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RE: Training For My First Natural Pro Masters Contest a... - 5/4/2007 5:05:51 AM
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Friday, May 4, 2007 - Check In Day For My Final Amateur Contest2007 NPC Vulcan Classic, Birmingham, Alabama Weight: 152.2 Contest Goal: 150.0 My one concern is "making weight" at the check-in this evening. I have been waking up each morning below the Lightweight Class maximum (154.25). But, by the time I arrive home from work, after eating and drinking all day, my weight is over the Lightweight Class maximum. Yesterday morning I weighed 152.8. When I returned home from work, I weighed 155.6. I know it's a lot of water weight, but I have to weigh-in this evening between 6 - 9 PM. I usually don't worry about weight, but in this case, I would rather compete in the Open Lightweight Class, where the weight is 143.25 - 154.25 than the Middleweight Class, where the weight is 154.50 - 174.25. I would rather be at the top of my weight class instead of the bottom. I did not go to the gym this morning. I stayed home and did a pump-up and practice posing session. I will continue on my water and diet for the day, and hopefully, for me, have a "successful" weigh-in this evening. I'll keep you posted.
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RE: Training For My First Natural Pro Masters Contest a... - 5/5/2007 7:50:25 PM
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Saturday, May 5, 2007, NPC Vulcan Classic, Birmingham, Alabama
Results: Open Men’s Lightweight – Second; Men’s Master 50+ First
After coming off of a six-month hiatus from competing, I was eager to return to competition. With two weeks to go until my first Pro Show on May 12, I decided to enter the NPC Vulcan Classic, held in Birmingham, Alabama, where I live. It’s the second year for this non-pro qualifier. The NPC is interested in this show and had the NPC Alabama State Chairman as the Head Judge.
The show had several small classes, including Teen, Novice, Junior Open, Open, Masters and Figure. There was also a Mr. Birmingham class. There were no female bodybuilders entered.
All of the classes were competitive, as several athletes were using this show as a warm up for upcoming NPC pro-qualifier contests.
I competed in the Men’s Master 50+ Class and since the other 50+ Master who paid to enter didn’t show up, I was the only one in the Class, so I placed First. On stage, I competed with the Men’s Master 40+ Class and that was awesome. They kept us on stage for quite a while. I loved it. Hell, I wanted to beat some of those kids, so I posed like I was trying to. LOL
In the Open Men’s Lightweight Class, there was one other competitor, an outstanding young athlete who was my size and weight. He is a 35 year-old active duty U.S. Navy Recruiter, based in Birmingham. This was his second show. He was outstanding. He is a natural athlete and we talked back stage about him competing in natural federations. We are going to work together towards that goal. A Navy Captain helping a Navy Chief Petty Officer. Makes sense to us.
I had a great time with my individual posing routine, a 60-seconds version of my Glenn Miller St. Louis Blues March routine. The audience seemed to enjoy it, too.
So, now, I fly to Las Vegas tomorrow to attend a convention and then on Wednesday, I fly to Salt Lake City, Utah and meet up with my distance training client who is going to compete in the 2007 NGA Mountain States Regional Bodybuilding Championship as a Novice and Master. I am the Guest Poser for his show and will compete in the 2007 NGA Olympic Gold Junior Pro Championship that same night.
I am confident that this warm up show was very beneficial and will allow me to come in a little better when I step onto the stage in Salt Lake City next Saturday.
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RE: Training For My First Natural Pro Masters Contest a... - 5/7/2007 3:02:31 PM
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Monday, May 7, 2007 - Las Vegas, Five Days Until My First Pro Show
Sunday morning, after my Saturday night NPC contest in Birmingham, AL, I flew to Las Vegas, NV to attend a convention with my company. I am staying at the Mandelay Bay Resort. This is an incredible facility. My room has a full-size wall mounted wide screen TV, a huge bathroom with standup shower and deep tub. My 11th floor view looks out over the Las Vegas Strip. Sweet.
