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Ready for a challenge everyone!

As you may recall, about a week ago I issued my Weight-Less challenge. Essentially I asked all of you to put the dumbbells and barbells down for the month of June and join me in using resistance bands, bodyweight and suspension system exercises for all your workouts instead. I think most of you think I’m nuts for training this way – but trust me – it really works!

I can tell you that I’m now in my 3rd week of training and my workouts have been awesome! I feel great and as I’ve said before, if you think bands are wimpy – think again! I’ve had some of my best workouts when NOT lifting ‘real’ weights. So starting today I’ll be posting my workouts on Facebook and asking you to follow along or post your own. This is only for the month of June – come on you can do it!

I’ve also made a big decision – I’m going to compete again in bodybuilding. As I write these words I still find it hard to believe that  once again on August 18th, I’m going to stand on stage, overly (fake) tanned, oiled up and flex my stuff. But I think it’ll give me a great goal to shoot for and keep me focused and on track with my training and diet. Right now I weigh about 208 pounds and have decided to compete as a middleweight, which means I need to get down to 190 pounds! I’ll also be posting my progress and diet on Facebook as well. This is sure to be an experience.

Now keep in mind that I have just 11 weeks to stage day and the first 4 of them I’ll be doing my weight-less challenge. So obviously I believe in the merits of other forms of training. Which brings me to my next big point – can I compete in bodybuilding without training like a bodybuilder? I’ve often said that I may have looked great in previous years but I wasn’t very functionally fit. And I think this is true of many bodybuilders. I don’t plan on sacrificing any of my fitness to do this show and will keep training as I have been for years – emphasizing health and fitness over just the look. When I do step on stage I plan on looking ripped and shredded at 190 pounds, but also be in the best shape and conditioning of my life. It will be a terrific journey to document. And I’m involving all of you! By sharing my commitment to get in contest shape I’ve made myself accountable to all of you. So feel free to check in on me, ask how I’m doing and even make sure I’m not slacking!

So comment below and let me know if you’ll accept my weight-less challenge. Come on, four weeks is nothing!

Allfonso

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