I am just passing the 21 week out mark and weighing 228.6. Overall everything is feeling great so far during my prep and I am really starting to pick up some steam with visual progress, which always makes you feel a little better. The biggest part is staying consistant and doing the work every single day, which makes it hard for most people because there is no instant gratification. The work I am putting in now will show in time. I also took a few progress pictures for comparison from my last prep. I am still roughly about 1/2 a pound lighter, but there is a slight difference natural lighting. Now I just have to keep pushing it all the way to the stage and bring the best total package I can.
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I also put together a few training highlights from this past week
*Warm-ups excluded
Safety Bar Squats- 1x12@335 / 2x8@385 / 1x8@335 / 1x8@225 (1 sec Pause at bottom)
V-Squat- 4x10
Single Leg Press- 4x8
Leg Extensions- 3x10 / 2x8
Its the start of progress pictures and this is one way that I am able to draw motivation for myself. Knowing that each day I am making an improvement on the last. I am pretty constant and usually take my pictures every 2 weeks before my Saturday workout, cold with no pump or special lighting.....basically what you see is what you get.