Here's Tuesday's recap.
Two things happen when I transition from the Cut Diet to the Lean Mass Diet. I get REALLY HUNGERY and very SLEEPY. Tuesday's diet was not tight. It was clean, but I went over my calories and my carbs as well as fats were over my macros. I'm not worried about this, because it happened last time and I took the first week loosely and tightened up the diet after that. My results were still good and bodyfat didn't get out of control.
The other thing that happens is that I get sleepy. I spent most of yesterday sleeping between meals. It's not really a bad thing, but just strange. I think it's just my body getting used to the larger insulin release.
I also made the mistake of buying a couple of honey crisp apples. They kept calling me like crack rock and I gave in. That started my carb and fat overload. I stayed strict through my whole prep and the week after, so with all the extra food in the house I caved, but it was GOOD.
That being said I'm not going to list yesterday's diet except for food choices as some portion sizes were not measured.
All nutrition came from eggwhites, PB, Shrimp, Olive oil, raisins, whole wheat pasta, Honey (crack) Crisp Apples, asparagus, and salmon.
So, at least it was all clean and I did always include some good fat to lower insulin spike.
Next week the diet will be tightened. I will definately have it out of my system by then and will not allow myself to get fat.
Training
Chest+Shoulders
BB Bench
135x10 warm up
185x10
195x7
Incline DB Press
60x10
60x8
Dips (Vince Giordna style)
9
8
Seated DB Military Press
45x10
50x7
DB Laterals
30x10
35x10
AbBench Crunches
100
Seated Twists
50
Cardio 30 mins reverse eliptical
Great workout. Sick pump and no problems with my back. As of this posting, my back feels great, but I will monitor it closely for the next couple of weeks. I've got to thank my massage therapist who is also a yoga instructor. She taught me some stretches that fix my back quickly. I'm seriously considering doing yoga on one of my off days. It should have a positive impact on my training.
I got my judging sheet and critique in the mail. I'm going to list it here as motivation for me and to show why the competition is truly with myself to bring in the best total package I can be to the stage. Judging is subjective by nature, and when I take the stage again with more mass and greater conditioning they will have an easy choice. You will see some of these comments contradict each other, but I don't disagree with any of them
"Little too much oil" so that means the physique is good right?
"Great symmetry, excellent posing in mandatories & routine!"
"Great overall hardness and symmetry"
"Work on building leg and arm size"
"Too much oil, good conditioning, nice quad separation"
"Build more upper body mass"
As you can see, some thought I was symmetrical, while others thought I had lagging body parts. Although I feel that I am pretty balanced, I agree that I need more leg and arm mass. The only way to do that and keep my symmetry would be to add some upper body mass as well. Larger legs and arms will make my physique more impressive and have me standout the moment I hit the stage.
The biggest lesson is NO MORE PAM!!! In '09 it's all about the Jan Tana posing gel.
All in all in the open class I got out massed. Whoever said natural contest are all about conditioning has never been before these judges. I know how to get shredded. NOW IT'S TIME TO GET HUGE!!!!!
FUEL FOR THE RAGING FIRE BABY