I train
two or three times a day, every day, and Sunday is my day to rest. Sunday is my little heaven before
heaven. My life consists of three
things, number one is snatch, number two is clean and jerk, and lucky number
three is squat. Some days I feel like the hulk, and some days I feel like
running away and hiding from coach Pendlay!
When I am soar I push through, when I am hurt I push through, when I am
tired I push through and when I fall I get back up and keep pushing through.
Pushing through like that is very hard for me, even though it sounds tough and
cool. Some nights the pain is so bad
from training that I have to limp to the bathtub and take a cold bath. The amount of Advil that I take some days
would scare you. If I had a dollar for
every minute of sleep I lost from leg pain I would be a rich weightlifting
robot. I have become a master at
learning how to recover properly, from things to eat, when to hot tub, when to
sleep, certain supplements and the list goes on. I think I am doing something right because
last time a checked I was number one in the country and this is only the start
baby! There are three steps to my
recovery, food, supplements, and the lifestyle outside the gym. This program is
what I followed getting ready for the Pan Am games in Guatemala, and what I
will follow getting ready for the Olympics in 2012. The first step to my recovery is the secrete
of eating. My secret is the “everything
diet”. I eat anything and everything I
can get my hands on. I train so much
that I have trouble keeping the weight on, so eating lots of fat and calories
is very important. I find by eating as
much meat as possible is the best food for recovery. I try my hardest to eat steak, I try to eat a
steak every night, but it gets very expensive after a while. Yogurt is also a must to me. It is not a meal of course, but I try to eat
as much yogurt as I can throughout the day.
Pasta is a religion to me, the olive garden knows me by name and I call
it my second home. When my weight gets
down and coach Pendlay gets mad at me, In-N-Out is my first destination. I won’t even talk about how much milk I
drink, holly shit! I go through a gallon
of milk a day, and that’s whole milk baby!
The second step to my recovery is a supplement called Podium Gold. This weightlifting angel dust will make you
feel like Ali in his prime every day.
You can come watch me; I float like a butterfly and sting like a bee
with this Explosive supplement. I know
it’s explosive because right on the bottle it says “the science of explosive
strength” and the way I have been hitting that bar with my hips lately is like
mike Tyson’s knockout punch! I love how
my Podium Gold is the only supplement that is endorsed by the international
weightlifting federation. This makes me very happy that my sport endorses and
supports the supplement that I am taking.
I love this shit because after taking the Podium Gold, it feels like
Dimas is giving me a full body massage while I am sleeping, and when you wake
you are ready to kill some kilo’s and take Gold at the Olympics. I don’t know what’s in this supplement besides the fact it keeps me fresh for the
next training session, I can go much longer in training than I could before, I
am lifting more weight more consistently than I ever have, and that is exactly what I need to get ready
for the Olympic trials in 2012. My next
big meet is the Americans in December, and Coach Glenn Pendlay has been pushing
the training like crazy! By taking The
Podium Gold has made it much easier to get through these back breaking three a
days! I have been taking my Podium Gold
every day now for two months straight, and I have never felt better in practice
and in meets. The first month I started
taking this magic white potion, I went to the redwood empire open hosted by
Myles ahead and I snatched 155kg like cheese cake! This was the performance that broke three PWA
records, and put me number one in the country.
I will keep pushing the training, keep eating a lot, and keep taking my
Podium Gold and in result I will break the American snatch record set at
165kg. Coach said that if I make my
first two attempts, than he will load the bar with 166kg and after making it I
will smash the bar down harder than ever pissing off my haters even more! Lol I love it! The third and final step of my
recovery is my life style outside of the gym.
Being a full time athlete has changed my life in so many different ways. I have sacrificed my social life all together. I never get to see my family like I use to because
of all the traveling to weightlifting meets, seminars, and the long hours of
training that have consumed my everyday life.
