The 2nd Annual MuscleTech $50,000 Transformation Contest Presented By BodySpace.

[dmpenwell]

Has anybody heard of the warrior diet? It seems to be like what sumo wrestlers do...they train on an empty stomach and then have one huge meal at the end of the day. They say that forces the visceral fat under the skin and easy burnt off as energy unlike normal fat that is actually stored under the muscle. If u ate one huge meal and burnt off that amount or more of calories u could still lose lb correct? More cal out than in equals loss of lb. I have found so many studies that say bodybuilders eat 6+ times a day but I think I have came to the conclussion that they do that to not feel hungry and get in the. Big amount of cals needed daily bc its so hard to eat that much in fewer meals. So y could I not just eat one big meal a day after I train or maybe one before and after training...not right before but earlier in the day just as long as my cals are under maintainence I don't see y this wouldn't work. There r studies on everything that proves everything right and wrong so if people say they can't eat 12x a day it actually should only be meal timing and calories not more if u can condense ur meals and deal with hunger. Any thoughts anybody? I don't know everything just looking for advice from someone that may know more about this stuff. I mean the people that really know maybe certified of years of knowledge not like read the last flex mag and think they r a pro haha no offense.

[madles]

[QUOTE=dmpenwell;276055201]Has anybody heard of the warrior diet?
never heard of it. Personaly I would rather eat and look Jay Cutler than some 300+ Sumo wrestler. it takes about 2-3 hours to digest a meal. If there are any extra calories that your body does not use in that time spand it stores it as fat. That is the theory at least. some say eat your largest meal in the morning and your smallest meal at night, that should give you plenty of time to burn off everything. also, by eating every 3-4 hours it should keep your metabolism elevated, less chance for cravings to kick in and eating something stupid. But, you can be our guinee pig and try it and let us know how it works for you.

[ANDREW_GARVEN]

Looking good everyone! Congratulations to all of you that avoided temptation and stuck to your diets while watching the games yesterday. It looks like this year’s contest is shaping up to be even more competitive than last year’s. Please feel free to ask myself or any of the other MuscleTech reps any questions you may have. Good luck!

-Andrew

[hidden_fist]

i think the main reason for smaller, more frequent meals is to prevent a spike in insulin production, minimizing the conversion of ingested calories to fat. also to keep your metabolism high

[kf6adi]

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[Sean_McNamara]

Originally Posted by kenwoodjens1

Stupid question please,
Alright I read the Rules, no where do i recall that you have to post your
project pic's (besides the link to them) on this forum, I'm sorry to share
but so many people do not have there pic. compressed to the proper
Pix racial, so my question is people believe that one has to also post there
pic on here? I thought this is a message board?

B - Be so kind there seems to be a lot of confusion about this aspect,
one has stated to me you have to have a national paper, yet I used
a local large City paper and showed and enlargement of the date,
we have ask the mediator if that is ok and they stated it is?!


Please be so kind and confirm these aspects for me.

Thank you best regards.

God Bless you all and good Luck in this competition.

"It is not the chances we take, it is the choices we make, what determents our destiny"

Jens

Originally Posted by curt_james

I'm not bbcom_developer but I did see a message from Victor Tenuta, MT rep, stating that the judges will look at the Progress galleries during the final assessment (however he never said the judges would look ONLY at the Progress galleries). I honestly don't believe it's necessary to post here.

Also the definitive list of newspapers - as far as I'm aware - has NOT been posted.

Good luck, however, on getting a response to these questions from anyone with some actual juice or authority. I'm still not clear on whether pics are necessary in this thread and I received the PM from Victor. Bah!

And the question about newspapers has been asked seemingly COUNTLESS times to no @#$%$ing avail. Unless I just missed the "prompt reply." (cough)

LOVE YOU, VICTOR, BUT YOU NEVER CALL!

BUT I'M
NOT BITTER.

Hey kenwoodjens1 and Curt,

There has been a lot of discussion on the types of newspapers that we are accepting for transformation photos. It's always best to use a national newspaper, such as the USA Today, Washington Post or New York Times. This is because newspapers with a large distribution are easier for us to validate versus a newspaper with a smaller distribution such as a local, municipal newspaper.

Thanks,

Sean

[DanAmber]

truthfully. I dont care about the money. However it is yet another way to motivaye me to better my life physicaly!!! Im deployed right now so have nothing but time in between combat patrolls to work out, Im gonna do my best and thats all I can do!!

[TRANSMIGRATION]

Originally Posted by Sean_McNamara

Hey kenwoodjens1 and Curt,

There has been a lot of discussion on the types of newspapers that we are accepting for transformation photos. It's always best to use a national newspaper, such as the USA Today, Washington Post or New York Times. This is because newspapers with a large distribution are easier for us to validate versus a newspaper with a smaller distribution such as a local, municipal newspaper.

