Peak Week Begins - WC Iron Vancity Showdown

Peak Week has officially begun and I am 6 days out from the Westcoast Iron Vancity Showdown. This is when it gets real and there is zero room for anything not in the program. I will be eating around 2000 calories per day consisting of approximately 250 grams of protein, 50 grams of carbs and around 80 grams of fats each day. This will be offset by anywhere from 1500 to 2000 calories of exercise consisting of lots of walking, posing practice and of course daily 1.5 hour workouts.

The goal is to peel off the last little bit of fat I have left on me to get right around 5% body fat, currently I am just over 6%. Today I was 196 pounds, by the Friday I will probably be closer to 190 pounds as I will be carb depleted and hopefully down 3-4 additional pounds of fat. At least that is the goal!

At my Classic Physique weigh in for my height of 6 feet I can weigh 212 pounds but I will be nowhere near that weight, more than likely I will be closer to 190-193 pounds so a good 20 pounds under what I am allowed to be at for Classic Physique. This does put me at a size disadvantage over the guys that come in closer to their top weight cap but conditioning can play a big part in making me look bigger than I am and also catching the judges eyes. Hopefully the judges are looking for conditioning over size?

This week will fly by quickly as it always does, I hope to try and post more content this week for everyone so stay posted...

Full Day of Eating 2 Weeks Out

I get asked a lot about what I eat during a contest prep so I thought I would make a video of a Full Day of Eating 2 Weeks Out from my show the Westcoast Iron Vancity Showdown. I am incorporating some carbs but will drop most of them next week when I am one week out so I can carb load just before the show.

I am also eating more fats than most people would this close to a show. This is because I am well on track and when I factor in how active I am even with the fats I am usually under my calorie maintenance by at least 1000-1500 calories each day.

My diet may seem a bit unusual compared to what other people eat when getting ready for a show but this works for me and I feel having a little bit of flexibility really helps me enjoy my food while still achieving my objectives.

Posing 2 weeks out WC Iron Vancity Showdown 2020

We are now 1 day less than 2 weeks out from the Westcoast Iron Vancity Showdown being held on October 11th here in New Westminster Canada. This past week again was really great and I stayed 100% on track with my diet and training.

Yet again the scale is not showing me what I want to see but more importantly I am liking what I am seeing in the mirror which is the more important of the two. According to my InBody H20 Scale I am only down about 1 pound and .5 of a body fat percentage but I should be down at least 2 pounds of fat and a full body fat percentage. These devices do have some margin for error so we will leave it at that. We will see what next weeks readings say...

I still have 2 more weeks to tighten things up even more and generally speaking this is when the magic happens, especially the last week when the diet gets really tuff and the fat and carbs almost disappear. Enjoy some posing and hopefully you can see some improvements week to week.

Road to the WC Iron Vancity Showdown - Typical Day

Some of you may wonder what a typical day looks like a few weeks out from a Fitness Contest, must not be all that bad especial when you work from home and have all kinds of time on your hands right ;)

Well it can be complicated getting everything accomplished considering everything that I need to factor in like dropping off and picking up kids from school, getting multiple daily walks in, allowing for a 1.5 hour workout, meal prep and eating and then there is a full work day I need to still get done or the bills won't get paid...

In this YouTube Video I go over a typical day for me three weeks out from the WC Iron Vancity Showdown.

Posing 3 Weeks Out WC Iron Vancity Showdown 2020

Here we are three weeks out from the Westcoast Iron Vancity Showdown being held on October 11th here in New Westminster Canada. I had a really great week last week in terms of sticking to my program, I kept to my caloric deficit and basic macros, got all my workouts in and lots of walking each day.

I'm still up and close to 200 pounds even in the morning so for sure maybe even over 200 pounds in the evening which normally at this point I would be a bit concerned about as I would say it's about 5 pounds over where I normally am at 3 weeks out from a show. That said the way my belts are fitting and the amount of fat around my waist and lower back is more in line with being at 2-3 weeks out so the scale does not tell all.

I contribute being a bit heavier (more muscle) with a longer prep time mostly because of Covid and the fact that I have had a lot of time to get ready for this show since I was not even sure what show or even if there was going to be a show this year. So I have been kind of prepping for a while now, getting 6 workouts in per week and eating much cleaner and better than in a non prep situation.

I still have three weeks to get in what I hope to be the best shape I have ever been in even at 51 years old now. So keep following along to see how far I can take it this time!