Ckmeter Road to Pro with STELLAR LABS 🔥— USA Prep Log 2026 Season

[Montego]

Been an eventful offseason. I ended up dropping 10lbs in a week a few weeks back due to diarrhea and digestive issues. Slowly filling back out now that we cut out gluten.

Grandpa passed last week. Close friend passed a month ago. Life brings shit sometimes, but it is what it is.

Sorry for your losses big fella. Tough losing those close to you.

 

[Ckmeter]

Sorry for your losses big fella. Tough losing those close to you.

Thank you brother. Means a lot.

My grandpa lived about 5 years longer than we expected, but it still is hard. Hardest part is seeing the impact on my dad.

 

[Montego]

Thanks man. I mean this with no disrespect. It’s just hard when guys comment and tell me to pull back implying I’ve stagnated.

If I message Justin and tell him we should diet, he’d be like who the fuck are you to tell me what the plan is. Ultimately I hired him to do the thinking for me. We almost called the offseason before he learned how bad the stomach issues were.

The scale didn’t progress like usual. I’m only up about 10lbs from the end of my last trt phase. But…that doesn’t tell the whole story.

I'm one of those guys who said that.

It comes from a place of care, concern AND having been there. Nothing else.

The decisions should be made by the athlete, and he should obviously be talking about those things with his coach and actually listening to his coach, which you are of course.

I don't pretend to know any more then anyone else, especially a coach who is as well regarded as Justin but, I do know what it's like to be the athlete who is "dealing with this thing" and thinking "it'll just go away", "It'll get better if I just give it more time", "I'm not where I want to be yet so I'll keep pushing".

That's in all of us who ever actually REALLY live a competitive bodybuilding lifestyle. We can be our own worst enemies because we care so much about the result and most of us pay for it in some form later in life.

You've been through a lot in the last year. The bright side, you have that much more experience from dealing with those things and continuing to learn your body.

Much love and respect man.

 

[Oakley6575]

Thanks man. I mean this with no disrespect. It’s just hard when guys comment and tell me to pull back implying I’ve stagnated.

Bro, sorry you took it like I was shitting on you. I wasn't at all. It was just a general observation I wanted to get your thoughts on. It's you and Justin's game to play. I was just curious if it's something you and him have discussed at this point, or where both of your heads were at the moment.

I'm just trying to get better as a bodybuilder so I like to know the mindset and approach to everything. Everyone does things differently. Keep truckin'!

 

[Ckmeter]

I'm one of those guys who said that.

It comes from a place of care, concern AND having been there. Nothing else.

The decisions should be made by the athlete, and he should obviously be talking about those things with his coach and actually listening to his coach, which you are of course.

I don't pretend to know any more then anyone else, especially a coach who is as well regarded as Justin but, I do know what it's like to be the athlete who is "dealing with this thing" and thinking "it'll just go away", "It'll get better if I just give it more time", "I'm not where I want to be yet so I'll keep pushing".

That's in all of us who ever actually REALLY live a competitive bodybuilding lifestyle. We can be our own worst enemies because we care so much about the result and most of us pay for it in some form later in life.

You've been through a lot in the last year. The bright side, you have that much more experience from dealing with those things and continuing to learn your body.

Much love and respect man.

Yes, you were one of them. I appreciate the care and concern. I don’t mean this in a rude way. I don’t know if you’ve been 285 lean eating 8k cals. I’m guessing that’s not what you meant by saying you’ve been there and were referring to challenges during an extended offseason, but everyone is different and every situation is different. I also know that you have had clients who are at a much higher level than I am. It’s all love and respect from me as well.



If you can genuinely look at my pictures from my 2025 rebound and compare them to my current physique and say I’ve stagnated, I don’t really understand.



I think I approach my relationship with my coach a bit differently man. I trust Justin completely, and I turn my brain off. When there’s a problem, I bring it up, and we address it together. That’s how it has to be. If Justin tells me to go to the doctor, I’m going no ifs ands or buts. If he tells me to shut it down, again I’m the first to say fuck yeah let’s do it. If he wants to lower my drugs, I’ll be like sweet! One of his top open pros just dropped all his gear and gh in half because he is able to now at this point in his career.



In addition, I’m surrounded by some high level pros who are looking at my physique in person consistently giving me feedback. One of them (I can dm you if you’re curious lol) finally told me about 2 weeks ago that he advised me to do a show as a shw soon to catch another rebound. I respect his opinion, but ultimately it needs to come from Justin.



When you advised me to shut it down, the tissue was still new. If I had gone and dieted before letting it marinate, I would’ve dieted it all off. I also would’ve missed out on a bunch of my progress and really solidifying my tissue.



I have zero tolerance towards health issues. Ultimately, I’ll walk away from bodybuilding completely if I have a serious health issue. I wish I had taken my digestive issues seriously earlier, as I may have been able to resolve them sooner and drop the inflammation and had an even more productive offseason.



I don’t know if you’ve seen my bloodwork or health markers, but I feel like you are assuming I’m pushing in the red. My bloodwork has always been astonishingly clean. My bp without meds is 120/50. The only thing I sometimes struggle with is my glucose control. And now digestive issues. Praise God they are resolved man. I know Robin Strand ended up with Crohns from pushing food and being chronically inflamed. I don’t want to end up in that situation. Also had some long conversations with Stan about insulin resistance and he gave me some advice awhile back, as he gave himself diabetes under a certain big name coach.



It’s a really nice feeling to know I have all you guys in my corner who truly care about me. But it’s also a fine line where I want to be able to just trust that Justin and I will handle whatever is in front of us the best we can without outside noise. I know your intention is good. It just pushes me to not want to even share updates because of opinions that genuinely don’t impact the plan that Justin and I set.



