XtremeFitnessINC’s BodyBlog

The show is finally over! and to my surprise I actually placed! Wow, that was the greatest feeling, even considering the competition that was in the show. Those guys were amazing and they all came to win! I overheard some guys complaining about other competitors not being "natural"…But in my opinion, it didn’t matter. There were HUGE guys that lacked conditioning and they didn’t place. The most conditioned individuals won in this show. The judges did not play the game where the biggest guys won. I have a lot of resepct for the guys who came in extra dry and dense! Again, I am very pleased with 5th and I am motivated to reach higher standards for myself and hopefully place in the top seat for next year! Man I love this sport

Well tomorrow is the big day! I’ll post up videos and pics of the show right after! For the past 3days I’ve been carbing up on strawberries, sweet potatoes, and grapes! No specific reason, I just been craving those particular foods. I put on one coat of spray on dream tan, looks great but rubs off very easily…I’ll try 2 more coats tomorrow so I don’t sweat it off while I sleep tonight.

I’m real hyped up right now, not only is the show tomorrow but I get to meet the man Branch Warren as well! I think it’s great that he is coming out to visit us waaaay out here in Japan! If he’s taking any questions I have A LOT to ask!

Well we are now in Tokyo and I am just a few days out from the show! The nerves haven’t hit me yet, I guess if they do get to me it won’t be until the day of the show. I feel pretty good about my conditioning, well I can’t change much now at this point so I have no choice but to be happy!

I’ll post up videos of my routine right after the show….or well, right after I eat a real meal! Haha. I have the dream tan spray tan I’ll start using the day before the show and I’ll apply dream tan the day of. That means this friday I have to "Nair" it up to make sure I’m good and clean! I don’t really hold much water at all, so I won’t start cutting water until the day before, I think most of my fluids will be detox tea anyway. The day of I’ll just sip on detox tea and wait for the offical weigh ins…Wish me luck!

I am now just a few short days out from the comp and I am feeling very good about my results so far! Tomorrow is my last offical day of weight training which surprisingly has me feeling very good   I love training but my body is screaming for a break! I will carb load Thurs/Fir and on Sat I will Eat carbs as needed until 5pm. Not too sure what I will eat for breakfast the day of, but I was thinking maybe a sweet potatoe and a few eggs?

I tested a little bit of my spray on base tan (dream tan) and it really brings out the density. I was pretty impressed, I can’t wait to see how I look with the base tan and the competition color on! I’ll post pics up soon and I’ll post a video of the show right after!

Well I am just about a week out from the competition! My body is SORE all over! and it’s not over yet. I still have a back workout, legs, chest and shoulders before I can go into my cruise mode.

My diet has changed a lot, here’s a sample of what it has been for the last two weeks:

Meal 1: 2 whole strawberries

Cardio

Meal 2: 5-6 whole eggs/ green beans and 1/4 cup corn

Meal 3: whole chicken breast/ 2tbsp natural PB

Meal 4: 8 whole egg whites/ green beans and 1/4 cup corn

Meal 5: whole chicken breast/ 2tbsp natural PB

Meal 6: 8 whole eggs/ green beans

Meal 7: 6 Boiled eggs w/tbsp canola mayo+ tbsp yellow mustard

I want to see how this will workout, I figure since eggs have the most usable protein of the meat family I would work with that and of course I have to have my chicken and PB!!!

But after the contest all I wanna hear is "CHEESE CAKE BABY"!!! Hahahaha…Naw, I’ll have 1-or 2 slices (maybe more) and I’ll go right into my bulking with fruit diet! The purpose is to stay lean and try to gain some quality mass….Well see!

I’m still tryn to upload my week4 pics, unfortunatley on of my little ones got ahold of the camera usb cords and I’m sure it’s now inte land of "Nowhere".Those of you who are parents know wat I’m talking about..lol… well Today marks 3weeks out for me and I’m hitting the gym hard! I switched my program around just a little, I am now doing GIANT SETS. Its a nice switch too, it’s a nice change of pace with plenty of intensity!

Today is an off day, I’ll hit an unevn trail and hike a huge hill 6-8 times.

I’m a little late on the updated pics because after last nights workout there was no way I’d be able to pose for any flicks. I will however try to have them up today. I really hit my traps and shoulders hard last night. I especially focused on the squeeze for every rep in every set! My main concern right now is getting comfortable with my posing, I want to display confidence in what I’m doing and I definitely do not want the posing portion to be my downfall.

Today marks 4weeks out, After I hit shoulders tonight I post up new progress pics. Stay tuned!