Bandit’s Contest Prep Log - 18 & 20 weeks out

BanditNOLIMIT

BanditNOLIMIT

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Hi all,

I’d first off like to say thank you to everyone who has expressed interest in following this log.

Today marks the final week of my cruise period before entering my first contest prep. I figured it would be a good opportunity to share where I'm currently at for a starting point as well as my check in pics from this morning. I have a call with my coach later this afternoon to discuss the time line & plan, essentially making sure we're on the same page with how we'd like to approach things. That way there will be (hopefully) no surprises along the way.

Weight is currently fluctuating 214-216lbs. Thats about 4-6lbs down from my peak weight during my growth phase. Obviously feeling softer & less full blown compared to being on cycle, but overall very happy with this body composition going into prep.
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Diet is as follows:
Training day
Pre - 168g chicken breast, 350g rice, 100g pineapple, 1 English muffin
Intra -50g carbs
Post (12iu humalog) - 62g whey iso, 200g carbs from low fat cereal, 100g banana
M1 - 200g chicken breast, 300g rice, veg +10g carbs from fruit
M1 - 200g chicken breast, 300g rice, veg +10g carbs from fruit
M3 - 200g cod OR 220g haddock, 300g rice, veg + 7ml olive oil
M4 - 220g 90/10 beef, 300g rice, 7mL extra virgin olive oil + 10g carbs from fruit

Rest day
M1 - 49g whey iso, 2 whole eggs, 4 english muffins, 15g nut butter, 15g jam or honey
M2 - 200g chicken breast, 175g rice, 15g evoo, veg
M2 - 200g chicken breast, 175g rice, 15g evoo, veg
M2 - 200g chicken breast, 175g rice, 15g evoo, veg
M5 - 200g cod OR 220g haddock, 280g potato (cooked weight), 100g avocado
M6 - 220g 90/10 beef, 175g potato (cooked weight), 75g avocado

Cardio:
Stairmaster level 5, 20 mins post workout 3x per week.
10k steps minimum (I don't pay much attention to this as I far exceed that due to work).

Excited to get the ball rolling!
 
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BanditNOLIMIT said:
Hi all,

I’d first off like to say thank you to everyone who has expressed interest in following this log.

Today marks the final week of my cruise period before entering my first contest prep. I figured it would be a good opportunity to share where I'm currently at for a starting point as well as my check in pics from this morning. I have a call with my coach later this afternoon to discuss the time line & plan, essentially making sure we're on the same page with how we'd like to approach things. That way there will be (hopefully) no surprises along the way.

Weight is currently fluctuating 214-216lbs. Thats about 4-6lbs down from my peak weight during my growth phase. Obviously feeling softer & less full blown compared to being on cycle, but overall very happy with this body composition going into prep.
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Diet is as follows:
Training day
Pre - 168g chicken breast, 350g rice, 100g pineapple, 1 English muffin
Intra -50g carbs
Post (12iu humalog) - 62g whey iso, 200g carbs from low fat cereal, 100g banana
M1 - 200g chicken breast, 300g rice, veg +10g carbs from fruit
M1 - 200g chicken breast, 300g rice, veg +10g carbs from fruit
M3 - 200g cod OR 220g haddock, 300g rice, veg + 7ml olive oil
M4 - 220g 90/10 beef, 300g rice, 7mL extra virgin olive oil + 10g carbs from fruit

Rest day
M1 - 49g whey iso, 2 whole eggs, 4 english muffins, 15g nut butter, 15g jam or honey
M2 - 200g chicken breast, 175g rice, 15g evoo, veg
M2 - 200g chicken breast, 175g rice, 15g evoo, veg
M2 - 200g chicken breast, 175g rice, 15g evoo, veg
M5 - 200g cod OR 220g haddock, 280g potato (cooked weight), 100g avocado
M6 - 220g 90/10 beef, 175g potato (cooked weight), 75g avocado

Cardio:
Stairmaster level 5, 20 mins post workout 3x per week.
10k steps minimum (I don't pay much attention to this as I far exceed that due to work).

Excited to get the ball rolling!
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Been following you for a bit you got this good luck
 
Looks like you held pretty good on your cruise. Good job. Will that be your starting diet or is that what youre doing currently? Lastly, what is your 10 grams of carbs from fruit? I love fruit so that seems like a cruel tease. Good luck ill be followin the journey.
 
Lil Jimmy said:
Looks like you held pretty good on your cruise. Good job. Will that be your starting diet or is that what youre doing currently? Lastly, what is your 10 grams of carbs from fruit? I love fruit so that seems like a cruel tease. Good luck ill be followin the journey.
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That is both my current food and where I’ll be starting (roughly). I actually had a phone call with my coach this evening and we discussed the plan. He adjusted a couple of my meals but nothing drastic. I’ll update it in here once we get the ball rolling, which will be in the next couple days.

