I think I peaked well, I felt really full and dry at prejudging, but I felt as though I might have spilled just a touch by the night show (the hands-on-hips MM was taken at the night show, I felt a little bloated there). Thanks man!
Thanks! Yeah the set up was weird, and I used Jan Tana Hi-Def.
Hell yeah brah, time to put on some size!
Dem glutes! Haha thanks dude!
Yeah I was psyched that my hams/glutes came out the way they did, thanks man.
Yeah it's definitely an experience I'll never forget man, but I'm gonna hold off on competing again for awhile.
Yeah I have never really trained calves hard or consistently, but I do have really low insertions so I have the potential to have great calves...gotta get to work! I was really nervous at first but to be honest, the nerves went away very quickly.
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04-02-2012, 05:57 PM #571Bulking Log: http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=145737171&p=900538741#post900538741
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04-02-2012, 06:03 PM #572
Post Contest Bloating
Well, all through yesterday I had a massive food baby, couldn't even flex my abs. I woke up today weighing in at 140.4, about 7 pounds more than I weighed in at prejudging. Besides the pint of Ben & Jerry's, which I am kicking myself now for eating the whole thing, I really didn't think I binged that hard. Heck, I ate breakfast at 10 AM and had nothing in between that and dinner at 6 PM. So, I really hope I didn't do much damage and store a significant amount of fat...hopefully it's 90% water weight. I've been chugging water all day today, and I ate pretty darned good except for a few splurges. I just logged everything I ate today, including the small splurges, and I hit 184/247/62 for the day. I think those are pretty good macros for me to start loosely reversing on (eyeballing macros). Ideally it would be 162/203-232/44 according to Layne's guide on reversing, but I want to have my fats higher to regain strength and libido quicker. So I'll try to hit around 160/200/60 this week, but my cravings have come back with a vengeance today so it's gonna be tough! Any suggestions guys?
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04-02-2012, 06:24 PM #573
Here's a bunch of professional photos, can't embed though sorry guys.
http://dawsonk.zenfolio.com/p9392848...55f5#h23b755f5
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04-02-2012, 08:10 PM #575
I don't have the article I just remember reading something about it in a thread on some other forum. Basically Layne says to up carbs 40-60%, drop protein 20%, and up fats 10%.
I just stumbled across this article about post contest dieting by Chris Aceto: http://www.flexonline.com/nutrition/rebound-effect His approach is to increase calories a little more, specifically he says to add 150g of carbs and 40-50g of fat to you diet numbers, while dropping protein to bodyweight. So, I'll shoot for 140/300/80, but I don't know if I'm gonna be weighing out my food. I think I can eyeball macros after 16 weeks of dieting. I've decided that the IIFYM approach makes me obsess over food, so I'm just gonna stick to the basic clean bodybuilding foods and give myself 1-2 cheat meals per week, most likely on the weekends such as taking my girlfriend out to dinner. I'm gonna lay out a meal plan as well as soon as possible.Bulking Log: http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=145737171&p=900538741#post900538741
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04-02-2012, 09:02 PM #576
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You did good dude and I'm positive you didn't do much damage by your post contest eats. I'm not a big fan of Aceto and his theories, but that's just my $0.02
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04-02-2012, 09:08 PM #577
Haha that's a relief man, thanks. Regarding the diet, the way I think of it is that I really don't care if I stay very lean, which is why I don't wanna do the strict reverse diet. I'm more concerned with getting my strength and libido back as soon as possible, and start putting on as much as I can! I have a photoshoot (fitness modeling) scheduled for July, so I just want to try to make as make progress as I can between now and June before I cut down again for the shoot. I just want to get back to a healthy lifestyle, and it takes different protocols for different people to accomplish this.
BTW, this photo is dope haha http://dawsonk.zenfolio.com/p9392848...55f5#h23b755f5Bulking Log: http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=145737171&p=900538741#post900538741
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04-03-2012, 04:45 AM #578
Woke up at 138.2, dropped 2 pounds since yesterday! Haha can't wait for this bloated belly and water retention to go away, I'm gonna low carb it (~100-150g) today to see if that helps get rid of some the glycogen spill.
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04-03-2012, 07:01 AM #579
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04-03-2012, 08:03 AM #580
Yeah you're right man, just gonna stick with roughly 140/300/80 for the next few weeks and increase from there. I can't wait to get my strength back and start putting on some muscle.
If anyone wants to follow the beginning of my offseason progress, I just won a tub of Neogenix BodyForge, which is a stim-free pre-workout supplement. I'll be logging all my workouts in the sponsored supplement section, and I'll post a link here when I start the log.Bulking Log: http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=145737171&p=900538741#post900538741
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04-03-2012, 10:09 AM #582
Great job man! Making us all proud. Such an awesome job for weight so much less that everyone! Just goes to show how important conditioning goes!
Regarding the reverse, it's up to your goals. My last bulk I went way higher in BF than I'd ever want to go again. To try and avoid that, I'm going to try and reverse as slowly as possible. Your plan sounds just fine. Have fun with it and get strong!Team Mustache
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04-03-2012, 08:50 PM #583
Thanks man!
Yeah I didn't want to do the strict reverse, because while it would have been nice to stay shredded, I am much more concerned with regaining my strength, libido, and making lean mass gains. I also really need to stop my obsession with food, that is, the mentality of "hmm what can I eat next and what can I fit into my macros?" because that will literally drive me insane. I'm just gonna design a meal plan for Sunday through Friday, and give myself a "free day" on Saturday.Bulking Log: http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=145737171&p=900538741#post900538741
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04-03-2012, 08:55 PM #584
Tuesday, April 3
Here's today's workout to give you guys an example of how much strength I lost. I've decided to train exclusively in the 8-15 rep range for the next few weeks, just to take it easy on my joints.
Arms
Close Grip Chins
BW x 9, 8, 7
Close Grip Barbell Bench Press
95 x 10, 9, 8
Extremely pathetic
Barbell Curls
65 x 10, 9, 8
Bench Dips
45 x 13, 12, 11
Standing Alternating Dumbbell Hammer Curls
22.5 x 13
25 x 10, 9
EZ Bar Pushdowns
90 x 13
100 x 11, 11
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04-06-2012, 09:17 AM #585
New Log!
For anyone who wants to follow my offseason progress: http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...#post861384761
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