I learned a lot from the two competitions I attended. I kinda successfully applied some lessons learned at IBFF World 2012 for MaxxOpen. I was darker, applied some glaze and was a bit fuller on stage. Still didn't fill up the glycogen stores enough so my muscles were still not as full as the should be.
The week to MaxxOpen I gradually increased carb intake. Started with 120g on Sunday after IBFF World 2012. Then 224g on Monday, 231g Tuesday, 303g Wednesday, 375g Thursday and on Friday I stopped counting at 600g. I think I got up to 900g.
Although I increased my carbs drastically (at least for me ;)) my weight started to drop even more! Reverse dieting they say.
So. My plan for next year is to gradually make lean gains and retain a fit form throughout the year. I don't want to diet too much again. I plan to go up to 82kg max. Should make the dieting much easier next year. I plan to loose more body fat in the process so cardio will be on schedule every other day.
Some images from Maxximum Open ;).
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| The night before the competition. |
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| The night before the competition. |
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| Me, Jure Rus and Boštjan Bavcon - Natural Muscle Zone members. |
Natural Muscle Zone competitors and their supporters. There were even more supporters but we could not find them all. I think all of us wouldn't fit in this picture ;).
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| Natural Muscle Zone at Maxximum Open. |
Authors of these images are Nika Krušič (Nikart Photography), Maxximum portal (most of the pics in this post), Aleš Oblak and some that my friend Simon took with my Nikon D90 (with wrong settings ;)).
You can view more official pictures here:
http://maxximum-portal.com/Galerija/1/1/320/ - newcomer category
http://maxximum-portal.com/Galerija/1/1/324/ - classic bodybuilding up to 175cm
Oh yes.. I forgot to mention I competed in two categories - Newcomer and classic bodybuilding up to 175cm.
Newcomer I placed 6th of 9. It's such a great feeling when you make the first call-out. I was actually surprised I made it into top 6.
In Classic I placed 6th of 6.
I'd like to thank EVERYONE who gave me advice, gave me support and took pictures ;).
My biggest thanks goes to my family. My wife and my daughter who were very patient and gave (still do ;)) me all the love and support one could wish for. Sadly they could not be with me on my last competition. I missed them a lot.
I Could go on and on but let's finish this post ;).
