[Caleb56]

[Still An Athlete]

The wheels? You mean legs?

[Caleb56]

[Still An Athlete]

Ill snap a shot of them saturday after weighing in again.... I hold water most of the week from the seasoning on my chicken and saturday will have given me a day to dry back out some... That and I have no excess energy to move right now haha. Thank god for Blackberrys and there ability to get on the web.

[gatoflaco]

Good luck with your competition bro.

I'm at work, so I have not had a chance to look at the pics.

[Still An Athlete]

Thanks bro. Weighed in 195.5 today. Will be getting pictures up today or tomorrow.

On another note. My carb cycle is done.... Going ketone for awhile. So my pics after today and up until showtime may have me looking flat (and feeling about the same way!).

3 weeks fellas!!!

[Still An Athlete]

Sorry I havent got any new pics up fellas. Any extra energy I may have is use to pee. Im sitting 185-189 lbs right now. And the diet has gotten shitty. But anyways, one week out today, and I start water depletion tomo. Wish me luck, and I will get pictures up in the next couple of days or so... competition pics without a doubt.

Happy Lifting Bro's

[Nowler.]

Good luck mate, do us proud!!!

[Still An Athlete]

Well, went pretty well. Placed 2nd in my class. Pretty happy with that seeing how I was shorter and lighter than the 1st place and 3rd place winners. I thought I hade better overall symmetry, but that's why I'm not a judge! Ill have some pictures that my lady took up tomorrow or so, and I'll get some professional xnap shots up when they become available to me.

On a side note, had the best pizza of my life, but that's not before eating 1250 calories worth of chocolate chip cookies dipped into a choclate dipping sauce made for fruit, and 5 bagles! Weighed in at 182 and weigh about 190 right now! I'm ready to take a shit!!!!

[jstrong]

Nice job dude, congratulations on a good spot for your comp.. I'd like to see those pics when you get a chance.

[Nowler.]

Bravo!!!

Well done bud, that is a great spot and its your first show aswell.
I bet now that you've got a taste for it that there's many more shows ahead of you!!!

Cant wait to see the pic's.
Nicemuscles very own future pro eh

[Still An Athlete]

[Nowler.]

[Still An Athlete]

ill have to stay natural for the first NPC show only beause its two weeks before the natural show. If income is good I may load up a 12 wk cycle before the state show. But who knows! I may say screw the natural show and start cycling sooner!!! Not gonna make any sudden decisions yet, I wanna see how well of a strength/size rebound I have and go from there.

God I wanna get back to the gym!

[Still An Athlete]

And I would have to say on a scale of 1-10, 10 being the hardest, a 7 all around. Pshycologically it wasn't too bad when it came to cravings, but I'd say it helped that I isolated myself a majority of the time from any possible temptations. I'd avoid the parties and the hanging out with friends/family during times of eating. It also helped that my house was filled with only foods that I could eat so there was never really that urge to snoop around in the pantry for sugary foods.

Once I got into routine of going to bed at 9ish and waking up (naturally, no alarm needed) at 5:30, doing cardio on a empty stomach everyday just became automatic and so did lifting at the same time everyday.

Eating approximately the same time everyday was another thing that just sorta happened. Everything just became scheduled and my body, physically and mentally adapted.

The hardest part in my opinion was the lack of energy to spend time with loved ones. It was dificult to want to do much more outside the routine. Its not that I wouldn't wanna spend time with the GF. It was just exhausting. There was a lack of passion the last 8-10 wks because I was that wornout.

But overall I'm happy with doing it. I wouldn't change it. And I'm excited for the future.

[Nowler.]

Cool man, you seem to be up to the challange of it all.
I admire your dedication and will power, maybe you can send me some will power in the post?? LOL
Dieting is what i find the hardest but when i get my own place i can only have the right foods in the house coz theres so many crap foods here
I completly agree with you on not makeing a rash decision on if to start a cycle or not, take it one step at a time, if you do you do if you dont you can do it later.

Still waiting on those damn pics mate

[gatoflaco]

Congratulations on that placing bro! I'm glad to see that all your dedication and hard work paid off.

[Still An Athlete]

Im in the Black trunks looking bald.

I was quite surprised that the guy with glasses actually placed 1st, you might not be able to tell but he had a whole lot of excess skin in the lower abdominals from where he lost it all at the last second.

[gatoflaco]

Whoa!!! Looking lean and mean bro!

[Nowler.]

Amazing mate, well done, you look great athlete, lean as hell, you must be damn proud of yourself!!!!

Thats pic with the excess skin looks bad, cant believe he won with that, thats bad judging.
Were you nervous?

[Still An Athlete]

I was surprised to with the turnout since his skin was so bad. But what can you do?

But I was surprisingly not that nervous! I thought I would be, but I told myself I was the shit and should be proud for going through with it all for 20 wks.

[IBB]

your core looked better then everyone else there. Could have had more obliques coming out though. But Dude next to you was like leaning forward squeezing his shit as hard as he could and your shit was just like BLam!! there! LoL. Looked good man. I wish you could have posted a rear double bi pose, or a lat pose. You looked good out there bro! good job!

[Still An Athlete]

Thanks bro, and unfortunately the familly never got a good back double bi or lat spead photo. I'm waiting on the pro pictures to be put up so I can still them and add them in!

[Still An Athlete]

More pictures

[Still An Athlete]

and the wheels on the bus go round and round