Best of all is the Fitness Center. This place is awesome. In addition to a huge workout area with plenty of weights and cardio equipment, it has three whirlpools, a large steam room, sauna and private walk-in showers. They offer free fruit, water, soft drinks, juices and pastries (if you are interested). The Center is a little pricey ($26.00 a day), but, I made friends with the clerk at the front desk at the hotel when I checked in and mentioned I was training for my first Pro Show this Saturday, so she didn't charge me for my three-day spa membership. Also Sweet. The perks of being a Pro Bodybuilder. LOL There were quite a few people using the spa who stayed over after the De La Joya - Meriwether fight. Lots of shadow boxing going on in the Fitness Center.
I had a little trouble finding the food I needed on Sunday evening. This town is expensive. One place I looked at offered a Salmon dish for $46.00. I passed. I found a restaurant and had a small steak and salad for a lot less. This morning, at the hotel, my three egg whites omelet, grapefruit juice and coffee only cost $26.00.
My training consisted of some core work, with three or four exercises per body part and 10-20 reps each. Then I did 30 minutes of cardio, and in my room, a practice posing session. I will do another round of cardio and practice posing later.
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Scott "Old Navy" Hults, NFPT-CPT; NGA-CPT
FAME, NGA & IDFA Natural Master Pro Bodybuilder
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RE: Training For My First Natural Pro Masters Contest a... - 5/12/2007 12:47:27 PM
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Friday, May 11, 2007, NGA Mountain States Regional/Olympic Gold Junior Pro Championship My training client and I arrived in Salt Lake City, Utah this afternoon and after checking into the hotel, went to the venue to meet Blair Dean, the contest promoter. I am Vice President of Marketing and Promotion for the NGA and this was my chance to spend some time with an NGA Regional Chairman. Blair is a good man. He has been promoting shows in the Mountain States for many years and he knows his business. This will be a well-run show. Doc and I helped Blair set up the trophy display and pump up room. We then spent a lot of time with Blair, talking about the evolution of our Sport. It was all very interesting. We then took care of the polygraph tests and then had our last meal of the day. Check in is a noon tomorrow and the competitors then arrive at the venue at 6 PM for a 7 PM start. This will be an one-session show, with prejudging, individual posing rounds and the awards ceremony for each class at one time. The show starts with the Teens, then the Novice, Figure, Masters and Open. I will do my Guest Posing after the intermission after the Masters and before the Open. My Junior Pro contest follows the Open Over All. Blair has invited Doc and me to have dinner with his staff and the judges after the show. Doc and I are as ready as we can be. He dropped about 30 pounds in eight months for this show and will come in at around 146. I will come in at 150. We are both cut and tight. Sweet.
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RE: Training For My First Natural Pro Masters Contest a... - 5/13/2007 7:37:37 PM
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Sunday, May 13, 2007, Salt Lake City, Utah, NGA Olympic Gold Junior Pro Championship
Results: Third Place
What a night. It was my first Guest Poser appearance and my first Pro Competition.
I had a great time doing my three 90-seconds posing routines, back-to-back, with costume changes (quickly) in front on 450 people at the 2007 NGA Mountain States Regional Pro Qualifier Bodybuilding and Figure Championship, in Bountiful, Utah, a suburb of Salt Lake City. I believe the audience had as much fun watching as I did performing.
The contest began with a large Teen Class, followed by an equally large Masters Class. I did my Guest Posing stint following the Novice and Figure Competition.
The Open Class completed their competition and then the NGA Olympic Gold Junior Pro Championship completed the evening.
I had time to pump up while the Open was in progress and was ready when the Head Judge called the Pros to the stage.
The NGA Olympic Gold Junior Pro Championship is for first-time professional athletes and the competition for me was exciting and fun as we began to hit our poses for the first time as Pros.
First Place went to Shane Stewart, NGA Mr. Utah for 2005 & 2006. Second Place went to Ray Long, from South Carolina, now living in Utah. Ray is a 190 pound, 5' 6" former power lifter. His quad, hams, chest, back package was awesome.
I was proud to stand with these guys and place Third in my first pro show.
In addition to the cash prize, we were awarded beautiful leather show jackets with the 2007 NGA Olympic Gold Junior Pro Champion embossed on the back and the NGA logo over the chest on the left front. A Very Cool Jacket.
