Coach J Fitness

Tightening up the chain⛓️‍💥

2.1 weeks out 💅🏽

IFBB Pro Ty Pope Carlos Matthews Champs Elysium Gym Tampa Family Fitness Tampa Strong Room

from 2023

This was my last show I did, Tampa Pro/Am. This year I’m gonna beat this look and size. I’m 20 lbs heavier now 👀 👀 and was at about 175 lbs in this pic

Front Relaxed, but make it freaky 😱 🔪

Coach: Coach Jerad



Champs Elysium Gym Carlos Matthews 𝔗𝔦𝔣𝔣𝔞𝔫𝔶 ℜ𝔬𝔰𝔢 🖤 Tampa Family Fitness Tampa Strong Room IFBB Pro Ty Pope

“Without pain, without sacrifice, we would have nothing.”
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It’s all I know ⚔️

NO ONE CARES HOW MUCH YOU LIFT!

Bodybuilding isn’t about how much you can lift. Yes, I LOVE to lift heavy, but HEAVY has its place.
Do you remember seeing the Ronnie Coleman videos of him squatting 800 lbs?!? And how massive he was!! Well that didn’t happen over night, and unfortunately we don’t have Ronnie genetics 🧬 👎
Instead we have to manipulate the movement, posture or load to a degree that triggers stimulus.
The judges don’t care how much you lift at the gym and you shouldn’t either… to a degree. Yes, progressive overload is a thing, but we don’t always want to wrap our heads around a number to lift or beat. Getting caught up in the numbers chasing game gets tricky and your risk of injury skyrockets.
As an open Bodybuilder, I have become strong over the years. Now that I am skrong, I have to prevent injuries as much as possible to keep training. With my strong athletes, and myself, I do what I call “stunting the strength”. I intentionally blunt strength with a primer movement. For example, if I’m going to squat that day, I will ensure I pre-exhaust myself to a degree to prevent myself from going as heavy as I possibly could on my squat. Instead of me going right to the squat, I may throw a hamstring curl or knee extension in there beforehand.
There are a few ways you can progress in the gym and still make gains!
First, and most obvious is to move up in weight, duh. But let’s say you can’t move up in weight. Well, secondly, you can improve in your form and match the reps/weight from last session- thats still progress. Third, you can progress in reps instead of weight. Many times I have my clients do this instead of going up in weight as maybe their form needs to be cleaned up a tad before adding more load. Let’s say you don’t improve in weight, reps or form but your connection with the movement itself was NAILED and you matched everything from last week, STILL PROGRESS!!

As much as I am for adding weight to the bar, it’s not always a good idea to do so. Work on implementing these tips first before you jump the weight up too fast. After all, we are building muscle, not weight lifting. Don’t forget the objective here ppl!