Becoming the Iron Lion

[Montego]

Great job on the log and prep.

You going for your pro card this time?

No. Not if the stars aligned prefect and nobody showed up would I ever earn a pro card lol. I'm not even close man, galaxies away from being second call out in a national show.

 

[Montego]

3 weeks.

Had 400g of carbs yesterday because weight took a huge hit, I won't do that again, I'll push thru.

Sorry for the naked floppy skin ass, it is what it is.

Haven't updated any since I'm tunnel vision but, we're working.

 

[BlackRain]

Lookin fuckin good Mont! Respect!

 

[Montego]

Long day. Got off work late so trained late. Pull today went well, keeping up the pace between sets a tad more then usual but crushing the muscle as much as I can.

Single arm Pulldown 2x fail
Mag close grip stretcher 2x fail
Prone row 3x fail
Matrix upper back row 3x fail

These are all super sets with a bicep movement between, palm up DB curls, hammer curls, close grip ez bar, and cable high curl. The added volume at this point for biceps has kept them MUCH fuller then my previous prep where they faded towards the end.

Meals on a training day right now -

1 - pre workout
16oz egg whites
1/2c oats
50g berries

Intra -
I've been using EAA+ from true nutrition for a few years now and imo there isn't an intra out there that's even close. It does not have carbs so I typically have been getting 30g carbs from Gatorade (normally hbcd but I'm being cheap) but, I have pulled those carbs out and seen to be doing fine during training. I do add 6 grinds of pink salt to it. I'll attach a picture of the ingredients.

2 - Post
75g protein from Whey
100g fruit (oranges are the go to right now, usually 1 whole orange)

3 -
250g chicken breast
100g Jasmine rice

4 -
250g white fish (threw the Tilapia away and I'm rotating cod and flounder)
1g baby Spring mix

5 -
Same as 4 but green beans instead of spring mix

6 -
220g steak (NY Strip since it's my sole fat source)
2c spring mix

Weights coming off and I'm staying pretty full with the single high day when I've bottomed out but, as I said, no more high days unless the fat loss just completely stops.

On leg day, the egg whites and steak are swapped in their respective meals.

On non training days, zero carbs besides the oats in meal 1.

I'm doing 45 minutes of cardio every day either fasted or post workout before my shake.

And the cycle stuff since I'm almost done.

The first however long, I've completely lost track of how long I've been on, think around 18 weeks, was

750mg test e
300mg Deca
300mg tren e
5iu gh ed

Around 12 weeks into this I dropped the tren but left the rest.

Around 6 weeks ago, I started ed -

50mg test p
50mg mast p
50mg tren a
50mg npp
50mg test iso/test pp
50mg var
50mg winny
5iu gh
40mcg clen

3 weeks ago I -
bumped the clen to 60mcg

1 week ago I added 5mg yohimbine 2x day (trying to keep the clen dose low so adding the yohimbine is anther pathway for fat loss and it's working well)

I don't plan on changing this but, the clen may go to 80mcg if I don't continue to see the fat coming off.

Still training push pull legs in this way - push, pull, off, legs, push, off, pull legs off, repeat over and over. I will take an extra rest day between the legs/pull cluster if I feel I need it.

Sleep sucks. I'm always hungry. I'm moody and I feel like dog shit most of the day but, I'm fucking loving every second of this.

Any questions, ask away!

 

[Montego]

Lookin fuckin good Mont! Respect!

Ty brother!

 

[REHH]

No. Not if the stars aligned prefect and nobody showed up would I ever earn a pro card lol. I'm not even close man, galaxies away from being second call out in a national show.

Well it’s a lot easier to get a pro card these days you know. Hard once you start competing as a pro tho.

Good luck either way

 

[Montego]

Legs. Sticking with the recent layout, shorter rest, straight sets to failure, super sets on most.

Did some reverse hypers and seated leg curls to warm up. First 4 sets were just warming up on the curl then 3 working sets to failure, the hypers were all high rep blood flow stuff to get the low back and glutes going.

Super cat squat - 2 sets to failure ( failure with no spot so maybe 1 rep left) feet flat and close, 2 sets to failure with feet up on the foot plate.

Hip press feet close ss Romanian split squat (bw ) - 3 sets of each to true failure (assisted last rep with arms)

Smith rdl ss extension - 3 sets of rdls to failure, 3rd set was partial reps, 4 sets of extensions to failure

Quads are fried.

 

[Killionb12]

Great job on the log and prep.

You going for your pro card this time?

