About 3.5 weeks out and require HELP

[Nathan]

Dudes, here's the score. Never done a comp, but prepped for one last season though had to bail around 3 weeks out due to going back to school and needing to put that first. Anyways, I've only been dieting for like 4 weeks and this beast is in 3.5 weeks. HOWEVER, my conditioning is better than it was in the previous pics I posted on here (check out my gallery - I'm pretty sure they're in there anyways). I have a little more thickness about the shoulders and whatnot and I'm leaner. I will have pics up in like two days - gonna have a friend take 'em tomorrow and then I'll get 'em up asap.

I totally realize I need to commit to this fully but would like to hear if it's even worth it or if I should wait a bit longer and give myself more time. I'm sure the pics are like 100% necessary. Hopefully I'll get more then but until then, what am I looking at? Ask me specifics you need to know here or just talk to me. Whatever. Thanks guys.

 

[Nathan]

Oh yeah and I do zero cardio besides my 15 minute walk to and from work I suppose. Eating isocaloric right now around 2900-3000kal a day but I'm slowly lowering it and am still losing fat nicely. Strength is good and is in fact still going up. Paying no attention to sodium but holy mother is it probably high. I drink WAY too much diet soda. Seriously. It's gross.

 

[Sassy69]

Pix? Current Stats? What is your final week plan for water deplete, etc?

 

[Nathan]

Pix? Current Stats? What is your final week plan for water deplete, etc?

Wow. Someone actually replied. To be honest, I have zero experience with posing, carb loading, sodium, and water depletion. I have a lot of research to do there.

I'll take pics then if somebody IS actually willing to help. I know I'm all over the map with questions but thanks for at least trying. Stats are about 200lbs and 5-6%bf I'd say. 5'10" tall. Holding a bit of water still.
I'm in Southern Ontario so if I can't get this figured out in time I may look for a contest in and around Buffalo or something. I really didn't have much time to work with.

 

[dzulboy]

without looking at your pics based n the fac tyou know nothing 3 weeks is no where near enough time just my two sense might wanna look into hireing some on really good at not just some piss ass trainer either

 

[Sassy69]

Here's pix -- http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/showthread.php?t=484092

Damn solid but at 5'10".... Quadsweep is 5'7", cutting like made to get into the light heavies (cut off = 198 lb).

Good luck w/ your contest pursuit tho!

 

[dzulboy]

Here's pix -- http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/showthread.php?t=484092

Damn solid but at 5'10".... Quadsweep is 5'7", cutting like made to get into the light heavies (cut off = 198 lb).

Good luck w/ your contest pursuit tho!

whats quadsweep getting ready for and pm me his real name so i knwo who he is when i finally go up against him lol

 

[DieselGunz]

Damn bro u look dry as hell and u r still 3 weeks out, quads are coming in nice

 

[dzulboy]

physically you look pretty much ready but do you really wanna enter a contest and worry about all the shit you rused to get done?
that could mak eyou go from first to third very easily

 

[Nathan]

whats quadsweep getting ready for and pm me his real name so i knwo who he is when i finally go up against him lol

Thanks for posting the link to the pics sassy. I realize I'm a bit tall and will be up against shorter guys at the same weight, which sucks for me. What does Quadsweep have to do with this? Sorry, I didn't get the link there. Dude is shorter and will be in the lightheavies and so I'll be up against guys like him?

DZULBOY: So no comments on my pics then? Now that you've seen the pics, could I maybe get some comments since from the sounds of things you compete. It would be appreciated.

I actually don't know as little as I led on I guess and most of what I need to know is about posing routines, mandatory poses, tanning, etc. All the bells and whistles. Diet and most of that shit I've got, I've played around with carbing up and have an idea of what to do with sodium and water. I was reading on here though that people seem to start cutting sodium and carbs and things like 6 weeks out. That didn't make a hell of a lot of sense to me.

Also, clearly I'm not doing the show this coming Saturday. I think that goes without saying. I do think I could have been ready though - maybe one later in the summer but I'll plan better if I do. Do you people pull posing routines out of your ass or something?

 

[dzulboy]

Thanks for posting the link to the pics sassy. I realize I'm a bit tall and will be up against shorter guys at the same weight, which sucks for me. What does Quadsweep have to do with this? Sorry, I didn't get the link there. Dude is shorter and will be in the lightheavies and so I'll be up against guys like him?

