Birmingham Bodybuilding Expo 2016

 Muscle Mass Brothers coming to Birmingham BodyPower Expo: 

MMB will be coming to Birmingham Expo on Saturday in the morning hopefully meeting as many bodybuilders as it will be possible also interviewing and photographing together with Muscle Mass Brothers members. 

Compared to last year MMB team will be in bigger squad, hopefully all members will be able to make it. 

We have a camera and microphones ready for a biggest bodybuilding event in UK. MMB is looking forward to the event and meeting great athletes. 

Information from www.bodypower.com regarding the event:

About BodyPower Expo:

Started in 2009, BodyPower Expo has grown into the most celebrated and comprehensive fitness event in the UK, inspiring and motivating more than 90,000 health and fitness enthusiasts.

Set within the easily accessible NEC, Birmingham, BodyPower has developed into a staple event for the international fitness market, welcoming visitors and athletes from all over the world. The show provides three relentless days of fitness, covering the full spectrum of sports, products, services and athletes.

Offering something for any fitness enthusiast, the show provides a premier visitor experience with countless international stars and industry renowned experts, an extensive exhibition, interactive feature areas and national competitions.

As well as welcoming consumers, BodyPower Expo also welcomes trade delegates to the ever-popular Industry and Preview Day, hosting thousands of industry delegates for a day of networking and education.

Timetables:

Planning your weekend at BodyPower, the largest consumer fitness exhibition in Europe with over 90,000 visitors expected this weekend 13th to 15th May, is a hugely exciting part of the trip.

Year after year organisers keep fans in suspense as they work diligently behind the scenes to secure the world’s biggest and best athletes to take sessions in the many feature areas that make the show so unique and entertaining.

For VIP, Power Pass and AAA ticket holders, the Workout Arena schedule will really stand out, with the likes of a guest posing routine from Kai Greene one of many highlights on a packed three-day schedule that gives visitors real value-for-money.

For standard ticket holders, having access to the kind of quality speakers appearing in the Academy is a real testament to BodyPower’s commitment to education.

BodyPower doors open at the NEC at 9am for VIP, Power Pass and AAA ticket holders, 90 minutes before standard access. Tickets remain available online up until the show and there are also tickets available to purchase on the door for those leaving it until the last minute.

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Night Of Championship Kickboxing with GMMA #MMB #MuscleMassBrothers

GMMA young fighter for the first time in action! 

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Intense Kickboxing action by young GMMA Academy fighters who have performed great at Night of Championship Kickboxing at Tottenham, London. 

GMMA lead by and cornered by two great fighters Krystian and Micheal. Although it was a first time for each one fighter, they showed great spirit, skill, speed and entertained the crowed. Both boys and girls showed a great future prospect for martial art athletes. Muscle Mass Brothers will definitely follow GMMA with Filip one of the MMB members training Muay Thai with them. 

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The event took place at Tottenham Sports Centre, 701-703 High Road Tottenham, N17 8AD, London, United Kingdom. 

One of the fighters had a planned fight for Southern Area which has been changed to British title. See the fight by following link http://goo.gl/0lXYWB to the video section with title and the rest of the fights. 

Although the event has been organised for amateur fighters, we #MMB think it had a great and exciting atmosphere. For a first time fights the GMMA #thewinnerteam did awesome displaying strength, technique and endurance. Even when lost some of the fights each member of GMMA showed great amount of respect to opposite warriors. 

GMMA Fighters preparation to the fight:

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Bilal GMMA preparation before the fight

 Some stretches and kicks before the rumble. The technique and  exercises at Muay Thai are at really high level for the beginners. Visit http://www.gmma.co.uk and join for one of the session to see and feel the real Muay Thai training for yourself. 

To see the fights follow the link. (Video Link)

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Luis show of kick skills targeting small pads hold by Krystian O. the instructor. 

Young fighter showing great amount of energy and technique before his fight. Proofing that he is to become a great athlete in future. 

To see the fights follow the link. (Video Link)

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 All the fighters, instructor and MMB Filip celebrating one of the fights 

  The energy and spirit in the room has been great. The support of fellow fighters has shown the great bond between students and instructors who have taken great care of the young Gukwone and Muay Thai (Kicboxing in case of this tournament) martial artists. Filip (#MMB) has recorded and taken most of the photos to capture the fights and energizing teams attitude. 

To see the fights follow the link. (Video Link)

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Amazing fights including belt fight which you can see by following the link to video section:

http://www.musclemassbrothers.co.uk/#!supported-events/r75ym

The fights can be seen on www.musclemassbrothers.co.uk and Muscle Mass Brothers Youtube channel.