After the show, the promoter, Blair Dean, invited Doc and me to have dinner with his family, the show staff and some of the judges. Blair is a Class Act, and this was a great experience.
And, my training client, Doc Dana, placed Third in the Novice Lightweight Class in the Mountain States Regional.
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Scott "Old Navy" Hults, NFPT-CPT; NGA-CPT
FAME, NGA & IDFA Natural Master Pro Bodybuilder
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RE: Training For My First Natural Pro Masters Contest a... - 5/14/2007 9:29:17 AM
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Monday, May 14, 2007 It's really starting to sink in. I actually had my first Guest Poser appearance and also competed in my first Pro Show on Saturday. How cool was that? I had a great time and a memorable experience. It was my 18th show. I remember my first amateur contest, the NPC Northern Kentucky in March 2005. I will certainly add my first Guest Poser appearance and Pro Show to my bodybuilding memory bank. In addition to the cash prize I received for placing Third, they presented me with a leather jacket with "NGA 2007 Olympic Gold Junior Pro Champion" embossed on the back.. It was about 70 degrees out when I left home for the gym this morning. I took the lining out of the jacket and wore my new "trophy" over my gym clothes. It felt great. When I get home after work, I will hang it in the closet and then continue to prepare for my next competition. I felt at the Pro Show I needed to add some more size to my legs and to work on my abs. I started a new workout plan today that will emphasize those body parts as I prepare for a contest on June 30th. I am doing three sets of every exercise, going to failure at 6RM, 12 RM and 25 RM. I will work this plan for the next six weeks.
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Scott "Old Navy" Hults, NFPT-CPT; NGA-CPT
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RE: Training For My First Natural Pro Masters Contest a... - 5/15/2007 8:02:40 AM
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Tuesday, May 15, 2007
I continued to work on adding size to my legs by working "reps to failure" sets. I did squats, extensions, ham curls, adduction and abduction. Each exercise consisted of three sets. The first was 6 RM, the second was 12 RM and the third was 25 RM. This was tough. I ended the workout with three sets of 25 reps of seated calve raises. Tomorrow is a cardio only day, with some abs work and pull ups for good measure.
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Scott "Old Navy" Hults, NFPT-CPT; NGA-CPT
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RE: Training For My First Natural Pro Masters Contest a... - 5/16/2007 8:34:18 AM
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you really are an insperation to us all keep it up and good luck
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RE: Training For My First Natural Pro Masters Contest a... - 5/17/2007 7:04:09 AM
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Thursday, May 17, 2007 - 44 Days Until My Next Contest Today I continued my three sets-to-failure exercise plan. In each exercise, I picked a weight where I failed at 6 reps on set one, 12 reps on set two and 25 reps on set three. I did shoulders, back and biceps sets, including shoulder presses, shrugs, lats pull downs, laterals, dumb bell biceps curls, machine curls, and cable curls. I ended the session with palms facing me pull ups, hanging leg raises and slant board sit ups. This was a solid, pumped workout.
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Scott "Old Navy" Hults, NFPT-CPT; NGA-CPT
FAME, NGA & IDFA Natural Master Pro Bodybuilder
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RE: Training For My First Natural Pro Masters Contest a... - 5/18/2007 10:20:03 AM
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Friday, May 18, 2007 - Six Weeks Until My Next Contest I did my second legs and calves workout of the week, using different equipment than I did on Tuesday. My three-sets-to-failure exercises included seated leg press, lunges, seated ham curls, extensions, and standing calve raises. My sets were 6 RM, 12 RM and 25 RM. Tough Stuff.
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Scott "Old Navy" Hults, NFPT-CPT; NGA-CPT
FAME, NGA & IDFA Natural Master Pro Bodybuilder
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RE: Training For My First Natural Pro Masters Contest a... - 5/21/2007 1:24:51 PM
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Monday, May 21, 2007 - 40 Days Until My Next Contest I was a judge on Saturday for the 2007 FAME SNBF Capital Classic Bodybuilding, Fitness and Figure Championships in Montgomery, Alabama. It was a pro qualifier and my third contest judging opportunity. The Capital Classic is a good show. We had 44 very competitive athletes with competition in nearly every class. My scores were very much in line with the other judges. The only area I need to work on as a judge is Figure, but I'm learning. And, as a judge, I really learn a lot that is helpful to me in my competitions. I get a different perspective from the other side of the lights. With 40 days to go until the 2007 NPA Masters Universe in Ft. Lee, VA, I am back on my contest prep diet. I enjoyed the week off after my last show on May 12th. Today I continued the 6 RM, 12 RM, 24 RM sets to failure exercises. It was chest and triceps day and I did incline dumb bell flies, flat bench dumb bell flies and decline dumb bell flies. I also did pec deck and ended the session with 50 push ups and 50 slant board crunches.
