My avi pic, and 10 years difference.
So my avi pic is from my only contest I ever did back in 1999 at the age of 30, The Tampa Bay Natural. I did not know a ton about what I was doing back then and while getting ready for the show I got shipped to Aruba to run several jobs for the company I worked for at the time. I agreed to go if they flew me back for the contest. Well needless to say I got to Aruba, yeah tough gig huh, but it was hard work. I had to be outside all day running guys on a jobsite, and was wiped by the end of the day. I kept doing cardio, but my eating was not that good, and my w/o’s suffered a lot. Wish I had a picture of the rat hole gym I went to on occasion, something like you can only imagine. Either way, and long story short, I came back for the contest and carb depleted the hell out of myself and did not carb back up too good.
I look back at the pics and the shape I was in and know that I am in better shape now carrying more muscle and more knowledge. I intend on stepping on stage next year ripped up and big, hopefully in the 190# range and somewhere in the 4-6% bf range. The rest of this year is about working on diet and what works to gain clean size. No more bulking and cutting. I am all about body partitioning the rest of the year, i.e. converting fat to muscle. I think my diet for the next month or so will be a 7 am protein shake of ON Whey with milk, bcaa, and glutamine for breakfast and simple grains oatmeal. Then 9:30 will be 6-8ozs skirt steak(I want the fat for testosterone production), brown rice, and ruby red grapefruit. Lunch I will use cjicken instead of steak. Then 3 pm will be a pre w/o shake, maybe BSN TRUE MASS. Then w/o will be around 5, and I will probably hit the Gaspari Superpump 30 minutes prior when I get home at 4:30. Then during w/o will be Gaspari Size On. 30 mintues post w/o will be Whey shake with bcaa, glutamine, multis and milk. That should be around 6 - 6:30. Then either a piece of chicken or another shake 1 hour before bed with whey, glutamine, arginine, and falx seed oil for the GH cocktail recipe I found in Muscle & Fitness. W/o’s will be heavy and basic compound movements for a 3 day week, with abs and calves on off days. Still going to do 3-4 days of cardio first thing in the am, some HIIT to get off more BF. Hopefully by December I will be in the 190 range and around 7% BF. That is where I want to stay year round from now on, if not less.
I will try to post updates and try to stay injury free.
