Deadlift 200 kgs.

Alex is a 23 year sports therapist/personal trainer and competitive powerlifter.   He has been weight training for the past five years.  He is currently training in preparation for a competition to be held within the next 6 months.   Alex is involved in high intensity workouts to build power, strength and increase muscle mass.
 

Strength Training Goals:

Alex's goals include the following:
1. Improve recovery time between sessions;
2. Increase power to weight ratio; and,
3.  Increase muscle mass.
 

Athletic Achievements

2002 European championships,
2002, 2003 British Championships,
2004 World championships.
All 75KG class.
2006 competed in the English Championships in the 82.5KG class.
 

Nutrition:

Alex eats between 4-6 meals a day depending on his clients for the day.  He eats Musili and yogurt for breakfast, a mid-morning protein shake or some coffee and a cake.   Lunch includes meat with rice or pasta, fruit in the afternoon and a protein shake following his training.   Dinner generally consists of some type of meat with either rice or potato.
 

Supplementation:

Alex supplements his diet with protein powder, Pro-mass - Dorian Yates.
 

Hobbies and Special Interests:

"I am a fully qualified sports therapist and personal trainer.  I currently own and operate a personal training company and also work as a Sports Therapist for a local rugby club.  Outside of work I enjoy training, eating, sleeping, going to the cinema, reading books and playing video games."
 

Reason for Participating in the Study: 

"I would like to see if Udo's Oil Blend will help me reach and maintain my goals which i hope to achieve throughout my competing and everyday life.".
 

Weightlifting/Event Training: 

Bench Press 100kg
   Level of Training:  Advance
Alex trains five days a week utilizing a split routine for
approximately 45 to 105 mins. per session.
 

Health and Fitness  Background by Alex Wheatman:

I first got involved in Athletics many years, I started out doing cross country in the winter and 800m in the summer. I managed to reach the English schools finals on two separate occasions for cross country and regularly made the south of England track team.

Whilst doing my A-levels I wanted to move down to run the 400m my athletics coach at the time told me that i was way too small for 400m 8 1/2 stone. So i joined my local weights gym trained there for about a year or so and then really got into it. I met my coach by chance. He was in the gym one day training we got talking told him that I was interested in weight training, he suggested that I should come along the next time he was there I did and that was that really. That was nearly six years ago.

I had been training about six months before my first comp. It was a push pull meet. I weighed in at 62.2KG. Pushed 60kg and pulled 145kg. I was 17 at the time.

Over the years the weight has gone on but not as much as I would like. For years I was stuck in the 75kg class. It was not until the end of last year that i really had to diet hard for a show. After that day i have always been over 75 KG and will never go back there.

Thankfully I have never had a bad injury doing what I do. That's one of the most frequently asked questions. I had more injuries thought running then I do lifting weights. We all have niggles, I have never met anyone at a meet who is 100% fit and healthy. We just get on with it.

My targets for this year are to break the world deadlift record which is 260KG at the minute. Most of all just to keep gaining good weight on the bar and on me. I train 5 days a week so it can be very grueling on the body, so I just make sure that I have enough sleep, rest and food.

Outside of training I am a personal trainer, strength coach and Sports therapist so most of my time is taken up with work. I don't play any other sports mainly due to the risk of injury and recovery time from the gym and track sessions.

As far as diet goes I would not say that i am strict in the slightest. I have always been very lean and had a very high metabolism. I eat the basics eggs, chicken, rice, fish, potatoes, pasta, but i also eat rubbish like pizza and ice cream.

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