2008 Pittsburgh Championships results

[Fjock]

Just starting the thread while Matty and I wait to go back for the night show. Results will be posted tonight and pictures will be posted over the next few days. Props to nevrilkphoto for taking great pictures. Me, matty, and mxs all ended up eating qdoba after prejudging and it was amazing to say the least haha.

[BigChamp89]

best of luck, isnt trey guest posing there tonight?

[stayfit2008]

Is there a contender named Mike Jack,..over 30? if so,...how did he do?

[Fjock]

best of luck, isnt trey guest posing there tonight?

yes, ton of guest posers. Kai, trey, dexter, victor, cutler.... AMAZING contest they put together. One of the biggest and most professionally organized shows in the northeast hands down.

[Fjock]

Fjock Results -
1st place heavy novice (out of 11)
1st place novice overall out of 20 competitors total (Dont let the novice fool you, extremely tough competition at this caliber show and the pictures will prove.)

5th place open heavy (top 2 qualified for nationals in each class) EXTREMELY TOUGH CLASS and I'm absolutely thrilled with my placing. I had multiple pros congratulate me. No feeling like having Bill Wilmore waiting backstage to tell you how awesome you looked haha. I was by far the youngest up there and came three spots away from qualifying for nationals.

I will let Matty and Mxs elaborate on this thread on how they did.

I will begin to post the pictures I have tomorrow once i return home, and as photographers get them to me ill post more. I will also be appearing in an issue of Ironman magazine in a few months or so. Hell of a night considering this was meant to be a warm up show. The Lehigh should be interesting....

Feeling on top of the world right now gentlemen... but for now, I gotta take this lady out for a bite to eat :)

and BTW, Matty, mxs, are billy and some of the coolest bros ive ever met at a show. Thanks for all the support tonight fellas, i had a blast. I look forward to seeing at least a couple of you at the Lehigh. ESPECIALLY YOU MATT! lol

[Fjock]

Is there a contender named Mike Jack,..over 30? if so,...how did he do?

sorry bro dont recognize the name

[stayfit2008]

Thats cool,..Congrats on your placement,..cant wait to see the pics!

[Back Double Biceps18]

Congrats bro, hell of a showing! Must be a rush to have the pros complimenting your physique :)

[BigChamp89]

wow i saw the novice pics those dudes are insane, how did vic look? he guest posed right?

[Billyspt4]

Fjock Results -
1st place heavy novice (out of 11)
1st place novice overall out of 20 competitors total (Dont let the novice fool you, extremely tough competition at this caliber show and the pictures will prove.)

5th place open heavy (top 2 qualified for nationals in each class) EXTREMELY TOUGH CLASS and I'm absolutely thrilled with my placing. I had multiple pros congratulate me. No feeling like having Bill Wilmore waiting backstage to tell you how awesome you looked haha. I was by far the youngest up there and came three spots away from qualifying for nationals.

I will let Matty and Mxs elaborate on this thread on how they did.

I will begin to post the pictures I have tomorrow once i return home, and as photographers get them to me ill post more. I will also be appearing in an issue of Ironman magazine in a few months or so. Hell of a night considering this was meant to be a warm up show. The Lehigh should be interesting....

Feeling on top of the world right now gentlemen... but for now, I gotta take this lady out for a bite to eat :)

and BTW, Matty, mxs, are billy and some of the coolest bros ive ever met at a show. Thanks for all the support tonight fellas, i had a blast. I look forward to seeing at least a couple of you at the Lehigh. ESPECIALLY YOU MATT! lol


I can definitely vouch for the high level of competition. I was impressed with how many great competitors there were.

Congrats to the 3 of you!!! You all looked great! I wanted to apologize to you guys, I didn't dip out on you, I came back there again, but it wasn't until right before Phil Heath was walking on stage. I guess you guys had left or went out into the audience by then. You know the funny thing is fjock, the guy that won the bantamweights that you were talking to is my buddy that I came up there for. It was kinda weird to see him and you standing beside each other, you are built like a brick **** house

[jafomofo]

Fjock Results -
1st place heavy novice (out of 11)
1st place novice overall out of 20 competitors total (Dont let the novice fool you, extremely tough competition at this caliber show and the pictures will prove.)
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Congrats on your win, you definitely deserved it. Insane abs and overall development, much bigger than anyone else in the open.

Matty you looked good too and should have done better in the judging imho, especially in the teens. I gotta tease you for your 'smoothness' on the trophy platform when the guy next to you bricked on holding hands up for the celebration. Suave.

