Eryk Bui … 12 months post-IFBB.

It has been a year since my retirement from the IFBB and professional bodybuilding and “migh-o-migh” a lot has changed in terms of my physique.  I am no longer lugging around 200+ pounds of body mass and it feels absolutely wonderful.  At 5’5” and about 225 pounds in the off-season, it was next to impossible not to mention extremely uncomfortable to be “normal” … running, jumping, doing other things besides weight-lifting and posing on stage.  Today, I am an athlete of 180 pounds of solid, lean, and agile muscle.  I always start my day off with either an hour of stationary bike cardio, or a brisk outdoors run of 3-5 miles … all the while being able to post a 400+ pound bench press and 600+ pound barbell squat in the weight-room. 

 

The “real” challenge for me was to be able to maintain my training intensity and strength while reducing my body mass to support a more athletically versatile frame.  A year later and over 30 pounds of solid muscle lighter, I can safely proclaim, “MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!”  I now have the frame to take myself into the next phase of my professional career, which will involve print advertising and hopefully Hollywood.  I am confident that my physique today best represents mainstream health & fitness.  Most importantly, my physique portrays and blares out the positive message that “real” people can be strong and achieve phenomenal “natural-looking” physiques without having to look like an “oaf” or jeopardizing their health.  

 

How did I achieve this?  I would be inaccurate and untruthful if I said that it was all sheer hard work and determination.  The “missing links” that ultimately transformed my physique were quality supplements that fortified my nutritional plan.  I owe a great deal of thanks to Markus Kaulius of Magnum Nutraceuticals for his excellent work in developing a line of nutritional supplements that don’t just promise, but deliver.  The supplement stacks that Markus recommended for me acted as powerful catalysts in transforming me into the “super-athlete” that I am today.  The best term to describe how I feel today is “super-human” as my physical abilities have literally defied most if not all laws of physical limitations.  Everything that I have been told that I would not be able to do with a lot of muscle mass I am not only doing, but doing extremely well.  Don’t just take my word for it … take the “Magnum Challenge” and experience it for yourself. 

 

I have attached my current training split and the supplemental recommendations that were given to me by Markus Kaulius, chief-formulator of Magnum products.  Please use them as only rough guidelines as individual results will vary.  Either way, you will undoubtedly become a better and healthier you.

 NEW-BUI TRAINING SPLIT

 

Monday

Chest,Biceps, & Back

3-5 mile out-door run AM

30 minutes cardio following PM training

 

Tuesday

Shoulders, Quads, Hamstrings, & Triceps

3-5 mile out-door run AM

30 minutes cardio following PM training

 

Wednesday

OFF (Abs & Calves)

50 minutes on stationary bike AM

50 minutes on stationary bike PM

 

Thursday

Chest, Biceps, and Triceps

3-5 mile out-door run AM

30 minutes cardio following PM training

 

 

Friday

Shoulders & Back

30 minutes cardio following PM training

 

Saturday

OFF (Abs & Calves)

50 minutes on stationary bike AM

50 minutes on stationary bike PM

 

Sunday

OFF

50 minutes on stationary bike AM

50 minutes on stationary bike PM

  

SUPPLEMENTS

Training Days:

Magnum Heat 20 minutes before every run and cardio session.

Magnum DNA, Big-C, A-Bomb, and Thrust 30-40 minutes before weight-training.

Magnum DNA, Big-C, A-Bomb, and Quattro (2 scoops) post-workout.

 

Non-Training Days:

Magnum Heat, Big-C, A-Bomb 40 minutes before cardio session.

Magnum DNA and Quattro (2 scoops) 30-40 minutes post-cardio

Magnum Thrust after last meal. 

 

MEALS

 

7:00AM

Magnum Heat

 

7:30AM

3-5 mile run

 

9:00AM

Magnum Quattro, DNA, Big-C, A-Bomb

 

10:00AM

6 egg-whites

1 cup of cooked quick-oats

 

1:00PM

6-8 oz grilled chicken breast

1 cup of cooked rice

garden salad

 

4:30PM

6-8 oz grilled chicken breast or Tilapia or Orange Roughy

1 cup of cooked rice

 

6:00PM

Magnum Heat and Thrust 20 minutes prior to exercise.

Training

 

7:00PM

Magnum Quattro, DNA, Big-C, and A-Bomb

 

8:30PM        

New York Steak

Garden Salad

Magnum Thrust