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Snag gets FINAFLEXed on Road to Nationals

aceroni said:
No for some reason I thought when you said the Foreman that that's what you were using all along
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ahh, no sir - but I see above where you could read it that way
this was cooked on outside grill of course, but I have also cooked it on foreman and it cooks differently on that, than anything else I do make on the foreman
shyte was tryin to fall thru my outside grill something fierce!

i'm rolling with all chicken breast (both ground & whole breasts) after this is gone anyway; flavor is good change tho
 
snagencyV2.0 said:
now i'm just being silly - this is good stuff tho

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2oz salmon + 4oz ground chicken + 3oz ham + 1oz roast beef
1/2c black beans on the side, romaine salad as well w/ low-cal vinaigrette dressing
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That lunch meat silliness must have tasted pathetic next to the other goodies on that plate
 
Nooshefx said:
That lunch meat silliness must have tasted pathetic next to the other goodies on that plate
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actually it went well with the chicken - took bite of either roast beef or the ham with a bite of the chicken, really a nice orgasm in my mouth


uhh wait - did I really just say that?

anyways - these are just fillers I use on a limited basis, to get protein where I need it to be for meal
it's easy, and i'm lazy sometimes
 
snagencyV2.0 said:
actually it went well with the chicken - took bite of either roast beef or the ham with a bite of the chicken, really a nice orgasm in my mouth


uhh wait - did I really just say that?

anyways - these are just fillers I use on a limited basis, to get protein where I need it to be for meal
it's easy, and i'm lazy sometimes
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So you think it's nice when the meat you put in your mouth orgasms huh? Good thing you are not concerned about sodium content right now...
 
goddam stroms in my area keep messing with my satellite reception..keeps me coming back here for more AM.com

MrKleen73 said:
So you think it's nice when the meat you put in your mouth orgasms huh?
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just knew that one was coming..dint think it's be from you tho
KLEEN! you're up late brogan!

Good thing you are not concerned about sodium content right now...
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absolutely not - the more sodium, the merrier :p
 
Try mixing egg whites with that ground chicken before you cook it. Will help it bind.
Looking pretty jacked in here boss. Wonder what you're gonna look like come showtime.
 
Food Porn.... The Road to the Nationals.... And All Things Food Related! Lol. I love those food shots.
 
Damn kleen got to that gem before me. I blame falling asleep early.
 
iparatroop said:
Try mixing egg whites with that ground chicken before you cook it. Will help it bind.
Looking pretty jacked in here boss. Wonder what you're gonna look like come showtime.
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thanks ofr the tip!
always love fitting more egg whites in the diet

kenpoengineer said:
Food Porn.... The Road to the Nationals.... And All Things Food Related! Lol. I love those food shots.
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well that makes me feel good mark, sometimes I wonder if ppl get tired of seeing the food I eat :D

Montego1 said:
Damn kleen got to that gem before me. I blame falling asleep early.
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:rolleyes:




so I did some late-night cardio last night again, even later (~1am)..knew any kind of HIIT/MIIT was not happening, as my legs were fried from the effort earlier..had no intent of doing any last night, it just happened
30min LISS on tread w/ 5min gradual cooldown after - great sweat! got a lil lightheaded toward the end last few minutes, not a passing out feeling but a funny feeling nonetheless -- this is good right? :D
think I was tapping into some fat stores there..same protocol with shower then BCAA+SAA and G8, and same result with quick falling asleep and sound rest thruout night!

awoke looking better once again, this late night cardio thing is here to stay! (not tonight tho)
weight 198 this morning, will guess there will be an immediate weight reduction (not too bad, couple lbs maybe) with reduction in cals and narrowing carb rotation finitely to a lower threshhold
 
Yeah that sounds right on the cals and cardio causing a quick reduction. Not huge but enough that it will be noticeable for certain. Probably dryness more than a lack of fullness if I know you and your adjustments.

