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🗓️ 17 April 2023
⏱️ 61 minutes
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In this episode, I take you through my intense 13-week prep for my first bodybuilding show in over a decade. I lost over 40 pounds, gained immense clarity, and learned many powerful lessons - a humbling yet rewarding experience.
I recap my entire prep, from workouts to diet and everything in between. And I breakdown the big day, sharing my thoughts and feelings as I stepped onto the stage and the results that unfolded. Enjoy the episode!
Topics:
(00:00) Intro
(00:46) Contents
(02:10) Most challenging prep I’ve done
(06:15) Prep background
(09:48) Show day placing
(11:40) Beginning of prep
(19:03) Changing the show
(25:27) Effects of an aggressive prep
(27:40) Bloodwork results on prep
(29:45) Prep struggles
(35:15) Peak week
(48:35) Show day
(56:15) Post-show updates
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0:00.0 | Welcome to the Nickbear podcast. |
0:03.0 | I've spent the past decade as a CEO, building an industry leading supplement brand. |
0:07.6 | There's a store, there's a mission, serving in the US Army, |
0:10.4 | First Video in Korea, and creating a community of inspiring leaders. |
0:14.4 | The mission isn't changing, but it's evolving. |
0:18.2 | So I'm excited for this next chapter, side of you, man. |
0:20.6 | Through powerful, unfiltered conversations. |
0:22.6 | You have to be careful with entrepreneurship. |
0:24.6 | You can get hurt. |
0:25.6 | My mission is to help you unlock your full potential and create the life you desire. |
0:29.8 | This is it. |
0:30.8 | I'm a different person now. |
0:32.8 | Camera's rolling, and we're on. |
0:34.2 | I'm your host Nickbear. |
0:36.4 | Enjoy the episode. |
0:39.4 | This episode of the podcast is my post bodybuilding show recap. |
0:54.2 | And there is a lot to unpack in this episode. |
0:58.2 | I was thinking about it this morning. |
0:59.6 | This probably could be a four hour conversation between yourself and me. |
1:09.9 | But I'm going to try to keep it pretty consolidated and and move through all the topics that I want |
1:17.2 | to cover. |
1:18.7 | So the things I'm going to be diving into is this last 10 months of the build and the cut |
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