Demon Embraces the Inner Monster - Path to MASSiveness in 2014

[offroadatv200]

Looking great, Stan!

Good luck, kill it, and have a good time tomorrow!!!

[demonwareltd]

Thanks Billy - show day is here!

Weight - 193.1 lbs (-47.9). This former fat boy is showing you how you can be a fluffy duff in the off season and still have a good showing. Now to go wake the wife so I can slap some Dream Tan on

[The Solution]

Good luck today.

[Vytis]

Have a blast up there. You're ready!

[phillysteak]

Go get em dude

[red_cat]

Give 'em hell today, my friend!!

[demonwareltd]

Thanks guys - will keep your posted as the day rolls on!

[happydude101]

Just heading out to the gym, but wanted to stop in and wish you the best of luck!

[demonwareltd]

Just heading out to the gym, but wanted to stop in and wish you the best of luck!

Appreciate you taking the time - enjoy your workout and thanks!

[NaturalPursuit]

Goodluck bro!

[IK9]

Bump for show updateeeeee

[demonwareltd]

About an hour delayed getting started but prejudging is under way. Being in tall Bodybuilding my open class is absolute last. Both my novice and open have I think 5 competitors. Gonna be a tough show. Everyone is so huuuuuge here.

[demonwareltd]

Prejudge is over. Wife thinks 1st or 2nd out of 5 in novice and 2nd or 3rd out of 6 in open. Here are a few fun pics. Took a bunch outside with photographer after judging and wife has videos I will post later. Time for food and rest!!

[red_cat]

Lol love the one with the belt!

[demonwareltd]

Lol love the one with the belt!

That was all my wife's idea - gland she suggested it!

[Devils]

Great work mate, well done. Did really well with conditioning in the last 4 weeks.

[Big_Spaz]

You look great Stan, congrats man. I hope you bring home a nice shiny trophy


Not sure if I'm going to make it out in time. My dad stopped over for a visit and is still here. I'm having a hard time sneaking away, lol.







-Spaz

[demonwareltd]

Will give full rundown with pics and videos tomorrow. 1st place novice tall and 2nd open tall - lost to the eventual show winner.

Best physique to date and lots of compliments on let size and separation and back detail.

Smashed IHOP for a full stack of cheese cake pancakes, 2 eggs, 4 sausage, white toast, home fries, strawberry milkshake and half of my sons chocolate chocolate chip pancakes.

Now off to the grocery store for cookies ice cream and other crap

[demonwareltd]

Ok. Quick sneak peak

[IK9]

that back detaillllll

good jobbbb

[demonwareltd]

A little sore from the posing yesterday but I'm charged up. Heading into the gym when they open this morning to catch up with some of my gym buddies about the show last night and to test a few of my lifts that I'll need 1RM numbers for. Following an advanced periodization 5x5 split for the next couple months until strength and calories get back to "normal" levels. Love squatting 3x week!

Having a little picnic at my house to celebrate today. Ate so much last night that I haven't eaten a thing this morning and am still quite full. Up 3.5 lbs from contest morning weight, so feeling great about that.

[IK9]

You gonna reverse this time or fk it? lol

[happydude101]

Great job and congrats on the placing!

Eager to see more pictures, though if the back pose is any indication you were in great shape.

[Vytis]

Amazing, great job!

[jpfaherty]

Nice work dude. Great showing.

[demonwareltd]

Thanks everyone. I ate way too much this weekend but I planned on giving myself whatever I wanted and I did just that. Will step on scale tomorrow after a day of tracking starting today.

Will post a full write up later after work. In the meantime here is the open tall prejudge. Wife did the best she could with the video quality from my iPad (that is her yelling throughout the video). I am second from left at start and finished second to overall winner on far right. A monster of a man.

I will say that I always hate the stage pics and videos at this show - I think the lighting is terrible because everyone looks much better off stage than they do on. It's evident if you see my pics I posted from outside immediately following this pre judge

Enjoy.

[demonwareltd]

It's been a few days and life has been incredibly hectic. First off, started a new job on Monday so I've been driving into the office 43 miles each way, which makes for rather long days. The job is going well though and so far I love the work and the people.

My coaching business is booming after this past weekend, with 3 new competitors taken on in just the last 2 days. My one client who competed in his first ever show, did an NPC physique show out in Kansas as a natural and ended up 6 out of 12 in his novice class. He was stoked and exceeded both of our expectations. He is now doing another show in mid July. My other client who competed last weekend with me at the NABBA Keystone Classic finished 2nd in his novice class out of 6 and 3rd in the open out of 6. He too is stoked and motivated to make improvements ahead of competing again next summer.

For me, I'm done with competing for awhile. No desire to step on stage again until I can make noticeable size gains in my upper body - that is what's keeping me from competing for an overall title in the NABBA shows. I'm perfectly good with this plan and allows me to focus a bit more on family, career and Demon Fitness. Working on website updates as well for Demon Fitness, just not having all that much time to get them done.

For me, I'm up to 201.7 lbs this morning, a gain of about 7 pounds since Saturday. Not all fat since I haven't stopped gorging since the show. At least since work started up on Monday the binging has been kept to the late evening, but as anyone knows, lots of damage can be done in a short time. Tonight I'm on target to hit my macros, so we'll see how the night ends. Training wise, I'm following a 4 day split where 3 days are focused on an advanced periodization around Bench/Row/Deadlift/Squat/OHP with minimal accessory work thrown in. I then have a weak point day added in for the 4th day focusing on shoulders/arms.

I tested maxes the day after my show and the Sunday after as well and came up with:

Squat - 365
Bench - 275
Row - 279
Dead - 505
OHP - 143

Pathetic overhead press, I know. Again, that's why shoulders and arms are on the weakpoint list. Yesterday I just did 30 minutes on the treadmill. I had wanted to run but my wife got held up and I needed to be home with my son. Today was the first day of my program and looked like:

Squat - 285x5x5
Bench - 170x5, 185x5, 200x5, 215x5, 230x5
Row - 175x5, 190x5, 205x5, 220x5, 235x5
Ball Crunches - 4 sets
Hyperextensions - 2 sets

That's about it really. Got a nice shout out from Top Secret Nutrition on their Instagram/********, who I rep for - a nice acknowledgement of the hard work I put in and achieving the best conditioning I have to date. Now it's about finding that off season groove again and getting my hunger under control. I understand it takes about 2 weeks for your brain to stop telling your stomach that you are starving. I'm targetting just over 2800 calories a day which is about 900 more than I ended prep at. I expect to put on fat, which is fine, but it should be slow and steady given I can stay within my allowable macros.

[IK9]

Holy Fock

& I complain about driving like 15 miles in any direction lol

[demonwareltd]

Holy Fock

& I complain about driving like 15 miles in any direction lol

I take one for the fam so we can have nice house and cars. Been there 12 years now so you do get used to it.

[offroadatv200]

Congrats on the comp, new job, and killing it for top secret and demon! them life gainz are coming in heavy.

I know your feels on the long drives. I did 38 miles for a good two years.