It was about three years ago that I stumbled upon weight training. I was training for my next mixed martial arts fight and was well on my way to going to the UFC. I was 13-0 and had won all of my fights by knockout. During a sparring session with one of the trainers I felt my knee pop and I hit the ground like a ton of bricks.
It turns out that I tore virtually every ligament in my knee and my career as a mixed martial artist was officially over. I became depressed and quit doing any sort of physical activity all together. I went from being 185 pounds to 240 in a matter of months. I didn’t care what I looked like or how I felt. I had lost my sense of purpose and identity.
It was about one year ago today that I met a former MMA fighter who had lost his career to injury like I did. He told me he had taken up bodybuilding and would help me. The first thing he asked was what my diet was like. I told him it mainly consisted of fast food and soda. Needless to say the first thing we did was put together a nutritional plan consisting of high protein and low carbohydrates.
He showed me his favorite protein powder called ProV60 by Labrada. He said ProV60 had helped him shed a ton of fat and increase muscle mass. I felt inspired to give this a try because he had been in the same situation I had and had come out on top. The first thing I started to do was ditch the fast food and implement the Labrada ProV60 right away. I started picking up the weights again and after a few weeks I had dropped 13 pounds.
I loved the Labrada ProV6o because it tasted great, had 315 quality calories, thousands of mgs of branch chain amino acids, and a whopping 60 grams of protein. I would take it as a post-workout protein as well as a night time protein. It was a great protein because it had whey for quick absorption, but it also had casein and egg proteins which provide a time released stream of amino acids that lasts up to 7 hours after ingestion.
Even though I wouldn’t be able to compete in mixed martial arts fights anymore I felt like I was getting back to the old me. After every hard workout I could literally feel my muscles absorb all 60 grams of awesome ProV60 protein. I was losing fat and getting stronger each day. I was about to drop below the 200 pound mark for the first time in quite awhile. After I did it I rewarded myself with a delicious Labrada ProV60 protein shake! I’m not even joking, that’s how great these things taste.
I’m still training with Labrada ProV60 and am getting ready to compete in my bodybuilding competition. I could not have done it without the help of the awesome people at Labrada and their great product ProV60.