[MattyH7688]

Congrats on your win, you definitely deserved it. Insane abs and overall development, much bigger than anyone else in the open.

Matty you looked good too and should have done better in the judging imho, especially in the teens. I gotta tease you for your 'smoothness' on the trophy platform when the guy next to you bricked on holding hands up for the celebration. Suave.
haha thanks man

I was seriously shocked about the teen. Every single teen came up to me and thought I was top 3 lol. I somehow place in the men's novice(against tougher competition by far imo) and not the teen.. I asked a judge about it, and he said my color was ****ed basically and it was..

I went tanning quite a bit and my skin was peeling so it ****ed everything up bad.. I was honestly near depression after the teen, then i found out i placed in the novice lol.. just wow

I got so pissed after prejudging teen, I started chugging water and eating candy lol..

Lunch was great with brian(fjock), slammed down some burritos and mcdonalds :D

[Captain Sagara]

haha thanks man

I was seriously shocked about the teen. Every single teen came up to me and thought I was top 3 lol. I somehow place in the men's novice(against tougher competition by far imo) and not the teen.. I asked a judge about it, and he said my color was ****ed basically and it was..

I went tanning quite a bit and my skin was peeling so it ****ed everything up bad.. I was honestly near depression after the teen, then i found out i placed in the novice lol.. just wow

I got so pissed after prejudging teen, I started chugging water and eating candy lol..

Lunch was great with brian(fjock), slammed down some burritos and mcdonalds :D


Don't you have other competition in 6 weeks or something matty???
You gonna have shredded glutes by then...

[semper27]

Congratulations bro! Looking forward to seein the pics!

[MattyH7688]

Don't you have other competition in 6 weeks or something matty???
You gonna have shredded glutes by then...

yea man I was seriously close to quitting bodybuilding after getting ****ed beyond belief, then i placed in novice against MUCH tougher competition imo and wasnt so depressed

I said **** it, I am going to diet until I dont want it to be a question who should win the class. I seriously thought i was the leanest/biggest teen but my color sucked plain and simple and it screwed me and i will learn from the mistake

I didnt even want to binge after my show, even though i did eat some mcdonalds and mexican lol.. Today I am just gonna take it easy and eat when hungry then hit it hard monday


I should mention Fjock and MXS are real cool dudes and Fjock is an aboslute FREAK.. I seriously think you could get your pro card bro.. I dont know many, if any 21 year olds looking like you

[Captain Sagara]

yea man I was seriously close to quitting bodybuilding after getting ****ed beyond belief, then i placed in novice against MUCH tougher competition imo and wasnt so depressed

I said **** it, I am going to diet until I dont want it to be a question who should win the class. I seriously thought i was the leanest/biggest teen but my color sucked plain and simple and it screwed me and i will learn from the mistake

I didnt even want to binge after my show, even though i did eat some mcdonalds and mexican lol.. Today I am just gonna take it easy and eat when hungry then hit it hard monday


I should mention Fjock and MXS are real cool dudes and Fjock is an aboslute FREAK.. I seriously think you could get your pro card bro.. I dont know many, if any 21 year olds looking like you

How many cals are you having daily and how much cardio you're going throught???
Still using palumbo's???

[MattyH7688]

How many cals are you having daily and how much cardio you're going throught???
Still using palumbo's???
im gonna go 2 or 3 pro/veg days and 1 pro fat day.. i dunno, i will probably do two hours a day

**** is gonna suck with getting another job for summer

[Captain Sagara]

im gonna go 2 or 3 pro/veg days and 1 pro fat day.. i dunno, i will probably do two hours a day

**** is gonna suck with getting another job for summer

you're true warrior,you gonna be dieting for what 20 weeks in total???
Good thing is the binge meal is back weekly,true???

[MattyH7688]

you're true warrior,you gonna be dieting for what 20 weeks in total???
Good thing is the binge meal is back weekly,true???

24 weeks lol

I am NEVER getting so heavy in the off season.. stupid as ****.. If i could of stayed fairly lean and dieted the same length I could of been shredded

I was 232 starting my diet lol

I get the cheat meal back but only for like 2 weeks and depending on how much i gain from this weekend I may just skip it next week and only have one

i went on stage at 184-185 a bit dehyrated and I was like 194 just now.. so not to bad

I weighed in at 176(Was 181 12 hours before weigh ins then downed a ton of laxatives lol)

[Captain Sagara]

Damn your show had so much great pros guest posing,fukking awesome list...
You must have enjoyed so much...
but why in the hell all the pros looked like crap on the md photos???
Even Phil and Dexter was looking 9 months pregnant,bloated like ****...

