We are back to 5 weeks out to the Vancouver Island Showdown with new date in place (July 17th 2021) so I kind of guess it feels like we are again moving forward in our timeline :)

Last week went really well, I have been planning on not cutting too hard over the extended extra three weeks since I figured I would take advantage of this extra time to put on a couple of additional pounds of muscle which means a hard calorie defect would not be as productive. I still wanted to chip away at some of the fat so the game plan over this three weeks has been to be at a round a 500 calorie deficit each day for the most part. I managed that and perhaps a little bit more without feeling overly tired in life and at the gym.

Next week will be much of the same and then once we hit 4 weeks out things may change but I will figure that out when I get their based on how I look and feel. I'm still holding close to 200 pounds which is more than I usually am at around 5 weeks out yet I feel I am about the same lean as I usually am so I am hoping I am holding more muscle going into this show, that is always the goal but I find every show my body responds just a little bit differently each time, life is constantly changing and so will the changes to my body as I prep. I have not checked by body fat at my gym in a bit since the InBody scale has been acting up but I hope it will be working again this week so I can see where I am at,  am hoping to be in the 8% body fat range, even 8.9% would be good!

Starting at 4 weeks out I will switch to my posing trunks so I can showcase my legs a bit better and I will also start tanning which means it's time to trim some of the leg and body hair :) The lighting in the tanning booth I go to is awesome so I will for sure be making some update posing videos and selfie photos that I will be posting over on my Instagram Channel to take advantage of the anabolic lighting!

Any-how, I am very happy with how things are going and really feel like I am going to nail this show with more size and conditioning then previous years and that's about all I can hope to really achieve...