Mr Miri 2011 (Part 1)

Well, this year's Mr Miri is yet held at Boulevard Shopping mall. It's my 1st bodybuilding experience which I managed to grab the 3rd placing in bantam weight category. I've only decided to join earlier this year so all together it was estimately 6 months of preparation for this competition.. I can tell you so much have gone through and so many barriers arises which cause me to almost give up. But I told myself, since I started it, might as well finish it. And furthermore I've suffered so much on the diet and pretty much it would have been a waste to just give up. So regardless of sunshine or rain, by hook or by crook, I pump my hearts out (which I love to do) change my diet from 85% Vegan to 85% carnivorous (which I don't really fancy) lol.. well, my diet is mostly organic and what my friend refer to as "hamster or bird" food.. heck, the 1st thing I craved for when I cut off my Carbs was Oatmeal.

Since I was working in brunei, so i don't get a lot of tips from colleagues who have not competed before. So it was all the way instinct and memories of tips from great bodybuilder friends such as Cheyenne, Helmi, Saiful, iswandi and many more from Miri.

I've to admit one thing, I concentrate too much on my workout and getting my muscles ready that I've actually neglected a very important aspect... which is the posing stance. I've youtube, googled and researched but never really actually got down to practicing it though. So that's the biggest mistake and I admit that my lost is due to lack of preparations.

And so I arrived early on the 9th June so I can prepare myself. Since there were some complication with my food preparation tools at the hostel, I decide to make an early trip so I can better control my nutrition. And I am glad that i made the right choice. Imagine the only tool used to prepare my competition meal was stripped away 4 days away from the competition and I've to come up with something new which can be prepared without the steamer. So I had raw tuna and egg stirred together. LOL. I know, its disgusting but lucky for the peanuts which filled up as my snacks.

Well, I was only taking sips of R.O. water the whole day making sure it doesn't exceed 22 ounce per day. bt i was still on protein. Another thing I didn't know I shouldn't do. so after being told, i tried taking dried protein powder.. hahaha..... chocking feeling I can say. anyways, by the time it hits 9am on the 11th June (competition day) I was as weak as hell, dehydrated.

Well, the worst bit was the weight in time was postpone an hour later and we only had a couple of hours to load in.. I prepared mine.. 2 medium potatoes and 250gms of oven baked lean beef. bt the whole day i was pretty much undernutrition. Anyways, I was pretty happy bout the number i got that day.. my favourite athlete, Michael Jordan's number 23 for my 1st bodybuilding competition.

It's so good to be back in town meeting lots of good friends and catching up in the pump room was good. I know, I know... so much difference in size eh :P hehehe...

Chyenne is a very good and supportive friend as well as a good advisor.

Well, I weighted in around 5:30pm and weighted at 64.5kg. which is just 1kg below the max weight set for bantam category. It's good enough cause when i arrived on thursday I still weight at 67kg and Friday at 66kg. I had 2kgs of water in me. haha... So I loaded up my beef and potatoes right after the weight in and hope the carbs depletion works as planned.

1st to go was the masters category and there were only one participant and he is very well built and ripped. Same surname as I do, Bong Lee Fui has his color on and I can see that he came well prepared for war. After the masters category, the junior went up for their show while the Feather weight had their colors on and got into the pump room to pump up the muscles. So that means it's time for me to have my colors on.

Initially I got Jo'ana to help me with the colors but time was running out so Cheyenne and Bong came over to get me all tanned up with Pro Tan. Believe me, it takes a little while to get used to being touched by men all over. lol.. Well, I realized that pro Tan's very wet and its very hard to dry it off and the color on my body was as if there were texture. Oh well, there is always a 1st to know which brand suites.

Special Thanks to Jo'ana, Cheyenne, Bong Lee Fui to help me with the colors.

After the coloring, I have to stand it off to get it as dry as possible. Suddenly the air-conditioned room didn't seem cold at all and the direct wind from the air-con was a bit warm. They told me to only pump just before going up on stage so I have to wait till it was bantam weight category before I hit my elastic band and dumbbells. I only did the smaller muscle groups and then... more waiting.

To be honest, I weren't nervous going about going on stage. Probably all the trainings with the lingerie shows I did before and acting in front of the camera helps. I used to have stage fright previously and I was a bit worry on that part. Well, seems like that night it didn't give me any problem on that part.

