Inside the Mind of Deserusan

I must say that with the joy of Vanessa winning the 2007 Bodybuilding.com Transformation Contest there has been some excessive drama which is just showing some poor sportsmanship. Fortunately, unlike the judges, I can say what I want and am going to use this time to put this shit to bed. I’m not a nice guy and have never claimed to be, but out of respect for Vanessa, I’m not going to name any names. However, I’m sure some of you will certainly get the point.

First off, this is going to come as a shocker for some, but it’s much easier to compete in something like this being completely out of shape and transforming into an average Joe. Call me an *******, but it’s much harder to come into one of these in shape and then ending up absolutely ripped. Anyone who is has competed knows this all to well. It’s the reality of the situation and for most who are avid trainers; the latter is more impressive than the former. This is what separates the best from the rest.

Now the topic has come up about doctoring pictures or poses. When I first saw some of these pictures I thought at least one set was a little too much to take seriously. Why you ask? Well, if you are going to stick your stomach out intentionally to seem more obese, then you should probably make sure you aren’t thin enough to have oblique lines. Secondly, large double chins don’t disappear unless you are purposely lowering your chin in one picture and sticking out it out later. I’m sorry if that seems harsh and you may be able to fool a lot of folks, but not those familiar with photography and how to manipulate anatomical angling for enhanced appearances. The same goes for flexing in final poses and not in the initial set of prints. Is this hitting home yet with anyone who is whining?
 

Now I have also been witness to some of the fakest attitudes displayed online which go figure, it’s rumored the same person(s) were using illegal substance (i.e. steroids and other scheduled substances). Here’s a clue, some of the people voting in this weren’t idiots and can see through your Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde act. You had the nerve to talk smack on other forums let alone behind the scenes about other competitor’s physical appearances and were dumb enough to get caught saying negative things about bodybuilding.com itself let alone potential use of illegal substances. Frankly, if I were judge and saw that you openly admit to using bodybuilding.com like some skank in high school I’d have your ass disqualified in a second. Show some respect for Pete’s sake. Not everyone is as dumb as you perceive them to be and you got beat by someone who is ALL NATURAL!!!!!

As much as this last chapter of my rant hurts for me to say I am going to. Sometimes, you can have everything in place but perhaps the advice you are getting isn’t the best. There are many people in this industry who have a lot of success and use that to make money on the side with poor advice you use your hard earned money to pay for. Unfortunately, on our forum, a few people have been given special privileges to use the membership as their own potential pool of clients. Here’s a word to the not so wise, real diet and training gurus don’t need to use the forum to get clients. They do it the honorable way by paying for their own website and don’t rely on the fact the administrators aren’t aware their forum is being used in such a manner or how it’s perceived as a gross advantage for one company by ALL the other companies. Sometimes things aren’t what they appear to be and I fell for the same shit so don’t feel too bad.

With that in mind I’m going to elucidate some facts about Vanessa’s transformation some of you may or may not have known and most certainly most of the judges didn’t as well. First off, Vanessa began cutting a little over a week sooner than all of you. Why? Her main focus was on her preparation for the NPC Metropolitan so when you were possibly still trying to fatten yourselves up or just enjoying life as you normally did, she was eating a hypocaloric competition diet. She actually lost six pounds those first few days as she transitioned from a bulk diet to a cutting diet and I have the pictures to prove it. I’d post them right here but it was hard enough to get Vanessa to post her before picture for the actual contest when she was a few pounds lighter and I’ll respect her wishes.

Another little tidbit some of you failed to notice is that while some of you were probably dropping water and sodium delepleting Vanessa was drinking 3 gallons of water a day and sodium loading for her final pic in the contest. Once again, this was because her main focus was making her first appearance as a figure competitor on the NPC stage two weeks later. In her final set of pics, she was actually bloated compared to what her figure normally would have been at that stage. Had she done this for the Bodybuilding.com contest she would have been about five pounds lighter and absolutely shredded compared to her final set of pictures. Have you bothered to check out her contest pics on Muscular Development? Hopefully that will give you a clue.

Well I must say I’m a little riled up over all this. However, it didn’t surprise me one bit that some would have these reactions. It’s pretty typical these days to bitch and moan about things rather than learn from your own mistakes. The fact of the matter is, Vanessa is the hardest working person I know. Only 9 months ago she joined the forum with no affiliation to the supplement industry. Using her brains and just being her normally abrasive yet charming self, she managed to become a sponsored athlete for a company that grosses over nine figures a year even before stepping one foot on the competitive stage. She doesn’t make excuses for herself because she has had more hardship than most of you will ever fathom. Instead, she keeps her eye on the prize and takes defeat with class as she did placing seventh in her first competition this past weekend knowing one day she WILL win.

Real champions don’t bitch and moan or cast out snide remarks. They embrace defeat as an opportunity to learn and seek guidance from those who have achieved what they one day hope to achieve as well. Some of you had great transformations and may have lost more fat pound for pound. Some of you probably busted your asses and have hopefully had a spark of motivation that lit a fire which burns inside you for the rest of your life. However, there is a time to move on and accept that while you may have had a big transformation the judges decided you did not have the best. The duality expressed in this Checkett quote will hopefully be clear to some of you as the fog of bitterness slowly fades…..

“Success builds character, failure reveals it”

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