Just under 5 week out from the 2021 Vancouver Island Showdown and I feel like everything is going as planned. It can be a bit mentally difficult at this point because I know how I want to look for the show and this far out I can't be there yet or I will be suffering in way to low of a body fat for too long. The goal is to nail it for that last week getting to a really low body fat and then simply scrubbing off that last couple of pounds and hitting the stage as lean yet full as possible. Right now, yes I am cutting and want to see the lines come in but I am also not focused on drying out so seeing those line even if they exist is not going to show as much a this stage in the game.

Over the last week I did drop my calories down to around 2000-2300 per day depending on how much activity I got in with the goal being Monday to Friday of staying in a 1000 calorie deficit with a bit more calories on the weekend but still trying to be in a 500 calorie deficit Saturday and Sunday. My InBody home scale says I am just over 10% body fat but it has shown to be a bit high when I test myself on the professional gym InBody scales, around 1-2% high. So I would assume I am somewhere in the single digits either in the low 9's or high 8's at the moment which is right on track at this stage of the game.

I did have a bit of a scare last week doing some Barbell Bench Press, not super heavy but heavy enough to get a slight tear in my Shoulder/Peck area. You may notice in this video some bruising on my right side. Lucky for me it does not seem to be affecting my training too much and even feels pretty decent considering how it looks. I won't be doing any traditional bench for a while, at least not till after the show so it will be Dumbbells and flies for me when it comes to chest exercises.

I am holding my weight which is good, around 198 to 199 at the time of this video but it should drop down to closer to 190 right before the show as I lean out and dry out. I will probably hit the stage closer to 195 after carbing back up a bit for show day.