GENOMYX :: Where Evolution Begins

Francisco Montealegre

Genomyx is proud to announce its new sponsored athelete Francisco Montealegre, WNFB Natural Pro. Francisco represents everything we stand for as a company, hard work and determination. Hes a very humble and down to earth guy who deserves every opportunity that comes his way. We're looking forward to helping him continue to reach his potential in the sport of natural bodybuilding.

Francisco is a lifetime natural bodybuilder. He started his journey in bodybuilding by chance more then 10 years ago. He was 135lbs competing against guys 50+lbs bigger then himself, in Karate Renbukai. He decided after losing pretty badly a few times in an open division where there were no weight divisions, that gaining weight was his only option if he wished to continue competing. Karate was his passion and continued to be so until injuries forced him to stop. He has been focusing on bodybuilding ever since and continues to push himself to make awsome progress each year.

Last year all of his hard work paid off when he turned pro in the WNFB and won his pro debut. Hes currently getting ready to take the stage in September and we expect great things from him in the future.

What is a Typical Workout?

I am a big fan of Frequency! I believe that frequency plays a major role in muscular development and growth. For that reason my workouts are based on a high frequency protocol. When I started I used to train one body part per week however used to notice that my muscles recovered in less time but I was afraid to increase the frequency because all the over-training issues that everybody was talking about in the gym. One day frustrated because of my lack of progress I decided to train each muscle 2 times per week and I started to make progress again. It’s been a few years and I haven’t gone back to the once a week protocol and I think that I never will. On the other hand over-training is not an issue the trick is to start slowly and let your body (muscles and soft tissue) improve its ability to recover. Frequency is recovery dependent and if you still don’t believe me just look around! Gymnast for example…they have big backs and arms! They do hundreds of chin-ups everyday! They have forced their muscles to develop higher rates of recovery…if they can do it sure we can. In addition I have been testing new things this year; I am training my upperbody 3 times per week and my lower body 2 times per week. I am trying to raise the bar and explore new boundaries pushing to the limits of my capacity….I may fail but I got nothing to lose.

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