I also think he’s doing the show. I think posting that he is burnt out and taking a break. It’s typical Brian style. plant the seed of excuses.
if you do the show you look like you pushed through burnout. if you do poorly at the show, it’s because it was from burnout.
Oh, then go easy on him - i am sure he's feeling the effects of extreme calorie and water restrictions, and weeks of intense training sessions leading up to this, as well as the mental stress of working on timing macros and water just right on contest day.
Or, he's just relying on his weird health condition / drug combo that keeps him unusually lean, still eating like shit, half asses lifting for 15 min, and expecting that condition will look great on stage, then doing some last minute panic thing to make it worse.