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04-03-2010, 08:16 AM #1
ABP's 1200-day road to Pittsburgh (2013).
1200 days is somewhat over 3 years. It seems, in one way, like a very long time. But in "Masters time", when years click by like mile markers on the highway, 3 years is not really very long at all.
I intend to enter the NPC Masters Nationals in Pittsburgh in 2013, God willing. With no intervening contest preps to impede my growth. Growth ... that's the reason I need such a long time. I've studied the 50-and-over Masters classes on my Repetrope DVDs of the 2008 and 2009 Masters Nationals, and it all comes down to height: Lightweights are mostly around 5'5" tall. Middleweights are about 5'7" tall, to be thick enough at 176 pounds. I'm 5'9" tall. The competitors I see at Masters Nationals who are my height are ... you guessed it ... Light Heavyweights. That's where I'm going to have to get to if I am to look like I belong on that stage in Pittsburgh in 3 short years.
I tend to drift and finally fall apart without goals. This goal, to me, seems just far enough out of reach that I will really have to really stretch myself to attain it. But not so far out of reach that I will despair and quit early.
This journal itself will probably be a bit slow at first. I probably won't post a lot of photos in here until I begin prep in early 2013. But I may post some workouts and some of my better lifts. Strength increases will be a key indicator for me of muscle mass improvements.
Mostly, this journal is to help me remember the goal, so that it doesn't get dropped or changed somewhere along the way.
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04-03-2010, 10:35 AM #2
I get this. I am closing in on a '600 days to the Nationals'. It does go fast. At 600 days out I was strong AND fat. Perhaps you should be strong and fat at the 600 mark then start to sloooooowly dial it in. You are gonna be 3 years older so I would reccomend you at least know your natural Test and Est levels. Its up to you to tweek them or not....and NOT our business. Your competition for the most part will be seeing Life Extention Doctors and having their hormones 'balanced' along with some HGH. Just sayin......
Ready, set GO
BaldieMY MIND & BODY ARE AT ONE WITH MY POWER & STRENGTH............JM
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04-03-2010, 10:38 AM #3
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04-03-2010, 11:09 AM #4
Paul, in the '08 MN, there was a competitor who overshot his diet. He was 6'-5" and weighed in at 222lbs. Yeah.....222lbs is skinny at 6'-5". But he was shredded. He had to compete in the HW class, where the other guys weighing 220lbs were 5'-9". There were 20 or so in his class and the SOB got 4th!!!! (or maybe 5th, but he got a trophy). And he got the experience of being on the national stage against high-level competitors...experience that is invaluable.
Don't judge yourself too harshly regarding size. Understand that the 50+ guys are just as juiced as 20-something national competitors. If you cross to the darkside, you won't need 1200 days to be ready. You already know how to get shredded!
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06-14-2010, 01:09 PM #5
Glad you said that - I will be in the 50+ middle wts at 5'11", but I want the experience of being there with the best, and you never know how long you will be around. It my age, size is just not improving enough to wait any longer - I did the heavy wts and bulking diet, now I am taking 6 months of dieting to get the best conditioning I can. Sometimes you just have to go for it with what ya got. But I certainly respect anyone's choice to dig deep and do it their way.
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06-14-2010, 01:19 PM #6
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04-07-2010, 01:30 PM #7
A young lad joining in on your journey. Good luck ABP.
Keep Ritch Banned. FOR-EVER.
Un-Ban SKELETOR though, yo.
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04-08-2010, 03:09 AM #8
3 years will fly by. it'll be 2013 in no time and we'll all be reading about you freaking out that you prep is behind.
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04-08-2010, 05:33 AM #9
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04-08-2010, 12:18 PM #10
I like the plan. I think you underestimate yourself. In 3 years you will be awesome! A note- the diet that worked now, probalby wont work then. 15 lbs of muscle is a huge diffference. Experiment every so often along the way. This should be fun.
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04-09-2010, 05:58 PM #11
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04-09-2010, 09:15 PM #12
I believe one of the more difficult things that comes with added muscle is the mind set. Larger bodys need more protein/nutrients. You will be continuing adding more food. Feed the beast.
BaldieMY MIND & BODY ARE AT ONE WITH MY POWER & STRENGTH............JM
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04-12-2010, 05:25 AM #13
Off to a rough start.
I sprained my knee yesterday, working on the brakes on my wife's car.
This same exact thing happened to me last July, the week before my contest, so I at least know what it is.
No leg training for 4-6 weeks. I hate this!
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04-12-2010, 07:19 AM #14
OK then eat like an NFL tackle and blast the upper. You will heal X 2. Ice ice ice then more ice. Did I say ICE?? RICE for sprains...Rest, Ice, Compression and Elevation.
I no longer do any 'heavy lifting/chores' other than Bodybuilding (which has its own pitfalls) just because of potential injury. I was just asked to help a sister in law with a recent Mastectomy to help move into a new apartment. I said NO and volunteered money to pay for help along with my pick up truck. She and my wife both understood...I was shocked.
BaldieMY MIND & BODY ARE AT ONE WITH MY POWER & STRENGTH............JM
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04-14-2010, 07:19 PM #15
Note to self- Pay mechanic to fix wifes car.
Keep Ritch Banned. FOR-EVER.
Un-Ban SKELETOR though, yo.
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