One More Week
Well here it is…Sunday morning and I’m just 6 days from stepping onstage for the first time. I am very excited and more than just a little nervous. I would have never dreamed that at 51 I would be stepping onto a stage in front of an audience in a skimpy little posing suit let alone thinking of making it a career. But that is exactly what is going to happen next Saturday at the Maumee Indoor Theater. YIKES!! LOL!!
I have to tell you this has been one of the hardest things I have ever done. Nobody realizes what kind of determination and dedication this takes till you actually go through it. The double cardio sessions…an hour in the morning and 40 minutes in the evening….working out twice a day and still trying to fit job and family in there somewhere. The diet alone requires a huge amount of dedication because eating is no longer fun. It’s just something you have to do to fuel your body…period! And don’t even get me started on carb depletion. It’s pure hell at times.
As bad as all that seems though it is worth it because let me tell ya there is no better feeling than getting up each day and seeing the amazing changes that you are putting your body through. Watching that nasty ugly flubber melt away to be replaced with bulging striated muscle! It’s a glorious thing let me tell ya.
Hopefully this time next Sunday I’ll have some good news to report but no matter the outcome just the fact that I went through it and actually had the drive and determination not to mention the balls to see it trhough to the end makes me feel like the biggest winner in the world.
March 22, 2009 at 5:17 am
You are already a winner Bryan. Regardless of what happens on that stage next week, you are already number 1! Right now, this second today, you look better than 99% of any other 51 year olds, hell better than most men at 41 or 31!
March 22, 2009 at 6:34 am
This part of Ohio has the utmost confidence in you.
March 22, 2009 at 4:09 pm
Rock the stage, man! You’ll get addicted and wanna do it again. I envy you for gettin up there and competing before me!
March 23, 2009 at 7:31 am
Great blog man! What you are going through cannot be explained, but has to be experienced to appreciate. It’s like becoming truly saved. When you are, you know it in your total being and not just in your head.
I’m excited for you and know you will do well.
March 23, 2009 at 12:45 pm
You are making great progress Bry! Definitely an inspiration to all young and old.
March 24, 2009 at 2:06 pm
Holy canoli - one week already?!? That is amazing, my friend, and you’ve transformed SOOOO much these past few months!! I’m so insanely proud of you already, and wish you the best of luck onstage!! Can’t wait to hear the details!! xoxo
March 24, 2009 at 9:17 pm
You are an amazing inspiration! Good luck, so many of us are so proud of what you have done already- the outcome of the contest doesn’t really mean squat in the grand scheme!! I can’t wait to hear all about it and see pics. You are keeping me motivated!!
March 24, 2009 at 9:23 pm
GO Rock it out Bry! We all love you here and will be cheering you on in cyberspaceland.
March 26, 2009 at 12:21 pm
Good luck on your competition!!
March 27, 2009 at 8:29 pm
I wish you the best of luck my buddy !! Yes I know its torture what you are going through right now - but just think !! tomorrow night this time - it will all be over - and then you can get ready for your next comp LOL!!- No matter what the outcome- just know that - you are doing this for yourself -and you are bringing to that stage Your very own personal work of art - YOUR BODY-
Just by the sheer fact that you and are UGH I hate to say this "older competitors Im gonna be 50 in two months - we have that drive and determination that those most youngsters do not have - and also I think its because we are closer to the grave then they are too LOL in other words we r living on borrowed time ROFLMAO
GOOD LUCK KICK SOME AZZZZZZZZZZZ!!