Thanks,

Sean

Originally Posted by ANDREW_GARVEN

Looking good everyone! Congratulations to all of you that avoided temptation and stuck to your diets while watching the games yesterday. It looks like this year?s contest is shaping up to be even more competitive than last year?s. Please feel free to ask myself or any of the other MuscleTech reps any questions you may have. Good luck!

-Andrew

Originally Posted by VictorTenuta

No, you're not too late to start! You can enter up until 11:59:59 p.m. ET on February 12, 2009.

For all the details, check out the complete Official Rules here:
http://www.bodybuilding.com/09muscle...00_contest.htm

Good luck!
Victor

Are all the MuscleTech Reps on swoll, lol.. What the heck are you guys eating.

[joso]

better late than never

[jeromedinh]

Originally Posted by VictorTenuta

No, you're not too late to start! You can enter up until 11:59:59 p.m. ET on February 12, 2009.

For all the details, check out the complete Official Rules here:
http://www.bodybuilding.com/09muscle...00_contest.htm

Good luck!
Victor

Looks as if i'm not going to be competing in this contest beside, even if i or Todd or the other runners-up were to make another dramatic change for this contest..i dont see MT chosing us. In my opinion if we were chosen, it would detour other people from entering future contests. But the wife, her sister and my buddy are going strong. So far my wife nataliedinh(bodyspace name) is down 8.5lbs in 2 weeks so we're right on track and her sis is down 8lbs and my good friend is down over 13lbs.

Nonetheless I about 90% certain i'll be competing in the Hydroxycut Hardbody contest and then following up with Junior Nationals!!! Diet time starts 03-20-09!

I wish everyone good luck and keep reminding yourself about the end result...mind, body and money All and all you're going to feel like a million bucks once you've completed your transformation!

[cninja]

Every time I try to post pics on here I copy the url and paste it but it just gives the link when I preview it.

[BryanGee]

Originally Posted by jordonimo

i think the main reason for smaller, more frequent meals is to prevent a spike in insulin production, minimizing the conversion of ingested calories to fat. also to keep your metabolism high

You would be correct sir!

[Capttoga]

Great news the cardio is working! My 1st week was kinda a wash but I'm getting stronger and leaner every week. Last week I lost .5 inch on my waist, and since I've stepped up the cardio I've already lost another WHOLE inch. I'm finnally moving away from false motivation to the real thing.

[TheRedPhoenix]

Hello internet strangers. Here are my official Before pictures.









I hope I did all of that correctly. The best part about that newspaper? It shows how awesome Troy Polamalu and the Steelers are.

GO STEELERS!!!

[Moving_Forward]

Originally Posted by Capttoga

Great news the cardio is working! My 1st week was kinda a wash but I'm getting stronger and leaner every week. Last week I lost .5 inch on my waist, and since I've stepped up the cardio I've already lost another WHOLE inch. I'm finnally moving away from false motivation to the real thing.

Great job man....keep plugging away!!!

[curt_james]

Originally Posted by VictorTenuta

You can enter up until 11:59:59 p.m. ET on February 12, 2009.

For all the details, check out the complete Official Rules here:
http://www.bodybuilding.com/09muscle...00_contest.htm

Good luck!
Victor

I'll see you all @ 11:59:58 p.m. ET on February 12, 2009!

(It's a procrastinator thing.)

[Respectmyhouse]

Originally Posted by ANDREW_GARVEN

Looking good everyone! Congratulations to all of you that avoided temptation and stuck to your diets while watching the games yesterday. It looks like this year?s contest is shaping up to be even more competitive than last year?s. Please feel free to ask myself or any of the other MuscleTech reps any questions you may have. Good luck!

-Andrew

CAN u please answer this i asked 3 times and noone has answered

hey just a quick question how much supps do u have to order to be fully in ? does is matter if you order more supps at all ? i only ordered 1 thing but i have 6 months worth of nitrotech already lol and i plan on ordering more after reb 12 does it matter if somone bought only one bottle and did the whole contest would it be ok i do have already like 10 pounds of nitrotech myo shock and hydroxy hardcore but i only ordered the nitro tech 2 pounds for the contest i plan on ordering more througout the contest do i have to order anymore to qualify and does it make any difference in judging how much stuff you took ?please answer me one of the repss

[michaelbarbella]

[BigDaddy33]

Originally Posted by TRANSMIGRATION

Congrats on signing up.

I'm pretty sure you need a National paper like USA Today. One that you can pick up in any town across America.

Looking good, I can't wait to see your final results.

