Hi everone,

Nothing really to report here my end. Just doing the normall stuff such as eat, sleep, train. I did have to take a week off from the gym recently due to over doing it in the gym. Hany advised me to shut it down for a week. Also my training buddy Rob was sick with the flu so the week off was timed perfectly. I tell you what, taking that week off has made me so hungry to train. I am one of those guys who never really takes time off but this time is has really helped.

Tomorrow is leg day so I have already switched into the "leg day" mindset. It is my first leg workout in three weeks so I am not looking to be breaking any records but excited nonetheless.

Good news!!! We are going to start filming my DVD in February and I am really looking forward to that. We have some great ideas for this DVD and hope that we can come out with something different than the training DVDs that we see today. So stay tuned!!

Just before I sign off, I want to thank Rob............. for helping me out and for being a good friend.

Thank you to my little Taz (Meghan)... I love you lots!!

Off season up date!! October 2008

Hi everyone,

Just wanted to share with you all my off season progress so far. I have my off season plan underway now with Hany Rambod. We are really focusing on getting me bigger and fuller. We are also focusing on my weak body parts. He gave me a crazy work out for my delts and they hurt for about a week. I usually never get sore in my delts but the workout last week totally left my delts feeling fried!!! LOL!

Right now my weight is around 245lbs and I am feeling pretty good. My diet is back on track after taking a little time off after the Europa. I am back to eating 6-7 meals a day and my water intake is back up which really helps with my pumps in the gym.

The best news off all is that I found a great training partner. His name is Rob Chalifoux. He has a similar shape to mine. We are the same height and weight too. We have been training together for three weeks now and training with him has given me more drive and focus!! I needed to take things to the next level and having Rob as my training partner will definitely make me a better bodybuilder. Our FST - 7 training is crazy and we are both going all out in every training session. Rob has great potential as an athlete and has an excellent chance on getting his pro card.

Hany and I have are thinking that my next show should be in 2010. I have so much growing to do and if it means taking all of next year off then I will do that. I will start posting some offseason pics of my progress in the next month or so.

I want to take this opportunity to say thank you to all my fans who have given me so much support this year and no matter what my placings are they always show me love.
I would also like to thank Hany for taking me under his wing and making me a better pro.
Train hard everyone and never give up on your dreams.

God bless

Troy Brown

New quotes (I hope you all like them)

Hi to you all,

I would like to share with you all my Abraham quotes. It really gets you thinking!!...........

The amount of time it takes you to get from where you are to where you want to be, is only the amount of time it takes you to change the vibration within you. Instant manifestation could be yours if you could instantly change the vibration.--- Abraham

You’re always on your way somewhere. The key is: find a way to be happy wherever you now are on your way to where you really want to be. (We’re speaking of the state of being you want.) It does not matter where you are; where you are is shifting constantly—but you must turn your attention to where you want to go. And that’s the difference between making the best of something and making the worst of something.--- Abraham

God bless all :)

The mind is the key!!

Good day everyone,

Something that I am learning over the years, well the last two years since I turned pro is the power of the mind. Not just in my pro bodybuilding career but in everyday life. I always have to be in a positive state of mind. I have found this most challenging week in week out. When dieting for a show I am someone who seems to always be in a negative state of mind, but what I am learning in life is to always be positive no matter what. The hardest thing I find being an athlete is shifting my mind set from negative to positive. This is very hard to do indeed but what works every time is try to make yourself happy, then you start to feel more positive. Yes there are things in my life that I still want as an athlete and as a person but I cant stress over it, this is the worst thing I can do, all I can do is say to myself I will get theses things no matter what, it will happen, I believe it will happen, I deserve it. What I say to myself time and time again is SUCCESS, SUCCESS, SUCCESS all though the day. This really helps put me in a positive frame of mind. As I said before this is not easy and I am still learning how to use positive thinking as one of my main weapons as an athlete and person. Bottom line is are you happy?

God bless

Troy Brown :)

Feel Good!!!

Dear all,

Some more quotes I like to read on a daily basis

God bless to you all!!............

Tell everyone you know: "My happiness depends on me, so you're off the hook." And then demonstrate it. Be happy, no matter what they're doing. Practice feeling good, no matter what. And before you know it, you will not give anyone else responsibility for the way you feel—and then, you'll love them all. Because the only reason you don't love them, is because you're using them as your excuse to not feel good.--- Abraham

Positive thinking!!

Hey everyone,

Hope you all are having a great day. I would like to share with you all the importance of positive thinking. Below is something I read everyday, check it out........

What is the answer to every difficult circumstance in life?
Take the positive path.
Choosing the positive path can be easy at some times in our life and more difficult at other times. When everything is going along well, when we are on a roll, choosing the positive path just flows through us as an easy, natural choice. When something negative comes along it can be far more challenging for us to choose the positive path. But choose it we must! No matter how challenging the negativity may be, there is simply no other way to bring our lives back into positivity.
If negative situations appear, you must use your will and refuse to lower yourself to negative thoughts, words, actions, and emotions. Use your will and decide that not only will you focus on the positive, but you will ramp up the positive in every thought, word, and action of your day.
It takes determination, strength, faith, and the power of your will to focus on the positive when intense negativity descends, but remember that the Universe and the law of attraction are with you. As you focus on the positive, focus more on the positive, think of the positive, speak of the positive, and take positive and good actions, the law of attraction will give your life wings. Suddenly you will look around you and you will find that the negativity has gone, and that your life has been filled with goodness and joy.

From Tracy in the Canary Islands - 'The Secret Saved my Life!'

Post comp feed back.

Hello everyone,

It's been four weeks since I competed and now that I am in my offseason I must say that I was not big enough at the Europa. Yes my condition was spot on but I felt I over dieted as well. I think looking back over the last year I just choose the wrong shows and did to many shows in total. For example I made my Pro debut at the Montreal Pro in 2007 then three weeks later competed at the Spain show. Then had a few months off then back on the diet for the Ironman. Then after the ironman I had a few more months off then back on the diet for the Europa. Looking back now I wish I would of just took a year off after the spain show to add more size. But I wanted more succsess after placing so well in spain (top 6)

I can honestly say I took a step back on my physique, I never really had the time to make improvements from the Ironman to the Europa. I just wanted to make up for my placing at the Ironman. Yes you could say it is much harder to place in America but I just wanted to make an impact in the U.S. Again I am learning a valuable lesson that you can not keep doing show after show without having a good offseason. As I said before in previous blogs that I have not had a good offseason since 2004.

Seating here typing this I am so hungry to make my name in the pro ranks. I know hand on heart if I can pack on 10lbs of muscle in my next offseason then it is ON, I know my physique can handle much more muscle and size. I know what I have to do now and with Hany in my corner I feel next year can be great for me. In a wried way it is strange when you are a pro. In the amateurs I was winning shows since 2005 onwards then I turned pro and it feels like I have to start all over again. I remember at the Europa I was saying to myself "lots of call outs, lots of call out" when I finally got a call out I remember flex Lewis cheering me on as he was in the line up.

I am back training and not going crazy as my joints hurt but I am getting some amazing pumps.

Right now my weight is 240lbs. Yes I have had a few treats but I am now eating clean. I do feel at a bit of a loose end right now as I have to wait to the Mr Olympia is finished so I can get my offseason program from Hany who has a few guys and girls doing the Olympia. So harry up Hanny lol

I have been also getting a few emails from fans wishing me good luck for the Atlantic city pro tomorrow and just for the record I will NOT be competing lol. This man needs a off season with lots of food and sleep. I got a lot of growing to do.

Follow your bliss!!!!!