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Noted! Thank you. I’ll look into it
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I had this....functional but annoying to load 9 45s on it. Good for higher rep stuff. Hard to do anything single leg b/c the weights were in the way.
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164.3 new low, down 3.5 from last week!
ive noticed, past few weeks, i drop mostly during fri-sun then it just holds rest of the week.
seem like im building up ton of systemic inflammation possibly during the week? then fri - sun I get relaxed as fuck and boom whatever I was losing during the week comes off.
pretty neat and good to know as we get closer and closer. I have super active weekends but I take it a bit easy, stress free, and coach mentioned on my off time or rest days or down time try not to think about bodybuilding or anything. Just realized thats kinda what I do on the weekends, and during the week im just consumed by it. Stress with work /sleep /meal prepping /steps/ lifting/ cardio /posing/ vacuums. I mentioned before its OVERWHELMING. On the weekends tho i have time so im just stress worry free about everything, despite mostly doing all that stuff. No work, no dealing with the kids, just chilling at home cleaning/organizing stuff out. its peaceful.
at the same time its super hard not to STRESS about this, probably one of the hardest things ive ever done, still have a bit of work to do, and probably one of the biggest events/accomplishments in my life next to kids, marriage and maybe buying a house. cant think of anything that much bigger, at least for myself.
going from fat, to on stage, is just cant believe im almost there.
my wife got super nervous last night lol. we were eating dinner and she just randomly looked up at me, your show is in a month??
i was like, um yea.
she just looked at me like
its like wtf u think ive been doing all summer lmao.
4 weeks out today officially!
check ins done.
cardio done!
same rest day foods no changes, finishing up all the shrimp, and re buying today some.
theres a deal on 5lb boneless ribeye chunk of meat might pick it up for the fam. 7.99 a about 5 steaks ish for 45 bucks.
gonna make some rice crispies today fresh for the kiddos.
gotta lotta of shopping to do today, then organizing the house up a bit. I have so many packages lol.
needa reorganize matcha/espresso station, gonna move out a buncha whiskey i dont drink anymore and just in general prep since kids go back to school this week.
hoping to be done around 4/5 and watch some football this evening.
have some androgen changes. not big ones, newest addition gonna be using this rare bad boi. on to the good stufff!
ive noticed, past few weeks, i drop mostly during fri-sun then it just holds rest of the week.
seem like im building up ton of systemic inflammation possibly during the week? then fri - sun I get relaxed as fuck and boom whatever I was losing during the week comes off.
pretty neat and good to know as we get closer and closer. I have super active weekends but I take it a bit easy, stress free, and coach mentioned on my off time or rest days or down time try not to think about bodybuilding or anything. Just realized thats kinda what I do on the weekends, and during the week im just consumed by it. Stress with work /sleep /meal prepping /steps/ lifting/ cardio /posing/ vacuums. I mentioned before its OVERWHELMING. On the weekends tho i have time so im just stress worry free about everything, despite mostly doing all that stuff. No work, no dealing with the kids, just chilling at home cleaning/organizing stuff out. its peaceful.
at the same time its super hard not to STRESS about this, probably one of the hardest things ive ever done, still have a bit of work to do, and probably one of the biggest events/accomplishments in my life next to kids, marriage and maybe buying a house. cant think of anything that much bigger, at least for myself.
going from fat, to on stage, is just cant believe im almost there.
my wife got super nervous last night lol. we were eating dinner and she just randomly looked up at me, your show is in a month??
i was like, um yea.
she just looked at me like
its like wtf u think ive been doing all summer lmao.
4 weeks out today officially!
check ins done.
cardio done!
same rest day foods no changes, finishing up all the shrimp, and re buying today some.
theres a deal on 5lb boneless ribeye chunk of meat might pick it up for the fam. 7.99 a about 5 steaks ish for 45 bucks.
gonna make some rice crispies today fresh for the kiddos.
gotta lotta of shopping to do today, then organizing the house up a bit. I have so many packages lol.
needa reorganize matcha/espresso station, gonna move out a buncha whiskey i dont drink anymore and just in general prep since kids go back to school this week.
hoping to be done around 4/5 and watch some football this evening.
have some androgen changes. not big ones, newest addition gonna be using this rare bad boi. on to the good stufff!
