to Infinite Labs

Available soon at Bodybuilding.com

Who's excited to try this! ??

**vol8615** · 02-13-2014, 10:13 PM

Originally Posted by kconnell

Dexter "The Blade" Jackson
has his own line of supplements coming out, sponsored by Infinite Labs!

First item out of the block will be PreWorkout 1.0
Available in Hurricane Punch or Cherry Lemonade

Blade Nutrition�s PreWorkout 1.0 is a full spectrum power blend that delivers massive pumps and extreme focus to ensure you finish your workouts with the same intensity you start it with. Using key ingredients including Beta Alanine to enhance muscular endurance, Agmatine and Citrulline to support nitric oxide production, Creatine MagnaPower� to provide energy to cells and BCAAs to promote recovery and protein synthesis; PreWorkout 1.0 will provide you with what you need to work out harder, longer and more intense all while combating fatigue and enhancing overall recovery.*

- Increased muscle density*
- 40% longer pumps*
- Explosive Power*
- Reduced Fatigue*
- Antioxidant support*
- 30-servings (per 2 scoops)

Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid) 500 mg 834%
Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine HCI) 10 mg 500%
Folic Acid 400 mcg 100%
Magnesium (Glycerophosphate) 10 mg <1%
Sodium (Bicarbonate) 20 mg <1%
Potassium (Glycerophosphate,Citrate) 58 mg <2%
Beta Alanine 2200 mg �
Agmatine Sulfate 1000 mg �
L-Taurine 1000 mg �
Caffeine (Anhydrous) 300 mg �

Blade Nutrition PreWorkout 1.0 is exactly what you need in a pre-workout ensuring that you get the most out of every set and every rep in every work out.

Dexter will be at the Arnold Classic, Booth 1425 next to Infinite Labs

Available soon at Bodybuilding.com

Who's excited to try this! ??

Im excited can't decide which flavor I want to try first Hurricane or Cherry Lemonade!?! hmmmmm

**ezericw** · 02-18-2014, 02:44 AM

How was the weekend?

Looking for an update!

**skrak** · 02-21-2014, 05:33 PM

updates? hope all is well

**kennknee** · 02-22-2014, 10:43 AM

**thedro** · 02-22-2014, 02:44 PM

hey whats up brother just seeing how your training is going/ dieting hope all is well brother.

**ezericw** · 02-23-2014, 06:24 AM

Hey Dustin, you still around Buddy?

Would like to hear what's going on!

**ZacK1313** · 02-23-2014, 09:47 AM

** Little Monday Motivation coming at you on Sunday **
Take time today and step back and admire all that is you, we as people get caught up worrying about so many little things and over look a very important concept.
Praising ourselves and all that we have achieved in life. We deserve are day in the spotlight as much as anyone else... Well today is that day! Celebrate Yourself and all that makes you a amazing person. YOU ROCK!!!

**teamsw** · 02-23-2014, 11:14 PM

************ JOESWAT, THE ORIGINAL JUGGERNAUT *******************

* HAVING PROBLEMS WITH DIETING RESULTS?....**Regarding weight loss, There's no magical way to lose weight. It comes down to Physical Activity and Diet.... Take in fewer calories than you burn OR burn more through Training/Cardio then your taking in and you lose weight. Customizing your diet and training to your specific goal is the key to maximizing your results, dont try short cuts, fast gimmicks and so on, they will only back fire on you, if your not sure whether your training and diet is customized for your goal, reevaluate your calorie/carb daily intake and the type of training/cardio regiment your on.
For those that can't seem to lose excess weight despite diet and exercise, they should talk to their doctor, there are only two medical reasons ; Cushion's syndrome or having an under active thyroid gland, Other then that, you need to do the work.....
train hard, train smart, train safe, train to be the next Juggernaut......

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**Credz** · 02-24-2014, 12:35 AM

Passing thru for a update

**sharlamay** · 02-24-2014, 08:29 PM

Dustin? Dustin!!!!! Where are you??? lol!! Hope all is well!!! I am Sharla, and I am here to offer support, and I expect to hear back from you!!

**classiccristal** · 02-26-2014, 09:23 AM

Dustin you're M.I.A.!!! Where you at?!!!!!

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**asheid** · 02-27-2014, 09:01 AM

Hey Dustin! Just checkin on ya, we've been missin your log updates... I hope all is going awesome and that you're still kickin butt and reaching your goals!

**ezericw** · 02-27-2014, 03:39 PM

Hey Dustin, hope your well!

**asfdragpn** · 02-28-2014, 02:15 PM

Hope everything is going great Dustin!

