So, guys, Derek Markpleatimorda.com. Today we're going to be talking about Palo Costa's physique.

And if I think it was naturally achieved and if it wasn't, what I think in particular,

he's taking to skirt the drug test in the UFC to maintain that body composition and that crazy athletic,

muscular and simultaneously lean physique.

So Palo Costa posted a recent physique update.

He's been vlogging, actually, which is pretty entertaining to follow along.

And he's been posting tons of progress shots along the way as well as keeping us updated

with his weight.

And the most recent video he posted shows his current conditioning at still above 200 pounds

so these shots of him are still above 200 pounds the guy has over 15 pounds the cut

and the fight's coming up quick but he's actually ahead of schedule believe it or not compared

to where he normally is and this is what he looked like two days ago here just looking

shredded as hell and ready to go so he's going to suck down a lot more

to get to one i just noticed this comment i'm not gay but god damn he looks fine as hell damn how the

fuck is he a middleweight crying face?

So anyway, he's, everyone knows he sucks down to 185.

He barely makes 185 and then he super compensates back up to like 210 plus.

That is one of his last fights, he's super compensated back up to 2.13 and a half the day after weigh in, which is just absolutely insane.

So this guy comes in glycogen loaded at almost 215 pounds shredded to fight guys who are barely

cutting to 185. Like they're cutting, but not to the degree he is most of the time, unless he's

fighting. Well, no one cuts the amount he does. This guy, you know, strips a significant amount of weight off his frame to just get under the weight limit by a hair

and then blows up within 24 hours so before we dig into the pharmacology and the ways this guy

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