XtremeFitnessINC’s BodyBlog

Well, my Bodybuilding career for 2008 has now came to an end.  I took 3rd place in the Central Japan Championships and boy am I beat!  I swear I feel like I’ve been dieting all yr…  I feel good though, real good.  My team and I made it possible to bring back the Northern Japan Championships (which was a success) and I improved my ranking in a very tough competition by beating a few guys who beat me last yr!  A judge told me it was the tightest race for 1st place in my category that he has ever had to judge.  Unfortunately I didn’t take home the gold but I am still very satisfied.

Now, I am focusing on putting on some quality lean size and continue with my much needed cardio program that I lacked last yr.  Who knows, maybe I’ll put out a training clip for the site

TRAIN HARD–HUUAH

Finally! I am two weeks out from my second show of the yr   It’s about damn time too–I never knew I would diet for almost the whole first half of the yr!  It’s crazy and its hard but I’m in cruise control right now and with only two weeks left things will be ok.  For those who don’t know this is my revenge show–I took 5th place my first time around (middle weight) but I am aiming for first!  High hopes but it’s all good, it can happen!

Man, it’s now the 3week mark for my second comp this yr and things are getting very tough!  After the show on 15 Jun 08 some key members on my team dropped out of the running for the July show.  True enough, the diet takes a HUGE toll on you–especially since most of us are still new to the whole diet and training game.  I am somewhat struggling because I can tell the fam is a little tired of my training/diet  :/  I won’t go too far into detail but lets just say my wife’s fire for my contest prep is no longer burning…

3 more weeks…that’s it.  I want this show!  I feel I am carrying a package that will definitely boost my placing from last yr–gotta see if I can keep going.

Well, I just turned in my bio for the Amateur of the week for BB.com!  I finally did it   It took awhile but it is truly an honor to be recognized by the best bodybuilding site on the web today!  Hopefully my profile will be posted within the next 8-14weeks, yeah it’s a long time but I have no problem waiting my turn.

At first I wasn’t sure but now I am positive I will come in just right for the show in July!  I’m back on cell mass and I’m recovering much faster.  I was damn tired after the June show but I am right back in stride with my gains–I think I’m hitting the weights even harder now than before.

Well technically I’m sitting at 4 weeks and 3 days but whose counting?  lol

I can’t wait, although it’s getting tough for me due to my work schedule and military training events popping up on me.  At the very least I want to come in 1-2% lower in body fat! That’s a lot considering that I have to maintain my shape from this last show.  Let’s see what happens!

Here is a photo of our team! We all worked very hard for the last 12weeks, posing, lifting and even running hills together! 

HARD CORE BABY!!!

I took 1st place!!!  Overall baby!!!

It was a good show and the crowd was great! I am very motivated to eat this cake and press on to compete at the Tokyo show in July (without the cake of course). I am very satisfied and extremely focused on one last show for the yr.

My Bodybuilding Club did Great! The ladies look AWESOME and my buddies came in shredded! I hope they are all proud of what they did tonight…We came in and represented.

I am now 2 weeks out and I am feeling great!  I really believe I look much better than last yr and I have managed to retain a lot of size this time around.  Unfortunately my desk top really crapped out on me so I had to buckle down a purchase a laptop yesterday.  I actually really like it!  Now all I have to do is upload some of the pics I took a few weeks back to show some progress.

Ok today I will finally take down my old pictures and post my NEW 2008 pics!!! Yeaaaaa!  lol  I have posing practice today so I’ll ask one of my training partners to post my pictures.  I am currently 6 weeks out so I am counting on everybody to critique me well!  Honest feedback helps motivate me,  so your help is very welcomed.  Until then….

TRAIN HARD!!!

Well,  I’m sitting at 12weeks out from my next show and I’m well overdue for some progress pics.  Honestly,  I think I look MUCH better right about now than i did at this time last yr.  I started cleaning my diet up at 16weeks out and now I am 100% full speed with my contest diet!  I haven’t taken any pictures lately but I am making it my goal to upload some new pics this week.  Ever since I got promoted at my shop I’ve been very busy supervising some very young airmen straight out of boot camp.  Yes I have an office full of teenagers with all the potential in the world, they’re just still very wet behind their ears…But it’s a nice challenge and I’m always up for challenges!