Follow along for WEEKLY Blog Posts documenting my (Brandon) 2019 Bodybuilding Prep as I diet down to stage condition.
(New Posts every Wednesday starting April 3rd, 2019)
Week 10 of my Contest Prep. Some Topics covered are: Mock Peak Week Physique assessment, nutrition and mentality
Week 9 of my Contest Prep. Some Topics covered are: My Current Meal Plan, Why this has been the easiest leg of my diet, and Obsession and bodybuilding
Week 8 of my Contest Prep. Some Topics covered are: When to go off your routine, Ramping up Training Intensity, Excelling at Work when dieting, and how clothes just don’t fit the same
Week 7 of my Contest Prep. Some Topics covered are: Physique Assessments, Food Reward Palpabillity Hypothesis, dealing with loneliness, and “accepting” the diet.
Week 6 of my Contest prep. Some Topics covered are: What Show I’m aiming for, Decreasing Calories, Waves of Different Emotions
Week 5 of my Contest Prep. Some Topics covered are: Diet Breaks, Deload Training, justifying eating more and handling a WEDDING on prep
Week 4 of my 2019 Contest Prep. Some Topics covered are: Food Focus strategies, Training in hard weeks, and Gratitude walks
Week 3 of my 2019 Contest Prep. Some Topics covered are: Stress/Edema, Caffeine consumption, managing training fatigue and one tool I use to Stay in the moment.
Week 2 of my 2019 Contest Prep. Some Topics covered are: evaluating scale weight, meal prep, training progression and managing events while dieting!
Week 1 of my 2019 Contest Prep. Some Topics covered are: My motivation to prep, starting macros, training split and how I use music and singular focus to get the most out of my mindset.
This part of the site is going to be a training and nutrition Diary Log of my (Brandon’s) Bodybuilding Contest Prep.
I will try and put out weekly blog posts that just goes more into HOW and WHY I am doing this. Topics will include:
Nutrition:
Macros and Meals as they change throughout the prep
My personal preferences and why they work for ME
Training:
How I change my variables over time for Prep
Mindset:
The philosophy that I’ve taken on this journey and how I get through the hard days
Other Variables:
Little nuances about my routine that normally aren’t talked about: ex. sleep routine, my day job, life stressors/events
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