triguyColorado’s Bodyspace Bl

It is done and I learned a lot. I was very green going into this. I had never even seen a competition before yesterday. I did not know that I had to bring music. (One of the other competitors had an extra and let me use that. That was cool of him.) I enjoyed the experience and will do it again, but probably not until after this year’s triathlon season ends. At that point I may try to focus on body building for a couple of years and really see what I can do with a focused effort. This outcome was only based on a decision that I made just about three months ago.

So what did I learn? Now I understand why people here practice their posing. I am sure I was as stiff as a board. I also had no idea what was meant by tanning. I had a light spray on tan, but the competitors there were literally painting themselves black. (Personally, I think this is really excessive, but then again I am not making the rules.) I was in the wrong category. I was considering novice and I was actually in masters. I should have been in open/light weight. The lesson learned is that I should compete with guys my weight and not 40 to 50 pounds heavier than me regardless of how old they are or I am. I thought everyone was very supportive. I talked with the event organizer after my appearance and he said I had a good first showing and that I had a lot of raw potential. I agree with his assessment. I met a couple of trainers that I will seek out when I am ready to get really serious about this.

Thanks to everyone here for their support also. Train on.

So, I have ripped down to 131 and 6.5% body fat, at least as of this morning. I am not really sure what to expect tomorrow. There is a pre event meeting tomorrow at 3:00pm, and at 4:30 is pre-judging with the show at 7:00. Being my first time, I am not sure when the best time to "pump" up is. Would the event likely have some equipment or do I have to supply this on my own? I think tomorrow is going to be more of a learning experience than I would like.

I am pretty happy with my upper body, but my legs are like twigs. Actually my legs have some muscle, but little definition. Maybe the lights will help. I can only hope!

I have finished my build phase. I am going to take the next two weeks as rip down diet weeks. I was pretty pleased with my build phase. While I weighed myself at 136 yesterday, I had weighed up to 139 earlier in the week (that is the most I have ever weighted in my life). A little over a week ago I dropped off of creatine as it was bothering my sleep too much. My arms tend to "fall asleep" and go numb, not good. So, I expected to loose a bit of water weight and I think I have done that. I gained around five pounds, maybe three as muscle during this recent six week build phase. My body fat slowly creeped up to 10%. During the next two weeks, I wanted to get down to 6% body fat. According to the math, that would mean I would drop down to about 130 lbs. That’s a fair bit of weight to lose even with Hydroxycut and CLA. I am also taking HMB to try to preserve the muscle. I plan on fasting for three days starting next Friday. It isn’t exactly fun doing that, but I have lost a lot of weight in the past while fasting.