DZULBOY: So no comments on my pics then? Now that you've seen the pics, could I maybe get some comments since from the sounds of things you compete. It would be appreciated.

I actually don't know as little as I led on I guess and most of what I need to know is about posing routines, mandatory poses, tanning, etc. All the bells and whistles. Diet and most of that shit I've got, I've played around with carbing up and have an idea of what to do with sodium and water. I was reading on here though that people seem to start cutting sodium and carbs and things like 6 weeks out. That didn't make a hell of a lot of sense to me.

Also, clearly I'm not doing the show this coming Saturday. I think that goes without saying. I do think I could have been ready though - maybe one later in the summer but I'll plan better if I do. Do you people pull posing routines out of your ass or something?

from what i can see th epics look good and you definitly wouldn;t be out of your league in a show but can you opose do you knwo water depletion your midsection looks underdeveloped in th eone pic but it could be lighting don;t get me wrong you look good but i would need to see pics of you doing mandatory poses to make a fair assessment

 

[Nathan]

from what i can see th epics look good and you definitly wouldn;t be out of your league in a show but can you opose do you knwo water depletion your midsection looks underdeveloped in th eone pic but it could be lighting don;t get me wrong you look good but i would need to see pics of you doing mandatory poses to make a fair assessment

Thanks dude. Good answer. Is there somewhere I can go to pick up that stuff? I obviously need work and tips on posing and the week or two before the comp. That's mostly it except I know I need to be darker - can't you get some darkener or something? I imagine you need a base tan at least to get away with that though.

 

[Sassy69]

Hey nathan --- the only reason I brought up Quad was to give you an idea of what that weight group looks like - men's competition starts getting pretty thick in that weight class and the shorter guys tend to be able to wear the thicker muscle while as you get to the taller guys, the corresponding weights start to get silly. By the time you are at the 6'+, you are looking at guys who cut to 260 & are 300 lb off season. I'm talking at the top amateur levels.

QS has at least one show coming up soon -- I'll drop him a PM to check this discussion if he's got some time.

Nathan -as I told dzul on a diff thread, I've done the typical contest prep process of build, start cutting, go into carb cycling to really cut, increase cardio, move from low reps / high weight to higher reps, then the last week go into the really tight carb deplete then load, water deplete, sodium manipulation, etc. Sounds like guys do a whole variety of other stuff -- mostly my guess is because you don't have as great a problem cuttign thru the estrogenic fat and don't have that last month's fight down to single digit bodyfat.

To go on stage you need to be dark -- my usual is a base tan via tanning beds startign 4-5 weeks out from the show (I don't do it all year round and I'm Swedish so I tend to be naturally pale) and then 3 layers of Protan (start Tues or Wed pre-comp, do a thick layer, sleep in it, shower off in the morning, repeat Thur & Fri) and lately I'm hearing lots of people like a final layer of Jantana. (Note this is girls talking, particularly from a Figure Comp standpoint where the attention to girly stuff goes a bit heavy.)
Even for guys I might recommend getting a good stage-type foundation makeup because Protan on your face will start to crack and get runs in it if you sweat or get it wet - at least mine did. MAC Full Coverage NW-45 -- apparently matches the protan perfectly. But nothing is more obvious under the lights than 1) a bad tan job and 2) a difference between face & body if you don't do enough on your face.

 

[Dial_tone]

I just know you are not wearing FUBU shorts, mister man!

 

[Nathan]

I just know you are not wearing FUBU shorts, mister man!

I have a pair of FUBU underwear. What? Why is everyone looking at me like that.

Thanks a lot Sassy69. Greatly appreciate the help.

 

[RottenWillow]

I have a pair of FUBU underwear.

cuz you're the whitest dude in North America.


You should totally do a show this summer, mijo. Get your feet wet, make some mistakes, and have some fun. No doubt it'd be a huge learning opportunity.

 

[bigtasty25]

in those 3-3.5 out week pics u look a good 7-8% bf...you totally have enough time..just keep on dieting hard...and bump up the cardio..then 3-4 days be4 the show carb up good and take out the sodium..and bam..you should look great...just work on the posing a bit..