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165.3
Sleep kinda sucked 4.5 and didnt feel too hot.
Woke up a little puffy.
Took it a little easy yesterday 10.2k steps but was organizing house a ton. Have a huge mess ive neglected lol.
Have 3 pickup beds worth of junk gonna go toss. Probably have another 2 i need to sort and toss next weekend.
Holy grail tren + winnie goodness heavens.
What a stack! Never ran tren or winny before and i get the hype now!
Plus had a 90pre and post refeed. Pump was incredible. Var doesnt give me low back pumps, but Winnie absolutely does lol wow!
I never understood those back pumps and with incline smith rows and seated rows it was nasty!
I didnt move the numbers too much but man every rep had bad intentions behind it! Could really feel targeted muscle groups.
Despite feeling like a god still had to deload a little on chest, but went up a tad on back movements. I felt so incredible i might have blown all my energy on back by the time i got to chest movements ha.
Delt cables
20. 20 x 10 up 5 lbs
20. 15 x 13 x 12 x 11
Single arm lat pulldown
25. 80 x 13 x 11 x 10 same
Incline smith rows
18. 175 x 11
18. 170 x 10
18. 165 x 10 down 2 reps
Despite losing a couple this whole set was nasty!
Seated row hs
20. 100 x 14 up 3
20. 95 x 11 up 1
20. 90 x 14 up 3
Incline hs chest machinr
18. 90 x 8 > 80 x 5 dropped finished with 80
18. 80 x 10 down 5lbs
18. 75 x 11 down 5 lbs
Felt really damn perfect here but despite drop
Pec deck
21. 180 x 13 up 1
21. 175 x 10 + 1 down 1
21. 165 x 7 down 4
21. 155 x 5 extra finisher
Oh machine press matrix
20. 55 x 11 same
20. 52.5 x 9 drop down 1
Preacher curls
2. 85 x 13 up 10lbs
2. 85 x 11 up 10lbs
2. 85 x 10 up 10lb
Tricep ext subbed for Pushdowns, tricep injury
80 x 15 same
80 x 12
80 x 11
Same
Ab push machine planet fitness
100 x 22
100 x 21
100 x 20
100 x 18
Up 15lbs
Walking 30 min cardio mid afternoon
Then cleaning up and meal prepping
Kids back to school tomorrow, well see how affects schedule a little. Shouldn't change too much but its always a pain getting back into that grind.
Sleep kinda sucked 4.5 and didnt feel too hot.
Woke up a little puffy.
Took it a little easy yesterday 10.2k steps but was organizing house a ton. Have a huge mess ive neglected lol.
Have 3 pickup beds worth of junk gonna go toss. Probably have another 2 i need to sort and toss next weekend.
Holy grail tren + winnie goodness heavens.
What a stack! Never ran tren or winny before and i get the hype now!
Plus had a 90pre and post refeed. Pump was incredible. Var doesnt give me low back pumps, but Winnie absolutely does lol wow!
I never understood those back pumps and with incline smith rows and seated rows it was nasty!
I didnt move the numbers too much but man every rep had bad intentions behind it! Could really feel targeted muscle groups.
Despite feeling like a god still had to deload a little on chest, but went up a tad on back movements. I felt so incredible i might have blown all my energy on back by the time i got to chest movements ha.
Delt cables
20. 20 x 10 up 5 lbs
20. 15 x 13 x 12 x 11
Single arm lat pulldown
25. 80 x 13 x 11 x 10 same
Incline smith rows
18. 175 x 11
18. 170 x 10
18. 165 x 10 down 2 reps
Despite losing a couple this whole set was nasty!
