Name:
Abdul Miah
Age:
19
Occupation:
student, civil and structural engineering
Years training:
3 ½ years
Sum yourself up in one sentence:
Well balanced individual
Strengths:
Dedicated, plans ahead, observant, open minded.
Weaknesses:
optimum performance come out when under high stress situations, can become complacent sometimes.
Favourite exercise in the gym:
None and everything.
Most satisfying sporting achievement:
2005 BNBF southern junior championships. My first win.
Contest history:
2004 2 time southwest u18 u 75kg unequipped Powerlifting champion
2004 broke British u18 dead lift record.
2004 BNBF southern championships 4th place
2004 southwest team divisional champion ships 3rd
2005 BNBF southern junior champion
2005 BNBF British junior champion
2006 WFBB welsh junior championship 2nd
2006 BNBF British junior champion
2006 NPA Mike Williams classic junior champion.
Why you chose PhD Nutrition to officially endorse:
I remember reading about PHD last year when they where in the process of launching and liked the idea of how they supported and made supplements specifically for natural bodybuilding and athletes and thought this is just the kind of company needed to help natural bodybuilding advance and help promote a healthy natural lifestyle which natural bodybuilding encompasses.
Even more so for the fact Jason Rickaby runs it who is not only a natural bodybuilder himself but also a major spokesman for natural bodybuilding.
So when I was contacted regarding sponsorship I was honoured that I would be representing such values and could not refuse.
How does training for body building competitions fit into the life of a 19-year old guy? I should imagine it makes you pretty different from the average teenager?
Well for a typical teenager it doesn’t. Yeah I guess it does but there is nothing else that I would rather do. I don’t think I miss out on being a teenager either because when in off season mode it is something that I can manage without great difficulty, I have pretty satisfying social life and a good group of friends. When it comes to competition mode I do feel bit unsociable and that I am missing which also seems to be the time when everyone starts asking to go out and do this etc..which then again could be just mind tricks. Seeing my body change on a daily basis and getting closer everyday to achieving the physique I want more than makes up for all the sacrifices I make.
I know you power lift as well and have been pretty successful in this sport. How do you train for a power lifting meet?
Normally a 12week programme involving four major phases being, endurance, hypertrophy and then finally peak.
Future aims and objectives within your chosen sport/s:
Be the best I can be and become a recognisable figure within the natural bodybuilding community.
Training programme (typical week)
A juxtaposition between Heavy Duty, Dorian Yates-style and power-lifting principles.
All sets listed include warm up set.
Mon- back/ biceps
3x deadlift
3x pull ups
3x row
3xbicep curl
3xbarbell curl
Weds- chest/shoulders/triceps
3xincline dumbbell press
3xshoulder press
3xlateral raises
3xrear flys
3xweighted tricep dips
3xtricep pushdowns
fri- legs
3xbarbell squats
3xham curls
3xstiff deads
3xleg extensions
3xlunges
Rep ranges change through out the year as does the isolation exercises but on the whole this is the principle to which I have been following now for 3yrs. Sometimes I add things like drop sets, super sets, 20 rep squats, etc just to alleviate boredom.
Diet when preparing for a show (typical week)
It changes week to week but on the whole the food sources that I will only eat are for carbs brown rice,oatmeal and glucose and for protein chicken breast, tuna, sometimes eggwhites and whey protein and also efa’s.
Pharma-whey™: I use Pharma-whey™ religiously , quality whey protein is a must for any young body builder and I’m no exception. I use 2 servings daily, with one serving at breakfast and one serving prior to going to bed, with Formula-X™
Synergy-ISO-7™: A brilliant new product, great for my off-season mass building stack with the Methyl-T3 growth stack. I use 1 serving 60 mins prior to training and one serving immediately afterwards, I then add 2 scoops of Battery+/-3 for extra carbs
Battery+/-3: As above, I use 2 scoops after training, this tastes great and gives me simple carbs, with extra BCAA’s
Formula-X™: The cornerstone of my entire year, I use 3 caps daily. I take 2 caps before training, with Synergy-ISO-7™, this gives me 200mg of Methoxy-iso-flavone, a huge dose to raise protein synthesis and my natural test levels
