dieseldru’s BodyBlog

Weight: 169lbs, BF%: Not recorded. At this point, especially since my weight has stayed about the same or dropped a little bit, I’m pretty sure I’ve lost as much bodyfat as I can in this time frame.

Well, this is it. Peak week, or hell week if you want to look at it that way (that’s the outlook I have for it). Either way, this is the final week before my competition. In fact, in exactly one week from right now, the competition should be getting underway.

Scared shitless wouldn’t fully explain how I feel about my chances right now. I’ve lost a whole lot of weight prepping for this competition; the last time I was this light was when I sprained my ankle. Only difference is I kept more muscle this time around. Overall, I’m pretty happy with my overall progress. I leaned out really nicely, and my abs did come in just as predicted by others. I’ve always been lean, so it’s been pretty hard to gauge how much I’ve leaned out.

As for my plan for the next 7 days, I took both yesterday and today off. All heavy training is over. I did my superset workouts last week (that was awful btw. There is nothing worse-feeling than doing superset workouts while restricting calories and cutting out my fast twitch.) with moderately heavy weights. This week, it will all be about getting the muscles pumped and hard, so I will take it easy this week. My plan is to do total upper body workouts on Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday. On Monday and Wednesday, I will do 15 mins of cardio via stairmaster. Abs will be done everyday Sunday thru Thursday (nothing strenuous, just 3 sets of two exercises, one for abs one for obliques). Friday will be no training. My point for this is to give my body some time to recouperate and repair, while stimulating the muscles just enough to keep them pumped and prevent atrophy from a full week of rest. However, I want my legs fresh for showtime, which is why I’ve stopped training them completely; at this point, the cardio should sufficiently work them.

We all know that dieting is the most important part of all this, and people constantly say that this part is a real crapshoot; just trial and error and hope it comes out right. Lol and that’s exactly how I’m approaching it. My plan is this. I normally do moderately low carbs (125-150g) Mon thru Friday, and load Saturday and Sunday. This week I have moved up my load days to Friday and Saturday. Starting Sunday, I will begin to deplete. My plan is to drop from 175g from the weekend (my current "load" level) gradually until I get to no carbs on Wednesday. Then I will jump to 200g of carbs on Thursday, and take 175-200g on Friday, depending on how I look that morning. Water I will begin to drop on Wednesday, dropping to 1/2 gallon on Wednesday, then 32oz on Thursday and no water on Friday. Hopefully this will allow me to fill my muscles with as much glycogen and as little water as possible, hopefully thinning out my skin and giving my lean look an even more ripped appearance.

All I can do now is wait, and hope.

This will be my last blog before the show, so I just want to take the time to say thanks to everyone who has supported me, and all the advice that everyone gave me during my contest prep. I have worked really hard for this first competition, and my respect and admiration for all those who have braved the dieting and training for week after week has greatly increased.

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