It is just beginning for all the fighters which will only improve with time and training. As seen on the photos the event has ended up with smiles on the faces even with some loses. In case of lost fights we think it has been extraordinary experience yet very exciting for the audience. Just like Filip has mentioned those fighters are a great future prospects which with more experience and help from their coaches like Krystian the sky is the limit. 

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 Thanks to GMMA Academy students, instructors and parents for attending and creating lovely atmosphere. 

Thanks to the Tottenham Sports Center and competing gyms: Mantis, FIGHT 87, TKBA, Shaolin, S Warriors and Scorpion.

To see the videos please follow the link to Video section of MMB site or follow the link to our Youtube channel and enjoy the fights.

Thanks from Muscle Mass Brothers.

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MMB Interview Video! #MuscleMassBrothers

MMB Interview Video!

April 28, 2016

Great news one of the Middlesex University students Pamela Wieleba has asked us for an interview. Of course we have agreed to do it. Why not support students ? 

The interview covers mainly areas of who Muscle Mass Brothers are and what are plans and goals for the future. I will not tell you what are plans just watch the video. 

It may be just a start but definitely we are thankful for the opportunity to have been part of Middlesex University students project.  It has been specially awarding for Filip who has graduated from similar degree and from #MDX studying Media and Cultural studies. 

The making of the video were taken seriously by all #MMB members although we had lots of fun and laughter. Talking about yourself is not as easy as some may think, but it was a great experience which we would like to repeat in future. 

Birmingham Expo which will be happening on the 13th-15th May, can be a great follow up for some exclusive interviews with bodybuilders and bodybuilding fans who come from all around world, just to meet and see amazing sport men and women. 

Enjoy the video, let us know if you like it and what we can improve. As we are just beginning it would be great to have support. Soon we will post more interviews and videos from gyms. If you would like a video about certain exercises, muscles, diets and training programmes, leave us a comment and we will make it. 

Here is the video, enjoy:

Credits to Pamela Wieleba, Middlesex University student who has conducted the interview.

Thanks to the Fitness First at Leyton Mills and great manager and staff members who allowed us to record the video at the gym. 

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Daniel (Obelix) - road to get shredded!

As we have promised, here is first transformation. 

Daniel (Obelix) - road to get shredded!

So let me tell you a bit about what have happened in latest months.
I have done my bulking up cycle last year somewhere between September and December where I gain a lot of weight (finished my mass period with 106kg) but unfortunately on 28th of December I have fractured my elbow which forced me to stop trainings for almost 2 months – I was really down, upset…I really wanted to train but with fractured elbow you can’t do much…For first few weeks I was just staying at home playing games, watching TV and eating the shittest food you can imagine, pizzas, chicken and chips, sweets etc. which cause my belly to grow instantly.

One day I have looked in the mirror and recognise that all hard work I have putted into building muscle mass has disappeared because I was looking like big block of fat, straight after that I put my training clothes on and went running outside my block.

Soon after when my elbow was still not recovered I just said to myself ‘FUCK IT’, let’s go gym and do some leg workouts – the best moment was when I entered the gym after a longest break ever, and saw all people who train hard to improve their looks. Also all weights around me, the smell of sweat and pounding iron on the gym floor has been a motivation to keep going.

Finally my elbow got a bit recovered and I was able to do something else than legs, feeling that muscle pump was like getting a Christmas Present when I was 5 years old – BEST FEELING I COULD ASK FOR!

Maybe I was not super happy about how my building up muscle period has finished but anyway it was time to reduce calories and start getting in shape – I don’t mean shape for summer because to be honest I don’t give sh** about summer. My goal is to reduce as much fat as possible and then start building up muscle weight once more, but this time CLEAN muscles…and if everything will go my way I want to hit the stage in 2017.

So here we are now, it’s 13th of March – 14th day on strict diet (not even a bite of some junk food or sweets) I have started my reduction on 29th of February with 104.2kg on scale, after 2 weeks my weight is 100.5 which means I have already lost 3.5kg of weight – I know that some of you will tell me that it’s not healthy to lose that much weight in short period of time…I know it but remember that in first weeks you also losing a lot of water and in my case I really get a lot of water in my body in those 2 month when I wasn’t doing anything. Later on the weight will not go down that quickly but around 0.5kg – per week.

