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La Cour’s Daily Training Journal 2000
Table of Contents
Week
One – August 20 through August 26, 2000
Setting
Weekly Goals (Sunday 8-20).
Setting
Training Goals (Monday 8-21) and explained in more detail all week.
The
Value of a Good Training Partner (Tuesday 8-22).
The
Importance of Surrounding Yourself with Good People (Tuesday 8-22).
There
Is No Difference Between Off-Season and Pre-Contest Training (Thursday 8-24).
Post-Workout
Supplementation (Friday 8-25).
Weekly
Review (8-26)
Week
Two – August 27 through September 2, 2000
There
Are No Days Off When Preparing For A Contest (Sunday 8-27).
Setting Weekly Goals (Sunday
8-27).
Your Level of Success Is
Determined By How High You Set Your Standards (Monday 8-28).
My "Working Hard"
Exercise (Tuesday 8-29).
My Contest Preparation
Standards for the Next 12 Weeks (Wednesday 8-30).
A Solid Foundation Has Been
Set! (Thursday 8-31).
Contest Dieting Strategy and
Current Diet (Thursday 8-31).
The Organizing Principles for
a Sound Nutritional Program (Friday 9-1).
Weekly Review (Saturday 9-2)
Weekly Evaluation (Saturday 9-2)
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Week
Three – September 3 through September 9, 2000
This Week's Diet (Sunday 9-3)
Weekly Goals (Sunday 9-3)
How to Enter a Bodybuilding
Contest Huge and Ripped Without Using Drugs: There Are No Real
"Secrets" -- Just A Lot of Hard Work! (Monday 9-4)
Lat Pullovers Emphasizing the
Upper Chest (Monday)
"Anything That Doesn't
Break You Will Only Make You Stronger!" (Tuesday 9-5)
Knee Wraps, Weight Belts, and
Wrist Straps (Wednesday 9-6)
The Benefits of Adding
"Good Fat" to Your Contest Preparation Diet (Thursday 9-7)
Water and Sodium (Thursday
9-7)
"It's the Little Things
in Life That Make the BIG Difference!" (Friday 9-8)
Weekly Review (Saturday 9-9)
Weekly
Evaluation (Saturday 9-9)
Week
Four – September 10 through September 16, 2000
This Week's Diet (Sunday
9-10)
Weekly Goals (Sunday 9-10)
How I Evaluate My Workouts
(Monday 9-11)
Pre-workout Nutrition and
Supplementation (Tuesday 9-12)
Reverse Hack Squats: An
Effective Exercise for Hamstrings (Wednesday 9-13)
Beginner, Intermediate, and
Advanced Training Routines (Thursday 9-14)
Courageous Or
Just Crazy? (Friday 9-15)
Weekly Review (Saturday 9-16)
Weekly
Evaluation (Saturday 9-16)
Week
Five – September 17 through September 23, 2000
This
Week's Diet (Sunday 9-17)
Weekly Goals (Sunday 9-17)
My "101 Daily
Bodybuilding Disciplines" (Monday 9-18)
Supplementation (Tuesday
9-19)
My Complete Supplementation
Program (Tuesday 9-19)
"Muscle IS Protein!
Protein IS Muscle!" (Wednesday 9-20)
More Strength, Less Body Fat,
More Productivity with Dymetadrine Xtreme (Thursday 9-21)
Creating and Prioritizing
Your Own Supplementation Program (Friday 9-22)
Questions and
Answers About the Supplements I Don't Take (Friday 9-22)
Weekly Review (Saturday 9-23)
Weekly
Evaluation (Saturday 9-23)
Week
Six – September 24 through September 30, 2000
This Week's Diet (9-24)
Weekly Goals (9-24)
How I Dieted Down for This
Past Year's NPC Team Universe (9-25)
"It ALL Matters!"
