Makavelli's Contest Results!

[slat1]

I have been to a bunch of shows. The guys are right. Your conditioning is great! Your back really stands out in the department. Keep it up!

 

[Slydog]

What up brothas? Just wanted to let you guys know that I place 3rd in the open heavy weight class in the Orange County Muscle Classic on Saturday, the 23rd. I'll try to post some pics now, but if you can't see them let me know how to do it correctly. Excuse my ignorance with computers. They're not my thing...

Great job brotha, awesome back along with great conditioning. Did you feel like you were dialed in completely? LOL by the looks of it you nail it son? What are the stats? How many shows have you done?

 

[satchboogie]

you look superb!

 

[silverbackn]

Thanks for all the replies and support bros. My weight was all over the place and I was freaked out that I would drop into the light heavies. I'm 6' so that would be suicide! I was 217 a week out. Then before my carb up I was 204! After carbing for 3 days and dropping water I weighed in at a bone dry 199 lbs! Just making the heavy weight class. I got a lot of great feedback from other BB's in the show and people in the audience. They said the only thing that stopped me from winning the class was size. I had them beat on symmetry, shape, proportion, and conditioning where I was the hardest guy in the class and possibly the show. So now it's time to put on big size...

I feel your pain. I was 224 when I started carb depleting, 3 days later I was 217. The transformation in those few days is incredible though. As a bodybuilder you are always concerned about size, those last few days are tough mentally when you know you are flattening out. Looks like you nailed it though!

 

[Makavelli]

I feel your pain. I was 224 when I started carb depleting, 3 days later I was 217. The transformation in those few days is incredible though. As a bodybuilder you are always concerned about size, those last few days are tough mentally when you know you are flattening out. Looks like you nailed it though!

"Great job brotha, awesome back along with great conditioning. Did you feel like you were dialed in completely? LOL by the looks of it you nail it son? What are the stats? How many shows have you done?"

Thanks again guys. Yeah, I nailed everything this time. Besides my weight dropping so much, but it didn't seem to hurt my placing. I was the lightest guy in the class. There were 10 competitors, so it was a good feeling to be that light and still place that high. Says a lot about my shape, symmetry, and conditioning. This was my 4th show. I hadn't competed for 5 years though. I took time off because I needed to put on size and I wanted to make sure that I could put everything into it. I won't do anything unless I can give 110%.

 

[Themachine01]

congradulations bro, you look sick, like everyone else mentioned, your back looks incredible. Id like to see how you approached your last week.

 

[Makavelli]

congradulations bro, you look sick, like everyone else mentioned, your back looks incredible. Id like to see how you approached your last week.

Thanks. At about 10 days I start lowering my carbs to half of the usual amount. At 1 week out I'll only eat 25 g before training and 25 after training. Then on Wed before the show I'll do a whole body depletion workout which takes about 2 hours! It sucks, but it's necessary to supercompensate. Then I start the carb load ala BodyOpus style for the next 48-72 hours, carefully monitoring how I'm filling out and if I'm holding water. The funny thing was it that I actually kept getting harder the longer I ate carbs. I ate 1200 grams the first 24 hours, 800 the next 24, and another 800 the next 24! Yes, even will all those carbs I didn't hold any water. I just filled out. Nailing the carb load really made the difference b/w being a HW and dropping into the LHW's.
As for water I drank up to 6 gallons a day until Friday. On Friday I drank 1 gallon before 5 P.M. Then dropped my water with a diuretic and held my conditioning until pre judging.

 

[sweed]

Thanks. At about 10 days I start lowering my carbs to half of the usual amount. At 1 week out I'll only eat 25 g before training and 25 after training. Then on Wed before the show I'll do a whole body depletion workout which takes about 2 hours! It sucks, but it's necessary to supercompensate. Then I start the carb load ala BodyOpus style for the next 48-72 hours, carefully monitoring how I'm filling out and if I'm holding water. The funny thing was it that I actually kept getting harder the longer I ate carbs. I ate 1200 grams the first 24 hours, 800 the next 24, and another 800 the next 24! Yes, even will all those carbs I didn't hold any water. I just filled out. Nailing the carb load really made the difference b/w being a HW and dropping into the LHW's.
As for water I drank up to 6 gallons a day until Friday. On Friday I drank 1 gallon before 5 P.M. Then dropped my water with a diuretic and held my conditioning until pre judging.

sounds crazy but awesome.. i can't wait to do my contest is september!

 

[Makavelli]

sounds crazy but awesome.. i can't wait to do my contest is september!

Yeah it is pretty crazy. Everyone is slightly different though. You need to know what carbs work for you, how much water you can drink, how easily you drop water. Thankfully I've been experimenting with carb loading techniques for the last 5 years since my last show, so I know exactly how to do it with most people.

 

[Themachine01]

what were your carb sources when carbing up if you dont mind, just curious.