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Pam AdamsJOHN PARRILLO’S PERFORMANCE PRESSdaycare. I arrive home atI perform my cardio. Eating right5:30 and start dinner forbecomes effortless when you havethe family. At 6:00 pm we a show looming. I am so lucky ineat dinner and have qualitythat Ron is a seasoned competifamily time. At 7:30 we puttive bodybuilder and understands,Jayden down for the night.encourages and assists me in allFrom 8:00 to 9:30 pm I aspects of show prep. I feel thatwork on my college courseI have a ton of room left for imwork. At 10:00 pm I go toprovement and cannot wait to stepbed and the next morning I onstage once again.” Asked aboutrelive my “groundhog day”Parrillo Performance Products andlife all over again.” Thistheir role in her preparation, shedegree of organization,was effusive and enthusiastic. “Icompartmentalization andhave used Parrillo supplements fordisciplined applicationcan serve as a model andan inspiration for thoseamong us that put off fitness because we “can’tfit fitness in.” Mrs. Adams’ juggling of work,school, study, motherhood and family showsthat with drive and determination life can (andshould) be lived to itsfullest. “I sympathizewith my harried clientswhen they tell me howhard it is to make timefor training and foodpreparation – rather thanPhoto by Gordon Gibsonberate or belittle them I“I love competing. When I have ashare with them my ownhard-learned tips andshow coming up my motivationtechniques for econogoes through the roof,” says Pam.mizing time. It seems inthis day and age, time isfifteen minute drive back to work.our most important commodity.”From 8:30 until noon I train clients.At 12:15 I am driving to go to thePam Adams is looking to jump Photo by Gordon Gibsoncollege campus. From 12:30 to 2:30back into the competitive mix. “I “I cannot imagine being able to keepI am in class on the college camlove competing. When I have a up the intense, demanding, drainingpus. From 2:30 to 3:30 I study forshow coming up my motivationtraining without Parrilloan hour. Starting at 3:30 pm I engoes through the roof. My trainPerformance Products to helpgage in my own workout. At 4:45 ing efforts naturally increase inme grow and recover,” says Pam.pm I leave to pick up my son atboth the weight room and when June 2012 / Performance Press1-800-344-3404www.parrillo.coma long, long time. They are, withoutdoubt, potent and effective. Ronhas been a Parrillo product user forfifteen years and at home we havea ‘Parrillo cabinet’ loaded withJohn’s potent products. I alwaysuse Parrillo products. As a formernational-level Figure competitorand as a current IFPA Bikini Pro,Parrillo products have made a hugedifference. In the past I have usedname brand supplements that promised fantastic results and deliveredsubpar results. When preparing fora competition I train six days perweek hard, heavy and long. I cannot imagine being able to keep upthe intense, demanding, drainingtraining without Parrillo Performance Products to help me growand recover. I recommend ParrilloProducts to anyone serious abouttaking their physique to the nextlevel. We are a Parrillo Family.”Pam’s Pre-CompetitionTraining SplitMonday: Legs, Abdominals,CardioTuesday: Chest, Back, Arms,ShouldersWednesday: Legs, Abs, CardioThursday: Chest, Back, Arms,ShouldersFriday: Legs, Abs, CardioSaturday: Cardio, AbsSunday: OFFThis is a routine that I will use before a show. As you can see, thereis a lot of leg work; I want to bringmy legs ‘up’ and as a result willhit them three times a week. Otherbody parts are trained twice a week.Lifting sessions will last about onewww.parrillo.comhour. I will usually perform 2-3 exercises perbody part with repsgenerally in the 8-10rep range. I hit cardiofour times a week usingthe elliptical aerobicmachine. As the competition draws closer,I naturally increase myworkout intensity. I findthis particular routineextremely productive.Pam’s DailyMeal Schedule4:30 am: brown ricecakes with sunflowerbutter, green tea7:00 am: hard-boiledeggs, oatmeal9:30 am: almondsNoon: chicken breast,brown rice pasta,green beans3:00 pm: almonds6:00 pm: cod, brownrice, broccoli, greenteaPhoto by Gordon Gibson“I have used Parrillo supplements fora long, long time. They are, withoutdoubt, potent and effective,” says Pam.Keep in mind this isa pre-competition eating meal plan and issparse and uncomplicated. I havea naturally fast metabolism andfind that this particular assortmentof foods allows me to achieve thecontest condition I seek. I will augment these foods with my Parrillosupplements. I find green tea to bebeneficial and would recommend1-800-344-3404it. My nutritional goal is to provideenough calories and protein to retain my lean muscle mass whileshedding body fat. My husbandRon is invaluable: he analyzes myphysique each successive weekand suggests progress-tweakingchanges in diet and cardio.Performance Press / June 2012

