September 6, 2009
Diet, diet, diet. You just can’t stress how vital your diet is to getting results. I have always been extremely active my whole life. But even in the last few years when I have seriously got into lifting I truly haven’t managed what I ate with extreme awareness. Just the last 6 weeks of a strict diet I have gone from 250lbs to 231lbs. My short term goal is to get to 225lbs by early November then close in on 10% body fat. Since I am so far out from my contest, (April 2010) I need to just get to a comfortable maintenance stage so I can hone in and focus on areas I need to improve upon. Just leaning out over the past 6 weeks I have realized several areas where I need to improve if I want to accomplish my goal. My new focal points will be further chest development–mainly central and lower pecs– to get the all important crease across the entire pectoral muscles. I also want to demolish biceps and triceps over the next several months. I have always had decent size (17inch arms right now) but I need further separation. So far I am so pumped about each and every workout and cardio session I just can’t stand waiting for the next. On that note I also purchased a recumbent bike for my apartment. I am going to integrate cardio first thing in the morning on an empty stomach to my routine and see how my body reacts. I don’t fully believe in the science of doing cardio on a fast so I will be supplementing with Scivation Xtend throughout the session for muscle preservation. It’s all about adjustments and tweaks one at a time!
