MEGAN TRIONFO – Warrior’s Corner

Hands down the hardest part of prepping for my show was not cheating on my diet. You don’t realize how food is such a social thing until you can’t go out and enjoy it with your friends and family. I remember eating chicken and rice and green beans on my birthday when all I wanted was a huge stack of pancakes and a box of donuts

K.I.S.S.

Grab a pair of heavy ropes that take up 90% of the gym floor, and flail against them uselessly as if you have just invented a new way of sculpting the body from the ground up. What the heck was Arnold thinking when he came up with such overly-simplified techniques as the barbell bench press, the barbell squat, and the barbell row? Damn simpleton!

BRIAN REDDER – Building Muscle

I considered myself an ‘intermediate’ when it came to fitness training; you know previously in the ‘300 lbs. Bench Press Club’, 8 minute mile group, and general diet guru. But you taught me a great deal about “eating clean”, “base building cardio”, interval training, and muscle development. Not only did you awaken the “gym rat” in me but you also inspired the discipline and patience it takes to lose the weight and keep it off.

JIM DRISKELL, NPC MEN’S LIGHWEIGHT BODYBUILDER

When I started working with David Johnston, I told him I want to “look” like I could get on stage.  In a few short months, David was able to push me beyond my limits, exceed my expectations and give me the confidence to actually get on stage and compete in my first...