New Articles

Here are some new muscle building articles I just posted on ezines, hubpages, and goarticles.

http://ezinearticles.com/?Fast-Muscles-Gain---Components-of-a-Good-Training-Program&id=3098962

http://ezinearticles.com/?Fast-Muscles-Gain---FAQ&id=3099082

http://ezinearticles.com/?Fast-Muscles-Gain---Quick-Reasons-For-NOT-Gaining-Muscle&id=3099115

http://ezinearticles.com/?Tips-For-an-Effective-Workout-For-Gain-in-Muscle-Mass&id=3118866

http://ezinearticles.com/?Best-Workout-For-Gain-in-Muscle-Mass&id=3118950

http://ezinearticles.com/?How-to-Build-Muscle-When-You-Are-Skinny?&id=3118972

http://ezinearticles.com/?How-to-Gain-Lasting-Muscle&id=3125921

http://www.goarticles.com/cgi-bin/showa.cgi?C=2087460

http://www.goarticles.com/cgi-bin/showa.cgi?C=2097193

http://www.goarticles.com/cgi-bin/showa.cgi?C=2097199

http://www.goarticles.com/cgi-bin/showa.cgi?C=2097204

http://www.goarticles.com/cgi-bin/showa.cgi?C=2101333

http://www.goarticles.com/cgi-bin/showa.cgi?C=2105284

http://www.goarticles.com/cgi-bin/showa.cgi?C=2105297

http://www.goarticles.com/cgi-bin/showa.cgi?C=2109649

http://hubpages.com/hub/10-Tips-for-Fast-Muscles-Gain

http://hubpages.com/hub/Wanna-Know-How-toGain-Muscle-When-You-are-Skinny

http://hubpages.com/hub/How-to-Gain-Muscle-When-You-are-Skinny

Pumping out the Articles

I had to go away for the weekend and didn’t have a chance to work on my campaign. As of last Friday, I managed to write 6 articles on Monday and another 4 today. I posted them on Ezines and GoArticles. GoArticles submissions go “live” immediately while Ezines need to be reviewed by a real person. I put a domain link in the resource box which redirects to my affiliate site. I hope this doesn’t get rejected.

I’m a little frustrated. My Squidoo lenses were indexed in Google over the week and it was there Monday. I decided if I moved up in Google rank and my lenses are not indexed at all anymore! I built back links from this blog and two other blogs. I also built back links from my Ezines article but since they are not ‘live’, they are not helping at the moment. I’ll be patient and give Google time to find my articles.

Meanwhile, here are some more back links:

www.squidoo.com/fast_muscles_gain
www.squidoo.com/fast_muscles_gain_training
www.squidoo.com/fast_muscles_gain_exercises
www.squidoo.com/fast_muscles_gain_supplementation
www.squidoo.com/fast_muscles_gain_nutrition

WNPF Worlds 2009

WNPF Worlds – October 17th
The WNPF World Championships took place this past Saturday in Atlantic City, New Jersey at Oceanside Sport and Wellness. Oceanside is a beautiful facility. It has everything that a strength athlete could want. Some of the equipment includes about 4 racks, a couple deadlift platforms, tires, sledgehammers, chains, bands, plyo boxes, box squat, boxes, outside area where I assume they pull sleds.

Coming into the meet I knew I was competing against two other competitors in my class, the 275 lb Open Raw class. One of the guys didn’t make it to the meet and the other got injured on his second squat attempt at 650. I didn’t see the attempt but I heard the weight crashing to the ground. He tore his groin on the descent and fortunately was able to dump the weigh over his head without further injury to himself and the spotters. I wish him a speedy recovery.

This left me to compete against myself which is what I do anyway. I hit all three squats at 585, 639, and 666 which netted me a PR. I felt like I had about 10-20 more in me that day. I now have my sights set on 700. Benching is my worst lift. I hit 385, 413, and missed at 435. I got 435 about half way up. It was encouraging that I didn’t get squashed at the bottom of the lift. Deadlifts went 585, 650, missed 677. 677 would have been a PR but missed at lockout. My deadlift has been stale lately. This is the first time I squatted more than I pulled. I think it’s time for another approach to deadlifting.

My partner, in his 3rd meet ever, hit 608 on the squat. I know he wanted that 610-620. He did well and I’m proud of him.

The meet was fun but it was LOOONG. The rules meeting started at 8:30 PM and the trophy presentation concluded at 8:30 PM. There were over one hundred lifters at the meet including six flights of bench. I think I managed to catch a 45 minute nap. It’s tough having to warm-up all over again after waiting for hours to lift again. I planned to hit the casinos after the meet but I was too tired so I ate and went back to the hotel.

There were some big lifts at the meet including a 750 deadlift @ 242, 771 raw squat at SHW, and a couple 800+ equipped squats. I also think a teenage female pulled 425 @ 181.
Despite the length, I had a great time. I got to see some friends I only get to see at the meets and also made some new ones. That’s what makes powerlifting so cool. We’re all competitors but there is a lot of camaraderie at these meets.

My future plan is to wait until about summer of 2010 to compete again. I think I need a long offseason to correct some technique issues and try some new things to strengthen my weaknesses. My goal is to definitely squat 700 raw my next meet.

I’d thank you to Brian my partner who helps me stay focused in my training and also the guys in the gym who I “recruit” to spot me on heavy lifts. I also want to give a special thank you to my fiancée who, despite having zero interest in powerlifting, hung in there all day Saturday just to support me.

Getting Ready for Meet

Ok. The WNPF Worlds is tomorrow and I'm very excited. I took the day off from work today to run some errands and rest before making the 2 hr trip to Atlantic City tonight. I probably did more running around then resting.

They have early weigh ins from 5-7 but I'm not sure if I'm going to make due to traffic and the rainy weather. I'm 15 lbs under the weight limit so weighing in the next morning is no problem. I'll post again Monday with the results.

WNPF WORLDS

WNPF Worlds is just two days away on October 16 in Atlantic City New Jersey. I will compete in the 275 lb Open Raw division. This is my first World Meet and I'm pretty excited. I did a light squat and bench on Monday and now I'm resting until the meet.

First Campaign

I'm in the middle of my first campaign as an affiliate marketer. My first product I'm promoting is a muscle building program. I've read many of the author's articles and fully endorse this product.

I joined Wealthy Affiliates in September 2009. This is new territory for me. The website has a lot of information and there was a lot to learn. I spent the first two weeks just reading the information. After a couple weeks, I decided to take ACTION! I researched some keywords. This took forever because I was trying to optimize for the perfect keyword. I think this experience taught me to optimize for several keywords instead of the one perfect keyword. It'll save a lot of time I could be using for writing.

I submitted my first 5 articles to Squidoo and I'm waiting for approval for 4 articles at Ezines. I haven't been indexed by Google which I admit is frustrating.

Here are my Squidoo articles:
www.squidoo.com/fast_muscles_gain
www.squidoo.com/fast_muscles_gain_training
www.squidoo.com/fast_muscles_gain_exercises
www.squidoo.com/fast_muscles_gain_nutrition
www.squidoo.com/fast_muscles_gain_supplementation