just curious: what improvements have you made since your last show?
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just curious: what improvements have you made since your last show?
I'm not sure if this is a backhanded comment or a sincere one man but I will humour you. This low carb thing makes me take things wrong sometimes and I've come to know your personality on here. Hopefully you genuinly want to knowQuote:
Originally Posted by natenator
I have brought my legs up Immensely since last show, my delts are rounder my chest is fuller my abs are deeper I am more vascular I have a deeper Seratus. I could go on and on man. If you look at pictures from before my previous shows it's really easy to see. The biggest difference however is definitely in my legs and hams and thats from HARD ASS Work that I put in over the last year and a half.
Ok cool. I honestly wanted to know if you made improvements.Quote:
Originally Posted by shredded_Tris
I have younge friends who 'compete' but never really bring a different package from year to year other than being a bit leaner or drier and that mainly has to do with their unwillingness to lose the abs in the offseason so they can really put on some size.
Good on you for bringing up the body parts.
Oh and it if was an underhanded comment I would be just blunt. THAT is my personality. Not passive aggressive.
lol sounds good man hahaQuote:
Originally Posted by natenator
Yeah I definitely LIVED the bodybuilding life since my last show in April 09'
I forgot about the abs and played the lagging parts game going all the way up to 198lbs. Trust me bro I made sure that I changed. I'm with you on bringing the same shit every year and I'm not about it. I will try and find some pictures to post and compare.
You could lose and change ALOT. Or you could stay the same...All depends what you put into it. But remember what I said about dieting in the past. You could do all that work for nothing. Its not necessarily a good thing to get leaner if you start working off muscle. There becomes a point of no return where you will look leaner, yet lose muscle, and in the end look "equivalent" to the judges in terms of placings.Quote:
Originally Posted by shredded_Tris
How do you know when you are at that perfect point though man. I don't mind putting the work in but how do you truly know?Quote:
Originally Posted by steve_d
Just so everyone knows too my cardio is at 2x45 Min sessions now every day and I am still losing so I will up it a little bit when the losing slows again, but for now its working great
what I sort of meant was that there isn't really a perfect point - and that your fate in terms of what trophy you're going to get will likely not change from the way you look (in your case) about 4-5 weeks out until stage time. Obviously there are exceptions to this - you may end up being real close to the next guy, and in that case you may need to be just that little bit more ripped. But often times in smaller shows, its clear cut.Quote:
Originally Posted by shredded_Tris
But what you should really do is diet to the way you feel YOU look awesome. You'll be able to tell. general rule is leaner is better. If you feel you look better losing 1 more pound of fat, lose it. At that point, if you feel there is another to lose, lose it...If I had to diet until I knew I was good enough to win, i'd never diet - (I had often been a lone competitor in my class)
The way I do it is that when I am lean enough, I psychologically am just ready to get it over with. I am happy with what I look like, and the extra crappyness I will feel to get leaner isn't worth the fraction of a pound leaner I get - and that fraction isn't even noticeable on stage. I honestly think that is how most people feel close to a show...For some that equates to a bit of abs, other that equates to striated glutes (and of course there are those that are never happy - I just can't imagine being in this sport if your never happy with how you look).
I would be lying right now if I said I wasn't exhausted and hungry right now lol.
I have never felt this depleated 8.5 Weeks out but I guess that goes to show I really wasn't lean enough in the past.
I am going to hit it on the button this time.
I just calculated my totals for the day and here's what they look like now roughly of course cause I based some numbers off of Calorie King Etc.
Sunday, Monday, Wednesday Friday are considered my low Carb days and the Breakdown is 2280 Cals
And Tuesday Thursday Saturday are higher carbs and the breakdown is 2030 Cals
when you say higher carb, are you still getting adequate protein/fats?Quote:
Originally Posted by shredded_Tris