Jonathan De La Rosa Talks Olympia, Exhausting Work, and Muscle Development Methods on The Menace Podcast
Dennis James was joined by common panelists, Milos Sarcev and Chris Cormier, for Episode 243 of The Menace Podcast, and so they welcomed particular visitor Jonathan De La Rosa, who defined that whereas competing on the earth of bodybuilding is hard, the 2024 Tampa Professional winner all the time cherished to work arduous to attain his ambitions.
Through 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 gained 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 gained by Samson Dauda.
The professional panel have 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 may very well be arduous on you, should you let it’s, however I really like competing, man,” mentioned the 41-year-old. “I want I might, not less than as soon as in my profession, place within the high ten, that’d be cool. However you understand on the identical 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 Method to Olympia Coaching
“I actually do imagine that should you follow the identical factor, on a regular basis, the muscle will get used to it,” mentioned De La Rosa of his gameplan. “So, you ought to be on the lookout 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 grow to be a aggressive bodybuilder, and shuns fast fixes or health fads, as an alternative selecting to grind for his targets. “Is it me, however individuals don’t need to practice arduous anymore,” requested De La Rosa of the TMP panel. “Everybody’s on the lookout for the straightforward method 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 have been to say that we might f***ing be (referred to as) previous grumpy head!” exclaimed the host.
To observe the complete episode the place the boys additionally mentioned time beneath ‘most beneath rigidity’, squatting, and breaking bodybuilding information, see beneath.
