fltallpaul’s BodyBlog

I will be competing in my first bodybuilding show on June 21st, 2008. The show is the NPC Mid Florida Classic. This show is run by Deke Warner in Orlando. In the past I have attended and one year I met Jay Cutler there. See my pics on my bodyspace for a photo of him and me. I also plan on doing an OCB show in August at the Disney Wide World of Sports. I will be entering the Novice division of the NPC show. I am a lifetime Natural so I plan on sticking with the natural organizations as much as possible.

I have been lifting now on and off for 15 years or so. I have been very serious for the last 18 months. There have been stretches in the past where I was religious with the gym and times when I only went once a week, usually due to frustration. Since I have decided to do a show I have had no problems with motivation.

I read a lot of information regarding what it takes to do a show. Most of the literature I read was from Layne Norton. I also followed closely along with Tommy Jeffers on his journey. Listening to Tommy and seeing how happy he was the he chose Layne convinced me to do the same. Layne is now my coach and with him in my corner my confidence is even higher than before.

The last six months I did a cut and it went extremely well. I followed Layne’s pre contest guidelines loosely and lost close to 20lbs. During that time I was also contacted by bb.com and chosen for an ad campaign. I now have an ad in Muscle and Fitness Magazine for bb.com….crazy to see myself on the pages of the same magazines as my bodybuilding heroes have been in for years. The issues start coming out this month so we shall see how the response is.

My show is 30 weeks away so I plan on doing a 6 week bulk and a 24 week diet. My stats are currently

height 6′3″

weight 226

neck 17

chest 46

forearm 13

bicep 17

waist 35

leg 26

calf 15 3/4

shoulders around 55

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I purchased a food scale last night and also did my first Power workout. I will be following this basic workout strategy for the next six weeks. I won’t get to specific but it is the same principle that Tommy used.

Mon-upper body power

Tues-Lower body power

Wed-Off

Thursday-Upper body Hypertrophy

Friday-Upper body hypertrophy

Saturday-lower body hypertrophy

Sun-rest/abs

I will be doing cardio about 4 times a week with two HIIT sessions per week.

Supplements are

Creatine from Cell Tech

sesamin

BCAA from Xtend

whey protein

glucosamine

beta alanine

Macros will be per day

Protein 250grams

Carbs 250-300 grams depending on activity lifting days or not

Fat 50-55 depending on lifting days or not

I think that covers it. I will be updating this spot with pics, notes, changes and anything that pertains to my contest prep.

I have really enjoyed seeing everyone’s threads in these forums over the last few months and I would just like to contribute back. Perhaps my thread will help someone else who is considering doing a show as well. Thanks and wish me luck…..

Paul.