While totally agreeing with kleinhound, I love dave’s post so much, and it honestly has helped me reset my head a little bit. Are we lucky or what, haha.
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That’s tremendous! And it’s true, we still have some serious time to make some serious progress!
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The back Thickness is crazy
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Are you thinking about competing?
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Yes.
June 2026 already have the local show picked out.
I’ll attend this year’s show to watch and volunteer.
Will enter both the Masters 50+ and True Novice classes.
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That’s incredible man. You’re inspiring me
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Fantastic, glad to see some more bodybuilding prep logs coming to T-nation! You’re looking incredible now, excited to see you get stage ready!
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I honestly can’t wait to see how it goes. Because:
I so agree. I don’t think I’ve ever been this close to this level of determination and effort before. Or maybe it’s that the pics of the various lifts all going at the same time along with the step count and caloric intake is more impactful than other ways of logging enormous effort. Either way, you’ve let us all be front row to your process and it IS inspiring.
Anyway, off I go to log my 25 easy minutes on the treadmill, lol.
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Six weeks left. All the lighting in my house is shit for taking photos, but feel like my legs have leaned up the most this past 2 weeks.
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Nice stuff dudes! How’s everyone else rolling? I really feel like we’re set up for some of the most impressive transformations yet based on the progress pics.
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I started hitting some random PRs so that’s never a bad thing!
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nice work
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Earned PRs
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Rolling is exactly what my still round body is doing. LOL
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Yeah I’ve really fallen off the wagon…
Upper body finally catching up and making my quads look normal 
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Finally finished Building the Monolith. Hard but doable and probably directly responsible for some upper body growth.
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I feel like I’ve finally clicked into place as my work life has stabilized. Calories are down, steps are up, and I’m excited to see what I can do in this final month of the challenge.
Regardless, I’m feeling really good, except for the constant soreness!
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Home stretch, everyone - just about a month to go! What’s on for the final push?
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