11 days to go...
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light at the end of the tunnel is no longer a freight train, but the Easter bunny and a basket full of chocolate eater eggs!<br />
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each day changes now, so the weeks burns itself out really fast. Sorted posing routine last night, now just have to do it and do it and do it and do it some more...<br />
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the ten days of madness starts tomorrow, the harsh diet, with five days of hell (carb depletion) included in that, days 4 to 8 I think, and then the carb loading starts, and then on game day, it's SNICKERS time!!!<br />
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Followed by, post competition, chocolate pretzels, pizza, and a cheese and crackers dish. NO beer this time around, as that makes my belly explode, and then there is no room for food... -
Sorry K - have been told by my trainer to 'stay under wraps'! Not that I think many competitors will be looking here, but you never know. She got a txt the other day "what fat Burners did Bart use to get so lean" - from an unknown number. She ignored it, I asked her to pass the number on to me, so I caould reply, "pineapple lumps'....<br />
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But once this comp is over We'll get some pics out there. At the moment though, my BW is 10% higher than it was last time I competed. I expect to drop another 5kg before D Day though in the dehydration phase. -
Auckland regional. A warm up for an Aussie comp in late May - Ness and I have been selected in a NZ team to compete against a bunch of Aussie bastards!. Also qualifies you for the nationals if you place in the top three - meaning you can then train for the rest of the year and not have to lean down again, which stops your growth, before the nationals in October or November whenever it is! SO if I qualify, it'll be Waikato to get more stage time, without such a harsh diet, and then full noise to Nationals.
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[quote name='BartMan']Sorry K - have been told by my trainer to 'stay under wraps'! Not that I think many competitors will be looking here, but you never know. She got a txt the other day "what fat Burners did Bart use to get so lean" - from an unknown number. She ignored it, I asked her to pass the number on to me, so I caould reply, "pineapple lumps'....<br />
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But once this comp is over We'll get some pics out there. At the moment though, my BW is 10% higher than it was last time I competed. I expect to drop another 5kg before D Day though in the dehydration phase.[/QUOTE]<br />
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If only we had a forum not open to the public.... <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' /> Nah, makes perfect sense. No need to tip your hand to your competitors. -
sort of perfect sense Kirwan - I am still getting my head around it. It's not as if we are going to be boxing or anything. On game day, everything is done, you've either done the work or not! But then it might make another bloke decide to not come in a bit soft as he was planning to if he was to see someone else ripped to shreds 11 days out. Not that I am, but if I was!!
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[quote name='BartMan']I will get some photos done though, probably after wax job on Sunday - a hairy beast at the moment!![/QUOTE]<br />
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Getting the full Bruno? back, crack, ahem!<br />
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agh!! classic ha ha, Hope you have a nice steady hand there mate!<br />
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How does the BB competing compare with playing sport etc? do you get the same sort of rush/anticipation etc? I mean I'm sure you did heaps of training during your rugby playing days but this BB lark is pretty scientific and full on, I'd imagine the buzz is massive once you're on stage busting out your vogue moves!<br />
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A guy I went to school and played rugby with got into BB and power lifting pretty hard out. He has gotten HUGE - however I do know he's had some assistance in that area (you know what). In talking to him about that lean down period before the comp he described going off into la la land! pretty much starving yourself for a number of days is how he described it... But if you've done all that work leading into that phase of training then that's what you've got to do! -
yeah, you get brain fade pretty serious! Lists, lists and more lists to make sure you have done everythihng. My day today is...<br />
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5:15 - get up, boil kettle, first coffee of day with teaspoon of honey.<br />
5;50 - at gym training (chest today), then posing, symetry round, compulsory poses.<br />
7:30 - second coffee and honey and breakfast - 1/2 cup whole grain rolled oats, 1 1/2 scoops protein powder (with zaero carbs)<br />
10:00 - protein shake - same components as breakfast, but blended.<br />
12:00 - lunch - 300gm fresh fillets, 4 cups green veg, 1/2 cup rice. coffee / honey<br />
3:00 - afternoon protein shake 1 1/2 scoops powder.<br />
5:00 - 30 minute cycle, go through posing routine<br />
6 - dinner - see lunch!<br />
and I think there is one more protein shake at the end of day, can't remember, first day of new diet, but there usually is.<br />
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So as you can see, not a lot of carbs over the next ten days, and it gets worse next Saturday... Rest days are gone - weights / cardio every day until next Wednesday and then they stop. <br />
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Dehydration starts Monday...<br />
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So curretnyl sitting here watching clock waiting for protein shake time!! -
wow! so that's 6 meals/snacks/shakes throughout the day plus coffee - is that enough to fuel full effort sessions at the gym? I guess its all done on calcs so you are getting exactly what you need given what you are burning in your workouts etc. The science of it all is pretty impressive, talk about fine tuning the human body.
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nah, at the moment we are runnning at serious calorie defecits. Making out bodies burn what fat is left. The trick is to keep the muscle there and make the body burn the fat for fuel.<br />
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It is a mad science that is for sure - fortunate for us, we have a mad scientist to tell us what to do!<br />
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so looking at that, currently my only carbs are those WG rolled oats, and what small quantities from the veg! and this is not yet the carb deplete! -
fuck, me they say BB is like childbirth, by the time you want to do it again, you have forgotten how fucing hard it is at the pointy end of the process.<br />
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3:58pm and my belly button is in contact with my spinal column. A tad hungry! Ah well, this time next week I will have visited my trainer and will be getting ready to carb up! <br />
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the top two inches, "the devils playground" is where this battle is won and lost. -
day two of starvation rations. Leg workout this morning - same as my usual one, so strength is still there, I expect in four days time when my legs get attacked again, they will be less willing!!<br />
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[quote name='BartMan']MMMmmmmmmm, carb free zone now, but breakfast this morning was GREAT. 250gm of fresh salmon poached in it's own juices. and green beans - raw!!!<br />
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Was fan bloody tastic. But expect I will be sick of that by Wednesday![/QUOTE]<br />
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Get on that salmon. Love that stuff. <br />
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[QUOTE]nah, at the moment we are runnning at serious calorie defecits. Making out bodies burn what fat is left. The trick is to keep the muscle there and make the body burn the fat for fuel.[/QUOTE]<br />
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I remember when I had my first Personal training session and the PT kept saying "you've got plenty in store" all throughout the session. All the while I was gasping for air and barely freaking walk. I didn't know what he was going on about, but realise it was all the fat I had in store (my body) that I needed to burn. He wasn't doing it in a derogatory way, but as a motivator that I could keep going because I had stored energy to burn!
