First Bodybuilding Contest Prep Log

[Mac11wildcat]

Lolol I know man I was really disappointed that I couldn’t fully show off my glutes cause they were striated from top to bottom!!! I ordered a pair of trunks from CJs but I originally planned to compete September 28th and by the time I decided to do this show it was too late and she couldn’t get them to me in time. So, I had to use a pair of shitty run of the mill Jed North trunks lol. Do you use CJs or another company?

Local girl now. I used suits by Amy for a bit. But this girl custom measured me and cut them how I wanted.

 

[Juicestin]

Well done brother...I was 320lbs in 2015. I am up and down now depending on cycle between 200 and 230, lowest was 184 spring 2018. Still carry fat on belly and chest and sure to have loose skin if I ever get that last bit dropped.

That’s awesome brother! It’s a hell of an achievement to lose that amount of weight and keep it off for an extended period of time. It hasn’t been about dieting for me, what’s worked for me is changing my entire lifestyle and making health and fitness a priority in my life.
It’s totally normal to carry some body fat on you cause it’s not a pleasant feeling being as lean as I was for this show, for example. You’re just constantly fatigued, hungry, and cranky, you don’t get any pumps in the gym, and I was honestly not a fun person to be around the last month or so of the prep. And, as you can tell from my photos, I have some loose skin but you won’t know how much you have until you get truly lean so I would say it may be worth it to get stage lean at least once to see what you’re working with in terms of loose skin then decide if you want to try and do something about it. I was pleasantly surprised with the appearance of my skin cause I was afraid that when I got stage lean I would have execessive loose skin to the point that it would stop me from getting on stage but both my coach and I agreed it was not nearly as bad as we thought it could be considering how fat I was. I got some good tips for tightening my loose skin from some very knowledgeable people at the show I competed in that I’ll share with you - first was cryotherapy sessions focused on the areas of loose skin. Another was daily aloe Vera and vitamin e creams applied to the areas. Another tip I got was applying ice to the areas where the skin is loose for one minute on, one minute off over a 20 minute period a couple times a day leading up to a competition or any time you want to present the best physique possible. And, finally, yohimbine based topicals were also recommended to me for use as the show approaches to help pull the water from underneath the loose skin and make it appear tighter than it is. Hope this helps!

-Juicestin

 

[Btcowboy]

That’s awesome brother! It’s a hell of an achievement to lose that amount of weight and keep it off for an extended period of time. It hasn’t been about dieting for me, what’s worked for me is changing my entire lifestyle and making health and fitness a priority in my life.
It’s totally normal to carry some body fat on you cause it’s not a pleasant feeling being as lean as I was for this show, for example. You’re just constantly fatigued, hungry, and cranky, you don’t get any pumps in the gym, and I was honestly not a fun person to be around the last month or so of the prep. And, as you can tell from my photos, I have some loose skin but you won’t know how much you have until you get truly lean so I would say it may be worth it to get stage lean at least once to see what you’re working with in terms of loose skin then decide if you want to try and do something about it. I was pleasantly surprised with the appearance of my skin cause I was afraid that when I got stage lean I would have execessive loose skin to the point that it would stop me from getting on stage but both my coach and I agreed it was not nearly as bad as we thought it could be considering how fat I was. I got some good tips for tightening my loose skin from some very knowledgeable people at the show I competed in that I’ll share with you - first was cryotherapy sessions focused on the areas of loose skin. Another was daily aloe Vera and vitamin e creams applied to the areas. Another tip I got was applying ice to the areas where the skin is loose for one minute on, one minute off over a 20 minute period a couple times a day leading up to a competition or any time you want to present the best physique possible. And, finally, yohimbine based topicals were also recommended to me for use as the show approaches to help pull the water from underneath the loose skin and make it appear tighter than it is. Hope this helps!

-Juicestin

Thanks Brother, it does feel good for sure. I too make health and nutrition priority now.

I haven't been stage lean by any stretch, 184 may have been 10% at best. I think your right the only true way to tell is be stage lean. Tough road though not sure I can hack it lol..

I start cutting soon an gonna stay cutting until next summer so we will see what I can do.

Thanks for the advice on the loose skin will have to try sonlme of those and see if they help. I thought mine would be bad but as the fat goes the skin slowly tightens up.