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    August Most Improved Competition [ENTRY OPEN until start]

    Just as the previous competition ended, this one is up and running right after. Another round of Most Improved!

    This competitions criteria is most improved physique in terms of muscle gain and fat loss.

    This rounds competitors are (so far): Capebuffalo, hollowedzeus, Octaneforce, PT1982, KittyO1, PeanutbutterDC, hammerheart, cousinmuscles, guitarzan, Charlie67 - ENTRY STILL OPEN!

    The judges for this competition are (so far): bethdoth, MACKATTACK, almostgone, MuscleScience, ghettoboyd, Windex, Dannyboy51577, kelkel, Chrisp83TRT, BG

    This competition starts in Wednesday, August 1st and ends Wednesday, October 24th.

    Starting pictures, finishing pictures and results will be posted in the next 5 posts.
    Last edited by cousinmuscles; 08-01-2018 at 05:17 PM.

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    Starting pictures

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    Octaneforce

    Last edited by cousinmuscles; 08-01-2018 at 05:23 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cousinmuscles View Post
    Starting pictures

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    Hey Cuz. I’m using an iPhone and I cannot enlarge the pics. I was able to on all other comps.

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    Quote Originally Posted by charger69 View Post
    Hey Cuz. I’m using an iPhone and I cannot enlarge the pics. I was able to on all other comps.
    I don't know haven't done anything different this time...

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    Quote Originally Posted by cousinmuscles View Post
    I don't know haven't done anything different this time...
    Cheater

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    Quote Originally Posted by Windex View Post
    Looking good cousin minus the old man underwear
    Lol they're comfortable though.
    Quote Originally Posted by Capebuffalo View Post
    Cheater
    Accusations already? Tsk tsk tsk

    Off to cardio.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cousinmuscles View Post
    Starting pictures

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    Hey Cuz. I’m using an iPhone and I cannot enlarge the pics. I was able to on all other comps.

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    Cardio went well, nice feeling. Hungry as hell, time to get used to this feeling.

    Quote Originally Posted by charger69 View Post
    Hey Cuz. I’m using an iPhone and I cannot enlarge the pics. I was able to on all other comps.
    Can you open them in a new tab/window, or save and open separately?

    Guitarzan added:

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    [QUOTE=cousinmuscles;7399209]Cardio went well, nice feeling. Hungry as hell, time to get used to this feeling.

    Know the feeling. Got some low carb protein powder, might drink that to curb the hunger
    Last edited by guitarzan; 07-31-2018 at 07:07 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cousinmuscles View Post
    Starting pictures

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    Bump

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    Last edited by cousinmuscles; 08-05-2018 at 03:31 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cousinmuscles View Post
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    hammerheart

    Bump

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    After my dramatic improvement in 10 min am I not allowed to compete? Don’t see my name up there. You’re going to need it for the trophy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Capebuffalo View Post
    After my dramatic improvement in 10 min am I not allowed to compete? Don’t see my name up there. You’re going to need it for the trophy.

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    Lol why was your username not in my copy&paste clipboard.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cousinmuscles View Post
    Lol why was your username not in my copy&paste clipboard.
    I’d appreciate it if you would put my name first and not last on the list. Thank you.






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    Quote Originally Posted by Capebuffalo View Post
    I’d appreciate it if you would put my name first and not last on the list. Thank you.






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    Enjoy first place for now




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    Quote Originally Posted by cousinmuscles View Post
    Enjoy first place for now



    I haven’t trained in 3 months. We will see.
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    Following. Lets see who gets most improved

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    Quote Originally Posted by HoldMyBeer View Post
    Following. Lets see who gets most improved
    Participate. You yourself said you fell out of shape cause of your ex (might recall wrong tho). This is the right time to set that first step forward.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hammerheart View Post
    Participate. You yourself said you fell out of shape cause of your ex (might recall wrong tho). This is the right time to set that first step forward.
    I would love to. I am just paranoid about posting pics of my self online. Too many identifying marks even if I did edit the face.

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    Its tempting to join this one, but I know I'll be too tempted to run a cycle, and I need to wait. Plan to clean bulk, maybe recomp rest of the year, than start a cut cycle January. I will definitely hang out, and bullshit with yall

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    Quote Originally Posted by guitarzan View Post
    Its tempting to join this one, but I know I'll be too tempted to run a cycle, and I need to wait. Plan to clean bulk, maybe recomp rest of the year, than start a cut cycle January. I will definitely hang out, and bullshit with yall
    That is expected. You better.

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    I’ll be watching this

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    New gym has a posing room so I should be able to get good pics.

    Here's my plan for all twelve weeks.

