First show/ First coach/ Objective criticism needed

[Vanargandar]

You are absolutely not at 12% bf my brother. You look great though

Unfortunately I would agree with the first part, fortunately with the second part though.

 

[RomanMVP]

If I read this correctly, he wants you to jump into EQ with only 9 weeks to go? That would have been the first red flag. EQ has to be run much longer than that, at 9 weeks it's barely kicked in. I would say the guy, at best, is a total novice.

 

[Black90tsi]

I can't give you any advice on coaching in general. .But I can say we all have intuition for a reason. Never ignore it. Always try and figure out why you've got a bad feeling about something.

 

[Isrrike]

Is this coach also supplying your gear? Or forwarding you to someone who is? Seems like he’s making his coaching fees plus the gear fee off you

 

[MENT2B]

I wasn't sure whether or not this belongs in the bodybuilding forum or steroid forum, but it has more to do with gear than training so I decided to post here...
I am doing my first show (NPC level) in about 9 weeks, and recently started working with a coach who has been begging me to work with him for years. He's not a pro, and he's only competed like twice himself...but I've known the guy for a while and the few clients that he works with have always won overall at NPC shows...so I decided why the hell not and started working with him about 4 weeks ago. He's doing my workout programing, nutrition and gear protocol...

I'm not super heavy into gear, I only have 3 cycles under my belt- 2 of which were test only (500mgs)...and the 3rd was low test, a sprinkle of primo, and a sprinkle of mast. I also used orals in my 3rd cycle but never stayed on them more than a few weeks because of acid reflux issues aswell as bad acne.

Then in comes my new coach. We had about 13 weeks to prep for the show...and he decided to beef me up a bit for the first 4 weeks before we started cutting because "I didn't need the whole 14 weeks to prep". So he had me run 750 test cyp, 400 tren a, and 100mg anadrol per day. Way more gear then I've ever used. I expressed my concerns to him and told him that I've grown on waaay less, but he insisted that was the protocol and basically to not ask questions. I put on about 15 lbs in those 4 weeks. Now we are at the 9 week mark and he wants to go into a full on prep for the show (1 hour of fasted cardio daily, carbs are basically non-existent, literally 1,600 cals 9 weeks out!!)...please note that that's basically half of my bulking calories...the kicker is he wants me to now run 750 test, 900 eq, 50 anavar ED, 50 winstrol ED. I'm a little fucking hesitant at this point because that's almost 2.5g of gear.

I have alot of respect for the guy, and I'm trying to trust the process, but my brain won't stop telling to get some input from others coaches here or anyone on meso who has experience competing.

Do I have a legit coach?
Is this what most guys are running for npc shows, like is this really what it takes?
The extreme deficit? Is that absolutely necessary?

Any input is appreciated guys, thanks.

Also my stats and some recent physique pics from the last couple weeks for reference*
25 yrs old
5'6
185lbs
Training for 7 years
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Deffo skip the fucking OD of orals unless you have an iron liver/access to a dialysis machine, winnie +var at that dosageatleast will make me lethargic AF by the end of the week. Id say stick to one of those, for me personally is anavar because i enjoy being able to move my joints.
Sikk physeek btw, mirin hard #nohomo

 

[MENT2B]

You are absolutely not at 12% bf my brother. You look great though

More like 16-26, since some of it may be just carb bloat/water w8