Name: Jonathan Later
Nationality: Dutch
Hometown: The Hague
Birth Date: 01/22/1982
Height: 5'7
Competition Weight 2005: 192 lbs

Competition Weight 2006: 203 lbs
Off-Season Weight: 232 lbs
Occupation: Personal trainer / salesman The Natural Health Company (The Hague)
Training Location: Health Club Orange (Gilze Rije) and Kneets Gym (The Hague)
website: www.JonathanLater.com

 

Contest history: 1st place  -90 kg + overall winner Open Eemsmondcup 2005 (IFBB)

                        3rd place +90 kg Dutch Nationals (IFBB)

MY STORY
I was born in The Hague (the Netherlands) on the 2nd of January 1982. I used to do different kind of sports like ice-hockey, jujitsu, kickboxing and soccer.
At the age of ten I started to watch Schwarzenegger movies, at that time I already knew I wanted to be like that one day.
The first time I got in contact with lifting weights was when we went to the gym with school. I weighed 149 lbs at that time. When I first started training I liked to train legs because I wanted stronger legs for soccer. Because of the progression I made I decided to get a membership at that gym. I started to work out with a good friend of mine. We just did all of the machines. I mostly did the chestpress machine, the progress was good and I really felt the pump. The friend who I was training with quit after two months. I kept going.
After 6 moths of training I gained 4.5 lbs. That's when I got introduced to another gym. In the new gym there was an instructor who said that I had to train with free weights, and that I had to train with a split training schedule.
I also started taking weight gainers. Every month 1 gained 2.2 lbs to 4.4 lbs. I also bought a book from Arnold Schwarzenegger. In his book he was talking about all the things he was eating to get bigger, so I started to eat as much as possible. I ate a lot of bread with tuna and mayonnaise. After a wile I ate 26 slices of bread a day. Than I trained and also had dinner after my training and oatmeal with protein before sleeping.
After 3.5 years of training my weight went up from 149 lbs to 229 lbs . I also gained fat, my body fat went up from 10 to 17.5
November of 2003 I met Rob Ammersdorfer at the Dorian Yates Grandprix in the Netherlands. With two friends of mine I went to his gym and he made a diet for all of us. Four months after starting his diet my body fat went down to 8 or 9.
Because I wanted to build more mass I started to eat more carbs again.
November of 2004 I started with my diet for the Eemsmondcup 27 March 2005. From the beginning Rob told me that I would make the top 3. His prediction was right and I won the Eemsmondcup, my own weight class (-200 lbs) and the overall title (winner of all weight classes).

 

My last competition was the Dutch Nationals (IFBB). I placed 3rd in the heavy weight class. I watched my protein intake all year to gain more mass. Working with Whey Isolates as much as possible. Nectar from Syntrax is my favourite because it's such a clean protein. I use Nectar in the morning right after waking up and just after my workout. Before going to sleep I take a different protein that absorbs more slowly , for example Matrix or better yet Essence of Syntrax or Ultrapeptide of Xtreme formulations. Last year I made a lot of progress using MASS STACK (NITRIX, NO XPLODE, CELLMASS) of BSN. This gave me a great pump and high energy during my work out. I noticed an increases in strength and mass. About 30 minutes after taking NO XPLODE you feel the energy rising! You certainly need to try this!