**Credz** · 03-01-2014, 12:38 AM

A little Arnold motivation for the Arnold weekend

**ZacK1313** · 03-03-2014, 09:48 AM

*** Juggernaut Nation ***
Today begins another week of greatness, I'm ready to build my legacy... ARE YOU???

**teamsw** · 03-04-2014, 08:29 PM

************** JOESWAT, THE ORIGINAL JUGGERNAUT *************
~TOPIC OF THE DAY IS~
”EATING RIGHT FOR THE APPROPRIATE TRAINING REGIMENT IS THE ONLY WAY TO SUCCEEDING"

As I read the logs I have come across many juggernauts eating the wrong foods at the wrong time of day or not enough food/macros for their specific training regiment goal, therefore here is some helpful information;

Fueling your body adequately is one of the most important aspect for your fitness success, failing to do so, your results will suffer... Eating before you exercise gives you the necessary energy to work out; eating after you exercise helps you restore your body’s needed resources from the training. However, you can’t just consume mindless calories. You need to pay attention to what you are putting into your body if you want the benefits from your hard earned work. This is what happens to your body when you are done with an intense exercise regiment immediately your body is working to repairing any damage, such as microscopic tears in your muscles from weight lifting. AGAIN … In order for your body to repair itself, you need to give it the correct tools. Food; It provides us with our Protein, amino acids, vitamins, minerals, and anti-oxidants.

* NOTE; What and how much you eat should be determined by your training regiment goal. The Proper and the right amount of nutrition lets you meet your goals and recovery more quickly. Skipping a single meal is not recommended because it will interfere with the healing progress.

- Train hard, train smart, train safe, train to be the next Juggernaut......Im here if you need me

**Free training/dieting/nutritional tips and advise to all juggernauts, im here to help;http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=142169941
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**ezericw** · 03-08-2014, 02:56 PM

DUSTINNNnnnnnnnn.........................

**vol8615** · 03-10-2014, 06:53 AM

Hey Dustin hows your training going?!?

**ezericw** · 03-15-2014, 06:19 AM

I still don't see him!

And I have looked HIGH

and

low!

**teamsw** · 03-15-2014, 10:54 PM

***************JOESWAT, THE ORIGINAL JUGGERNAUT******************

TIPS; VALUABLE FOOD/SPICES THAT WILL ASSIST EVERY ONE WITH THEIR WEIGHT LOSS GOALS.....PLEASE READ, IT WILL BE WORTH YOUR WHILE....

You Juggernauts by now know that The key to weight loss is taking in fewer calories than you burn,( or burn more calories then what you take in) but what you eat can give you tremendous advantage. The meaning of " you are what you eat" is really the truth, food is nothing but a bunch of chemicals that unravel during digestion and become part of your body. The key is to eating foods that help your bodily systems run smoothly and optimally, so your energy and metabolism stays set to high. Here are a list of foods/spices to stock up on that will help you burn fat and calories.
My first choice before anything else is to combine Infinitelabs Carnitine MTX ( turns fat into energy ) and Phenyl Core ( Amplifying your metabolic rate, Cutting excess fat,)(alpha lipoic acid) then i seek out these foods/spices and include them into my regiment;
DID YOU KNOW!
- Spicy foods. Cayenne pepper, one of the best fat-burning spices, burns calories by triggering a thermodynamic burn that lasts hours after eating. Hey,
- Cinnamon added to food helps your body to metabolize sugar 20 times faster and lower your body’s blood-sugar levels.
- Ginger is a vasodilator, meaning it expands the blood vessels and increases body heat and metabolism by 20%. Ground, pickled, candied or fresh, it works in all formats to burn fat. Ginger's vasodilation properties also means that it detoxifies your body as it stimulates circulation.
- Citrus fruits, it's the vitamin C that is the fat-burning component because it reduces fat’s effectiveness and can liquefy or dilute it so that it exits the body. Add some lemon to your water, drink orange juice, and eat grapefruit in the morning.
- Apples (along with berries) are a fantastic source of pectin, which limits the amount of fat your cells absorb because of its water-binding properties.
- Soybeans contain lecithin, which helps your body to keep your cells from accumulating fat.
- Bananas have approximately 450 mg of potassium, a naturally occurring chemical that boosts metabolism and regulates the body’s water balance.
- Salmon, along with tuna, herring, and mackerel, are all excellent sources of essential fatty acids, or EFAs. Consume fish regularly lowers levels of a protein hormone called leptin, which has been linked to a slower metabolism and obesity. Eat EFAs in the form of fish three to five times a week.
- Garlic is a natural antibiotic, a blood sugar regulator, and also works like a thermogenic in the body. It boosts metabolism and keeps insulin levels low to maximize fat burning.
- Calcium and protein in low-fat dairy products promote weight loss and help to maintain muscle mass.
- Tea, especially green tea, is rich in antioxidants that have been proven to speed metabolism,
- Eggs contain vitamin B12, which your body needs to metabolize fat.

EAT FOR SUCCESS

Joe Palumbo
ifbb pro

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**Credz** · 03-16-2014, 01:09 AM

Give us a update man

**thnakd1** · 03-16-2014, 09:14 PM

Originally Posted by ezericw

I still don't see him!

And I have looked HIGH

and

low!

I know you have been... Hope everything is ok...

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