New YouTube Channel- Pfau Fitness

Hey everyone, I appologize for not posting here in a long time. I'm excited to announce I have launched a YouTube channel with the same name, Pfau Fitness. I will be posting multiple videos per week where I discuss my updated opinions on the topics I wrote about here as well as many more topics while taking you through my workouts and my life.  The chanel link is https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCViNsqEPDYpJlIa2c2b2W3Q Go ahead and subscribe and like the videos if you enjoy them. If you liked this blog, I promise the videos will be significantly better. ...

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Contest Preparation Part 4: Mental Obstacles

No matter how well your contest preparation is moving along, the one obstacle that will continuously stand in your way is your mind. Just like when you are bulking and everyone around you seems to think you are making tremendous progress but you still feel small, dieting for a competition brings along whole set of mind games of its own. You are bound to run into the following feelings at some point and this is where having a close friend to keep an eye on you is important. If you don't have anyone, make a thread in the Contest Preparation section on Bodybuilding.com. It truly helps to have second opinions to ease the tricks your...

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Contest Preparation Part 3: Training and Cardio

Unlike dieting for a competition, training for a competition is much simpler. Whereas your diet needs to change drastically to reach contest shape, the good news is that your training does not. You will need to add some cardio though. Training There are a lot of myths surrounding training while cutting and while trying to reach contest level condition. It's commonly said that in order to tone the muscle, you need to lift lighter weights, do more super sets, and do more reps. This couldn't be more wrong. Your diet is what will take care of stripping off the body fat. The goal of your training should be to keep as much muscle as possible....

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Contest Preparation Part 2: Diet

Without a doubt, the hardest part about competing is the diet. Eating so little calories that you are constantly starving and staring at the clock waiting for your next meal does not appeal to most people. However, just as it is the most difficult aspect of competing, it is also the most critical. Eating relatively healthy and watching your calories is one thing but to compete, you need to go much further than that. You need to be prepared to count every single gram of carbohydrate, protein, and fat you consume. You can't ever miss a meal because if you do, there will be someone at your show who didn't and they will beat you. If you are...

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Contest Preparation Part 1: Planning

Many people call themselves a bodybuilder but if you haven't stepped on stage, are you really a bodybuilder? It is my opinion that until you step on stage, you are just a weight lifter who follows a bodybuilding lifestyle. Competing in a bodybuilding competition requires a completely different mindset than casual bodybuilding. It will test you physically but more importantly, it tests you mentally. As someone who has been through 2 contest preparations for a total of 3 shows under no one's guidance other than my own, I feel that I have learned a lot of information on the subject and can help people who want to compete. I do not consider...

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Staying Motivated: The Key to Success

Everybody knows that diet and training are the two most important factors in reaching your goals. However, to stay on a diet and continue to train hard, you need to be motivated. Lack of motivation is the number one reason people fail to reach their goals. A lot of guys start working out to look good for the opposite sex. This is a great initial motivating factor but it's not sustainable. You will soon realize that no matter how ripped you get, the opposite sex doesn't really care. In fact, they may even think you look worse if you get bigger than they would like. For this reason, you need to find alternative motivating factors. Here...

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