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Talk To Me Johnnie

The personal blog of John Welbourn, 9-Year NFL starter and CEO of Power Athlete Inc.

Talk To Me Johnnie

Talk To Me Johnnie is the personal blog of John Welbourn, 10-Year NFL Veteran and CEO of Power Athlete inc.

2nd Annual Wade’s Army

For those of you new to the Power Athlete family, Wade DeBruin was a two-year-old little boy we lost two years ago to Neuroblastoma, a deadly form of pediatric cancer that attacks the nerve tissue. Wade’s mom and my wife grew up together and while my wife was pregnant with our girls we saw his heart wrenching struggle play out on Facebook. What hit so close to home was when I saw a picture of Wade with his twin sister...

By John|Categories: Talk to Me Johnnie, Wade's Army|6 Comments

Bulking Protocol – Part 1

Thanks for emailing me. I was not being sarcastic about contacting me about how to put on size and muscle and more specifically my bulking protocol. The Power Athlete Bulking Protocol is easy to follow and has always resulted in a bigger, stronger, more muscular athletes. Where we have succeeded, and others failed, is consistency...

By John|Categories: Diet, Power Athlete, Talk to Me Johnnie, Training|Tags: John Welbourn, Muscle Gain|30 Comments

The Hay is in the Barn

Do the work, put in the hours and the suffering, leave nothing to chance and when the moment of truth presents itself you can feel confident that “the hay is in the barn” and there is nothing left to do but get out of the way and let greatness happen. If you do this, the feeling in the pit of your stomach isn’t nervous energy…it is adrenalin...

By John|Categories: Mental, Talk to Me Johnnie|25 Comments

Wagon Wheels

I started playing football my freshman year of high school. I was introduced to weight training the summer before as part of the football program. The first day I walked into the gym, I was 165 lbs and 6' tall. I benched a ground breaking 115 lbs and squatted an ugly 185 lbs for 2 reps..

By John|Categories: Diet, Lifting Weights, Power Athlete, Talk to Me Johnnie|42 Comments

Watch It All Burn

Serious question, do you ever get tired of helping people? Or rather... trying to help people? I feel like I'm constantly leading horses to water. Family and friends come to me complaining that they can't lose fat, can't gain muscle, and can’t overcome ailments like celiac and IBS. They ask for advice...

By John|Categories: Talk to Me Johnnie|17 Comments

42 Things I Learned Leading Up to 2013

13. It is better to live like a farmer than a bartender. Farmers go to bed when the sun goes down and wake when the roosters crow. Bartenders hang out with drunks, don’t go to bed till 3 or 4 in the morning and sleep all day. Be a farmer...