 Couldn't do it. I said you can't do that Jacob. You can't do what everyone else does and binge post show and blow out You can't do it this time and guess what? Well, I did. I did. I've been on the seafood diet You see it and you eat it You lot what is going on welcome back to another video and welcome to the final installment of the I guess you could call it 2020 bodybuilding prep That I did and that you guys have had to enjoy on this channel I realize it's not everybody's cup of tea, but it is mine and believe it or not guys This channel started as a fitness and bodybuilding related channel, you know following my journey Into what I thought at the time would be competitive bodybuilding That was 2013 2014 We're still doing it man I still love it just as much and I've just competed for the second time this year and the fourth time overall in my entire life And I feel very accomplished. It was a journey That at the end of the day went from being fun to not so fun, you know these last four weeks Well, in fact the full eight weeks from the point where I finished my first show in Christchurch to the point Where I did a national show in Toeronga That eight weeks to have to try and maintain condition was hell It was fucking hell, but we'll get into that guys. This is this is a little bit of a recap It's a bit of a an opportunity for me to process some thoughts to work through some things talk some things out About the show and about how things went and to update you guys because there are some people out there That do want to know believe it or not so Here we are In this show I went for two divisions It was my goal to really try and work out once and for all which division Mike my physique suited the best And I did find that out. I believe that my waist Even if I was shredded shredded shredded to the bone would never get under 31 inches. It just wouldn't it's the shape of my waist and In men's physique you really want a nice streamlined waist. I mean you you know If you're gonna be six foot one Not only do you need that width on the shoulders, but you also need that really really thin waist So I believe that my waist The way it is, you know my abs are quite symmetrical I do have a nice six pack when I do get lean, but the width of it just doesn't look right in men's physique So I've decided to to focus on classic physique, but I did do both divisions I did men's physique and classic physique. Classic physique was first thankfully So I could put my my best effort into pumping up for that division Which I did and and men's physique was second. So I Actually got some more silverware. I've got a medal. It's in my room. I will go and get it But I got a second place. So in a national competition guys So it was the 2020 New Zealand well NZ IFBB the New Zealand International Federation bodybuilding Natural national Championships I've never never done a natural I've never done a natural show before and I've never done a national show before so it was two firsts and It was a great show, you know relatively small as far as competitors go It was a one-show format so there wasn't pre-judging and then finals it was just a one-show format and And Well, it went it went you know it went well in my classic seat class, which was class C I competed in that class and in Christchurch as well Class C 180 centimeters and above so for that class For my height at 185 centimeters. I Found out that I'm not quite at six foot one. So I'm six foot and like probably seven eighths of an inch and What that means is that my maximum weight in an amateur classic physique competition I'm led to believe is a hundred kilos so I weighed in Prior to the show at 88 kilograms, which was pretty much the exact same weight that I had at the South Island show So I'm playing with you know 12 more kilograms that I could possibly add to my frame and still be Within the weight class of classic physique if classic physique is the division that I do want to go for and I think it is man I think it is I feel like I Feel like even that the two the two poses that get well Sorry, three poses that get taken out of the mandatories When you go from bodybuilding to classic physique are the front lat spread rear lat spread and the side tricep And to be fair guys those three poses would probably have to be my three worst So as far as you know really suiting my physique moving forward I feel like classic physique is the way to go and I feel confident with that and we're gonna do that and I do have some proper IFBB pro Classic physique trunks now so I can use them for posing I can really practice my posing routines and Transitions and things like that so I can be even more confident next time I get on stage as far as Confidence as far as actually how I felt on stage. I definitely felt like I was more prepared than my last show That's just through you know more practice posing with my coach Steve more time and I guess I Guess I did feel like I was in slightly better shape in this show than I was last time, but you know Truth be told and I'll get into this I feel it I cheated I cheated a hell of a lot on my diet When it started going from fun to not so fun. That's when I just couldn't I couldn't Do it anymore. I wasn't doing it for the right reasons And so it's a real struggle when you when you're not doing something for for for the right reasons Or what seemed like the right reasons? It's it's a real struggle to