    Week 1-4 no AAS, will use peptides (GHRP+GHRH). Cutting phase, cardio daily, moderate/low carb diet with refeed days when needed. About 2500 calories on the low carb days. Around 250g protein, 150g carbs, 100g fats

    Cutting phase daily routine (optimistic):
    Peptides upon waking up, cardio, work, lift every other day after work (cardio on non lifting days) - peptides before lifting/cardio too. First and last meal either homemade protein bar or quark (type of cottage cheese) in the blender with berries et.c. Meal 2,3,4 will be chicken, lentils/kidney beans/chickpeas, vinaigrette on flaxseed oil. Supplements: NAC, fish oil, niacin (waiting for it to arrive)

    Week 5-12, 350mg test prop, 350mg NPP. Clean bulk with a little cardio and possibly peptides here too to maintain bodyfat and if possible even lower it (have accomplished this twice before). About 3500 calories, 200-250g protein, 400g carbs, 100g something fat. Meal plan similar except first and last is protein bar (larger size), and meal 2-3-4 will not have spinach for bulk but bulgur or rice for carbs.

    Daily routine similar to cutting but cardio only at night on non lifting days. Will try to keep using peps for fat loss. Same supps but more NAC on cycle.

    Another goal will be to keep bloods, lipids especially, not too bad with the cycle. This is why I am experimenting with niacin, it should help with HDL especially. Then the high fiber, high omega 3, low sat fat diet should help on top of that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cousinmuscles View Post
    New gym has a posing room so I should be able to get good pics.

    Here's my plan for all twelve weeks.

    Week 1-4 no AAS, will use peptides (GHRP+GHRH). Cutting phase, cardio daily, moderate/low carb diet with refeed days when needed. About 2500 calories on the low carb days. Around 250g protein, 150g carbs, 100g fats

    Cutting phase daily routine (optimistic):
    Peptides upon waking up, cardio, work, lift every other day after work (cardio on non lifting days) - peptides before lifting/cardio too. First and last meal either homemade protein bar or quark (type of cottage cheese) in the blender with berries et.c. Meal 2,3,4 will be chicken, lentils/kidney beans/chickpeas, vinaigrette on flaxseed oil. Supplements: NAC, fish oil, niacin (waiting for it to arrive)

    Week 5-12, 350mg test prop, 350mg NPP. Clean bulk with a little cardio and possibly peptides here too to maintain bodyfat and if possible even lower it (have accomplished this twice before). About 3500 calories, 200-250g protein, 400g carbs, 100g something fat. Meal plan similar except first and last is protein bar (larger size), and meal 2-3-4 will not have spinach for bulk but bulgur or rice for carbs.

    Daily routine similar to cutting but cardio only at night on non lifting days. Will try to keep using peps for fat loss. Same supps but more NAC on cycle.

    Another goal will be to keep bloods, lipids especially, not too bad with the cycle. This is why I am experimenting with niacin, it should help with HDL especially. Then the high fiber, high omega 3, low sat fat diet should help on top of that.
    Dude, nice! You got a great plan.
    Now tell me about those peptides. Sounds like something I should look into.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PeanutbutterDC View Post
    Dude, nice! You got a great plan.
    Now tell me about those peptides. Sounds like something I should look into.
    GHRP (I have some GHRP6 and Ipamorelin) and GHRH (Mod GRF 1-29). 100mcg of each when fasted or at least no calories for 3-4 hours. Then ride the GH release wave and try and get some cardio during that time. Ingest food later when the GH release is starting to go down by itself. I got them from "Toms Peptides" which disappeared months after they were featured in a doping documentary on Al Jazeera. Sadly it seems extremely difficult to find legit peptides, just get a script for them instead if you're in the US (impossible in my country though). GH causes fat loss due to temporary insulin resistance https://academic.oup.com/jcem/article/88/4/1455/2845123 . If you ingest food before using peptides you block the natural GH release they cause. If you ingest food when GH is high you raise two hormones that are meant to be on a pendulum, insulin and GH (fed vs fasted), not that it won't help with some fat loss but your blood sugar will go up over time as you do this = insulin resistance... Real HGH would be better but not an option for me now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cousinmuscles View Post
    New gym has a posing room so I should be able to get good pics.

    Here's my plan for all twelve weeks.