Well, I didn't finish the whole tub of color.. probably cause im too small.. hahaha

Final touch up.. lots of tapping to get the color even.. :P I was on my underwear though.. cause it was pretty expensive to buy a posing suit and i was on a budget.... so i got my skimpiest "skins" underwear

Bong Lee Fui on his most muscular pose. He's a great entertainer and the crowd were cheering for him the whole way.

The Champion for the Master's Category, Bong Lee Fui

All it takes is a little dedication...

I know every is asking the same question. Top of the list. "How to maintain a good physics for a long period?" with all the temptations lurking at every corner and opportunities for comfort lying all over, it seems to be "mission impossible" just to keep up.

pictures above is arrange in order.. "Jun 2009" "Mar 2010" "Nov 2010" I'm a living proof that with just a little effort and dedication, nothing is every impossible. I do hope to be an inspiration to many in the busy society that health is of major importance as without it, success would be far from reach. Many of us overlook this issue as most of us are clouded by the importance of money and neglected other aspects of life be it family, friends, rest.... Health...

Again and again, i remind everyone that it just take 10 minutes every morning for a basic health maintenance if you are too busy and if you have a little more time to spare, a half hour workout is all you need daily. You don't have to work your ass off every time. I know its a trend for everyone lately to attend intensive group exercise and pump till they drop. Which results in depletion of energy till the very last drop. In which case, losing mood to do just about anything at all. But this is not what workout is all about. You are suppose to feel fresher, more energize after each session as your metabolism is boost to the max so you are hyped for the game to come.

so be smart in choosing your workout.. just because it says "BURN 800 Calories" doesn't mean it's burning fats only. You do need to watch your diet and rest period as well. so be it 10 minutes or 30 minutes, a good exercise will leave you fully energized... iv 3 hrs - 5 each session and im always leaving the gym fresh and ready to game....

Happy Workout :)

Dedication = Satisfaction

Well, a lot of people would wanna know how I look like with all the talks bout healthy food and lifestyle. And then there are some who knows me and wana know how I am doing all this while with the lack of a complete gym, supplements and definitely time for gym.. most would think that i'm out of shape by now. But here I am with "just out of the oven" picture taken late afternoon today while at work shirtless due to the hot and humid weather. I got a little naughty and asked my colleague to snap a few shot of me posing under the scorching sun with his camera phone.

Initially I had planned for it yesterday while hanging cables on a 3 story high mobile scaffolding but the pictures turned out a little blur.

Well, I've not been very active in the gym lately due to my new job. But with whatever I can get, I managed to gain 2.5kg mass of my 20kg mass plan in just a week without any supplements. So another 17.5kg to go.

Posing under the scorching sun

Ever felt like being chained?

Ever been a day when you are all hyped up after a day in the gym the trainers been motivating you and giving you advices on good diets only to have friends who temps you with "sinalicious" fatty food and you tell yourself, "what the heck, I can do away with another hour or 2 in the gym tomorrow and start the diet after this meal." then you reached home and have your family serving "too rich for your diet" menu and one you have to consume unless you risk hurting the feelings of love ones? And so your healthy diet plan's beginning to feel further and further away from your reach. well, its just a common routine most of us face so don't feel alone or being left out. In fact, I'm facing this situation everyday. All those around me constantly questions me regarding my diet and my food and some would go to the extend of discriminating my food. hahaha.... and not to forget friends who are not willing to change or couldn't find the determination enough to be on a healthy diet kept trying to pull you down and keep you away from success so they won't feel worst seeing you making progress and they don't.

Well, trust me, its not going to be easy maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Especially in today's society where health is scarce and mostly sold. No doubt our government promotes health but they have not done anything for that cause. Lifting the subsidy off sugar may seems like the 1st step but where did these subsidy goes to? make you wonder. when they 1st announce that they are lifting it for the sake of the community to promote health, i was looking forward for them to transfer the subsidy to supplements such as vitamins and sort to ease our burden on the expensive healthy products but.... guess that large sum of money just disappeared. Oh well...

It was easy when i was living alone in Kuala Lumpur. I control my diet and make sure I know what I am eating. I'll say no when the menu is not in my list of consumable ingredient and choose to meet friends in places where edible food is easily available. I thought it would be easier when I return to my hometown. Won't be that hard to maintain. LOL.. Guess I was a little naive back then.

