Daily Log to 2019 Show Season

What bf% do you think you are at in the last pic?
And what is your target bf% & bodyweight for the first 2024 show?
Lot of hard work, dedication & pain in that physique.
Godspeed, stay healthy & kick ass!!! A lot of us are cheering for you
I don’t know and never bother. Judges don’t do so from a stat sheet. Everything we do is from the mirror and eye. If you forced me to venture a guess I’d say ~7-8%? I dunno. That would mean I have ~4-5% to lose? Which is about 10-11lbs?
 
High day today. Fucking hate eating.

Meal 1
140g steak
2 whole eggs
300g rice
2tbsp ketchup
100g banana
Black coffee
8oz fruit juice

Meal 2-3
176g chicken
370g rice
10g macadamia nut oil or EVOO
8oz fruit juice

Meal 4/Pre
40g protein from whey
300g rice
2 chewy bar
10oz juice of choice

Intra
50g liquid carbs (25)

Meal 5/Post
40g protein from whey
300g rice
2 chewy bar
10oz juice of choice

Meal 6
140g steak
2 whole eggs
370g rice
100g banana
2tbsp ketchup
8oz fruit juice

Before bed:
200g low fat Greek yogurt
80g carbs from cereal
Unsweetened almond milk for cereal
8oz fruit juice
 
Do you prefer doing your high day in your lagging body part/hardest training or the day before to replace glycogen?
 
High day today. Fucking hate eating.

Meal 1
140g steak
2 whole eggs
300g rice
2tbsp ketchup
100g banana
Black coffee
8oz fruit juice

Meal 2-3
176g chicken
370g rice
10g macadamia nut oil or EVOO
8oz fruit juice

Meal 4/Pre
40g protein from whey
300g rice
2 chewy bar
10oz juice of choice

Intra
50g liquid carbs (25)

Meal 5/Post
40g protein from whey
300g rice
2 chewy bar
10oz juice of choice

Meal 6
140g steak
2 whole eggs
370g rice
100g banana
2tbsp ketchup
8oz fruit juice

Before bed:
200g low fat Greek yogurt
80g carbs from cereal
Unsweetened almond milk for cereal
8oz fruit juice
Just cut-and-paste post this up for every newbie running his first cycle from now on. :D (yes, I am joking)

I hope folks reading noticed that meals 2-3 are on the same entry. Chicken and rice. Eat. Repeat. LOL.

7 meals total.
 
Just cut-and-paste post this up for every newbie running his first cycle from now on. :D (yes, I am joking)

I hope folks reading noticed that meals 2-3 are on the same entry. Chicken and rice. Eat. Repeat. LOL.

7 meals total.

In that level i doubt you can cook gourmet foods and still goal your macros and have a good digestion. Honestly i kinda cringe when i see meals from influencers and competitive bbers like brandon harding for example or greg duchette, too much exotic stuff and weird food sources. I'm better by sticking in to a plan with plain foods and enjoy a cheat meal here and there instead of trying to make every meal taste amazing.
 
In that level i doubt you can cook gourmet foods and still goal your macros and have a good digestion. Honestly i kinda cringe when i see meals from influencers and competitive bbers like brandon harding for example or greg duchette, too much exotic stuff and weird food sources. I'm better by sticking in to a plan with plain foods and enjoy a cheat meal here and there instead of trying to make every meal taste amazing.
Even if it tasted amazing it wouldn’t overcome the misery from sheer volume. I don’t know anybody who’s competitively bodybuilding that has the time or energy to devote to actually “cooking.” All my whole food meals get mixed in a bowl with sauce and shoveled as quickly as possible before my body realizes I ate again.

I’m glad resources exist for people to eat better and have good tasting food for lifestyle means, but that isn’t a big piece of bodybuilding.
 
Even if it tasted amazing it wouldn’t overcome the misery from sheer volume. I don’t know anybody who’s competitively bodybuilding that has the time or energy to devote to actually “cooking.” All my whole food meals get mixed in a bowl with sauce and shoveled as quickly as possible before my body realizes I ate again.

I’m glad resources exist for people to eat better and have good tasting food for lifestyle means, but that isn’t a big piece of bodybuilding.
At a point nothing really tastes good, it’s just food and I just have to chew. Sushi for cheat meals goes down a little easier but still gotta eat as quickly as possible
 
Post-training during yesterdays high day.