10 grams of carbs from fruit basically just allows me to have freedom to choose what kind of fruit I want to have with that meal instead of him say eat “x” amount of “x” fruit. Allows me variety in the diet. I mostly do dates because they’re easy and low volume. Otherwise I’ll do some berries or pineapple.
 
You do your 168 grams of chicken in cooked weight right, or raw? Can’t remember what you said last time but I think cooked
 
Wasn't expecting to get things going until the weekend but I spoke with my coach last night and he gave me the green light to let it rip.

Kicking off the prep with a couple small changes to the diet.

Training day
Pre - 200g chicken breast, 350g rice, 100g pineapple, 1 English muffin
Intra -50g carbs
Post - 75g whey iso, 170g carbs from low fat cereal, 100g banana
M1 - 200g chicken breast, 300g rice, veg +10g carbs from fruit
M1 - 200g chicken breast, 300g rice, veg +10g carbs from fruit
M3 - 200g cod OR 220g haddock, 300g rice, veg + 7ml olive oil
M4 - 220g 90/10 beef, 300g rice, 7mL extra virgin olive oil + 10g carbs from fruit

Rest day
M1 - 49g whey iso, 2 whole eggs, 4 english muffins, 15g nut butter, 15g jam or honey
M2 - 200g chicken breast, 175g rice, 15g evoo, veg
M2 - 200g chicken breast, 175g rice, 15g evoo, veg
M2 - 200g chicken breast, 175g rice, 15g evoo, veg
M5 - 200g cod OR 220g haddock, 280g potato (cooked weight), 100g avocado
M6 - 220g 90/10 beef, 175g potato (cooked weight), 75g avocado

PEDs

100mg test ED
75mg EQ ED
40mcg clen ED
100mcg T4 ED
4iu GH AM/PM
 
BanditNOLIMIT said:
Hi all,

I’d first off like to say thank you to everyone who has expressed interest in following this log.

Today marks the final week of my cruise period before entering my first contest prep. I figured it would be a good opportunity to share where I'm currently at for a starting point as well as my check in pics from this morning. I have a call with my coach later this afternoon to discuss the time line & plan, essentially making sure we're on the same page with how we'd like to approach things. That way there will be (hopefully) no surprises along the way.

Weight is currently fluctuating 214-216lbs. Thats about 4-6lbs down from my peak weight during my growth phase. Obviously feeling softer & less full blown compared to being on cycle, but overall very happy with this body composition going into prep.
View attachment 97521View attachment 97522View attachment 97523

Diet is as follows:
Training day
Pre - 168g chicken breast, 350g rice, 100g pineapple, 1 English muffin
Intra -50g carbs
Post (12iu humalog) - 62g whey iso, 200g carbs from low fat cereal, 100g banana
M1 - 200g chicken breast, 300g rice, veg +10g carbs from fruit
M1 - 200g chicken breast, 300g rice, veg +10g carbs from fruit
M3 - 200g cod OR 220g haddock, 300g rice, veg + 7ml olive oil
M4 - 220g 90/10 beef, 300g rice, 7mL extra virgin olive oil + 10g carbs from fruit

Rest day
M1 - 49g whey iso, 2 whole eggs, 4 english muffins, 15g nut butter, 15g jam or honey
M2 - 200g chicken breast, 175g rice, 15g evoo, veg
M2 - 200g chicken breast, 175g rice, 15g evoo, veg
M2 - 200g chicken breast, 175g rice, 15g evoo, veg
M5 - 200g cod OR 220g haddock, 280g potato (cooked weight), 100g avocado
M6 - 220g 90/10 beef, 175g potato (cooked weight), 75g avocado

Cardio:
Stairmaster level 5, 20 mins post workout 3x per week.
10k steps minimum (I don't pay much attention to this as I far exceed that due to work).

Excited to get the ball rolling!
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Looking lean and mean - keep up the hard work 💪
 
17 & 19 weeks out

Check ins sent to my coach this morning.

Weight: 216.2

Weight has trended up over the last few days, likely a mixture of the PEDs added & training inflammation. Feeling fuller & tighter already. Gym performance is also on the rise without a doubt. Stronger, better muscle contraction, better pumps, even endurance feeling improved.

No changes to the plan as of now. I assume we're waiting for things to stabilize. I'll be checking in again on Wednesday morning.

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BanditNOLIMIT said:
Wasn't expecting to get things going until the weekend but I spoke with my coach last night and he gave me the green light to let it rip.

Kicking off the prep with a couple small changes to the diet.