Well, you are going to wonder how I maintain my health and physics with all these barriers laying around making life on the healthy lane harder day by day. Like mentioned, it's never easy but since I know I can't miss the dinner with my family I choose to take my own day meals.. I consume at least 6 day meals before dinner and supper minimum. In a way, i managed to control 85% of what I eat in a day and the minimum percentage is 75 to maintain on a healthy par. So I'm still above average. Even so, the healthy guideline states to consume less carbs after 3pm. And knowing it's not in my menu, the list are carbs packed. So I consume a minimal amount. 2 tablespoons of white rice and more veges than meat. I used to have the attitude of "EAT ALL YOU CAN" back then. probably its how most asians react "kiasu, kiasi" I remember a time when my brother and I was in Hartz Chicken Sunway Pyramid in 1998. I consumed 8 large plates of mountain high portion chickens. Not to mentions bowl and bowls of ice-creams, softdrinks and sauce. Since its a buffet, I was greedy and would like to eat more than it's worth. But to what gain? sacrificing my health for just a couple of dollars extras? how much could you eat? is it worth it? Remember, its not how much you can eat now, its how much you can eat in the long run. I know a lot of people eat like there is no tomorrow only to find themselves diagnose with lots of sickness which forbids them to take any more of those "Sinalicious" foods. By maintaining my healthy lifestyle, cheating now and then won't be a problem. and I can cheat now and then a whole lifetime...

So choose now.... eat till you are content for a limited time of your life or eat in moderation a whole lifetime.. your choice.... hahaha.... and one more thing.. a lot of people will come up to you and tell you not to torture yourself, live life to the full, eating is a luxury... etc ... but see it in the long run... who will be the winner....

Holidays a gym day.......

what's a day to start of with if it's not with a great workout day on a holiday... lol.. anyways, initially i was thinking of how am i suppose to workout this week cause my friend came down to miri for a visit and i would like to meet up with him but at the same time i don't wanna miss gym... cause its ones a week thingy... lol.. anyways, thank God its a holiday today... il b taking the bus to meet up with him over the other side of town... cause every1's using the car to church and I'm left with transport no 11... my two legs.. hope i can still walk tomorrow cause i've pound my legs extremely hard today...

oh well... lets get back to my gym log.. so i reached the gym around 0815hrs and started straight away after i put away my belongings into the locker.. ps... iv decide not to work on my cardio cause my schedule today will b very intense...

since i did my shoulders yesterday, i started off with my pecs. The same old routine but i added extra load. i was pressing 120 doing incline at every steps while supersetting with machine press. and ended the streak with a dumbbell pullover.

then feeling a little pumped, I supersets Wide-grip lat pull behind the back with wide-grip lat front pulldown. Followed with a close-grip pulldown supersets with a wide-grip sitting row. Since I have ample time on the day, I threw in close-grip sitting row supersets with a reverse grip pulldown and finally end it with isolated lat pulldown. But i guess, i was feeling a little over when i decide to throw in a reverse grip standing cable row.

Next I move on to my machine abs routine but added a modified leg raise which i've been coaching my clients to use.

Arms came next. I started off with my triceps since i ended the previous exercise on my back so i want my biceps to rest before I pound it. As usual, triceps begins with triceps rope pulldown supersets dumbbell kickback. then I moved on to v-bar cable pushdown supersets with dumbbell triceps extension. Didn't wanna put too much pressure on my arms so i can torture my biceps so I ended my triceps blast by supersetting cable triceps pulldown and modified low pulley rope pulldown.

Biceps started with a high pulley alternate cable concentrated curl. super21 supersets alternate dumbbell curl came next followed by alternate hammercurl supersets cable biceps curl. I ended it with a drag cable curl.

I think the 1st part too out 3 hrs and its about time my body turn catabolic.. but i think it had 1/2 hr ago.. so i quickly down 1/2 handful of raisins before I munch on my peanut butter toast. Our muscle needs to grow and pounding it too hard or too long would deplete all the sources for it to feed on and instead, our body would choose to store on all the fats for reserved energy and munch on our muscles. so there goes the myth #1 hardcore workout burns fat.. true, but without the proper timing to feeding the muscles, its all out of the window.

not wasting any of the precious time, I quickly came back to the gym and started on my legs with heavy leg extensions. working on all the heads by changing the angle of my feet, I felt every bit of the burn.. hahaha... since i don't have much tools to work on my legs, so it's pretty much under developed ... moving on to the lying leg curl. this exercise is a little tricky.. a lot of ppl like to add extra plates thinking that it's going to make the muscle grow but instead, they end up curling with their hips taking up all the action. its like a dolphin swimming on the bench... anyways, by doing so, not only ur not working on the hamstring, you are risking injury to ur back... anyways, after these 2 exercise, i could barely walk.. but i was very determined... I staggered all the way to the smith machine and pull out 12 sets of 8 reps squats @ 120lbs on 3 angles. 4 sets each. Finally I dragged myself to one of the machines to work on my calf raise. Since there is no proper machine for that, I got a little creative and used the leg support on the chess press machine to get the calves burning..

