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[Montego]

Great job fellas!

 

[dcdogz]

174.5

Lil heavy huh

Back to reality!
Just finished lower today went pretty good!
But dammmn no tren no winnie is sumthin

Slept pretty terrible too but first night back
Think im still adrenaline dumping pretty hard off my show day high and carb high.
Literally.
Also you dont really recover that fast huh.
Yesterday afternoon fatigue still kinda came in i was like, huh , lol oh yea im still kinda fucked.

Down to trt atm and increasing carbs slightly this week.

Some bit of good news. Probably the best news i think, wife enjoyed herself!

Says "she gets it now". Seemed totally down for me competing again so i musta done pretty well myself not being too much of an asshole lol.

The only thing my wife didnt like was womens fit model

She said they dont even look in shape so their "dances" (posing) just look slutty and raunchy. Lmao

 

[dcdogz]

Congrats! What's the reverse plan? Trying to capture the body's desires and grow past where you started prep? Good luck in your offseason getting ready for next year (or whenever your next show is)

Coach said it best!

 

[dcdogz]

Also lil extra story.
When i first got off stage my kids were shocked!
They said i did great and i looked really good.

Since they had no comparison while i was prepping seeing me up there be competitive kinda opened their eyes like oh shit dad wasnt fucking around lol.

Wife said similar and trust me this is not a lady that will blow smoke up my ass.

If i went up and looked like.shit shed be so pissed i wasted our money and time.lmao.

But when i first saw them she was like you did great and looked great

As most of us know, wife approval is kinda important lol.

Bought myself another prep

 

[ERock5]

Also lil extra story.
When i first got off stage my kids were shocked!
They said i did great and i looked really good.

Since they had no comparison while i was prepping seeing me up there be competitive kinda opened their eyes like oh shit dad wasnt fucking around lol.

Wife said similar and trust me this is not a lady that will blow smoke up my ass.

If i went up and looked like.shit shed be so pissed i wasted our money and time.lmao.

But when i first saw them she was like you did great and looked great

As most of us know, wife approval is kinda important lol.

Bought myself another prep

No better feeling than making the wife and kiddos proud. Ultimate win

 

[Halfi]

Also lil extra story.
When i first got off stage my kids were shocked!
They said i did great and i looked really good.

Since they had no comparison while i was prepping seeing me up there be competitive kinda opened their eyes like oh shit dad wasnt fucking around lol.

Wife said similar and trust me this is not a lady that will blow smoke up my ass.

If i went up and looked like.shit shed be so pissed i wasted our money and time.lmao.

But when i first saw them she was like you did great and looked great

As most of us know, wife approval is kinda important lol.

Bought myself another prep

My girl would feel the same way. If I wasted time and her mental sanity while I was dieting and got up there and looked like shit she would probably kill me lol

 

[TommyJam]

Congratulations DC, you looked great leading up to the show and even better in the stage shot you posted. IMO 2nd place on your first outing is a hell of a lot more than just "respectable", you did an amazing job. Happy for you and the family brother.

 

[WED]

The only thing my wife didnt like was womens fit model

She said they dont even look in shape so their "dances" (posing) just look slutty and raunchy. Lmao

The Women's posing is a bit ridiculous, especially whatever their glute spread (??) is called. IDK I think there is a fine line between showing off your body in bodybuilding and objectification.

 

[dcdogz]

The Women's posing is a bit ridiculous, especially whatever their glute spread (??) is called. IDK I think there is a fine line between showing off your body in bodybuilding and objectification.

my kids didnt like it either lol

they were like what are they doing, i explained showing off hamstrings and stuff and they were like ohhh okay.
they had zero experience or idea what they were gonna see when they showed up, but they all seemed to enjoy it.

actually my kids were literally the ONLY kids there. there was literally none.
so they kinda stood out in the audience, which ended up being neat because the staff was really nice to them and gave them each a swag bag and some medals.
so i have 5 medals at home lol.

i was actually kinda surprised they liked it so much, i was due to go down at 5 to the waiting room, and my family decided to go down around 330 4 to watch more of the event.
it was a little delayed so i didnt end up going up for the finals until almost 8 oclock.