The New York Times is a National Paper.......Good Luck



In other news, I got off track the last couple days with my diet, I do that on occasion when im trying not to. Im not going to dwell on it or figure out why it happens, i know why, I like food. Im just going to get back on track and kick it into gear, thanks to everyone who is being inspirational. Back on track and on my way....................

[chubbypitbull]

trying to put photos on thread. can any one help?

[IRONCOLE]

Here are my before pics.
















Good luck to everybody that is doing this. Im looking forward to the challenge.

[drgndrx]

Originally Posted by chubbypitbull

trying to put photos on thread. can any one help?

here is what worked for me and others so far:

1. get a photobucket account
2. Upload photos (you can also edit them as well on the site)
3. Use the [/img] code given and copy and paste the link into the thread
4. Preview the post to make sure it shows up alright


Best of luck in the contest!

[chubbypitbull]

thank u very much!

Originally Posted by drgndrx

here is what worked for me and others so far:

1. get a photobucket account
2. Upload photos (you can also edit them as well on the site)
3. Use the [/img] code given and copy and paste the link into the thread
4. Preview the post to make sure it shows up alright


Best of luck in the contest!

[cninja]

dam, dam, with all this training and dieting its making my blood sugars low. And the only way to make it go up is with carbs. Its hard being a diabetic and doing this thing. oh well, Its just another thing slowing me down but isn't going to stop me.

[chubbypitbull]

what can i say, my wife cooks good.

u can see the date better on my body space page.

[hot-revolvers]

Just wated to thank everyone for the motivation and advice on the contest.. i have been following the thread.. good luck to all.. i'l post pic's soon

[IronCharles]

Hello, I want to enter this contest! I'm a Canadian citizen, but I'm currently attending High School in Vermont. I'm only 17, but I am pretty sure that I can get my parents to sign a release for me, since my dad works for Iovate Health Sciences, and my mom is a mod here at Bodybuilding.com. My dad bought me a bunch of Muscletech suppliments for Christmas, so I probably don't need to buy anymore, correct?

I don't have a BodySpace page, so I'm using my brothers'. I posted a couple of pics with my best poses, but I've blacked out my face, so my buddies won't be making fun of me at school! And I didn't do that Most Muscular one, since it makes me look like a crab, Lol! But there's still a couple of pics where you can clearly see me holding my high school newspaper, although my thumb kinda covered up the date by accident, so I sort of photoshopped it back in. Oh, and don't worry about my long hair covering up my back in that shot, I plan on shaving my head before the end of the contest anyway!

I don't write very well, so I had my sister write up a cool essay for me, and I've posted it in my brother's BodyBlog, if you want to read it.

Good luck to everyone, see you at the finish!! Oh, and one last question....


Can anyone tell me how to post my pictures in the thread?



(just kidding! )

[FitnessPeanut]

Originally Posted by IronCharles

Hello, I want to enter this contest! I'm a Canadian citizen, but I'm currently attending High School in Vermont. I'm only 17, but I am pretty sure that I can get my parents to sign a release for me, since my dad works for Iovate Health Sciences, and my mom is a mod here at Bodybuilding.com. My dad bought me a bunch of Muscletech suppliments for Christmas, so I probably don't need to buy anymore, correct?

I don't have a BodySpace page, so I'm using my brothers'. I posted a couple of pics with my best poses, but I've blacked out my face, so my buddies won't be making fun of me at school! And I didn't do that Most Muscular one, since it makes me look like a crab, Lol! But there's still a couple of pics where you can clearly see me holding my high school newspaper, although my thumb kinda covered up the date by accident, so I sort of photoshopped it back in. Oh, and don't worry about my long hair covering up my back in that shot, I plan on shaving my head before the end of the contest anyway!

I don't write very well, so I had my sister write up a cool essay for me, and I've posted it in my brother's BodyBlog, if you want to read it.

Good luck to everyone, see you at the finish!! Oh, and one last question....


Can anyone tell me how to post my pictures in the thread?



(just kidding! )

Now THAT is funny!! Haha..gave my abs an extra workout

[wholedamshow33]

Click the newspaper to be able to see the date. Good Luck to everyone!

[teamface]

I agree!!! I would like the money; however, I have something to to prove to myself and all the HATERS! This comp has fostered a revelation: I have to go to unseen limits to get where I want to be. It has proved me with motivation and determination to compete with everyone. I am a warrior, the fight is what I live for. I have plenty of MT supps...thanks to Soldiers complaining that the PX didn't carry much. I what to know if I should use Myoshock or Halo? Now, it's up to me, TeamFace! I will come with 100% effort! I will give everyone a run for their money. I plan to bring a mean, lean, full 220-225 package! I'm going for broke. I am lifting heavy for reps! TeamFace.... all the way, baby! I'm in Camp Bucca. Good luck to all.