She's doing the figure model division. I'll show it to her later tonight.Originally Posted by ange_d
Might help encourage her a little, I know when I was doing the NBs all the kind words and encouragement on this board was awesome.
You guys are both looking great
Man your Hams are dry, and your sweep is killer Steve! Arms look great in the side chest as well.
It felt like a ton as it moved to my waist from the floor, but I am a bodybuilder so gave it 5 more.
179 this morning. Weight slowly dropped from a high of 185 after my last carb up to now its lowest of the entire prep so far. I think I just have a little water to lose at this point, so its time to try to enjoy the remaining weeks as much as I can. I'll be the first to admit, once you've come this far, it's difficult to "ease up" so I think the best thing I can do is continue my 'refeed' days / meals in order to keep things on track. If for some reason at the end of the following week I don't feel as hard as the previous week, I think at THAT point it will be time to stop.
Workouts are still going relatively well. Mornings are tough for whatever reason. It feels as though it takes a while for the water to get into my system and therefore the first few hours of work I am quite light headed, dizzy, tired, restless, etc. Eventually though, I actually feel more myself, and at that point I usually make way to the gym!! Only 1 day this week was bad for working out, the others were decent, and 1 was actually one of the BEST workouts in months. Funny I can't figure out what on earth about that day I did different that would make the workout that much better. Food remained relatively constant, sleep is non-existant, so who knows! I guess I just hope for as many more of those days as I can
PS: the 1 day this week that was the worst workout, coincidentally was monday and I forgot my decimate at home. So not hard to figure out why that day sucked! Last time I try to workout without my pre-workout supps! I normally have a little bit of coffee each morning to get me going - Ange makes it, and I think she says its quite weak. But 300mg caffeine from decimate surely helps
I should also mention another thing...both our Isolate and Whey come in vanilla and chocolate. We had only tried chocolate because normally we're just not the 'vanilla type'...We just picked up some for a change, and holy crap...Who knew vanilla could be so good! This isn't a plug - seriously its by far the best tasting protein powder I've ever had. And its not even a fancy flavor. Have to thank Cygen!!
5 weeks out now!
Steve looked at me last night before bed/after cardio and said "why do you look so nuts, what happened?". I heard a sort of jealous tone to his voice (in a good way) that I have heard in the past (lol, he gets a bit envious of my abs sometimes, hehe, I did have veins through them last night) so I know now I am a bit ahead of the game. I weighed 130 this morning, light for me as I weighed 127 onstage dehydrated at nationals in 2010. I seem to be dropping about 1.5 lbs a week consistantly even with a major junk up day every week. I guess the pregnancy hormones have finally gotten out! woohoo! In fear of looking too lean/small/hard or whatever I will eat what I want for most of today, have a wild workout with tons on energy (hopefully), and sleep well tonight. The carbs will last a couple of days and help my training. I would normally never cheat this close to a show but I think it will actually help me in the end. We made a video of my supplementation regimine and will hopefully have it posted to our blog later today.
Steve is wild looking as per usual. There is no fat left on his legs, I have never seen him this lean. His skin is starting to seem transparent. Hopefully his pain will subside and all will go smoothly from here on in.
Ange,do you think this envy about your abs might get Steve to reconsider ab work?
I don't do any specific core training either, Steve just likes the the shape and overall look of my abs. He is WAY leaner than me everywhere but that's as it should be.
Ange just had the dryness in her abs that I wish I could get without suffering so much! I really don't think you can trick where bodyfat escapes from first. Every contest diet i've done so far has been radically different, and as I get older, my legs lean out way before the rest of my body. As a junior, I used to have the driest looking back and delts months before the show. Sharpness in the delts and tris that would make you hurt if you scratched it with your fingernail the wrong way, lol.... But at the same time, barely visible seperation in the quads.
NOW, the quads look like a thing out of a horror movie, yet the upper back and delts only slowly becoming shredded. One thing that has been relatively consistent all my life is my core (chest / abs) seem to be one of the last things to get to a level of "lean" not shredded, but the limbs basically the first. Makes for a perfect "in the gym look" because basically, I never look fat with a tanktop and shorts on
CP teach in his Biosignature courses that there is a relation between body fat placement and hormone levels. I didn't follow the course, but from a few grasp I could obtain triceps fat is a good indicator of testosterone levels, you'll never see a woman with less then 6mm of fat measured on the triceps but men with can get pretty lean there. Love handles are a good indicator of insulin levels (diet too rich in Carbs). Sub-scapula is a good indicator of blood sugar levels and tolerance about it. And compared to fat level of calves, you can have a good idea of natural GH levels production. Men doesn't have much fat in legs as women do cause high fat levels in the legs = high estrogen. Etc...
Eric
I was under the impression that fat around our cores was because our ancestors lived in cooler climes.You two are lucky to not have to do any core work.
4 week out update! well, almost 4 weeks... I was sick all week, but feeling good now. 180 pounds this morning so I still have another pound of fat and maybe 3 pounds of water to drop to get into middle. I might just go light heavy if it means less suffering the day before the show. I usually like not cutting water too soon, and 180 pounds is basically the flatest most dehydrated peeing all night feeling like poop in the morning type of weight. Carbs are basically non existent, and if my past contest experience says anything, I DON'T lose much weight the last week.
So, that said, I will see where the next 3 weeks take me. I'd love to be a light heavy, just because it sounds cooler - but it's scary going against guys 20 pounds heavier! I mean, in sudbury I weighed in full of water, which put me in the next class up, but that class only jumped 11 pounds at a time. With the new cutoffs, going from 176 to 177 puts me in a class against guys basically TWO classes up. In any case, here's my progress pics from this morning after drinking water, tuns of salt, eggs, brocolli...etc. about 183 here.
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