Thanks guys. I ended up 2nd place in Masters 40 and over Heavyweight and in Open Heavyweight. The guy who beat me in Open Heavyweight won the whole show. So if I had to lose to somebody, the overall champion is a good one to lose to I guess.
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Congratulations rut you did great [emoji122][emoji122][emoji471]
Now i bet your ready to DESTROY some huli chicken when you get to Maui, but first im guessing PIZZA!!!!
Congrats on winning the masters 26, sorry so late to give you props i somehow missed this. You look fuckn ripped!!!
Thanks brother!!! Lol...... I actually just ate an entire large mighty meaty pizza at Mellow Mushroom. But I can't wait for some good Hawaiian local food! A week from Tuesday I'll be there [emoji267]
jaymaximus
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Damn, I havent heard the name Mellow Mushroom in 20 years. Forgot it existed.
fodsod
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Well done @rutman. Coming in at #2 behind the overall winner in the class is solid in bodybuilding.
Different day, different set of judges could have been you. The subjectivity applied to the judging is the hardest thing to deal with at times in our sport.
Let's not forget the fact that an 40+ guy rocked everyone else except the overall open winner in the toughest weight class there is.
Can't wait to see some comparison stage shots between you and the overall winner so I can pick him apart and let you know you got robbed.
In that case you gotta get the Hawaiian plate. 2 lau lau, kalua pig, 2 scoops rice, potato mac salad and some lomi salmon. That is a classic Hawaiian plate and it hits da spot!!!!!
Anyway have a great time in Maui, i got a lotta family on that island.
fodsod
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Congrats 26. Solid showing in a difficult class/category. They're still trying to figure out how to judge classic physique properly.
You can only be so good each show. You showed up dialed in and peeled the rest is subjective based on opinions of the judges. Come back next time and leave them no choice but to hand you the top spot.
Thanks yea it was a good show. The guy who won overall and my class was john foster I mentioned that he was going to be my toughest my coach said he would be. He was national rank bodybuilder who has come down 60 pounds to do classic he won Pittsburgh overall classic last year not pro card. He's done posing videos with IFBB Victor Prisk and he's been competing awhile. I didn't drop names incase who knows if he's on the board or whatever but he was the one I mentioned who would be there. He was much thicker than me. It was a good show and saw a lot of good people
I checked him out. He'd be hard to beat, but nobody's unbeatable... Just continue to pack on some mass and come back next year ready to take him down! You def got the frame and shape.
DedLift
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That's crazy @RodgerThat because we're in the same boat. My girl is cool but she's a nurse and i asked her if she cared if i ran one more cycle this summer and she won't budge. We ended up making a deal. Either she quits smoking or i can run a cycle. A fair deal. Is it wrong that I'm hoping she can't quit?As long as I stay with the girl I have now I won't be using, she's against it and I respect that and would rather have here cause I don't need AAS to be fit and make gains.... I just want it lol. If it doesn't work out in the long run I'm jumping on 700mg test prop and 700mg tren ace 60mg winny and exploding my strength
RodgerThat
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man I hear ya I'd want to do one more cycle right now if I could too I'm in the best shape of my life and strongest and I think it would be the perfect point to start a cycle, I wish I had a deal like that and then maybe she just quits smoking after summer and live had your cycle lol
Eman
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Did you say you hadn't spoken to your girl about steroids? Other than her mentioning she was against it?
System7
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Cool that you guys are honest with each other. Life's to short for secrets.
RodgerThat
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Ya she doesn't know that I've ever cycled figure it doesn't need to come up unless I'm infertile. I've never been on cycle with her started dating her just as I was finishing PCT
Eman
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My gf didnt know enough about it to have an opinion either way about it. I'm sure yours probably doesn't either if you've never talked to her about it. Once I was finished talking with her about it, she didn't really have any problem with it. I don't think she would have necessarily been supportive about it if I hadn't had that discussion with her. Just a thought.
GearGodess
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My absolute honest opinion on this and I'm pretty sure your women are just as clueless as many I have spoken to. It's not a bad thing but most females think they are against it for these reasons:
*he'll die
*he's shooting it in his veins
*he'll roid rage in any given situation over the dumbest things
*he'll shrink his weiner and it will never work
*he'll look deformed like a crazy gorilla
These are just some of the excuses I've heard. Then I ask them this:
*are you attracted to him? Their answer is always yes and they giggle because they love the strength and muscle you guys have and develop. They get into detail how nice his arms or chest and abs are, etc.
So in their defense, this is usually when I ask about:
*so you love his hard body and muscles and his endurance since day one? They say YES absolutely! He doesn't need steroids and hurt himself. So I finish off with saying how it really is. You met while on cycle, loves his look which is with the use of AAS, now being contradictory that you hate the idea because of so many myths? 99.9999% of women have these myths imprinted because they don't understand AAS or what they do. I've even had a couple women be shocked that when I told them it's hormones used that are already in his body and most of the AAS are used in today's medicine.
Once they understand, they ask questions then become more educated and look at it as improving yourself not harming. Actually, some even started running cycles themselves!
I think it's wrong for you to have to give up something that you enjoy and is part of you, especially if this is how they met you and liked what they saw.
And Deadlift, smoking is much more harmful than steroids will ever be so that's not even a fair trade off. She should stop smoking ASAP and you should continue being you with cycling as you wish... you'll both feel and look good AND be healthy.
That's my honest opinion and what I've seen in my experience.
Well done @rutman. Coming in at #2 behind the overall winner in the class is solid in bodybuilding.
Different day, different set of judges could have been you. The subjectivity applied to the judging is the hardest thing to deal with at times in our sport.
Let's not forget the fact that an 40+ guy rocked everyone else except the overall open winner in the toughest weight class there is.
Can't wait to see some comparison stage shots between you and the overall winner so I can pick him apart and let you know you got robbed.
The judges had it right this time. Looking at the video my wife shot of the prejudging, I was a little watery in places, and just not as hard in general. I took a chance and wanted to come in big and full, so I chose not to take any diuretics. I actually started on some low dose hctz Thursday afternoon and night, and Friday morning. 1/2 tab each dose, but decided to drop it out after Friday mornings dose. I was really dry and my water intake had been really high (2 plus gal) for 10 days, and I thought after I dropped my water out Friday afternoon/night that I'd dry out good Saturday morning. But.... I had to drop my water out a little early on Friday to make weight. I dropped it out at 2pm. Weigh ins were at 6pm. I ended up having to take a suppository at 4pm to shed the last 2 pounds. It worked! Lol. Weighed in at 223.0. But it sorta backfired on me not finishing out with the hctz. I think I could've came in super dry and possibly won the overall if I had've followed thru with it. I was just too scared of the hctz flattening me out too much, as it did the year before. I've gotta find a middle ground somewhere. It's all timing, as you know...
Refinement is all you need @rutman , you got the mass & density . And great muscle placement . A pro trainer would shred you and you'd get a pro card for sure . In the meantime your 1st place Mr.Meso ...
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