posted Fri, 04/20/2012 - 06:54
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+ 1 My first competition 2011
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Competed middle weight, had to starve myself and slam MAJOR diuretics to make 175lb weight. That cost me, because I never could rebound after weigh in, came in VERY flat and small, but all in all, a great experience....a LOT of work for a extreme endomorph to get this lean! Sitting at 215lb now.....with some abs.
UPDATE: 2nd & 3rd are some photos from 1-2 weeks out, I was much fuller and thicker than day of show due to the story above.
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Killer job! Anyone can pin, its this level of dedication that makes bodybuilding a great venue. I wish it was more publicized the amount of effort it takes to get in this kind of shape.
Thanks man. Totally agree!
Added a couple more photos from 1-2 weeks out from show. Hard to tell from the different shots but the fullness and thickness is way different. I looked better 1 week out than I did day of, for sure.
What diuretics were you taking?
Hydrochlorothiazide
Holly shit! Looks great
NO HOMO!
Thank you man!
If you had to do over, what would you do differently? Much appreciated.
I have my first ever show coming up.
Look good, no homo.
I have 2 friends that are national level competitive BB'rs. One of them does not do the whole carb deplete, carb load, sodium, water etc. He get's shredded, takes 1-2 doses of over the counter water pills and steps on stage, has done very well. Another friend does all that I listed. Well friend#2 is who coached me for this show, so the last week was killer, sodium load, then sodium deplete, carb deplete, carb load, water drop, by the end of the week, I was flat as a pancake. I wish I could post a picture of what I looked like 1 week out.....I was HUGE, the biggest I've ever looked. My legs, delts, chest and arms were all WAY bigger than my on stage photo. If I had followed friend#1's advice, I probably would have stepped on stage looking huge and full. I would have been in the next weight bracket up, but I looked closer to a light heavy than a middleweight at 1 week out. When I do it again, I think I will follow friend#1's advice, I'll diet down, get shredded and ready at 2 weeks out, then coast to the show and take a heavy dose of water pills just to slightly dry me up. His theory is you have a better chance to win looking 98% of your best, than to risk it all (like I did) just to gain that extra 1-2%.
Many thanks. I'm hearing this often. Tough decision. Might see how I look two weeks out.
Still a hell of an accomplishment. Keep it up!
Thanks!