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RE: My first contest prep. - 9/6/2005 8:59:19 AM
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AnimalForever1
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3 words: Dieting F^&^%^$%%^$$%#$%#@@@ing SUCKS.
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RE: My first contest prep. - 9/6/2005 7:37:47 PM
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AnimalForever1
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Now that that is outta me I feel better, anyway, I have been looking at this whole experience as a right of passage. I now believe that all true bodybuilders can only call themselves a bodybuilder when they have actually dieted down for a contest. Everyone else just lifts weights. I'm not hatin' on anyone I just think that if you wanna call urself a bodybuilder then you need to go through this "passage way". To complete the ultimate transformation and I think alot of you will agree with me on this.
Also I have just spent around $175 on my post-contest supplements to start my bulk. Supplements include the following: AnimalPak, 5lb PowerButter, ErgoPharm All-in-One amino drink, Uni-Liver, 6.25lb Real Gains protein, 40 packs of ProLab MRP powder, Storm creatine drink, and i believe that is it. I think that should do the trick with supplements. Pretty basic set-up. I can't wait to gain for frickin' weight!
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RE: My first contest prep. - 9/7/2005 4:48:22 AM
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Nic
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I can't wait for the results ! You have a complete website behind you ! And you even have a National DB qualifier ! Consider yourself lucky !
But I disagree about the cutting to be ripped thing, I've been fine tuning the art of bodybuilding in the past 4 years without touching to anything, no pills exept Multis and fish oils, no creatine nothing. I've been trough University and lots of seminaries, only because I wanted to know more about my body and the best way to make it look more big here and there. I will never be a heavy bodybuilder becaused I simply don't want to, I'll never have a ripped body because I don't want to, I'll never go trought a rough rough diet because I don't want to compete. But being a bodybuilder is not from diet...it's a state of mind, it's something you have to do with passion and lots of pain, it's a combination of many thing ans believe me my friend, I consider myself a bodybuilder for everything I do each and every day. But again here it's my opinion. I can understand the way you feel and all. The only difference we have is that you want to compare you shysique with other and I just don't want to...I bodybuild for me and for me only, the mirror is my judge and my motivation. We simply have different point of views !
But again, can't wait to see your final ripped body !
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RE: My first contest prep. - 9/7/2005 8:59:43 AM
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AnimalForever1
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Right on man, I understand what your saying and I wasn't trying to call shots at anyone. I just believe to call oneself a "bodybuilder" you need and should experience the complete cycle of bulking, cutting, contest, and glory. I have done the 1st two and I can't wait to experience the last too. If you are happy with what u do then more power to you. Some will never bodybuild to compete but I think its something everyone should try atleast once. You don't know what your made of until to do the whole thing. But this is simply my opinion and to each his/her own. Thanks for the support and I thank everyone else here on DB.
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RE: My first contest prep. - 9/7/2005 10:42:59 AM
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I have to agree with Matt (AnimalForever1) on this one. The difference between a "bodybuilder" and someone who builds his body in the gym is the difference between someone who snorkles and someone who scuba dives. I am a certified (NAUI) scuba diver. It's one thing to float on the surface and look down into the water though your mask and breath though your snorkle tube while you watch the fish swimming below. It's another thing to strap on your tanks, adjust your mouthpiece, tighten your mask, roll over backwards off your boat into the sea and swim down about 60 feet to play with the sea urchins. And when you come face to face with a shark or watch an eel slink back into its coral hole as you approach, you really get the feeling you are doing something special. It's the same thing with bodybuilding. When you work your butt off until you drop, diet until you can't stand it and then do it some more, practice posing until your muscles ache, tan until you are darker than night, and then, cut and ripped to ribbons, line up on the stage with other like-minded bodybuilders to be judged for five minutes, come back later that night and stand on the stage for five more minutes, while you do you posing routine and maybe receive a trophy, and love every minute of it...this too is something special. This is "bodybuilding." I have been building my body in the gym for 15 years. I have been a "bodybuilder" for one. It has been the best year of my sporting life and I can't wait 'til next year to be a "bodybuilder" some more. 
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RE: My first contest prep. - 9/7/2005 7:39:54 PM
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AnimalForever1
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Hey Nic, Two against One... muhahahaha 
Thanks Navy.
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RE: My first contest prep. - 9/7/2005 7:43:33 PM
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Nic
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I'll have to compete then !
nah....forget it !
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RE: My first contest prep. - 9/8/2005 5:31:20 AM
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AnimalForever1
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Try it, I DARE YA! 
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RE: My first contest prep. - 9/8/2005 5:41:18 AM
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AnimalForever1
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Woo! I got Senior Member status! "Its gonna be a good day tater"
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RE: My first contest prep. - 9/8/2005 11:49:19 AM
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AnimalForever1
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Ha, well, again to each his/her own. Thanks D for the support, you have been great babe.
Well, tomorrow is the day in which i start moving down the hill and really go the final stretch of my journey. My trainer gave me the info today and its all planned out and i'm ready to start it tomorrow. Can't give any specifics so don't ask. I'll post pics later next week when i start carb loading and looking better and then after the show i'll post a ton of pics for everyone so just sit back and relax. I took all of next week off to help my body recover and for me to focus on the days ahead. I will continue to post probably every other day. Well, thats it, talk to you people soon.
Oh, on a lighter note, i got a phone number last night... haha
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RE: My first contest prep. - 9/13/2005 7:41:49 PM
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AnimalForever1
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Well, today was a 0 carb day and the last day of carb depletion. Tomorrow I start the carb load and water pills. I get a limited amount of water tomorrow so yeah. chicken and carbs. its gonna be kinda hard to manage out water for the day but i have a plan so hopely it goes well.
well, only a couple more days and today was the last day lifting any kinda weights. just some cardio in the morning, then CARBS!!! OHH YES!. gonna get my trunks thursday and get tanned up friday, then saturday is show time!! WOO!