[MattyH7688]

Damn your show had so much great pros guest posing,fukking awesome list...
You must have enjoyed so much...
but why in the hell all the pros looked like crap on the md photos???
Even Phil and Dexter was looking 9 months pregnant,bloated like ****...

not just the pros

all the competitors look like crap too.. this show had some FREAKY competitors, and then I see the pics and am like WTF

[Fjock]

yea man I was seriously close to quitting bodybuilding after getting ****ed beyond belief, then i placed in novice against MUCH tougher competition imo and wasnt so depressed

I said **** it, I am going to diet until I dont want it to be a question who should win the class. I seriously thought i was the leanest/biggest teen but my color sucked plain and simple and it screwed me and i will learn from the mistake

I didnt even want to binge after my show, even though i did eat some mcdonalds and mexican lol.. Today I am just gonna take it easy and eat when hungry then hit it hard monday


I should mention Fjock and MXS are real cool dudes and Fjock is an aboslute FREAK.. I seriously think you could get your pro card bro.. I dont know many, if any 21 year olds looking like you
Haha we worked our asses off to recover that tan bro. Was tough work but was at least much better then when you got up that morning.

Bros, i also had a half ass binge last night haha. I think it was mainly because I didnt wanna look like an absolute pig in front of this chick. And I was scared of rebounding too bad because I think Im going to stay on track for the Lehigh. But she understood why I made us stop at mcdonalds after dinner for MORE shakes matty hahaha. You guys should have seen this guy after prejuding... We hopped in my whip along with one of the guys that I competed with in the open since I had known him from a prior competition. We drove down a street with a crap load of restaurants and I thought this poor kid was gonna lose his mind. If I didnt say something when I did i think he might have had the most distended belly ive ever seen. Matty finished his burrito at the Mexican place literally but I even sat down with my order. I put my head down to take a bite and look back up and this man had already gone across the street to mcdonalds to get a mcflurry i think.

Bottom line is, I think matty is one of the funniest kids ive ever been around. Had me crackin up most of the day. Even though things were going crappy with the judging, he was able to keep his composure back stage and continue with the novice and open. I wouldnt for a second let him think about quitting bbing... that mofo simply has worked too hard and too long for that kinda non sense.

Anyway, I should be leaving this hotel rather soon so i can get my ass home and show yall some pictures!

[Fjock]

Damn your show had so much great pros guest posing,fukking awesome list...
You must have enjoyed so much...
but why in the hell all the pros looked like crap on the md photos???
Even Phil and Dexter was looking 9 months pregnant,bloated like ****...

haha, except for anyone considering during the NY Pro next weekend, they are all almost off season im sure. It was an amazing site back stage guys... I walk back after the open placings and there was literally like all the top pros excluding just a few guys all pumping up at the same time. And this is when almost all the NPC competitors had cleared out mostly so we were easily outnumbered by the pros ha. I was messin with trey brewer (although hes not pro) and asking for some bulking techniques since we have similar strategies haha.

The funny and strange thing to me was... I felt the least bit star struck like i thought I would been in a situation like this. Didnt feel the need to bust out my camera and get all crazy or anything. I was mostly just jokin around with the guys as if I had run into them all before ( a few I have). But just watching the way those guys carry themselves at these sorts of events... really makes me sure that this is the goal I want to strive for. I love this ****!

[Captain Sagara]

haha, except for anyone considering during the NY Pro next weekend, they are all almost off season im sure. It was an amazing site back stage guys... I walk back after the open placings and there was literally like all the top pros excluding just a few guys all pumping up at the same time. And this is when almost all the NPC competitors had cleared out mostly so we were easily outnumbered by the pros ha. I was messin with trey brewer (although hes not pro) and asking for some bulking techniques since we have similar strategies haha.

The funny and strange thing to me was... I felt the least bit star struck like i thought I would been in a situation like this. Didnt feel the need to bust out my camera and get all crazy or anything. I was mostly just jokin around with the guys as if I had run into them all before ( a few I have). But just watching the way those guys carry themselves at these sorts of events... really makes me sure that this is the goal I want to strive for. I love this ****!


Sure they were all bulking with the exception of Fankhouser and Trey who are dieting down for shows but usually most of them look good off-season but in those pics they were all looking like major crap,those md photos are a piece of crap really...I doubt they were looking nearly as bad as the photos showned...