So let me tell you what my diet plan is right now. It’s known by many of you – fat diet where you mainly consume meats – protein and fats with very little amount of carbohydrates. I guess most of you doing that diet are in ketogenic state (to do that you cannot eat more than about 30grams of carbs per day) but in my case I am not getting into ketogenic state because I am eating around 70/80g or carbs per day. Here is my exact diet per day

Meal 1:
5 eggs – boiled, or as scrambled eggs
80g of porridge
Meal 2:
250g of fat meat eg. Minced beef, pork neck etc.
Vegetables like broccoli and cauliflower
Meal 3: 250g of fat meat
Vegetables
Meal 4: 200g of chicken breast with vegetables
Meal 5: 200g of chicken breast with vegetables
Meal 6: 200g of fish (usually salmon)

Also once every 4 days I have a little carb-up day – additional 200g of rice in that day
For first few days I was getting really hungry especially at evening time because before I was eating like a pig – whatever comes on my plate was consumed. But after 3/4 days I was already feeling fine with the amount of food I had to eat over the day.
Right now I am not changing anything because everything is going in the right direction. Maybe later I will implement some changes but let’s concentrate what is happening right now.

Training plan is the one I was doing last year in summer time – 5 days a week
Monday – Chest and abs
Tuesday – Legs, calves
Wednesday – Shoulders
Thursday – OFF*
Friday – Back
Saturday – Arms
Sunday – OFF

*Sometimes I just can’t sit at home so I am going gym and do whatever I feel like doing.
Let me tell you what kind of exercises I am doing for each part of my body
Before I even look at the weight I am doing 8 minutes worm-up on crosstrainer, then some kind of stretching and warming up the part of my body which I am about to train
Chest – Barbell incline bench press 4sets of 12/10/8/6 reps – Less reps – more weight
Dumbbell bench press 4sets of 12/10/8/6 reps
Incline Dumbbell flyes (15degrees angle) 3sets of 12 reps + push ups between the sets to maximally pump up the chest
Legs
Leg curls 3sets of 12 reps
Barbell squats 3 sets of 10 reps
Leg press 3 sets of 15 reps
Hack squats 3 sets of 8 reps
Romanian deadlift 3sets of 10 reps
Calves usually on machine or standing calf raises
Shoulders
Bent-over rear-delt raise 5 sets of 15 reps (45 seconds break between the sets)
Seating dumbbell lateral raise 4 sets of 15/12/10/8 reps
Barbell shoulder press on smith machine 4 sets of 12/10/8/6 reps
Front barbell raise 4 sets of 12 reps
Barbell shrugs 4 sets of 15/12/10/8 reps
Back
Pull-ups 3sets of maximum reps
Bent-over barbell row 4 sets of 12/10/8/6 reps
Wide grip pull down on cable machine 4sets of 12/10/8/6 reps
Seated cable row (close grip) 4 sets of 15/12/10/8 reps
Deadlift 4 sets of 10/8/6/4 reps
Arms – super-sets
Barbell curl with triceps pushdown with rope 3sets of 10 reps
Hammer curl 3sets of 10 reps with weighted bench dips 3 sets of 12 reps
Incline skull crushers with preacher curls 3 sets of 12/10/8 reps
Abs – I usually change the abs exercise every single time I am training them…

I hope that someone has read it all grin emoticon Let’s start the TRANSFORMATION! I will try to write about every single day of my transformation, also you can follow me on my Instagram - pankoks94

Muscle Mass Brothers future plans

What we are have been up to this time of the year

What future holds for #MMB:

We have few big plans from joining the bodybuilding events and martial arts events we planning on increasing number of filming although we lack of time to edit them on time.

Secondly and this information has been quite honoring to us. One of our supporters from Middlesex University will create a short documentary about Muscle Mass Brothers as a university project, which will of course be posted on our Youtube channel as soon we have it done. Looking for end of March to finish it, hopefully it will be enjoyable and cool piece to our video collection!

Check our Youtube channel for existing motivation videos, more to come.

MMB members progress and changes:

Let's point out some changes that are actually happening to our diets and training programmes.

 Alex:

Alex has begin his new gaining diet with the new year already gained good amount of muscle mass transformed from from last year excess of fat. His aim is to carry on gaining and growing muscles for the next few months we could plan it until end of May depending on how he transforms. From the mid year he will begin to lose any fat that could possibly collect over gaining period

How the diet looks from his point of view?

Well he has increased his carbs, protein and fats by almost 3-4 times from where he has started. The diet is quite simple as he continues with porridge in the morning or egg omelet but in bigger proportions as calculated to his weight and needs.He still avoids larger number of fats and disregards sugars as it is better to consume carbs in form of rice, noodles, and other veggies. Following from this point he normally consumes rice with chicken and healthy salad made out of vegetables like green salad, tomatoes, spinach, broccoli etc. you get the idea. He would eat around 3 meals of such form just to make it easier throughout a day as he studies in university and keeps himself busy. Last meal would be cottage cheeses with protein powder or salmon. The total calories count comes to be around 4500 calories per day. The calories number will of course grow as he progresses.

The training is quite standard each day of the week is concentrated to different part of the body. Most of the days it is big muscle group with small muscle group like for example chest and biceps. However it is adjustable on how well he feels as he grows bigger and stronger the joints and muscles are at risk because of heavier weights workout's.

