While walking around backstage at the Orange County I ran into a number of Men's Physique competitors.
John Franco for example is a guy in great shape. You would never guess he was overweight just a year ago. Here is a man that has lost 75 pounds and steped on stage in the best shape of his life...all while approaching 40 years of age when most people make excuses. John is making changes not excuses! You can see John's before shot here to the right. Want to see the new John? Read on!
What are your thoughts on the Men's Physique Division?
I think it's a great move on behalf of the NPC, not only because of the business side but because it will engage more people into the sport. My take is that more so now than ever people are wanting to make physical changes and need someone they can see is doing it. The masses don't want to look like bodybuilders but want a nice beach body they can feel happy and comfortable with, something that is realistic and attainable. My sole purpose of competing is because I want to be that role model to help inspire and motivate others to make that change. My change came at 38 when I was overweight at 265lbs. I took a year and completely transformed and found myself on stage at 190lbs. I created a video that can be seen on my site www.iamcombat.com. So far with my twitter and facebook following I find many folks in the 40's and 50's competing and doing things they normally wouldn't even have thought of doing before. It took me over nine months of consistent posting about my struggles and accomplishments to create the following. I get numerous emails and posts of how my own transformation has helped them. I consider myself a fitness evangelist.
Age: 39
Hometown: Granada Hills, Ca
Current city: Encino, Ca
Years training: 24 but never serious until 2010
Occupation: Branch Manager at a Bank
Favorite type of training: High reps circuit style training
Favorite body part to train: Legs now (never before that)
Favorite exercise: Leg Press
Rep range: 15+
Number of sets: 100+
Typical workout duration: 1hour to 1.5 hours
Training split: 5 to 6 day split
Typical daily eating plan: all protein at 8oz 6 times per day, carbs between 6-8oz 4x per day on training days and 3x on non training days
Favorite supplement: Cellucor's C4 and N0 pre workout.
What peaked your interest in training? To get abs
Who influences/influenced your training? Right now people that want and 
desire to make changes, it's bigger than myself, it's who I can inspire and help.
Sports: Of course working out but my love is Football
Physique, fitness, bodybuilding competition history: 2011 OC Muscle Classic
Awards and/or accomplishments: 4th in the over 35 and 7th in the Open for Men's Physique at the OC
Next planned competition: Pro Bodybuilding Championships in Tampa Fl June 24-25 2011
What keeps you on track towards reaching your goals? The people that follow me and are looking at me as their fitness role model, if I can help just one person change I feel I have done my job.
Interesting fact or something you would like our readers to know about you: I am very humble and grateful to be able to compete at my current age of 39. My desire/focus/passion I believe is what's sets me apart. My hunger to win and help other achieve their dreams is what fuels me. If we could all live selfless lives our relationships would be that much better.
Website and facebook: www.iamcombat.com facebook http://www.facebook.com/CombatIam
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