Training day
Pre - 200g chicken breast, 350g rice, 100g pineapple, 1 English muffin
Intra -50g carbs
Post - 75g whey iso, 170g carbs from low fat cereal, 100g banana
M1 - 200g chicken breast, 300g rice, veg +10g carbs from fruit
M1 - 200g chicken breast, 300g rice, veg +10g carbs from fruit
M3 - 200g cod OR 220g haddock, 300g rice, veg + 7ml olive oil
M4 - 220g 90/10 beef, 300g rice, 7mL extra virgin olive oil + 10g carbs from fruit

Rest day
M1 - 49g whey iso, 2 whole eggs, 4 english muffins, 15g nut butter, 15g jam or honey
M2 - 200g chicken breast, 175g rice, 15g evoo, veg
M2 - 200g chicken breast, 175g rice, 15g evoo, veg
M2 - 200g chicken breast, 175g rice, 15g evoo, veg
M5 - 200g cod OR 220g haddock, 280g potato (cooked weight), 100g avocado
M6 - 220g 90/10 beef, 175g potato (cooked weight), 75g avocado

PEDs

100mg test ED
75mg EQ ED
40mcg clen ED
100mcg T4 ED
4iu GH AM/PM
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For the everyday shots do you just use a half inch pin and go shallow IM ?
 
Checked in with my coach this morning.

Wanted to share the changes to my diet (they were small) & some general thoughts.

For some context, my job is on a rotating shift (rotating every 2 weeks). Anyone else who does this knows how challenging it is to work on this type of schedule and also keep your body feeling good & performing at a high level. Today was a shift change where I'm going back to day shift from afternoons. This change is dreadful. The day prior requires me to stack my 6 meals on top of each other in a 10-12 hour window in order for me to be in bed by a reasonable time. Even with being in bed at a reasonable time, the sleep quality is always horrendous. Typically is for the following 3-4 days.

Anyways, all of that being said, I'm actually fairly pleased with these check in photos. Normally under these circumstances, the scale will be up 3-4lbs, I will look extremely bloated & more body will simply look tired. The scale was actually only up 1lbs this morning.

Weight - 215.4lbs
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I'm also going to share some training clips along the way. Training is without a doubt my biggest passion when it comes to bodybuilding. Strength has already come up fairly significantly since adding in PEDs.
Yesterdays leg day was:
Adductors - 2 - stack+5 - 14, 10
Laying ham curl - 3 - 65kg - 14, 13, 11
Pitshark RDL - 2 - 9.5pps - 9, 7pps - 12
Hack squat - 2 - 4.5pps+10+5 - 11, 5pps - 7
Leg press - 1 - 5pps - 19
Extensions - 3 - didnt log






Some small changes to the diet on training days
Training day
Pre - 200g chicken breast, 350g rice, 100g pineapple, 1 English muffin
Intra -50g carbs
Post - 75g whey iso, 170g carbs from low fat cereal, 100g banana
M1 - 200g chicken breast, 300g rice, veg
M1 - 200g chicken breast, 300g rice, veg +10g carbs from fruit
M3 - 200g cod OR 220g haddock, 300g rice, veg + 7ml olive oil
M4 - 220g 90/10 beef, 300g rice

Rest day diet remains the same
 
BanditNOLIMIT said:
Checked in with my coach this morning.

Wanted to share the changes to my diet (they were small) & some general thoughts.

For some context, my job is on a rotating shift (rotating every 2 weeks). Anyone else who does this knows how challenging it is to work on this type of schedule and also keep your body feeling good & performing at a high level. Today was a shift change where I'm going back to day shift from afternoons. This change is dreadful. The day prior requires me to stack my 6 meals on top of each other in a 10-12 hour window in order for me to be in bed by a reasonable time. Even with being in bed at a reasonable time, the sleep quality is always horrendous. Typically is for the following 3-4 days.

Anyways, all of that being said, I'm actually fairly pleased with these check in photos. Normally under these circumstances, the scale will be up 3-4lbs, I will look extremely bloated & more body will simply look tired. The scale was actually only up 1lbs this morning.

Weight - 215.4lbs
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I'm also going to share some training clips along the way. Training is without a doubt my biggest passion when it comes to bodybuilding. Strength has already come up fairly significantly since adding in PEDs.
Yesterdays leg day was:
Adductors - 2 - stack+5 - 14, 10
Laying ham curl - 3 - 65kg - 14, 13, 11
Pitshark RDL - 2 - 9.5pps - 9, 7pps - 12
Hack squat - 2 - 4.5pps+10+5 - 11, 5pps - 7
Leg press - 1 - 5pps - 19
Extensions - 3 - didnt log






Some small changes to the diet on training days
Training day
Pre - 200g chicken breast, 350g rice, 100g pineapple, 1 English muffin
Intra -50g carbs
Post - 75g whey iso, 170g carbs from low fat cereal, 100g banana
M1 - 200g chicken breast, 300g rice, veg
M1 - 200g chicken breast, 300g rice, veg +10g carbs from fruit
M3 - 200g cod OR 220g haddock, 300g rice, veg + 7ml olive oil
M4 - 220g 90/10 beef, 300g rice

Rest day diet remains the same
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Thats a nice gym
 
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