SixZebra’s Workouts

Glad I did it, glad its over!  I managed to place 4th in my class for which I’m grateful.  Could I have done better?  Its really tough to say.  There are several things going on that may have prevented me from placing higher.  I think the biggest thing was that I had scheduled a photo shoot the day before the show.  I basically peaked for the shoot, and then afterwards, it all went downhill.

This isn’t necessarily a bad thing.  I’d say in a week or so most everyone will forget about the Northern results and move on to the next show.  The pictures - well they are here forever.  No doubt I put more importance into how I looked for that than I did the show.  I didn’t peak on purpose,  rather accidentally.  It’s taken me 15 contests and reading Layne’s articles on water to finally figure out that I do not need to cut back on water thursday into friday. 

My trainer keeps pretty meticulous notes on my diet/training so he is well aware of how my body works now.  Let me back up a bit though,  I’ve always prepped this way with dropping water.  I’ve always come in hard and dry.  What probably made this a little different was the amount of stress I put upon myself in regards to doing the photo shoot.  So stressed that I did not sleep the night before the show.  Of course, having no sleep was an additional stress and I just went down hill the rest of the show day.

I started competing in bodybuilding, so that is definitely another factor that affects me now as a figure competitor.  Several girls at the show commented that I still looked like a bodybuilder.  After having looked at the comparison photos, another glitch is my particular physique.  I have very long legs and a very short torso which totally throws off any symmetry I might have.    I think subconsciously when I pose I tend to still want to look big as I did in bodybuilding. 

Its something I need to work on - that is, trying to hide/fix my flaws for the next contest.  Yeah, I already have my next show planned. 

Overall though, I can’t wait to get my pics from the photoshoot back, the show, well that’s history.

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