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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
 
WED said:
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)
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Coach said it best!
 
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 💪
 
dcdogz said:
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 💪
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No better feeling than making the wife and kiddos proud. Ultimate win
 
dcdogz said:
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 💪
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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
 
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.
 
dcdogz said:
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
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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.
 
WED said:
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.
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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.
 
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.
 
Meetketchup said:
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.
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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!
 

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