Gearing up for 2008
I just spent the entire weekend attending a seminar, so surfing Bodyspace is the closest I’ll get to a gym today. Anyway, 2008 is here and contest season is fast approaching. My two "definites" are the NPC Masters Nationals and the Team Universe, so that means dieting starts March 29th for me.
I’m very pleased with my progress this year, even more so when I consider that I turned 40 in December. For the first time I maintained a strict cardio program all year, basically doing 30 minutes five days per week. Even with all this cardio, I’m at my highest bodyweight ever (234.5 lbs.), and have been able to maintain pretty good condition, still with some vascularity in my quads and slight striations in my glutes - if I stand in just the right lighting! Also, I’ve adhered to good post-exercise nutrition habits, always getting my whey, waxy maize, creating/glutamine/BCAA shake immediately after training. Lastly, I’ve been lucky this year to have some good competitors around to train with on occasion. My friend Chris Mackenzie even told me that he will be doing the TU this year, which really got me excited to have someone training for the same show as me all the way through, something I haven’t had since my wife stopped competing.
I’ve always told myself that I’d stop competing when I stopped improving so I guess I’m not done yet with this sport, so look for me on the national NPC stage this year as a full-fledged heavyweight.
