Weightloss was never more than 2lbs/week and often in the .5lb/wk range.
Protein was kept high as well as strength straining while on diet... again I might have had a 5-10% reduction in strength despite dropping 25lbs and getting into single digit bf%
Again, I'm all ears but I honestly am MORE than happy with my progress and understand the reality of natural progression. Burnz I'm glad your client is showing good results but you really expect me to take that as any evidence or substance to base your argument on?
It is an opinion of a few members on a gaming forum, those in real life especially the show promoter and the seven + judges and 3+ natural professional bodybuilders I talked to this past weekend all disagree with you. They saw me on stage a year ago and are damn impressed with the package I brought this year and in fact told me to keep doing whatever I've been doing because its working!
Not saying I did things perfectly but lets be realistic here... does anyone? The main problem I see with my past offseason was the length. You spend certain amount of time recovering from contest prep and then have to devote enough time to prep again.
I think some of you should read this...
http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/muscle-gain/whats-my-genetic-muscular-potential.htmlagain I did bulk to 187lbs with slow weight progression, you guys need to compare stage to stage. I had to diet 24lbs back off and have done it more optimally than ever before.
Cheers
Whatever man, I'm not here to rain on your parade. You know I like you, it's just a little insulting that you think my client (which is really just a friend lol) is a one time thing. I never said you had no progress from last year. You did. But you also know what you did this year and what you could've done better and I'm pointing out that it showed. That's all man. You know what you gotta do to get better, and I think we both know you didn't do only that this year. I'm confident that with your goal set for 2014, you're going to go all out this coming year to get there.