JOHN PARRILLO’S PERFORMANCE PRESSMy young client Jaredhad just completed hisfirst year of college. Justthinking about my freshman yearbrought back so many memories- many of them quite hazy.I actually transferred out ofUniversity of California atSanta Barbara after that yearbecause no matter what anyone’s major was, the real focusthere seemed to be on partying your ass off every weekend at a mile-long stretch ofstudent-rented beach houseson Del Playa Drive. Halloween in particular was a holocaust of juvenile brain cells,as roughly 100,000 kids fromall around the state descended on the street in a displayof immense debauchery torival any old Rio Carnivalor New Orleans Mardi Gras.Now, I won’t say what I wasinto in those carefree days orwhether or not I inhaled, butI do know that at one point Iwas pointing to a discardedsheet in the middle of theroad and screaming bloodymurder about a dead ghost.Nobody seemed to be gettingout of that particular school in fouryears. The average was five or six.Being a bit more serious about myfuture and eager to start real life asa grown-up, I returned to Boston tocomplete my education.10A BODYBUILDER IS BORN: GenerationsJared, despite being on his collegefootball team, was also a seriousstudent and not interested in getting a head start on liver disease bybinge drinking every weekend. He“Obviously we trainto get bigger.”was majoring in Business Administration and had made the Dean’s listevery semester. Jared had only beenback home for a day, but he hadwanted to catch a workout with meas soon as possible. We were train-June 2012 / Performance Pressing arms, something I had felt tooguilty about designating a specificday for over the years to ever doon their own. This, despite the factthat my arms have been the mostchallenging bodypart on mesince I started training in theearly 1980’s. Doing them after chest or shoulders seemedappropriate, but a whole dayjust for arms? How vain! Howsilly! More like, how could Ihave been such a stubbornmoron all this time and notgiven them their own day especially since I had beenrecommending it to otherswith lagging arms for manyyears?Jared was having a greatworkout, and I remarked onhow impressed I was with thesize he had put on at school.Hard training and tons ofgood food did the trick, asthey always do. Three timesa day he had eaten his fill atthe campus dining commons,and at three other occasionsbetween meals he knockedback a shake with four scoopsof Parrillo 50/50 Plus Powder . He was now a very solid 210pounds. Yet as always, I could tellsomething was on his mind. Afterwe had finished our fourth and finalset of standing EZ-bar curls, I’d hadenough of his nervous brooding.1-800-344-3404www.parrillo.com“Okay, let’s hear it. You want to saysomething,” I said. He didn’t pausefor long.ers pretty much like that? Do theyall have severely distorted body images, a delusional disorder?”“I took a psychology class this lastsemester,” he replied. “I’m afraidthat you have a severe case of muscle dysmorphia, and I have ittoo.”“Oh no!” I cried, clapping myhand to my heart, “I didn’t giveit to you, did I?” That threwhim, but only for an instant.“Do you know what it is?”