The numbers are in
I got my bodyfat taken yesterday: 124.8lbs and 14.6%bodyfat
Not bad by any stretch of the imagination, in fact its very very good. However, in order for me to step on stage and feel competitive I need to be under 10% bodyfat.
I have 4 full weeks of training left before I step on stage. It all comes down to a science (calories in vs. calories out). I’m keeping my cardio up doing 2 hours a day (as many days as my schedule permits). I train 5x a week focusing on specific bodyparts and always working on posing.
This was my first weekend that I haven’t cheated or had a drop of alcohol in 3 months! wow, I feel great today lol. Monday’s are usually so horrible because of the extreme bloat and dehydration of the weekend. Feels good to be healthy.
Don’t get me wrong. The first thing I usually reach for after a show isn’t water. It usually involves alcohol or some type of fatty food lol. I guess this makes me human.
At this point, I’m still contemplating on doing back to back shows. This would mean I’d have to start drinking water immediately after the first show and go right in to the water depletion phase for the next weekend. Not sure how my body will adapt, but my goal was to do 3 shows this year. And I’d rather bang them out back to back them wait a few weeks in between. We’ll see…
October 12, 2009 at 10:48 am
Seems extreme, I am 38 & have maintained 6-9% BF year round since I was 25. I have competed on a high level in my sport as well as trained numerous athlete’s. Never have I or had some one…deplete, cut or do 2hrs of steady state cardio. ( does very little, science has proven this) Who trains you?
October 15, 2009 at 11:42 am
well, we are too completely different individuals. and not to mention, i’m a women and you’re a man. women naturally store 20lbs of extra bodyfat on their bodies (because we are made to make babies). Its tougher for me to lose the bodyfat and have to kick it up a notch. I don’t always have to do the 2 hours (1 hour in the morning and 1 hour at night). and you’ll find that many many women have to do this. i also looovee to cheat in the offseason. so i already have that to my disadvantage. if i didn’t cheat, i’d be able to maintain like yourself.