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More than a few people have brought this point up to me over the last couple of weeks while I have been chatting on various message boards and Facebook groups. And it\u2019s an interesting topic because we often hear about the importance of\u00a0 diet and supplementation. It seems that the sport of bodybuilding has become rather fixated on these two approaches to building winning physiques. But what about training? Training actually is the topic of today\u2019s article when it comes to one of the top bodybuilders on the planet. When you look at Andrew Jacked you see a bodybuilder that has it all. He has the height, the mass, the proportions and the separation. He knows how to come dialed in and he presents a beautiful physique on stage. It\u2019s not often that I describe a bodybuilder\u2019s physique that way because of the fact that we are\u00a0 inundated with physiques that honestly do not meet the standard in my opinion. These are not guys that have aesthetically pleasing looks. These are guys that are just large slabs of muscle, just some kind of walking science experiment. But Andrew is one of the guys that I would call an exception. It\u2019s the exceptions that create the best lineups at the Mr Olympia, the Arnold Classic, the New York Pro and other great bodybuilding shows around the world. It\u2019s those guys that are able to put together something that is artistically beautiful to the eye to see that makes me love bodybuilding.\u00a0 In order to win a contest like the Arnold or the Olympia you have to be firing on all cylinders. And training is definitely one of those cylinders when it comes to bodybuilding.<\/p>\n
Training is really one of those elements in bodybuilding that gets overlooked a lot. People downplay its importance because so much of mainstream society thinks that bodybuilders live in the gym. While it is true that most successful competitors only train about 45 minutes to an hour out of each training day, that does not mean that it is a rather trivial activity. There\u2019s this misconception that if you have enough quality macronutrients and enough drugs that you\u2019re going to build a winning physique. And that\u2019s simply not the case.<\/p>\n
How you train makes a big difference in my humble opinion. If you rely primarily on junk machines you\u2019re not going to see results. If you use Nautilus machines, on the other hand, you will. If you do low intensity workouts and you don\u2019t tear the tissue up, I don\u2019t think you\u2019re going to build new tissue no matter how great the protein you ingest may be. I don\u2019t even think it matters how good the drugs are, either. If the body is not put through stress, if the workouts are not challenging, I don\u2019t see how the individual is going to build quality muscle tissue. Not only that but we\u2019re talking about sustainability. We\u2019re talking about avoiding injuries. We\u2019re talking about an awful lot that goes into 60 minutes three or four times a week. And the problem with downplaying training or the value of a good trainer, is that it opens up the competitor to a great vulnerability. I\u2019m going to tell you that if the training skips a beat, it\u2019s going to show on stage.<\/p>\n
Again, we\u2019re not talking about winning the Mr Maple Street here folks. We\u2019re talking about winning a big three contest. Whether it\u2019s the New York Pro, the Arnold Classic, or the Olympia. And in Andrew\u2019s case he had Kamal by his side the whole time. I don\u2019t know if Kamal had to drag him to the gym like happens to be the case with Big Ramy \u2013 or \u2013 Kamal oversaw it from a distance. But the reality of the matter is, I would have to say based on the pictures, the videos, and what so many people have told me, is that Kamal was in the thick of it all. He was right there in the trenches the whole time. I\u2019m not going to weigh in on compensation, contracts \u2013 none of that. I\u2019m just here to point something out. I\u2019m here to talk about the 10,000 lb elephant in the room that nobody wants to address but everybody knows is there. Training does matter. Is Andrew going to be able to hit the ground running with a different trainer? And it\u2019s not like we\u2019re talking about a trainer at the YMCA.<\/p>\n
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