James Llewellin's 'Arnold Classic' preparation thread

[jjb1]

nandos rice is pre fried im sure, so not much better than a dry pitta i would think as a cheat anyway

tastes lush i know that ;-)

[2manytoyz]

Originally Posted by Nine Pack

Nandos can be described as a 'clean-cheat' if you order the right things. A half chicken & a portion of spicy rice is fine, but I'd be leaving the skin if I were you. If you have the chips, or a white pitta/bun then you are heading down the 'cheat-cheat' trail so decide what you want to have as your real cheat.

thanks nine pack

[Nine Pack]

Originally Posted by jjb1

nandos rice is pre fried im sure, so not much better than a dry pitta i would think as a cheat anyway

tastes lush i know that ;-)

I'm not sure it's fried, just oiled a little afterwards. If this is the case it's still better than the pitta as the fats will reduce the GI of the white rice. It's all relative but as cheats go, it's still pretty clean.

[Biggerdave]

James,

Not sure if this is the place for questions or if you would rather a new thread was started?

What i'm interested in is the reasoning and aims behind the high fat med carb approach that you are using at the moment??
It is intriguing me.

Dave

[megatron]

All thes best mate, you look fantastic as usual.

[rightyho]

Originally Posted by Biggerdave

James,

Not sure if this is the place for questions or if you would rather a new thread was started?

What i'm interested in is the reasoning and aims behind the high fat med carb approach that you are using at the moment??
It is intriguing me.

Dave

All here bud - near the bottom (3 up?) - post by ninepack.
http://www.uk-muscle.co.uk/shows-pro...thread-48.html

[Biggerdave]

Originally Posted by rightyho

All here bud - near the bottom (3 up?) - post by ninepack.
http://www.uk-muscle.co.uk/shows-pro...thread-48.html

Ta very much like!

Dave

[rayvonn]

good luck james saw you in flex didnt realise you had qualified for arnolds til i saw that go show them yanks whos boss cheers ash

[supercell]

Hi Guys,

Lots to talk about from my 10 days away so I'll leave that till I feel human again!!!
On the way home we popped into see Flex and Shina in Llanelli (S Wales) and then on to Bristol to see Tom and Casse for a spot of food later this afternoon.
After setting off at 9.45am we got in at 8pm tonight but it was great to see them.

Thanks to Paul B for 'holding the fort' so to speak while I was away.

Full update tomorrow.

J

[flex-lewis]

Originally Posted by supercell

Hi Guys,

On the way home we popped into see Flex and Shina in Llanelli (S Wales).

J

James you beat me to it, it was great to see you both today, its a shame you didnt have more time to stay down, we should of planned it and you could of stop the night and broken up the journey.

As our girls are now fully aware, start us talking and thats the end of it, the intention to leave gets delayed and delayed, with a new topic, that was my doing im sure.
Shina said next time her and Nicki are gonna do there own thing (probably shop) leave us to it!

Either way thanks again for popping down on your way home, i dont think i can make it up on the 17Th, but im waiting on confirmation on something which maybe leading us in your direction at the end of this month, so maybe if that pans out then we will pick up where we left off mate!

If not then im sure we will most certainly will have a few phone conversations prior to us leaving,

Again best wishes and thank you for the Engagement Card.
Best wishes

Flex and Shina

[supercell]

Flex,

Thanks for your email mate, inspirational stuff AS ALWAYS. Its always great to hear and speak to you. Yesterday was the first time we had a good chat but we really didn't even scratch the surface. Its great bouncing ideas around and I know we can both learn a lot from our methods.
Yet again its good to see you are like myself in that we keep it mind numbingly simple in our prep and off season with our nutrition and I reckon you would give Paul B and myself a genuine run for our money on the meticulous, calorie counting, weighing food thing. Great to know we are not alone!!
You have shown great kindness to me over the last few months and I wanted to personally thank you in an open forum such as this. Without wanting to sound really old and condecending, you have a very wise head on your shoulders that will take you far. You have never once sat around and expected things to happen, you are pro-active all the time and your mind never rests, looking for the next opportunity.
You have a great women in Shina and both Nic and I know its the 'real deal' and you will both be really happy together.

Take it easy my friend and as always stay in touch.

J

[martzee]

congrats on your invite to the arnold classic james and all the best.just got back from florida training in golds florida past 2 weeks was awesome some guys were preparing for nationals there so very comp oriontated! make sure you kick some ass, all the best

[supercell]

Today is Monday 5th Novemeber 2007.