“All of us? No way. I would not argue for a minute that there aren’tsome bodybuilders who clearly“I do,” I said. “Body Dysmorphic Disorder is when someoneis overly worried or concernedabout a specific part of theirface or body, and many of themturn to cosmetic surgery,” I began. “Muscle dysmorphia is asubtype of that, in which theperson spends unusual amountsof time working out and is obsessive about their muscularity.We meatheads actually have aslang term for it, Bigorexia. Wecall it that because it’s the opposite of anorexia. Anorexicsare never thin enough and areforever trying to get smaller. Bigorexics are never big enough. Theworst cases are guys who really arehuge, but they genuinely look in themirror and see themselves as toosmall still. I knew a couple guyswhen I lived in Los Angeles whowere truly monstrous, yet were soinsecure about their bodies that theywould wear big sweatshirts all yearlong - and it got freaking hot outthere too.”“Well,” Jared said as I clipped ona rope attachment to a high cablepulley so we could start tricepspushdowns, “aren’t all bodybuild-www.parrillo.com“And we should nevercompare ourselves tothe pro’s.”have severe issues and would benefit from therapy. There are guyswho are so obsessed with gettingas huge as possible that they will dothings like eat pounds of red meatevery day and take mega doses ofsteroids and other drugs, far morethan their bodies could even possibly be using. These are often theones you hear about either dying orhaving severe health problems withtheir heart or liver. But percentagewise, I doubt this group makes upmore than two or three percent ofall bodybuilders.”“What about you, Ron?” Jared asked1-800-344-3404after I finished my set and while Iwas flexing my triceps to heightenthe pump. “Not to be rude, but youdon’t think you’re big enough, doyou?” It was somewhat of a personal question, but I felt he deserved anhonest answer.“I’ve never taken things to thatextreme, but I have to confessthat every day of my life I haveto make a conscious effort notto let my mind race about howsmall I think I am,” I told him.“Part of this is the industry Iwork in and the people I am surrounded by - some of the mostmassively developed human beings to ever walk this earth. Tothe average person I know I amfairly large, but that’s not who Icompare myself to. I liken it toa very pretty woman who happens to hang around Supermodels. Compared to those exoticcreatures, few women wouldbe able to measure up to thatstandard of physical perfection.Really, none of us should compare ourselves to anyone elsebecause it’s not healthy.”“Not to be a jerk, but just beingreal,” Jared said. “Do you thinkbodybuilders are mentally healthypeople or not?”“It’s often been said that you have tobe a little crazy to be a bodybuilder,”I conceded. “I mean, think aboutit. We spend untold hours trainingwith weights, eating far more thanthe average person ever would, andtaking a cornucopia of supplements- and in many cases, drugs - all withthe goal of cosmetically altering ourbodies to mold them into ever moremuscular versions. What drivesPerformance Press / June 201211

JOHN PARRILLO’S PERFORMANCE PRESSaverage gym rat. Don’tus? In very rare cases,get depressed or feelthere are those who falllike nothing becauseinto bodybuilding simyou’re not 270 poundsply because they haveripped with 23-incha tremendous naturalarms. There are very,gift for it that’s recogvery few specimensnized and encouraged.like that walkingMy best estimate isaround this planet andthat this comprises nothe vast majority ofmore than 5% of allsociety looks down onbodybuilders, if that.them as drug freaksThe rest of us turn toanyway.bodybuilding out ofinsecurities and selfBe proud of what youesteem issues. In myhaveaccomplishedcase, I was always onewith your physique.of the shortest, skinStrive to constantlyniest kids in schoolimprove, but never letand unlike you, I hadbodybuilding stop youno athletic ability. I“Bodybuilders aren’t crazy from living a balancedfelt inferior and inwell maybe just a little!”life of family, friends,adequate. Seeing ima career, and just enages of muscular menjoying the simple things. Unless youin movies and on TV wrestling, Itotally transformed myself. Does itmake your living as a bodybuilder,fantasized about the respect I wouldmatter that I don’t remotely resemnever let it rule your world or defineget from other guys, and the deble genetic freaks on huge doses ofwho you are as a man or a woman.sire I imagined girls would feel forpharmaceuticals? No! And I need toAnd unless you are one of the rareme if only I could build my smallremind myself of that every singlefew who will be standing on stagebody into a much larger, more musday lest my mind starts going in