Jonathan De La Rosa Talks Olympia, Onerous Work, and Muscle Progress Methods on The Menace Podcast

Dennis James was joined by common panelists, Milos Sarcev and Chris Cormier, for Episode 243 of The Menace Podcast, they usually welcomed particular visitor Jonathan De La Rosa, who defined that whereas competing on the earth of bodybuilding is hard, the 2024 Tampa Professional winner at all times beloved to work laborious to attain his ambitions.

In the course of the present, De La Rosa, who on Saturday, introduced is retirement from the game following a sixth-place end at this previous weekend’s Tampa Professional (which was received by Jordan Hutchinson), advised Chris Cormier that he weighed round 238 kilos the morning of the 2024 Olympia, the place he was judged to be twelfth within the lineup finally received by Samson Dauda.

The skilled panel had been hopeful of development nonetheless, suggesting that the large man seemed to be nearing a future high ten placement. De La Rosa then defined what motivates him to maneuver on to the subsequent alternative. “This sport might be laborious on you, in the event you let it’s, however I really like competing, man,” stated the 41-year-old.  “I want I may, at the very least as soon as in my profession, place within the high ten, that’d be cool. However you realize on the similar time, the judges see one thing completely different and all of the athletes up there on the Olympia are actually, actually good.”

Jonathan De La Rosa’s Strategy to Olympia Coaching

“I actually do consider that in the event you keep on with the identical factor, on a regular basis, the muscle will get used to it,” stated De La Rosa of his gameplan. “So, try to be searching for newer, more energizing methods to stimulate muscle progress and I feel altering your routine each on occasion, altering rep schemes, altering tempo, all these issues helps.”

De La Rosa, who’s from New York, adopted in his father’s footsteps to turn into a aggressive bodybuilder, and shuns fast fixes or health fads, as an alternative selecting to grind for his objectives. “Is it me, however folks don’t wish to prepare laborious anymore,” requested De La Rosa of the TMP panel. “Everybody’s searching for the simple means out. The ‘quick health.’” Dennis James agreed with the opinion that there’s a much less hard-working facet of bodybuilding. “I’m glad you’re saying that, as a result of if we had been to say that we’d f***ing be (referred to as) previous grumpy head!” exclaimed the host.

To look at the complete episode the place the boys additionally mentioned time beneath ‘most beneath rigidity’, squatting, and breaking bodybuilding information, see under.