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How did you get started with bodybuilding?

When I was 17 I broke my wrist in a rollerblading accident.  I started lifting weights as rehab, but after my wrist healed, I kept going cause I really enjoyed lifting weights.

What is your training regime like?

BACK / BICEPS

• 2x Straight Bar Pull Down
• 2x Hammer Strength Supinated Pull Down
• 3x Hammer Strength 1 arm rows
• 1x Standing Dumbbell Curls
• 1x Seated Hammer Curls
• 2x Cable Curls (facing away from cable)

CHEST / TRICEPS

• 2x Incline BB Bench Press
• 2x Partial Incline DB bench press (angle between standard incline and flat)
• 1x Incline Hammer Strength Press
• 1x Dips
• 2x Lying Triceps Extensions
• 2x Flat Close Grip Bench Press

QUADS / HAMSTRINGS

• 2x Squats
• 3x Leg Presses
• 1x Hack Squat
• 2x Stiff-Legged Deadlifts
• 3x Lying Leg Curls

TRAPS / CALVES / ABS

• 3x Barbell Shrugs
• 3x Calf Presses
• 2x Seated Calf Raises
• 3x Dumbbell Crunches
• 2x Machine Crunches

SHOULDERS / FOREARMS

• 2x Dumbbell Shoulder Press
• 3x 1arm-Side Laterals
• 2x DB Standing Wrist Curls
• 2x DB Reverse Wrist Curls

What is your diet like?

My diet can be described as high protein, moderate carbs, moderate to low fat.  I usually post my diet (pre-contest and offseason) on my blog at www.jrod123.blogspot.com

Here is an example of my diet.  This was from my last show, 8 weeks out of the 2009 Team Universe:

Where does your motivation come from?

Myself and enjoying training.  When I started training, it was never about wanting to look better or look like someone I had seen in a magazine.  I simply enjoyed lifting weights.  Of course, now that I’ve gotten into bodybuilding, there are people whose physiques I admire, but it still comes down to the fact that I simply enjoy the bodybuilding lifestyle and working out.

Jeff Rodriguez – Back & Biceps

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When trying to cut down do you prefer to use HIIT or just normal cardio?

I do something a little closer to HIIT.  My cardio sessions last between 15-20, and once in a while 25 minutes.  As I decrease the time, I increase the intensity.  Further out from the show, I am more likely to keep the intensity very high and duration short, but as the show gets closer, I pay more attention to how I’m feeling and sometimes cut back a bit on the intensity and increase the duration.

What is your supplementation like?

The supplements I take are as follows:
Species Isolyze (whey protein isolate), Species Carbolyze (waxy maize), Species Macadamia nut oil, glutamine, creatine, bcaa. Except for the macadamia nut oil, I have the above supplements before and after training.

Leg Day Workout

Plans for the future?

My goal is to win the overall at the NPC Team Universe.

Favourite Natural Bodybuilders?

When I first got into bodybuilding I admired Jeff Willet and Skip La Cour.

Favourite Quote?

By Andreas Munzer:

“…we too easily deceive ourselves into thinking we’re exerting enough effort.  To take ourselves over the top, enough is never enough.  Only more than we ever thought possible is enough.”

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