Choose your poison?

Email of the week this week came from a lady(?) who strongly disagreed with steroid use of any kind but felt that it was acceptable to go out and get wrecked on booze & cocaine and end up spending the night in a hotel with a stranger because "thats what made her the person that she is".  She was by no means a youngster either, I guess I don't really understand the modern world but hopefully tomorrows documentary will help address exactly that kind of issue. My break up with my ex girlfriend came after the ITC had approved the programme for broadcast so unfortunately she has not been edited out of it.  I hope that this doesn't spoil your enjoyment of it, please email me your feedback to mail@kevanwilson.com

Expendable? No, irreplaceable!

If the idea of a movie is to temporarily suspend belief and live in a fantasy world then "Expendables 2" is the perfect movie. Ignore the opinions of any snotty, high brow, self righteous friends and family and go and be amazed!  All the old guys are there and they are as great as ever, all action and taking the piss out of each other and themselves, just like real men do. Arnie steals the show again, "quelle surprise" as anyone with a joke French accent would say!  Finally, I had to laugh ironically at the other programmes on the same Sky planner page as Saturday nights documentary, not everyone will understand why but those that know certain things definitely will!

A one month transformation

I have been working with my latest protege Natalie for exactly one month and as you can see the progress is amazing.  She has responded well to rough and aggressive training, in fact she loves it!  Her diet consists of regular intakes of animal protein, very low carbs and no fats or oils. She is totally drug free and uses no weight reducing drugs, laxatives, herbal teas or modern "miracle" supplements of any kind, just the basic old school stuff that I believe in.  It is a tough regime, some women would have run away from it for something easier, but the results are something that you would never get doing a lifetime of pilates, spinning, body balance or other such nonsense.  She will compete of course, at this rate maybe even this year.  I hope that everyone, not just women, can take inspiration from this young girls achievement.  MAY 2017 - PICTURE REMOVED AT THE REQUEST OF NATALIE'S INSECURE AND JEALOUS BOYFRIEND

In the words of the bard

I receive nice emails from all over the world every day asking for advice. Yesterday I got one from a father in Ireland asking how he could check if his 30 year old daughter was taking laxatives because she couldn't handle dieting. I told him to take her out in the car for over an hour and see if she started panicking for the toilet, that's usually a giveaway. More importantly though, I told him that at that age she was old enough to  make her own decisions and that he shouldnt be controlling her.  Obviously I wont hear from him again but I always tell people the truth, even if they dont like it and don't have the guts to accept it.  As the saying goes, "above all, be true unto thine self"

Its not about the bike

I have to say that I have complete sympathy for Lance Armstrong. He has never tested positive but he has clearly upset some of the very narrow minded people who pull all the strings in his world. And even if he did do any of the things that he is accused of then isn't he just the same as all the rest except better in so many other ways? A friend of mine once competed at the highest level in cycling and told me that things like EPO were as "compulsory" as the masking drugs!  I'm not into cycling but Lance is still a hero of mine for what he has achieved and, especially since I lost my Mum to cancer, for what his "Livestrong" foundation does for cancer sufferers. I can totally understand that he isn't even going to argue about things anymore, there comes a time when you have to leave the stress and drama to the little people and just get on with your life!

Dedication, that's the name of the game

After the disappointment of having to let Danny go (he was like a son to me) I was very happy when I produced this before and after comparison picture of Amrit, who placed 4th in Sunday's show.  Amrit joined the team quite late this year so I did not coach him during the crucial bulking up phase last winter except for a few workouts where he joined Danny and I.  The knock on effect of that was that he had to diet incredibly hard to get into condition during the 3 months that I was prepping him for his show. I am proud to say that he met the challenge head on and never complained once, unlike some, and as a result he has made a huge amount of progress this year.  Now that I have him firmly under my wing I am expecting him to do very well next year and challenge for some 70 kilo titles!

Never say never

Well after being so busy prepping people it will be nice to be at a show this weekend where I have nobody competing.  It is the Kent Klassic in Gravesend and I have to say that I have been secretly dieting over the last few weeks as I thought about competing again.  I've kept quiet about it because I don't talk it unless I'm sure that I can walk it and as you can see from the pic I'm nowhere near ready and still covered in cortisol from recent issues in my private life.  The show is run by two of the nicest people in the UKBFF, Bill and Sarah Bridges, who have always been very nice to me and I always go along to support the event.  But if my class is won by someone who deosn't look much better than I do here then I will be very tempted to do another show very soon!