last piece of the day, the delts. As mentioned above, since I did it the day before, so I started off with a machine press supersets with side lateral raise followed by close grip machine press supersets with front lateral raise. The price of the day was when I shrugged 100lbs on each side.... no cardio for the day cause i think iv burnt more than enough calories for the day... lol

anyways, taking the advice of Mr. Miri Iswandi.. I went to carbo load.. but i didn't wanna just load up so I choose a clean steam skinless chicken breast without any gravy with white rice and chili along with a cup of black coffee... feeding ur muscles with lots of protein is important... so work smart, eat smart...

Good portion from Sin Liang Chicken Rice, Miri

see how dry the skinless chicken breast is... i know... not the tastiest looking food... lol

011010 - a milestone

Guess, i won't be posting much bout workout for the time being since according to my new employees, my work hours (i don't like calling it office hours .. lol) going to be very long and even have to work on sat full day. and I will have inconsistent evening jobs as a videographer. So that means I won't have time for gym... but .. but .. but... i won't be using that as an excuse for not working out... at home that is.....

I'm going to start the day, everyday at 5am with a 700 reps crunch and follow by a 1/2 cardio to start the day.. and end the day with 1/2hr body part workout with another 700 crunch before bed... will b saving up for a home gym station... hopefully soon so i can start pounding it everyday at 5am :P muahaha.....

anyways... i'll prove that "no time" is just an excuse for not living healthy... it might take a little which to get use to the routine but i figure, if i have the will, nothing is impossible.. it goes to every1 too... u 1st have to want it... i don't wanna end up like a lot of corporate ppl who sacrifice health over wealth and in return doing a charity by paying the doc's wages in the future... and to every1 who reads this blog, keep going, even 1/2 hr a day of exercise is enough to keep u healthy... il do my part to get d momentum running so when i come back, i hope il serve as a motivation to my readers to keep exercising.. u don't have to be as fanatic as i am.. just a borderline everyday 1/2 hr to pump that heart.. cheers.. all the best.... BONG

My Craftmanship - Ming Lung

But of course it take effort and determinations from my clients themselves in order to see the results. Well, I don't have his pictures before he started.. he only let me take a pic of him after he has some muscles after 2 weeks. lol... anyways.. pictures tell a thousand words.

Ming started following my training while I was training some1 else. I was torturing him a little.. in a fun way but all the exercise only lasted 1/2 hr and another 1/2 cardio. He wanted 6 packs, I get him his 6 packs :)

Real Life : Real Results

END of MASS Building and Beginnig of Ripping up

After 2 weeks of pumping Hardcore and Heavy... it's time to cycle my trainings.... of well, i'll c how i can rip up... with a little alter on my diet again.. :P

Back is definitely getting all the ripping after trying out new ways to work it out :P

So does my lat with deep separations..

END OF APRIL WITH 10 Packs

Work out is awesome so far with a powerhouse partner who's leg is the size of Europe... man, if you don't believe, fly down to Brunei and see for yourself.. i was shocked when he 1st showed me his Quad... anyways.... I've been training everyday be it if i have enough sleep or not (NOT ADVISABLE) ... but eating is crazy with lots of clean fibers and proteins.. and very little carbs... of course, on n off i do carb load.. but clean carbs of course...... here's the result of my hardwork and dedication to my life and health....

Not d best view but i've actually got 10 packs now... from 6 packs.. then move up to 8 packs.. and in 2 days time, i pump a perfect 10.. wonder if i can go all the way to 12 packs


BONG CHENG TZUU after GYM

March 2010 for Bong

Photo in appreciation of Deckster (http://greasyhand.blogspot.com/)

So far so good. I thought the 11days of shoot in KL would b a slow down for me in the sense of working out (But shooting for KINKS - http://www.kinksthemovie.com/ is awesome.. to find out more, just click on the link) anyways, i ended up with 2600 crunches daily on most days... and 9kg dumbbell on each hand for my flies and curls each day... push up is all i can do and a little of dips on the sofa :P but i managed to pull in a good workout.. oh, not to forget the E-Z bar for a day :P hahaha....

it proves that if u set ur mind to it, nothing is impossible till you say it is. its just a matter of whether u wanna do it o not.. time and place is not an issue... i was even doing crunches in the minivan

After workout