Less than 2 weeks for the Nutri-Sport Natural Iowa Bodybuilding/figure championships!
April 26, 2009 by Ryan Irwin · Leave a Comment
On May 9th, bodybuilders and figure athletes from all over the country will converge on Des Moines to compete in one of the longest running natural competitions in the nation! They will be competing for an IFPA pro card, plus the coveted Mr/Ms Natural Iowa title as well!
Location is at the Hoyt Sherman Place in Des Moines. Prejudging starts at 8:30 AM and finals are at 6:00 PM. Tickets can be purchased at www.hoytsherman.org. More information is available at www.naturaliowamuscle.com.
Team Nutri-Sport rocks it at powerlifting meet!
April 14, 2009 by Ryan Irwin · Leave a Comment
This past Saturday, Team Nutri-Sport competed at the NASA Iowa State Powerlifting meet. This meet had over 88 competitors from all over Iowa and the surrounding states.
The team has been training for this event for the last couple weeks and the hard work paid off. Nutri-Sport won the team title, plus there were many awesome individual performances. Most of the team either won or placed in their class. Dan Connet and Sabrina Blackledge got best overall lifters comparing weight lifted to bodyweight. Dan also set a new national record in his weight class, with an unequipped deadlift of 634lbs in the 242 class. Ryan Irwin set a national record as well, pulling a raw deadlift of 530 in the 165 class (video below).
We are planning for our next meet and setting up our next training cycles to keep improving and pushing the limits!
Raw 530 deadlift at NASA meet at 162lbs
Starting with the basics
April 6, 2009 by Ryan Irwin · Leave a Comment
The other day I had a customer come in that was 22 years old. We were talking about training and supplementation. He continued to ask about testosterone boosters, both natural and pro-hormones. I was explaining the differences but as I always do, asked him what he was currently taking and what his goals were.
As it turned out, he really didn’t have a clue on the difference between carbohydrates, protein and fats, let alone when to take them. While there is nothing wrong with this as I LOVE to educate people on proper nutrition, he knew a lot about the testosterone boosters! First, at his age, that is something that his body doesn’t need yet as his levels are still high. Additionally, it floors me that he wasted all this time to research these supplements without first getting his basic nutrition figured out!
After I went over nutrition 101 with him and discovered he was lacking in his nutrient timing, he purchased a $12.00 container of maltodextrin to mix with his whey protein post workout verses the $65.00 plus boosters he was originally looking at. He not only left with more money in his wallet, but also is going to get better gains because of it. I would much rather see someone purchase a custom nutrition plan to optimize their intake verses buying supplements without the proper nutritional foundation.
