Nicole Snell’s Training Blog

The main reason I wanted to keep a weekly/bi weekly blog during this contest prep was so that I could log the changes in my body when I see them so I know what to expect the next time around and I know at what time frame out from a show that my body will look like.

On Tuesday, I was freaking out because it  honestly looked like my body was going in reverse.  Sure, I had just come off of 2 deplete days and I was flat and smooth, but still.

Then I wake up on Wednesday and by mid afternoon my body looked my fat burning engine kicked into overdrive.  I was dry.  My chest muscles were showing a cut down the middle and my arms were really vasacular.  Wowzers!  It’s like it happened overnight!  And everything felt harder.

Let’s fast forward to today, Thursday, February 19th.  More changes!  My abs have completely come in and the oblique cut toward the hip bone is deep and prominent.  Everything is more vascular and I STILL look pretty damn dry.  Cutting is so weird.  You go days at a virtual plateau and then BAM things start happening.

Now I’m going to log all the changes I now notice at the end of my 6th week out from show: My arms are vascular pretty much 24/7 now with my lovely right bicep juicy vein popping out , my abs have all come in and my obliques have a nice cut all the way down the front/side of the hip bone as well as the connection to my upper rib cage.  My ziphoid process is visible all the time now (that’s how I know my bf is getting really low), my quads have a deep cut on both legs all the way up the leg, my hips are slimmer, my front quad cuts are noticeable without me having to flex really hard, my ham/glute tie in is tightening up, my size 5 pants are fitting nice and loose, my face is getting angular, my shoulders are already striated, my shoulder cap is cut in already, my biceps have visible striations on the inner arm,  and my chest has the separation down the middle with some striations becoming visible.  I’m so excited!  Hopefully if I keep progressing like this I’ll be able to eat into the show which is my hope/goal.  But I’m ready to deplete all the way to the show date if it means I’ll look my best and bring the best pacakge .

I can’t wait to take progress pics on Saturday!

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