I have to remind myself some days that this is the life I chose and this
life style will get me to where I want to go, and that’s the Olympics in
2012. Yes making them Pan Am games in
Guatemala was great, and I am training very hard to make the world
championships in Paris next year, but the whole reason why I am doing this is
for the Olympics, nothing else. So I
have to find ways to live outside the gym and between practices that is going
to be good for my training. I think one of the
reasons why my training is going so well right now is because of my life outside
the gym. For example, swimming in the
pool morning and night, getting in the hot tub and cold pool morning and night, icing
after training, and getting my 10 hours of sleep a night. But I think it’s
what I am doing when I am not doing my recovery “stuff” that is helping so
much. For example, I got this new video game called Fall out 3 and that’s
all I have been doing at night is playing that damn game! Call me a loser
but it’s great for recovery and great for my training. I am sitting down
the whole time, even sometimes lying down! I am off my feet and I am
actually thinking and doing something that is not weightlifting. I think
it’s very important to find something to do that gets you out of the world you
are in all the time, and lately for me its video games. It’s very
refreshing to get lost in another world. You guys probably think I need a
sociologist! I have cut my social life almost down to nothing because of
the focus and the dedication needed to make an Olympic team, but even the
little social life a have effects my training allot. When I go out with
friends and I have just a few drinks and stay out pass midnight my training the
next day pays a big price. I am not saying just hide under a rock, but
activities like movies and video games are great for training, and I think
getting addicted to this new game I am playing has helped. Even the little
social life I have, I have cut down even more the last few weeks because there
is no room for it, even though that seems extreme, I just don’t have any time
for anything else, and when I do I just want to sit down! I guess the
moral of this story is to find hobbies and activities that are good for your
training. What’s yours, because when this game is over I am going to need
something else, because I swear I have seen every movie in the world
now! Train hard every day, never take light days, eat your food and
drink your milk, take your Podium Gold and take a chill pill at night and keep
your eye on the prize. Jon North 2012
London - aka Jon North the kilo killing weight slamming California Strength
soldier!
two or three times a day, every day, and Sunday is my day to rest. Sunday is my little heaven before
heaven. My life consists of three
things, number one is snatch, number two is clean and jerk, and lucky number
three is squat. Some days I feel like the hulk, and some days I feel like
running away and hiding from coach Pendlay!
When I am soar I push through, when I am hurt I push through, when I am
tired I push through and when I fall I get back up and keep pushing through.
Pushing through like that is very hard for me, even though it sounds tough and
cool. Some nights the pain is so bad
from training that I have to limp to the bathtub and take a cold bath. The amount of Advil that I take some days
would scare you. If I had a dollar for
every minute of sleep I lost from leg pain I would be a rich weightlifting
robot. I have become a master at
learning how to recover properly, from things to eat, when to hot tub, when to
sleep, certain supplements and the list goes on. I think I am doing something right because
last time a checked I was number one in the country and this is only the start
baby! There are three steps to my
recovery, food, supplements, and the lifestyle outside the gym. This program is
what I followed getting ready for the Pan Am games in Guatemala, and what I
will follow getting ready for the Olympics in 2012. The first step to my recovery is the secrete
of eating. My secret is the “everything
diet”. I eat anything and everything I
can get my hands on. I train so much
that I have trouble keeping the weight on, so eating lots of fat and calories
is very important. I find by eating as
much meat as possible is the best food for recovery. I try my hardest to eat steak, I try to eat a
steak every night, but it gets very expensive after a while. Yogurt is also a must to me. It is not a meal of course, but I try to eat
as much yogurt as I can throughout the day.
Pasta is a religion to me, the olive garden knows me by name and I call
it my second home. When my weight gets
down and coach Pendlay gets mad at me, In-N-Out is my first destination. I won’t even talk about how much milk I
drink, holly shit! I go through a gallon
of milk a day, and that’s whole milk baby!
The second step to my recovery is a supplement called Podium Gold. This weightlifting angel dust will make you
feel like Ali in his prime every day.
