[fmoncas]

Originally Posted by eliosgator

Thanks Chico and thefreak for your help about body fat measurements.
The information you displayed was very explicit.

Anytime my friend.......we are here to help each other out!!!!!

[fmoncas]

This is the Update for Week 15.........................(196.4@ 3.78% bF )

Ok Guys as you can remember I was not able to post my update for week 14 (technical difficulties with the gadget LOL!!) But here it is the update for last week

In summary I can say that I am satisfied with the results!!! I am in the same point (same BF) where I stopped my cutting last year and I am 11 lbs heavier. However this time I will keep going for 6 more weeks to see if I can get my all-time best condition. I am planning to stop when my caliper reads 2% .....(this will put me around 5% Real BF).

Also I want to mention the following:

1.I have noticed that once you have 12 or more weeks of dieting the body seems to be inclined to burn muscles instead of fat. So I don’t think that I will ever go above 10% while bulking. It feels great to look huge and lift 50-60 more lbs on the off-season but if you are planning to be a competitive bodybuilder and get to very low body-fat levels it is important in my opinion to keep a decent bf. This will help you to save more muscle mass and get even leaner. In the future i will focus on increasing my lean mass and not just my body-weight.

2.Also for all the people that are cutting for the first time I want to say that from 13% BF to 9% (aprox) you are in some kind of “Limbo Zone” where you basically don’t see any changes in the mirror but you look and feel smaller (Scale is going down and T-shirts feel loose and on top of that people start commenting that you are loosing size) it make me mad just to think about that !!! LOL!! .........Anyways what I am trying to say is that you don’t have to get disappointed and don’t even think about quitting......just keep going. It is part of the process because once you get to 8% and below you will see the improvements every single week and you will look better and better as you get leaner (even bigger with no t-shirt)

Finally going back to my subject........i think that I have a little water retention problem but I will see if in the next few week gets better. I am “not” knowledgeable in this subject (water retention) I do know what water is though!! Jejej ...........Sometimes it is difficult to differentiate between water retention and maybe the last few pounds of fat........However my instinct tell me that I am lean enough to be able to see my abs clearly. (my Ab Skinfold is around 7-8 mm) Well... if this doest improve in the next few weeks.... I will have to request Layne’s help.....i hope he is not to busy at that point!!!!

Thanks guys for reading and check the attachment for the details

Have a nice day

[Freak]

Your numbers are looking great! Thanks for the advice!

[lil_big_junior]

great numbers defo. well done bro

[fmoncas]

DeFReak / Lil big Junior...................thank you guys for your support!!!

[lil_big_junior]

anytime bro

[fmoncas]

Hello guys.............i haven’t posted in the last few days....i have been very busy and tired (almost brain death) jajajaj The diet is getting harder and harder to complete.......the chicken, the fish, the oatmeal...everything is driving me crazy.......but I need to keep going............ Also I have been thinking a lot about the competition (May 26) and I have decided that i will do the best I can to compete......at first I was not convinced but I have been talking to some friends and they have persuaded me to participate.....they said that I have nothing to loose........ and that I have been doing a big sacrifice in the last 15 weeks and that it is worth it to try and get the experience. However it is my first time and I am doing this all by my self which is something that worries me!!!. I wish I had the chance to get a trainer to help me out but here it is not an option. Most trainers are self taught on old school type of training (High volume, high frequency training) they also train people that use juice. (Not exactly what would wok for me)

On the other hand.... I am my own worst critic and for me I am not close to get the condition that I would like to display.......some days I feel flat and very small and I know that I will have to loose some muscle if I want to look ripped on stage......this worries me because I still got to loose the water too..........Also there are many questions and doubts that are running constantly thru my mind that makes me hesitate specially during my low carb-days LOL!

These are a few things that I have been thinking in the last 2 days.....and I took my decision. So in order to improve my condition I will follow a cardio program for the next 5 weeks (I already started this week) as you know I have been experimenting but I don’t have time to do it any more......so I decided to follow this program no matter what happen. The program will consist in doing “Slow Intensity cardio” 6-7 days a week (treadmill speed 3 mph) ......also I will increase the time every week (5 minutes more every day).

Compete at this point in my life it is a real challenge....i am working from 6.30am to 5.30pm. (6 days per week) and then I got to workout and do cardio, prepare my meals, practice posing on Sundays...........So there is not enough time to rest and sleep!!! Well life is a challenge and every time you accomplish something difficult the reward is great......i may not win in this competition, I may not look the way I want....but If I compete I will already have won!!! For me this is the first competition of many to come....and this is the first step in the ladder!!! Usually the first step is the most difficult to make....but we got to do it if we want to keep advancing and progressing.

Thanks for reading guys......in the attachment you will find the cardio program that I will use. If you have any comments that will point me in the right direction please let me know

Regards,

Francisco

[lil_big_junior]

before the comp id strongely advise u to take some time of work...maybe about a month to get geared up...i know how the stress of work effects your w\o mode, & the way u think...bigtime, so take some time out for yourself bro...u look great, & u are ready u just need to believe it...we all have our off days, its only natural...keep your head up bro

[fmoncas]

Originally Posted by lil_big_junior

before the comp id strongely advise u to take some time of work...maybe about a month to get geared up...i know how the stress of work effects your w\o mode, & the way u think...bigtime, so take some time out for yourself bro...u look great, & u are ready u just need to believe it...we all have our off days, its only natural...keep your head up bro

Thank you my friend!!!!

[eliosgator]

You can make it man. You have done an awesome job so far, and you can keep it going till the very end. If you have a part of your body that you feel you need to improve, keep in mind that the bodybuilders competing you have weaknesses too, no one is perfect.