Seated row hs
20. 100 x 14 up 3
20. 95 x 11 up 1
20. 90 x 14 up 3
Incline hs chest machinr
18. 90 x 8 > 80 x 5 dropped finished with 80
18. 80 x 10 down 5lbs
18. 75 x 11 down 5 lbs
Felt really damn perfect here but despite drop
Pec deck
21. 180 x 13 up 1
21. 175 x 10 + 1 down 1
21. 165 x 7 down 4
21. 155 x 5 extra finisher
Oh machine press matrix
20. 55 x 11 same
20. 52.5 x 9 drop down 1
Preacher curls
2. 85 x 13 up 10lbs
2. 85 x 11 up 10lbs
2. 85 x 10 up 10lb
Tricep ext subbed for Pushdowns, tricep injury
80 x 15 same
80 x 12
80 x 11
Same
Ab push machine planet fitness
100 x 22
100 x 21
100 x 20
100 x 18
Up 15lbs
Walking 30 min cardio mid afternoon
Then cleaning up and meal prepping
Kids back to school tomorrow, well see how affects schedule a little. Shouldn't change too much but its always a pain getting back into that grind.
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164.7 post fairly hefty refeed!
pretty good. little heavier then sunday low, but less then yesterday. down .5 from last week.
expected to slow down i guess, cant keep losing 3lbs every week heh.
lower went pretty damn well. i know winnie can dry you out a bit, and ive heard about the joint dryness. not sure how long that takes to kick in or if ill feel it, but
since first lower on winnie was pretty cautious just in case. I feel super strong and fragile at the same time. which is odd!
after lower walked lightly for 45 min. about 1.3 - 1.7 speeds. cant really any faster lol. legs are SMOKED.
love me leg day.
delt cables
20 x11 down 2
15 x 14 x 13 x 12 up 1 all sets
adductors
190 x 16 up 1
190 x 12 down 3
i held these a little longer inside and outside and yikes was rough.
hams have been very tight crampy so was a little conservative on lying curls
im terrified of tearing something lol
115 x 12 down 5lbs
110 x 12 down 5lbs
leg ext
195 x 12 down 5lbs
190 x 12 down 5 lbs
185x 11 down 5lbs
leg press
90 x 13 donw 1
90 x1 2 down 1
90 x 10 up 10lbs
hack squats
85 x 10 same
80 x 10 FULL fail yikes went for one more stuck at the bottom
calf extensions
same
rear delt machine
same
ab push planet fitnesss
same
same foods no changes, just full breast today.
didnt have time to make skrimps, hopefully can make them today
so i picked up those on sale ribeyes, lol it was brazlian meat.
family liked them either way but not quite a ribeye we're used to. its more lean, almost like a bottom/top round on the inside, but has fat around the edges.
looked up a youtube vid on the best way to grill it, since it was a whole loin. followed that tutorial and got a nice little sear and kids ate and wife.
basically you leave it as a loin, and grill it around a few minutes, then you slice it, and sear. worked out well.
little nice family dinner before kids went back to school. still have half of the loin left, and 4 steaks they can eat through the week.
probably just gonna chop em up for tacos or something, was still pretty cheap for meat.
i bought this huge slab of pork belly from there awhile back. I didnt realize what I was getting, but it was FULL half pork belly from a massive pig. it was like idk 6 feet across lol and like 18 inches wide.
well its really gross. has hair and shit, and its just not what i expected. Been cooking it and just feeding it to the dogs lol. they really like it.
that shit is hard to prep. Ive failed to make it edible 4 times already lol from the big cuts I made before I sealed it and deep froze it.
also, how the fuck to anorexic people get around? i feel like im walking on bones.
i have really nice house shoes, and these hoka cliftons but man its just barley enough.
so fckin uncomfortable!
pretty good. little heavier then sunday low, but less then yesterday. down .5 from last week.
expected to slow down i guess, cant keep losing 3lbs every week heh.
lower went pretty damn well. i know winnie can dry you out a bit, and ive heard about the joint dryness. not sure how long that takes to kick in or if ill feel it, but
since first lower on winnie was pretty cautious just in case. I feel super strong and fragile at the same time. which is odd!
after lower walked lightly for 45 min. about 1.3 - 1.7 speeds. cant really any faster lol. legs are SMOKED.
love me leg day.
delt cables
20 x11 down 2
15 x 14 x 13 x 12 up 1 all sets
adductors
190 x 16 up 1
190 x 12 down 3
i held these a little longer inside and outside and yikes was rough.
