LeeB's contest prep 2007

zara-leoni

lee..... i always feel so long as something isnt harming you, use every means possible to be the best - coz sure as hell everyone else u are up against will have

Neil R

Agree with Zara, mate. As much as you can afford (quite literally, the more the better!)

LeeB

ive had a good think about it this weekend... im swinging toward using the GH simply because i want to be at my best... altho ill not be using mega amounts of the stuff as i simply dont belive that its neccesary...

so far everything seems to be going as planned.... strength good.. slightly up if anything... fat coming off.. obviously ist still early days but i think i am where i need to be for now...

have been using some of extreme nutritions Kre-volution... it comes in some cool looking purple capsules... only been using it a few days now... its definitely not hindering anything and have had some really good workouts in that time! whether that is down to the kre-volution or not im not sure as there are so many factors involved... but i do feel its helping!

Squatty

Agree with the others mate. The way you are talking in this log - you are clearly more confident than last time out. Plus I also get that you are being very realistic about what needs to be done to compete at the level you're aiming for and to give the best showing of yourself.

I dont see you as reckless at all mate - so if it needs to be done - go for it

LeeB

Been using some of Extreme Nutritions KR-EVOLUTION for a few days now and i have to say im impressed.

many on here will know im a big fan of the extreme products and use them regularly because i trust them to work and are high quality products that are up there with the best on the market.

ive never used any kre-alkalyn type products before so was a bit unsure whether id think it worthwhile or not.

over the last few days ive actually had some really good training sessions where ive pushed myself quite hard.. im on a contest diet and obviously taking other things so i cant say for definite this is just down to the kr-evolution.

one thing i have noticed is that i feel fuller all of the time.. normally on a contest diet i will feel flat throughout the day and only really pump up whilst training... the last few days ive felt full throughout the day... so much so yesterday that i think i may have misread the signs and cut back on my carbs... (i felt full and didnt click it was the kr-evolution, so didnt think there was much need to take many carbs in). this morning when i woke even after reducing my carbs the day before my muscles still felt full before id even eaten anything.

yesterday whilst doing cardio (fast paced walking on treadmill), i did get a very intense pump in my calfs... id put it down to having trained them hard a couple of days before... but now i think this was the effect of the kr-evolution... usually when i take creatine monohydrate i would get cramps in my shins until my body adjusted... i dont seem to get any of that with this!

i also dont seem to be holding water which would normally occur with creatine monohydrate - although ill test this a little further into my diet by stopping taking it and seeing what the effects are!

so all in all im a very happy bunny.. and can see this kr-evolution stuff playing a big part in my contest prep this year!

has anyone else been using it? any good/bad results???

id love some explanation of how kre-alkalyn is different to normal creatine monohydrate... if extremes about im sure hell be able to tell me???

Tall

Allo.

Apparently due to the PH level of Creatine Mono Hydrate (CMH), if you ingest 5g of CMH, only 400mg i used as creatine, the rest is converted to Creatanaline which is "Toxic" - so if you needed 5g of Creatine, you would need to ingest 20g of CMH.

Creatine which is PH Balanced with Kre-Analyn is buffered against the formation of this toxin.

Kre-Alkalyn Benefits - Kre-Alkalyn vs. Creatine Monohydrate Side Effects - Kre-Alkalyn.com

Kre-Alkalyn Creatine FACTS

There are a number of posts on the web saying that Creatine Ethyl Ester (CEE) is better, but I haven't tried extremes Kre-Alkalyn so I can't comment.

Any thing is better than CMH tho IMHO.

LeeB

havent been updating this much lately as have been a busy bee.. all his been going to plan until this weekend..

its been a busy couple of weekends with the nabba north britain the wekend before last and then this weekend just gone the mr caledonia show.. trying to organise getting to shows at weekends when you have a wife that works on sundays and 2 kids is an absolute nightmare believe me... anyways just 2 more weekends of shows to go and watch now.. nabba britain this weekend coming and ukbff warrington the weekend after (if i actually make it)

this weekend me and louise had a great time travelling up to airdrie (and then driving around it for half an hour lost) to watch the mr caledonia.. it was a fantastic show with a great friendly atmosphere! sean davis was great as a compare.. and dorian was in attendance too! top it off with some fantastic competitors and youve got one great show!

we didnt get back in the house while after 12pm on sat night (its a 3.5 hour drive - even thoug dougie reckons he can do it in 2.5.. i think hes been adding whey powder to his petrol to make his car go faster!!) so were tired... and not well prepared for the next day...

i awoke to a reminder on my phone telling me it was my mothers birthday... so it was straight to the shops before the gym and then a round trip to see my mam after training (which was a bit poor as it was delts and traps day and i have a sore neck ouch)... that took longer than i thought meaning i was late home.. and we had something planned so i didnt have time to prepare any meals/shakes even.... so had to just wing it.. we went to watch my brother in law play a match at st james park (newcastle uniteds home ground - his work are corporate sponsors)... my kids loved it but the match and presentation took forever and i had no food... so decided anything was better than nothing and headed for the hot dogs! all in all we had a great time and my kids got there photo taken with newcastle legend peter beardsley so they were well happy! surprisingly we were again very late home and by the time we had got the kids to bed and all food etc. prepared for next day i resorted to ringing luigis pizza shop.....

but hey the day was worth it.. i always say the kids come before my bodybuilding every time!

Tall

1x Hot Dog
+
1x Pizza
+ The Sneky Pint of Newci Broon Ale

= Extra Treadmill Time for our Lee

Are you just competing in the Autumn Lee? I don't think I've heard you mention you competing any any summer shows...

LeeB

nope first show will be 2nd sept.. last show will be 21st oct... and hopefully ill be doing the british finals somewhere in between! lol

Squatty

I greatly admire the way you've got your priorities so sussed Lee. I know its hard to fit in all you need to do for the comps but somehow or other you seem to manage to do it. An inspiration mate