Meet ‘relentless’ Josh Wade, the man who never gives up
You can probably understand all you need to know about Josh Wade from a story about his first contest prep back in 2006. At the time, Wade worked full time as a plumber, a vocation that entails strenuous, manual labor, and still put in two hours of cardio and 90 minutes of weight training every day. At five weeks out from the NPC Sacramento, his hand slipped while cutting some PVC pipe and it severed the tendon of his left thumb. Because it happened on a Friday, he was unable to schedule hand surgery until Monday. After expressing to the doctor that he was intent on competing in five weeks, he was told there was no way he’d be doing any weight training for at least six weeks, so forget it. Understandably disheartened that 11 weeks of tough dieting had all been for naught, Josh hit the local El Pollo Loco and drowned his sorrows in nachos, burritos and soda. The next morning, he woke up with an epiphany.
“Nothing is over until I decide it’s over,” he realized. He proceeded directly to the gym for two hours of fasted cardio, then returned later with his thumb bandaged up to do whatever he could and used straps to secure his grip with the left hand for the next few weeks. Having started the prep at 220 pounds, Josh got onstage for thefirst time shredded at 176 pounds, winning the novice and open middleweight divisions. It was this unbreakable resolve in the face of adversity that would come to define Josh Wade’s bodybuilding career. He was told many times he would never turn pro. Then, when he turned pro as a Masters competitor, he was assured that no man earning his card in the Masters ever made even the slightest impact in the pro ranks. Wade has been proving his doubters wrong for a long time now. Let’s learn more about this inspirational man.
FROM YOUNG PUNK TO POWERHOUSE BODYBUILDER
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة August 2019 من Muscular Development.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة August 2019 من Muscular Development.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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BRYAN JONES: THE LORD OF CLASSIC RETURNS!
It seems like a decade has passed since the pandemic began in 2020. That was a chaotic year for all of us. MD sent me to Atlanta to cover the Chicago Pro, because restrictions in Illinois made it impossible to hold Tim Gardner's annual extravaganza there. The athletes still showed up in force to compete, and the Classic Physique division alone featured 30 men. When they came out to be adjudicated, one man stood out in a flash as the one to beat. I had never heard of Bryan Jones until that point aside from a vague recollection that he'd won the USA a couple of years before. With his braided and colored hair piled on top of his head in a gathered bun with the ends appearing to be some type of bizarre plant, I dubbed him \"The Kai Greene of Classic.\" That didn't stick, thankfully, because Bryan \"Lord\" Jones is a unique athlete in his own right. I knew I was looking at a man who was going to make waves in that division. A few months later he did just that, placing fifth in his first Olympia appearance. But we only saw him twice more after that, at the Arnold Classic and once again at the Olympia at the end of 2021. Since then, Jones has been working hard to build the additional size needed to successfully transition to the Open category. I spoke with him about his brief but notable time in Classic, and how he plans to make a big splash in Open.
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As you know, pathologic fat accretion results in obesity. The medical community and pharmaceutical industry have been struggling to address this burgeoning condition in the Western culture - particularly in the United States. Obviously, individuals have also been struggling in their attempts to avoid or correct unsightly or unhealthy fat gain. Imagine the shame these professionals and people must feel when they realize they may have been ignoring a risk-free, health-promoting, inexpensive dietary ingredient that can enhance fat loss. Bodybuilders seek potent drugs or supplements to force the metabolism to strip body fat to low single-digit percentages, but failing to acknowledge the foundation of diet can sabotage even their extreme measures.
CREATINE: THE BEST FORMS
New products and formulations are introduced to the supplement market every day. However, it is very rare for a product or especially an ingredient to create noteworthy evolution in supplement performance. Arguably, the greatest leap up this axiomatic evolutionary ladder occurred with the advent of creatine supplements in the 1990s. Creatine has proven over and over to be \"the real deal\" in clinical research and broscience. It's a muscle-building, performance-enhancing supplement that nearly all athletes should use.
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