Russian Classic Bodybuilding contest prep log

[gtihonov]

Hello everyone!

Hello everyone!

Let me introduce myself and this little personal log.Please forgive me, if my English is not very good

My name is German and I'm from Moscow, Russia. I'm 32 years old. I'm classic bodybuilding IFBB athlete.

In 2024 I decided to try myself in competitive bodybuilding in classic category.
My current competitions list is quite short and I've done only two shows. On the second show (Moscow Championship in September 2024) I've won in my category (to be honest, I think I was lucky but that is not my problem)

I found this forum half year ago and got a lot of useful information here. And the most important one, I've found Luki thread. For some personal reasons I have trust issues with coaches, because my previous experience of working with coaches wasn't good. As an example, on of them put me on a high carb, high fat(mostly saturated) and low protein diet with 5IU of novorapid 3 times a day. Guess what happened in the next 8 weeks lol. But Luki thread ensured me that he is the one I could trust. So, Luki became my coach and we are working together for the last 4 month. For now I believe that this was very important decision. I'm glad that Luki accepted me as his athlete and I believe that we a have a years of cooperation ahead.

I'm not a pro athlete, and bodybuilding is not my source of income. Actually I work as a Chief Techical Officier in IT company where I'm also a co-founder. Bodybuilding for me is a lifestyle

Right now I'm in the middle of offseason and we are preparing for Moscow Championship 2025 in September. Maybe there will be other shows but this is a question for another day. The main goal is to qualify for Russia National Championship in October and bring the best physique that I can.

My current stats:

Height: 182cm
Weight: 100kg (my weight cap is 91kg for classic BB and 94kg for Classic Physique)

My diet:

Training days: 250P / 780C / 20F
Non training days: 250P / 200C / 65F

Actually, we are working by meal plan.

My split is:

PUSH / PULL / LEGS( quads) / OFF / PUSH( + arms) / PULL(+Hams) / OFF

My gear stack:

Test E + EQ + NPP + Novorapid around workouts + HGH

I'ts about 25 week left before for the show

Hope that this thread will be interesting for someone and I'm open for questions. Maybe someone will be interested about bodybuilding in Russia

Thanks!

 

[UberLOL]

Dosages for your gear? Following. Looking good bro. Would love to hear about the bodybuildign scene in russia also. Are there many of you? What's the gear situation? Is it frowned upon?

 

[gtihonov]

Dosages for your gear? Following. Looking good bro. Would love to hear about the bodybuildign scene in russia also. Are there many of you? What's the gear situation? Is it frowned upon?

We started offseason with 600 Test E / 600 EQ / 7.5 IU HGH on training days + 5 IU on off days

BB is really big industry here now. Even Denis Wolf moved from USA to Russia to start doing business here. As for competitions we have our local IFBB (sponsored by Russian Ministry of Sport) and private commercial NBC federation. Also we have NPC Regional qualification show Oksana Grishina Classic that allow our guy to compete on international NPC shows.
Also you can check Siberian Power Show. Really good example of how our local entrepreneurs can create amazing events.

Some of our pros began to work with foreign coaches. Some examples that I know:

Francisco Espen:
Mikhail Timoshin https://www.instagram.com/thegealaks
Artem Pakhanuk https://www.instagram.com/artem_pakhniuk

Patrick Tour:

https://www.instagram.com/bulatsologub

Stefan Kienzel:

https://www.instagram.com/artem_puchkov_ifbbpro

Also I recommend you to check https://www.instagram.com/danilov_sergey95 . Working with the coach of Aleksey Lesukov

As for gear:
Situation on pretty good. As i know, raw material is coming from china and our local brand making local products. Most of brand have their own sponsored athletes, telegram channels, youtube channels and other medias. So if someone starts to make fake products everyone will know instantly.
As for prices I can give you examples:
Test E: 30$ for 10ml vial 300mg per ml
HGH: 90-100$ for 100 IU vial

So prices is not very high. Much lower that in Europe or USA. Police does not care about gear inside country. But if you try to bring it from outside and customs will find it you could spend next 1-2 years in prison. I known a case when custom gear on our IFBB Pro when he was returning from USA from Olimpia and they let them go. And I know other case when custom find 3 ampules of test and some anadrol in guys luggage and he spent 1 year in prison

Pharma supplements is easy to buy. Insulin, sartans, beta blockers and other stuff is available in any pharmacy without prescription. But pharma HGH or test is not available at all

To be honest, I believe Russia is one of the most comfortable places for bodybuilding in terms of prices.

 

[Jliltman]

Hello everyone!

Hello everyone!

Let me introduce myself and this little personal log.Please forgive me, if my English is not very good

My name is German and I'm from Moscow, Russia. I'm 32 years old. I'm classic bodybuilding IFBB athlete.