[Fjock]

a little back double bi action with the big boys. I was thrilled to be part of the first callout. The guy to my right is the dude Matty and I hung out with after pre judging. He competed at the Philadelphia with me last year but he was a light heavy. This guy has competed all over in all different levels of comp. He did the amateur at the Arnie Classic... awsome guy from Sierra Leone(West Africa)
http://i25.tinypic.com/2q8byo5.jpg

[Fjock]

thank god I have a decent back or these guys would have blown me away.
http://i26.tinypic.com/294l28j.jpg

[Fjock]

First overall pose down Ive been involved in and what a rush it is. Lighting murdering the striations in my quads but I have some decent backstage pics ill be post later.
http://i25.tinypic.com/qq7oft.jpg

[Rigit23]

holy **** dude, you are enormous!

Definitely a future pro in my opinion!

[MattyH7688]

Haha we worked our asses off to recover that tan bro. Was tough work but was at least much better then when you got up that morning.

Bros, i also had a half ass binge last night haha. I think it was mainly because I didnt wanna look like an absolute pig in front of this chick. And I was scared of rebounding too bad because I think Im going to stay on track for the Lehigh. But she understood why I made us stop at mcdonalds after dinner for MORE shakes matty hahaha. You guys should have seen this guy after prejuding... We hopped in my whip along with one of the guys that I competed with in the open since I had known him from a prior competition. We drove down a street with a crap load of restaurants and I thought this poor kid was gonna lose his mind. If I didnt say something when I did i think he might have had the most distended belly ive ever seen. Matty finished his burrito at the Mexican place literally but I even sat down with my order. I put my head down to take a bite and look back up and this man had already gone across the street to mcdonalds to get a mcflurry i think.

Bottom line is, I think matty is one of the funniest kids ive ever been around. Had me crackin up most of the day. Even though things were going crappy with the judging, he was able to keep his composure back stage and continue with the novice and open. I wouldnt for a second let him think about quitting bbing... that mofo simply has worked too hard and too long for that kinda non sense.

Anyway, I should be leaving this hotel rather soon so i can get my ass home and show yall some pictures!
hahahaha good times.. I am just glad my gut went down enough to be presentable

I dunno about the lehighs, I am doing the PAs for 100% sure in allentown in june.

I am still very much up in the air about the lehighs.. We will see how I get back on track this week. I did just eat some mcdonalds and drank like a gallon of chocolate milk and orange juice lol. Good luck at the lehighs, get that overall!

[mxsprocket1]

Yo Brian and Matt, I want to congradulate you guys on your winnings!

I took 5th in the Open Lightweights. My color was off for sure. I put 7 or 8 coats and still got bleached under the lights. Its a shame I didn't place in Novice and it still doesn't make sense but you live and you learn.

Brian, I'll see you at Lehigh! Lets go from 5th to 1st buddy!

I start cardio back up tonight

[Billyspt4]

The pros definitely looked better in person, but they are by no means cut in person. It's crazy to think they look like that an then come October will be absolutely shredded again

[Captain Sagara]

The pros definitely looked better in person, but they are by no means cut in person. It's crazy to think they look like that an then come October will be absolutely shredded again

Hard dieting followed closely by an expert on nutricionism,countless hours of cardio and stuff like DNP,ECA,T3 & T4,Clen,Masteron & Trenb. can do wonders in 12 weeks...

[Billyspt4]

Hard dieting followed closely by an expert on nutricionism,countless hours of cardio and stuff like DNP,ECA,T3 & T4,Clen,Masteron & Trenb. can do wonders in 12 weeks...

Very true

[Captain Sagara]

Very true

As more as i know about those drugs,the more i can give credit to guys like Vance because attaining naturally that kind of condition is very,very hard...
This is no knock on the pros because in the end of the day pros and naturals just go throuth the same sacrifice and hard work but it's a fact those drugs do speed up things and can take you to a next level of leaness...

[stayfit2008]

I take this appraoch,..Bodybuilders using those enhancing drugs put them in their catagory,..anyone new,..i.e. amature who decide to go that route have to compete against that level of competition,..it's very hard to place once one decides to step into that aspect of bodybuilding, not to mention very expensive. For this reason I came to appreciate the natural level. I compete against naturals,..thats it. Good luck to everyody is my motto. :)

[njmuscle66]

Great showing Fjock. I just noticed your 5th place showing in the Open was 1 place ahead of the guy that won the Masters PA last year. You have a bright future in the sport............Good luck

[MattyH7688]

the kid who won:
http://www.musculardevelopment.com/photos/transferred/_W5Q9437_DFMFNDSTUA.jpg

me:
http://www.musculardevelopment.com/photos/transferred/_W5Q9335_ZQLAIALOLI.jpg



ZZZZZ

[M4A1 Widowmaker]

Wow, he has no lats and no quad separation.