I was up late for sure, working out in the evening amps me up. If I don't get to bed right after the exercise when I get the initial tired feeling I end up re-energized. Nothing a little G8 didn't take care of. :D
 
MrKleen73 said:
Yeah that sounds right on the cals and cardio causing a quick reduction. Not huge but enough that it will be noticeable for certain. Probably dryness more than a lack of fullness if I know you and your adjustments.

I was up late for sure, working out in the evening amps me up. If I don't get to bed right after the exercise when I get the initial tired feeling I end up re-energized. Nothing a little G8 didn't take care of. :D
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G8 has me feeling like a champ after ten hours of sleep last night.
 
Montego1 said:
G8 has me feeling like a champ after ten hours of sleep last night.
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I felt great after all 4 hours I got, as you can tell from my workout this morning.
 
snagencyV2.0 said:
goddam stroms in my area keep messing with my satellite reception..keeps me coming back here for more AM.com

just knew that one was coming..dint think it's be from you tho
KLEEN! you're up late brogan!

absolutely not - the more sodium, the merrier :p
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Sodium loading is great, helps a lot, I used to be a bit of a salt fiend.
 
I dunno - I think I got a pump today

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of course, I could always be sand-baggin on these pics and half-flexing..i'll never tell

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gotta keep you guys somewhat in suspense
 
My chest was fuggin more pumped than I had ever seen it this morning .. twice a week higher volume is doing it's thing methinks...
 
bean5er said:
Very sad for you, I however may or may not have 4 bottles :-)



Exactly!



No need to flip fish Dan.

Snags your chest is crazy. Looking cry good my friend
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He looks so good it made you cry? Ultimate compliment. : djparty:
 
so my legs are looking a bit better tonight

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damn cam washing out ALL definition and veins! :rant:
there's actually some pretty good veinage going on, esp around my knees
 
iparatroop said:
Veins are visible, maybe your eyes are just old.
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meh, maybe
blind in one eye and can't see out of the other :sigh:


I missed my late night cardio last night
serious :sad: it has grown on me very quickly, very peaceful doing this late when everyone else is usually in bed around here..

rest day today, may play some tennis don't know yet


and a bit of snaggle randomness:
my local paper had a misprint (I think?) in this mornings edition..talking about the whole Brian Cashman thing with a-rod, them sniping back & forth, the story leads off and makes reference to baseball's "most steroid franchise in the NY Yankees"
:laugh:
I think they meant storied - but I could be wrong
found this quite amusing, tho yanks fans may not agree with this sentiment....
 
snagencyV2.0 said:
and a bit of snaggle randomness:
my local paper had a misprint (I think?) in this mornings edition..talking about the whole Brian Cashman thing with a-rod, them sniping back & forth, the story leads off and makes reference to baseball's "most steroid franchise in the NY Yankees"
:laugh:
I think they meant storied - but I could be wrong
found this quite amusing, tho yanks fans may not agree with this sentiment....
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I doubt it was a misprint. At best it'd be a Freudian slip, but I'd say it was a play on words. Funny as hell though.
Oh, A-rod is ready to play again, btw. Hahahahaha.
 
Damn you look huge!!! I bet people scared to beat you in matches, like damn do I want to make him upset with a loss?
 
Snags it appears you're just growing into the show man. Looking really lean too.
how many Weeks out now??
 
edje007 said:
Boom lights out....you're going to own the stage....massive ....swole
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thanks my fellow freakster ;)

Rush954 said:
Damn you look huge!!! I bet people scared to beat you in matches, like damn do I want to make him upset with a loss?
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I get that a lot lol

aceroni said:
Snags it appears you're just growing into the show man. Looking really lean too.
how many Weeks out now??
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that's the idea man - I will grow and get lean at the same time
not being cocky or arrogant or anything, but remember i'm coming from behind the game, gotta catch up in a HURRY..everything is on point, because it HAS to be -- and truth is, I am still not caught up to where I should be yet, comparatively speaking to everyone else --- this is the NATIONALS brother..still much much work to be done here

