You keep saying this but it is really THAT hard to hold 10-12% body fat? Come on now.
Shawn already said this is the way he’s been in the off-season since he turned pro and now everyone on him. But let’s do a hypothetical, there is 19 weeks left. Shawn is 270-275 tops right now. When he won the Olympia he was what? 252? Let say he’s around 14-16% ON THE HIGH SIDE and let’s say he’s on stage at 3.5-4.5%.
Take into consideration that he has been training everyday with light cardio and hes is completely off gear. Yup, he likes to live like a normal person in the off-season while enjoying his family. Personally, he’s the smartest pro up there because he knows he need to
Recover, Travel (almost all year) taking care of his sponsor obligations, etc
He’s got almost 5 months of prep. What do you? If I calculated correctly, he’d would have lose and trend at losing about 1/2% per week. How hard do you suppose that would be given 19 weeks?