Richard Gozdecki (quotes from an oldish write up but just to emphasise Pauls/Stu’s point re contest weights as opposed to off season.
"I’m dead on 6ft tall. My contest weight had changed every year I have competed. Always in good condition, this was my stage weights:
2008 - 92kg (SLICED)
2009 - 95kg (BLURY)
2010 - 100kg (SHREDDED AND FLAT)
2011 - 103kg (SLICED AND FULL)
2012 - ??? (I hope to be 103kg again but HARDER!)
Off season weight has also varied for me since 2008. I really enjoy my off seasons, as I enjoy my food. I’ve been up to 125kg in the OS before and had great results. It just requires a longer, harder diet to get it all off. This year size is not the aim, I want to be harder, so only went up to 118kg."
A stage weight of 190-195 at 5’10 would actually be quite massive and utterly impressive, and essentially put you in the upper tier of natty bbers of all time. I don’t think it’s outlandish to ask for a picture from back then to back that up.
That apology only happened because he can’t Bullshit Stu. He actually knows these guys. Hard to keep the Bullshit going without bowing out now. It’s not an apology. And even if it was, as a 42 year old maybe he should stop amd consider what he’s about to say. He’s an adult. My kids react better.
Dude you obviously have something against the guy, why are you hanging around his forum? We are trying to talk shop here and you are doing nothing but stirring the pot and adding drama.
Head on over the any other forum on the Internet where Paul isn’t at and have fun there.
I don’t know Stu at all. He said he was being legit and someone else vouched for him as being a good dude. So I apologized. That’s actually how an adult DOES handle it.
As Lonnie stated, you clearly have an issue with me and it’d be best for everyone else here, who is trying to have good conversations about training to take that shit elsewhere. You’re a former P&B guy (so you say, I don’t remember you at all) who hasn’t shed that immature childish nonsense that permeated throughout that shit hole of a board. So that’ll be my last response to you as I’m trying to actually engage in meaningful discussion with the other guys here, that actually want to do that.
I did look him up. Complete beast as a natural guy and most certainly what I would consider falling into that true outlier type. 105 kilo on stage as a natural guy at 6’ is nuts. Really impressive.
We’re actually going to do a multi part series on how to maximize your natural potential the next few episodes of the Swoley Trinity. And on how you can know if you have indeed maximized it. That idea came from the discussion here, so thanks guys.
LOL I agree. I think that people can take me a certain way online that I’m not trying to project. Where on a podcast I think people can have an “aha” moment and get that I’m not trying to be an asshole. There’s no “tone” in a typed message.
I did not do the 15K day yet because I’m trying to finish up this diet for summer right now. It’s coming.
Yeah Paul is really a down to earth guy that comes with the jokes. The old Chaos and Bang stuff was about as light hearted and non serious as anyone can get
So I did a consultation this morning with a broski.
Broski was confused and bewildered because the last four months he’s worked with a coach who he felt knew what he was doing. And was all science’d up.
Had him doing upwards of 50 sets per session. Starting by staying really far away from failure, then adding sets each week and working closer to failure each week.
Broksi is now smaller and weaker than he was four months ago.
@Paul_Carter, I have a nutritional question for you. I see people talk about increasing their calories the day after a tough workout as a way to combat DOMs. They’re already sore and think the boost in nutrition will help.
Is this effective? Is there anything (food or supplement) that will help with soreness once it’s set in?
I try not to inflict the type of soreness that makes it tough to sit on the toilet but it seems to happen to all of us occasionally - especially after a break from training.
I’m not Paul and I could be wrong, but that doesn’t sound right to me at all. Increasing calories on non-training days is a good way to get fat. Active recovery stuff like stretching, taking a walk, some light cardio, can help with DOMS.
