From what I've seen the pro men's physique winners look like a pro bodybuilder from the 70's , so yeah , you are right lol.
From what I've seen the pro men's physique winners look like a pro bodybuilder from the 70's , so yeah , you are right lol.
I think somebody said it earlier either in this thread or another. Competition is getting fierce in bodybuilding, and I'll go so far as to say even more so in Atlantic. Since 2010 3 pro cards have gone to Atlantic Canada and 2 consecutive years the junior's were won by someone from Atlantic. He's got the legs and a great physique but will easily need another 30lbs to be competitive. 170lbs won't cut it. So in the meantime physique will give the diet and show experience so when he transitions back to bodybuilding he'll be more dialed in than ever.Originally Posted by Hosehead
I'm also not a fan of the whole board shorts movement taking place, but I definitely understand those that do it and I expect it to grow exponentially over the next few years.
IronRobi
Thanks IronRobi, this is my thoughts as well!
Starting my carb up tonight, intra workout!
Correction, 4 pro cards in the men, and at least 7 girls that I can count!
Yes, 30 pounds to be competitive for a pro card, but that isn't always the be all end all for competitive bodybuilding. Personally I have no realistic shot at a pro card in bodybuilding, nor physique. And while I have the size more comparable to men's physique, I will continue to be a bodybuilder. No disrespect either way. It's all personal preference. I say go for it (ie physique), many years to switch back to BB if you want.
hahahaha shit I completely forgot about mike lynds and I sat here for 15 minutes after reading your post trying to figure out who I was missing
IronRobi
I woke up today at 168.2 lbs, but assume I'm a bit lower as I hadn't, and still haven't tonight, had a bowl movement since yesterday morning.
Today was the last stretch of the carb deplete, I went carbless til I trained chest/shoulders/tris tonight, intra workout - 2 scoops vitargo s2.
Today I will eat:
131 protein
490 carb
15 fat
37 fiber
5,000 mg sodium
2,610 cals
10L water
I'm still in a calorie deficit mind you, this is to continue to tighten up while the carbs do their work.
New supps specifically for filling up and drying out:
8g vitamin c
2 r-ala capsules with every carb meal
2g of creatine with every meal
20g of glutamine spread throughout the day
Post workout tonight. Carbs really hadn't kicked in to tbh, it was a short workout. Very full from water and sodium.
He's probably still out eating, but congrats on the 2nd place.
I guess I don't understand the judging of this category yet. To me you were bigger and leaner than the guy who took 1st. Which is probably why you got 2nd?
My overall thoughts on the show were kind of disappointing. Record # of competitors with 138, but probably a record # who just completely missed their conditioning as well.
IronRobi
Weighed in saturday morning at 7am at 166.9 lbs
at 730 I had a Mcdonals Bacon Egg Cheese McMuffin and a hashbrown for the carb/fats/sodium
I wasn't quite filled out as I would have liked by 10 and was due on stage around 11 so I had some low sodium fat and carbs by way of nutella on rice cakes and a couple shots of honey
Made first call-out, right beside my business/training partner whom I helped prep and he helped me - i said we're taking 1 and 2 just not sure which will win (win win either way since we'll both get Nationals qualification and either of us can say, hey my guy won haha)
After prejudging I had to hang around bc I trained 3 girls who'd yet to go on so I snacked on rice cakes.
then at 2pm I had a chicken finger BLT and fries.
I weighed in after at 165.8, so I lost 1 lb but estimate I ate 2lbs of food, which SHOULD mean I lost 3 lbs of water - I pissed 3 times and was sweating a lot bc it was so hot in there. For some this would mean drink 3 lbs worth of water and replicate your morning food if you were happy with how you looked. 3 lbs of water just seems like too much though, so I drank half that and watched my body throughout. I did want to be just as dry but could even been fuller - problem is water is required for fullness so was a tricky situation.
I ended up consuming that 1.5 lbs of water, and snacked on low sodium carbs/fats until 1 hr before I expected to be on stage again, at which time I assessed my dryness and fullness and acted accordingly.
more low sodium fat and more low sodium carbs did the trick
In neither part of the shows was I as lean as I would normally like to be, but I felt it was necessary at this show so to avoid the judges who've seen me compete 4 times now as a bb'er even consider me as a Mens Physique competitor, and I think it worked.
I took second to my partner in crime (co-owner/trainer of our training outfit) who went on to take the overall. He has competed in the wbff before, and done some modelling shows so his men's physique stage presence was on a different level than mine. It's a win-win though because I helped him prep, our business gets the boost, and I qualify for Nationals after only being in a calorie deficit for 2-3 weeks, no cardio really
He went on to win the overall, it's also not bad coming 2nd to the overall winner. Happened to me last year this show but in men's bb middleweight haha
This morning; 169 lbs
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