In 2024 I decided to try myself in competitive bodybuilding in classic category.
My current competitions list is quite short and I've done only two shows. On the second show (Moscow Championship in September 2024) I've won in my category (to be honest, I think I was lucky but that is not my problem)

I found this forum half year ago and got a lot of useful information here. And the most important one, I've found Luki thread. For some personal reasons I have trust issues with coaches, because my previous experience of working with coaches wasn't good. As an example, on of them put me on a high carb, high fat(mostly saturated) and low protein diet with 5IU of novorapid 3 times a day. Guess what happened in the next 8 weeks lol. But Luki thread ensured me that he is the one I could trust. So, Luki became my coach and we are working together for the last 4 month. For now I believe that this was very important decision. I'm glad that Luki accepted me as his athlete and I believe that we a have a years of cooperation ahead.

I'm not a pro athlete, and bodybuilding is not my source of income. Actually I work as a Chief Techical Officier in IT company where I'm also a co-founder. Bodybuilding for me is a lifestyle

Right now I'm in the middle of offseason and we are preparing for Moscow Championship 2025 in September. Maybe there will be other shows but this is a question for another day. The main goal is to qualify for Russia National Championship in October and bring the best physique that I can.

My current stats:

Height: 182cm
Weight: 100kg (my weight cap is 91kg for classic BB and 94kg for Classic Physique)

My diet:

Training days: 250P / 780C / 20F
Non training days: 250P / 200C / 65F

Actually, we are working by meal plan.

My split is:

PUSH / PULL / LEGS( quads) / OFF / PUSH( + arms) / PULL(+Hams) / OFF

My gear stack:

Test E + EQ + NPP + Novorapid around workouts + HGH

I'ts about 25 week left before for the show

Hope that this thread will be interesting for someone and I'm open for questions. Maybe someone will be interested about bodybuilding in Russia

Thanks!

Client of Luki right? Seen u on Instagram. Keep this log going!

 

[KingOfSushi]

So prices is not very high. Much lower that in Europe or USA.

That’s same pretty much as US

 

[gtihonov]

That’s same pretty much as US

I thought that HGH price is much higher in USA.

Also when I was in Thailand gear prices there was 2-3 times higher than in Russia. Hope to visit USA one day

Client of Luki right? Seen u on Instagram. Keep this log going!

Yes. Working with Luki since December 2024

 

[dantes]

That’s same pretty much as US

Yea pretty comparable to USA depending on who you purchase from.

 

[LATS]

I know that pharmacom and spectrum anabolics were heavily present in Russia at one time.. I assume they still are..

 

[UberLOL]

We started offseason with 600 Test E / 600 EQ / 7.5 IU HGH on training days + 5 IU on off days

BB is really big industry here now. Even Denis Wolf moved from USA to Russia to start doing business here. As for competitions we have our local IFBB (sponsored by Russian Ministry of Sport) and private commercial NBC federation. Also we have NPC Regional qualification show Oksana Grishina Classic that allow our guy to compete on international NPC shows.
Also you can check Siberian Power Show. Really good example of how our local entrepreneurs can create amazing events.

Some of our pros began to work with foreign coaches. Some examples that I know:

Francisco Espen:
Mikhail Timoshin https://www.instagram.com/thegealaks
Artem Pakhanuk https://www.instagram.com/artem_pakhniuk

Patrick Tour:

https://www.instagram.com/bulatsologub

Stefan Kienzel:

https://www.instagram.com/artem_puchkov_ifbbpro

Also I recommend you to check https://www.instagram.com/danilov_sergey95 . Working with the coach of Aleksey Lesukov

As for gear:
Situation on pretty good. As i know, raw material is coming from china and our local brand making local products. Most of brand have their own sponsored athletes, telegram channels, youtube channels and other medias. So if someone starts to make fake products everyone will know instantly.
As for prices I can give you examples:
Test E: 30$ for 10ml vial 300mg per ml
HGH: 90-100$ for 100 IU vial

So prices is not very high. Much lower that in Europe or USA. Police does not care about gear inside country. But if you try to bring it from outside and customs will find it you could spend next 1-2 years in prison. I known a case when custom gear on our IFBB Pro when he was returning from USA from Olimpia and they let them go. And I know other case when custom find 3 ampules of test and some anadrol in guys luggage and he spent 1 year in prison

Pharma supplements is easy to buy. Insulin, sartans, beta blockers and other stuff is available in any pharmacy without prescription. But pharma HGH or test is not available at all

To be honest, I believe Russia is one of the most comfortable places for bodybuilding in terms of prices.

Great information, thanks for this. Some of the best and most hyped coaches right now! Sounds somewhat similar to the situation in the UK, except pharma supplements are harder to come by

 

[gtihonov]

I know that pharmacom and spectrum anabolics were heavily present in Russia at one time.. I assume they still are..