9 weeks , this Saturday - you should be amazed by what I will do in that time - if you're not, then I better not even be thinking of standing on that stage :)
 
snagencyV2.0 said:
thanks my fellow freakster ;)

I get that a lot lol

that's the idea man - I will grow and get lean at the same time
not being cocky or arrogant or anything, but remember i'm coming from behind the game, gotta catch up in a HURRY..everything is on point, because it HAS to be -- and truth is, I am still not caught up to where I should be yet, comparatively speaking to everyone else --- this is the NATIONALS brother..still much much work to be done here

9 weeks , this Saturday - you should be amazed by what I will do in that time - if you're not, then I better not even be thinking of standing on that stage :)
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Nine Weeks is a long time.
And I wasn't saying you're ready now, but I'm saying at the pace that you've been changing, I don't see you needing nine Weeks. But this allows you to cut more slowly.

Bonus! More retained muscle
 
Looking ripped and full Snags! Very impressive. Definitely the best shots so far. Glad I am not going to a National level show just yet... I have some work to do...
 
@ aceroni - thanks for the compliments my friend! exactly right with my hope to retain muscle, cuz ima be LEAN!! :D

@ kleen - agreed, everything coming on well, is why I decided to show these pics all thruout so you all can follow the progress
else - by the end, you may not just believe where it was I came from, in the beginning :)

like aceroni alludes to in "growing into the show" - I approach prep different from the average guy, who gets all big & bulky and then has to bust ass to trim down to stage form
my preference is to build thru prep, and i'm blessed enough I can get fairly lean at the same time, simply thru good metabolism/good dietary direction/increased activity
oh - and of course, good supps..FINAFLEX! :hammer:

as for you brother chris - you have come a ways my man, srs, am very impressed with your direction and achievement
don't be so hard on yourself!
 
a second round of these dudes..remembered the olive oil this time, still got a lil twinged here & there

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then last meal was this..ima grillin fool today

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first one had 1/2c brown rice with it; the 4oz salmon/green pepper combo had a ~300cal/45g protein shake on the side

I've actually been low-carbing it pretty hard these last few days (nothing ridiculous but low for me comparatively speaking) in my all-out war on fat-loss; got a nice carb-loaded meal coming up 2 meals from now for last feeding of day, looking forward to it before I roll into the pattern all over again
 
No carbs (<40g e/d, counting broccoli & almonds after fiber subtracted) for 4 days now....float trip tomorrow & gonna swell the heck up! Muscles are gonna go from flat to pumped faster than you can shake a stick. But boy it's hard looking at your meals while I'm on the home stretch! Looking SO tasty.

And as to your pics, you are REALLY coming along Snags. Nuts what 4 wks can do. You are either drier or leaner, or both - core & upper back have a LOT more definition. Nutty almost. Every pic, even at different times thru day, shows notable progress.
 
hyde, thanks brotha, appreciated! and very good catch - I DO change quite a bit thruout the day, every single day..is just the eb & flow of the diet; enjoy your carbage tomorrow lol (but I dunno if i'd be going <40g daily tho, no need for that!) :nervous:
hang on tight! shyte is gonna get real nuts in the upcoming weeks! :)
 
and this is how I roll a clean carb load meal..

