Contest Prep for 2010 Provincials

Alright so I have lots of pictures this morning. Quality is ok. They are a bit blurry but an improvement.
159.2lbs this morning and I will be taking measurements later on in the day cause I don't have my tape with me.
So here they are

Round two

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Originally Posted by shredded_Tris

Well Guys from what I'm told from Prae you won't sacrifice muscle on slow cardio and he is the man! so if I drop too fast I will cut it back but this is the current plan I probably wont do that much it will be more like a total of probably 1.5 hours a day max but I'm going to do as much as I can

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The idea with cardio as well as supps such as clen, T3 etc is to start low and gradually increase it over time. This prevents the body from adapting to the increase in enery expenditure and keeps fat loss steady. Cardio will not result in muscle loss per se as long as your diet is tight but you dont want to start at 2 hours per day because that means by say 6 weeks out you will be doing 3 to 3.5 hours of cardio daily...not what anyone really wants or needs.
The basic idea of dieting is to do just enough to drop 2-3 lbs per week but no more...and to keep ths weight loss consistent over the 16 week period.
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Originally Posted by Praetorian

The idea with cardio as well as supps such as clen, T3 etc is to start low and gradually increase it over time. This prevents the body from adapting to the increase in enery expenditure and keeps fat loss steady. Cardio will not result in muscle loss per se as long as your diet is tight but you dont want to start at 2 hours per day because that means by say 6 weeks out you will be doing 3 to 3.5 hours of cardio daily...not what anyone really wants or needs.
The basic idea of dieting is to do just enough to drop 2-3 lbs per week but no more...and to keep ths weight loss consistent over the 16 week period.
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Ok Cool Deal Prae I will keep it to two 30 minute sessions for now then
Thanks bro your always a great help. How do you think the progress looks anyways. I know my weakest show is back Lat for sure but so far I think I look pretty good for this far out

still too much

Man you can't say two 30 min sessions mon tues thurs fri and 30 min wed and saturday is too much thats what I'm doing now if my weight is dropping at the proper rate. It's not like I'm losing 5-10lbs a week

If you are 13 weeks out right now id adjust your diet to where you only are doing 1x30min session of low intensity cardio a day. Preferably in the a.m. Like Prae said, if you follow a general protocol of 10 min /week increase youll be up to over 3.5 hrs of cardio a day at the end. Why not let the diet do the work in the early stages.
On the other hand, if you dont mind doing excessive amounts of cardio it WOULD allow you to eat more i suppose.

problem is, like praetorian mentioned, 1.5 hours of cardio will not have the same effect on you 2 months from now as it would if you had worked your way up to it. your body will adjust to it and you will have no where to go. its like doing 3 grams of gear on your first cycle ever. then what?

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Originally Posted by shredded_Tris

Ok Cool Deal Prae I will keep it to two 30 minute sessions for now then
Thanks bro your always a great help. How do you think the progress looks anyways. I know my weakest show is back Lat for sure but so far I think I look pretty good for this far out

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How many weeks to the show?
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At 2 30min sessions/day it would take him 6 weeks to get to 1 hour 30 mins a d 12 weeks to get to 2 hours.

You're fine with 2 30 min sessions.