    Week 1-4 no AAS, will use peptides (GHRP+GHRH). Cutting phase, cardio daily, moderate/low carb diet with refeed days when needed. About 2500 calories on the low carb days. Around 250g protein, 150g carbs, 100g fats

    Cutting phase daily routine (optimistic):
    Peptides upon waking up, cardio, work, lift every other day after work (cardio on non lifting days) - peptides before lifting/cardio too. First and last meal either homemade protein bar or quark (type of cottage cheese) in the blender with berries et.c. Meal 2,3,4 will be chicken, lentils/kidney beans/chickpeas, vinaigrette on flaxseed oil. Supplements: NAC, fish oil, niacin (waiting for it to arrive)

    Week 5-12, 350mg test prop, 350mg NPP. Clean bulk with a little cardio and possibly peptides here too to maintain bodyfat and if possible even lower it (have accomplished this twice before). About 3500 calories, 200-250g protein, 400g carbs, 100g something fat. Meal plan similar except first and last is protein bar (larger size), and meal 2-3-4 will not have spinach for bulk but bulgur or rice for carbs.

    Daily routine similar to cutting but cardio only at night on non lifting days. Will try to keep using peps for fat loss. Same supps but more NAC on cycle.

    Another goal will be to keep bloods, lipids especially, not too bad with the cycle. This is why I am experimenting with niacin, it should help with HDL especially. Then the high fiber, high omega 3, low sat fat diet should help on top of that.
    Hey Cuz,
    You may not need, or not need as much, of the peptides in the last half of your cycle. By then your IGF-1 is likely to be high from the first four weeks and the test will help keep it there. Perhaps, during that time, you would benefit most from using the peptides in fasted cardio, after wake-up, to help lipolysis.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Quester View Post
    Hey Cuz,
    You may not need, or not need as much, of the peptides in the last half of your cycle. By then your IGF-1 is likely to be high from the first four weeks and the test will help keep it there. Perhaps, during that time, you would benefit most from using the peptides in fasted cardio, after wake-up, to help lipolysis.
    Yep I don't even think the IGF will go high enough to make a noticeable difference, it didn't before despite peptides 4 times per day. From what I have been told by veterans, even 2-4 iu GH won't do much for gains but 10+ iu will. I don't even have access to GH lol.

    I think I am going to do just that, keep the cardio and peptides in the last 8 weeks, but less. Right now its cardio AM, lifting PM, or cardio AM and PM, alternating days. I think I'll just keep the AM fasted cardio with peptides for the last 8 weeks. It's still quite a lot for fat loss considering it's every day.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cousinmuscles View Post
    Right now its cardio AM, lifting PM, or cardio AM and PM, alternating days. I think I'll just keep the AM fasted cardio with peptides for the last 8 weeks. It's still quite a lot for fat loss considering it's every day.
    I heard the key with peptides is sleeping in. Probably you should just skip the AM cardio. While you're at it, maybe think about going to bed early and skipping the PM cardio as well. I also heard donuts helped peptide absorption.

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    Is it ok if I submit pics next Sunday? Don't really have a chance to shoot any during the week.

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    Will get pics up soon as. Currently have a drug dealer phone as mine is getting repaired. Camera is trash

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    Quote Originally Posted by hollowedzeus View Post
    Will get pics up soon as. Currently have a drug dealer phone as mine is getting repaired. Camera is trash

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    Damn bro, 1gb ram. How does that battery keep up??

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    First day back in the gym in 3 months. Felt good to be back. Universal chest day right?

    Smith Incline 1warm 3 working last set drop

    Dumbbell Incline 2 working to failure. Got 80’s for 4. Haven’t lost a lot of strength.

    Hammer press Incline 2 working to failure

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    Quote Originally Posted by Capebuffalo View Post
    First day back in the gym in 3 months. Felt good to be back. Universal chest day right?

    Smith Incline 1warm 3 working last set drop

    Dumbbell Incline 2 working to failure. Got 80’s for 4. Haven’t lost a lot of strength.

    Hammer press Incline 2 working to failure

    Fly machine 1warm 1 working.
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    Sounds like a good first day back! Great that you didn’t loose a lot of strength too!

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    Excited and absolutely terrified at the same time to be in this competition with you guys! You guys are already in excellent condition!!

    Any way to take/post pics Friday? If not, I will try to figure out how to pose and get pics up before Wednesday.

    Today was back day for me
    Started with cardio intervals
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    6 working set -worked up to 255

    Supersets of
    Pull-ups/hyperextensions 6 sets 6-8/12
    Pulldowns/Rows 4 sets of 8-10 @ 140/120
    BB rows/DB pullovers 4 sets of 8-10@95/ 12@45

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    Quote Originally Posted by KittyO1 View Post
    Deadlifts
    6 working set -worked up to 255
    That's my current max lol your strong

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    Quote Originally Posted by hammerheart View Post
    That's my current max lol your strong
    Haha thanks! I debated on training for a powerlifting meet until I figured out I had a torn hip labrum. Took a few steps back and started lifting lighter.

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