Also, your front delts look a lot better.

Not sure how the hell he beat you but you look great.

How was Primanti's?

[MattyH7688]

Wow, he has no lats and no quad separation.

Also, your front delts look a lot better.

Not sure how the hell he beat you but you look great.

How was Primanti's?

didnt get to go :(

I didnt end up leaving the show until around 1130

[Fjock]

Great showing Fjock. I just noticed your 5th place showing in the Open was 1 place ahead of the guy that won the Masters PA last year. You have a bright future in the sport............Good luck

thanks a ton bro, means a lot comin from someone with such experience in NPC in this area.

[Fjock]

was hoping my legs would show up more like this under the lighting...
http://i31.tinypic.com/1r83gi.jpg

[MattyH7688]

was hoping my legs would show up more like this under the lighting...

lighting there and MD pics SUCKED.. A lot of these guys who looked like freaks in person, the pics dont do them justice

[Fjock]

god i love figure girls... the first one trains at my gym up here in jerz. These two looked great and are some of the nicest women ive come into contact with backstage.
http://i25.tinypic.com/16lwsvb.jpg
http://i29.tinypic.com/ar33l.jpg

[MattyH7688]

did you get to meet up ith the one after :D

[Fjock]

Chillen with the boss big mike back stage... Matt sry bro but the only pic I have of us we look like we are just holding hands and looks pretty homo so Ill skip on it hahahah
http://i25.tinypic.com/1f9q8l.jpg

[Fjock]

Wow, he has no lats and no quad separation.

Also, your front delts look a lot better.

Not sure how the hell he beat you but you look great.

How was Primanti's?

LOL which reminds me! Matty i forgot to tell you.... I ended up at Primantis last night randomly. Had no idea I was even near it and literally just walked by it and recognized the name from you talking about it. Food was awesome to say the least bro.... good call. And you won that god damn teen man. We need to get you to the Lehigh somethin fierce for a 1st place

[Fjock]

did you get to meet up ith the one after :D

absolutely... lets just say I kept the binge eating down to a minimum so i could "perform" later that night. And no Im not talkin about on stage bwahaha

[M4A1 Widowmaker]

didnt get to go :(

I didnt end up leaving the show until around 1130

The one at the Waterfront is open til 2 or 3

Just sayin...

Where was the show anyways?


LOL which reminds me! Matty i forgot to tell you.... I ended up at Primantis last night randomly. Had no idea I was even near it and literally just walked by it and recognized the name from you talking about it. Food was awesome to say the least bro.... good call. And you won that god damn teen man. We need to get you to the Lehigh somethin fierce for a 1st place

Everything there is amazing. I've had pretty much everything on the menu at one time or another and its all been good.

Then again, that may be why I need so desperately to cut...damnit

[MattyH7688]

Chillen with the boss big mike back stage... Matt sry bro but the only pic I have of us we look like we are just holding hands and looks pretty homo so Ill skip on it hahahah
http://i25.tinypic.com/1f9q8l.jpghahahaha oh well


LOL which reminds me! Matty i forgot to tell you.... I ended up at Primantis last night randomly. Had no idea I was even near it and literally just walked by it and recognized the name from you talking about it. Food was awesome to say the least bro.... good call. And you won that god damn teen man. We need to get you to the Lehigh somethin fierce for a 1st place
Man I was pissed i couldnt find the one in oakland and everywehre else was closed.. I am strongly considering the lehighs.. I will know for sure by next week to see if i can get my weight down for the 176.. if not them i am 100% on the pa's

absolutely... lets just say I kept the binge eating down to a minimum so i could "perform" later that night. And no Im not talkin about on stage bwahaha

LMAO good stuff

[Fjock]

dont ask me what I was doing with my left arm here...
http://i27.tinypic.com/x40vmc.jpg

Pwnism?
http://i25.tinypic.com/xoo68k.jpg

[TigerStealth]

god i love figure girls... the first one trains at my gym up here in jerz.

Hey Fjock...congrats on your placings, your size/proportions are unreal! You train in new jersey? I train in north jersey.

Anyway great job bro

[Fjock]

Everything there is amazing. I've had pretty much everything on the menu at one time or another and its all been good.

Then again, that may be why I need so desperately to cut...damnit

yea man, sad to say theres none anywhere near where I live. We have plenty of similar places like that in my college town though.

