November 4th - Updates!

Not the best lighting, but happy with whatever leg development during the 4-5 months of bulking I did from December to April.  Post leg pump pic!  I need to shave my legs...

~8% BF, During Carb Load w/ My Favorite Carb Source -- Cereal

Quick update -- weight seemed to have steadied at about 151-ish.  I trained with my buddy on Saturday for some legs and was able to pull 405 lb. deadlifts for 5 reps.  It wasn't too difficult either, which I was very impressed about with this year's prep.  My strength has stayed with me in certain lifts and am able to not lose very much strength in other lifts, like the bench press.  My bench press and shoulder press lifts usually suffer in strength as the prep gets deeper and deeper and I get leaner and leaner.  Necessary evils, I guess!

Determining your peak week strategy is all about trial and error. Pay very close attention how your depleted physique looks during carb loading, post carb loading, +1 day after, +2 days after, etc.  The trick is to get shredded (a realistic sub 5% BF) and not mess with sodium, water, potassium, or other gimmicks.  I think I am a during-carb-loader up to 24-hours-post-carb-load. 

If I can control my weight loss to 0.5 lbs of weight loss per week, I will be on track to be contest ready 3-4 weeks out from my target contest on Jan 25.  I'm excited!  Let's get 'er done!

Current Macros - Regular Days - 2300 calories
230g P
230g C
50g F

Current Macros - Refeed - 3000 calories
230g P
400g C
50g F

Still, no cardio.