You were a big part of these gains my friend, have been for years and will be for years to come!

Yea. brother. I'm actually happy with my craft now. Covid messed up my other job, which was good because I was miserable. Now, I found a craft that's an art form and it really doesn't feel like work at all. Thanks for the art work compliment, I started both sleeves and neck during covid lock down. I was in that shop every other week. Definitely compliments the muscles. Hope all is well on your side of the pond my friend.

I'm just about 5,4 and that's what I was saying. But my coach explained to me that the guys competing at 176 [Middle weight] , have dropped down from well over 200lbs. So, they initially have more dense muscle Vs. me that has been at that weight for some time now. I mean, it's just a local show and it wouldn't be a bad idea. That way, I'm not suffering with depletion and such. In my eyes , I have way more to go as far as brining in my mid section tighter. I was looking at the guy who competed at my show last year and won, he didn't look great imho. In essence I'm just trying to have that Competitive edge, ya know.

I have been working on my legs for the last year or so brining them up to speed. My legs look pretty good, I have decent Teardrop. However, In my eyes they need more work to keep up with the big boys. I actually hit legs twice weekly. Quads one day and hams on the other. My problem is the inner thigh and hammies.

Thank you, I can't wait until I get my stage pics to post. Hopefully I can look full on stage and not look flat.

Thanks my man, I'm trying to taper my waist a bit and focus on giving an illusion of being bigger. So I've been doing rope face pulls, Dumbell pull overs and workout that target my back. Being that I have a natural thicker waist, brining out the back a legs will give the perfect illusion of symmetry. What boggles me is how flex wheeler and all these guys have a perfect looking X frame. Chiseling your body to the perfect looking proportions are the hard part.

No I'm about 15 lbs, too heavy. I'm going to carb deplete heavy for the next couple weeks. I going to start cardio heavy, twice daily. Maybe re feed sat, with burger and fries, then Sunday with some sushi. I will be right back at it Monday with no carbs, basically I will have to crawl to that scale on weigh ins because of depletion. Then that night carb load heavy, between that and Diuretics I should be fine. I dropped down from 196 now I'm 176. Classic is 160 for me. Worst case scenario I do middle weight bodybuilding. My legs are decent aswell. BUT , I want to make sure I kill the competition and have no doubt in the judges mind when it comes to my placing. It's a struggle because I love food, but it ain't always about the size of the dog in the fight, it's about the size of the fight in the dog. In essence, I will fight for it . I'm sponsored now, so it's all paid for. These compitions are expensive as shit, so I wouldn't do it if it wasn't fully paid for. But yea, good to see you still around Rusty. Hope all is well.