Gladiator Boy
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January 16, 2024
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Hey people I consider friends, it’s been a few weeks since my show and I’m stalling on doing homework on a couch right now so I figured I would do my prep/show write up lol. I was coached by the one and only Goob/John/Egg Guy/ Goob U. Links that may or may not be desired: My IG: https://instagram.com/p/Bg_wv_XjbXl/ Show Album: https://imgur.com/a/gkH0F Bonus Album: https://imgur.com/a/PKDAV My gym Spotify playlist (shuffle it): https://open.spotify.com/user/tylermessi10/playlist/17Eq8VcA0v2PIw5lXk4iFH?si=5sryCjWXRT6f51bFgyz8hQ Top 3 (winner is center): https://imgur.com/a/96ElV I ended up placing 7th of 9 lads in Classic Physique Open Class C at the NPC Baltimore Gladiator on March 24th. Diet/Cardio consisted of egg whites, eggs, chicken/beef, oats, and peanut butter for 12 weeks, with leaves and grass at my own discretion. We started at 2500 cals, and by peak week it was down to a deathly 1100. Goob always favored fats to carbs (which sucked bc I consider carbs a close friend, maybe family even) Cardio during prep gradually increased from 20 minutes to 100 minutes of cardio daily by then end. I did almost strictly LISS, on a treadmill at an incline. I got through this by watching lots of different Netflix shows that I would get bored of after 3 episodes and would switch to something else. The week of my show was pretty great, and I spent a substantial amount of time watching the Office between meals. A few days out from my show, I was accepted into my dream school, James Madison University. If you guys know me or have read my first prep post ( https://www.reddit.com/r/bodybuilding/comments/7wve5s/comment/du3h3rs?st=JG19RS57&sh=7d6be5b7 ), you would know really just how much this means to me. Peak Week, involved the usual. Water/Sodium, then water cut and carb loading before the show. I truly consider show day one of the greatest experiences of my life. I met another rbber Conor at 3 am for breakfast, God knows why he was awake at the time. I went straight to the hotel there for my tan and the athletes meeting afterwards, making sure to manage rice cakes every hour before stage time. I actually had never had rice cakes in my life before this week. The bikini chicks took so long I actually ended up pumping up for like an hour straight lol. Once I got on stage it was incredible. Being under the stage lights in front of the full crowd had me on high, and my mood did not come down until I didn’t make first callouts lol. Got off stage and immediately FaceTimed Goob and told him I probably placed 6th or 7th. I was obviously down in the dumps a lot, and disappointed in myself. I had received such high expectations from friends/peers and, I felt like I had let them down. I just got out-massed. I was on stage at 5’10, 170, while the top 5 in my class all had between 20-40lbs on me. Goob and my friends helped me to keep my head, which I really needed bc truthfully I was beating myself up a lot. I went to grab a burger and some fries (which I also really needed), and went back to the hotel where I ran into Goob. My coach had driven 4 hours from Pittsburgh to meet me before finals. We went over my finals routine a few times before the stage, and I gotta say he’s really a stand-up guy. I had a couple other rbber friends come thru as well to see the routine. I got really lucky and went on stage for my routine right after Kevin Levrone so I’m pretty sure there was not a pose in my arsenal that could impress a soul in that crowd. I posed to Rains of Castamere because I’m a nerd and once again had an amazing time. The whole stage and crowd was mine for 70 seconds. Really felt like a superstar for that time. EVERYBODY KNOWS I WANTED CHEESECAKE FACTORY AND IM JUST GONNA SAY HERE EVERY CHEESECAKE FACTORY WITHIN 45 MINUTES HAD A 4-5 HOUR WAIT WHICH I DIDNT KNOW WAS POSSIBLE, anyways I committed carbicide regardless and had 5000 calories within 4 hours. Lots of donuts/ihop/cookies. This was a great experience, and again I wanna add I couldn’t have done this with Goob who kept me in the game mentally, did everything I didn’t know how to, and pushed me every step of the way. If you need a coach do yourself a favor and go that way. Don’t let my placing scare you lol he just had two clients claim first place finishes yesterday. I’m just a failure tbh. My placing indicated obviously I’m just too small. This off season will be a long bulk and focusing on compound movements/my weak points (which revolves around my lack of focus on compounds lol). I hope to step on stage next year in August 2019. Thanks so much for everyone’s support. I’m here for ?’s if you have them. Hopefully next time I’ll bring home the sword for ya lads.
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TigerStarX
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4/15/18 17:32
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