Later ya'll.
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RE: My first contest prep. - 9/13/2005 9:10:46 PM
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dnyc99
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OMG!! Congrats Matt!! 
LoL I'm laughing here cause you can finally eat Carbs! Right on!
You are almost there Matt. Awesome!!
Can't wait to hear how your show went.
Go get 'em dude!
{{hugs}}
~D~
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RE: My first contest prep. - 9/16/2005 3:13:18 PM
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AnimalForever1
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Hello everyone. It is friday afternoon and i have about 3 coats of protan on and i just ate a good steak and potatoe dinner with a small side of veggies. Everything is coming together and tomorrow is the big day. I'll have some pics taken tonight and hopely be able to sleep OK. I still don't feel that nervous but i do feel kinda sad that its all gonna be over tomorrow. Now that i look at how far i have come, i feel very honored to have gone through such a pain in the ass journey. every bit of hunger and tiredness was worth it. I hope i walk away a champion tomorrow and nothing would make me happier than to post that tomorrow night. Either way, weither i win or come in 2nd, i know that i busted my ass for 10 weeks and i'm proud of that.
its kinda funny because i'm writing this from the gym that i train at. my trainer is training someone so i have nothing else to do.
I haven't had much water today but i feel ok. The past two days i went off caffeine and had killer headaches because of it but i got some strong black coffee this morning and that helped alot. i feel like a freak because of the protan. i'm a nice dirt color but it looks good when the light hits u and ur posing which is the point but i would never wear this stuff for any other purpose other than doing a show. I'm really excited about adding on some size soon. Its gonna start right after the show. Its gonna be full on bulk season 'til like Feb. 2006. I'll probably start getting ready for another show around then. Maybe start around March. I'm not sure. I will still probably go on as a Middle Weight but alot leaner and more muscle. Thats the plan anyway. I have all my supplements ready for Monday when I resume normal training and I hope to take in enough calories that i can train intensly. I miss lifting hard and really burning the hell outta a muscle.
Well, thats all i have to say so I'll report back tomorrow night or sunday with the results and probably some pics. Later guys, wish me luck.
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RE: My first contest prep. - 9/16/2005 3:27:40 PM
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dnyc99
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So PROUD of you Matt!!!
You are going to do awesome!!! I know it.
I'm so excited for you!! LoL
K...Do your stuff..and gives us the updates as soon as you can.
Hugs,
~D~
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RE: My first contest prep. - 9/16/2005 5:32:50 PM
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Old Navy
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Hey, Matt:
Congratulations, Man. You worked incredibly hard for this moment in your life. You are a Champion. All of us wish you great success tomorrow. And, all of us who have done what you did, know the work, sacrifice, pain and effort it takes to train for a contest. We are with you in spirit. Have a great time, Man This is your moment. You deserve it. 
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RE: My first contest prep. - 9/17/2005 7:37:18 PM
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AnimalForever1
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Well, i suppose this is the post everyone has been waiting for....
Yeah... I placed 1st in the mens Novice and 2nd in the Mens Junior Middle Weight. I should have placed 1st but they gave it to a guy that wasn't as cut or looked as good as I did. How F-ed up is that?
During pre-judging they put every guy in the middle weight class against me and I still stayed in the middle and I feel like the judges kinda rigged the whole thing but thats just what I think. Oh well, i know i looked better than that dude. i'll find a link to the guys picture and let u guys make the comparsion. I don't have any pics yet but I will on Monday when i see my trainer again. I would have really liked to have placed 1st in the Junior Middle but 2nd is better than 3rd. Later.
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RE: My first contest prep. - 9/18/2005 6:24:20 AM
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Old Navy
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Matt:
Congratulations on placing 1st in Men's Novice and 2nd in Junior Men's Middleweight. You may feel "cheated" by your 2nd place finish, but you did awesome in your first competition. Do you realize that less than 1/10 of 1% of men who regularly work out in the gym have done what you did: train for and compete in a bodybuilding competition?
The one thing you shouldn't do, though, is bitch about your Placement. That's not cool. I did six shows this year, Matt, and I was later told by knowledgeable guys I respect, that I should have placed higher in at least two of my contests. One was when I placed Third in my Class at the World Championships in Toronto. Most thought I should have placed Second. Some thought I should have placed First. I am proud of my Third Place finish. I'll try to improve on that next year.
There's more to a competition than how you look. The judges consider your posing, your stage presence, your confidence, your posing suit, your sportsmanship, your tan, your individual posing routine, etc. They judge the whole package. And if every thing else is close, or even, and one of your competitors has one thing slightly better than you, according to the six judges, he is going to Place higher than you. They also throw out the highest and lowest scores and determine the Placings from the remaining scores.
The contest was not rigged, or as you said, "I feel like the judges kinda rigged the whole thing." For you to say that is also not cool. Did you talk to the judges after your contest to see how you can improve? Did you ask them about any 'weak' areas that you need to work on? They obviously saw something that you might have overlooked in your training.
Matt, in my first contest, the 2005 NPC Northern Kentucky, I placed 6th out of 6 in Men's Bantam Weights and 10th out of 11 in Men's 50+. I was 61 years- old. I learned enough at that show, and after talking to the judges, that two weeks later in my next contest (natural-tested), I placed 3rd in Novice Men Lightweights (165 lbs) and 3rd in Open Men's Short (5' 7") against men in their 20s & 30s and 1st in Super Grand Master 60+.
You did awesome your first time out and you will continue to improve as you learn from each show exactly what the judges are looking for.
Matt, you are the Champion in Men's Novice. Enjoy your victory!
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