Wottup peeps!
Welcome back to another breath-taking, exhilarating, ever so slightly sarcastic blog. First things first, check me out, even before this blog this series has had over 1000 views!!! I'm sure that's crap in the scheme of blogs but considering my Facebook friends list composes I think 130 people, of which 100 are probably ransoms, I'm not doing too bad. Must have the odd interesting thing to say. I was slightly worried that my blogs would sound a bit like the teacher reading the register from Ferris Bueller's Day Off. 'Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?'
Any who........
Straight into the revelations of the past fortnight since we last spoke. It's our tactics, and probably a lot of other comp prep coaches too, to add in a higher carb day once or twice a week depending on how low your fat percentage is, how fast your metabolism is, current energy levels, plus many other factors. I have 2 each and every week, 1 mid week which is a moderate clean carb up day usually meaning I get to have a kick ass bowl of cereals for breakfast as well as my oats. The second on Saturdays strait after my HIIT (high intensity interval training, yep im doing 20 mins cardio these days!) and ab session.
So I kinda felt that I was doing something wrong by using the highest carb day, Saturday, to have a dominos low fat BBQ chicken pizza, even though I've been steadily dropping weight for the past 17 weeks I've been having it. So 2 weeks ago I took the pizza out and tried eating 350 grams worth of carbs from cereals, rice cakes and fruit, the cleaner sources basically. Well......didn't lose a bloody thing did I this week!!! My energy levels were absolutely wank the next week too and my concentration span was zero seconds flat. I was craving all sorts of bad foods and had to take a day off training coz I was so tired.
So the pizza was added back in last week and guess what? Yep, back on track with a 1.4lb weekly loss, energy levels were great, I did my heaviest leg session in ages with my gorgeous girl, late on a Friday night too (100kg front squats for sets of 5's & 210kg deadlifts, plus JESS got in the 100kg deadlift club) and everything else was fine and dandy. So pizza is my secret weapon and will be staying in my diet. Can't wait til Saturday! Ahh shit it's Sunday today so it was only yesterday that I had my last pizza. 6 days and counting.
What else is going on? I'm finding that now I'm 3 weeks out from my 1st comp I just don't want to do anything or go anywhere. I'm a bit lethargic and also I don't wanna miss a single meal or training session or even change my schedule. Normally it's easily done, if I have to go somewhere in the morning oh well I'll train in the evening. Not now! NO! I WON'T LEAVE THE HOUSE!!! I don't know why and I'm cranky as f$&k too. If I drop something on the floor, bend down to pick it up but miss it, geez that pisses me off like someone just spat in my girlfriends face! The other week was a good one when I forgot my wallet but JESS wanted to buy something from the chemist. I was so pissed that I had to walk back to get my wallet, all 200 metres to the apartment, I swung a big haymaker punch at the shelf full of listerene mouth wash, changing my mind at the last second and swinging over the top. DAMN YOU LISTERINE! It's your fault! So gota snap out of this grump after comps. For now I can blame any moodiness on being so close to comp!!
But I feel ok and my progress is coming along, maybe not to where I would like it to be but apparently, talking to the bodybuilders in my new gym, we're never happy with the way we look. It is my first show so can't expect to look like. Pro, yet! People are shocked when I say it's my first show and natural too, so must be a good thing. Still don't know how many others will be on stage but I can't wait to see the competition. We have 2 clients getting up this coming week for the Perth State Titles and they look amazing and Jess and I can't wait to see them hopefully take home a trophy. They deserve it.
So next blog will probably be my last week before my first comp. fingers crossed I'll be shredded in those photos. Here's some from 3 weeks out, a little dark I know so not the full picture but good enough for now:
Welcome back to another breath-taking, exhilarating, ever so slightly sarcastic blog. First things first, check me out, even before this blog this series has had over 1000 views!!! I'm sure that's crap in the scheme of blogs but considering my Facebook friends list composes I think 130 people, of which 100 are probably ransoms, I'm not doing too bad. Must have the odd interesting thing to say. I was slightly worried that my blogs would sound a bit like the teacher reading the register from Ferris Bueller's Day Off. 'Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?'
Any who........
Straight into the revelations of the past fortnight since we last spoke. It's our tactics, and probably a lot of other comp prep coaches too, to add in a higher carb day once or twice a week depending on how low your fat percentage is, how fast your metabolism is, current energy levels, plus many other factors. I have 2 each and every week, 1 mid week which is a moderate clean carb up day usually meaning I get to have a kick ass bowl of cereals for breakfast as well as my oats. The second on Saturdays strait after my HIIT (high intensity interval training, yep im doing 20 mins cardio these days!) and ab session.
So I kinda felt that I was doing something wrong by using the highest carb day, Saturday, to have a dominos low fat BBQ chicken pizza, even though I've been steadily dropping weight for the past 17 weeks I've been having it. So 2 weeks ago I took the pizza out and tried eating 350 grams worth of carbs from cereals, rice cakes and fruit, the cleaner sources basically. Well......didn't lose a bloody thing did I this week!!! My energy levels were absolutely wank the next week too and my concentration span was zero seconds flat. I was craving all sorts of bad foods and had to take a day off training coz I was so tired.
So the pizza was added back in last week and guess what? Yep, back on track with a 1.4lb weekly loss, energy levels were great, I did my heaviest leg session in ages with my gorgeous girl, late on a Friday night too (100kg front squats for sets of 5's & 210kg deadlifts, plus JESS got in the 100kg deadlift club) and everything else was fine and dandy. So pizza is my secret weapon and will be staying in my diet. Can't wait til Saturday! Ahh shit it's Sunday today so it was only yesterday that I had my last pizza. 6 days and counting.
What else is going on? I'm finding that now I'm 3 weeks out from my 1st comp I just don't want to do anything or go anywhere. I'm a bit lethargic and also I don't wanna miss a single meal or training session or even change my schedule. Normally it's easily done, if I have to go somewhere in the morning oh well I'll train in the evening. Not now! NO! I WON'T LEAVE THE HOUSE!!! I don't know why and I'm cranky as f$&k too. If I drop something on the floor, bend down to pick it up but miss it, geez that pisses me off like someone just spat in my girlfriends face! The other week was a good one when I forgot my wallet but JESS wanted to buy something from the chemist. I was so pissed that I had to walk back to get my wallet, all 200 metres to the apartment, I swung a big haymaker punch at the shelf full of listerene mouth wash, changing my mind at the last second and swinging over the top. DAMN YOU LISTERINE! It's your fault! So gota snap out of this grump after comps. For now I can blame any moodiness on being so close to comp!!
But I feel ok and my progress is coming along, maybe not to where I would like it to be but apparently, talking to the bodybuilders in my new gym, we're never happy with the way we look. It is my first show so can't expect to look like. Pro, yet! People are shocked when I say it's my first show and natural too, so must be a good thing. Still don't know how many others will be on stage but I can't wait to see the competition. We have 2 clients getting up this coming week for the Perth State Titles and they look amazing and Jess and I can't wait to see them hopefully take home a trophy. They deserve it.
So next blog will probably be my last week before my first comp. fingers crossed I'll be shredded in those photos. Here's some from 3 weeks out, a little dark I know so not the full picture but good enough for now:
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