Supplements and budgets

Blogging from the leaning tower of Pisa today! Now, we all use supplements but we all have a budget too, my advice is keep it simple and don’t be taken in by the health food shop hype, like one person I know who would join the Taliban if Holland and Barrett said it was good for you! All I use is whey protein, creatine, glutamine and BCAA’s.  Good quality products bought in large quantities from reputable places is the best and most economical way, here’s one that I would recommend www.onlysupplements.co.uk Remember, my heroes from the 70’s Muhammad Ali and Arnold Schwarzenegger never had access to any of today’s “miracle supplements” and they did alright without them didn’t they?  By the way the new workout video will be uploaded to YouTube tomorrow evening

Another holiday?

Greetings from sunny Tuscany!  Now that I’ve given up competing I’m hard at work getting in as many holidays as possible.  Well it’s been a few weeks since I was last away so here I am now, in this poolside villa in the Italian countryside for a week.  I’ve just finished making the new workout video and that will be on YouTube next week, I hope that it is inspiring.  On that subject, a quick word of encouragement to the wannabes that are reading this.  It’s you people that are the future of our sport, not has beens like me, so I hope that my words and videos encourage you to aspire to reach your goals, and if I can ever do anything to help you then please just ask!

Busy, so no change there then!

First and foremost well done to Delyth Lloyd for finishing a very close second on Sunday at the Warrington UKBFF show, Del qualified for her first British final and will no doubt be working very hard between now and October. My online training and dieting service is now active, it already features a few "before and afters" like my pic here, with more to follow soon, the link is at the end of this blog.  The documentary that was made over the last year now has parts one and two on Youtube, here is the link for part one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk4buP4-EOU and this is part two http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ261xivaMY.  The new workout video is in production and will also be on Youtube by the end of the month, like I said, lots going on!  OK then please share any of these links with whoever you think might be interested and make the most of the good weather when it finally gets here. Hey, I'm an eternal optimist you know that! http://www.kevanwilson.com/personaltraining.html

Shows or holidays?

Which is best? As Harry Hill would say there's only one way to find out! Well I've just got back from a great "forget that you are a bodybuilder" holiday in the Maldives so now it's show time as the UKBFF season starts tomorrow, good luck to everyone competing whether I know you or not. In 8 days time Del will be on stage in the UKBFF Warrington show, she is looking awesome already and will do very well, I'm certain of that. When those shows are over I'm off to Tuscany for a week of writing and video editing so the website and my YouTube channel will have new stuff on it by the end of May, and yes I know it's about time too.  Meanwhile I am training hard after getting out of shape whilst away so that I can do a new workout video, watch this space!

A change and a rest!

After 2 years at Golds gym in Bedford I have decided to leave due to the petty jealousy of one person.  Being a successful bodybuilder always brings it's share of haters and their hate is simply borne of jealousy, in this case it was because someone didn't like the fact that despite me being almost twice their age I look better in just a pair of pants than they do! I don't do arguing, I'd had my fill of that about 6 years ago and now I prefer to move onwards and upwards instead.  I have done just that by moving to a gym run by my friend and top pro bodybuilder Martin Stevenson, check it out here
http://www.olneyfitnessclub.co.uk/  I am preparing my "beach body" there for my Maldives holiday and as you can see, as I approach my 53rd birthday, I'm not looking too shabby.

New package for Lloyd



Today's blog is all about one person, Delyth Lloyd.  I started working with Del last year and told her that she needed a whole new package if she was serious about the UKBFF Britain and she has really taken me at my word. I spent some time with her last November and gave her an entire winter training regime which she has stuck to rigidly.  Now she is 6 weeks out from her show and this is how her back looks already. Since I last saw Del her life has been like Tower Bridge, up and down, but her dedication has never waned and I am already very proud of her, but will be even more so on May 6th I'm sure!


That time again already?

Unbelievably, in 12 weeks it will be show time again. However, as I currently have no plans to compete (yet) I will be focusing all of my energies on prepping others, for once I can observe the pain rather than put myself through it. Here’s the provisional show plans for my team this year, the magnificent Seven I call them, plus Martin and me………..maybe.
Delyth Lloyd Sunday 6th May, UKBFF North West Championships
Dan James / Sean Betts / Adam Charlton
Sunday June 24th, UKBFF Muscle Talk Championships
Marzio Barberio Sunday July 22nd BNBF Central Championships
Daniel Henman / Stephanie James Sunday 19th August NPA Midlands Championships
Martin Duckett / Kevan Wilson TBA...............