Learning From a Champion: What I Learned From Interviewing Alex Jamal About Real Body Transformation I recently had the honor of interviewing Alex Jamal, a Certified Nutritionist, Personal Trainer, and Champion Bodybuilder. With over 20 years of experience, he has helped countless individuals transform their bodies. At Custom Body Fitness, we believe in learning from professionals who truly understand transformation—not just physically, but mentally and emotionally. Alex has

How Do I Stay Motivated When I Don’t See Results Right Away? How badly do you want to achieve your goal? How will your life improve when you finally reach it? And more importantly — are the results meaningful enough for you to pay the price of change? These are the questions you must ask yourself before you begin any transformation. Your “why” needs to be powerful. For example, how motivated would you feel to walk over fire for twenty dollars compared to walking over fire bec

Where Do I Even Start? How to Begin Your Body Transformation Journey Getting started on a fitness or body-transformation journey can feel overwhelming. The real first step is not the gym, the diet, or the workout program — it is understanding what you truly want and why you want it. Once your purpose is clear, you can begin taking imperfect action or seek guidance from someone who has already achieved the results you want. When I first tried to get in shape, I admired people

Many people wonder what is the best workout for fat loss. It makes sense to ask that question if your goal is to lose fat. Anytime I want to improve my life in any area, I would like to know the fastest route to achieve my goal. And if my goal is to lose fat, why waste time on exercises that won’t help me lose fat? I would like to concentrate all my focus on those exercises that will yield the best results on fat loss.  Here I am going to explain the best exercise for weight

The First Time I Walked Into a Gym I still remember when a friend invited me to lift weights for the first time. I was 18 — curious but unimpressed. The gym didn’t spark anything inside me back then. A year later, while working as an arborist, everything changed. My boss was strong, lean, and confident — the kind of man who stood out. Watching him carry heavy blocks with ease, I couldn’t help but think, I want to be like him. When I asked if his body came from our hard work,

Last week I assessed one of our members who lost 4 pounds. Like I do with all my assessments, I asked him what he did to lose the 4 pounds and I also asked him what he thinks it needs to improve to see better results.  Our member talked about all the changes he made in his eating, and how he was eating. As we talked he mentioned that he ate hamburgers made at home with organic ground beef.  I like to get into details about the preparation of foods, so I asked him what else he

When I was younger than 28 years of age, I was a mess. I had no knowledge, I was broke, I was not happy, unhealthy, and with no purpose to live.  I am ashamed to say this, but I was not good for society. I was not giving to society. Instead of that, I was taken from society. I was not fulfilled.  Then one day, I decided to turn my life around. I had to suffer a deep depression to be able to change. I wish I had been smarter than that, but the reality was that I was stubborn l

I have been training people since 2010 and I find patterns that can tell some truth about peoples results.  We have some members who are constant with their exercise and healthy eating. Well, at least they do during the week because when the weekend comes, they eat anything they come across without thinking about the consequences affecting their body transformation results. When I assess these members, they usually don’t lose weight but they also don’t gain weight. Their resu

My days usually start at 4:30 am. I drink my lemon water, meditate and shower and I am ready for my exercise. I have been following this routine for around 8 years. Most of these days I feel energetic, but there are some days that I wake up tired. Of course, the days that I feel tired are more difficult than my normal days. Therefore, I do everything that is on my hands to improve my days when I feel tired.  Here are the 8 habits I practice to make my days more energetics: Ta

How fast can I lose 20 pounds?  When I get to see results? When will I be able to have a flat stomach? These are some questions some of our members ask. Of course, it is normal for many of us to want to know when we will be meeting our goals. We start a weight loss program with the hope of meeting our goal soon and I believe there is no issue knowing when we will get to our goal. But the goal becomes a problem when we only focus on the goal. I have noticed that many people ge