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You look fine amigo. As mentioned above a few times, just emphasize building your back and shoulders to get dat dere V. I'm your height and when I'm around 9% I'm about a 31.5 waist. Once I get...

I myself follow a lower fat plan, and it has worked very well for me (my last prep ended with fats right around 45g and I felt fine) Even when not prepping I rarely go above 65ish grams a day. I...

Even at your weight and lack of muscular development, 1500 calories is very low. There are also much better foods out there to be eating than cereal. Basics like Oats, Eggs, Chicken, Rice, do go a...

I went through a similar sticking point on my last prep. I got stuck at 185 for about 2.5 weeks and even though I weighed the same, I was still getting noticeably leaner visually. So I'd personally...

Don't know what your diet looks like in terms of foods/macros, but it seems your situation may benefit from a slightly higher fats and possibly zinc supplementation? Just my .02.

You have a good frame dude. In my opinion, you should just start to get adamant about tracking macros. Figure out your BMR, TDEE and go from there. You don't have a TON to lose from the pics you...

I just competed a week and a half ago, pic attached is about 7% bf at 179 lbs at 6'1 . Last time I went for 1RM's, about 3 months ago I pulled 425 @183, Squat 325, Bench 295. But I have also been...

^^^This^^^ Pretty much exactly how I approached it. You have a lot of time too, you're really young. I did my first show a couple years ago at 31 and actually won my open and novice classes,...

Thanks man!

First there was the year membership to the INBF which was $63, then the event cost for one class which was $60 and then the polygraph for $50. So about $170 off the bat for one...

As long as you physically feel fine and aren't getting significantly weaker in your lifts, you're probably fine. As mentioned above, in the early stages on dieting it's possible to lose a bit more...

Possible, absolutely. Optimal, not so much. Ideally, tracking all 3 will yield the most consistency.

Thanks guys! I just found it to be a bit of a relief after hearing horror stories about how shows, more frequently Natural Shows, have been run in times past...I.E. shotty lighting, no pump up area,...

As the title implies, I just wanted to give my experience of my first INBF/WNBF event. In short an overall excellent experience. Promoted by Bob Bell and Tina Smith.

Organization: Excellent. ...

Hey Man, thanks for the shout. I think I will start going a little higher on the protein. In terms of carbs, I think what I'm going to do is go for around 400-450 on my refeed today then stay at 200...

Thanks for the reply. I've been upping my carbs on cardio days because it is fairly high intensity cardio and I'm already low on cals to begin with. I've actually already changed things up a bit...

So, I started prep for my second physique show a little over a month ago. Started out at 190 lbs even and had some steady decreases until about a week and a half ago where the scale would not budge...

I stand corrected...thanks for the study with the response, cheers!

^^^You surely would know all about this ;)^^^ #animal

Exactly...this is what I was saying, but was wondering why people go so far above that 500.

However, the above response has proven to me that in a depleted state your muscles can super compensate...

Excellent findings, thanks for that. I knew endurance athletes could do this, but I was thinking more in the realm of your average/aspiring bodybuilder/physique competitor where the training is far...