Missy Rosemeyer – Yet another successful Parrillo Transformation

One longtime reader recently wrote, “The Parrillo Performance Press is a breath of fresh air. Mainstream bodybuilding publications are all about hyped-up outrageous claims. The muscle magazines are aimed at capturing the aggressive young man market. These glossy publications feature gassed muscle monsters. How a professional bodybuilder trains has very little applicable use for an average trainee like me.” Right on! While muscle monsters are always popular amongst the 15-to-35 year old male demographic, mainstream muscle mags have little to offer for Joe or Mary Average in their fitness quests.

Adults live in the real world. Time is at a premium and life is a series of repeating responsibilities. Stories and feature articles about the tactics used by regular people to trigger extraordinary results are supremely interesting to the readers of the Parrillo Performance Press. How did these featured individuals, regular people living regular lives, transform their physiques using Parrillo tactics and strategies? How a regular person successfully pulls off a radical makeover is light years more relevant for normal people than how the current Mr. Olympia trains his triceps. Mature individuals are not fooled, seduced or enthralled in the slightest with articles about how some 300 pound muscle freak eats sixteen chicken breasts a day and trains three hours a day six times per week. That has zero relevance for person with a family, a job and all that goes with it.

Parrillo Performance Press readers would rather read about how a 49 year old police officer working tons of overtime reduced from 245 pounds of fat and blubber into 195 pounds of pure muscle. Real stories about real people making amazing gains in short frames is of supreme interest to the mature person still chasing the idea of a renovated physique and looking for ideas and inspiration. While the PPP might not be as visually exciting (at least for young men) as the cavalcade of gassed-to-the-max muscle monsters and scantily-clad women that cover every page of every muscle mag, the techniques and tactics discussed in the PPP, the ideas about nutrition and training, are immediately applicable for Joe and Mary Average. At Parrillo Performance our goal is to provide athletes with the most potent products and offer proven training tactics and new techniques for improving results, from both weight training and cardio. John Parrillo revolutionized the art and science of bodybuilding, both in training and nutrition. He changed the contours of the bodybuilding and fitness landscape forever. John has long championed a high volume training approach for both resistance training and cardio training. He has also long championed the “high calorie” dietary approach: eat lots of “approved food” that will “support” high intensity weight training and high intensity aerobics. Progress occurs quickly for those that commit fully and completely to a full-bore, all-out Parrillo-style training and nutrition program.

The Parrillo strategy is about melding training (lifting and cardio) with a highly stylized and specialized approach to nutrition: the Parrillo nutritional strategy could be encapsulated as high protein, high calorie, low LCT fat intake, augmented by targeted supplementation using potent Parrillo Products. Parrillo’s training and nutritional approach was born out of his extensive work “preparing” elite bodybuilders for competition. The Parrillo approach requires a total commitment: the Parrillo trainee goes all out in every training session, no half measures or watered-down compromises. The Parrillo trainee eats what they are supposed to eat when they are supposed to eat. Those disciplined enough to adhere fully and completely to the multidimensional Parrillo approach make radical gains rapidly. The physical rewards come quick to those disciplined enough to lock down each and every training and nutritional aspect of the Parrillo matrix and do so across the board, adhering to every single aspect every single day. Stories about regular folks getting extraordinary results using Parrillo strategies is hardly unique but always of great interest to our readers. When valiant struggle is rewarded with a transformed body it makes for inspirational reading. Real people discussing the specifics of the training and eating methods used to trigger a dramatic physical change in a matter of weeks or months are always of interest to readers of the Parrillo Performance Press.

Missy Rosemeyer is yet another in an unending succession of regular individuals that transformed their physiques using Parrillo-inspired tactics. Missy learned how to engineer her own transformation from Parrillo Performance Press cover-girl Heather Bear. Missy lives an ultra-busy life and her ability to fit fitness into a harried and multidimensional life is inspirational to those of us wondering how to fit fitness in. Missy is happily married and lives in rural Indiana. She has children ages 2, 4 and 6.  Can there be a more time-intensive undertaking than raising three rambunctious kids?  She weight trains alone in her sparse home gym in the basement early in the morning. “I wake up early, before the kids wake up. That way I can train in a concentrated fashion; something that is difficult if not impossible to do when the kids are up and going at it full steam.” Missy teaches jazzercise part time and as an aerobic instructor built a “good” physique before becoming involved with Parrillo. “My physique was okay but I knew something was missing. I had purposefully avoided weight training over the years, particularly any lower body weight training – I tend towards being bottom-heavy and I felt lifting weights would make my bottom half even more disproportional. I thought diet and fitness was all about eating next to nothing and avoiding weight training and just doing aerobics. When I began to do the opposite – eating six times a day and weight training – including my legs – my physical progress just took off. I had found what was missing.”

