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When did you start your contest prep? Are you taking clen or any other fat burns?
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I started contest prepping 16 weeks out as far as cleaning up the diet...Clen was started 10 weeks out for 4 weeks and off two weeks and then will start again at 4 weeks out. It didn't seem to effect me that much. I take lipodrene on days off which has ephedra in it. I just started to try yohimbe hcl yesterday. It is coming off just so slowly im scared I wont be ready. I feel like Im doing everything I know to do. Any advice is appreciated.
The thing is when you pay someone for a contests prep IMO your paying them to take the stress off you. All you do is follow the directions if what they did does not work for you and you do not place where you wanted then the next contest you can make a change. The only caution I have there is when taking drugs for me I take what I know I am comfortable with and have done before. Me personaly I know I am carb senstive and that is why typically I do my own prep and follow keto style diets but that is only after a few preps did I figure that out. There is no magic here if it is coming of keep going following the plan. Once you get to two weeks out you should be pretty close to stage ready. If your not ready then you can do a later contest or keep giving it and see things tell the end.
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Wow... Your trainer is killing you. Cardio AND bodyparts TWICE a day at 6 weeks out?
Is this your first contest?... and all of this work for FIGURE? Where you don't have to be ripped to shreds?
Believe it or not, 6 weeks is A LOT of time to drop a bit of bodyfat. As I said, this isn't bodybuilding where you have to be big and ripped nor is it fitness where you have to be fairly big and pretty ripped while doing crazy acrobatics and strength moves.
You started contest prep at 16 weeks out and you are only down to 18% bf? Where were you when you started?
Would you mind posting up a pic? How has your bf% been determined?
I am not trying to discourage so please don't take my questions the wrong way. I also question the use of so many drugs so late in the game it seems just to try to crunch for a competition. There is no such thing as an anabolic that will help you cut bf (as you seem to know by your comment that it is only to hold onto mass while doing so much cardio and such strict dieting). Winstrol can be a NASTY drug. It dries your joints and has been known to cause some bad sides in some women.
I really REALLY question your trainer's prep. QT is right in that a trainer is supposed to alleviate stress. You are paying them for their expertise, otherwise you could do it on your own. I dunno...
Also recognize please that you gain knowledge of not only how to do things each contest prep but how NOT to do them. I do hope that this (meaning the contest) will be a positive experience for you.
Is this your first contest?... and all of this work for FIGURE? Where you don't have to be ripped to shreds?
Believe it or not, 6 weeks is A LOT of time to drop a bit of bodyfat. As I said, this isn't bodybuilding where you have to be big and ripped nor is it fitness where you have to be fairly big and pretty ripped while doing crazy acrobatics and strength moves.
You started contest prep at 16 weeks out and you are only down to 18% bf? Where were you when you started?
Would you mind posting up a pic? How has your bf% been determined?
I am not trying to discourage so please don't take my questions the wrong way. I also question the use of so many drugs so late in the game it seems just to try to crunch for a competition. There is no such thing as an anabolic that will help you cut bf (as you seem to know by your comment that it is only to hold onto mass while doing so much cardio and such strict dieting). Winstrol can be a NASTY drug. It dries your joints and has been known to cause some bad sides in some women.
I really REALLY question your trainer's prep. QT is right in that a trainer is supposed to alleviate stress. You are paying them for their expertise, otherwise you could do it on your own. I dunno...
Also recognize please that you gain knowledge of not only how to do things each contest prep but how NOT to do them. I do hope that this (meaning the contest) will be a positive experience for you.
This is my first figure show....I began training in Jan. and had to put on as much muscle as possible. I think my trainer just thought that this certain diet works for most people, but found out that it didn't work for me and wouldn't change it until a week ago after she saw how discouraged I was getting. I know my body very well and knew that my body wont lose while eating even moderate amounts of carbs. The whole time she just thought I had a distorted view of carbs and that I needed the energy for all the cardio. I do feel exhausted though...but I thought that was how you were suppose to feel? I had my body fat tested by a dexa scan at 6 weeks out and I had lost 5% from 12 weeks out..
I will try to post a picture I only have one right now and its of my legs. I haven't had any side effects yet from the winstrol but I told her as soon as I see any I am going off. I am seeing changes I just feel like I can never make her happy. I do everything she tells me to even when I don't agree. I really want to do well in this show so I guess I will just have to stick it out for another 41/2 weeks...Thanks everyone for you comments. Don't worry your not offended me so please any advice is appreciated.
I will try to post a picture I only have one right now and its of my legs. I haven't had any side effects yet from the winstrol but I told her as soon as I see any I am going off. I am seeing changes I just feel like I can never make her happy. I do everything she tells me to even when I don't agree. I really want to do well in this show so I guess I will just have to stick it out for another 41/2 weeks...Thanks everyone for you comments. Don't worry your not offended me so please any advice is appreciated.
This picture was taken at 2 weeks ago so I have lost some of that junk up in my thighs...My bodyfat is pretty evenly distributed over my body. I will take more soon of my upper body.
The picture didn't come out. Maybe is only on my end..??
BTW, it appears your metabolism is overworked and instead of making progress, is not moving. You might need a rest before it gets out of hand.
Looking forward to seeing your picture..
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^^ What she said +1.
Tatyana and Thandie are seasoned veterans when it comes to contest prep. I used to compete a bit but that was back in the day.
I will tell you what my trainer said when I first met her. (I interviewed several before I hired her.) She asked me, "So you are doing an hour of cardio two times a day, several times per week and you are ten weeks out? What you gonna do when you are 2 weeks out - 6 hours of cardio 3 times a day EVERY day?!"
Bottom line is that the human body adjusts very quickly. Contest prep is a very tricky thing. Everybody's body reacts differently to different foods and different activity levels. However, EVERYBODY'S body will eventually adjust to certain activity levels and you will have to keep doing more and more just to maintain your bf. Ever see fat aerobics instructors? They have to do more and more cardio, then begin to eat less tearing down their mass LOWERING their metabolism, vicious downward spiral.
6 weeks is still A LOT of time. And if you don't make it on time for this contest, surely there will be another a few weeks further out.
TAKE A REST... Your metabolism may just thank you.
May I ask who recommended the winstrol?
How old are you and how long have you been lifting in general?
We all learned the hard way, through our mistakes. IMHO if you are PAYING a trainer than you should see better result than what you have posted here.
We are all looking forward to seeing your pics.
did that picture come out?
Nope! Not on this end.
