What's up everyone?? Another year is among us and we are all setting new personal goals. My goals are to have an awesome off-season with lots and lots of gains. I have hit the 250lbs mark and I am in pretty good condition. I still want to bring up my quad sweep and my shoulder width so I am working extra hard to do that. I am hitting my delts twice a week now. I am also happy that my appetite has improved and I am eating 7-8 meals per day. It feels so good to be hungry most of the time.
The attached picture was taken at the gym last week and I am hoping that the gains I have made in my upper body are evident
. This off-season I am taking a different approach and trying to not put too much pressure on myself. I am trying to make training fun so that I enjoy my workouts like how I used to be in the old days. I can be very hard on myself sometimes and I am finding that is quite detrimental to my progress. I am just going with the flow now! If I feel strong one day then I go heavy and if I feel not so strong the next day then I will go lighter. The main objective is to keep training consistently the entire year.
Megs and myself are most liking going to be attending the Arnold this year so if you see us then do not hesitate to come over and say hi. This will be the first Arnold that Meghan and I have been too and we are really looking forward to it... Until next time....Be happy and train hard Troy :) P.S. Many thanks to my good friend and legendary producer Karl Tuff Enuff Brown for all the new music you have sent me.

Off season Up date!!!

What's up everyone? I hope you are all doing well.

Wow, where has this year gone? Time flies when you are having fun!!

I thought I would just post an update on how things are going with me. So here goes....

I am really into my offseason now and my strength in the gym is improving big time. I have taken my food consumption to another level because I know I need to eat more if I want to make the gains that I desire. I feel like I am constantly eating. Thank you to my training partner Rob for showing me some new tricks on getting more food down. I often struggle with my appetite and getting all my food down in the offseason. I am trying to eat 7-8 meals a day. I am eating more beef (extra lean) and I am keeping my carbohydrates pretty high.

I have recently started going to the chiropractor to get my body adjusted. My goal is to go every other week and I feel so good after each session so it is definitely worth it.

My left bicep tendon has been playing up lately so I have been getting Active Release Therapy (ART) on it. So, at the moment I cannot train biceps heavy but I have been doing slower repetitions to compensate. I think it is so important to look after yourself and your body in order to remain healthy and happy.

I have received the IFBB Professional Contest dates for 2009. There are some awesome shows that I could do in 2009 but I am more focused on making gains in my offseason rather than competing. Once Hany Rambod thinks I am ready than I will compete. My heaviest offseason weight was 250lbs in 2007 so we plan to get me up to 260lbs in good condition. WOW! I love this sport!

Tonight is chest so to fire me up I am going to watch some of Phil Heath's chest workouts and play some banging UK Garage Music in my car on the way to the gym.

I must keep saying to myself Mr. Olympia, it is my dream to make that stage.
I cannot do it without a good team! Megs is always there supporting/encouraging me with everything and making sure I eat and sleep. Rob, my training partner kicks my ass in the gym and helps me take my training to another level and he is a great friend!

Until next time peeps!
Follow your Bliss!!!!

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