Page 170 - Muscle & Fitness (February 2020)

FLEX_FLEXPIRATION

Heart of a

Champion

erett Jolivet dropped an incredible 233 pounds in

ear. Now he’s competing on the NPC circuit—and
others achieve their own success stories.

OLIVET FELT years old and tipped the scale at
ut to die. 405 pounds.
by myself one He thought of his father, who
ed, and my dog had been a bodybuilder in his
e recalls. “I younger years but gradually fell
saved my life. out of shape, then died unex-
bed my chest pectedly of a heart attack at
dn’t breathe, age 42. He wanted to honor his
a small heart dad’s memory and not make the
same missteps. And with three
all 911—in hind- young daughters, regaining his
s he should have. health wasn’t just for himself—
ke a momentous, it was for his family, too.
decision when the “That first day, I thought back
ar subsided. “I was to high school and what I did to
have to stop and make stay in shape then,” Jolivet says.
ge,” he says. “It was cardio. So I went to a
ormer high school running local track, jogged a lap, walked
ack and track star, Jolivet a lap, then did it again. That
admits to “just getting lazy” in was one mile.” Day after day, he
the following years and living returned to that track. Soon he

off a time-bomb diet of pizza was up to two miles, then three
and other high-fat foods. His with ease.
weight increased by hundreds
of pounds after graduating PREPARE FOR
from Texas Southern University SUCCESS
with a degree in counseling. His Realizing diet was a make-or-
activity levels got worse—even break component of his quest,
after signing on as a personal Jolivet pulled all the junk food
trainer at Hardcore Gym in from his fridge and dumped it
Galveston, TX. Around the time in the trash. He also vowed to
of his health scare, he was 33 stop eating carbs late at night.
“I think I was like a lot of people
in that I would eat and then go

EVERETT JOLIVET IV to bed with a full stomach,” he
Birth Date: May 19, 1983 says. “It made me feel good,
Height: 5'4" at least emotionally.” He went
Contest Weight: 175 lbs cold turkey, eliminating carbs
Residence: Galveston, TX
Profession: Certified personal trainer and sugar in the evenings, and
Instagram: @everettjolivet started prepping healthy foods