Congrats on the vid, TTL... I'm excited to watch it this weekend, bro.
Thanks my man! It was an awesome experience, hope i motivate you a bit brotha!
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Gotta question for ya C. How are you taking in your oats these days? I want to add oats to my regular diet and i'm trying to decide how i want to add them to my schedule. Just taking a quick glance i think adding it to my whey shake would be best. This would be between my meals and i'm assuming just buying a container of Quaker oats is sufficient? What do you think bro? Again congrats brother!
Gotta question for ya C. How are you taking in your oats these days? I want to add oats to my regular diet and i'm trying to decide how i want to add them to my schedule. Just taking a quick glance i think adding it to my whey shake would be best. This would be between my meals and i'm assuming just buying a container of Quaker oats is sufficient? What do you think bro? Again congrats brother!
Yo brotha!
Oats, great food for sure. On my diet, i was simply having one cup oats to 2 cups water. Mixing in some cinnamon and stevia, and a dash of vanilla extract.
What i did for a while in the offseason, was grind them up into a powder, and then add them to my shakes, they make it a good consistency and your not chewing them lol. Either way it would work. But remember, grinding them down, does increase the rate of digestion ..
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Nothing is 100% set, i dont know macros at all, i simply slightly increased what i was doing from the precontest until now, and this is what i came up with .. im going to run it for a week, and adjust accordingly.
Meal 1 - 3 whole eggs 3 egg whites, 3 slices Turkey Bacon, 1 cup oats
Meal 2 - 4oz Steak, 4oz Chicken, 6oz Sweet Potatoes
Meal 3 - 4oz Steak, 4oz Chicken, 6oz White Potatoes
Meal 4 - 4oz Steak, 4oz Chicken, 6oz Sweet Potatoes
Meal 5 - Unisyn shake with Almond Butter
Meal 6 - (not on the planned diet, but i was in the mood) - 2 cans of tuna made into a tuna melt on rye bread with provolone cheese.
** I also had misc food through out the day. Coming off the diet im just working out the cravings i had. The plan is to run a diet like the one above, with the exception of Meal 6 - most likely will be eggs and oats again. I will do that Mon-Fri on point. Sat and Sun i will plan the meals the same, make them the day before hand, but if i want to go out to dinner or something, then i will. I am not scheduling a full "cheat" day, but just if i feel i want one. We will see how it goes, it may work, it may not. Also once i am back in the gym, Unisyn will get changed out for a post workout shake.
Supplements are not set yet either. Right now im only taking Pak, Omega, Joint V, and Unisyn.
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Nice!!! Lookin' forward to these 10 months of growth you've got goin'!!!
Your not kiddin Mr. Dead. Looking forward to some solid progress my self! I have to make a decent dent into the Light Heavies. Those are some big boys!
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Hey C. Again, big congratulations on your placing at your most recent show. I saw your pics, and all I can say as, due to our similarities in age, I can only dream of earning a physique such as yours. True inspiration.
My question is, do you feel there should be a certain level of leanness, that one should obtain BEFORE beginning to attempt a serious period of growth? I have been training/eating diligently for the past 2.5 years. I definitely know that I need to get some more thickness and development in much of my upper body, in particular. On the other hand, I think the lowest my bodyfat has been is around 11%. Be that as it may, I still did not feel that it was a "good" look. So as you may see, I feel a little conflicted.
I'm not exactly sure where I am going goal wise right now. For better or worse, I am just trying to stay consistent, and not lose any strength or size, both of which are scarce to come by for me.
The Legs Feed the Wolf
"Gold Toes are $20 right now at Macy's" E. Centopani
Well, you have motivated me to do a show next spring/summer. I started a 90% clean bulk. I am at 190 and would like to get to 225+. My diet is pretty good right now. I am wondering what you would suggest for workouts. Should i stick to the basic compound movements for now? When should I start incorporating all the fancy stuff? Hopefully you get what I'm trying to ask... Thanks in advance brotha!
Hey C. Again, big congratulations on your placing at your most recent show. I saw your pics, and all I can say as, due to our similarities in age, I can only dream of earning a physique such as yours. True inspiration.
My question is, do you feel there should be a certain level of leanness, that one should obtain BEFORE beginning to attempt a serious period of growth? I have been training/eating diligently for the past 2.5 years. I definitely know that I need to get some more thickness and development in much of my upper body, in particular. On the other hand, I think the lowest my bodyfat has been is around 11%. Be that as it may, I still did not feel that it was a "good" look. So as you may see, I feel a little conflicted.
I'm not exactly sure where I am going goal wise right now. For better or worse, I am just trying to stay consistent, and not lose any strength or size, both of which are scarce to come by for me.
