Tomorrow is the 2010 California Natural Muscle Mayhem which is formerly known as the Capital City Natural promoted by Bob Bell And Tina Smith. This is the same show I based my comeback on last year. Let's take a look back to last year and what the crazy things us bodybuilders do to get on stage. It is a crazy sport if you think about it!

It started with a goodbye party to all that awesome junk food.


And then the self inflicted torture ensued.




It is always fun to paint yourself orange and look l...

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There was so much fun this month that I cant even put it into words. I went to 2 shows here in Northern California and it was a blast! I also had a great workout with my brother-in-law David B. who came down to visit for a weekend. Instead of writing about it, I am just going to post up some pictures instead. Enjoy!

2010 INBF Northern California Classic

Luis getting his mud bath


Luis couldn't stop looking at his bronzed abs


Transformed into a superhero


Money


New WNBF Pro Luis Burgos


It was all becau...

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Today it is officially 70 weeks until the 2011 WNBF US Pro Cup where I will be making my WNBF Pro debut. As of late, I have been putting a lot of pressure on myself to really drop some of the excess weight I have put on since my vacation to San Diego. I tend to eat more and lose some self control when I am under a lot of stress. What types of stress? Well… normal everyday challenges in life and the fact I am unemployed can put some unwanted stress on you. My downfall for me and for so man...

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I want to say Happy Mother’s day to my mom! It has been almost 5 years since her passing, but I am not sad today. Today I am happy and very proud I had a mom as special as her. I can say I would not be the man I am today if it was not for her. In loving memory of her, here is my post from last year on mother’s day, as I was making my way to the INBF Capital City Natural Championships.

I wanted to write about my mom today as this was her special day. My mom past away 4 years ago and s...

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Last Saturday, my fellow teammate, Alberto Nunez, told me we have exactly 73 weeks until the 2011 WNBF Pro US Cup, in which I will make my big pro debut! I have never really counted the weeks that far out before because I am usually enjoying my off season. Normally I will start to keep track about 6 months out from a show, but it really opened up my eyes to something new when he told me 73 weeks out. That something new is, I really better start to take a more serious outlook with my off seaso...
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We made our powerlifting debut on April 17, 2010 to take three division titles and one second place finish. To read the complete write up click on this link: http://www.3dmusclejourney.com/articles-team3dmj-nw-powerlifting.php

Here is some fun bonus coverage from the days events. I hope you all enjoy!!

Chris looks calm and steady. 


Brad practicing his karate kicks.


Hey Eric! Are you watching Aquaman?


Hey guys! It's not 2011 yet!


Oh my! Check out Jeff's receding hairline!


Hey Eric! What do you th...

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I wanted to say how proud I am of our sponsored athletes, Natural Wheelchair Bodybuilder, Rich Knapp and Natural Bodybuilder, Jason Bosak. These two men have been working their a**es off to get in the best possible shape for their upcoming shows. Both of them have shown great dedication as they continue with their journeys to the contest stage. I am very inspired by their work ethic and their drive to keep pushing forward in the gym. I want to share a couple of recent photos of these two grea...
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First off, let me say this is a very interesting time in my life. I am now in a new transition because as of tomorrow morning, April 1st, 2010 I will be laid off from my job at NUMMI (New United Motor Manufacturing Inc). I have many different feelings about this, ranging from sadness to happiness. I will not miss the actual work itself due to its repetitive nature and the amount of stress it puts on one's body. Although, NUMMI has been very good to me and the many people that have worked ther...

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It has been a month since my last blog and when I started this blog my intentions was to update it once per week. It has been a very busy time for me, but in a great way! Here at 3DMJ we have been excited about the progress we have made with the site. I wanted to take this time in this blog to reflect back on the 13 months since starting the site.

January 2009
I decided to come out of retirement and comeback to the contest stage. The initial idea was to document my journey with a video from sta...
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Wow! It has been really crazy and very busy lately. So much to catch up on, but I will do my best to cover everything.

3DMJ NEWS
I have been working really hard this past month along with my fellow coaches at TEAM 3DMJ to get the site updated and running smoothly. We are slowly, but steadily expanding the site with more featured athletes, Natural Movement athletes, articles and contest preparation services. We have also added facebook and twitter so everyone can follow us more closely. It has b...
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It has been quite awhile since my last blog. There has been a lot going on since that last blog. Work, the karaoke party, training, working on the site, holidays and many other things that have popped up in my everyday life. I do not know where to begin!

KARAOKE PARTY 
Let's start off with the karaoke party my wife and I had on December 12th for my best friend Mike. Mike is in the Air Force and just yesterday he was deployed to Qatar, which is in the Middle East. He will be stationed there for ...