hams have been very tight crampy so was a little conservative on lying curls
im terrified of tearing something lol
115 x 12 down 5lbs
110 x 12 down 5lbs
leg ext
195 x 12 down 5lbs
190 x 12 down 5 lbs
185x 11 down 5lbs
leg press
90 x 13 donw 1
90 x1 2 down 1
90 x 10 up 10lbs
hack squats
85 x 10 same
80 x 10 FULL fail yikes went for one more stuck at the bottom
calf extensions
same
rear delt machine
same
ab push planet fitnesss
same
same foods no changes, just full breast today.
didnt have time to make skrimps, hopefully can make them today
so i picked up those on sale ribeyes, lol it was brazlian meat.
family liked them either way but not quite a ribeye we're used to. its more lean, almost like a bottom/top round on the inside, but has fat around the edges.
looked up a youtube vid on the best way to grill it, since it was a whole loin. followed that tutorial and got a nice little sear and kids ate and wife.
basically you leave it as a loin, and grill it around a few minutes, then you slice it, and sear. worked out well.
little nice family dinner before kids went back to school. still have half of the loin left, and 4 steaks they can eat through the week.
probably just gonna chop em up for tacos or something, was still pretty cheap for meat.
i bought this huge slab of pork belly from there awhile back. I didnt realize what I was getting, but it was FULL half pork belly from a massive pig. it was like idk 6 feet across lol and like 18 inches wide.
well its really gross. has hair and shit, and its just not what i expected. Been cooking it and just feeding it to the dogs lol. they really like it.
that shit is hard to prep. Ive failed to make it edible 4 times already lol from the big cuts I made before I sealed it and deep froze it.
also, how the fuck to anorexic people get around? i feel like im walking on bones.
i have really nice house shoes, and these hoka cliftons but man its just barley enough.
so fckin uncomfortable!
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164.7
down .6 for the week atm.
noticed on front relaxed if I tighten up everything, starting to see striations on my lower lat area finally.
almost there!
hopefully tomorrow or thursday can get some updated physique pics. should be able to.
fatigue pretty high atm, so been kinda lazy with taking the pics.
passed out last night pretty early and slept pretty good. no idea on time, put my watch to charge, and passed out before putting it back on, but woke up feeling really good.
estimating roughly pretty close to 5.5 maybe 6 even.
thank goodness needed it. maybe it was less idk but I felt rested.
cardio 35 done! did 20 min stairmaster and 15min incline walking got a good sweat then got my activity for the day when there.
feels good to be pretty much done for the day and can just rest now.
down .6 for the week atm.
noticed on front relaxed if I tighten up everything, starting to see striations on my lower lat area finally.
almost there!
hopefully tomorrow or thursday can get some updated physique pics. should be able to.
fatigue pretty high atm, so been kinda lazy with taking the pics.
passed out last night pretty early and slept pretty good. no idea on time, put my watch to charge, and passed out before putting it back on, but woke up feeling really good.
estimating roughly pretty close to 5.5 maybe 6 even.
thank goodness needed it. maybe it was less idk but I felt rested.
cardio 35 done! did 20 min stairmaster and 15min incline walking got a good sweat then got my activity for the day when there.
feels good to be pretty much done for the day and can just rest now.
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little late update been busy adjusting to new schedule with kids back in school
164.7 3 days in a row, net down about .75 a lb.
scale becoming useless now, have to use the mirror and my eyes are bad and my mind is cloudy
coach is the guide from here on out!
slept about 5.5-6 not the best but right now, this is ALL I need for a good day. 2 days in a row feeling pretty damn good with that. beggars cant be choosers 3.5 weeks out.
little demotivated however on pull day, losing strength now a tad but to be expected after almost 25lbs down in weight. finally strength cracked.
im very impressed and pleased with how long i was able to keep up until i just physically / mentally cant.
not gonna post numbers im tired and lazy lmao
but was down a little on cg rows, down a bit on lat bar rows and i went up a little on cg pulldowns and lat pull overs.
the rest were the same or nothing of note. it was solid I think.
back leaning up!
summoning my inner @GasmanX
164.7 3 days in a row, net down about .75 a lb.
scale becoming useless now, have to use the mirror and my eyes are bad and my mind is cloudy
coach is the guide from here on out!
