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dcDogz very normal log

looks like we got a cold front, its only 103 today

caught up on steps, didnt get any this morning since it was my lower and had to move my workout to crunch which opens 5am.
previously with extremely shitty sleep woulda been awful but not so bad siince im waking up on time.
just a little time crunch due to wife having to go to work and its a long workout for me.

sitting at 8k and just knocked em all out before lunch. brutal! but dont want to worry about it on labor day, should coast the last 2k and if im a little short just gonna walk in cirlces in the living room lol.
 
162.1
sleep a little on the low side at 530 545. not terrible, i got spoiled already lol. 2 weeks ago woulda been jumping over the moon, now im like aw man. ha.
6 6.5 is my sweet spot atm. gonna aim for that and hop in a bed a little earlier so i dont have to get up "on time". since apparently im sleeping a bit better now.

good push today, fucked up was supposed to do pull.
all good i guess. nerves getting to me or something, i thought it was Wednesday today and was leaving tomorrow lmao.
was talking to my kids all morning about how i was leaving tomorrow and they were looking at me kinda confused but didnt say anything, realized at work its fckin Tuesday not Wednesday.

good lord im a retard. despite all that, and despite my mental handicaps, looks like im gonna make it on stage somehow lmao.
so if this retard here can make it, so can you fellas!

in one good amount of news, a female bodybuilder came up to me and gave me some posing tips, and said I looked fantastic.
made me feel good, been seeing her around for a few months now. Ive known of her for a minute but she started coming to my gym past few months.
she seems super legit, I believe she has a pro card, and competes pretty regularly. she has a sweet weightlifting belt she won at a pro show last year ive seen her wear. says open champion.
looks super sick. anyways ill take it, that was nice of her.

last day of sweeteners! gonna enjoy them (moderately).
need to also remember not to take any of my super hot sauces and start sweating after i get my tan lol. big no no. just something tasty but low heat if I even need it or am allowed to.
if not either way ill be using them after since i love spicy shit, just no more friday saturday for sure.
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probably last pics until show day, and 1 week post with my professional photographer pics I hired.

got my cardio after and a few steps. think im good.
might just do a teeny short walk here in a few (digestion walk) and should be done which should keep me around 9.5k to 11k steps.
will be fairly light and short. 10 15 min tops.
 
dcdogz said:
in one good amount of news, a female bodybuilder came up to me and gave me some posing tips, and said I looked fantastic.
made me feel good, been seeing her around for a few months now. Ive known of her for a minute but she started coming to my gym past few months.
she seems super legit, I believe she has a pro card, and competes pretty regularly. she has a sweet weightlifting belt she won at a pro show last year ive seen her wear. says open champion.
looks super sick. anyways ill take it, that was nice of her.
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This is an awesome interaction to have. Good stuff.
 
dcdogz said:
in one good amount of news, a female bodybuilder came up to me and gave me some posing tips, and said I looked fantastic.
made me feel good, been seeing her around for a few months now. Ive known of her for a minute but she started coming to my gym past few months.
she seems super legit, I believe she has a pro card, and competes pretty regularly. she has a sweet weightlifting belt she won at a pro show last year ive seen her wear. says open champion.
looks super sick. anyways ill take it, that was nice of her.
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She is very legit. I've seen her at some shows and know the name. Very cool she gave you some pointers. Shows you what I tight knit community we have at the competitive level. It's all respect.

1 more real workout, 1 upper body pump left. Then it's clear sailing into the show.
 
Meetketchup said:
She is very legit. I've seen her at some shows and know the name. Very cool she gave you some pointers. Shows you what I tight knit community we have at the competitive level. It's all respect.

1 more real workout, 1 upper body pump left. Then it's clear sailing into the show.
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she asked me if i was gonna compete again this year lol

what im barely surviving this one lol :ROFLMAO:

id like to do it yearly at least, but need to wait for my daughter to age up just a tad. need her to able old enough to be left alone at home while I gym or whatever and i dont get sent to jail for child endangerment. :ROFLMAO:
well see tho :devilish:
 
Been practicing posing for an hour lol

Truly one of the only things i WILL NOT MISS

Lmao im sweating like a pig
 
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day 1 no sweeteners

soooo this is how we fail prep huh
good lord everything tastes like shit lmao
min maxing flavor as best as possible lmao

cottage cheese + rice + pineapple and 1 teaspoon of nescafe nespresso is pretty tasty tho

carbs lowered today to 275 from a couple of back to back 400s.

pull session WAS INCREDIBLE
dammmn! back to back 400s knocked it outta the park. just such a nice way to finish last real workout of the week.

