Ask any bodybuilder their story and be ready to strap that seatbelt tight around your waist. Lay back, grab a snack and get comfortable because your in for one heck of a ride. A guy from Washington, DC; Manny Kirby who as a kid told his father he wanted to be as big as the Incredible Hulk. Who also went from drawing comic book characters he wanted to look like, to dancing, to a terrible car accident, to being like the Incredible Hulk.

ABOUT ME:

Name: Manny Kirby
Code Name: Azifukared
Date of Birth: 11/5/1966
Birth Place: Washington, DC
Grew up: Minneapolis, MN
Birth Sign: Scorpio
Off Season Weight: 235 lbs – 240 lbs
Contest Weight: 215 lbs
Currently Living: New York
Occupation: Personal Trainer / DJ / MC / Entertainer
Where I Train: Steel Gym NYC

HOW I GOT STARTED:

Before I ever stepped foot in a gym, I remember telling my father I wanted 2 big like the Incredible Hulk! He said “I guess you’ll be buying your own clothes then.”

I’m an artist, I used to draw comic book heroes when I was a kid, I used to collect comics. Drawing the Hulk, Batman, Spider Man, Conan The Barbarian, etc… Then I started break dancing and messing around in school in music class, what was so weird was I wasn’t taking the class.

Fast forward to 1996.
In 1996, I was in a car accident, cracking my sternum, 2 ribs on the front left and 2 in the back. I don’t recall any thing that happened in the accident…just flashes. The doctor’s told me I wouldn’t be able to dance again due to my heart being bruised by my ribs, I wanted be able to take the constant moving around due to the dancing. If I did, it wouldn’t be long before I would end up back in the hospital.

I was laid up for a good two months, there I started reading the writings of Bruce Lee, His mental focus on the body astounded me. Then I found Mike Mentzer, he had the same mental focus. But, in a different way. Bruce was more about the mind and the spirit. Mike was about the mind and pushing beyond your limits. I combined them both and low and behold…I stepped fourth into a gym. Currently reading Arnold’s workout, so I tried his competition workout. A weeks workout mind you, needless to say, after the first day, the rest of the week was trying to recover and move. Never made it through the rest of the week. That was brutal!

So I figured out a game plan and started training my way with Bruce and Mike in my head. In 1997 early 1998 I competed in my first body building show; MPLS where I grew up. After the accident I weighed 135lbs, a huge drop from 150 lbs when I did the show I weighed 170 lbs…7th place. I was happy, but it made me rethink everything…

Late 1999, Nov. I did the show again, a week prior to that completion, I did a power lifting show…my first one ever, I wanted to test my theory about the mind moving the body beyond. I placed 2nd place dead lifting 395 lbs at a body weight of 175lbs and bench pressing 225lbs, nobody ever told me not to the power lifting a week prior to a body building show. You’re supposed to take it easy, needless 2 say I placed 4th. There I had found my answers on training and how my body responds to heavy weights…I blew up!

MY CONTEST HISTORY:

3rd place men’s heavyweight
2001 NYC dept of parks city wide bodybuilding contest in the Bronx

3rd place men’s light heavyweight
2001 Dance Theater of Harlem 10th annual Mr. New York Physique Competition

2nd place men’s light heavy weight
2002 Brooklyn Recreational Center
“went in as middle weight, moved 2 light heavy weight class, 4th place”

2004 NYC Dept. pf Parks City Wide Bodybuilding contest in the Bronx
3 rd place, men’s heavy weight

2006 NYC Dept. of Parks City Wide Bodybuilding contest in the Bronx
2nd place

2008 NPC EMPIRE STATES BODY BUILDING CHAMPIONS
3rd place 35 and over heavy weight.

Today I still train Heavy Duty and Smart. I used to train 6 days a week, then changed it to 5 days, now it’s 4 days now, I get better results that way. I take the weekends off and grow! I train Heavy weights and the max of 12-15 reps. At one point I tested myself to see how far I could go….never again. Two years ago I was preparing for a show, I figured what way to make an impact on a huge show being natural at 240lbs.

I pushed myself so hard that I taxed my nervous system. It took a month and change to get back to normal, picking up a 5lb dumbbell kicked my butt….but I still had to train my clients. I made it through, but learned a valuable lesson. More rest, and my calories didn’t measure up to the workouts.

MY SUPPLEMENTS:

Body Tech’s – Tech X Mass
BSN – True Mass
BSN – Cell Mass
Infinite Labs – Cyclo Tren
Infinite Labs – Juggernaut
Infinite Labs – CarnoCre
Muscle Tech – Nitro Tech Hardcore
Muscle Ayslum Project – Altered States
Beverly International – Mass Amino Acid Tablets
Nutrex Research – Niox Nitric Oxide Stimulator
LG Sciences – Methyl Masterdrol XL XPLO Caps
LG Sciences – Methyl 1-D
Anabolic Xtreme – Mass FX
Animal Pak – M-Stack
Fizogen – XPLO Caps
Fast Action Pharma – Trena

I cycle everything except the protein. Every now and then I may go a month on one supplement and sometimes I may take a month off from taking anything.

MY DIET:

6:30:
Mass Aminos 6 tablets
5 Altered States
Water

7 am:
Protein shake 4 scoops mixed with oat meal,milk,oj,flaxseed,tea spoon of peanut butter
9 am:
3 egg whites and grits

10:30 am
A No 2 drink, depends on what it is….on my way to the gym to train
Fast Action PHARMA–TRENA

1 pm:
Turkey Burger or
8 oz of Salmon, bottle of water
half of yam

3 pm:
1 bottle of water
Mass Aminos 6 tablets
Altered States-5 tablets

5 pm:
8 oz. salmon
mixed veggies or chicken salad with egg whites, and olive oil

Depending on what time I get home
Turkey burger, mixed veggies and shake

Before I hit the bed…
shake Nitro Tech Hard Core 2 scoops, with Flaxseed
Mass Aminos 6 tablets

This is my current diet as of now. Every now and then I have a large Pepperoni Pizza. I love milk so all my shakes are with milk.

MY GOAL:

My goal is to do well in a show, and make an impression and hopefully have a sponsor to further my career and or be a spokesperson. I love this life style, I love training my clients and seeing them succeed and to see the look on their faces when they didn’t believe they could do something. Whether it be, moving some serious iron or seeing their bodies change.

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E-mail Manny Kirby: azifukared@gmail.com

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