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There are two methods of gaining muscular size. Josh has tried them both with good success.
Josh learned more about bodybuilding in the two years he's been working with Beverly than he had in the previous eights years. Here is how we rotated calorie levels during Josh's eight-week diet Calorie Levels*: Monday - 3900 Tuesday - 3900 Wednesday - 4670 Thursday - 3180 Friday - 3900 Saturday - 5150 Sunday - 3180 * Note: The calories from Mass and Ultra 40 are included in the totals above
Josh's Exact Precontest Beverly Supplement Program
1 Super Pak with meal #1 6 Mass Aminos & 8 Ultra 40 per meal 35 Muscle Mass with training 2 Energy Reserve, 3 GH Factor, 4 Lean Out - 20 minutes before each meal 4 Antioxidants after training 3 ZMA - 30 minutes before bedtime on an empty stomach Joint Care On Thursday and Sunday instead of 6 Mass Josh substituted 4 Mass & 4 Muscularity per meal Josh added 12 Muscle Synergy, twice daily during the last three weeks. (It was not available until then)
The Split
Day #1 - Chest / Triceps / Abdominals / Calves Day #2 - Back / Abdominals Day #3 - Legs / Calves Day #4 - Shoulders / Biceps / Abdominals Day #5 - OFF (After day #5 / repeat the cycle for day #6) 
Josh practice tensing his quads in the front stance between each set. This paid big dividends when he hit the stage. Post Training I always took Muscle Mass BCAA's during training, after training I took additional Muscle Mass, Glutamine, and Advanced Antioxdants along with my protein drink. These extra supplements allowed me to recover and prepare my body for my next training session the following day. Why train if you can't recover? I also reflected on my workout and made notes on areas to improve. Putting my thoughts in writing seemed to work a lot better than just keeping them in my head. |
The first day Josh walked into a gym he was able to barely bench press ninety-five pounds. At 6'1" he weighed 165 pounds and had just given up a promising career in baseball. He'd been playing since childhood, was a high school pitching ace, attended college on a baseball scholarship and was drafted by the Chicago White Sox. But, he was burnt out. The higher he progressed the more baseball became a burden instead of a source of pleasure. Josh was looking for a different athletic activity. Despite his long, lanky frame Josh chose bodybuilding. Just like all of you reading this article Josh was resolute to build up his body and get bigger and stronger.  Josh Burdick stayed lean for an entire year. The results - a 10 pound gain in lean mass and overall win at the NPC Bluegrass Open. Josh adopted the "old school" method of adding size. He learned all he could about training and nutrition. He learned that to put on muscular bulk he had to eat and keep eating. He concentrated on getting in a lot of protein (a lot of fat and carbohydrates too.) Now this was not a three-month bulking phase we're talking about. Nor did Josh alternate bulking and cutting cycles. He went on an eight-year bulk up phase. If you break his gains down into monthly segments you'll find that Josh gained just over a pound a month. It was his persistence - ninety-six months of gaining a pound of month - that made the difference. Josh had accomplished his goal to get big. In fact he was a very big guy weighing 275 pounds. Many of us who are addicted to the iron eventually want to compete. Josh was no exception. He came to Beverly in late November 2000, after completing his eight-year bulk up phase with a new goal. He wanted to get in great shape and compete in a contest the following spring. Initial stats showed that Josh had gained a lot of muscle but also had accumulated a lot of fat. It would take some very structured dieting during the next twenty weeks in order to be ready to compete. Josh's diet to achieve competition condition had to be very structured. He had forty pounds of fat to lose and just twenty weeks in which to do it. We've found that a two-pound fat loss per week is about the maximum that one can achieve and still retain lean muscle. To be ready in time Josh needed to achieve the maximum every single week for twenty consecutive weeks. His diet started at 3600 calories. The diet was adjusted at two to four week intervals as needed. Four weeks out from the show he was down to 2600 calories per day. We were afraid that Josh might not be able to stick to his new regimented nutrition. Our concern was that Josh would be freaked out when his weight started dropping. Just the opposite was true. It took just two weeks to make believers out of us. He measured every portion he ate. He took every supplement exactly when and how he was supposed to. There was some initial water loss and a five-pound loss in fat after the initial two weeks. Rather than being upset with the loss Josh was elated. He became a dieting machine. Every body stat check just motivated him more. By the end of the twenty weeks Josh was ready to step on stage at 4.6 percent bodyfat and 212 pounds. Josh placed second to his friend and sometime training partner Chris Myers at the 2001 NPC Northern Kentucky. A few weeks later he won the overall title at the Queen City Novice Bodybuilding Championship. Was it time for Josh to bulk up again so he could be bigger the next time he decided to compete? No, he'd learned a valuable lesson. This time he would focus on correct nutrition to keep his bodyfat in check and a supplement program designed to build muscle year round. And once again Josh pursued his new growing season program with steadfast persistence. Josh's 3900 Calorie day looked like this: Meal #1 2 Whole Eggs & 4 Eggs Whites 8 oz. 95 percent lean beef 1 Grapefurit, 1 TBS Flax Oil Meal #2 2 scoops Ultra Size, 1 scoop Muscle Provider, 1 scoop 100% Egg, 2 TBS Cream, Meal #3 12 oz. Chicken, 2-4 cups Salad 2 TBS Newmans Own Dressing Meal #4 Same as Meal #2 Meal #5 12 oz. chicken or turkey breat or lean beef Meal #6 3 scoops Muscle Provider, 1 scoop 100 percent Egg, 2 TBS Cream Thursday and Sunday: (Lower Calorie days) Meal #1 No yolks use only 6 egg whites Use Chicken or Turkey Breast or 10 oz. Cod (No Beef) Meal #2 3 scoops Muscle Provideer & 1 scoop 100 percent Egg, 18 oz Water Meal #3 Cut out Newmans Dressing, use 2 cups Asparagus or Spinach Leaves Use Chicken, Turkey Breast or 14 oz Cod only (all before cooking) Meal #4 3 scoops Muscle Provider & 1 scoop 100 percent Egg, 18 oz. Water (no strawberries) Meal #5 12 oz chicken or turkey breast or lean beef 2 cups green beans or asparagus Meal #6 Cut out Cream, use Flax Oil Wednesday and Saturday as an extra meal: A little more than a year later Josh decided he'd like to do another contest. We set up a new diet plan based on his stats just as we had a year earlier. But what a difference a year makes! This time Josh would need just eight weeks to get into contest condition. Not only that but we started his diet at nearly 4000 calories per day. Even at this level we had to add a cheat meal a few weeks out from the show. This time there were very few adjustments. Josh's low starting bodyfat coupled with a higher calorie intake allowed his metabolism to keep cooking. His supplement program once again allowed him to hold and even build muscle while stripping the last vestiges of fat off his 225-pound frame. Contest day came and Josh was bigger and better than ever. His conditioning was crazy. So, instead of putting on an extra forty pounds in the off season, he kept his bodyfat and weight relatively low all year and came into the show ten pounds heavier. He went on to win the overall at the Bluegrass Muscle Classic. Josh says he's learned more about bodybuilding in the two years he's been working with Beverly than he had in the previous eight years combined. Josh's goal is keep improving and eventually compete at the National level.
Josh's Training Program 8 weeks out
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