dazc's comp prep for the UKBFF Muscletalk championships, 24th June.

thanks for your support mate

quick update-  arm has good and bad times, right now its feeling sore, and the pain is going deep into my shoulder as well, not pleasent.  Most of the time its feeling ok, but still quite stiff, though its wrist which is most limited in movement, and i have limited grip strength, not only from forearm wasteage, but because the tendons in the wrist are very painfull.

Bicep and tricep have 'filled out' a little, so are less floppy, but still a long way off being back to size.

looking forward to legs tomorrow, as i missed fridays session because the arm fresh out of pot was too tender

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Morning Dazc,
just dropping by on a Monday morn.....ouch for the arm pain but good to hear it's coming on a bit...it will progress you know that already, but I guess it's the frustration of the waiting game that gets you down....(well, I'm guessing it is).

Hope things will improve for your this week and hello to Rachfit too.  I read her posts on the Q & A...sadly, my poor ole brain don't understand half of it!...(note to oneself)...must try harder!...really interesting stuff.

Have a good one.

hey NG!  If you have any questions on the injury stuff, or anything in the Q&A that you dont understand then post them up in there, She doesnt want the thread to just be technical stuff that only a few understand, everyone is welcome!

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have made changes to my diet yesterday, and started them today.  Its slightly higher in carbs than my cutting diet that i used for leeds show last year, with more protein and quite a bit of extra fats, so overall about another 900 cals from what i was cutting on.  cardio is also back now the pot is off, 3x 45 minutes a week.

im hoping the new diet will see small muscle increases and small fat loss. here it is-

7.30 75g whey, 50g oats, 30ml udos, in 500ml semiskimmed milk.

10.00 large chicken breast in granary bun with olive oil spread, banana, 150g pro+prebiotic yogurt.

12.30 100g Myprotein total MRP in 600ml semi skimmed milk, 30g flax powder, apple

3.00 as 10.00am meal

5.30 train-50g myprotein tri-carb powder, 10g BCAA, 10g EAA

7.10 pwo  50g whey, 50g dextrose in water

7.50 50g whey in milk, 20ml udos.

9.00 250g steak, 60g basmati rice, 20ml walnut oil, 20ml EVOO, small amount sesame oil.  mixed salad

11.00 50g whey, 25g milk protein powder, 25g oats, in 500ml semiskimmed milk.  handfull walnuts.

never been this high with the fats before (well not good fats, i used to make shakes in double cream to get ridiculously high cals in lol)  so looking forward to seeing the results.  I quite like experimenting with diets now, and being super strict with them!

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Enjoyed looking through this Dazc...good to see someone who really does have the determination to achieve. Diet looks spot on. How come you have the oats and milk in your pre bed shake?

With regards to the arm injury...have you tried cissus? Cleared my tennis elbow right up when nothing else would!

Good luck with everything...will be following this from now on!

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Enjoyed looking through this Dazc...good to see someone who really does have the determination to achieve. Diet looks spot on. How come you have the oats and milk in your pre bed shake?

With regards to the arm injury...have you tried cissus? Cleared my tennis elbow right up when nothing else would!

Good luck with everything...will be following this from now on!

hi mate, thanks for dropping in and posting!  I actually put cissus in a few weeks back after someone suggested it, untill then i had never heard of it!  Does seem good stuff!
 
I have the oats and milk prebed to add calories for repair during the night, and try slow down digestion otherwise i wake up in the night starving hungry and it disrupts my sleep!  also i sleep better with carbs before bed!

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enjoyed training tonight especially cardio! lots of attention from people asking about the arm as well, so that was really nice that people bother to ask.

Leg extension, 2 sets 8 reps
leg curl, 2 sets 8 reps
duck press, 1 set 10 reps
shoulder press 1 set 12 reps
chest press 1 set 12 reps
rear delts 1 set 12 reps

felt great to get a bit of blood going in the pecs and delts!

45 minutes cardio, 30 sscv and 15 HIIT.  quads were on fire by the end of it!  the cardio also seemed good for the arm, to have the movement and blood flow

cant wait for wednesday to do it all again!  :-)

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Good session Mr D

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Good stuff Daz!

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foook, legs are killing me now!  even though its been a few weeks training like this, i still cant believe how sore they can be from so little work!

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Good to hear your on the mend daz and sounding upbeat!

Good stuff Daz! Kepp pushing on but err on the side of caution for f*ck sake lol!!

Lets start buildin' some hurtin' bombs 

road to recovery is a long process, do it right and you will be flying again before you know it. its good to see someone with the drive and determination to keep training after a serious knock back - keep it up mate.

Inspirational reading Mr daz!!!  Some nice work there!!!