badnext to guys like Jay, Branch, Heath,cular one. To an extent that wishdirections.Kai, and Wolf - don’t ever waste ancame true.”ounce of your mental energy comObviously if we were totally happyparing yourself to them!Jared seemed satisfied, and we finwith how our bodies looked, weished the workout talking aboutwould never have the dedication andother things. I continued to ponderdrive to do what we do every day inthe discussion, of course. If bodythe gym and with our eating. So I ambuilding and getting bigger cannot for a minute saying we all needmake you feel good about yourself,to be satisfied with our physiques.what’s so bad? Nothing, as long asWhat I am suggesting is that weyou don’t fall into the trap of nevernever let our dissatisfaction go toofeeling like you’re big enough andfar to the point where we have disbeing disgusted with your physique.torted and delusional impressions ofis theThat in turn comes from not recwhat we look like. If people tell youauthor ofognizing your own achievementsthat you look good, or you’re big,Real Bodybuilding,with regard to how far you’ve comedon’t dismiss that and think they’resince you started training. Comlying to you! If you’ve put in at leastavailable atpared to that 95-pound 14-year-olda couple years of consistent hardwww.ronharrismuscle.comRonnie that started lifting weightstraining and good eating, chancesat home all those years ago, I’veare that you do stand out from theChocolate syrup on a strict diet? That’s right!ChocolateHIGH FIBERJust addwater ! Only 20 Calories 0g Fat and Sugar 12g of Prebiotic FiberYes, you can have ChocolateSyrup even if you’re on astrict diet! With Parrillo’s HighFiber Chocolate Syrup Mix, youwon’t blow your diet because oneserving is only 20 Calories, has nofat or sugar, plus you’ll be getting12g of prebiotic fiber. It’s delicious on Parrillo Ice Kreem, Cakes,and Brownies! For an extra special treat, how about this: a Contest Brownie or slice of Hi-ProteinCake, topped with a scoop of Parrillo Protein Ice Kreem and drizzled with Chocolate Syrup! Nowthat’s the way to diet.RonHarris12June 2012 / Performance Press1-800-344-3404www.parrillo.comMix www.parrillo.comTo order, call Parrillo at 1-800-344-34041-800-344-3404/ June 201213OrderPerformanceonline Pressat www.parrillo.com

Create a MetabolicBonfire and BurnOff Body Fat!How to use nutrition, exercise andsupplements to “ build ” the metabolismBy Andre NewcombJames was a successfulyoung business professional: he had a college education from a prestigious university;he held an advanced degree in finance and had a terrific job as aneconomic analyst for a major bank.He had a cute, young, equally successful wife (a corporate manager)and a fantastic two bedroom condo in a nice section of downtown.James and Terry had it all, theywere DINKs (double income, nokids) with lots of money and lotsof toys and a big full life. Theyhad it all – with one glaring exception; though Terry had stayed leanand petite since college, Jameshad added 50 pounds of bodyfat and this was becoming problematic. James was now weighing 225 pounds standing five footseven inches and he was suddenlyfeeling badly under-confident.When the twosome went out withfriends for dinner or drinks, whichwas often, James was suddenly14feeling like the fat man at a party ofrunway models.meal prep,” said Tom.personal trainer excursions thatpredictably led nowhere: the personal trainers pretended to trainhim while he pretended to train.He had paid big dollars to Luigi,the exotic Italian personal trainer/model dude with the ponytailthat all the women at the clubraved about. James fired Luigi after eight months. He lost a scantnine pounds and James figured ithad cost him roughly 1,000 perpound. To James’ way of thinking Terry was looking way outof his league. As in, “What’s thathot babe doing with that dumpyfat guy? Is that her brother?” Atthe wedding they looked matchedin heaven, now they looked mismatched. He knew it and hedecided to do something about it.good looking guy. Now his oncecrisp facial features were blurredwith excessive adipose. Jameswas no athlete and his fitness efforts were amateurish health club/One of the senior analysts at workhad undergone a dramatic physical transformation. Tom dropped80 pounds in about the same timeJames was paying Luigi to be aWhen he was trim and fit, backin his early 20s, he was a damnedTom had not only lostweight, he’d muscledup, significantly.