stay motivated And so but but you know what I will say is that I finished the job I may have cheated on my diet, but I tried to get up that next day Forget about it get out in the streets You know if you were following me and if you were following me on Instagram You would have seen that I was doing cardio every single morning Many mornings that cardio was done to try and clean up the mess from the last night when I binge. Hey, you know what I mean So I prepped for too long to be fair. I prepped for too long You know 16 weeks 20 weeks at a push but something like 24 or 26 weeks like I did is just too long So this started on April the 13th It's it ended on October the 24th and what a journey it was what a journey it was And we're done. That's it. So now it's time to to bulk but do it properly I'm sitting here 11 days post-show. I Wayed myself this morning. I weighed 96 kilograms guys So the reason why this video wasn't made Until now is because I felt depressed I felt anxious about the amount of food that I was eating post-show after I told myself. I couldn't do it I said you can't do that. You can't do what everyone else does and binge post-show and blow out You can't do it this time and guess what? Well, I did I did I've been on the seafood diet You see it and you eat it. Okay, but today's the day. So today's date is November the 4th It's 2 43 p.m. And It's yeah, 11 12 days post-show I've done my first workout since the show this morning So I've literally not worked out once. I've not done any cardio You know, I binged the night after the show I binged the day after that I binged the day after that and Any thought of going to the gym and continuing cardio had completely vanished because I was already feeling so shit about the food That I ate. I mean this bodybuilding stuff is dangerous mentally it can really send people into spirals You know, whether that be binge eating or whether that be trying to Try to do the opposite and possibly, you know developing some sort of anorexia or something crazy like that You know, luckily I have the experience and I have the knowledge that I can drop weight I can put on weight. I can clean things up and I will clean things up So I'm not starting my bulk just yet, but I will be the plan is to I'm actually gonna do a marathon my next challenge after this bodybuilding show was to do a marathon and Queenstown is hosting their their annual marathon So I'm gonna be doing that on November the 21st and today being November the 4th. That means it's two and a half weeks away So I'm gonna focus on cardio as far as training is concerned for the next three weeks That's gonna give my body. I don't really care about it. You know, I'm a natural bodybuilder I'm a natural lifter. You know, if I don't if I do stop training This muscle ain't gonna go anywhere. You know what I mean? And I was so pleased with the fact that I work I was able to maintain as much muscle as I did throughout this cut as a natural and still present a package on stage that I was half, you know pleased with after Fucking losing passion for the whole sport of bodybuilding over the last couple years You know, this is a real comeback. It's been a real journey and thanks for being here mags. It's been great Completely forgotten what I was gonna say but there is one point that I do need to make and that is that Actually, no after the marathon, that's when I'll start bulking. Okay, that's what I was gonna say But the final thing I want to say and this is the most important and and the thing that I was missing man And I have been missing and and I know it. I know it at age 29. Okay. I Was doing this By myself Yeah, I had the support of my family, but I didn't have the support of my kids I wasn't prepping with the mate which could have made it so much better and you know Most of all man, I didn't have a partner behind me. I didn't have a woman behind me You know, they say every strong man has even stronger woman. I Don't have that. That's what I'm missing I'm not gonna say that I'm gonna be out there looking for it specifically But I'm certainly gonna be open to it. You know, I am a closed book to most and That is through not wanting to get hurt. That's through not wanting to get rejected. I would rather stay shut and not share Myself with someone because it's easier and that's just wrong that is wrong and so I'm gonna be Trying to work on that, you know what I mean, but Going back to the show the one thing I really did miss was was the support of a partner Because that would have been incredible, you know Not only with the day-to-day things like the the meals and the you know She could have come on on walks with me in the morning and and things like that, but just that That support I Was missing but thanks for all your support because it certainly kept me going I know I've got a few of you out there I know I've got a few of you out there that really do support my bodybuilding journey. You must like bodybuilding yourself I Don't know where that passion came from for me, but I certainly I've got it. You know, I've always loved bodybuilding I don't know if it's the actual physique. I don't know if it's the actual competing in fact I know it's not it's not the actual competing. It's not the actual studying the physiques although I do it's Everything that goes into it. It's the day-to-day grind. It's it's the training every day It's it's the fact that you only get out