I respect you and your opinion brother. I appreciate that you care about me and are looking out for me. If I didn’t, I would’ve just responded with a thumbs up or a sarcastic remark.

 

[Wardamn]

Sorry to hear about you losing your grandfather and friend. Prayers for you and the family.

 

[Ckmeter]

Some post back day posing today

 

[Ckmeter]

Back poses

 

[Chemicalreaction]

Man sorry to hear about everything you have became a unit against all odds against you that speaks volume

 

[Ckmeter]

Man sorry to hear about everything you have became a unit against all odds against you that speaks volume

Thank you brother

 

[Ckmeter]

Check ins start of week 16 of offseason!

Fasted Weight: 284.0

Changes — none this week.

 

[Ckmeter]

Bodybuilding poses

 

[Ckmeter]

Quarter turns

 

[Ckmeter]

Been a little while. Ended up in urgent care with two asthma attacks out of the blue. After chasing my tail on what was causing my asthma, we thought I was allergic to my gf’s cat. We were wrong. Likely just mold/dust in the house causing my allergies. Running 2 hepa filters, deep cleaned, and I haven’t had an issue since

We cut the offseason after week 17 I believe. Been on 400mgs test and 4iu gh for my trt now. This is week 3. Will post this past week’s check ins from Sunday.

 

[Ckmeter]

Check ins start of week 3 of TRT. Food has been comin down aggressively. Trying to really give my body a reset.

Fasted Weight: 279.4lbs

Changes —

Nutrition:

Meal 1:
150g cream of rice
200g chicken
30g pb

Meal 2:
300g rice
225g chicken breast
25g carbs from sourdough bread

Meal 3:
225g rice
225g lean ground beef 85%
25g carbs from sourdough bread

Meal 4:
50g beef protein
100g cream of rice
100g fruit
15g peanut butter

Intraworkout shake (removed on rest days):
15g eaa
10g creatine
10g glutamine
30g karbolyn

Post workout (removed on rest days):
50g beef protein powder
110g cream of rice
25g carbs from dates

Meal 5:
225g fatty steak (ribeye)
300g rice
40g granola

Drugs:
400mgs test e
4iu gh
45iu lantus split 25/20
100mcg t4

 

[Ckmeter]

Bodybuilding poses

 

[Ckmeter]

Quarter turns

 

[Ckmeter]

Check ins start of week 5 of TRT. Weight dropped hard two weeks ago, so last week food was bumped. Now food coming back down.

Fasted Weight: 273.8lbs

Changes —

Nutrition:

Meal 1:
150g cream of rice
200g chicken
30g pb

Meal 2:
300g rice
225g chicken breast

Meal 3:
300g rice
225g lean ground beef 85%
25g carbs from sourdough bread

Meal 4:
50g beef protein
100g cream of rice
100g fruit
15g peanut butter

Intraworkout shake (removed on rest days):
15g eaa
10g creatine
10g glutamine
30g karbolyn

Post workout (removed on rest days):
50g beef protein powder
110g cream of rice
25g carbs from dates

Meal 5:
225g fatty steak (ribeye)
225g rice
70g granola

Drugs:
400mgs test e
4iu gh
30iu lantus split 15am and 15 with meal 3
100mcg t4

 

[Ckmeter]

Bodybuilding poses

 

[Ckmeter]

Quarter turns

 

[Ckmeter]

This is the least amount of lantus I’ve been on in over a year since my 2025 prep! Super super excited to go into an offseason as insulin sensitive as possible. I’m hoping we can come down on lantus even more, but we shall see what my post prandial glucose readings are.

Fasted this past week was a 71!

 

[Ckmeter]

Check ins this past week start of week 6 of TRT. Offseason starts in a few days. Bloods looked really good. Estradiol a touch high lol. Will donate blood next rest day.

Fasted Weight: 271.8lbs

Changes —

Nutrition:

Meal 1:
125g cream of rice
200g chicken
30g pb

Meal 2:
300g rice
225g chicken breast

Meal 3:
300g rice
225g lean ground beef 85%
25g carbs from sourdough bread

Meal 4:
50g beef protein
100g cream of rice
100g fruit
15g peanut butter

Intraworkout shake (removed on rest days):
15g eaa
10g creatine
10g glutamine
30g karbolyn

Post workout (removed on rest days):
50g beef protein powder
90g cream of rice
25g carbs from dates

Meal 5:
225g fatty steak (ribeye)
225g rice
30g granola

Drugs:
400mgs test e
4iu gh
40iu lantus split 20am and 20 with meal 3
100mcg t4

 

[Ckmeter]

bodybuilding poses

 

[Ckmeter]

Quarter turns

 

[Ckmeter]

Still waiting on HS-CRP, but looking pretty good considering the higher “trt”

 

[Ckmeter]

CRP came back at <0.2. Bloods good to go! Will start test deca tren either Sunday or Tuesday depending on coach’s orders and get this offseason underway.

 

[Bolan]

Still waiting on HS-CRP, but looking pretty good considering the higher “trt”

I'm worried about my bloods next week... I spent an entire Summer on full blast.

 

[Ckmeter]

I'm worried about my bloods next week... I spent an entire Summer on full blast.

I was honestly a bit nervous myself. I’m sure you’re gonna be good man. You’re responsible and been doing this a long time.

It’s the guys with insane BP unchecked and shit diets or existing conditions who end up fucked.

 

[ERock5]

CRP came back at <0.2. Bloods good to go! Will start test deca tren either Sunday or Tuesday depending on coach’s orders and get this offseason underway.

Have you ever had a high crp? Or always low?

 

[Ckmeter]

Have you ever had a high crp? Or always low?

Honestly dude, I don’t know that I’ve ever checked it before…