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Hey everyone,
Well it is that time of the year again for me. I decided for once to do my first log anywhere. My reason? This is probably my last run of shows for a year or two. My body due to my brittle bone disease (Osteogenesis Imperfecta) is starting to catch up on me in the form of my joints just not being able to endure what they once could. And I always knew time was not on my side with what I have overcome and will eventually come back to say hi again that it is probably a good time to step back some and let my body heal up. 10 years of competition and always brought a better package to the stage, each and every year is something I am very proud of. Sure my sons love the trophies, but I enjoyed knowing that a sport as beautiful as bodybuilding made me feel, for once in my life, normal.
There was and is nothing as surreal as standing on stage and even though I have a atrophied left leg from 18 surgeries overall to my legs to walk again, I feel I have always earned the respect of my competitors because I always bring good conditioning and never let my discrepancy that I cannot control over take the rest of my body I could control. I remember the first time I ever competed I was in the novice class and placed 5th out of 13 people. Man I was so pumped. It was then I realized that this sport I always loved that the guys I idolized; Priest, Yates, Levrone that always following their workouts never let me down lol. There was nowhere to go but up for me. I for once found courage and it came in the form of fake tan and speedos.
I never would show my legs off - ever. Always pants in the gym. I was embarrassed by the scars and by the size difference, but bodybuilding gave me confidence and eventually as of now I have built them up the best they are going to ever be. I have overcome nerve damage to them from all the surgeries and pushed my mind past fear. I had to at age 14 when I stumbled on bodybuilding convince and believe in myself that I would not break anything. That this was going to pay off and it did. I remember doctors telling my mom I was crazy and so was she for supporting it, yet my little 56lb freshman ignored it and went along my merry little path of finding the most fucked up lover and love of all - bodybuilding.
I wanted to just share with you all my true love for this and the appreciation I have for it. Its bittersweet to me, but nothing is forever, but with my life where it is now I feel the urge to share my story with others and inspire them To bring others who have suffered maybe a haunted past like myself to the good that bodybuilding is. To the self-renewal and perseverance it gives you. I am looking forward to sharing my love and my last time shaking my thang on stage for the foreseeable future will bring. So without further ado, thank you for allowing me to share and read this long winded first post for a log, but here we go:
I am currently 15 and 14 weeks out from the Greater Knoxville Classic and Mr. Tennessee. These are the first two shows i competed in 10 years ago and the nostalgia of it for my decade anniversary was too much to pass up. I mean nothing including family has been in my life consistently for 10 years lol.
I am currently on 600mg test, 300mg npp, 300mg mast, 300mg primo. My gear is SAP. 4 iu gh split 2 iu am and 2 iu pm (I am using the greens from Lee). I am sponsored by neither of them. I just asked for a recommendation from a mod here and was pointed there. MODS if that needs to be edited please edit. I am also taking 2ml of Synthetiine (L-Carnitine I hope thats how you spell the product) from Synthetek. i am neither sponsored by them. Meadows sold me on using that product and I trust what he says whenever he endorses anything. I also take exemstane from superior peptides. I have a little stock of them. I am currently taking 20mg of lisinopril for a genetic bp issue related to OI. It keeps me 130 over 70 and my doctor with my OI is pleased with that and so is my cardiologist. People with OI tend to have weaker heart valves due to it being a collagen deficiency so they have to watch our heart valves and our lungs. My ejection fraction is 55-60% on cycle. I am honest with my doctors and they are honest with me. Most of them have no issue with what I do considering I take care of myself and my bloodwork is good. I take everything Dante every recommend on Facebook months back. I only have a HDL that stays at 33 to 40 whether on cycle or not, but my trigs were in the 60s last bw and ldl was 81 so my cardiologist is happy with those.
I am training 6 days a week with legs getting the emphasis twice a week to bring those terrible little small guys up. I am playing with higher reps 50+ with holds and partials and drop sets and bands to overcome the fact when I go heavier my bones and joints just can't take it anymore. I am anxious to see how my legs hold up for this prep.
I am currently prepping myself. I am 220p/205c/50f 4 days a week and 220p/300c/40 the other 3 days. Cardio is all fasted and for 2 days of hit for 15 mins and 5 days of liss for 45 mins. At probably 8 weeks out I will throw the keys to my friend Cade to bring me in. He has a great eye and we are friends and he knows how to bring the best out of me. He is a raw talent of a coach and I think one day will do big things in the industry. Kind of a little secret so far. I will do that because being a full time single dad to a child with a brittle bone disease (he is not as bad mine thank God) but this summer having my oldest son with me will be super memorable. Its their first summer together. I never knew about my youngest son for the first 2.5 year and spent the last 2 years fighting for him and was awarded sole full custody in July. So they never had time to really know each other. I am super excited for a summer with them and they are super excited to diet with me and train with me as they say so far hahaha. I have two businesses as well and would rather just have someone tell me what to do so I can focus my time and positive energy elsewhere.
I am 5'2 and weigh 179.6 as yesterday am. I was 160 in my best condition ever last June so I am hoping for same weight with even better conditioning which I feel will happen since I didn't get too fat this offseason.
Thank you all for the time in reading and I look forward to making this a memorable run and hope you all enjoy a glimpse into something that I love as much as you all do.