Missy took the plunge and incorporated weight training into her aerobic regimen. She made a wonderful discovery: weight training hardened and streamlined her legs. She also added a significant amount of shapely, svelte, sleek muscle to her upper body torso and in doing so improved her symmetry to a significant degree. Missy made progress so quickly that she began toying with the idea of competing in a Figure competition. Missy reached out to Heather Bear through a mutual friend and Heather helped Missy set up a competition training and diet cycle. Missy, who turned 38 this past March, competed at her first ever Figure Competition in April. She placed 5^th in the tall class and was positively thrilled about the whole process. “Competing was the culmination of a three month commitment. My degree of transformation was pretty dramatic. I couldn’t have done it without the help of my friend and super-knowledgeable trainer, Heather Bear.” Heather passed along to Missy how to construct a Parrillo-style cardio and weight training template. Heather helped Missy institute a Parrillo-style nutrition plan. Once Missy got into the rhythm of the training and nutrition, she was able shed body fat by the bucketful while simultaneously building new muscle that evened out her formerly asymmetrical physique. “I was able to create a new look for myself. It was amazing how quickly it all came together. Heather was a real asset; every time I began to doubt myself or lose momentum, she would reinvigorate me and pump me up. It was great to have someone as accomplished as Heather telling me I could and would do this if I stayed true to the path she had laid out.”

Her aerobic background gave Missy a terrific base on which to construct her new physique. “I have always been fit and athletic. Over the years I have kept myself in pretty good physical condition. I am a fitness instructor in addition to being a stay-at-home mom yet I was never able to shed those last few pounds of flab that accumulate on the hips and thighs. I had discipline and I dieted but I dieted by starving myself; whenever I dieted I lost too much weight too quickly and most of it was muscle that I could not really afford to lose. My weight loss always occurred in my upper body and never where I needed it, in my lower body. I hid behind and inside my jeans. I would never wear shorts or a swim suit because I was embarrassed by my thick flabby legs.” Then a mutual friend introduced Missy to Heather Bear. “My friend told me that Heather was an absolute expert and would be able to help me. At the time I had a vague idea that if I could engineer a fat loss, I might want to compete.” Missy reached out to Heather and the two hit it off immediately. “The phone call to Heather Bear was a phone call that literally changed my life. One meeting with Heather Bear convinced me that I could succeed if I committed to the process she described. Heather believed I could do this. Her confidence in me gave me the confidence to take the plunge.” Missy is normally “quite a self doubter” and she is often under-confident about herself and her abilities. Heather would hear none of it.

They started off the “process” by straightening out Missy’s diet. “I was doing everything wrong! Heather introduced me to the Parrillo multiple-meal, high-calorie dietary approach. She introduced me to potent Parrillo supplements. The eating and supplementing made an immediate and profound difference in how I looked and felt.” Heather taught Missy how to train legs properly. “Heather showed my how to exercise my legs so that they would become lean and sexy. I was really worried that my legs would blow up but instead they leaned out.” Heather played the role of cheerleader and coach. “Heather reaffirmed to me over and over that I could get my body to look exactly the way I envisioned. Heather provided me a terrific amount of emotional support. I really needed that starting out.” Heather was able to anticipate roadblocks and dead ends ahead of time. Missy recalls Heather’s commonsense advice. “I can still hear Heather saying over and over, “Will you quit worrying! Stop being such a doubter. You’re gonna look great!” Heather gave Missy the knowledge and confidence she needed to succeed. “I can honestly say that I have never looked hotter in my entire life – not bad for a mother of three small children.” Missy praises the guidance of Heather Bear. “I would highly recommend her services to anyone serious about improving their physique.” Missy was recently chosen as “female transformation of the week” on the monster website, Bodybuilding.com. She was also chosen to participate in the Ms. World Physique contest and has been barraged by people seeking her advice. “I get a ton of e-mails from other moms saying they are inspired from my story and that my story has fired them up to redouble their fitness efforts. This really means a lot to me. To know that you inspire others has a wonderful emotional benefit.” Missy Rosemeyer has just scratched the surface of her awesome potential. She is an ongoing work in progress and she serves as an inspiration to stay-at-home moms seeking to “fit fitness in.”

Sessions are done early in the morning. I usually will train for 30-40 minutes. I train legs twice a week and perform a lot of cardio teaching my class. My strength has improved dramatically since I began weight training.  I feel that I have a lot of room for improvement and have no doubt that I can improve considerably before my next competition.

Missy’s

Daily meal plan

Meal 1: Oats (½ cup), 5 egg whites

Meal 2: Parrillo Hi-Protein™ shake

Meal 3: Chicken breast (5 ounces), ½ cup of brown rice and broccoli

Meal 4: Parrillo Hi-Protein™ shake, almond butter on a sodium-free rice cake

Meal 5: Tilapia, ½ cup of asparagus, 1 tablespoon of almond butter

If I am really hungry late at night I will have another Parrillo Hi-Protein™ shake or cook four egg whites. The Parrillo Hi-Protein Chocolate Cupcakes™ with Protein Frosting™ are great for a sweet snack. I take Parrillo Fish Oil™ along with Parrillo Essential Vitamin Formula™ three times
a day.

Missy’s

Training Schedule

Monday: glutes and abdominals

Tuesday: back

Wednesday: legs

Thursday: shoulders and chest

Friday: biceps, triceps and back

Saturday: legs

Sunday: off