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The EVLOUTION of BIGPOPPADROS
This is my first log and I am fairly new to the boards. I have been training for over 10 years and competing for four; diet and training logs are second nature to me so posting should be an easy step.
I really appreciate Fnf and ALRI for giving me the chance to test the EVOLUTION STACK and I hope my log is helpful. I definitely will appreciate any feedback on details that I might forget if it would be helpful to any of you. Here is a little history of what led me to the EVOLUTION:
The Past:
This past November I finished up my fourth year of competing and for the first time in that four years I failed to build and progress my physique. I had more knowledge, more focus, more drive, and more discipline but did not translate to into positive results.
My perspective became blurred and I dropped too much weight in my pursuit to be as hard and lean as possible. I did reach a new level of conditioning, but it was not until I reflected on the contest photos that I saw why my placings were below my expectations.
I dieted for 16 weeks leading up the INBF Naturalmania. After placing out of the top 5, I decided to continue the diet for another 7 weeks to the INBF Worlds. This long diet took a toll as begin dropping weight and seeing my testosterone drop.
In 2005 I stepped on stage at 184 lbs. In September 2006 I hit the stage at 182 and in November I dropped down to Middleweight at 172 lbs. Here are the pics from this past fall:
The Present:
In the five weeks since I was last on stage, I have focuses on regaining strength and building some muscle as well as adding some fat (for overall health). I eat clean all year around and I stay on a consistent meal schedule (detail will follow in the log). Since the competition I have not kept a log, but habit keeps me always aware of my daily intake. I have been around 300g protein, 300-325 carb. 100g fat.
My training has been high volume with a focus on building strength in the 6-10 rep range. In past off seasons I have placed too much emphasis on low rep strength training and I feel it is now time to get re-focused on a more traditional bodybuilding rep range. I found that the 1-3 rep range led to injury and it did not produce the growth I had hoped for. I have also been integrating some X-rep techniques into my training.
Here is a photo from a few weeks after the competition; still hard but beginning to fill out:
The Future:
Now that my body has stabilized and recovered from the long diet, I am ready to focus on new gains. I need to add the thickness and size necessary to get the placing I diet so hard for. In order to achieve this goal, I am lucky to be selected as a tester for the ALRI EVOLUTION STACK.
I hope to see this stack help me to achieve new levels of strength and growth as well as help me to recover the libido and hormone balance that crashed during the diet.
Tomorrow I will post my diet and training schedule for the EVOLUTION STACK test and Thursday (12-28) the log will get going…
This is my first log and I am fairly new to the boards. I have been training for over 10 years and competing for four; diet and training logs are second nature to me so posting should be an easy step.
I really appreciate Fnf and ALRI for giving me the chance to test the EVOLUTION STACK and I hope my log is helpful. I definitely will appreciate any feedback on details that I might forget if it would be helpful to any of you. Here is a little history of what led me to the EVOLUTION:
The Past:
This past November I finished up my fourth year of competing and for the first time in that four years I failed to build and progress my physique. I had more knowledge, more focus, more drive, and more discipline but did not translate to into positive results.
My perspective became blurred and I dropped too much weight in my pursuit to be as hard and lean as possible. I did reach a new level of conditioning, but it was not until I reflected on the contest photos that I saw why my placings were below my expectations.
I dieted for 16 weeks leading up the INBF Naturalmania. After placing out of the top 5, I decided to continue the diet for another 7 weeks to the INBF Worlds. This long diet took a toll as begin dropping weight and seeing my testosterone drop.
In 2005 I stepped on stage at 184 lbs. In September 2006 I hit the stage at 182 and in November I dropped down to Middleweight at 172 lbs. Here are the pics from this past fall:
The Present:
In the five weeks since I was last on stage, I have focuses on regaining strength and building some muscle as well as adding some fat (for overall health). I eat clean all year around and I stay on a consistent meal schedule (detail will follow in the log). Since the competition I have not kept a log, but habit keeps me always aware of my daily intake. I have been around 300g protein, 300-325 carb. 100g fat.
My training has been high volume with a focus on building strength in the 6-10 rep range. In past off seasons I have placed too much emphasis on low rep strength training and I feel it is now time to get re-focused on a more traditional bodybuilding rep range. I found that the 1-3 rep range led to injury and it did not produce the growth I had hoped for. I have also been integrating some X-rep techniques into my training.
Here is a photo from a few weeks after the competition; still hard but beginning to fill out:
The Future:
Now that my body has stabilized and recovered from the long diet, I am ready to focus on new gains. I need to add the thickness and size necessary to get the placing I diet so hard for. In order to achieve this goal, I am lucky to be selected as a tester for the ALRI EVOLUTION STACK.
I hope to see this stack help me to achieve new levels of strength and growth as well as help me to recover the libido and hormone balance that crashed during the diet.
Tomorrow I will post my diet and training schedule for the EVOLUTION STACK test and Thursday (12-28) the log will get going…