2 Days Out - Victoria Cup VLog - GetFitOver40

Soon it will be show time, only 2 Days Out from my Men's Physique Fitness Contest at the Victoria Cup. In this shorter Video Log I show you all my meals that I pre-made to take along with my wife and I on our trip to Victoria BC. A combination of Pacific Cod, Chicken Breast, Mixed Veggies and Sweet Potatoes. With a steak thrown in for my early morning pre-show breakfast :) I will also be snacking on some rice cakes from time to time to help me get my required carb intake to help fill back in my depleted muscles.

3 Days Out - Victoria Cup VLog With Posing - GetFitOver40

Only a few more days till my Victoria Cup Men's Physique Fitness Contest, and today I got to eat some carbs (Some sweet potato and rice cakes).

I talk about some of the foods I am eating and how they change a bit as I get closer to the event, I also drop by my CrossFit Gym to take advantage of their large mirrors and do some posing practice which I show you a bit of. After my posing I did manage to get a second workout in and I am pretty sure it is my last workout till after the Victoria Cup.

4 Days Out - Victoria Cup VLog With Posing - GetFitOver40

Getting real close now to the Victoria Cup Men's Physique Fitness Contest and the best part is tomorrow I get to have some actual simple carbs again, well at least in the evening. It has been a long time since I had some rice or potatoes or any real hearty carbs so anything is going to taste fantastic!

In this VLog post I show you some of my food prep and of course the finished meal ready to eat. I talk a bit about my calories and macros for the day and do a bit of real basic posing to give you an idea of where I am in terms of my pre show conditioning.Keep in mind I am really depleted and need to fill in a bit as I have zero glycogens in my system.

5 Days Out Victoria Cup VLog - GetFitOver40

Only 5 days more to go till the Victoria Cup where I will be competing in the Men's Physique Masters and Open Classes!

In this Video Log I talk about some of the foods and beverages I am consuming, what my workout plans are for the week and I also show you my new Business Card and a really cool tech item from EC Technology I got in the mail today and plan to review for you once I have had a chance to test it out :)

Get Fit Over 40 Update Video - 11 Days Out Victoria Cup (Posing 4k)

11 days to go to my Victoria Cup Men's Physique Fitness Contest and it is getting real now! I started the low carb portion of my cut yesterday (Monday - 12 days out) and to be honest it was kind of hard adjusting to no carbs so abruptly but today I feel a lot better and even managed to get in 2 workouts with about 1200 calories burned for both workouts combined. I hit back and biceps in the morning and Legs in the evening with some Ab work mixed in.

My goal is to be about 1500 to 2000 calories under each day and put my body into a state of ketosis where it will use fat as fuel instead of carbs. This method during the last part of my cut gets amazing results! I will lose 4-5 pounds of fat in 9 days of eating and training like this. Granted I will not have tons of energy but being as determined as I am I will get the workouts in and hit my goals.

Wednesday evening next week I will start to introduce carbs into my diet again and replace the lost glycogen which will fill my muscles and veins back in for the contest, last time I started carb loading a bit late and found I was off by a day or so. Water consumption will also be loaded starting on Monday before the contest and then reduced the day before and day of the contest to make sure I am not holding any excess water. This is something you kind of need to do by feel.

Currently I am around 189 pounds and around 6-7% body fat, on the day of the Victoria Cup I will be around 185 pounds and somewhere between 5-6% body fat, hopeful closer to 5% :)