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Scott "Old Navy" Hults, NFPT-CPT; NGA-CPT
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RE: Training For My First Natural Pro Masters Contest a... - 5/22/2007 5:38:59 AM
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May 22, 2007 - 39 Days Until My Next Contest It was legs and calves day as I continued my 6 RM, 12 RM and 25 RM three-sets to failure on each exercise workout plan. I know this is working because my chest and triceps are sore from yesterday's session. Today I did squats, lunges, extensions, ham curls and calve raises. I ended the session with a short, moderate, elevated tread mill run. I'm leaving Birmingham, Alabama this morning for New York City on business through Friday. I have already checked out the hotel and it has a good gym. I'll report daily on my workouts from The Big Apple.
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Scott "Old Navy" Hults, NFPT-CPT; NGA-CPT
FAME, NGA & IDFA Natural Master Pro Bodybuilder
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RE: Training For My First Natural Pro Masters Contest a... - 5/23/2007 2:07:21 PM
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Wednesday, May 23, 2007, 38 Days Until My Next Show
I am in Brooklyn, New York attending a conference. The gym at the Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge Hotel is excellent. It is a private club that offers guest memberships to hotel guests at no charge. The gym is well equipped. One of my Distance Training clients from California, Greg Tarczynski, a professional photographer, is covering the conference. It gives me the opportunity to train with Greg, one-on-one, today, Thursday and Friday. It's good to be able to work with one of my clients instead of offering advice by cell phone, emails and chat.
Today Greg and I worked chest, triceps and abs. He enjoyed the 6 RM, 12 RM and 25 RM sets. We ended the session with a tread mill run. Tomorrow we will hit back and biceps.
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Scott "Old Navy" Hults, NFPT-CPT; NGA-CPT
FAME, NGA & IDFA Natural Master Pro Bodybuilder
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RE: Training For My First Natural Pro Masters Contest a... - 5/24/2007 12:42:59 PM
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Thursday, May 24, 2007 - Brooklyn, New York
My training client, Greg, and I had a great workout in the Marriott At The Brooklyn Bridge hotel gym. We did several sets of 6 RM, 12 RM and 25 RM back, shoulder and biceps exercises. We did lats pull downs, low rows, high rows and machine shoulder presses and shrugs. For biceps, we did cable curls and worked the rack with 10 X 30, 25, 20, 15 and 10 pound seated dumb bell curls. We ended the session with some moderate tread mill work and abs crunches. Tomorrow, our last day together, we will work legs and calves. It's a little hard staying on a strict diet while attending a business conference, but we are trying.
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Scott "Old Navy" Hults, NFPT-CPT; NGA-CPT
FAME, NGA & IDFA Natural Master Pro Bodybuilder
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RE: Training For My First Natural Pro Masters Contest a... - 5/25/2007 5:59:28 PM
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Friday, May 25, 2007 - Check In At My Next Contest Is Five Weeks From Today I arrived back in Birmingham, Alabama from New York City at 5 PM Central time today. Both the New York and Birmingham Airports were crowded due to the Memorial Day weekend travel. I'm glad I beat the rush. I worked out with my training client, Greg, early this morning before I left for the airport. We had a strong legs and calves training session, including squats, lunges, extensions, ham curls and seated calve raises. I will take the weekend off and hit the gym on Monday morning as I begin a slow five-week contest diet to prepare for the 2007 NPA Masters Universe in Ft. Lee, Virginia on June 30.
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Scott "Old Navy" Hults, NFPT-CPT; NGA-CPT
FAME, NGA & IDFA Natural Master Pro Bodybuilder
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