“Is Fighter Diet a competition diet?” is a common question I receive from aspiring competitors and my answer is YES it is, since following the rules of the concept consistently does get you lean and cut. So do all diets more or less that create a caloric deficit in some way. That is not what separates Fighter Diet from the other diet concepts. The difference is: Fighter Diet is a lifestyle, it is not just a diet to get lean. It is a way of dieting to get and STAY lean.

Competition dieting is yo yo dieting. You are ok with being hungry because it will be for a few months only right? You go onstage and then when the show time is over you have nothing to fall back on since all your contest prep diet caused was cravings, hunger and frustration. Yeah, you PLAN on going right back to your strict diet you followed so well for so long, but you just don’t pull it off anymore. This is not strange at all: you will never win if you are hungry all the time, hunger takes over and will get you to eat and eat and eat. Til you are fattened up again.

it’s great to have a show to lean out for, but I always warn about the time AFTER the show. Being focused on the show day and not what happens after it is all over will be detrimental for you if you are not prepared for the after shocks. You will get the post contest blues, the days will feel all worthless, pointless, no reason to go train etc. It’s part of it. And those times food shows up as a nice old friend. You just cannot help yourself wanting to eat all that you did not eat for months.

All the yo yo dieting creates stress and anxiety. There is no need to gain a lot of weight after a show because it’s too much work to cut it down again! Why repeat the hassle of losing a lot og weight?

If you choose fighter diet you choose a diet style for life. it’s something you can do for a show, after a show, when you are 20 and 60. It’s the healthiest way to get and stay lean in my opinion.

The best thing, the very best thing about fighter diet is: you get full. every day. You have the choice to eat to be full but not fat. Choose it!

“You can have anything you want”. Is that really true? For real, is it? Well, yes, but it does not come without terms and agreements.

You look at pictures in magazines, you see ripped bodies one after another, you see advertisements for supplements that promise you will achieve all that within three months and bla bla bla.

You have a vision of what you want to look like, but what that vision is, is nothing but a finished product. What you should ask yourself is how willing are you to commit the whole journey UP to that finished product…? When it comes to achieving a physique drug free and without sacrificing your health, there is a long road of discipline, sacrifice, choices, commitment you need to travel to get there. Unless you are 100% in acceptance that YES I DO WANT ALL THIS you won’t get there.

You see, building a master piece physique is truly a committing relationship to yourself. It’s an inner journey which just happens to be visible on the surface. Bodybuilding is toughening the mind just as it is about strengthening the muscles.

Bodybuilding is a never ending story, that is why you must love to train, love to eat the way you need to get your results. If you don’t love it it is not worth the effort. seriously!

“How long you’ve been lifting” I was asked several times this weekend. I say 11 years. You should see the eyes of the person asking, it looks like they got a shock treatment. They cannot grasp it is not a three month project.

Or “how much do you lift?” you ask. Well, for a decade and more I trained super heavy and hard. The last months I have not. Women usually translate or interpret this as “I should train high rep or not that much weight to look like Pauline” when that is the last thing I recommend. You can not copy cat a routine I do NOW, you must take a look at what I’ve done for the last 10 years to get a good picture of what it takes….

As you can see there are many thoughts and reflections that are brought up after meeting new people….

One I talked to Jeff Willet about is the confusion between looking healthy and BEING healthy. The whole fitness industry is selling you a lie or a dream: being shredded is not the healthiest state of being for you. When you want to be super lean you are working against ALL body mechanics and the brain because the human body does not want to be on the edge of starvation. And that is what being super ripped really is! Very very few are SHREDDED with striations allover etc without being genetically that way. And those are few. That is not to say you cannot achieve it: You CAN. but you must realize and accept you will not have super energy levels, feel like a king, be all ON and rocking rolla all the time.

Looking like a million dollar is not the same as feeling like it.

You can not have it all, well, yes you can, but you gotta except the terms and agreements and all the amendments to those!

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You get what you put in and despite this fact most people I encounter repeat the same procedure every time they are aiming to lean out: Do their time. Yeah, it seems like suddenly the intensity everyone talks about being utmost important during weight training is totally forgotten to be picked up during the cardio sessions.

People go to the gym. Do their cardio. No real effort except for loyally do it right? Like that would be enough?

