Mario came to me 12 weeks out from the 2004 Northerns. I took a look at him and was a bit hesitant because he was several weeks behind schedule. I could tell he really wanted to do it, so I agreed. Mario proved that he has the drive and willpower to handle a very tough, low calorie diet combined with at least 60min cardio every day for months on end. He really dropped a lot of water the last week and wound up in pretty good condition. He placed an awesome 4th out of 9 in a tough middleweight class. He was very happy, and is excited to make the neccessary improvements needed to be a tough lightheavy in the next year or two.