MY FIRST BB COMPETITION
Yesterday, I had the chance to go to the 2007 SNBF Georgia Bodybuilding, Fitness, Figure and Model competition in Marietta, GA. This was the first time I had ever attended a competition. I was quite impressed with the operation that Bruce and Carol Johnson have created. Everything seemed to run flawlessly and if you ask Bruce he will say it was all because of Carol. Due to family obligations I was only able to make the pre-judging but to say it lit a fire under me and got my competitive juices flowing would be an understatement.
With it being Easter weekend, I was not sure what kind of crowd or participation the event would draw. When I got there I found out there were 93 competitors and the Men’s 40-49 class was the largest with 14 entrants. Not to be outdone, the ladies were represented with some quality looking competitors as well. Check out a small slideshow I put together.
I also got to meet Scot “Old Navy” Hults. This dude is the real thing. He is a personal trainer and earned his Masters Pro Card at the 2006 NGA National Bodybuilding & Figure World Championships in Georgia in September and a second Masters Pro Card at the 2006 IDFA Canadian Classic II in Toronto in November. He called me on the way over Friday and we got to talk a little and we have emailed and talked corresponded on the forum a little but this was our first face-to-face meeting. He has offered to help me when (and if) I ever decide I want to compete. That may come sooner than later. If you have not checked out Old Navy’s website or body space page, please do so. You do not have to read his writings or talk to him long before you realize what his real passion is.
He was an “unofficial” judge for this event. He is going for his judging certification and he had to judge this contest along with the regular judges. His marks did not count but they did have to be within a certain range of what the other judges scored the contestants. I talked with him during the intermission and he said it was one of the tightest contests he had ever seen. I guess it is easy to pick out the last place folks but when you get down to the top 3 or 5 it has to be tough. Even I could pick out who was not going to win. I had my favorites in each category but I am not sure if I was looking at the same thing the judges were.
All in all, it was a great day. I would have loved to hang around for the evening show and awards. Maybe next time I can. Who knows, maybe next time I’ll even be on stage. Only the shadow knows!
