BASELINE PROFILE

Name:

ERIC ARAGON

Age: 

 36

Occupation:

Pharmaceutical Sales Rep

Residence: 

New Mexico - USA

Study Start Date:

January 10, 2004

Height: 

5'6"

Weight:

188 lbs.

Neck:

15.75"

Shoulders:

49"

Chest:

43"

Waist:

39"

Bicep:

15"

Thigh:

25"

Calf:

14"

Eric is a 36 year old Senior Professional Representative (Pharmaceutical Sales), who has weight trained for the past 10 years.    He is involved in high intensity workouts to build power, strength and increase muscle mass.  He also weight trains to enhance his performance in other sport disciplines. 
 

Fitness Goals:

Eric is  training to compete in the Master's National Olympic weightlifting contest which is a qualifier for the World Championships in Baden, Austria in 2004.
 

Athletic Achievements:

American Weightlifting Association Championships, Olympic Style, 2^nd Place in 2002, 2^nd Place in 2003.
 

Nutrition:

Eric's diet consists of 3 main meals a day, followed by 2 to 3 meals/shakes between meals to ensure that he has adequate protein consumption.
 

Supplementation: 

 Protein and multi-vitamins.

Hobbies and Special Interests:

Eric enjoys playing the drums in his local church and his other interests include hunting, fishing and reading.
 

Reason for Participating in the Study:

Eric states, "I have read good things about Udo's Choice® Oil Blend and I am interested in seeing whether or not it can help me improve my overall health and fitness, increase muscle mass, loss fat and increase my strength."
 

Olympic Weightlifting: 

Seen here, using strict technique and form, Eric  trains four days a week (Mon. Wed., Fri and Olympic day on Sat.).  Workouts range between 45 minutes to one hour.  Eric does cardio 3 days a week early in the morning before his evening workouts. 
 

Exercise

Bench Press Week 1, WO 1

Bench Press Week 1, WO 2

Bench Press Week 2, WO1

Bench Press Week 2, WO2

Incline Press Week 1, WO 1, DB's

Incline Press Week 1, WO 2, DB's

Incline Press Week 2, WO 1, DB's

Back Squat Week 1, WO 1

Back Squat Week 2

Back Squat Week 3

Back Squat Week 4

Shrugs

Lat Pulldowns

Tricep Pushdowns

Standing DB Curls

Bicycles

Power Clean and Push Presses, Week 1

Power Clean and Push Presses, Week 2

Deadlifts, Week 1

Deadlifts, Week 2

Leg Curls

DB Front laterals

DB Curls

Tricep Extensions

Sit-ups

Snatch

Clean & Jerk

Reverse Hyperextensions

Russian Twists

Cardio

Health and Fitness Background by Eric Aragon: 

I'm 36 years old and work in pharmaceutical sales with Merck and Co. Inc. I've been married for six years and have 4 children to go with a busy work schedule. I began lifting weights consistently about 10 years ago as a way of increasing my strength and overall physical conditioning for fast-pitch softball. Up to that point, I had never considered competing in any weightlifting events.

After I quit playing softball, I continued to weight train and began running marathons. I ran the Chicago and New York Marathon to raise money for children with life threatening illnesses. It was during my marathon training that I ran into Doug Briggs, who had a weightlifting team called Briggs Barbell Club that I became interested in competing in Olympic Weightlifting. Over the past two years, I have competed twice and have achieved to second place finishes at both events. I love the technical aspects of competing in the snatch and clean and jerk. The snatch event is the most technically difficult lift in the world and I find it a great challenge to become technically proficient in each discipline.

My workouts are very high in intensity and are designed to build power, strength and increase muscle mass. As mentioned earlier, I am training to compete in the Master's National Olympic weightlifting contest which is a qualifier for the World Championships in Baden, Austria in 2004.

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