By: Ryan Swan

Join me while I diet down for my upcoming contest. I will have week to week pictures tracking my progress, as well as week to week articles outlining my dieting process.

Contest Info

The Contest: Nova Scotia Championships
Where: Halifax, Nova Scotia
When: April 5th, 2003

My Goals

My 20th birthday is on March 14th, so I am still a junior, and I plan on looking the best I've looked yet. I have two competitions under my belt now and this will be my third. This off season was my most successful yet. I got up to 208 lbs. My strength went up in all my exercises, and I have the new stretch marks to show. I feel more confident this year than any other, however, I know there will be lots of other juniors who have worked hard and done the dieting right, and it looks to be a good competition.

All I can do is go in looking the best I possibly can, and that what I plan on doing. I am going to be keeping a week to week journal on Bodybuilding.com tracking my progress. My long term goal is to enter the Canadian Championships on September 20th, 2003, where I hope to become Mr. Jr. Canada. Come watch my transformation. Here are my stats right now:

Measurements (As of 2/12/03)

Weight - 208lbs
Height - 5'10"
Max Lifts - Bench press - 315lbs for 5
Leg Press - 1035lbs for 10
Squat - 365lbs for 8

To look at my off-season training; read my articles Gaining Back The Mass, and Eating For Mass.

Starting Pics

Ending Pics

Week 1
Join me while I diet down for my upcoming contest. I will have week to week pictures tracking my progress, as well as week to week articles outlining my dieting process.
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Week 2
Training this week had some ups and downs. It was tough to stay pumped without many carbs in me. See how I got through it!
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Week 3
All in all, week one was pretty good. I lost about 6 pounds so far and am down to about 200 lbs. A lot of this is water, even though I am constantly drinking water, the caffeine in the fat burners is a natural diuretic.
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Week 4
Well here we are, at the half waypoint. My weight is at 191 lbs. Find out what changes I made that will affect my progress!
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Week 5
Week 5 went really good. I'm happier where I am at and needed to drop my carbs that extra little bit. I have to say, I went on the threads and read some comments on my articles. I love it.
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The Final Weeks
After the weigh in, I keep eating, and then comes my favorite part. I will have a separate article on the day of the show, what was involved and how everything went.
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The Day Of The Contest
Find out what I did to when the contest and what happened the day of the show!
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