i would have sent you guys the invite but we are going way way way out of town. nowhere near my own state. should be interesting to say the least
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today
off/rest and recovery
nothing crazy today. nice and dry this am and i am anxious to see how i will look over the next 2 days. i am starving like marvin though so that kind of sucks. got football on tonight for the hall of fame game to keep me occupied.
meal 1
8oz turkey
1 cup spinach
meal 2
4 whole organic free range eggs
1 cup spinach
meal 3
8oz turkey
1.5 cups of jasmine rice w/cinnamon and splenda
meal 4
8oz turkey
meal 5
8oz turkey
2 tbl spn coconut oil
meal 6
8oz turkey
water intake is only 2 gal now
today
travel day (sucks ass)
going to try to relax as much as possible while traveling today. i will shut off all fluids by 9pm and i will take a 25mg dyazide before bed tonight to finish up the drying out process. i weighed in at 246lbs this am. so right on point and on track
meal 1
8oz turkey
1 cup spinach
meal 2
4 whole organic free range eggs
1 cup spinach
meal 3
8oz turkey
1.5 cups of jasmine rice w/cinnamon and splenda
meal 4
8oz turkey
1.5 cups of jasmine rice w/cinnamon and splenda
meal 5
8oz turkey
2 tbl spn coconut oil
meal 6
8oz turkey
water intake is only 2 gal by 9pm
all right. i made it back and i am done haha. i came in at 248 on the dot exactly 5lbs heavier than last time and my condition was on point and better as well. so that in itself is a win. i damn sure didnt do as well as i would have liked but the competition was fierce. we put some work in for damn sure. in my second place finish the guy that beat me was about as close to me as could be and either of us could have taken it. he even told me when we where lining up that his coach and all his friends and family said i had him beat. no bueno on that one but we were both good enough to have taken it. i did win my masters class and took 3d in the open. i feel like i could have been at least 2d in the open but again the competitors were all so close we could have all moved up or down 1 or 2 spots. so i am not completely pissed off at my performance because i got bigger and better but some better people just happened to show up. so now we will begin to make more improvements and try to add on another 3-8lbs or so and tighten up a little more. i do need to figure out what the fuck is going on with my drying out. i did everything the way i was supposed to and i was on the verge of cramping as soon as i hit my first damn pose. i may need to move my minerals closer or further away from stage time. i will mess around with it and get it ironed out.
on the food side i havent went completely ape shit crazy and i will be back in the gym tomorrow. i did walk about 12 miles total on sunday and spent the entire day at a water park with my wife and kids. so i kept some of the water off my joints. i also pushed a gal and a half of water sat night through today. so that is a plus. i have eaten
cheese burger and fries (from a big joint i saw on food network)
doughnut sundary (another one i saw on the food network)
4 slices of pizza and 2 cookies
swiss chocolate chip pancakes w/syrup and sausage
beef sirloin tacos and shrimp tacos
black berry crumble
big sasauge and egg skillet with gravy
and that's about it since sat. i will eat what i want when i want for the remainder of this week and then go back into strict clean eating again with my 2 cheats a week. i am also ramping training back down over the next 3-4 weeks and cardio going in. then i may or may not take a full week off to completely and fully recover. i will cross that bridge when i get there.
i will get some good pics up here in a couple of days. got to find ones i cant be identified in etc.... also thanks to all following along the ride. going to be getting on the big stage nationally here next hopefully
today
legs/cardio
stationary bike warmup 5 min
roller work
dbl leg glute bridge w/iso x10(10s)/2
lying leg curls 60x10 70x10 80x10 90x10 100x10/3
squats 45x10 135x10 185x10 225x10/4
leg extensions 90x10/4
machine leg press 390x10/4
20 min incline treadmill
done for the day. back to the grind. good session today no pain at all joints felt pretty good and the pump from all the garbage and sugar was brutal painful. i am also down about 8lbs since friday. so water control has been good. no complaints at all and i feel really good right now. i cant wait to get back to ramping it back up again.
Got to give you PROPS for hitting a Water Park with the kids. You are THE MAN. IMOP
got to ramp it back down and ease out before taking any time off. if not you mess up both your body and your metabolism. well i am wrecking my metabolism big time this week anyway so i might as well push all the nasty food and sugar around so it doesnt just sit and turn into pure fat
i learned and carried an extra 3 gals of water with me and as soon as i got done i started rehydrating sat and sunday before hand. so other than being super sore, i didnt get all the nasty water rebound effects so the park was a breeze. it was actually a huge park that was a part of the hotel so it was super super cheap. crowded as all hell but didnt wreck the budget at all
those doughnuts were probably the best doughnuts i have ever had and i am not even a big cake doughnut fan. the made them fresh to order and the maple bacon was perfect. actually all of the doughnuts that i tried were spot on. not to sweet not to savory but just right and they melt in your mouth like a normal doughnut. i have found a new favorite haha. they were actually cheap as krispy kreme or dunkin also which was a surprise
today
calves/arms/cardio
seated calf raise ss 50x10 75x10 100x10/4ss
tibia raise ss ss40x20/4
ind handle reverse cable press downs 80x10 90x10 100x10 110x10 120x10 130x10 140x10
dose grip bench press 135x10 185x10 225x10/3
db skullies 35x8/4
standing db curls 15x10 20x10 25x10 30x10 35x10 40x10/2
db hammers 35x10/4
machine preachers 50x10 60x10 70x10 60x10
20 min incline tread mill
done for the day. another really good day in today. insane sugar loaded pump with some gravy and biscuits with sausage and blue berry pancakes. all is good to go with the body right now other than stomach but that is a give me haha. i decided to give the close grip a go today since my shoulders and elbows felt pretty good and change up movements. i was actually surprised at how good it felt and how light the weight was. i havent done a close grip press in a very long time. i am still down about 10lbs right now so my weight has dropped another 2lbs since coming home. so even though i have been pounding some terrible food and lots of cals. my weight is still falling. cant complain about that at all
my body did the same thing last time. i dropped about 10-15lbs while junking it up and then slowly started gaining again. my metabolism must not be shutting down to bad at all. that and no really bad water retention at all. i know it's gross but i havent had the jungle shits in a long ass time. even eating nasty ass greasy food and tons of sugar and that has never happened before. so my body must be processing and doing really well this go around. i am def not complaining at all. hell i didnt take a dump for the last 3 days of prep at all. so i was def processing and using everything up till that point. we shall see how i do when i transition back to clean eating haha
today
calves/back/cardio
standing calf raise 275x10 295x10 315x10/4 (did these with a 5sec stretch on each rep)
ind handle ng pull downs 70x10 85x10 100x10 120x10 140x10
one arm machine rows 80x8 100x8 120x8 140x8 160x8 180x8
cable pullovers 100x8 120x8 140x8
deads 135x3 185x3 225x3 275x3 315x3 365x3 405x3 455x2
20 min treadmill
done for the day. felt good today and went a little bit ham. i didnt get close to or past failure at all but still moved some pretty good weight around. i pushed the deads pretty hard today and i could have got the 3d one on my last set but it would have been an ugly rep, so i pulled up short just to be safe. so all in all a great day in the gym moving some blood around with no complaints. i will take off tomorrow and sat and finish out the week on sunday.