I was so drained last night I just asked the cook to prepare his favorite sandwich for me... I was too hungry to give a damn what he gave me, just wanted it to be good and unhealthy

[Fjock]

Hey Fjock...congrats on your placings, your size/proportions are unreal! You train in new jersey? I train in north jersey.

Anyway great job bro

Thanks for the kind words sir... I train in central jersey. I rotate between 3 or 4 gyms because I have a membership at a couple clubs along with free membership along with tuition at my university... which has 4 gyms of its own ha. I workout all over the place to tell you the truth man

[TigerStealth]

Thanks for the kind words sir... I train in central jersey. I rotate between 3 or 4 gyms because I have a membership at a couple clubs along with free membership along with tuition at my university... which has 4 gyms of its own ha. I workout all over the place to tell you the truth man

haha good deal

[Fjock]

This guys quads were freakin shredded. Were some tense final moments on stage during the pose down. sooo much fun tho.
http://i28.tinypic.com/23hn8mb.jpg

[njmuscle66]

Thanks for the kind words sir... I train in central jersey. I rotate between 3 or 4 gyms because I have a membership at a couple clubs along with free membership along with tuition at my university... which has 4 gyms of its own ha. I workout all over the place to tell you the truth man

Not to be too nosey but where about in Central NJ. Are you going to Rutgers? On a football scholarship by any chance? I was just looking at your profile. If my math is right you did your first show when you were 14 or 15?

Very impressive and polished physigue. Just curious about your background. It is genetic freaks like yourself (of course hard working as well) that showed me I had reached my level within the NPC and it was time to just work out to stay in shape LOL.

[Fjock]

Not to be too nosey but where about in Central NJ. Are you going to Rutgers? On a football scholarship by any chance? I was just looking at your profile. If my math is right you did your first show when you were 14 or 15?

Very impressive and polished physigue. Just curious about your background. It is genetic freaks like yourself (of course hard working as well) that showed me I had reached my level within the NPC and it was time to just work out to stay in shape LOL.

no worries about being nosey big dog... You are correct about Rutgers, but no football scholarship. I havnt played football since freshman year in highschool. Yea my very first show was as a 15 year old back when I was forced to move to Louisiana for a year. Met my first female personal trainer who competed with me at that first show in the female master division and we both ended up winning. Ive been addicted ever since that night and I saw my first guest poser (Milos Sarcev). It was like looking at a god seeing a pro for the first time up close. He posed to "Ameno" by Era and was probably one of the coolest routines I can still remember to date.

and thanks again for the compliments man... you have no idea how inspiring they are to me

[Fjock]

Just wanted wanted to inform people in case they were wondering.... This is with 11.5 weeks of dieting and was meant to be a warmup show for me until I realized how big of a show this really was. I hope to be able to accomplish a bit more fat loss without losing too much mass to improve for the Lehigh which is also a National qualifier in 2 weeks. Not quite as big of a show as the Pitt.. but still a big deal. If you look at the first pics I posted of me in the heavy open, last years overall winner of the Lehigh is standing to my left. So with him not coming back to the lehigh i hope to at least have a chance to do something big in the open heavy and certainly the junior division...

[njmuscle66]

no worries about being nosey big dog... You are correct about Rutgers, but no football scholarship. I havnt played football since freshman year in highschool. Yea my very first show was as a 15 year old back when I was forced to move to Louisiana for a year. Met my first female personal trainer who competed with me at that first show in the female master division and we both ended up winning. Ive been addicted ever since that night and I saw my first guest poser (Milos Sarcev). It was like looking at a god seeing a pro for the first time up close. He posed to "Ameno" by Era and was probably one of the coolest routines I can still remember to date.

and thanks again for the compliments man... you have no idea how inspiring they are to me


Was your trainer Tazzy Colomb by any chance.

Are you planning on doing the Collegiates?

Like I said you placed higher than someone that won the masters and placed in the open so you will be in the hunt for sure

If you end up competing in NJ shows you can help youself by training at John Kempers Diamond Gym. He runs the NJ NPC ;)

I will be there so I will be sure to introduce myself

[jth16]

Damn man, you looked awesome!
The pictures on the first page I couldn't figure out which one you were, but everyone's backs looked awesome so I complimented anyway, lol.
But dang, you looked shredded. Great mid section and overall conditioning looked good. I would say work on leg mass during the offseason, IMO they are a tad behind your huge upper body. Not much, but something I'm sure you can fix in the upcoming off season pretty easily.

