Old Man Skinny’s Journal

Less than 2 weeks to the show.  Pretty intense.  Body fat down to about 8%–quite a cut still to make.  Weight workouts every morning.  45-minute cardio every afternoon.  Tanning.  Posing practice for 45 minutes every night.  Next-to-no carbs. Lots of BCAAs, glutamine, and plenty of Muscle Tech supps.  Meet with trainer tomorrow to get the blow-by-blow for the last week–nutrition, workout, crazy manipulation of water/sodium/potassium, etc.  Take polygraph test Friday (man, are they expensive!).

I hope you can forgive my meager posts over the last few weeks.

I’m reporting in after 3 weeks.  We spent a week in Mexico.  Vacation?  The week was more like a biggest loser episode than a hedonistic "spring break."  But it was a change to be in such nice weather.
7:30 up for a half hour run on the beach at 85-90% MHR
8:15 to the fitness center for an hour of weight lifting:  M=Chest, T=Back, W=Legs, Th=Tris, F=Bis, S=Delts (throwing in traps, forearms, and other secondary muscles in supersets)
9:30 eggs and avocado (I’m on a no-carb diet with almost no exceptions)
10:30 to 12:00 work on tan (not casually–I’ve got a comp in a month, so this is building the base tan)
12:30 chicken breast and almonds
1:30 an hour of horn practice using a silencing practice mute (big concert with OTS in a couple of weeks
3:00 RELAX with a protein shake, some peanuts, and a good book
5:00 45 minutes of sprints in the pool–laps superset with ab exercises on the pool deck
6:00 more meat
7:00 watch the sun set, catch a movie on TV
9:00 another shake and fall in bed

I’d hoped to come home all lean and cut–8% anyway.  Not even close.  It was 166@10%.  I’d lost 2 pounds, but not fat.

Things haven’t changed much in the week since–Just today I saw the scales register 9% for the first time in several months.  I hope it is an indication of things to come.

Yesterday I met with my trainer and he’s changed things up, hoping to shake the fat up and off.  First, he said to start taking Hydroxycut.  Good thing, since I’d already ordered it for the MuscleTech Transformation contest.

Here’s the plan now:

7:00 Up and drink lots of water first thing (2 Hydrox., IsaTest, Morph)
7:30 Cereal (he said oatmeal, but because of my GlutenFree requirements I’ll go with a mix of millet and quinoa) with on whole egg.  Juice with BCAAs and glutamine.
8:00 Workout

9:00 3XL, BCAAs and glutamine– Protein shake

9:45 Citric fruit

10:45 Fruit

12:00 Hydroxycut

12:45 Full meal–4oz protein, complex carb, green veggie

2:45 Fat snack (nuts, avocado, flax, fish oil, etc.) BCAAs and glutamine

4:45 Simple carb

5:15 Cardio (30-45 minutes)

6:30 Hydroxycut
7:00 Dinner–veggie first, then 4oz. protein

9:00 Posing practice

9:45 Protein shake

10:00 Bed

5% HERE I COME!