sblandrus’s BodyBlog

So this first competition was a very small one, only 100 total competitors, and actually, only 4 girls in my class including myself, the reason being this was the first year they hosted the Night of Champions in my city, it used to be held somewhere else. Anyhow, I’ve just taken it as a PERFECT first show to get my feet wet, and build some confidence.

So here are some things I did this time that I WON’T do next time:

Wore the worst outfit over my suit while i was waiting the day of my comp; I wore a short sleeved zip up hoodie, and you can see in my profile pic where it wore my spraytan off on my arms, and I also wore pants that were polyester-SO hot!! They made me sweat!!

Also, speaking of spray tan, won’t ever do that again!!! Mine kept getting messed up, and it was SUCH a pain, from what i read on the forum here, protan is the way to go, and one girl suggested mixing 1/2 jan tana, and 1/2 protan for a really nice color. I will be trying that.

I also started to sodium load/deplete the week before the competition. I know my body, and this does not make me look as dry as I could be, what makes me look the driest is drinking at least 2 gallons of water consistently, then all my veins start coming in.

Also, I am not going to wait until right before my competition to see how my body drops water, I am going to dedicate a few weeks to experimentation before the competition.

Also, not going to drop my water intake, but I am going to experiment with manipulating my carbs before the show, so I can look as full and dry as possible.

Things I WILL do at my next show, that worked for this show:

I will definitely continue to rigorously practice my posing, my posing by far was better than the other girls, because I practiced a LOT.

I will do my makeup and hair in a similar fashion, the judges came up to me afterwards and said they thought I should have taken overall, but to just keep doing what I’m doing and they think I will do well, and that my hair and makeup is just how it should be.

I also liked how I pumped up, I felt like it was really effective.

I will be resting a lot before the show, I think this helped.

I will walk on the stage with confidence, I think my confidence completely affected how I did on stage.

Can’t wait for March!!! See you in vancouver!!!