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 By: John Berry
Welcome to the second season of John & Baz's British Bodybuilding Show (formerly known as "The Brit Show"). This season, watch John Berry and Barry Snell (a.k.a. "Baz") take on a series of supplement challenges, starting off with the AST line of supplements.
 Click Image To Enlarge.Watch John And Barry Take The AST Challenge! Briton John Berry will coach his amiable training partner, Barry Snell, on how to pack on as much lean muscle mass as possible in just 6-8 weeks using solely AST supplements and plenty of hardcore resistance weight training! Over the next two months, John and Barry will provide feedback to us on how well the AST line of products work for him. Since they are neither endorsed by or paid by AST, their evaluation will be completely, 100% unbiased, honest, and impartial. 
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Also, look forward in the future to additional challenges from other supplement manufacturers. You asked for it, and now you've got it! Real product reviews from real people - and all available for free for you to watch!
Editor's Note: 1 stone = 14 lbs = 6.35 kg Editor's Note: A "Jacket Pot" is a baked potato.
John is handcrafting meal plans and a training routine especially for Barry. As mentioned in the video, John is providing printable versions of these for you to download every 2 weeks in easy-to-use Microsoft Office formats:
Training:
Nutrition:
Baz: First day on the nutrition plan - feeling pretty nervous this morning as the amount of supplement pills I have to pop is amazing (about 13 different ones on a training day which this is). Ok, first of all, the prep work for my daily diet is huge to what I'm used to, but here goes I've got up earlier than usual just to give me some extra time and boy did I need to, 6 shakes and John's bringing more to training later, GREAT...!
The rest of the week I spent time trying to juggle the amounts of milk and water I drank during the day so that I could stick to the plan as much as possible, feeling a bit crappy really but my whole metabolism is being messed with and by Thursday, I was on the verge of giving up, as mentally it was getting to me. The training this week was a new plan to match the diet, It was either a push or pull routine depending on the day but the rest periods were very short and we ran a stopwatch to keep it strict, man it was fast no sooner had I done my set and John went straight in to do his then I was back in doing mine, lets face it its hard work spotting someone if you are doing it properly and then you back in doing a set yourself. Hard week mentally with totally new diet and training, it was good just to make it through. John's Comments: So, here we are into the first week of the AST challenge. I have a feeling that Baz will find this a struggle to start with, but then as he adjusts and his body adjusts to the whole plan we will see some very positive things start to happen. Baz has just completed his first week on the challenge and I have paid close attention to him and how he has responded to the diet! Keeping a close eye on his mood and mental state, at the start of the week he found the high intake of liquid very hard to adjust to, you have to remember this is the first time Baz, has had a structured diet where amounts are very important. If you see from the diet plan below he has a fairly structured plan! 
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Barry Snell: Such A Softie, Yet Still Hardcore! If he keeps mentally strong and gets through each day, he will be very well rewarded by his body, as the AST Sports Science supplements were putting in him are of a high standard!! Let's look at Barry's first week of exercise, as you can see by the Push & Pull workouts below, there pretty intense especially when you set a watch by the rest periods - try it! He performed just like I expected. The first session was a complete shock to the system, but as always Baz gave 101% which is all I ask! By the time the second workout came round he was ready to kick some gym a$$, he achieved personal best's on nearly all the exercises - AST, you must be doing something right! Like I always say, if a muscle gets stronger, it gets bigger! I won't go into detail on how I created the diet and training till we are a little further into the challenge.
The 1st Stage Of The Workout: Okay, guys - for the AST challenge I have created a 12 week program, I'm using exercises that I know Barry's body responds to very well, for the first 2 weeks we go though 2 push and pull workouts, twice a week! We will train to failure (till we cannot achieve another rep ourselves). I have extended the rest periods to 3 minutes allowing the body to recover full ATP stores (natural creatine levels - explosive energy). But trust me, it wont feel like 3 minutes!
This workout will include leg training twice a week to help elevate testosterone and hormone levels. Recent research shows training to failure promotes a huge release of internal hormones like GH and test! Plus Baz hates legs, so this should be fun!
Note: If training does not commence on this day, replace post and pre intake with a 470-500 calorie meal consisting of 40-50 grams of protein and 60 grams of carbs. Please make sure this is a no/low fat meal.
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Barry Snell & AST Challenge You, Too!
Next week, watch John Berry and Barry Snell (Baz) in the gym for Baz's first AST Challenge training workout video! In the mean time, check out John Berry's BodySpace Profile and Barry Snell's BodySpace Profile - and someone please remind Baz to fill it in, for Pete's sake!
Update: Baz now has a MySpace account! Check him out! Recommend this article to a friend by e-mail here! Visitor Reviews Of This Article!
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