Sassy 2005

[deener]

Good luck to you, Sassy! I think you'll do great in figure. You've probably already said this, but what contest are you planning to do and when?

 

[The Shadow]

so.....if Im looking at this correctly...you gained 5 pounds of lean mass AND lost 5 pounds of fat in 4 days??


Somethin aint right.....

 

[Sassy69]

Unfortunately I'm just copying from my notebook that just started this week and I"m not sure of the exact dates. Some of this start up stuff I"m not going to take to literally because the dates are not necessarily accurate, and also I am still learnign the context of some of what he's writing down.

I believe essentially this says I've lost bodyfat but my muscle mass remains.

 

[The Shadow]

Unfortunately I'm just copying from my notebook that just started this week and I"m not sure of the exact dates. Some of this start up stuff I"m not going to take to literally because the dates are not necessarily accurate, and also I am still learnign the context of some of what he's writing down.

I believe essentially this says I've lost bodyfat but my muscle mass remains.

sass - this is just my opinion........

are you sure you want to overtrain your legs at this point??

...that is going to make your upper/lower differential even more pronounced, don't you think?

 

[Sassy69]

Sorry shadow -- i'm dealing w/ a guy who is telling me to do things that i may not question at the time or i'm in the middle of the set. It is goign to take some time to see what the "weekly split" looks like etc etc etc. That's all I can say right now. Its not that he isn't explaining it or refusing to answer, but when you start w/ a new trainer especially for a specific contest prep, it just takes time to get the whole program.

And to a degree I just have to see how this all goes. That's why I"m posting it as I go.

 

[The Shadow]

Sorry shadow -- i'm dealing w/ a guy who is telling me to do things that i may not question at the time or i'm in the middle of the set.

I know.....

Thats why Im asking you if it makes sense......

If I waa prepping for a show and my trainer told me that I needed to increase my quad size and reduce my upper body...what would your reaction be??

 

[The Shadow]

oh and sass.....


you know I love ya.........Im just concerned.......

 

[Sassy69]

I"m new to figure -- so there's more to it than just make this bigger, make this smaller. There's some reshaping & stuff going on and I've never done that. I've just gone for "make it bigger" and "lose fat".

Its a whole new adventure!

 

[Evil_Frisky]

Great Sassy.. damn looks like your doing awesome. I'm still tweaking here and there, something I am realizing don't work for me also. Thank goodness I am still 16 weeks out.

 

[Sassy69]

This is one of the issues w/ dealing w/ a trainer. I've tried to assess this w/ previous trainers but somehow even the best efforts don't work out quite like you expected. For those who do it well, this is what they do for a living and what they do works. In this case I trained w/ the guy for a week, spent a lot of time talking to him, getting his comments on what I would need to do, not just for figure, but also what I would get out of bodybuilding. He also says he is training people that sometimes don't necessarily place well in a show, but THEIR goal was to have the best body of their life and THAT is what they achieved. Goals above & beyond that can be achieved at the next show, w/ more planning, etc. Also from the trainer side, I see huge dedication, constant support, and constant, reliable interest. And also in the posing process - how he is training these newbies to pose, giving them real valuable insight into "how" to do a show, and keeping the focus on what THEIR goals are.