what you put in that is what I love about it So I have some people to thank. I want to thank my coach Steve We've been working together for about four months now. He's a great guy and I Did something in the show and in my posing routine that I did for him it was a it was a tribute to him and You'll see it if you watched my my posing routine or if you follow me on Instagram you'll see the ox pose that I did and basically, it's a it's a backwards three-quarter double bicep and Steve when he does it As an IFBB pro he extends his his back arm into the air and Holds it there for a good couple of seconds and that has been that's that's his signature pose That is the ox pose and I've always loved it I never ever thought that I'd ever be able to pull it off on stage, but I did and I pulled off my own version of it So Steve, thank you so much for your support. Thank you so much for working with me I feel like we're friends now and I finished it off, man If I never get up there again at least I can say I pulled off an ox pose on stage So that was fucking cool And if you want to see what it looks like head to my Instagram page And and you can check it out now. I want to thank my family and friends, of course I want to thank everyone at the NZIS in my class for supporting me for you know asking me how things are going for Training with me when I wanted you guys to you know, it's it's been incredible I did get some good support from the people around me at the NZIS and I want to say thanks I need to say thanks to Letitia My friend from Christchurch who sorted out my base tans She gave me two tans before my first show and two tans before my second show So Letitia, you'll never see this video, but thank you so much and Man, you know what? The rest of it was up to me. I traveled up to Taronga by myself on Friday Stayed Friday night went to the show on on Saturday Stayed again Saturday night and then One of the craziest things I did was I walked from my hotel 8 kilometers with my bag to the airport to try and burn off some calories that I'd consumed in a binge post show Oh How fucked up was that? It's pretty fucked up. So you can expect some more videos following this one actually talking about What I felt being five percent body fat negatives and positives Some of the craziest things I did whilst on prep because when you are five percent body fat your body's burning calories like a furnace you do do some crazy shit and I hope you enjoy those videos. So bodybuilding is a big part of my life, man It's never gonna go away and this channel is a big part of my life and it's never gonna go away And I'm always gonna be myself And I'm always gonna bring the content to the channel that I'm doing. I'm not gonna You know, I'm not gonna do something when it feels like a chore and At times guys with the amount of reaction videos I've done in the past. It does feel like a chore So when you see reaction videos on this channel, just know that I am wanting to do them and I'm not forcing it Because if I was doing that I'd quit and we can't have that so guys. Thank you so much for watching. Have a great day Second place actually I'll go get the middle hold on Next minute Well, I was number 18 this time. I think I was number seven in the South Island show and Here is my medal from the 2020 NZ IFBB Natural national championships natural national well natural nationals championships 2020 mate look at this second place out of five, I should say second out of five and That meant that I didn't make it to the overall which is fine But I think I should have got first I'm not gonna lie and actually in the pre-judging I was in the middle the entire time and anyone that knows bodybuilding Knows that if you are in the pre-judge if you're in the pre-judging you're in the middle the entire time They finish the pre-judging you're still in the middle. You're pretty much guaranteed a first place And that's the first time that's ever happened to me man. I Couldn't believe it. I was fucking buzzing, but low and behold You come back for the finals so you come back for the the night show even though it was a one-show format You come back you do your posing routine They judge you a second time and then they make a final decision and low and behold I went from Effectively first into second so that's fine Plenty of room for improvement and at the end of the day my attitude was meant to be doing it for fun But like I said it went from fun to not so fun, but that's just because I was prepping so long There are certain things that I will do different next time. I Know I can get in that kind of shape Way faster and way more efficiently next time and that's exactly what I'll do so I plan on You know doing this marathon staying in shape bulking up again I will be at least a hundred and five kilograms or 230 pounds before I cut down again and From cutting down from that point rather than about 95 kilograms that I did this time It's gonna allow me to maintain a whole lot more muscle I'm gonna look bigger fuller more vascular Everything better on stage, and that's what bodybuilding is about. It's about progression Who knows maybe next time we'll have that support. I'll definitely have the support of my kids I'll tell you that much because um I'm actually going back to Alice Springs on December the 20th You heard it here first, and you'll hear more about that in future videos. Have a great day guys. Peace out