 What is up everybody? It is Monday, Monday the 7th of March, actually. And officially it was eight weeks out as of two days ago, as of one day ago, sorry. So eight weeks out came and went. We're here the next day. And some decisions have been made, actually. And I thought I'd update you guys because you guys are interested. And you're following my journey and my journey has just taken another twist and turn. Basically I've decided to cancel my plans to compete at the end of April because my sister, my one and only, is turning 21 and she's heading back from Alice Springs to Christchurch on the 5th of April and her birthday's on the 8th. So me being the great brother I am and the fact that I don't think I'm gonna be ready in time for the comp and the fact that my sister's only gonna turn 21 once means that I'm also going back to New Zealand. So that will be my next trip. Obviously I don't have a huge amount of spare money at the moment. I'm trying to save for a second property. So it's not gonna be a huge holiday. I had thoughts of adding on like Asia to the end of it or going to Thailand again or something like that. But I'm just gonna go to New Zealand, live cheaply, come back, I'm gonna have two weeks off. So that'll be nice. Nice break from work, awesome party, see my family and friends. My mum and my dad are actually together in the same place for like the first time in about five years. So that'll be cool for both me and Anna. And yeah, it's gonna be sweet. So clearly, sorry guys, the shred is off. Luckily I didn't do a frisma and start a huge series because I'm actually loving that series A. Like shout out to freeze my man. Like I've followed him for three or four years now and I see a lot of myself in him to be fair. Like how he's built his physique up and his thoughts on things. And he's from New Zealand and I'd love to meet the guy one day, it'd be pretty sweet. But either way, this morning I started off with a smoothie for breakfast. I had 80 grams of oats, one banana, two cups of almond milk, a scoop of protein powder, and some mixed berries. So it was like six, 700 calories. So basically I'm bulking again guys, fuck it, I'm bulking. And I'm looking forward to it. I've dropped most of that excess fat that I put on after my comp, which I'm happy with. I'm happy with the way I'm looking. You know, with carbs in my system and with a nice pump in the gym I'm actually feeling really, really good. So, competing's not the be all and end all guys. I know that, you guys know that. And I definitely wasn't prepared to try and diet while I was on holiday again, cause that was horrible. And yeah, so that's it guys. I've had my smoothie. I'm going to go and smash some legs. We've got the, we've got the tights on. Might take off the shorts and work out in tights if there's no one there. We all know how good that feels, but no one wants to do it. So anyways, I'm off to the gym. I've got night shift tonight, so I'll show you guys my post workout meal and we'll do some more chatting bras. Cause that's what I'm, that's what I want to do. I want to chat with you guys. I want to, seeing as the shredding thing is over, we're going to talk about some different shit, right? So that's what I'm going to do. So I'll see you guys after the gym. I'm going to go kill some legs. We're going to start with squats. Who knows? I usually spend fucking at least half an hour, if not 40 minutes on squats. So we'll do probably 10 sets. Hopefully I'll be able to put 100 on the bar and do sets of 10. I was feeling pretty weak my last leg workout and I wasn't able to do that. I did sets of 10 with 95 on the bar, which is frickin' horrible. I can't even do 100, are you serious? So yeah. I think that was because I was feeling really, really depleted that day. And you know, when you don't have carbs and you're feeling depleted, it really will affect your workout. So pre-workout or not, it's going to affect it. So anyways, I'm going to get a pre-workout going and then I'll be off to the gym and I'll talk to you guys later. What is up everyone? We're back home from the gym. Hit some legs. Let's see if we can see. Nope. Pump's gone already. What feels like it has anyway. Those feels when you're natural. Those feels. Anyways, post-workout meal is going to happen pretty soon, but first of all, I'm going to show you guys what I'm looking like. Now, obviously I'm not going to get any leaner from this point. So this is how I ended up. I was 98 kilograms on the 1st of January. It's the 7th of March and I'm down to 91. I did dip under 90 there, but I was actually quite depleted, dehydrated at the time. So I was never actually under 90 kgs, more so around 91, 92 when I'm full of glycogen, which is the way it is at the moment. So I'm going to stick this up somewhere and we'll do a little bit of a physique update. Now, post-workout. As I'm bulking, as I'm bulking now, I'm not going to buy any more of the core nutrition meals. The only reason why I bought those is because they were delicious and low in carbs. So it enabled me to keep on my diet. So I'm not going to buy any of those anymore. I need some more calorie dense sort of foods. So, you know, I went to the supermarket the other day, stocked up, we've got quite a few things here. Oats, English muffins, bread, rice, peanut butter, tuna, cereals. We've got kangaroo meat, Greek yogurt, egg whites, fricking chicken breast, turkey breast. Man, we got it all, we got it all. So, you know, I'm in a perfect, perfect position to keep to continue bulking into the middle of the year. So another thing I wanted to say was that I'm not going to be going to the Arnold Classic obviously because I decided to spend my money on a trip to New Zealand, I don't have enough. And I just can't justify taking more leave, more money to go to the Arnold Classic. That was probably going to cost me about three grand the whole entire trip. So that's three grand I don't have right now, which really sucks. I mean, I've said I've wanted to go for the last three years straight and I still haven't made it, which fucking really pissed me off. But, you know, things happen and this is life and you gotta do what you gotta do. So I'm really looking forward to New Zealand. I mean, I hate to say it, but I'm looking forward to going back home more than I am about going to Melbourne to go to the Arnold Classic. So, you know, I made the decision quite easily. Yeah, so anyways, what I actually am gonna have post-workout is 250 grams of rice, 250 grams of chicken breast, a shit load of barbecue sauce. And then after that, I'm gonna make a smoothie. I'm gonna put in, again, as I did this morning, one scoop of protein powder, probably one set of oats. I'm gonna put a banana in there this time. And then two cups of cashew milk and some frozen berries. And those are two clean, delicious meals, high in carbs, high in protein, low in fat, exactly what I need post-workout. And that's gonna keep me going until probably, what's the time, 2.30, until I might actually go back to the gym before I start work. So I start work at nine. So I might go back about eight and I'll have another meal pre-workout, go and smash some arms, then go to work, have another meal post-workout and chill out for the night. Sounds like a good day to me. So thanks for watching, guys. I'm sorry I'm not gonna improve any more on the condition that I've got at the moment. Don't know if you can see. Anyways, I never got shredded last time, haven't got shredded this time. I don't really give a shit. I'm gonna go back to what I know and what I can do best, which is train hard, eat well, eat a lot and lift heavy and make some gains. So let's do it. See you in the next one.