If he could focus on just bodybuilding I would have no doubt this guy could go Pro! This guys schedule is insane and for him to have the physique he has is insane! He’s a freaking beast!


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[Montego]

Push done. Pretty weak today but we kept up the intensity.

3 sets of Pec deck ss with cable side laterals to failure

3 sets of flat machine press ss seated side laterals to failure

3 sets of neutral grip machine press ss triceps extension to failure

2 sets of hammer grip front laterals to failure

5 sets of hanging knee raises

45 minutes of cardio post training

Time for work.

 

[Montego]

2.5 weeks

 

[Montego]

Dig

 

[REHH]

If he could focus on just bodybuilding I would have no doubt this guy could go Pro! This guys schedule is insane and for him to have the physique he has is insane! He’s a freaking beast!


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Yeah don’t know how he does it,

 

[Montego]

Update.

Had some type of stomach bug the last couple days. Nothing terrible but enough to use the restroom a few extra times and feel kinda crap. Pushing on.

Off yday, legs today. PT was yesterday. This guy has done wonders with my knee in 4 weeks. I'm so fucking excited to start growing post show and not worry about the knee pain so I can bring the left quad up and actually be able to train legs how I want to consistently.

Same stuff, high intensity with what I'm able to handle for legs today.

Adductor 4 sets to failure to warm up

Hip press single leg 2 sets to failure, 1 set with both to failure super set with standing hamstring curl 3 sets to failure

Reverse squat machine 3 sets to failure super set with quad Extension 3 sets to failure

Leg press feet close and mid 3 sets to failure super set with split Squats 3 sets to failure

Single Leg rdl 2 sets to stretch

Pretty flat. Can't really contract anything right now even with lots of water and tons of sodium (7-9g a day). It's fine though, muscle is holding on and I'm separated still, just nothing is popping at this point. The back side is tightening up, Christmas tree is pretty well dug in and I'm starting to see blood vessels in the lower lats area so, I'm happy with that.

I've got a lot of loose skin in my glutes as well as my lower back from when I was obese and, I had tried to focus on growing the glutes this off season to fill in that area. They HAVE grown but, not as much as I had hoped. From the side when I hit the glute you can see the muscle move but it's not striated so a minor win. I had a lot to learn with glute training and still do but, I think I've figured out at least a better way to focus on it going forward.

We keep digging.

I wanted to thank @ironlion for everything they've helped me with during this prep. All of my injectables were from them as well as my gh.

@domestic-supply had sent me some clen when I last anticipated competing and I didn't get to use it from the issues I've had but, I've used it this prep and it's been fantastic.

These two are the best out there and cover everything you need.

 

[Montego]

13 days

 

[ironlion]

 

[Montego]

Couple bigger weight drops these last two days. Weight yesterday morning was 234.6 down 2lbs from a week ago. Weight this morning 233.6 so down anther lb.

My legs are holding so I'm not obnoxiously flat to the point where I MUST feed up for a day but I'm getting close. They do feel a little beat up but, it's just part of it.

Yesterday was push. Same idea, go go go. Zero pump.

Fly 3 sets to fail ss laterals 3 sets to fail

Decline machine 3 sets to fail ss reverse Pec 3 sets to fail

Flat machine 3 sets to fail ss front raises 3 sets to fail

Extensions ss one raises

Something else in there but I can't remember.

I had an extra 25g carbs in my last meal (50 total for the day) and posing an hour after, everything exploded so, I'm still soaking up the food when it gets put in.

Pic from this morning cold out of bed. Grain train coming.

Pull today after fasted cardio.

 

[Montego]

Pull day.

Added in 80g of carbs so far today to my base training day so, 135g for the day.

Extra 25g carbs from oats pre, extra 30g carbs post from rice and 25g in the following meal from rice as well.

After the 2 bigger weight drops I wanted to put a little bit of fuel back in the tank and see what happened with my look tomorrow. I was pretty flat, probably on the verge of too flat but, a little bump shouldn't make any difference in progress. Hunger is through the roof though so tomorrow will be a grind.

Pull was good. All were 3x fail super sets

Single arm Pulldown ss DB curl
Upper back machine row ss low close row
Upper back DB row ss strive curl
Shrugs ss hypers
Hanging knee raises

Pump was great with the added oats pre. Energy was good.

 

[Jbswole40]

Looking great bro.keep pushing.

 

[REHH]

Really leaning out now

 

[Montego]

A good bit fuller today and holding some water (didn't quite have the quads flexed correctly here either) .

