Before & After Pics...

I have something really cool that I want to share with you...

You may remember a few months ago I sent out an e-mail newsletter about a special contest that my friend Jeff Anderson was promoting for "Average Joe's" to see who could lose the most bodyfat and transform their bodies in 90 days with his "Military" Fat Loss Program "Combat The Fat".

(And to make the competition even more exciting Jeff has put up $1000 of his own money as a cash prize for the winner!)

Over 30 average Joe’s and Jane’s entered the competition and trust me these folks are NOT fitness models or professional athletes, they are average everyday people of every AGE and BODY SHAPE who just wanted to lose bodyfat, build lean muscle, and get in shape.

Well, the "Combat The Fat" challenge has come to an end and the contestants have just submitted their "before & after" pictures and every single one of them made some amazing progress...

But we are asking you if you could help us out by visiting
http://www.leehayward.com/go/before_after_pics.htm
and cast your vote for who you feel has made the BEST "before & after" fat loss transformation.

Jeff and I are NOT the ones doing the judging... You Are!

We have left this task is left open for people like YOU to submit your vote for the man and woman who you feel has made the best transformation!

Click Here To see the "before & after" pics and cast your vote!

Let us know who you feel has made the BEST fat loss transformation and who you feel is deserving of the first place $1000 cash prize award!

It will only take a couple minutes of your time to look at all the photos and submit your vote so go check it out NOW (before you forget), ok?

Again, here is the link to see all the "before & after" transformations...

http://www.leehayward.com/go/before_after_pics.htm

all the best,
Lee Hayward

Crazy Video Clip Of Guy Walking On Broken Glass On Venice Beach

This is a crazy video clip that I took with my digital camera of a guy walking on broken glass on Venice Beach in California. If you want to know how to make some tax free cash money... this is it... LOL

Back home from LA…

I had an absolute blast down in LA last week. Loved every minute of it and got a taste of what it’s like to live the California bodybuilder lifestyle for while. Worked out on Muscle Beach, worked out in Gold's Gym Venice, ate a “bodybuilders lunch” at the Firehouse restaurant.

For those of you who are not familiar with the Firehouse, it is just down the street from Gold’s Gym and they actually have a “Bodybuilders Menu” section where you can order low fat, high protein bodybuilding foods right off the menu like egg whites, grilled chicken, steamed veggies, oatmeal, whole grain high protein pancakes, etc…

My post workout meal was what they call the bodybuilders lunch, which was 6 oz. of grilled chicken breast and a big bowl of pasta with marinara sauce. It is a simple meal, but that’s the whole point, because not many restaurants let you order healthy low fat foods right off the menu.

Saturday and Sunday I attended the Internet marketing seminar, which was the real purpose of the trip. There were approx. 600 Internet business owners from all over the world in attendance. I learned a ton of valuable information that will not only help take my business to the next level, but more importantly help me provide you with more valuable information that you can use to help take your physique to the next level.

I’m going to be doing a lot more interactive training and using things like online instructional videos, online training seminars, teleclasses, etc. that you can watch and participate in so you can learn exactly what to do in order to build lean solid muscle, burn stubborn bodyfat, and get in your best shape ever.

Bodybuilding and fitness training is a very visual thing. You will be able to learn a lot more from more multi-media based training information where you can actually see how to do things, rather then simply reading text. So you can keep an eye out for that stuff over the coming weeks.

Here are some more pics taken from down in LA…

Pumping Up On Muscle Beach…

My girlfriend Patricia and I arrived in Los Angeles Tuesday afternoon. We had a good trip, but it’s one heck of a long flight from Newfoundland to LA… the actual time spent on the plane was over 10 hours!

We got up early this morning and spent the whole day on Venice Beach… It was awesome, I loved every minute of it, except for the sunburn :-(

I’ve never seen so many hippies, weirdos, wackos, and sun worshipers in my life LOL… it is the ultimate beach bum lifestyle. If you’ve never been to Venice Beach, you’ll have to plan a trip someday and add it to your places to visit list.

We walked the whole length of the strip, sunned our buns on the beach, and the best part… we had a workout in Muscle Beach weight pit… it was awesome, after all this place is the Mecca of bodybuilding, there is a lot of history on Muscle Beach, practically everyone who is (or was) anyone in the sport of bodybuilding has worked out there at some point.

Here are some pics from Venice Beach that we took today…
You can click on the images to view a larger version of the pic.

Heading To Sunny California…

Tomorrow morning I'm going to be flying to Los Angeles for an Internet marketing seminar. I'm really looking forward to it because I've never been to California before.

The actual seminar itself isn't until next weekend, but I'm getting there a few days earlier so I can make a little holiday out of it and enjoy some fun in the sun.

Here in Newfoundland all we have been getting is fog and rain for the past several days.

On my things to do list I've got planned to get in a workout on Muscle Beach and also at Gold’s Gym Venice so I can act out my own little "Pumping Iron" fantasy... I just watched the Pumping Iron movie a few days ago for the 1000th time so I'm all "pyched up" and ready to go hahaha...

Heck, I might as well give Arnold and Franco a call and see if they are up for a workout... LOL

I will be taking loads of pics and posting them up here when I get back.

Getting back to normal…

I’ve started toning down on the junk food eating. I pretty much have the cravings out of my system now. And I’m getting back on a sound eating plan.

I’ve put on about 15 lbs. since the contest. Now that may seem like a lot, but compared to the rebound that some people go through it is really not that much. I know guys who have literally gained upwards of 30 lbs. in the matter of 2-3 days after a contest. This is caused from the extreme rebound of being so depleted and dehydrated and then cutting loose and eating and drinking everything in sight.

I started back working out on Wednesday. For the next month or two I’m not really going to push myself too hard, I’m going to go through an “active recovery” training phase to give my body a break from the rigors of contest prep. And then gradually build up to a heavy off-season training routine.

A big mistake that a lot of novice weight trainers make, especially younger guys who are really full of motivation to make gains as fast as possible is that they never give their body any down time or active recovery training. They just want to go hard-core “balls to the wall” all the time. But the body just doesn’t work that way and eventually you’ll burn out, overtrain, and probably get injured.

You’ll make much better (and faster) gains over the long term if you purposely have cycles in your training where you push yourself hard for about 8-12 weeks and then back off for a few weeks and before building back up to a new peak in training intensity. That’s one of the benefits of competition training because it purposely forces you to cycle your training.

No body can operate at 100% intensity all the time, regardless of how motivated you are, the body does need some down time to rejuvenate, recover, and prepare for the next growing phase. It works similar to the seasons in nature… The spring and summer months are the peak growing time, then things slow down in fall and winter months.

"Junk food pyramid"

This is how bad I was after the show… I actually did a google image search for a “junk food pyramid” and then made up my mind to eat every single piece of junk food that was on the list… hahaha

Well, as of last night (after my post workout trip to Dairy Queen LOL) I officially crossed everything off of my junk food list.

It is insane how much junk food you can tuck away after a bodybuilding show…
Just to give you an idea, this is what I ate last night.

I had a post workout protein drink at the gym.

Then I went to Dairy Queen and had a chili cheese dog, fries, root beer, and DQ blizzard.

Then I went to the Tim Horton’s drive through and got 20 timbits which I ate while driving home.

Then when I got home I ate a protein bar because I was still hungry, I still wasn’t full and I could have eaten more, but I decided to stop at that and not be too much of a pig… LOL

Here is my "junk food pyramid"...
I actually ate everything on the list and a few extra things as well...