My weight this morning was 13st 13lbs and not looking too shabby (even if I say so myself)

Over the last 10 days I have had a great time away in almost sunny (at times) Wales. The weather was really kind and allowed me to have my 6.30am walk every morning in the dry. This is how every morning was started and it set the day up really well.

I got up every day between 5.30 and 6am and practiced my posing whilst supping a hot cup of coffee before heading out for a 30-40 min walk with the dog.

I trained 4x whilst away. Firstly on the sat and then on mon, weds and fri. This was done early in the day to allow the rest of the day to go visiting relatives, places of interest and shops (obviously for Nic) We had 3 meals out whilst away, 2 of which were at a lovely restaurant close to where we were staying. Welsh Black fillet steak on the first visit and Welsh Lamb shank on the second. I have eaten in a lot of great places but this one was right up there and very reasonable at around £50 for the 2 of us.
If any of you go to Pembrokeshire get yourselves down to the Stackpole Inn in Stackpole (not far from Pembroke), it really is worth the trip.

On the second visit I bumped into Flex's mentor and very good friend Neil Hill. We both kept glancing over at each other and eventually he came over and said hi after realising it was me but with a slightly rounder face!!! We had a quick chat just after Nic and I had finished our meal...its a small world. He invited me to his gym next time I am down in Tenby which I will definately take him up on...Proper hardcore!

My training was definately stepped up a gear whilst away with the calories distinctly higher than pre contest I had a lot of energy and my strength (altho not great) was coming along nicely. The DOMS told the story after each session, so I know I hit them hard but not too hard at this stage just 3 weeks after the show.

I have also been taking a multi vit and 2-3g of vit c a day. PWO I have been adding 10g of peptide bonded glutamine and 5g of CEE to my shake.

My diet (except the 3 meals out) has been bang on altho I did do a quick total up of the cals I was having on training days and it was around 4300K/Cals!!!! I was shocked but as Paul said if I am still lean then keep them coming. They were all from clean sources too. Its the clean fats that are really running away with the calories and I am getting thru 1kg of peanut butter every 5 days as well as the olive oil and whole eggs added every day!!!

After careful consideration I will not be posting up weekly photos as before but I will post up photos from yesterday to show you where I am now. The next ones will be as I start my diet at the end of December and then depending on what I decide I will post some 1 week out for those that will not be making the trip over.

Photos are an integral part of my prep and weekly photos say so much to me about where I am at. Talking to Flex yesterday I realised he does the same and also daily photos in the last 10 days as he depletes and than loads coming into the show.

I have now nipped my cardio back to 30 mins 6x a week having sundays off. Weights as before will be mon/weds/fri with the weekends off. This has worked well for the last 3 weeks so I have no reason to change it. The diet too will reamain as it was including my meal at 2am every morning. My cheat meal will be once a week but I will also be having my weekly roast meat, boiled pots and veg (no pud) on a sunday as this is just another clean meal IMO.

On the way home as I mentioned Nic and I met up with Flex (see above post) and also Tom and Casse.
It was great to see Tom but he hasn't been very well for the last week or so and battled to eat yesterday (very unlike Mr Blackman) Obviously I had to polish off his chips as well as Nicki's too.....Well I am a growing lad...Slowly!!
When he is fit we will meet again for a train whether that be here or in London as I know he will be making regular trips up this way over the coming months.
Anyway get well soon mate, it seems that post show viruses are rife as I have had a nasty cold and cough whilst way but seem to be well on the mend now I am back at work...Typical!!

Anyway, thats the update so far and I will try to post daily and reply to any questions that get fired my way.

Here are the photos. These were taken in Wales yesterday morning before we left after a 3 course meal of extreme indulgence on the sat night!!! My tan has all but faded now, back to my white/blue hue.
The last one is me and Flex outside his house in sunny Llanelli.

[Tinytom]

was good to chat to you and Nic yesterday mate

definately meet up in a few weeks next time i go to see Harold.

I only saw your arms last night but you are still looking massive from what i saw.

[supercell]

Originally Posted by Tinytom

was good to chat to you and Nic yesterday mate

definately meet up in a few weeks next time i go to see Harold.

I only saw your arms last night but you are still looking massive from what i saw.

Keep me in the loop Tom and when you are down we'll hook up. I wouldn't mind going down to forest gym myself, been an age since I trained there plus it means you dont have to travel quite as far.

Speak soon

J