(9-26)
The Power of Momentum (9-27)
If You Really Want to
Progress, You Must Be Honest With Yourself (9-28)
Staying On Track While
Traveling Takes Commitment, Organization, and
Advanced Planning (9-29)
Reading, PA
Seminar and Guest Posing (9-30)
Weekly Review (Saturday 9-30)
Weekly Evaluation (Saturday
9-30)
Week
Seven – October 1 through October 7, 2000
This Week's Diet (10-1)
Weekly Goals (10-1)
My Best 10 Strategies To
Bolster Your Power, Strength, and Performance in the Gym--1 through 5 (10-2)
My Best 10 Strategies To
Bolster Your Power, Strength, and Performance in the Gym--6 through 10 (10-3)
Make Becoming Stronger and
More Powerful a Top Priority (10-4)
Train Only One Body Part
During Each Workout--For At Least Three Weeks (10-5)
Plan Your Entire Workout In
Advance--and Set Ambitious Goals (10-6)
Bodybuilding Seminar at the
Max Muscle Store in Fremont, CA (10-7)
Week Eight – October 8 through October 14, 2000
This Week's Diet (10-8)
Weekly Goals (10-8)
After You've Sufficiently
Warmed Up Don't Waste Your Strength On Lighter Weight (10-9)
Before Every Set, Demand
Yourself to "Redefine" the Meaning of Absolute Failure (10-10)
Get Yourself Mentally Ready
To Lift Heavy Weight Before Every Set (10-11)
Don't Get Overly Concerned
With Extremely Strict Form (10-12)
Get Yourself A Good Training
Partner (10-13)
Weekend Guest Posing Appearance and Seminars in the Cleveland, Ohio Area: A Tremendous Learning Experience! (10-14)
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Week Nine – October 15 through October 21, 2000
This Week's Diet (10-15)
Weekly Goals
(10-15)
Control
Your Lower Back: A Detailed Explanation of My Best 10 Strategies To Bolster Your
Power, Strength, and Performance in the Gym (10-16)
"Less"
Training Will Bolster Your Power, Strength, and Performance: A Detailed
Explanation of My Best 10 Strategies To Bolster Your Power, Strength, and
Performance in the Gym (10-17)
"Less"
Training Will Bolster Your Power, Strength, and Performance - Continued: A
Detailed Explanation of My Best 10 Strategies To Bolster Your Power, Strength,
and Performance in the Gym (10-18)
My
Progress Evaluated by an NPC National Judge (10-19)
The
2000 Mr. Olympia Weekend and Exposition in Las Vegas, Nevada - Day One (10-20)
Paul
Delia Evaluates My Contest Preparation and Conditioning (10-21)
Connecting With Fellow Bodybuilders and Friends (10-21)
Week Ten – October 22 through October 28, 2000
This Week's Diet (10-22)
Weekly Goals (10-22)
We're Heading Down the Home
Stretch! (10-23)
Dieting Strategies for the
Last Four Weeks (10-24)
Vitamins B-6 and C Help
Condition My Body To Release Water (10-25)
Eliminate Creatine Before A
Contest? No Way! Here's My Final Week Creatine LOADING Strategy! (10-26)
The Two Most Common "Stories" Competitive Bodybuilders Tell Themselves When They Don't Do Well in Contests (10-27)
Week Eleven – October 29 through November 4, 2000
This Week's Diet (10-29)
Weekly Goals
(10-29)
What Must Happen In Order for
You to Feel Happy About Your Bodybuilding Efforts? (10-30)
What Has to Happen Over the
Next Three Weeks to Make the IFBB World Amateur Championships an Awesome
Experience (10-31)
Don't Get Too Concerned With
the "Numbers": Let the Mirror Be Your Guide! (11-1)
The Role of Cardiovascular
Training in the Fat Loss-Contest Preparation Process (11-2)
Recap of What I've Been Doing
Over the Past 11 Weeks to Prepare for the IFBB World Amateur Championships
(11-3)
Week Twelve – November 5 through November 11, 2000
This
Week's Diet (11-5)
Weekly Goals (11-5)
The Critical Final Week of
Contest Preparation (11-6)
The Different Processes of
the Final Week of Contest Preparation: Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday (11-7)
The Different Processes of
the Final Week of Contest Preparation: Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and After the
Show (11-8)
Bodybuilding Magazine Photo
Shoots (11-9)
What a Learning Experience
These Past 12 Weeks Have Been! (11-10)
Killing Time and Waiting for
the Big Day (11-11)
Week Thirteen – November 12 through November 18, 2000
Early
Morning Photos on Venice Beach (11-12)
This Week’s
Diet (11-12)
Weekly Goals
(11-12)
Photo Shoots in Los Angeles
(11-13)
Leaving for Malaysia Today!
(11-14)
Welcome
Dinner (11-15)
Weigh-Ins:
The Time When Many Contests Are Won and Lost in the Minds of the Competing
Bodybuilders (11-16)
Simply Outmatched at the
Prejudging (11-17)
What’s GREAT About this
Situation? (11-18)
Conclusion
There's
No Such Thing As Failure--As Long As You Learn Something
Actually, There's No Such Thing As Failure As Long As You Learn Something--and Are Persistent Enough to Used What You've Learned!
The Most Valuable Lessons I've Learned from This 13-Week Journey
Future Plans
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