I’ve just come back from the 2010 NPA Bodybuilding Yorkshire show in Holmfirth. This is the first show I’ve seen and it blew my mind! From a 60 year old in the Masters class to an 18 year old in the Juniors these were amongst the best physiques I’ve ever seen, AND they are all natural and drug tested.
One of the reasons I went to the event is that I intend on competing in natural bodybuilding, and I’ve not kept this a secret. Some people that I know laugh openly and think I can’t do it. Others don’t understand my reasons, but my closest friends know how I can be, if I want something bad enough I’ll get it. Simple as.
The reason behind this post is that I will be competing naturally next year, no doubt about it. I want to record my progress as I work towards acheiving a competitive physique. I have several reasons for wanting to compete:
1) For myself – I’m naturally extremely skinny, when i first got my first set of dumbells I can remember one of my friends laughing and saying “Kirt lifting weights…narr I don’t see it happening!” there are also other examples but that’ll do for now!
2) I’m a qualified personal trainer – You wouldn’t take financial advise from a beggar, and you wouldn’t take fat loss advice of someone who is obese, so why would someone take muscle building advice off someone who’s skinny?! I have to lead by example so I need to build myself up and have a physical presence to get taken seriously.
3) The challenge – I’m lazy by nature and have been a slacker most my life, I need a challenge otherwise I get restless.
4) Women – yeah I know most people will reel off some reason like “I do it for my health” or “to keep fit”. But no, most guys like me wanna get hench for the ladies 
I’m sure there are other reasons but I can’t think of them right now.
So the story so far: I’ve been training since I was 16 and gotten pretty much nowhere, my “normal weight” is 64-65kg at 5ft 11ins and 11-13% bodyfat. After passing my personal trainer course at 22 and doing a lot of research I began to bulk up. I went from 68kg to 82kg in 3 months, gaining 6.3kg muscle. Not a clean bulk by a long shot but it got the job done. Now I can no longer be called skinny. I’ve cut down to 74kg in about 10 weeks. I’ve got another months worth of fat loss, then I’m going on a 6 month clean bulk. I was amazed at my gains in my 3 month bulk, now that I have more experience in what works and doesnt work for me I know my next bulk will be greater and cleaner than my last. I’ll have double the time and twice the experience, I know that I will pack on enough muscle to compete in 2011. This post is the start of me recording my journey. When I finish my fat loss phase I’ll put some pictures up. And some more along the way until I finish my bulk. That’s it for now but I’ll be back!
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Sounds like a pretty decent bulk. Any ideas on a bulking diet. Currently 68Kg wanting to get up to 75Kg. Cheers!
Hey Ed,
Cheers, If you gain 1lb a week (454g) most of it should be muscle. I gained about 1kg a week average and it was 50% fat 50% muscle. A 7kg bulk is doable in 12 weeks I’d say, most of that should be muscle. As far as how many calories, how much protein / fat / carbs etc. depends on a lot of factors. I’ll put up an article later this week with a sample 3500 calorie bulking diet with exact foods, measurements and the reasoning behind it. I’ll also show you how to calculate how many calories you need to bulk in a later article. Keep checking the blog!
Kirt