You can come watch me; I float like a butterfly and sting like a bee
with this Explosive supplement. I know
it’s explosive because right on the bottle it says “the science of explosive
strength” and the way I have been hitting that bar with my hips lately is like
mike Tyson’s knockout punch! I love how
my Podium Gold is the only supplement that is endorsed by the international
weightlifting federation. This makes me very happy that my sport endorses and
supports the supplement that I am taking.
I love this shit because after taking the Podium Gold, it feels like
Dimas is giving me a full body massage while I am sleeping, and when you wake
you are ready to kill some kilo’s and take Gold at the Olympics. I don’t know what’s in this supplement besides the fact it keeps me fresh for the
next training session, I can go much longer in training than I could before, I
am lifting more weight more consistently than I ever have, and that is exactly what I need to get ready
for the Olympic trials in 2012. My next
big meet is the Americans in December, and Coach Glenn Pendlay has been pushing
the training like crazy! By taking The
Podium Gold has made it much easier to get through these back breaking three a
days! I have been taking my Podium Gold
every day now for two months straight, and I have never felt better in practice
and in meets. The first month I started
taking this magic white potion, I went to the redwood empire open hosted by
Myles ahead and I snatched 155kg like cheese cake! This was the performance that broke three PWA
records, and put me number one in the country.
I will keep pushing the training, keep eating a lot, and keep taking my
Podium Gold and in result I will break the American snatch record set at
165kg. Coach said that if I make my
first two attempts, than he will load the bar with 166kg and after making it I
will smash the bar down harder than ever pissing off my haters even more! Lol I love it! The third and final step of my
recovery is my life style outside of the gym.
Being a full time athlete has changed my life in so many different ways. I have sacrificed my social life all together. I never get to see my family like I use to because
of all the traveling to weightlifting meets, seminars, and the long hours of
training that have consumed my everyday life.
I have to remind myself some days that this is the life I chose and this
life style will get me to where I want to go, and that’s the Olympics in
2012. Yes making them Pan Am games in
Guatemala was great, and I am training very hard to make the world
championships in Paris next year, but the whole reason why I am doing this is
for the Olympics, nothing else. So I
have to find ways to live outside the gym and between practices that is going
to be good for my training. I think one of the
reasons why my training is going so well right now is because of my life outside
the gym. For example, swimming in the
pool morning and night, getting in the hot tub and cold pool morning and night, icing
after training, and getting my 10 hours of sleep a night. But I think it’s
what I am doing when I am not doing my recovery “stuff” that is helping so
much. For example, I got this new video game called Fall out 3 and that’s
all I have been doing at night is playing that damn game! Call me a loser
but it’s great for recovery and great for my training. I am sitting down
the whole time, even sometimes lying down! I am off my feet and I am
actually thinking and doing something that is not weightlifting. I think
it’s very important to find something to do that gets you out of the world you
are in all the time, and lately for me its video games. It’s very
refreshing to get lost in another world. You guys probably think I need a
sociologist! I have cut my social life almost down to nothing because of
the focus and the dedication needed to make an Olympic team, but even the
little social life a have effects my training allot. When I go out with
friends and I have just a few drinks and stay out pass midnight my training the
next day pays a big price. I am not saying just hide under a rock, but
activities like movies and video games are great for training, and I think
getting addicted to this new game I am playing has helped. Even the little
social life I have, I have cut down even more the last few weeks because there
is no room for it, even though that seems extreme, I just don’t have any time
for anything else, and when I do I just want to sit down! I guess the
moral of this story is to find hobbies and activities that are good for your
training. What’s yours, because when this game is over I am going to need
something else, because I swear I have seen every movie in the world
now! Train hard every day, never take light days, eat your food and
drink your milk, take your Podium Gold and take a chill pill at night and keep
your eye on the prize. Jon North 2012
London - aka Jon North the kilo killing weight slamming California Strength
soldier!
