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Off Season


It is now the off season and I couldn’t be happier! The 2012 show season (my 1st) was very good. I now look to the offseason to make some much needed improvements…

I would have never thought that I would be considered a bodybuilder. Sure I lifted weights but I was thought that bodybuilding was “gay” and I wasn’t interested at all. It just didn’t do anything for me. Well, that changed when I went to my first show last year. I was instantly hooked but I didn’t feel that I was ready and or disciplined enough to be able to diet down for a show.

Fast forward to the April of this year and that’s when I finally decided to start my contest prep. I don’t remember my weight but I was chubby. I had just come off of a bulk and I wasn’t looking or feeling right at all. I choose the Jay Cutler MD Classic, which would give me around 18 weeks to diet down.  I spoke with my coach Dave (Apex Contest Prep) and we laid out a plan. For the prep we decided to go with a lower carb approach, while it got me lean it posed a number of problems (I will discuss later).

On the day of the show, I placed 3rd in the Men’s BB Lt. Heavy Novice class. You can imagine that I was very excited. It’s very rare for first time competitors to place any show, let alone in the top 3. All the judges stated that I need to put on more size; they stated that I was clearly the most conditioned but I was just too lean and too small. I was bordering the line of physique and bodybuilding.

The plan of attack for the next show was to add size, we only had around 9 weeks, and so we had to make do with what would we could. Carbs were increased and my diet was switched to a training and non-training day format. This worked very well and I was able to compete on stage at 192 in the Men’s Open Lt. Heavy class. Sadly, I wasn’t able to place because the other competitors were top notch. I will keep you all updated on what the judges say…

Training  
Now that I am off in the offseason, there are a few things I need to work on. The whole posterior chain needs to be worked on. I also need to increase over all quad size, and add some more depth.  Current breakdown is as follows:
                Day 1: Upper Body
                Day 2: Lower Body
                Day 3: Cardio
                Day 4: Upper Body
                Day 5: Lower Body
                Day 6: Cardio
                Day 7: Rest

Nutrition
Training Days: 50, 240, 280 (F, C, P)
Non-Training Days: 50, 130, 235 (F, C, P)
Leg-Day: 60, 270, 300 (F, C, P)

That’s it for now. I will make sure to keep you all updated on my progress. 

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