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I will pass out from the insulin rush shortly..good night

:D
 
Looks oddly familiar :)
 
Steve!!! what the fug!! your a fuggin beast!!! I actually often look at your pics and just think what's he talkin about he always looks good but this time I am seeing some pretty significant improvements over all, size, hardness, abdominals fuggin all stellar... keep it up you aren't perfect yet :)
 
iparatroop said:
That looks delicious. Mmmm
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Danb2285 said:
Looks oddly familiar :)
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;)

DreamWeaver said:
what the fug!!
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lolol
your a fuggin beast!!! I actually often look at your pics and just think what's he talkin about he always looks good but this time I am seeing some pretty significant improvements over all, size, hardness, abdominals fuggin all stellar... keep it up you aren't perfect yet :)
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I will NEVER see myself as perfect doug, ever
sooo much more work to do here - you won't see snag getting complacent this time around..aint gonna happen :nono:
thanks for the kind words man, dig it :)
 
I have a question. I know that you tore your calf. Im not here to point out imperfections, as I think you are one of the most stout dudes that I know. But, since you tore your calf, they are disproportionate. Will this serve as a disadvantage on stage, and if so, how do you overcome it? It's obviously from an injury, even to the naked eye. So does something like that just get overlooked or do you make everything else stand out to try and detract from the injury. I've actually wondered this since I started following you.
 
iparatroop said:
I have a question..
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well I have an answer (I think)
meh, it is what it is, to an extent..when I get to the end, the difference isn't THAT notable, but it will ALWAYS be something you see as you say..the trick is to find the right poses/angles to hide/deceive as best you can; but it's tough on stage (especially when you're always pulled to the middle by judges for comparisons :D) because the judges are spread out a bit -- when you deceive one of them, you show all to the other end of the row LOL
:shrug: you just do the best you can man - for me, that means focusing on best angles possible and most importantly keeping legs tight and flexed thruout, as everything starts from legs in posing (toughest part for me, really have to embed this in the brain - I tend to relax them dudes at times)
 
snagencyV2.0 said:
;)

lolol
I will NEVER see myself as perfect doug, ever
sooo much more work to do here - you won't see snag getting complacent this time around..aint gonna happen :nono:
thanks for the kind words man, dig it :)
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Yah last comment was for comic relief ....
 
snagencyV2.0 said:
well I have an answer (I think)
meh, it is what it is, to an extent..when I get to the end, the difference isn't THAT notable, but it will ALWAYS be something you see as you say..the trick is to find the right poses/angles to hide/deceive as best you can; but it's tough on stage (especially when you're always pulled to the middle by judges for comparisons :D) because the judges are spread out a bit -- when you deceive one of them, you show all to the other end of the row LOL
:shrug: you just do the best you can man - for me, that means focusing on best angles possible and most importantly keeping legs tight and flexed thruout, as everything starts from legs in posing (toughest part for me, really have to embed this in the brain - I tend to relax them dudes at times)
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See, I've wondered this about scars too. Say you had an incision at one point and it left a scar that detracted from the overall appearance of, let's say, the abdomen. Would this be something that would hurt you come judgment day?
I get the angles part though, same thing with models. Some of those girls are hideous straight on, but have gorgeous profiles. Kinda like you, boss...wait, what?
 
iparatroop said:
Some of those girls are hideous straight on, but have gorgeous profiles. Kinda like you, boss...wait, what?
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you're lucky I have to go workout right now, and can't think of anything to respond with here :rasp:

but scars..again, not much that you can do about that
a good judge, is not looking at these superficial things; while they may detract from the eye to the public in general, it is not what these guys focus on in awarding placement - at all

(believe it or not, the biggest things outside of physical aspect itself ie shape/size/proportion/conditioning and stage presentation or posing, is POLITICS!)
that plays into some rankings more than I would care to see, and can be quite discouraging to some on stage in front of judges for the first time as an unknown, versus the guys who have been there before, judges know them, so decide to "boost" their placing if they are anywhere close to the next guy up

that sux :thumbsdown:
 
Typically everyones calves are shaped a bit differently. My calves measure the same but on has a longer head on the inside. For something like that to come into play you really have to have a shortage of development not really a difference in shape, that or be so very close in every other aspect that it is the only thing setting you apart. I think both of his calves look very well developed. One is just shorter now which is pretty normal. Like he said politics and favorites play more of a role than anything sometime even when who should be the winner is obvious to everyone else.
 
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