| Age: | 31 | |
| Occupation: | Company Director | |
| Family: | Polish wife, no children yet | |
| Height: | 511 | |
| Off season weight: | 108kg currently. | |
| Contest weight: | 94kg (If I compete again I wont step on stage under 100kg) | |
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| How many years have you been training? | 13 years | |
| Where do you train? | Alpha Studio, Les Mills, North Harbour Health and Fitness. We captured Jamie at one of his back training sessions at Les Mills end of March 07. You can check him out on video here |
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| What weight were you when you started Body Building? | 75kg | |
| How many years have you been competing? | 9 years (on and off) | |
| Your achievements? | 1998 NABBA, Auckland champs: Open Athletic, 2nd place 1998 NABBA, NZ Nationals,: Open Athletic, 2nd place 1999 NABBA, Bay of Plenty champs, Physique, 1st place and Overall 1st place 1999 NABBA, NZ Nationals: Physique, 1st place and Overall 1st place 2000 NABBA, North Harbour Champs: Physique, 2nd place 2000 WABBA, World Champs, NZ bodybuilding team 2004 NABBA, Christchurch Classic: 2nd place 2004 EFBB British Champs: Heavyweight. 2nd place 2004 NABBA, NZ Nationals: Open Physique, 1st place 2006 NABBA, North Harbour Champs: Physique, 1st place and Overall. 2006 NABBA, North Harbour Champs: Couples 1st place |
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| What weight class do you compete in? | Open Physique | |
| Whens your next contest? When will you start preparing for that? | Youll have to wait and see. | |
| Has there been someone whos had a big influence on your bodybuilding career? And how have they helped you? | My biggest inspiration in bodybuilding is Arnold Schwarzenegger and his stay hungry philosophy. My biggest inspiration in life is my family and my beautiful wife Dorota. |
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| How do you keep check on your weight? Do you have a weight you dont go above? | I watch what I eat all year round, I tend not to go above 9% body fat. | |
| Whats your typical off season diet for mass building? | Normally I try to have over 5000 calories per day, at the moment its 8000. Two weeks on, then two weeks on 4000 calories. I will repeat that for the next three months. Ive put 5kg of lean mass and lost 1% body fat over the last 6 weeks. It works for me. | |
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| What does your mass building training phase involve? Can you outline your training split for the week, basic sets and reps, and how much cardio you do if any. | I change my training program from week to week, changing sets, reps, exercise to keep my body guessing. Every month I do a week of 50-100 reps on any body part I think is legging behind. As cardio I box 3 times a week for about 40min each session. |
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| Supplements you live by? | L.A Muscle Products are the Best products Ive come across. Ive been using them for the past 7 years. They seem to be working. I use LA Whey protein, Glutamine, Norateen Heavyweight 2, Norateen, ZMA, LA Aminos, Instant Creatine. The one product I cant live without is L.A Muscle IP4: Muscle and joint maintenance. That stuffs great. | |
| Have you had a role whos inspired you? Which Male Bodybuilders physique do you admire? | Arnold Schwarzenegger Hes the man!! | |
| What was your favorite part about competing? And the worst? | Winning the best. Standing on stage in just a pair of undies the worst. | |
| Whats your ultimate goal in bodybuilding? | Like most bodybuilders to turn Pro, would be a dream come true. Watch this space!!!! | |
| What advice/tips would you give to some of the young men starting out their Bodybuilding journey? | If you want to give someone the best present you can introduce them to weight training. A lifetime of good health is priceless. Learn to develop your body and mind, not your ego. Its not all about how much you can lift. Your body is the one thing you truly own so make the most of it, train hard, train smart. If you see me at the gym, and you want to ask me anything, thats cool, Im always happy to help people out, Just wait till finish my set!! |
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