5 Weeks Out!

[Lenny]

Here are several shots of me 5 weeks out. I have been under 50 carbs for the last 14 days, so pretty depleted. Let me know what you all think. Thanks.

 

[Lenny]

Some more pics....

Need to squeeze my quads more on the abs poses!

 

[Designbuilt]

The details are comming in pretty gook, in 5 weeks you shoudl be more than ready!

 

[aeliop]

BE CAREFUL...I don't want you to fly away.

You might want to tie something heavy around your ankle when you do your relaxed, front or real lat spreads, I am afraid you might fly of your deck with that wing span. Great gravy you are wide. You look great Lenny, much bigger then what you are on paper. I also like your grip adjustment on the side chest, maybe try putting your hands a little closer to the hip and then twist into the pose with a deep chest expanding breath, pinch only the elbows in. Good luck Lenny.

 

[b-boy]

sick! sick! sick! great physique lenny! very impessive bro, you def. look much bigger than what you are on paper (like someone said above) keep pushing bro, you def. need to think about heading to jr. nationals


be sure to blow out on the side chest shot and expand your chest outward like arnold always did!

 

[tenny]

fantastic.......before i said you were behind

now, you are ahead.......great work

if you feel comfortable, now may be the time to "introduce" some carbs
see how you respond.......fill out, look even better or lose lines and look bloated or keep everything the same

i would try a 24 to 36hr carb-up and see what happends
i always play 6 to 4 weeks out, that way you have a game plan
and your not freakin out and changing things last minute

thats the biggest mistake you can make

 

[Lenny]

The details are comming in pretty gook, in 5 weeks you shoudl be more than ready!

Thanks and I will stay the course....hopefully take the middleweight class, well at least that is my goal for this show.

You might want to tie something heavy around your ankle when you do your relaxed, front or real lat spreads, I am afraid you might fly of your deck with that wing span. Great gravy you are wide. You look great Lenny, much bigger then what you are on paper. I also like your grip adjustment on the side chest, maybe try putting your hands a little closer to the hip and then twist into the pose with a deep chest expanding breath, pinch only the elbows in. Good luck Lenny.

HAHA....thanks Aeliop. Thanks for all the tips, advice, and so forth throughout this prep. I will keep working on things till the show. Hope your prep is going well!

sick! sick! sick! great physique lenny! very impessive bro, you def. look much bigger than what you are on paper (like someone said above) keep pushing bro, you def. need to think about heading to jr. nationals


be sure to blow out on the side chest shot and expand your chest outward like arnold always did!

Thanks B-Boy....I will make sure to work on making the most of my posing. I am thinking if all goes well, I will deeply consider Jr Nationals. I was 174lbs today (all about perception of looking bigger than you appear) and legs were sore as hell from Leg day on Friday, so it was pretty rough contracting them today. Thanks for the words of advice and motivation!

fantastic.......before i said you were behind

now, you are ahead.......great work

if you feel comfortable, now may be the time to "introduce" some carbs
see how you respond.......fill out, look even better or lose lines and look bloated or keep everything the same

i would try a 24 to 36hr carb-up and see what happends
i always play 6 to 4 weeks out, that way you have a game plan
and your not freakin out and changing things last minute

thats the biggest mistake you can make

Tenny, thanks for this advice and I have been contemplating with a carb up to see how my body responds and looks. I am listening to my body and plan on using carb up soon to see how it works, then back to my game plan after it. Again, you have been a bunch of help and I will get this job done the best I can - 100% effort!

 

[Shelby]

Right on track, Lenny. As was mentioned, you might want to back off a bit now and fill out a bit. You're in a good position but you still have a long time before you're onstage.


Come in full AND lean....

 

[xxsuprman22xx]

Dont have the input these competitors do but what i can say is you look great!

 

[Pristi1340]

looking magnificent lenny. and embed those babies next time!

 

[Phidias]

Your physique really reminds me of Buffd's on this site (LHW national level competitor), which if you remember him (he hasn't posted in a while), is quite a compliment.

Looking fantastic Lenny! You have all the tools to rock that stage, buddy!

 

[marilyn]

Hey Lenny

I swear you make me want to hit the Gym again.....looking great,
..as b boy put it, sick, sick, sick!

 

[Lenny]

Dont have the input these competitors do but what i can say is you look great!

Thanks buddy for the compliment!

looking magnificent lenny. and embed those babies next time!

Doing my best....thanks!

Your physique really reminds me of Buffd's on this site (LHW national level competitor), which if you remember him (he hasn't posted in a while), is quite a compliment.

Looking fantastic Lenny! You have all the tools to rock that stage, buddy!

Thanks JC....that means alot coming from you.

I swear you make me want to hit the Gym again.....looking great,
..as b boy put it, sick, sick, sick!

Thanks Marilyn...I think we all are motivating each other to get to the gym and grind it out!

 

[mo chuisle]

Impressive!! Keep up the hard work and please post more progress pics in the coming weeks. ::ction-sm

 

[buselmo]

Your physique really reminds me of Buffd's on this site (LHW national level competitor), which if you remember him (he hasn't posted in a while), is quite a compliment.

I was thinking the exact same thing!

5 more weeks lenny!!! you're almost there!

 

[michelin]

looking better every time you post pics Lenny

 

[Lenny]

Right on track, Lenny. As was mentioned, you might want to back off a bit now and fill out a bit. You're in a good position but you still have a long time before you're onstage.


Come in full AND lean....

Thanks Shelby for the advice...are saying back off the low carbs and start adding them back into the mix which I am going start doing or are talking about scaling down my cardio from 45-60 minutes to 30 minutes per session? I plan on keeping the cardio at 45 minutes of low intensity and adding carbs back into the mix very soon to slowly fill back up.

Impressive!! Keep up the hard work and please post more progress pics in the coming weeks. ::ction-sm

Thanks a ton and I will keep everyone updated on the progress over the next several weeks!

I was thinking the exact same thing!

5 more weeks lenny!!! you're almost there!

Buselmo, thanks bro....I will finish strong and start getting this body to start filling back up slowly into the show.

looking better every time you post pics Lenny

Thanks. You hang in there strong on your prep as well and keep making adjustments as needed.

 

[Lenny]

Just to keep you are in the loop on my prep. I am going to stay with the current eating plan for this week till Sunday and then switch it up to fill my muscle back up.

My current eating plan: 250-300grams of protein, under 50 grams of carbs, and 60-100 grams of fats. I have been doing 45-60 minutes of cardio 7 days a week and obviously pounding the weights out.

My final 3 weeks adjustments to fill back up or get that POP look:
Meal 1:
3 whole eggs
30 grams of carbs from oats

Meal 2:
Protein Shake
30 grams of carbs from oats

Meal 3:
Protein Shake
One lightly salted rice cake with 2 tbspn of natty peanut butter

Meal 4:
8oz. of tilipia

Meal 5:
12oz. lean beef
Spicy mustard mixed into it

Meal 6:
Protein Shake
3 whole hard boiled eggs

I may keep my cardio at 45 minutes of low intensity to moderate intensity if I am lucky, may adjust and lower to 30 minutes of cardio if need be. I just feel that the either the low carbs and or the cardio is flatten my muscles out, so I will finish strong with the last 3 week plan. Conservative and might double my carbs both Thursday and Friday before the competition of Saturday (different sources of carbs for Friday night).

There is a snap shot and thought I would share it with you all.

 

[lynx]

You're doing a great job!
It's motivational for sure!

 

[johnwill]

Excellent work.