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effalunt Posts: 333 Joined: 2002/10/17	2003/08/28, 07:57 PM My first contest is November 8. I'm hoping I can get the money together. I'm so lean already (about 10% and I haven't been trying to lean out) that I won't start dieting until the second week of September. The amazing thing is that I keep putting on muscle, even at that level of fat. I'm going to town with the flexibilty work, I used to dance so it shouldn't take long to get back to where I used to be. I've also got a friend who is helping me with posing and strength moves. I'm both excited and terrified at the same time. Somedays I still can't believe that this body belongs to me. -------------- Think you can or think you can't; either way you're right--Goethe
richardjst Posts: 410 Joined: 2002/07/13	2003/08/28, 11:04 PM Awesome!!!!Nerves are good, because when you go for something...and you aren't nervous, its not worth going for....believe your hard work has paid off-and hopefully it will...good luck!!! -------------- If hard work and persistence were the keys to success, most people would opt to pick the lock.~Dick
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2003/08/28, 11:28 PM Effalunt, are you doing the Rockford Classic?? -------------- Great people never want it easier, they just want to be better! Ron
effalunt Posts: 333 Joined: 2002/10/17	2003/08/29, 03:01 AM Nope, the Muscle Beach Classic in Edmonton. -------------- Think you can or think you can't; either way you're right--Goethe
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2003/08/29, 09:29 AM Well, congratulations to you. It is a cool thing. The reason I asked is the Rockford is also on that date, I am thinking about doing it. Anyway, being 10% bf now, you should probably be losing about 1 lb. per week, then about 6 weeks out, you will really have to tighten things up some. 10% sounds good, but getting from there to 5 or 4 gets difficult without shedding muscle. That bf will be much harder to shed than getting to 10%. The body starts fighting you very hard. I am in the high 8's right now, doing the same day contest. Good luck to you and congratulations. -------------- Great people never want it easier, they just want to be better! Ron
asimmer Posts: 8,201 Joined: 2003/01/07	2003/08/29, 10:11 AM Good luck effalunt!! You will do great! The first show is a great learning experience and you sound like you have the advantage of support from people who have done it themselves! Have fun, stay with it!
asimmer Posts: 8,201 Joined: 2003/01/07	2003/09/14, 11:48 AM effalunt - give us an update - how goes the training?
effalunt Posts: 333 Joined: 2002/10/17	2003/09/15, 02:30 PM Good. I started my diet yesterday/today. I'm adjusting alright to it, but it is so time consuming to measure and cook and do all that planning. I'm also in school, so the poor people next to me have to watch me eat whenever I'm due for a meal. Actually, they have to smell my tuna which is just like cat food. Ugh! Physically, I've increased a bunch in strength (whoo hoo) and I'm getting better at the holds and strength moves. I've got my routine partly done and I need to go buy costume fabrics right away. Life's a complete zoo. -------------- Think you can or think you can't; either way you're right--Goethe
asimmer Posts: 8,201 Joined: 2003/01/07	2003/09/15, 02:52 PM I know what you mean about the smell. I used to duck behind the desk in the personal training center at the gym to jam 2 fish fillets down inbetween clients. Needless to say, the runners on the track would ask if I was sharing... Enjoy the commotion and pose, pose, pose! Strength moves - are you doing fitness? I admire you, at least in bodybuilding routines we don't have to flip or anything!
effalunt Posts: 333 Joined: 2002/10/17	2003/09/15, 07:54 PM Yes, I'm into fitness. I'm the right build naturally, and I used to dance, so it's perfect for me. -------------- Think you can or think you can't; either way you're right--Goethe
I_Am-aZon Posts: 893 Joined: 2003/02/18	2003/09/22, 11:47 AM Just wanted to wish you luck effalunt although you seem as if you've got it all under control :)
kirby00 Posts: 238 Joined: 2002/11/05	2003/09/22, 12:21 PM Ditto. Hope you're holding up in the zoo. :)
effalunt Posts: 333 Joined: 2002/10/17	2003/09/22, 02:28 PM Thanks for the support. I'm hanging in there.