Just don't go balls out on the 'good' days.....although I will admit, it IS tempting!!!

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hey dazc, did you get that hernia op in the end?

so...whats the score/plans for the next few months?

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Inspirational reading Mr daz!!!  Some nice work there!!!

Just don't go balls out on the 'good' days.....although I will admit, it IS tempting!!!

OOOOO how I luuuurve a journal filled with positivity!!!!!

hey chrissie!  have to work hard at controlling myself!  but the spazy little arm will have to stay that way for a while longer!

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Good to hear your on the mend daz and sounding upbeat!

im trying!  now that i can train and do cardio im pretty sorted

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Good stuff Daz! Kepp pushing on but err on the side of caution for f*ck sake lol!!

ha ha yeah might be a while before i do any deadlifts lol

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road to recovery is a long process, do it right and you will be flying again before you know it. its good to see someone with the drive and determination to keep training after a serious knock back - keep it up mate.

thanks for dropping in my journal mate! only thing to do when knocked down is get back up swinging!

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hey dazc, did you get that hernia op in the end?

so...whats the score/plans for the next few months?

havent had it yet! it was scheduled for the same time and day as the bicep surgery! same hospital as well!
 
still have the op there if i want it, but it hasnt been painfull for months, so i may leave it and see what happens.
 
next couple of months is drop a bit of BF, pack some more mass onto the legs and possibly a bit on delts, while rehabing the arm and maintaining rest of upperbody size/bringing the arm back a bit with very light exercises.
 
then i will shift focus back onto upperbody as long as arm is ok, to gain back the muscle lost on the lats, and try put a bit on the chest and tris.  going to leave biceps with no direct work.
 
then towards the end of summer im going to diet right down to comp shape, have a mess about with carb-ups and water manipulation so that i can find what works for me, and also see if i have any balance issues.  then its a rebound bulk christmas/newyear, staying nice and lean and gaining slowly for shows at the begining of 2011.  if i can get some good size on i may well jump over and do a nabba show before the ukbff shows later in the year, and fit another rebound in.
 
not that i have thought about it..... lol

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Had to laugh - your bicep after the tear is about as good as my biceps without any tear LOL - looking good Daz with all things considered.  Decent mass on the legs too - should be looking killer by year end dude.

Keep the good work up!

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Morning Dazc....hows baby bicep today?...lol....less painful as the days go by? or too early yet, sound like a great workout tho'...legs ok?...or are you doing that ole john wayne walk....lol....

Hey mister, so arm's out of pot now? Good stuff!

Things looking really positive in here, as ChrissieG said, good to hear :-)

Have fun with the high fats, I'll be interested to know if you end up craving carbs...

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Hey mister, so arm's out of pot now? Good stuff!

Things looking really positive in here, as ChrissieG said, good to hear :-)

Have fun with the high fats, I'll be interested to know if you end up craving carbs...

Yeah arm out of pot, you not seen the photos a couple pages back of my spazy little arm??
 
still have a good few hundred grams of carbs per day.  when im really craving is junk food, especially cream cakes, cheese cake, chocolate, icecream etc etc! so much harder dieting when there is no show at the end of it! 

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Had to laugh - your bicep after the tear is about as good as my biceps without any tear LOL - looking good Daz with all things considered.  Decent mass on the legs too - should be looking killer by year end dude.

Keep the good work up!

hmm i seriously doubt that! though its coming back steadily, even with no workout.  My arms have never been over 17.5, so yours are definately bigger!  just im a shortie so they look bigger!  i want to see if i can hit 30 inch on the legs, so 1 3/4 inches to go! 

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Morning Dazc....hows baby bicep today?...lol....less painful as the days go by? or too early yet, sound like a great workout tho'...legs ok?...or are you doing that ole john wayne walk....lol....

hey NG!  bicep is feeling ok, its more a mental thing and feeling very cautious with it!  legs are good, ready for round 2 tonight!!!  woo hooo!

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another awesome session!  feeling on top of the world now, i just love training!  More additions as well!

Leg press 1 set, 6 reps
leg extensions 2 sets, single legged, 6 reps
leg curl 2 sets, 6,8 reps.  last 2 rest paused
duck press 1 set, 12 reps, last six rest paused.
Chest press 2 sets 12,10 reps
shoulder press 2 sets 15,12 reps
rear delts 1 set 15 reps
full range tricep pushdown 2 sets 15 reps

45 minutes base conditioning cardio

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4 days on the new diet, 2lbs lighter, abs look a bit tighter though waist measures the same.

spazy arm is now a little less spazy, having gained 1 inch since last thursday, and is now sat at 15 inches.  not in great condition, but better condition than a week ago where it measured over an inch less!

why is it sooooo much harder controlling food cravings when there is no target for the diet?  im getting the most unimaginably strong cravings for dirty food.  not broken yet though last night was more by virtue of there being nothing in the house than utter will power!  lol

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oh yeah, forgot to add, calfs have grown AGAIN!  another 1/4 of an inch!  vastus medialis has also added a similar amount!

my legs are LOVING this new routine and way of training.  they have never grown so fast, AND im on a tiny amount of AAS as well, so its definately the training!

really hope my upper body responds as well once i can go really heavy again.  May just have found whats finally going to get me up a weight class!