[Billyspt4]

This guys quads were freakin shredded. Were some tense final moments on stage during the pose down. sooo much fun tho.
http://i28.tinypic.com/23hn8mb.jpg

That guy's quads were extremely shredded, but his upper body couldn't compare to yours. The open heavy was a tough class. My friend from back here got 2nd. Joel, he's form down here in WV and the guy that won, Will Allison won at the Upper Ohio Valley last week. Those 2 were animals and you did a great job placing in the top 5 of that class.

I honestly think the open heavys and the open middles were the most competitive classes up there

[MattyH7688]

That guy's quads were extremely shredded, but his upper body couldn't compare to yours. The open heavy was a tough class. My friend from back here got 2nd. Joel, he's form down here in WV and the guy that won, Will Allison won at the Upper Ohio Valley last week. Those 2 were animals and you did a great job placing in the top 5 of that class.

I honestly think the open heavys and the open middles were the most competitive classes up there

the top 3 in the open middles were nuts!! I felt like such a child compared to them.. the 3rd place guy had the most ridiculous vascularity i have ever seen

[Fjock]

Was your trainer Tazzy Colomb by any chance.

Are you planning on doing the Collegiates?

Like I said you placed higher than someone that won the masters and placed in the open so you will be in the hunt for sure

If you end up competing in NJ shows you can help youself by training at John Kempers Diamond Gym. He runs the NJ NPC ;)

I will be there so I will be sure to introduce myself

lol bro you are a pretty bright guy(no sarcasm)... I was actually planning to have collegiates as my next show. GET OUTTA MY HEAD! ha jk. My trainer from Louisiana was Kat. I dont think I ever asked what her last name was when I think about it. Depending on how much longer I am in the area, I might get a chance to do a jersey show. Just seems like they dont get the same hype that the shows on gary udit's website get. I am all about getting all the help I can get to try and take this thing to the next level though. Where is this gym exactly?

[Fjock]

Damn man, you looked awesome!
The pictures on the first page I couldn't figure out which one you were, but everyone's backs looked awesome so I complimented anyway, lol.
But dang, you looked shredded. Great mid section and overall conditioning looked good. I would say work on leg mass during the offseason, IMO they are a tad behind your huge upper body. Not much, but something I'm sure you can fix in the upcoming off season pretty easily.

I have definitely made my wheels my point of emphasis. They have actually come along pretty far just in the past year of busting my ass. I plan only to turn up the intensity once I begin this next off season. Ive basically re-taught myself how to squat correctly by starting all the way back down with 135lbs and worked my way back up into the heavy stuff with MUCH better form than my younger years. It really helps to talk to old school powerlifters in the gym... they really know their stuff when it comes to form.

Thanks for the compliments and the constructive criticism though bro!

[Fjock]

That guy's quads were extremely shredded, but his upper body couldn't compare to yours. The open heavy was a tough class. My friend from back here got 2nd. Joel, he's form down here in WV and the guy that won, Will Allison won at the Upper Ohio Valley last week. Those 2 were animals and you did a great job placing in the top 5 of that class.

I honestly think the open heavys and the open middles were the most competitive classes up there

bro what are your plans for competition in the near future if any? I gotta come out and return the favor and bring some support man

[MattyH7688]

lol bro you are a pretty bright guy... I was actually planning to have collegiates as my next show. GET OUTTA MY HEAD! ha jk. My trainer from Louisiana was Kat. I dont think I ever asked what her last name was when I think about it. Depending on how much longer I am in the area, I might get a chance to do a jersey show. Just seems like they dont get the same hype that the shows on gary udit's website get. I am all about getting all the help I can get to try and take this thing to the next level though. Where is this gym exactly?

do the collegiates this year.. guarantee you could win it

[Fjock]

do the collegiates this year.. guarantee you could win it

lol bro im freakin tireddddd, believe me man you know I want that **** but it just seems sooo far away and you know Im all about the mass game. I wanna come back after a solid off season and have the collegiates be a no contest.(exaggerating, but I wanna be SOLID) doing this through finals and what not have been extremely tough. I dont know how the hell mike was taking Calc 2 test during his prep. I have some summer classes coming up and I really need to get these credits in. Ill make sure I end up at the collegiates eventually unless something terrible happens with my grades in school. Rutgers is no joke when it comes to level of difficulty. Plus my bday is next month and im eating my cake damnit!

