3rd photo down,fair right

I read somewhere that he did his free posing routine in a cardigan and trunks.

Finlee wrote:3rd photo down,fair right

he looks like he lost a fair amount of size?

not the best pic in the world that one. Some size loss is intvitable when doing a comp. Less so for assisted guys but your walking a fine line during contest prep

kp1512 wrote:

Finlee wrote:3rd photo down,fair right

he looks like he lost a fair amount of size?

Not sure that Mike was ever that big, but respect to the bloke for doing the comp.

Well done to Mike for getting up there and sticking it out on all the preparation. Would be great to see some more photo's.

SCOTT GALTON wrote:Just thought id let you all know Mike got a very respectable 3rd in his show. He looked nice and cut in the upperbody but over carbed a little so lost his harness a bit in the legs. Still certainly looked good,balanced and presented well.

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Thanks again for the kind words Scott! You are a true gent and we will get a training session in sometime, I'll show you what volume really is

Here is one pic from the show...tried to put more but was taking a while. I'll try later if people want to see.

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I am no.4.The show was a real great experience and one I intend to repeat. The feeling once it was all over was fantastic. Personally I smashed alot of personal goals along the way and learnt alot about myself, training, nutrition and life in general.

I did over carb on the day and was actually leaner and harder a few weeks out...its all a learning curve though and I was overall very happy with how it all went!

I hope everyone here is well.

As a said on facebook mate,seriously impressed and jealous mate especially since I've known you so long and the years uve been training.

Respect.

Still looking good in that photo, the side on photo doesn't do your Leg size any favours but front on you can see the size. If anything I'd say they dominate upper body slightly.

Are you planning to retain some conditioning through to next time or go more bulk/cut?

Alex wrote:Still looking good in that photo, the side on photo doesn't do your Leg size any favours but front on you can see the size. If anything I'd say they dominate upper body slightly.

Are you planning to retain some conditioning through to next time or go more bulk/cut?

My thoughts exactly. Legs look much better in this shot.
What did you weigh in at?

Post some more Mike and well done again.

Finlee wrote:As a said on facebook mate,seriously impressed and jealous mate especially since I've known you so long and the years uve been training.

Respect.

Cheers mate, much appreciated. Its been a while since the MP days! been on and off since then as you know so getting in a year of consistant training was in itself an acheivement. Thanks again big guy and I'm still waiting on my invite to come train in your garage

Mike you have an invite to the Foundry Well done mush

The big gay love in will happen one day kidda!!

What the hell is the foundry???

The foundry is where i Train. Nice name ain't it

Alex wrote:Still looking good in that photo, the side on photo doesn't do your Leg size any favours but front on you can see the size. If anything I'd say they dominate upper body slightly.

Are you planning to retain some conditioning through to next time or go more bulk/cut?

Thank you Alex. I really tried to focus on legs as I know most dont. Here's how my legs looked 6 weeks out:



I did plan on maintaining conditioning but have had a solid month of basically eating whatever I want and whenever I want, have still been training and doing some cardio but obviously gotten fatter. I was 5% at the show (measured via bodpod) and I think I'm around 10-12% now. So long as I dont go over 15% I'm happy being fat I will clean up my diet fairly soon so I should start leaning out naturally as the weeks go.

Rilla wrote:My thoughts exactly. Legs look much better in this shot.
What did you weigh in at?

The day before the show I was 72kg all depleted and dehydrated to the max, after carbing up for 2 days solid and show morning I weighed in at 76kg.

Simon M wrote:Post some more Mike and well done again.

Thanks Simon. Here are some others from the show.

SCOTT GALTON wrote:The foundry is where i Train. Nice name ain't it

lol quality. My place is called "the Pitt"

Well done cardigan boy !

I agree with Alex you look bottom ( leg) heavy . Your legs look a lot better than the other twos

Amazing achievement Mike !

Cheers GP. There was no denying the winner though from the waist up he had great shape, balance, proportion and size...his waist was ridiculously small. Onwards and upwards now

Hope yoru training is progressing