how big should i get for my first contest in april

[slat1]

Jacta69 is right.... you are not below or even at 10%. I can see all 8 of mine relaxed at 12%... Don't worry though... you can get there. You have some good size already.
I would get the diet down and just get shredded. You can put size on between the first and second show. I see a lot of guys at shows who are not where their bf should be (below 6% at least)... they don't stand a chance. Work on the conditioning and everything else will fall into place...
Let us know how you do!
Good Luck

 

[polock]

well, like i said i want to pack on the LBS. before i cut up. i figure T3, whinny,DNP, and thermorexin, i should be able to cut up in about 12-16 weeks while staying on prop. to maintain musce mass thanks for all of the input guys!

 

[bran987]

Jacta69 is right.... you are not below or even at 10%. I can see all 8 of mine relaxed at 12%... Don't worry though... you can get there. You have some good size already.
I would get the diet down and just get shredded. You can put size on between the first and second show. I see a lot of guys at shows who are not where their bf should be (below 6% at least)... they don't stand a chance. Work on the conditioning and everything else will fall into place...
Let us know how you do!
Good Luck

jesus christ you have 8 abs at 12% where is all the fat hiding?

 

[Deleted member 33117]

well, like i said i want to pack on the LBS. before i cut up. i figure T3, whinny,DNP, and thermorexin, i should be able to cut up in about 12-16 weeks while staying on prop. to maintain musce mass thanks for all of the input guys!

You are going to be contest cut in 12 weeks after doing a clean bulk from your current pictures? I don't think so. Not unless you are willing to sacrifice 10-20 lbs of LBM. In all hoenstly, i would work on slowly cutting now, maybe gaining some LBM, but focus on losing a bit of body fat, then spending 16 weeks cutting hard and you should be about ready.

 

[majutsu]

I totally agree with BBF on this one. My show is in spring. I am finishing a test/deca/dbol bulker, when I shaved and tanned last week (I am unkempt off-season ) I was way too soft. If I tried to bulk 12 weeks (3 months remember!) now, there would be no way to be ready in the spring. However, extreme cutting now is too early. So, like BBF said, perfect time to focus on slow-cutting/lean gains. I will post pics a few months out so the guys can fine-tune my readiness. I was going to switch to tren/winny/prop now for 8-12 weeks before an extreme cutting phase in 2/05. I don't think you should even consider bulking now as soft and heavy as you are. You look good mass wise, but you need to get that fat off. I am 9.6%, can only see a 4 pack relaxed, and if I were 15% like you, I would feel much more panicked and how I looked right now. Sure, it would be nice to get bigger, but you don't have time now, if you want to get on stage in the spring. My 2c after your pics. Take it or leave it. And don't be offended, I don't look that good at all, and would never have courage to post pics now, so you are a bigger man than I . . . I am just giving advice you asked for.

 

[polock]

well, thanks guys for the the info, i will try to post more pics soon. i know where you are comming from, i am new at this and im greatful for all the help!!! i do agree, i was going to try to stay lean on this cycle and then do 12-16 weeks of hardcore dieting. i remember 4 years ago i dieted down for 14 weeks and got around 6-7% @ 167 lbs from 185. so i know i have alot of fat to lose to get where i need to be and that the more ripped i am the better i will do. but like most people i like to be "huge"

 

[polock]

man, thats a bad pic, but right now there is no way i am over 12% body fat! even when i wake up in the morning i have a 4 pack and thats with water retention from 150mg's of anadrol a day, not to mention 200mg of cyp a week and all the other stuff i take !!!