sleep was a little low 445 -5 15, was super busy trying to get everything done so went to bed a little late, and I am STRESSING lol
woke up a bit early i think due to brain just firing off when i woke up, shit gotta pose for early check ins, shit gotta eat tasteless food, shit gotta go to gym, shit gotta make kids breakfasts,
shit gotta shave a little more, shit gotta exfoliate lmao.

so much SHIT!

tonight finishing up posing, have last posing session tomorrow, and finishing up shaving this evening. hopping in bed as early as possible and knocking myself out!
rolling for 6 6.5 tomorrow!

also, so yesterday I mentioned I wont miss posing, scratch that, no sweeteners is #1 fuck this lol.
ill get used it im sure as day goes on, just a few days of sucking it up, hopefully shows up in physique tomorrow cuz fckin yikes. my food was already kinda mid, now its straight up nasty lol.
if i wake up tomorrow and look worse im downing a whole stevia squirt bottle :ROFLMAO:
better not fail me body im counting on you for once. just this once! please!

show day plan downloaded from coach, and foods for show day already locked in.
we are ready for take off fellas!
done all I can.

I feel pretty confident atm however, I did everything I possibly could and I really could not have done anymore.
gonna work on my front relaxed pose, that one i have a ton of trouble with, but learned today if I have a good lat pump its 10 times easier for me to hit.
so made a mental note for show day, gotta get a good lat pump for that pose. Im pretty confident/okay with the rest of em.
obviously i need a ton of work on them, and im not even close to perfecting them, but I feel good at least.

definitely plan on doing posing sessions throughout the rest of the "off season" for me so when its time to get ready again for prep in the future im ready to go.
i am not wasting all the work I put it from posing to just lose it all, wont be a priority, but every couple of months refresher wont hurt me at all.
 
dcdogz said:
small personal win yesterday

ZERO DIET SODA

think its been 3+ years since not a day without soda. :cool:
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Wow, I could never lol is there a prep reason for cutting it out or was it just a personal decision?
 
Slowsol said:
Wow, I could never lol is there a prep reason for cutting it out or was it just a personal decision?
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well we dropped all sweetners and soda has sweetners so figured. plus shits mad expensive and i was probably drinking too much to begin with.
nice little reset.
 
dcdogz said:
well we dropped all sweetners and soda has sweetners so figured. plus shits mad expensive and i was probably drinking too much to begin with.
nice little reset.
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I’m ignorant to the topic, what’s the reason for no sweeteners? I’m sure coach has a good reason
 
Slowsol said:
I’m ignorant to the topic, what’s the reason for no sweeteners? I’m sure coach has a good reason
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and honestly i abuse the fuck out of them so def the right call lol despite much to my chagrin.

although ill save a back pocket soda for the 4 hour drive to the show, thatll be a little tough to make i think but if i can i wont.

the one saving grace is my gut seems to handle that stuff with zero problems.
some people cant use any or they get bloated or dont feel well. i dont seem to have that issue with em at all.

however ive found throughout the course of prep my iron gut cant handle 2 things.
gum
sparkling water

maybe 1 stick of gum, if I go two sticks bloat city central.
sparkling water same thing, i can down a whole 12pack of diet soda, and despite the liquid volume im fine.
for whatever reason one or 2 sparkling waters and i get wicked distended and it lingers/lasts all fckin day.

apparently in a former life I was a camel, because I was downing 5gallons of fluids daily more or less.
noticed monday i drank too much water and looked shitty end of the day.
yesterday was a bit more careful with water intake, about 3gal and end of the day physique still looked badass.
 
dcdogz said:
and honestly i abuse the fuck out of them so def the right call lol despite much to my chagrin.

although ill save a back pocket soda for the 4 hour drive to the show, thatll be a little tough to make i think but if i can i wont.

the one saving grace is my gut seems to handle that stuff with zero problems.
some people cant use any or they get bloated or dont feel well. i dont seem to have that issue with em at all.

however ive found throughout the course of prep my iron gut cant handle 2 things.
gum
sparkling water

maybe 1 stick of gum, if I go two sticks bloat city central.
sparkling water same thing, i can down a whole 12pack of diet soda, and despite the liquid volume im fine.
for whatever reason one or 2 sparkling waters and i get wicked distended and it lingers/lasts all fckin day.
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That’s wild. Gum of all things
 
Slowsol said:
That’s wild. Gum of all things
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seems to be pretty common, i believe its the sweetner in them xilitol.
I seem to be able to handle stevia/splenda with no issues, but with the amounts I was using im sure there was some water/bloating we could shed that was unnecessary.
 

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