also i never seen so many lightly salted rice cake packages in one location ever lol. lighty salted rice cakes as far as the eye can see lmao.
quaker oats really should be sponsoring some of these events lol



little update:
Gotta stay locked in atm so we can get a good rebound. Ive heard the rebound post show can be harder sometimes then prep heh.

so far im alright, keeping all foods the same. if they worked in prep should work now. plus i have a bunch of prep food left so gonna finish it off slowly before I get
"silly" with foods.

just got a little walk in, and getting some cardio later.

either way sweeteners are back baby so im good lol. 5 days without any was more then enough torture lol.
plain ass grey oats was a small hell i did not forsee lol. fckin yuck lol.

no sodas today

depending how i feel maybe 1 day bjj this week or zero, next week for sure I should be able to handle a day to slowly work my way back in there.
still have that little tricep injury that doesnt entirely bother me but its still there, as carbs come up should heal though I feel like. it got better during prep so not super concerned.
its just not 100% yet.

feel pretty good however, nice to not have all that stress and pressure. big relief/weight off the shoulders.

 

[Meetketchup]

The post show hunger rebound is very real. It’s usually way worse than in prep. As your body starts getting more food, it’s going to want more and more. Also not having the goal of stepping on stage isn’t there to prevent you from saying fuck it. Lol.

You’ll be fine though especially because you’re creative with food and you do have a goal and know this phase is extremely important for how much runway we have for the off-season. So many guys gain 20-30 pounds right after the show and they limit room-for the off-season. YouTube is full of first time competitors that will record themselves eating a ton of food showing this.I will never understand it. I’m not talking about the guys that use this period to blast and try a heavy rebound. That’s one thing and works well for certain people, but I’m talking about guys that just go eat whatever they want and balloon up.

 

[dcdogz]

The post show hunger rebound is very real. It’s usually way worse than in prep. As your body starts getting more food, it’s going to want more and more. Also not having the goal of stepping on stage isn’t there to prevent you from saying fuck it. Lol.

You’ll be fine though especially because you’re creative with food and you do have a goal and know this phase is extremely important for how much runway we have for the off-season. So many guys gain 20-30 pounds right after the show and they limit room-for the off-season. YouTube is full of first time competitors that will record themselves eating a ton of food showing this.I will never understand it. I’m not talking about the guys that use this period to blast and try a heavy rebound. That’s one thing and works well for certain people, but I’m talking about guys that just go eat whatever they want and balloon up.

i can def see how lack of a goal can leave you kinda lost.
its kinda like ummm now what lol.


im not sure i even mentioned this, but the morning of they like made soo many changes to the schedule was hard to even wrap my mind around it all.
but they added a 20 sec posing session BEFORE prejudging.

i heard that and was like oh shit okay, now i have to just randomly pose for 20 seconds? before prejudging?
i was like man 20 seconds aint long but okay. so kinda threw me for a loop because in my mind i was lining up with everyone first now all of a sudden i was doing a routine to random music.

although neat thing was the head judge (Steve Weinberger) for the olympia was there part of the crew so that was kinda neat.

but it was 745am and they were dropping this news on everyone, and we were up at 8 and they would NOT stop talking at the athlete meeting.
it wasnt just me either but the other guys were starting to get kinda frustrated and also a little panicked like ughh we need to go get ready can we end this please lol.
and they kept saying over and over that they were sticklers for time and they will be on time no matter what lol.

so thats how it went, i got back stage like literally at 755 and boom we were called up, and boy did it go by fast before I knew it did my 20sec "routine" and then was back in line for the first prejudging, then boom again back in line, then boom again back in line.

was wicked fast!

 

[BFulforth]

Did it!

3, 2nd places!

Not bad! Beat a few guys!


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Congratulations! You totally brought it

 

[dcdogz]

172.6 bloat coming off

Rest day!

Finishing up cardio and some steps.
Keeping activity levels semi close.
Aiming for 12 13k ish steps ish. Not pushing it but also not dropping it all so fast.
Enjoyed my walks too heh


Slept about 6 last night perfect for me! Feel great.

Also due to lack of fat on my feet
My offical height was 5 6 and a half.
Lost about an inch to 3/4 with the cut.