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Also making a split change. Have been abusing my arms for a while and time to back off. Arm day is becoming a second pull day. Arm volume is being spread thruout all upper-training days. Focus is on just getting them a good pump 4x a week vs annihilating them. Order of the first 3 days may change.

Push A
Legs
Pull A
Off
Push B
Pull B (+ hams)
Off

Push A
  1. Low Incline Smith
  2. Flat HS Press
  3. Lying Double Cable Lateral
  4. Seated Face Pull
  5. Single OH Ext
  6. Superset - HS Curl/EZBar Pushdown
Legs
  1. Adductor
  2. Seated Curl
  3. Leg Press
  4. Smith Squat
  5. Lying Curl
  6. Leg Ext (or lunge)
Pull A
  1. Single Cable Pulldown
  2. Double D-Ring Pulldown
  3. Single Lat HS Row
  4. HS Row
  5. Single HS Curl
  6. Superset - OH Ext/Alt Hammer Curl
Push B
  1. Incline HS
  2. Pec Dec
  3. DB Lateral
  4. Seated Face Pull
  5. Smith JM Press
  6. Superset - Alt DB Curl/EZBar Pushdown
Pull B
  1. Single High Cable Row
  2. Barbell Row
  3. Single Cable Pullover
  4. Seated Curl
  5. Adductor
  6. Single Preacher Curl
  7. Superset: Strap Curl/Strap Ext
 
Post-training during yesterdays high day.

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Also making a split change. Have been abusing my arms for a while and time to back off. Arm day is becoming a second pull day. Arm volume is being spread thruout all upper-training days. Focus is on just getting them a good pump 4x a week vs annihilating them. Order of the first 3 days may change.

Push A
Legs
Pull A
Off
Push B
Pull B (+ hams)
Off

Push A
  1. Low Incline Smith
  2. Flat HS Press
  3. Lying Double Cable Lateral
  4. Seated Face Pull
  5. Single OH Ext
  6. Superset - HS Curl/EZBar Pushdown
Legs
  1. Adductor
  2. Seated Curl
  3. Leg Press
  4. Smith Squat
  5. Lying Curl
  6. Leg Ext (or lunge)
Pull A
  1. Single Cable Pulldown
  2. Double D-Ring Pulldown
  3. Single Lat HS Row
  4. HS Row
  5. Single HS Curl
  6. Superset - OH Ext/Alt Hammer Curl
Push B
  1. Incline HS
  2. Pec Dec
  3. DB Lateral
  4. Seated Face Pull
  5. Smith JM Press
  6. Superset - Alt DB Curl/EZBar Pushdown
Pull B
  1. Single High Cable Row
  2. Barbell Row
  3. Single Cable Pullover
  4. Seated Curl
  5. Adductor
  6. Single Preacher Curl
  7. Superset: Strap Curl/Strap Ext
What is HS? Hammer Strength?

How many sets do you do?
 
Correct. 3 working sets to failure, one top set followed by 2 backdown sets.

@Mac11wildcat on the backdowns…do you try to keep the rep range close or drop it to hit different ranges?

Like HS press…is it top set 7-8 reps, backoff 10%…7-8 reps…backoff 10% more…7-8 reps

Or topset 6-8 reps, backoff enough to hit 10-12 reps….backoff more to hit 12-15 reps

I’m splitting hairs here, but I love training talk instead of carbs and drug amounts lol
 
@Mac11wildcat on the backdowns…do you try to keep the rep range close or drop it to hit different ranges?

Like HS press…is it top set 7-8 reps, backoff 10%…7-8 reps…backoff 10% more…7-8 reps

Or topset 6-8 reps, backoff enough to hit 10-12 reps….backoff more to hit 12-15 reps

I’m splitting hairs here, but I love training talk instead of carbs and drug amounts lol
I don’t control for reps super hard. All sets are intended to be 8-12 with 6-15 being acceptable. Some movements are safer than others and as such I’ll let them dip to 6 and 7 before correcting weihht to get them back in the 8-12 range.

So long as I’m achieving failure I don’t sweat the specifics, but right now I’m trying hard to hold onto strength as I diet down for a show so I am definitely fighting against those ranges falling.
 
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