Westy's Journey through the 2011 season Comp pics now on P33 new pic on p35

Well i think it time to start documenting my journey into the 2011 season.  Hopefully things will now start moving a little quicker and get a little more exciting.


For those that don't know i competed for the first time in on April 18th as the ukbff south coast in the classic class.
My aim at the time was to get on stage and not look out of place and i did that.  I came 7th out of 10.  which all things considered i was fairly happy with.

However in 2011 i want the win and the qualification for the 2011 british finals.

So how has my off season gone so far?
Well since competing i did a nice 6 week rebound cycle.  Then came off AAS have been off ever since(6months).  It was very tough when i came off at first, i felt lethargic quite a bit, and i did find strength was slowly dropping for the first 6 weeks of coming off at that point things started to stabilise.  Than a couple of weeks later i was ill it was only a 24hours bug but it knocked me for 6 and it took me a few weeks to gain the weight back then i was came down ill again this time much worse and actually ended up in hospital at this point i dropped a lot of weight and lost masses of strength which wasn't coming back quickly due to test levels still being a little low.  
Since recovering the training has been going really well, clearly i had strength to gain back but i got that all back now and actually think i have gained a few lbs of lean mass, but also a little too much fat.
I was 13st 2 on stage and i am now 14st 11.  

In 2 weeks time i will be going back on and since i have been off for a long time i would expect to get some good quality lean gains thick and fast. 
I will be doing a 10weeks bulking, 6 weeks cruise/cut and then 14weeks cut to my first show of 2011 which if i am right should hopefully be the ukbff MT show.

Well thats enough for now i will get some more info later i will try and find some my first show pics and also put up my diet as well.  If you have any questions as away and i will answer them later.

nice to see a new journal up and running mate! im aiming for the MT show as well, so ill see you on stage?

what class you hoping to enter?

Classic class again for me.  as you will see when i get the photo's up from my first show, i still had probably a good 7lbs or so to lose before being anywhere near condition that would see me challenge for a win in a qualifier.  
So i am hoping to come in at the same weight but having gained 7lbs of lean mass, and therefore have 7lbs less fat.  

should be an achievable goal mate, good luck with it, and ill be following your progress!

Nice to see you running a journal again! .. sounds like you've been though the mill :/

It has been a little rough but i have got through it ok.  I have stayed fairly positive all the way through. Although i have had my moment though as you would expect.

Ending up in hospital was not good.  I was on a drip for almost 24hours and by the time i go back in the gym i was ruined.  I have steadily progressed back upto where i am today.

Ok so i have been working out the breakdown of my diet for my initial 10 week bulk.

Meal 1
60g pro powder
150g oats
50g PB
1 Banana

Meal 2
200g chicken
75g rice
10ml evoo
75g pineapple

Meal 3
200g chicken
75g rice
10ml evoo
75g pineapple

Meal 4 
60g pro powder
100g oats
1 apple

Meal 5
60g pro powder
50g dextrose

Meal 6 
Will vary usually some form of red meat, or salmon, with veg or salad, and then rice or potato.

Meal 7 
60g pro powder
25g oats
50g PB


That diet totals about 4100 cals not including meal 6 though as it will vary.  

Hi mate... just in to wish you all the very best with this, sounds like you've had a tough time of it and moving forward I hope everything runs smoothly for you.

I plan on doing the same show next year in the classics with the same goals you had last year.

Good luck

Flanders


Hi mate... just in to wish you all the very best with this, sounds like you've had a tough time of it and moving forward I hope everything runs smoothly for you.

I plan on doing the same show next year in the classics with the same goals you had last year.

Good luck

Good luck to you too flanders, if you need anything just let me. 
 
How tall are you have you worked out what your limit is yet?

Thanks buddy... i'm 172cm so that gives me a weight limit of 76kg. TBH though i'm going to come in well under that as i'm currently only 80kg and carrying a little 'off season' weight. Hoping to get to +90kg before cutting
 
What's your weight limit?

looking foward to following your progress good luck mate i will be coming to the MT show this year to show my support to the muscletalk forum and to meet some other member face to face.

I measured 179.5 cm this year so that give me 85.5kg i will be working on a target of under 85kg, but realistically to get the sort of condition i want i will probably come in near 83kg (was 83.7kg on my last show.) but should have more muscle.

scrubby65


looking foward to following your progress good luck mate i will be coming to the MT show this year to show my support to the muscletalk forum and to meet some other member face to face.

thanks scrubby.  Hopefully it will be a good show next year and will get a slightly better crowd as there won't be the distraction of an england game.

Good luck...and so sorry you had such a hard time ......

Northerngal


Good luck...and so sorry you had such a hard time ......

Thanks very much.


I am very surprised the extremely short post from you.

I thought i should out line my training

I usually work with a 4 day split.

Shoulders and Biceps
Legs
Chest and calves
Back and Triceps

Plus i normally train abs twice a week before legs and before back(this just cos we are waiting for the other guy that trains with us)

And for the first time ever i am keeping a reasonable level of cardio in, currently at 2hours per week split over 3x40min sessions first thing

I usually aim to get all my training done during the week, so i can the weekends free to rest and recover.

westy19

Northerngal


Good luck...and so sorry you had such a hard time ......

Thanks very much.

I am very surprised the extremely short post from you.

ummmmm....well...shuffle shuffle...I'm errrmm....sneaking in quietly so as not to alarm you.....ya know...cos you've been poorly an' all....and weeeeeeeiiiiiilllllllll...wheedle wheeedle....just doing a quick reccy to see if anything hard and pointy was gonna be lobbed at me before I started my stealth attack on your journal.....oh! bugger! did I just give the game away?..darn it!...I can't do stealth!...oh hum......  pleased to see me aren't ya?..hey?...heeeeeeeeeeeeey?...teee heeee....I has been waiting patiently for your return.....lol..
 
ps...did you go to the Nottingham show?....I have a feeling that you were sat 2 seats behind me...I kept having a sneaky look and really wanted to come and say hello but I'm not the bravest person in the world and didn't.....and if it wasn't you, sorry for asking....whoever it was that I thought was you may have thought I was some sorta nutty woman cos I kept turning round to have a look....well, I was trying to be covert...but I think that may be one of my other failures...doing anything covertly!...lol....oh well....one day I'll approach I guess....I nearly cacked myself saying hello to IB!!!!!...practically fainted on the long walk down to the front!...durrrrrr......
 
It will be good to follow your journal if that is ok...I promise not to visit too  often.....:):).....take care mister and go gentle on yourself if you've been ill okay?..x 

Hahahahaah your nutty, and yes it was me in nottingham, i did see you there. you certainly wouldn't make a good spy. 

visit as often as you like.  i am sure during my journey there will be some low times so your cheery nutty posts will cheer me up.

Same here with the training, save the weekends to rest!!...

I was at Nottingham on the Sunday, what a great show.... I was up on the Balcony to your left (if you were sat behind NG)...

How easy/hard do you find it sticking to the diet side of things?...

Flanders


Same here with the training, save the weekends to rest!!...

I was at Nottingham on the Sunday, what a great show.... I was up on the Balcony to your left (if you were sat behind NG)...

How easy/hard do you find it sticking to the diet side of things?...

Yeah the show was great, the standard was amazing.  I really wanna be up there myself in 2011.


Personally on the diet side of things i find it it little more difficult to stick to during bulking as i have a little more of a relax attitude it.  During the week i am fine, but over the weekend it can go a little way ward.  However during the prep phase i love it and i am 100% dedicated and only cheat when i am allowed to.