 

[dcdogz]

Post cardio

 

[dcdogz]

now on to the important questions

do i change my chubby cat pfp to a bb pic from my competition lol

 

[Slowsol]

now on to the important questions

do i change my chubby cat pfp to a bb pic from my competition lol

100%. Me personally, I’d be living in that glory moment and retelling the story of how badass I was every chance I got for the rest of my life

 

[dcdogz]

100%. Me personally, I’d be living in that glory moment and retelling the story of how badass I was every chance I got for the rest of my life

 

[dcdogz]

171.5

Bloat coming off feel alot better lol
Digestion everything been fucked

Checked in with coach already
Was kinda weak Monday, musta just been a back to the grind recovery thing.
Felt great today strong as shit.

Pull was great.

Either maintained easily or overloaded easily
And thats with keeping 2 rir this week

Delt cables
16.5 x 12 x 10
11.5 x 12 x 10
Same


Seated cg rows
33. 170 x 10 same
33. 162 x 10 up 14lbs
33. 157 x 11 up 25lbs

Seated lat bar rows
34. 152 x 9 same
34. 147 x 9 up 1
34. 143 x 9 up 3


Cg lat pulldiwn

33. 152 x 12 up 2
33. 152 x 10 up 5 lbs
33. 147 x 11 up 5 lbs


Rope pullovers
66.5 x 12 up.1
60 x 12 up 2

Rear delt machine
Same

Single arm cable curls broken cables
22 x 13
22 x 11
16.5 x 13

Straight bar curls
40 x 14 x 12 x 11

Leg raises
23
22
21
19




Me getting tanned

 

[GasmanX]

171.5

Bloat coming off feel alot better lol
Digestion everything been fucked

Checked in with coach already
Was kinda weak Monday, musta just been a back to the grind recovery thing.
Felt great today strong as shit.

Pull was great.

Either maintained easily or overloaded easily
And thats with keeping 2 rir this week

Delt cables
16.5 x 12 x 10
11.5 x 12 x 10
Same


Seated cg rows
33. 170 x 10 same
33. 162 x 10 up 14lbs
33. 157 x 11 up 25lbs

Seated lat bar rows
34. 152 x 9 same
34. 147 x 9 up 1
34. 143 x 9 up 3


Cg lat pulldiwn

33. 152 x 12 up 2
33. 152 x 10 up 5 lbs
33. 147 x 11 up 5 lbs


Rope pullovers
66.5 x 12 up.1
60 x 12 up 2

Rear delt machine
Same

Single arm cable curls broken cables
22 x 13
22 x 11
16.5 x 13

Straight bar curls
40 x 14 x 12 x 11

Leg raises
23
22
21
19

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Me getting tanned

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The sock is quite a scene

 

[dcdogz]

The sock is quite a scene

Seriously! Of all the things i was most anxious/nervous about was the tan.

Wasnt too bad however just cold, and standing in front of a fan so goofy lol

 

[Meetketchup]

Seriously! Of all the things i was most anxious/nervous about was the tan.

Wasnt too bad however just cold, and standing in front of a fan so goofy lol

It's bad enough not having a huge D, but then being blasted with what feels like liquid nitrogen makes it even worse. That sock seems to get looser and looser.

 

[dcdogz]

It's bad enough not having a huge D, but then being blasted with what feels like liquid nitrogen makes it even worse. That sock seems to get looser and looser.

Also nothing has ever made me felt smaller then getting tanned right behind a 6 4 ifbb pro thats about 235 - 240lbs lol

Good lord what a specimen. Felt like we were just a different species

 

[GasmanX]

Seriously! Of all the things i was most anxious/nervous about was the tan.

Wasnt too bad however just cold, and standing in front of a fan so goofy lol

Yup, goofy AF.

 

[dcdogz]

170.3
water coming off! almost 7 hours sleep!
starting to feel a bit skinny again, thank goodness. bloat was unreal lol
i can tell exactly where im holding it too, like 95% of it upper body.
the pumps in the gym are super nasty however. despite maybe over doing it,
the sleep and gym sessions seem like it was 100% worth it for recovery.
besides the first night back, every night has been getting better and better.

