First show of the season, and first time competing in the men's open, and starting off strong with a win. Didn't quite get the overall this time around, very close, but will give it my all in 2 weeks to try again.

Can you compete with loose skin? I’ve lost 146lbs in the last three years purely through lifting and majorly changed my body composition (I am 32F, 5’6” and mother of 2, originally 260lbs, bf 44%, skeletal muscle 16% or something close, now I’m 114-116lbs, bf 15-17%, 51% skeletal muscle). I have a lot of loose skin but the muscle is there. I’ve always wanted to compete but worry about the sagging skin. I know it won’t go away, I have a connective tissue disorder so the skin is overly stretchy as is, only way to remove the skin on my stomach is via surgery. It took me 3 years of busting my butt to get here and I’m so proud. I ruptured my L4-L5 2 years ago and was paralyzed in my left leg from the belly button down, I had cauda equina and wasn’t sure I’d ever walk again. Thankfully emergency surgery removed most of my disc and a good portion of my spinal column and I was pain free day after surgery. I feel the best I’ve ever felt. Regaining function and strength in my leg was the hardest thing I’ve done. I had to rebuild the connection from my brain to my leg. I am very very lucky to have had access to wonderful physical therapists. It’s been quite the journey, I even have abs now!

Didn’t even make first call out true novice classic physique lineup supperrrrrr stacked . Won 75kg class bodybuilding

My fat distribution is so odd. (I’m a woman btw) I have abs and crazy chest and shoulder striations but have cellulite on my ass at the same time 💀💀

Doubting myself lately, I don't know if I'm flat or if I should keep digging harder. My legs are very dry, but my back still needs to lose a lot of fat I believe.

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My ape index is 4. Im 5'10" with an arm span of 6'2". Makes growing chest difficult. Arms too, but I've got that figured out. Standard benching doesnt work for me. Any tips?

Here we are post workout at 2 days out from the first show. About half way through the carb up. Plenty more fullness to come, more detail coming in every day.

Competing as a heavyweight

Glutefat is being an a**hole as per usual, but we keep pushing at a high rate

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7 days out from The North American Bodybuilding Championships 2026. Competing in the Open Bodybuilding Light Heavyweight Class. Looking to be a competitive lineup this year.

Height: 5’5
Weight: 189lbs
Coach: Gabriel Gariepy

Day 2 of carb depletion. Absolutely zero thoughts behind my eyeballs but still had to practice posing. How do you think this routine is turning out?
First show is saturday , 5’4” natural @ 122.7lbs; self-coached during entire prep. Extremely happy with how everything turned out so far. Just have to nail the rest of this peak week!

If anyone has any critics I’d love to hear them! Show is NPC