Arvid Beck

sorry for the late response... i canceled my plans for the last contest caus i wasn't 100% satisfied with my shape. now i'm starting to prepare again for spring, so probably i'll compete in april or may!

@HIT Rob: yeah, i think so as well... and thx by the way! 4 weeks left till my next competition! preparation is working quite well... still on my 80/10/10 diet. in contrast to the my contests in the past, i do a lot more cardio at the moment. i go to the gym everyday, alternating between cardio and weight training days. hoping to get really shredded over the next weeks... just check out my facebook site to watch my progress!

thanks a lot!

training and diet are working out quite alright at the moment... here's my shape at the moment: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=496642523752962&set=a.398859100197972.96390.381381815279034&type=1&theater still over two months until my next contest...

Trained with very high rep ranges yesterday... gives me some nice muscle pain today B-)

Feeling good and looking forward to a nice full body workout tonight! I reached my goal not to gain too much weight after my contest... at the moment it's around 83kg, which is only 3kg above my competition weight from spring I'm quite confident to get in top shape for autumn!

hi there! just wanted to report to you guys again, after a while of absence... i'm planning to compete again in october/november, so i'm slowly starting to prepare. but beside preparing i just started a new nutrition experiment. after reading dr. grahams 80/10/10 diet, i decided to give his raw vegan approach a chance. i started a few days ago, so i can't say too much about it yet... but it seems i'm getting leaner. i'll keep you posted!

wow, thanks a lot! great to hear that! if i really inspired you that much, i reached my goal...

haha! yeah, you're right!!

@SunWarrior & Marloon: thanks a lot guys!! i wanna take part in a natural contest in october... until then i'm working hard to get even better!

thx! well, it was a "normal" contest, not especially for natural bodybuilders, so my opponents were quite hard to beat. 6th was really okay for me, caus i wasn't 100% in top shape... next time i'll be better!

started to do some superslow training... actually i only wanted to one workout in superslow style to shock my muscles, but i decided to keep going on with it. get only very little pump during the training, but my muscles seem to react rather well...

i placed 6th out of 20... you can see everything in my old log: viewtopic.php?f=24&t=34584&start=165

thx dani!

by the way... my posing routine... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyVRJt_y6M8

Thanks a lot! i'm really on fire now to return in autumn with an improved shape...

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Thx... i was quite happy, caus 1. I knew i still carried a bit too much fat with me, and 2. The line up was so damn big with 20 athletes, that it's not too bad to be placed 6th anyway... Beside that i know i would have been under the top 3, if i had been leaner. Everyone told me how good my symmetry is... i'll work hard for the next comp!

Thanks a lot MF! i'll try really hard to get even leaner for the autumn season... especially my legs!

Well, now that the contest lies behind me, i'm gonna start a new log here that i'll use for the future... for all my training sessions, diet and my contest preparations...

German volume training? That's interesting... what's your opinion/experience?! I tried it many years ago, but can't say it worked very well for me...

@yepes: thanks a lot! In 2008 i still ate "normal", so i also used tuna and cottage cheese for my contest diet... but actually i only did that because i thought there were no other options if i wanted to prepare in a low carb way... But in 2011 i made my decision to finally go and stay vegan, no matter what it would take... @Foods4health: thank u very much! No, contest prep is always a tough thing... but if you want something in life, you gotta work hard for it. There's no easy way i guess... Well, i wanna keep a good shape and try to get even harder for the contest season in autumn...

Yeah... in 2008 i had almost no fot on my glutes left. But the low carb diet for months and months was really hell... Oh yeah, i'll enjoy that, trust me! Haha!

I'm really glad to hear that! Means a lot to me... My bodyfat was even a bit lower 2008, but dehydration and carbloading worked better this time... so hard to say if it wss my best shape so far. Well, i'm eating what i want at the moment ^^ but i'll just do that for a few days and then return to a good diet

Thanks a lot mike! Great to hear that! Fighted as good as i could...