Thanks my man, just keep working at it, it took a long time for me to get where i am today. Grinding day in and day out my brother. I did the "dirty bulk" thing, and it didnt work in my favor, from what i saw. It came out that i had to diet a lot longer to get into contest shape. I think you can clean up your diet and start a bulk at any time, as long as it is a clean bulk. Its alot of food, but itll be worth it, from what i have found.
Originally Posted by boyer77
Well, you have motivated me to do a show next spring/summer. I started a 90% clean bulk. I am at 190 and would like to get to 225+. My diet is pretty good right now. I am wondering what you would suggest for workouts. Should i stick to the basic compound movements for now? When should I start incorporating all the fancy stuff? Hopefully you get what I'm trying to ask... Thanks in advance brotha!
I dont use much fancy type of working out. The only thing that I have found that i liked where forced reps. Other than, i keep it very simple my man. Unless im real close to the show, ill start throwing in some dropsets.
Originally Posted by Birdman
Hey TTL, any remedies for stretch marks? Treating current ones and preventing more? Thanks bro.
Stretch marks are a sign of growth my man, almost everyone gets them, but unfortunately i do not know any remedies or ways to prevent them. Be proud of them my brother, your growing.
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Stretch marks are a sign of growth my man, almost everyone gets them, but unfortunately i do not know any remedies or ways to prevent them. Be proud of them my brother, your growing.
According to my legs I'm growing quite fast lol. I embrace them yes, but they are quite prevalent and will definitely show up come show time. Thinkin bout looking into that bio-oil shit thats suppose to fade them..thanks as always bro.
Thanks my man, just keep working at it, it took a long time for me to get where i am today. Grinding day in and day out my brother. I did the "dirty bulk" thing, and it didnt work in my favor, from what i saw. It came out that i had to diet a lot longer to get into contest shape. I think you can clean up your diet and start a bulk at any time, as long as it is a clean bulk. Its alot of food, but itll be worth it, from what i have found.
Thanks for your time and help brother.
The Legs Feed the Wolf
"Gold Toes are $20 right now at Macy's" E. Centopani
How's the diet looking post-contest C? Curious to hear what you've learned from your previous show experiences and how you'll be treating the "offseason".
Hey Brother, I have a diet/cooking question for you.
I'm still 12 weeks out but using bb sauce on my chicken. I know once I get closer I'm going to have to cut it out but what do you suggest as a replacemnts or do I just suck it up and go with plain chicken.
The sauce I use only have about 15g carbs but I know to get into crazy lean shape it's going to have to go.
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According to my legs I'm growing quite fast lol. I embrace them yes, but they are quite prevalent and will definitely show up come show time. Thinkin bout looking into that bio-oil shit thats suppose to fade them..thanks as always bro.
If you find something, let us know brotha!
Originally Posted by iwontquit
Thanks for your time and help brother.
Absolutely my man!
Originally Posted by J-Dawg
How's the diet looking post-contest C? Curious to hear what you've learned from your previous show experiences and how you'll be treating the "offseason".
I have learned alot, thats for sure. Ill outline my diet in the next post J.
Originally Posted by shortstack
Hey Brother, I have a diet/cooking question for you.
I'm still 12 weeks out but using bb sauce on my chicken. I know once I get closer I'm going to have to cut it out but what do you suggest as a replacemnts or do I just suck it up and go with plain chicken.
The sauce I use only have about 15g carbs but I know to get into crazy lean shape it's going to have to go.
Thanks Brother
Jeremy
I use yellow mustard, or hot sauce. Both are no fat, no cal, no carb, so they are good to go! I switch between them, as well as different hot sauces through prep to keep it changing. But i never used a BBQ sauce or anything like that. The most i used with carbs or cals is Sriracha hot sauce which i think has like 5 cals.
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Right now this is what its going to look like for the next few weeks. We will see how I do, i have not counted macros at all, its simply an increase of my cut diet.
1 - 3 whole eggs, 3 egg whites, 3 slices Turkey bacon, Veg (whatever is on sale), 1 cup oats
2 - 4oz Chicken, 4 oz Steak, 7oz sweet potatoes
3 - 4oz chicken, 4oz steak, 7oz white potatoes
4 - 2 cans tuna, 1 cup brown rice
5 - LAVA (postworkout)
6 - 3 whole eggs, 3 egg whites, Veg, 1/2 cup greek yogurt.
Ill be making changes as I go, it could change daily, or weekly, depending on how i feel. Ill also be having some apple sauce and rice cakes in between meals as snacks.
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Trying to keep the cals semi clean and on the lower end right now as i level off from the show. As soon as im comfortable ill begin adjusting and raising the carbs to where i see fit and im staying lean and growing .. All learning brotha!
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"I am the man responsible for who I am. When I look in the mirror each day, I stare my creator in the eyes. I am responsible for what I have and will become, I am accountable for what I will or will not accomplish. I believe in myself, I bow to no man and my only critic of any consequence has walked every mile of this journey in my size thirteens. " - G. Diesel