Game Time!

Tomorrow marks 12 weeks exactly until the first of 2 comps I’m doing this year. I will take measurements & pictures tomorrow and post them on Monday. I feel like I’m at a pretty good starting point. I think I have a tad more muscle at 12 weeks out this time compared to the last comp I did in 2008. I’ll have to post some 12 week pictures from then for comparison. Who out there in blog land can explain to me how to do the side by side pics?

This time around the number one thing that will be different will be no alcohol at all. The only other thing that has changed is some of my training days are a bit different from last comp prep; I’ve already increased from my off season 3 days to 4 days a week (which I did for last prep) but this time I’m doing shoulders by themselves rather than with chest & tris and I’ve been training abs hard about 3 days a week compared to just 1 or 2 not so hard. Also, we’ve incorporated Tabata (and I have KERRY to thank for introducing us to that!) into my Saturday sessions for an extra fat-burning boost. Will do a few more minutes on the treadmill each week; I’m only doing about 20 minutes in the afternoons right now-5 days a week. My morning walks will stay roughly around 40 minutes.

The first six weeks won’t be hugely different from what I’m doing right now as far as eating goes. I will weigh out my stuff now, not every day-but probably every few days as a reminder of my portion sizes which will be smaller than what I’m eating right now. I need to add a 10 am meal…and focus on getting the full 4 liters of water in. I have been somewhat lax on that these last few months. I’ve probably been only downing just over 2 liters. Oh, and I won’t be digging into the nut and raisin mix….right now I’ve been having handfuls of that throughout the day-no more of that!

I’m not taking any special supplements-just the usual which is-Vit C, glutamine, fish oil, cal/mag, glucosamine, multi-vitamin, tissue salts (magnesium), my pro-biotics; plus I use protein powder for a shake on the days I train-and crunchy whey protein that I eat with cottage cheese for my afternoon protein hit. That’s it! The rest is all food, food, glorious food!

So, that’s my plan for now!

Have a fab weekend!
Ciao for now!