Yes, Pharmacom is actually a Russian brand. It's already 10+ years old

Spectrum is available, yes. Also Hilma Biocare

 

[UberLOL]

Yes, Pharmacom is actually a Russian brand. It's already 10+ years old

Spectrum is available, yes. Also Hilma Biocare

Hilma biocare has always been solid to me

 

[LATS]

Yes, Pharmacom is actually a Russian brand. It's already 10+ years old

Spectrum is available, yes. Also Hilma Biocare

I used to talk to one of the pharmacom owners.. good guy.. and yes Hillary is good too.. both pharmacom and spectrum are made in the same place facility. . Both top notch..

 

[KingOfSushi]

I thought that HGH price is much higher in USA.

That’s roughly on par for generics. Can be about half that if you buy overseas, or way more if you buy from certain domestic ones.

 

[gtihonov]

Speaking of gear. I can tell you funny story.

After our local IFBB started to get money from Ministry of Sport we now must apply to rules of WADA. Once a year all athletes must pass online WADA exam and sign a paper that we don't use any PED. And now every national competition (we have one at spring and one at autumn) is a freak show of how athletes try to escape WADA officers. Especially a bikini girls lol. Lots of good athletes was disqualified and left IFFB because of it.

Goodvito is a great example. He left Russia because he was drug tested and disqualified for 6 years. After that one of our coaches, who live in Brazil, helped him to move there.

 

[gtihonov]

A small update of my log based on my last checkin with Luki that was a week ago. We have no checkin this week for some reasons and the next one will be on the next week

Weight: 100kg
Weeks offseason: 8
Weeks before next competition: ~23 (date not yet determinate)

My weight was stagnating for last 2-3 weeks. Luki tells that we should not worry about it, but still he added some food.
For now we have:
Traning day: P-250g C-840g F-20g
Off day: P-250g C-240g F-75g

It took 3-4 days for my digestion system to adapt to this numbers. Still have some room for more Finally scales started to move up

Also we ramping up gear dosages. In previous post I mentioned started gear dosages. We still ramping dosages up and for now it's:
Test E: 900mg per week
EQ: 600mg per week
NPP: 150mg per week
HGH: 7.5 IU on training day and 5 IU on off day

Also on last weekend I visited Moscow Bodybuilding Cup. It was hard to resist an urge to get the clothes off and step on stage lol . Can't wait to be on stage again and show a new level of my physique

 

[Jliltman]

A small update of my log based on my last checkin with Luki that was a week ago. We have no checkin this week for some reasons and the next one will be on the next week

Weight: 100kg
Weeks offseason: 8
Weeks before next competition: ~23 (date not yet determinate)

My weight was stagnating for last 2-3 weeks. Luki tells that we should not worry about it, but still he added some food.
For now we have:
Traning day: P-250g C-840g F-20g
Off day: P-250g C-240g F-75g

It took 3-4 days for my digestion system to adapt to this numbers. Still have some room for more Finally scales started to move up

Also we ramping up gear dosages. In previous post I mentioned started gear dosages. We still ramping dosages up and for now it's:
Test E: 900mg per week
EQ: 600mg per week
NPP: 150mg per week
HGH: 7.5 IU on training day and 5 IU on off day

Also on last weekend I visited Moscow Bodybuilding Cup. It was hard to resist an urge to get the clothes off and step on stage lol . Can't wait to be on stage again and show a new level of my physique

Any insulin use?

 

[gtihonov]

Any insulin use?

Yes. Novorapid 6 IU with meal before workout and 4 IU with meal after workout

 

[Jliltman]

Nice. I’m just 4iu pre rn

 

[dantes]

A small update of my log based on my last checkin with Luki that was a week ago. We have no checkin this week for some reasons and the next one will be on the next week

Weight: 100kg
Weeks offseason: 8
Weeks before next competition: ~23 (date not yet determinate)

My weight was stagnating for last 2-3 weeks. Luki tells that we should not worry about it, but still he added some food.
For now we have:
Traning day: P-250g C-840g F-20g
Off day: P-250g C-240g F-75g

It took 3-4 days for my digestion system to adapt to this numbers. Still have some room for more Finally scales started to move up

Also we ramping up gear dosages. In previous post I mentioned started gear dosages. We still ramping dosages up and for now it's:
Test E: 900mg per week
EQ: 600mg per week
NPP: 150mg per week
HGH: 7.5 IU on training day and 5 IU on off day

Also on last weekend I visited Moscow Bodybuilding Cup. It was hard to resist an urge to get the clothes off and step on stage lol . Can't wait to be on stage again and show a new level of my physique

You have great shape in the back just need more quads. I have a similar build to yours and quads have always been a struggle

 

[gtihonov]

Just for fun

Found a photo from registration before a Moscow Championship in September 2024. All prep done by myself. Weight was 91kg