2012 Provincials - My Wife and I - East Coast Edition!

[Hugheser]

I had a really great week. Here are pic's from this morning. Fat is dropping from around my waist and butt and legs are next. It's always the last place I drop fat and to be honest I was more worried about my stomach but my waist is really tightening up nicely. Should be an easy prep with no extreme measures if all continues this way. Cardio at 45 mins per day this week, cals around 1200-1300 with one major cheat meal per week. Training is getting more intense and I am almost back to my max's. Hip arthritis bothering me on and off, main problem is sleep. We are still awake with the baby through most nights and when trying to get back to sleep I get stiff joints and sometimes intense pain while trying to fall back to sleep. Hopefully that will improve soon. I am looking forward to the next couple work outs following this weeks cheat. Amazing how much energy a carb up can give you for a couple of days.

Lookin' great, my girlfriend is astonished. Can't believe you had a baby lol.

[ange_d]

Lookin' great, my girlfriend is astonished. Can't believe you had a baby lol.

I had 2!!!
lol

[Hugheser]

lol, "even more remarkable"

[steve_d]

I'm on the left, just trying to hang in there with the big bro!

[BigGuns21]

I think you got the bigger arms now bud! Your waist tapper on the rear dbl is nicer...right now. He's still got you on the chest, back width and quads slightly, but conditioning wise your both pretty even and crazy for 8 weeks out now?

[steve_d]

yep, his quads are 3 inches bigger, his biceps are 0.5 inches bigger. I am leaner by about 1% according to calipers. He also outweighs me by 17-20 pounds depending on the day, or time of day. each and every year just trying to bridge the gap

It;s fun having an older brother to use as a 'crystal ball' so to speak. He's 5 years older - so this is what I aspire to - in 5 years.

[steve_d]

so just hours after taking those pics (yesterday) I started with a cough. I went from feeling 100% down to about 20% in a matter of an hour. I spent all of last night trying to catch a good sleep, and this morning felt like absolute hell. Skipped cardio last night, but because of feeling sick I couldn't stomach water last night and therefore was pretty dehydrated by the time I woke up. After a coffee and a little to eat I am starting to feel a bit better - but I ran out of sick days at work - so basically trying to plow through another day here and hopefully recover quickly.

Our son seemed to have the same thing, and he bounced back faster than ever - so here's hoping the same goes for me! An a positive note - a dehydrated 180 pound me this morning looked leaner than I did 1 week out from sudbury...so I am quite confident I am going to be looking pretty good at 176 on stage .... The motivation that keeps pushing me through is a quote from inside fitness magazine's report on the sudbury show:

"Steve displayed near perfect conditioning"...Yep, that was a compliment, but all I hear is NEAR perfect.... This can be improved. Striated glutes, here I come.

[ironwill]

Looking great Steve......Just got over that stupid 24 hour thing myself...wow....it was brutal..
Anyway, i cant believe how similar your builds are, even though you are brothers, it is still mind boggling..

[countrychic]

I had 2!!!
lol

very inspiring when I am not in the mood to get to the gym it would make excuses sound rediculous lol!! Great work Ang, can't wait to see the final result!!

[countrychic]

I'm on the left, just trying to hang in there with the big bro!

That is a really cool comparison shot!! Looking great!