Update

Well, i cancelled my deal with faisal. I guess his training and diet methods were for the genetically gifted only. That kind of training is definately not for me. doing 20-30 sets per session, 5 sessions per week overtrained me in less than a week. Atleast i've learned something about myself. I know that a high carb diet will only cause me to add a shitload of visceral fat. my belly is much bigger (it's hard, so the fat is inside, and i gained 1/2 an inch on that fucker) and my arms, quads, and chest got smaller. Someone who saw me two weeks and saw me last thursday said "what happened? did you stop working out?"... someone at the gym said "man, you used to be a hell of a lot bigger, what happened?"... a lot of you know how depressing that could get. Also, i knew i was overtrained because: 1- i couldn't sleep at night... i've been sleeping at 9-10 pm for around a year or more now, and for the past 3 days i couldn't sleep for hours while i was in bed. 2- i have lost all the drive and motivation in me. 3- libido is way fucking down. So i said fuck it. i'm gonna rest for a couple of days then go back to my "usual" method. I'm not saying that faisal doesn't know how to train people. infact, he's one of the best in the business. i've seen him train someone for 2 contests... the guy got 6th place in the open contest (all weight classes on one stage, more than 20 contestants... he was 80 kgs shredded), 2 weeks later he got up to 83 kgs and won the "nukhba" contest at his weight class. i've seen him go from fat ass, to shredded in less than 3 months. So it's not faisal. it's my stupid genetics. i'll go back to what worked for me.
i'm gonna take a break for 2 to 3 days and then go back to training again. I know i've recovered when i get that drive to train back. I'll probably post some pictures in early july and compare them with what i look like now. i went through some old pictures a couple of minutes ago and wow... i saw pictures when i was 3 days out of the eastern province.. and really, phil did an amazing job. This time, i hopefully have more time to prepare.
Also, i'm gonna start working on a new book in a couple of months. i'll probably have it ready by next June (2008). it's gonna be long, detailed, full of goodies... but it's only for serious people who have a good background in this sport. I'm writing this book because I probably have some of the worst genetics in this sport. But i've always managed to improve and do (relatively) well in contests. People like me usually go to the gym for years on end and never even look like they work out. why? because there's a certain way to train and eat for people like us. I've tried it all... and i've tried it all on my clients (atleast the things i know will work 100%). most of my clients have 4 more weeks to end their training peroid. i will have them post up their comments. uptil now, i haven't had any complaints :) ... and i hope it stays that way.