Part of my thought process yesterday with adding the carbs to see what happened was also adding in some extra fats as well to help fill out.

Lots of guys don't think about it but, you do store some intra muscular triglycerides which can account for 2-3lbs of "fullness" if you're running extremely low fats.

I've been rather low in fats but, I have been having a fatty steak meal each day and from what I see, it's been enough to keep those intra fats full so they're not low per say. Anther variable checked off the list for my loading on show week as I'll just need to add carbs and not any fats unless I'm burning through them.

 

[Montego]

Yday was legs. I'm 11 days out.

Holding on, by a thread lol. Pretty damn weak compared to 6 weeks ago but were making up for it with intensity. Also, baying the legs to not annoy the knee still and, they are dug out so brutalizing them isn't beneficial at this point.

Today I did a bullshit push session just to get a little pump. Everything is crushed right now and the rest will be better then trying to push harder I think.

I've still got a little on the back to come off but, it's hard to tell as I've said in the past. I can see striated muscle all through the back when I pull back for my lat spread and all the skin is tight but when it isn't pulled tight it goes away. Pulling water should do the trick there.

9 days out will be my last leg session and that's just to pump blood in there.

I plan to start a slow moderate carb up Tuesday through Friday. Around 300g each day which may increase or decrease on how well I'm filing out. I will work the week during prep unlike last prep where I was off the entire week so, carbs may need to be a touch higher then expected.

Tiny changes, nothing major. Taper water into Friday and then drink as needed.

 

[Montego]

Rest, pt and cardio.

Blood sugar post cardio.

 

[Montego]

Whew.

Beat down today. Weight took a hit yday and has this week overall but condition has improved day to day.

I'm MUCH leaner right now at this point then my last prep and I'm the same weight. I'm not sure how this will translate to stage but, my water changes during next week will be different. I won't need to pull as much water or, I won't need to use as much diuretic. I only used a half dyazide 2 times last peak but, I feel like it made me stringy even though I was good on stage.

Also, this has been by far the hardest prep I've ever been through, not only from the mental side, I've talked about that a good bit, but physically I'm pretty miserable lol. I can't think, I don't feel like moving and I just feel pretty weak and awful especially later in the day. I'm not one to complain but, I think my approach was a bit to extreme over the last 6 weeks as far as how hard I've pulled food and haven't had any real points where I added in food for a day or so to keep things rolling but, I look fucking great lol.

I didn't do shit today. I woke up and had my steak with an extra cup of oats since I was going to go run thru a quick back session and the weight drop but , I didn't train. I didn't even do cardio. I went right back to bed and got an extra 3 hours of sleep and feel 10x better then yday.

I've been very day to day the last couple weeks on how I feel and what I'll put myself through and even though I try to do too much, I'm trying to listen and not when my body says stop. Legs felt DEAD, no cardio. I'll pick it up tomorrow into the start of the week and reduce it a bit on Tuesday and Wed, more on Thursday and none Friday. Just enough to help keep the food moving but not stressing the legs

I'm rambling and I'm sure this is all over the place but, bottom line, I put it all in this prep, more then I thought I had and I've learned so much about myself and what I can mentally handle and, things I can do with my guys going forward to make them better.

Let's fucking go.

 

[Montego]

Gotta practice whenever you can!

 

[REHH]

leaner and leaner

 

[Jbswole40]

Back is nice bro

 

[Wardamn]

Looking good brother

 

[Montego]

Game time.

Let's see how things go. I'll update later but I brought it in pretty well. Up 10lbs from last time time, 225.1 on weigh in. Pre judge in a couple hours.

 

[REHH]

Looking good but what’s going on with the left arm? Looks swollen, holding water

 

[Montego]

Pre judging was disappointing.

I brought a good look but, I guess my nerves got the best of me and my posing was not up to my standard. Every time I loaded a hamstring I started to shake which never happens. It wasn't a hydration issue since I had been drinking pretty decent amounts of fluid going into the show.

I was moved to center in masters heavies and they didn't move us in open. The open was close.... Each of us had something the others didn't but I think I'll be 2nd or 3rd. If my posing had been as it usually is I might have been fighting for the win but, I still might be.

Masters I might have won. I got moved to center immediately and strayed there.

Again, I brought what I believe was my best look, I just didn't perform. All on me.

Time to go back and redeem myself tonight and put together a solid routine. Scores are rarely changed after pre judge so whatever I got I got, this finals is for my own piece of mind.