COME ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Glad to see you back into it mate and the arm is growing.

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it will be back to average in no time at all! lol


Had physio this morning, as i thought really, wasnt a whole lot of use.  for the past week i have been doing some stuff intuitively to get things moving.  the three exercises they gave me were EXACTLY that! lol  still, has to be done, so that if there is a problem i get seen.  if you dont attend the physio the surgeons arent keen on helping if there were other problems.

have booked in to see the surgeon, there is a lump on the tendon in the elbow crook, could feel it a week ago, but not tell wether it was just the skin or not.  now i can palpate the tendon, its definately on it, and its grown a bit as well, which is worrying me a little bit.

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Good to see you're making progress Daz. Hope the elbow thing is ok.

Lets start buildin' some hurtin' bombs 

Hi Daz good to hear your training is going well, hope the tendon is all ok mate....

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another session done, another weight increase on shoulder and chest press, starting to feel more like a workout now, and getting some pump in those muscles.

Leg extension single leg, 70kg, 8 reps, 2 sets
leg curls, 60kg 8 reps 2 sets
calfs, 1 set 10 reps
shoulder press 60kgx15 reps 2 sets could do alot more weight but not risking it
chest press 70kgx15 reps 1 set
rear delts 1 set
stiffarm pushdowns 1 set
full range tricep pushdowns 1 set

35 minutes HIIT, and i was absoloutely wiped out!  really pushed hard on the intervals.

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Just checking in on you since you did on me!! ;)
You have a lot of fans dont you..ah
hahahaha
and see how quickly you are coming back into action too!
I think you look well hot!!!
;)
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Ah love is in the air!!!

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Morning chap what a differance a week makes, look like you making good progress, and recovering well, hope elbow turns out to be nothing to worry about, keep up the good work.

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Hi Dazc, all things looking good in here I see, looking hot hey?...lol..could be an extra session or two of cardio in the air for you matey!...(gulp!...sorry, really rude)....humour?...errrrrm....whistles and sheepishly looks round the room to see if a big ole slap in the choppers is heading this way.....

I blame my mother!...lol

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Hi Dazc, all things looking good in here I see, looking hot hey?...lol..could be an extra session or two of cardio in the air for you matey!...(gulp!...sorry, really rude)....humour?...errrrrm....whistles and sheepishly looks round the room to see if a big ole slap in the choppers is heading this way.....

I blame my mother!...lol

apparently its banned this weekend, as rach is doing a half marathon tomorrow morning!

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An inch in a week?!!! If ever there was an argument for muscle memory then that is it....!!

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An inch in a week?!!! If ever there was an argument for muscle memory then that is it....!!

i fully expect another one next week as well... lol

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Hi Dazc, all things looking good in here I see, looking hot hey?...lol..could be an extra session or two of cardio in the air for you matey!...(gulp!...sorry, really rude)....humour?...errrrrm....whistles and sheepishly looks round the room to see if a big ole slap in the choppers is heading this way.....

I blame my mother!...lol

apparently its banned this weekend, as rach is doing a half marathon tomorrow morning!

I know how you feel my other half is a runner and last weekend she did a 10k thats her third comp run this year, I had to remind her not to book any near the weekend of my comp as i will be needing her help

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haha....are the strength increases matching the size increases on the inured arm?

very busy weekend, lots of driving sunday to help a friend move his car, then it was over to warrington to watch the evening show of the UKBFF event.

Fairly small show with only a small number of people, but had a great time.

Met elfintan and chatted for a while, really friendly person, she introduced me to her other half paul george, was great to talk to someone whos done as much as he has. 

James then introduced me to shaun JT, who is a fantastic guy,  very friendly stood and chatted for a few minutes, very down to earth and genuine person, taking the time to talk to a spec on the BBing scene like myself.  I was a fan before, but that has cemented my support for him.

Zack kahn was also there, but im afraid i cant say the same for him.  He was coming out of the toilet as i was heading in, so i took a step back and moved to the side, plenty of room for him to get past, and for my troubles i got a shouder barge and him muttering something under his breath.    Great physique maybe, but the guy as a complete tool.

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Sounds like a good day yesterday. I always love going to shows, gets me all fired up

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