“ How did you do it? ”James asked.“ I found a kick-asspersonal trainer. My guyjust laid it all out: thetraining, nutrition, cardio, meal planning andJune 2012 / Performance Press1-800-344-3404www.parrillo.comCreate a Metabolic Bonfire and Burn Off Body Fat!highly paid rep counter and confidante. Tom had not only lostweight, he’d muscled-up, significantly. James approached Tomat the coffee machine; they werenodding acquaintances within thesame massive department. “Howin the hell did you do it?” Jamesasked, genuinely incredulous.Tom had answered this questiona dozen times. “I found a kick-asspersonal trainer. My guy just laidit all out: the training, nutrition, cardio, meal planningand meal prep – this guy islike a military general – youhave to audition for him toaccept you.” This was musicto James’ ear: he was readyfor a Fitness General insteadof fitness fem-men. “Give methis guy’s name.” James said.6 to 12 pound “muscle add-back.”“Don’t commit to the process unless you are ready, willing andable to put in the work in the gym:we need to lift the weights and weneed to do the cardio. In order toelicit the dramatic gains we seek,we have to eat perfect from dayone. The intense exercise and regimented eating combine to spikethe metabolism; our goal is tofad pursuits. James felt differentthis time; he took a liking to John.The personal trainer was older andvery plain spoken. He packed a lotof muscle and had a no-nonsenseattitude.It was all about the work: Johnnever asked James a single personal question because honestly Johncould care less about James or hisyuppie friends. Luigi, on the otherhand, was gossip central, andspent more time talking withclients than training them.John was emphatic: “Our firstorder of business is to squareup your nutrition. I adhere tothe Parrillo nutritional method and ergo, so shall you. Youwill eat six times a day, sevendays per week, without fail.”James did a little elementaryTo make a long story short,math and said, “Why do IJames met with John; an elitehave to eat 42 times a week?Parrillo Certified PersonalThat sounds like a royal painTrainer. John quizzed Jamesin the ass. What is the reason“WhydoIhavetoeat42timesmercilessly about his motivaing? What is the rationale?aweek?”askedJames.tion, situation and probed hisWhat are the goals and the exdegree of commitment. Johnpected results?” John smiled;“The reason we eat often is to he liked this chubby smartmysteriously referred to thetraining and eating matrix asboy. He had curiosity andcontinually stoke the body’s“the process.” Convinced thatgumption. He wasn’t afraidmetabolicfurnace.”James had sufficient motivato ask tough questions. “Thetion and the lifestyle and situreason we eat often is to conation conducive for success, John build up your sluggish, bear-in-hi- tinually stoke the body’s metabolictook James on as a client. The bernation metabolism. Once your furnace.”commitment period was twelve metabolism is amped up and acweeks. The agreed upon goal celerated, then you will start melt- “I need you to eliminate the junkwas that James would drop two ing off stored body fat.” James was food and the manmade foodspounds of scale weight per week excited and was ready to jump in and all the artificial foods and allevery week for twelve consecu- with both feet. Terry was dubious; the sodas and beer you need totive weeks: 24 pounds. Addition- she loved James but he was impul- stop eating or drinking that stuffally, James would add one-half to sive and she suspected this new- immediately – you got that?” Johnone pound of lean muscle mass per found passion would end up on the glanced at James. “I got it – Sir!”week for 12 consecutive weeks, a trash heap along with James’ other And from that day forward Jameswww.parrillo.com1-800-344-3404Performance Press / June 201215

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Mag for many years and credits Kennedy with helping spread the word about the astounding results John was obtaining for his stable of bodybuilders. Greg Zulak’s initial interviews with Parrillo created a buzz in the bodybuilding world that enabled Parrillo