-Jeff
Well it is that time of the year again for me. I decided for once to do my first log anywhere. My reason? This is probably my last run of shows for a year or two. My body due to my brittle bone disease (Osteogenesis Imperfecta) is starting to catch up on me in the form of my joints just not being able to endure what they once could. And I always knew time was not on my side with what I have overcome and will eventually come back to say hi again that it is probably a good time to step back some and let my body heal up. 10 years of competition and always brought a better package to the stage, each and every year is something I am very proud of. Sure my sons love the trophies, but I enjoyed knowing that a sport as beautiful as bodybuilding made me feel, for once in my life, normal.
There was and is nothing as surreal as standing on stage and even though I have a atrophied left leg from 18 surgeries overall to my legs to walk again, I feel I have always earned the respect of my competitors because I always bring good conditioning and never let my discrepancy that I cannot control over take the rest of my body I could control. I remember the first time I ever competed I was in the novice class and placed 5th out of 13 people. Man I was so pumped. It was then I realized that this sport I always loved that the guys I idolized; Priest, Yates, Levrone that always following their workouts never let me down lol. There was nowhere to go but up for me. I for once found courage and it came in the form of fake tan and speedos.
I never would show my legs off - ever. Always pants in the gym. I was embarrassed by the scars and by the size difference, but bodybuilding gave me confidence and eventually as of now I have built them up the best they are going to ever be. I have overcome nerve damage to them from all the surgeries and pushed my mind past fear. I had to at age 14 when I stumbled on bodybuilding convince and believe in myself that I would not break anything. That this was going to pay off and it did. I remember doctors telling my mom I was crazy and so was she for supporting it, yet my little 56lb freshman ignored it and went along my merry little path of finding the most fucked up lover and love of all - bodybuilding.
I wanted to just share with you all my true love for this and the appreciation I have for it. Its bittersweet to me, but nothing is forever, but with my life where it is now I feel the urge to share my story with others and inspire them To bring others who have suffered maybe a haunted past like myself to the good that bodybuilding is. To the self-renewal and perseverance it gives you. I am looking forward to sharing my love and my last time shaking my thang on stage for the foreseeable future will bring. So without further ado, thank you for allowing me to share and read this long winded first post for a log, but here we go:
I am currently 15 and 14 weeks out from the Greater Knoxville Classic and Mr. Tennessee. These are the first two shows i competed in 10 years ago and the nostalgia of it for my decade anniversary was too much to pass up. I mean nothing including family has been in my life consistently for 10 years lol.
I am currently on 600mg test, 300mg npp, 300mg mast, 300mg primo. My gear is SAP. 4 iu gh split 2 iu am and 2 iu pm (I am using the greens from Lee). I am sponsored by neither of them. I just asked for a recommendation from a mod here and was pointed there. MODS if that needs to be edited please edit. I am also taking 2ml of Synthetiine (L-Carnitine I hope thats how you spell the product) from Synthetek. i am neither sponsored by them. Meadows sold me on using that product and I trust what he says whenever he endorses anything. I also take exemstane from superior peptides. I have a little stock of them. I am currently taking 20mg of lisinopril for a genetic bp issue related to OI. It keeps me 130 over 70 and my doctor with my OI is pleased with that and so is my cardiologist. People with OI tend to have weaker heart valves due to it being a collagen deficiency so they have to watch our heart valves and our lungs. My ejection fraction is 55-60% on cycle. I am honest with my doctors and they are honest with me. Most of them have no issue with what I do considering I take care of myself and my bloodwork is good. I take everything Dante every recommend on Facebook months back. I only have a HDL that stays at 33 to 40 whether on cycle or not, but my trigs were in the 60s last bw and ldl was 81 so my cardiologist is happy with those.
I am training 6 days a week with legs getting the emphasis twice a week to bring those terrible little small guys up. I am playing with higher reps 50+ with holds and partials and drop sets and bands to overcome the fact when I go heavier my bones and joints just can't take it anymore. I am anxious to see how my legs hold up for this prep.
I am currently prepping myself. I am 220p/205c/50f 4 days a week and 220p/300c/40 the other 3 days. Cardio is all fasted and for 2 days of hit for 15 mins and 5 days of liss for 45 mins. At probably 8 weeks out I will throw the keys to my friend Cade to bring me in. He has a great eye and we are friends and he knows how to bring the best out of me. He is a raw talent of a coach and I think one day will do big things in the industry. Kind of a little secret so far. I will do that because being a full time single dad to a child with a brittle bone disease (he is not as bad mine thank God) but this summer having my oldest son with me will be super memorable. Its their first summer together. I never knew about my youngest son for the first 2.5 year and spent the last 2 years fighting for him and was awarded sole full custody in July. So they never had time to really know each other. I am super excited for a summer with them and they are super excited to diet with me and train with me as they say so far hahaha. I have two businesses as well and would rather just have someone tell me what to do so I can focus my time and positive energy elsewhere.
I am 5'2 and weigh 179.6 as yesterday am. I was 160 in my best condition ever last June so I am hoping for same weight with even better conditioning which I feel will happen since I didn't get too fat this offseason.
Thank you all for the time in reading and I look forward to making this a memorable run and hope you all enjoy a glimpse into something that I love as much as you all do.
-Jeff
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