Contest Update

[longBallLima]

That's interesting; I wouldn't have thought that would be the case. In any event, like you I'm going for it whether it's "official" or not; at the end of the day I'm really doing this for myself anyway and the most important thing I expect to get out of it is the journey itself and the physique and health that result.

and it's a blast. i must say, competing is/was fun as hell. competition day itself is a weird day, because you're feeling like shit from not eating, drinking and such, but still just felling... good? dont know, always competed in something, so i loved it.

now, had some delusional aspirations of going pro, but not sure how its gonna work with not being able to do nationals for a bit.

was thinking of WBFF...

[burlyman30]

and it's a blast. i must say, competing is/was fun as hell. competition day itself is a weird day, because you're feeling like shit from not eating, drinking and such, but still just felling... good? dont know, always competed in something, so i loved it.

now, had some delusional aspirations of going pro, but not sure how its gonna work with not being able to do nationals for a bit.

was thinking of WBFF...

Ok... how did I miss this before... that you were a BBing competitor ???

[longBallLima]

Ok... how did I miss this before... that you were a BBing competitor ???

men's physique for this first show next one (november, since i cant do nationals, though i'm qualified) i'm doing MP and BB

[Sperwer]

4 days out. Pushing 5% BF. 65f, but unless I'm moving around (in which case i'm sweating like a derby horse), i've got to wear wool hunting pants and coat.

I've got the bug bad now and have entered the local meet of Muscle Mania in September, where there are no restrictions on foreign entrants. Another plus is that they have some combined events, and this is my partner (from my gym) for the costume portion. Just hope she doesn't think she's going to be policing up my junk with that baton. ImageUploadedByTapatalk1367325345.001269.jpg


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[Sperwer]

Also
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Yep going over to the dark side for an 8 week run Parabolan starting June


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[Sperwer]

And another shot of she who (thinks she) must be obeyed
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[O_RYAN_007]

Great pic to wake me up this morning, lol!

[USN HM 350Z]

damn, she looks good. Good luck on the run, I am sure you will be hooked after that lol

[Sorrow]

Damn man I completely forgot what I was going to say when I saw the picture of her from behind..

Oh yeah good pick for a partner... yeah we shall go with that..

[Sperwer]

And the winner* is:

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My best Dr Manhattan pose while bowing to the audience.

*To paraphrase Proximo, I didn't win because I was the best - (I was the best conditioned of the Senior Masters group, but my posing, which it turns out I didn't practice enough, was lacking) - but because I won the crowd. That, plus my conditioning, I was told afterwards by the judges, moved them to make a solomon-like move in defiance of their own parent organization, and treat me as the sole entrant in a Senior Masters Division, Foreign section, that they created on the spot, and award me the Ist place medal they said they otherwise would have given me in the regular senior masters division. They strongly encouraged me to come back next year when they hoped they would be able to have had the rule changed, which they said they were motivated to make efforts to do because of my performance.

I probably won;t have any decent pics of the actual contest for a few days, but in the meantime, I'll post a few pre-contest pics, so you guys can get an sense of my conditioning as I went in.