It is coming off a little slower then I imagined, but im guessing lack of tren and winnie slowing it down a little heh.
ill never look that dry like I did on stage, little bit of a mind F. should be in the 160s i think when I check in Saturday.

got to bjj as well today, was pretty light and was just careful since tricep not 100% either, but i figured id go if i felt rested and with almost 7 hours we got in there.
probably still get cardio later today, and some steps. gonna maybe aim for 10 11k ish should be a good balance.
not going tomorrow to bjj, but next week ill probably get another day or 2 maybe just depending. just on GI, not no gi my knees feel way to dry for that nonsense atm, and none of my shit fits at all lol. my knee pads/ knee sleeves lol.

im wearing an A1 gi atm, which is literally the smallest gi they make haha, any smaller and might need a womens gi haha.

push was incredible! knocked it outta the park. i only had to deload on incline press due to tricep, but once new plan comes from coach, might end up switching just to incline smith since this machine gave me a lot of trouble just in general getting the right activation. I think I figured it out, but incline smith will probably be easier depending on what he programs for me.
well see.

everything else either held, got a few more reps, or overloaded.

might be having some tilapia this week. work in some lean ground beef too as well.
gonna hold off on the top round for a bit since the fat content isnt as exact.



23.90 for 10lbs is a great price., checking against local supermarkets. almost 50% cheaper.

 

[dcdogz]

169.8

great lower!

rear delt cables
16.5 11 x 10 x 9
11 x 12

abductors
150 x 10
150 x 10

seated leg curls
200 x10
180 x 10

pendulms BACK
decided to toss them in, hadnt done them since injury, felt like such a HUGE bitch lol
45 x 11
45 x 10
45 x 9
im not sure if just in general weaker or what but this was mega hard lol
disgusting

sldls
80 x11 x 10 x 10

lying curls
110 x 12
90 x 12

leg press calves
4plates x 24x 22 x 21 x 19

rear delts pec deck
120 x 12
115 x 11
110 x 11

prone db rows
70 x 12 x 11 x 10

incline db curls
22.5 x 12 x 11 x 10

cg rows
165 x 11 x 10

leg raises
22 22 21 19


not much changed foods, besides tossing carbs pre workout

 

[dcdogz]

 

[Slowsol]

Good lord you were peeled sir

 

[dcdogz]

Good lord you were peeled sir

looked pretty cool!

didnt feel pretty cool lol

also very annoying, and maybe its just me, but people irl just asking me CONSTANTLY whats your body fat.
The same people, OVER AND OVER AND OVER.

holy that never stopped being annoying, and progressively was starting to make me angry even lol.

like how am i supposed to know that lol



i know people are obsessed for some reason with a body fat #, but goodness heavens, just constantly being asked that, as we got closer to show got more and more and more annoying.
I would answer them the same every time, theres no way for me to know that, and it doesnt matter.
its not a bodyfat contest, and the number doesnt matter if im not lean enough anyway.
probably a little bit of prep i guess they meant well, just curious.

===========================

pics came in last night, and sleep was a little mid, got crazy hyped again lol.
i am also under 170 again, so might have something to do with it as well.

under 170 is ouch, over 170 body is happy lol
90% sure it was the picture hype tho lol, sent them to buddies, and friends and posted on socials. couldn't wait to get up and see the overall response from friends and family.
i knew it would be good i guess, but im so high on life atm lol and super happy and pleased with just everything, couldn't have gone better you know.


one thing, i was so happy after the show like yay i can stop all this prep shit and stuff, i guess good habits die hard.
im still exfoliating like a bitch, and moisturizing lol. I thought id drop it immediately but my skin has never looked so nice.
the only one thing im doing like every other day is my back moisturizing because its just too damn cold lol.

and my butthole has never been so smooth lol, might get spicy soon I imagine, gonna have to have bi monthly butthole shave nights with the wife lol.

oh mrs. dcdogz, you thought it was over? no maam, I like this level of closeness, we are keeping it lol.

 

[dcdogz]

Ahem

New gym bag swag

 

[ERock5]

Ahem

New gym bag swag

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Did you compete classic?