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With just 4 weeks to go until my new contest journey, I have been making sure I am enjoying the off season. I have been training hard and eating good! Last night I went to a TEAM 3DMJ meeting and we had healthy pizza! I had a personal pizza made out of dough from Trader Joe's, Bobili sauce, string cheese, fresh mushrooms, fresh basil, pizza seasoning and crushed red pepper. This was the creation from TEAM 3DMJ coach Alberto Nunez and it was super delicious! The pizza had 100 grams of carbs, 3...
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It has been a couple of weeks since my last blog. I have been hard at work adding content to the site, promotion and many other things to get the site improving for better flow for the athletes. With the help of Team 3DMJ we are totally committed to improving the site and natural bodybuilding.
 
I am pleased to announce the addition of WNBF/PNBA Pro- Brad Loomis (a.k.a Naturally Intense) to our coaching staff. He is a dedicated natural athlete who brings an immense amount of knowledge to natura...
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TEAM 3DMJ has been launched!! I am pleased to announce that WNBF Pro Alberto Nunez , INBF Natural Champion Eric Helms and myself have launched TEAM 3DMUSCLEJOURNEY last night on the site. So far a few athletes have applied in the first day of our offer and we are very pleased and excited for this. We are giving the opportunity for two natural athletes to receive full online contest prep coaching for one contest in 2010. Also, they will be featured as a "Featured Athlete" on the site. To apply...

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I had an incredibly busy week! Last weekend WNBF Pro Alberto Nunez, INBF Champion Eric Helms and Eric's wife, Barbara came over last Saturday for a great workout/bbq/ and discussions on big plans for 3DMUSCLEJOURNEY. The workout went really well as Eric is getting quite strong. Barbara also worked out really hard and we shot some video of Alberto in an off season training session. The video was for Berto's feature on the site, check it out if you have not seen it yet. http://www.3dmusclejourn...
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Training News
Last week I wrote about going in a new direction with higher volume to help alleviate joint pain and very slow recovery from my typical high intensity workouts. After the first week in the books of this new trial, I have really seen improvements with my joint pain and recovery. I have been getting really sore from the higher volume, but my body just has to adapt to the new training style, which it will. On Monday I did Chest and Arms and it was a great workout.

1. Flat Dumbbell P...

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Training
This week started out with a very hard leg workout on Monday and it was a great workout. After last weeks experience with a lot of pain in my forearms, I was ready to start this week on a good note. However on Tuesday I was feeling pain in my knees and lower back. Tuesday was a very tough day at work while trying to work with pain in my forearms, knees and lower back. It was not fun at all. All day Tuesday I was thinking to myself, "what is going on here? I have never felt this way be...
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First off we have a new editor at 3DMUSCLEJOURNEY, his name is Paisano!




My cat and new editor, Paisano!

Last weekend my best friend Mike, flew in from Florida to spend the weekend with my wife and I. Mike has been in the Air Force for the past 18 1/2 years. This was his last visit before he heads out overseas for six months at the end of December. We have been best friends since the 5th grade and he has become a brother to my wife and I. We had a very short visit this past weekend but we did ma...
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I did not get to a blog last week, I was busy with getting ready for my San Diego vacation and other things I was busy with. I just got back from visiting my sister-in-law and her boyfriend in sunny San Diego. I went with my wife and my friend David. We left on Saturday morning and got back yesterday, it was a great time with family and friends with plenty of good food! Not healthy, but tasty! On Saturday we arrived in the late afternoon, we hit the beach first and then we ate mexican food on...
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This week has been so inspiring for me. Last Saturday I trained with INBF Champ Eric Helms, Eric's wife and WNBF Pro - Alberto "Berto" Nunez and it was a very inspiring workout. This past contest season I have been honored to have gotten to know Eric and Berto and they have really given me a lot of inspiration to continue my bodybuilding career. We had a great workout doing chest, delt and triceps. We talked natural bodybuilding and watched some contest vids and just hung out. It was a great ...

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This week has been another busy week. I have been working, training and working on the website. Work is getting tougher and tougher to get motivated for. As a lot of you know my work is going to shut its doors in March. I have been working at NUMMI (New United Motor Inc.) for the past 16 years and they have decided to close the plant. We make the Toyota Corollas and the Tacoma pickups. It is a scary time but at the same time I am looking forward to the change. My daily schedule is crazy and s...
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I am now officially in my off season! I started back training last week and I am so sore it is not funny! I am glad to be back in the gym and I really want to make improvements for my next years big pro debut! I had a hard training session yesterday and I trained my lower body with leg extensions, stiff legged dead lifts, toe press and decline sit ups. I did two sets for each exercise and kept my rep range between 10-12 to brake myself in.

Leg Extensions with 4 plates, not bad for my first ...

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After weeks of training and 4 shows I decided to take a much needed break from bodybuilding. I did a bodybuilding detox! On August 22-24 I went to Las Vegas!! It was my first time in Vegas and it was awesome! I got to celebrate the contest season by enjoying the trip with my wife Jhanna, my best friend Mike and my friend Dave. I got to eat some good food! (It wasn't good for me but it tasted great). We arrived on Friday night after a hard day at work and we walked the strip checking out the s...

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