my contest prep

[Liquid Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Liquid]

Congrats, bro! Great job. You look great!

Do you do this all on your own from experience and such? If you need someone to help with your prep and dial you in on point. Let me know.

Congrats again, bro!

[ds222 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close ds222]

Sam its good to be disappointed with 2nd, it shows you want to win not just be happy to be there

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Unfortunately, that's part of bodybuilding. Even when you win you lose. I've seen numerous shows where the real winners never won. It's politics in everything.

[sam1976 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close sam1976]

a couple shots from before the night show

[~BG~ Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close ~BG~]

Sam great job. Dont be one bit disappointed, you took second to the best in the show. You added 12lbs of lbm for this show and came in perfect condition, you put the work in. Not many guys can accomplish that, they try but dont succeed, you did. You know theres always that person out there thats better then other, just depends if he/she shows up for that show. You came in looking fuc'n great, nothing else you could do, just dust yourself off, raise your head up and move onto the the next show just like you have already planned. You are the man Sam, so many good things came out of this prep/show................sponsorship, added mass with perfect conditioning and a push to bring your physique even further. You got what it takes, no doubt in my mind you will accomplish your goals.

What did you end up weighing in at that morning? You should be able to recomp in the next 8 weeks and come in right at the cut off for this next show.

Again great job !!!!

[ODB Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close ODB]

Congrats Sam - great Job. good things came from that Show.

[Anabolic_III Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Anabolic_III]

Sam, what's your contest weight? how tall are you? Sorry if that was all ready answered lol

I want to know too! Congrats Sam!

[mbig245 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close mbig245]

Yes sir!!! Nothing wrong with that cuzzz!! I'm happy for ya!

[sam1976 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close sam1976]

I want to know too! Congrats Sam!

before i dropped water i was 190. i weighed in at 185. i'm 5' 8 even. last time i got on stage, i was 173, so in about 18 months, i managed to put on 12 lbs of muscle. i feel pretty good about that. my main focus was back and legs. my main focus for the next off season will still be back and legs. these are the muscle groups i need to bring up the most and these are the muscles that win shows. my sponsor got me a membership at a new gym, top of the line facility with many more options than my current facility. i'm already looking forward to actualizing my next round of gains.

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Sam you look AWESOME bro!!!!!!!!!!! CONGRATS. what weight do you walk around at?

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wow MAN .... good work.. u r like one of the coolest mods ever and its awesome to see the hardwork payoff man.. any ideas for whats next for you? BESIDES SOME ICECREAM lol

[sam1976 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close sam1976]

if you mean off season, under 210 and i havent gone much past 10 % BF. i have never been one to have a huge flux on the scale. i think that this has been part of whats allowed me to get in such tight condition. figure at the end of the day, you can only lose so much fat in 16 wks. if you're 10% to start, you can probably get tighter than if you start at 17%

[sam1976 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close sam1976]

wow MAN .... good work.. u r like one of the coolest mods ever and its awesome to see the hardwork payoff man.. any ideas for whats next for you? BESIDES SOME ICECREAM lol

haha, thanks bro. next on tap is the state championship in another 8 wks. i already have all my GP gear lined up. i have to talk to my prep coach about how he wants to do it. i was already lean, but we were throwing around the idea of dieting off an additional 8ish lbs and coming in at middle weight. if i do that, i will be the leanest guy on stage, no question. it would be a lot harder than eating up, filling out and then dieting back down for LH, but it might be a challenge worth doing, just to fucking see how lean i can get. i was lean here, but i know i can get leaner. plus the stage show has a light scale, so i'll probably only need to lose 5-6 lbs to make that happen. either way, i have my national qualification. i'll decide what to do with that after this season is done. if i plan to go to the jr nat level, i'll need much more mass...story of my life!

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yea .. thats rough wholle new ballgame.. i liek that idea better droppping a few.. and then after get ur mass on bud. it must be exciting good for u.