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I basically had my ass handed to me

After training yesterday, I asked some of the "trainers" at the gym who had a lot of experience in competitions to give me a TRUTHFUL evaluation... and not the usual stupid crap of "yeah, you look great. awesome.. first place..." ... after i gave the mandatory poses, one of the trainers said: "do you want the truth, or do you want me to sugar coat it?" i just told him that i wanted brutal honesty (and yes, it was brutal)... he said:
"first of all, which weight class are you going to compete in?... 85 kg? to be honest, i thought you'd say 75 kg or even maybe 70 kg. your limbs are 'overdeveloped' compared to your torso, you lack thickness in your chest and your back. if you can bring those two areas up to par, you'd be hard to beat. it's too late now and that's what you should focus on in your next off season. being lean is just a matter of time and it won't fix any flaws. it'll just bring them out more."

What he said made me want to quit the competition, but at the same time it made me want to work twice as hard on bringing my weak parts up. He reached a whole new level of respect in my eyes by being the only person to give me an honest opinion (with experience). Of course, 2 minutes later, that respect got flushed down the drain by him trying to give me advice on how to bring my weak parts up to par. I wish he just didn't talk at all after his evaluation. he kept on regurgitating all the shit that's printed in flex magazine month after month. you know, the usual:
"when you train chest, use dumbbells and try to get a really good stretch on the negative, this will elongate the muscles and make it wider while working all your muscle fibers. use an inclined bench when you work with dumbbells so that you make your upper chest thicker. do 30 sets for legs to bring out the definition more. do more sit ups to get the most out of your ab definition. blah blah blah..."

The problem is that most people usually believe this crap... i knew that i'd get into a shit storm if i tried to debate the issue (this guy has more than 25 years of experience in the game... big no no to argue with a genetic freak who trains with genetic freaks when most of the shit they're doing won't work for the general public). what i wanted to say was:
"If fixing weak points was a reality, markus ruhl would've had good triceps, jay cutler would've had a dry lower back, dexter jackson would have calves, dennis wolf would have high bicep peaks, nasser al sonbaty would have had more back thickness... and so on. but let's face it, if the pros can't do it, we sure as hell can't. Especially if the pro has a lot of knowledge like Nasser al Sonbaty or Jay Cutler. Look at phil heath. jay cutler is training him and he got stronger in all the strong parts in his body, and his chest is still the same... narrow! and we're talking about a man who probably has the best genetics for bodybuilding in the world!"

ofcourse, saying that would only mean i would waste another hour of my time debating some more bullshit.

Anyway, my chest can never be a strong part... not even a normal part... it'll always be my weak part. my back used to be thicker, but i stopped deadlifting to stop my waist from reaching the 80" mark. Basically, fuck it! :)


I'm around 196 lbs at the moment, i'm as lean, or maybe a bit leaner than last year and i will post pictures this thursday or friday. i'm gonna be 8 weeks out on thursday, and i will start a new approach to make me look bigger and tighter. If my waist gets bigger (it involves a lot of food), i will just switch back to what i've been doing all along and keep at it. I sure hope this shit works...

Later