slept about 5.5-6 not the best but right now, this is ALL I need for a good day. 2 days in a row feeling pretty damn good with that. beggars cant be choosers 3.5 weeks out.
little demotivated however on pull day, losing strength now a tad but to be expected after almost 25lbs down in weight. finally strength cracked.
im very impressed and pleased with how long i was able to keep up until i just physically / mentally cant.
not gonna post numbers im tired and lazy lmao
but was down a little on cg rows, down a bit on lat bar rows and i went up a little on cg pulldowns and lat pull overs.
the rest were the same or nothing of note. it was solid I think.
back leaning up!
summoning my inner @GasmanX
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also insta just showing me food non stop lmao. not sure how it knows but it does. ive been leaning into it personally, but coach recommended it against it,
it is torture, but at the same time ive been using the ideas to make my sons lunches super badass.
ill post some pics of his lunch tomorrow.
we are taking it super easy on wrestling so he wont be cutting not one ounce this year, so i can make him literally whatever so im going wild with ideas and basically living through him haha.
tomorrow gonna make him that viral pbandJ with ruffles, and a rolled up pinwheel tortilla with cheese salami and pepperonis.
today packed him a mexican soup, hotdogs, hot dog buns and chili and cheese plus a protein shake, and some chewy bars and snacks like that.
Planning on doing him some chicken salad, with crackers, beef jerky, and maybe like a yogurt with chocolate jello mix and some protein powder for his dessert on friday.
we have a ton of family trips planned, sorta making up the prep time/lost summer and we didnt really do anything but wrestling for years.
gotta know when to push and give sometimes.
going to concert with daughter, nfl game, cruise in december, then a college bowl game, cancun for spring break and one more cruise for my wifes birthday next summer.
hopefully this will shut her up for another few years lol
it is torture, but at the same time ive been using the ideas to make my sons lunches super badass.
ill post some pics of his lunch tomorrow.
we are taking it super easy on wrestling so he wont be cutting not one ounce this year, so i can make him literally whatever so im going wild with ideas and basically living through him haha.
tomorrow gonna make him that viral pbandJ with ruffles, and a rolled up pinwheel tortilla with cheese salami and pepperonis.
today packed him a mexican soup, hotdogs, hot dog buns and chili and cheese plus a protein shake, and some chewy bars and snacks like that.
Planning on doing him some chicken salad, with crackers, beef jerky, and maybe like a yogurt with chocolate jello mix and some protein powder for his dessert on friday.
we have a ton of family trips planned, sorta making up the prep time/lost summer and we didnt really do anything but wrestling for years.
gotta know when to push and give sometimes.
going to concert with daughter, nfl game, cruise in december, then a college bowl game, cancun for spring break and one more cruise for my wifes birthday next summer.
hopefully this will shut her up for another few years lol
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its a crunch excersize room for like the group classes. i have absolutely no fcking idea what they are for lol. they have like handles and grips and stuff.
they are like straps or something.
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This is how you balance life. Getting shit done in the gym and diet while the rest of your time is focusing on family and what really matters. You'd be shocked at how many guys AND girls can't do that. Obsessing about this part of your life is almost always a negative. Good on you especially for a first show not knowing what to expect.
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i can imagine, its tough to balance it all. especially in prep!
its just one of those things, you have to do it!
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Which division you planning on?3.5 weeks
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masters novice true novice and possibly the open just for funsies
although might just save the money for the open lol
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Really hope the place works out for you and the family. Thx again for reaching out
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I mean….bodybuilding, classic physique or men’s physique?
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classic
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Been peaking at some fall flavors recently. Need to get some apple, pumpkin CoR going soon
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Now you got me looking... i know for sure. I have a couple of cans of pumpkin in the shelf from back when we were doing all those crazy shakes. I'm gonna have to find some recipes and use that stuff up.
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i still got that pumpkin bread recipe was fire.
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I'm waiting for some stuff to come back in stock, but Mighty Pumps is supposed to be a legit CoR brand and they have Pumpkin (in stock) but also a Banana Bread that supposed to be amazing and an apple spice. Need to mix that up