I know there are those horrible creatures out there who can do a little stroll on the treadmill monday thru friday and lose weight. But let me tell you, those very people are usually kind of bulky or puffy when they get results from this routine… or super metabolically active aka hardgainers.

I tried many times to do this “40 minutes morning, 40 minutes at night”, just doing it and read the magazines at the same time to get time going faster. What happened was nothing happened. It was just no change in effort for my body.

I find it strange that some individuals want to be in contest shape but when I tell them “well then you have to TRAIN and DIET like you were doing a show even though you have none planned there” they look at me looking like question marks. What? Wait? What am I saying here? That you actually have to TRAIN as MUCH to get super shredded like if you were to do a show???  And you think it is insane or unrealistic? Well, says who? You are the one who asks for a super conditioned lean, head turning body, I’m just telling what you have to do to get there without any chemical aids that harm your health.

I remember once “upon a time” I was into not doing more than one hour per cardio session. It was a mental STOP, it was from brain washing that my muscles would fade away if I did so much to get and stay lean. But then, how come all other athletes train hours a day?…. Some are really ripped too. A lot of them are. An endurance trainer trains a lot more time than weight trainers. If I want to look like a hybrid I will need to dig in and do hybrid training, don’t I?

If you think doing double cardio WITH intensity 80% of the time, intensity like in CARDIO is JUST as important as pumping iron, is unrealistic to do to look the way you want, then it truly is right. You are so right! But then, don’t complain about not being shredded enough or don’t get pissed because there are people out there who have no problem doing way more than you and not nag about it.

I get the question many times a day about how much cardio I do. I will say one thing about that: you don’t want to know!

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My body weight has always gone up and down a few pounds here and there, it’s my natural cycle. However, when I wanted to get down to 115, I wanted it to be a SOLID 115! Not a “oh, once every 5 days I get there”! That is how it is you see.

I cannot say I weigh 115 if it’s like every blue moon right! Why does it not work the other way around so one day I can be 113 and then one day 117? Well, THAT is MORE what I want that the LOWEST point being 115!

So, my goal is to AVERAGE around 115. I am not obsessed about it, but I do want to lose a little more weight.  I am buying a tape measure today so I can take some measurements when I am at 115, so when my weight goes up to 118 for a few days I can just check measurements instead and see once again YOU DON’T GET FAT OR MUSCULAR FROM NOT EATING MORE.

It’s a mental thing. But I am concerned, I don’t want to bulk up to 121 again without realizing it. The scale keeps me accountable. It is not easy to stay low in weight! Not when it’s not your genetically preferred weight!

Anyway, always nice to have things to work on. The places I still see myself with less muscle mass: arms (but shoulders to stay volume wise), less thighs but not less glutes. And I can shed some more around my waist!:-)

yup, gotta get ready for the beach 2010! LOL NAH, NO JUST KIDDING, ya’ll know I am not a beach bunnie! My white light reflecting skin reveals that does it not!:-)

Staying consistent with a fat loss encouraging diet does not take much effort.

Pushing through cardio sessions does not take much discipline.

Being patient with progress is not that difficult.

Finding motivation to strive for a better body is as easy as picking up a fitness mag.

Picking the lean foods at the grocery store takes nothing but some common sense and knowledge.

Lifting heavier weights than usual takes nothing but repetition.

To say no to cheat meals is easy if you are determined.

Achieving your version of your perfect body takes nothing but hard work.

Now….. What is truly challenging and what truly is what one should work on in life is

Staying patient when you feel frustrated

Trusting your feelings when everyone else says you are wrong

Not letting people’s idea of what and who you are BECOME what and who you are

Forgiving everyone who hurt you in the past without feeling like you lost or need revenge

Ending endless blaming others for your situation, your choices or your way of life

Having faith in yourself

Focusing on being happy and not just content

Strengthening your mind so nothing can set you off your path

Finding your path and being daring enough to go for it

Being strong and confident to follow your heart and not just follow your mind

Turning away from fear of failing

Seeing the best in you instead of the worst of you.

Being happy you are who you are and become the best version of you and not a bad copy cat of someone else no matter how “wonderful” the person you want to be like is. No one is as wonderful as YOU and you know what? You are stuck with yourself all life so you better enjoy that company!