Summary: In this episode Robert Navarro talks about the importance of Before and After photos during your fitness transformation. He also shares his current web development workflow that he uses to develop for SharePoint Online. <a style="line-height: 1.5;" href="http://www.patreon.com/getupandcode" target="_blank">Patreon (Donate to Get Up And Code)</a> I’d really appreciate it if you could <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/get-up-and-code!/id646958161?mt=2" target="_blank">Rate Get Up and CODE on iTunes</a>. Thanks! Links <a href="http://herculesblog.com" target="_blank">Robert's Blog (http://herculesblog.com)</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/getupandcode" target="_blank">Get Up And Code Twitter (@getupandcode)</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/navarrorc" target="_blank">Robert's Twitter (@navarrorc)</a> <a href="https://github.com/navarrorc" target="_blank">Robert's Github (navarrorc)</a> Show Notes Competition Video (Overall Winner) Alamo Showdown Classic 2015 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBcyiszSDwU" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBcyiszSDwU</a> He is the lightweight competitor, in the middle. Full Transcript Speaker 1: Welcome to the Get Up and CODE Podcast with your host pro natural bodybuilder and software developer Robert Navarro. The only podcast that combines fitness and programming and does it in less time than it takes to finish your workout. Robert: Hey everyone, welcome back to another episode of Get Up and CODE. In this episode I talk about the importance of taking before and after photos. I will also introduce my current web development workflow using Webpack, Gulp and React.js with TypeScript. I hope you listened to the last episode where John introduced me as the new host of the podcast. If you haven’t, no worries, I’ll quickly introduce myself. My name is Robert Navarro. I’m a software developer that has been actively competing in natural bodybuilding competitions for the past 3 years and in the last episode I had said that I was getting ready to compete in less than 24 hours from the time of recording that show. The competition took place on a Saturday October 10th of this year 2015. I’m very excited to announce that I won the bodybuilding competition but most importantly that I’m now a pro natural bodybuilder. I earned my pro card with the NFF, the Naturally Fit Federation from Austin, Texas. You can find out more about the federation at <a href="http://www.naturallyfit.com">naturallyfit.com</a>. I will now be competing in the big leagues and I’m very honored to have been chosen. My hat goes off to the other competitors. We went to work and put everything on the line. I’ll go ahead and add a link of the video. It’s really cool how that moment was captured on video, so I want to be able to share that with you guys. I’ll go ahead and add it in the show notes, a very incredible experience. Okay, so I want to talk about the importance of taking before and after photos during your fitness transformation. I personally took some before photos, front and back shots 2 months before my latest competition. These photos were placed in a highly visible location where I could see them every morning and every night. My body fat was definitely not low enough to get on stage at that time. I believe it was around 10 to 12%. My abs and definitions were barely noticeable. The point that I’m trying to make is that you need to be aware of your current physical state and strive for improvement and having photos will help you do just that. You have to be honest with yourself and accept that you might not be in the best physical shape you can achieve so I want to make this podcast all about helping you achieve your best body possible and live a fit life. You don’t have to be a competitor but wouldn’t you want to find out how would you look if you transformed your body? Trust me, you do, you do want to find out.