If you are interested more into Alex's training and diet please let us know we will create unique blog post focusing on him.

Andrzej:

Andrew's diet and training is similar to Alex's as he is on the gaining period too. Some of the products of his diet could be a bit different, however the maths behind the diet is quite similar. Andrew is focusing on gaining lean muscle mass without or at least minimising the intake of fats. This is also very important to remember when building up on weight and wanting to have as much muscle but with minimal fat amount, you have to keep the diet when gaining otherwise you will have more work when shaping up on reduction period. On the other hand, I know it may sound funny but you can not be on gaining period for ever otherwise you will grow with fat and if you are bodybuilding and care about aesthetic which all bodybuilders do it is important to remember. Unless you want to be a strongmen and care only bout power and strength than there is no reduction period, but we do not have a member who specialize in that directions. Coming back to to the diet the proportions and the logic behind Andrew diet is similar although he is on much less calories intake.

The training consists of differentiation between big and smaller group of muscles. Although he has different method of training as the reps are higher with medium weights to make muscles lean and strong instead of growing them really huge. That is a big difference between Alex and Andrew, as Alex wants to be big and shaped and Andrew wants to keep it to the level of lean muscles and strength.

If you would like to hear more about Andrew (Andrzej) diet and training drop us a comment and we will focus weekly post on him and his training. Check him out for lean muscle at his Instagram and MMB website.

Daniel:

 

Daniel has finished his bulking up session and begin with reduction from March. He had some problems like broken elbow, but as we are  Muscle Mass Brothers there is no giving up in our dictionary.

let's focus on Daniel's diet which is similar to the diet that Filip was on. It is infamous fat diet where he consumes mainly meats or products with fats concentrating on healthier fats from good sources of oil for example coconut, olive and virgin oils. Of course the other fats are from animal meat and diaries like cottage cheese and yogurts. The most important is to avoid saturated fats which are mostly in fast foods and snacks with no useful calories. It is a reduction diet so the sources of fat and proteins are a key of good reduction results. The amount of meat Daniel is consuming from a start is around 250 grams per meal, also he is not going into ketogenic state as he eats 50 grams of carbs in the morning and similar number of veggies throughout the day. He also carbs up every 4-5 days. The numbers are pretty high as he was bulking up and we can not shock his body with sudden changes. The amount of consumed fats will be reduced with time that is why weighting on daily basis is important preferred time is in the morning before the breakfast.

The training has been kept similar to what he did and what Alex and Andrzej are doing concentrating on different parts of muscles each day using heavy weights. As Daniel wants to reduce the fat but keep the muscles growing and shaping he will not focus on cardio and losing large amount of weight as we want to keep his muscles, just trim them in.

If you are interested in Daniel's progress, diet and training please drop us a comment and we will focus one of the posts on him only in full detail.

Filip:

Last but not least it is time to focus on Filip's progress, diet and training. Filip has been on keto diet which would be similar to what Daniel is on right now. However the keto or so called fat diet has been focused on minimal intake of carbs no more than 30 grams each day to come into ketogenic state. He has lost around 16 kg in 2-3 months time which has been impressive on his cardio  although he has lost some strength but he is recovering on rice and chicken. Still continuing reduction but at slower pace to even out the body. The recent diet which he started in January-February is basically calculated calories hence chicken, rice and veggies create the largest part of his diet with daily intake of around 150 g of rice and 200 grams of chicken. The total calories intake has been set to around 2400 calories. 

We can focus next post on Filip diet change in the future post if you would like to hear more just leave a comment.

Let's continue with the training as this has been tweaked. Looking back at past lost we discussed full body workout which he still continues on Mon, Wed, Fri. How about other days you would ask? Well Filip since few months now has returned to martial arts to be more specific he trains with GMMA at Shepard's Bush on Tuesday and Saturday. Check out GMMA on their website or come and see their training for yourself at Fitness First at Shepherds Bush opposite of Westfield. The training fits into full body workout really well as Muay Thai and Thai Boxing or any other martial arts are of interval types and training with Krystian Ozog is an epic experience. This is the big change for Filip and from what we are seeing he is improving week by week looking and feeling better too. There you go a great example of mixing gym and any other classes. For Filip the other two days are either trainings with the rest of Muscle Mass Brothers to push and test his strength or training at his garden on the boxing bag which sometimes turns to another day in gym depending on weather.

We covered all four members please leave us comment if you would like to hear more about any of the members in more detail first.

Also follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Youtube and Instagram for updates and dates of our trainings together and progress on the documentary by our Middlesex University supporters.

Check our website and let us know what topics shall we cover next whether it is specific diet, training, supplements or any other sport related themes.

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