[MattyH7688]

lol bro im freakin tireddddd, believe me man you know I want that **** but it just seems sooo far away and you know Im all about the mass game. I wanna come back after a solid off season and have the collegiates be a no contest.(exaggerating, but I wanna be SOLID) doing this through finals and what not have been extremely tough. I dont know how the hell mike was taking Calc 2 test during his prep. I have some summer classes coming up and I really need to get these credits in. Ill make sure I end up at the collegiates eventually unless something terrible happens with my grades in school. Rutgers is no joke when it comes to level of difficulty. Plus my bday is next month and im eating my cake damnit!

haha you always got next year.. you could come in at 225 shredded glutes and be the 2009 collegiate nationals champ

[Fjock]

haha you always got next year.. you could come in at 225 shredded glutes and be the 2009 collegiate nationals champ

now your talkin bud... if I give myself a good 16 weeks of dieting or so i think its possible.

[njmuscle66]

lol bro you are a pretty bright guy(no sarcasm)... I was actually planning to have collegiates as my next show. GET OUTTA MY HEAD! ha jk. My trainer from Louisiana was Kat. I dont think I ever asked what her last name was when I think about it. Depending on how much longer I am in the area, I might get a chance to do a jersey show. Just seems like they dont get the same hype that the shows on gary udit's website get. I am all about getting all the help I can get to try and take this thing to the next level though. Where is this gym exactly?

Diamond Gym is in Maplewood NJ (outside of Union) so I would say it is about 30 minutes from you and a totally different environment than LA Fitness or whatever else is on Rt 1.:) Hardcore and pretty much any pro or top national guy from NJ has spent some time in that gym. Jason Arntz, Guy Ducase are current pros from there.

NJ shows are top notch, much like PA. The Gold's Classic is held in late October/November and the competition is filled with people using it as a tuneup to the Nationals. You seem to have all the tools and a good head on your shoulder. Good luck and hopefully we end up meeting at the show in June.

Did you say you worked with James Bivens?

[Billyspt4]

bro what are your plans for competition in the near future if any? I gotta come out and return the favor and bring some support man


I'm going to do the West Virginia State on September 13th in Wheeling West Virginia, it's not far from Pittsburgh. I was thinking of doing nationals this year, but I think I'm just going to hold off on that until I can hit the middleweight class or welters at the least. I'm too tall for the bantams right now. I was thinking of possibly doing the Natural Ohio that Dave Leiberman is putting together also. Not sure yet, but the WV State is a definite and I'll be in the Pittsburgh next year

[Fjock]

Diamond Gym is in Maplewood NJ (outside of Union) so I would say it is about 30 minutes from you and a totally different environment than LA Fitness or whatever else is on Rt 1.:) Hardcore and pretty much any pro or top national guy from NJ has spent some time in that gym. Jason Arntz, Guy Ducase are current pros from there.

NJ shows are top notch, much like PA. The Gold's Classic is held in late October/November and the competition is filled with people using it as a tuneup to the Nationals. You seem to have all the tools and a good head on your shoulder. Good luck and hopefully we end up meeting at the show in June.

Did you say you worked with James Bivens?

Yep. James and I used to bounce together on south beach when I was still attending school in Miami and we ended up also training at the same golds as a coincidence since its a good ways from the club we bounced at heh. Hes a great guy and taught me a ton as I was getting ready for my last round of teen shows back in 06. I owe so much to that guy. I was really beginning to meet some important NPC people in FLA but some things came up and I needed to return home to the northeast. Its a shame my bday fell when it did otherwise we wanted to make a run at teen nationals. That guy is a true vet, and he is responsible for introducing me to Bill Wilmore in Miami who is actually a pretty good friend of mine now. Watchin those two animals train together is somethin...

Ya bro I see Arntz all the time up here at LA Fitness. Damn man how are your assumptions so dead on? haha. and btw which show exactly are you referring to in June? Im no stranger to taking the extra time to make it to a "better" gym so it is a strong possibility that I will make my way over there once summer begins and I finish up at the Lehigh. Ive found it extremely hard to find or even hear of any hardcore gyms near this area. So thanks for the tip =). I cannot promise that I will be able to push my competing into June of this year... but I suppose we will see how things are looking. I also need to get back to producing some income so that could mean ill be spending some time bouncing at the shore or NYC if I can find something consistent. Therefore id be back on my bulk to make things run smoother.

[Fjock]

I'm going to do the West Virginia State on September 13th in Wheeling West Virginia, it's not far from Pittsburgh. I was thinking of doing nationals this year, but I think I'm just going to hold off on that until I can hit the middleweight class or welters at the least. I'm too tall for the bantams right now. I was thinking of possibly doing the Natural Ohio that Dave Leiberman is putting together also. Not sure yet, but the WV State is a definite and I'll be in the Pittsburgh next year

Sweet bro... I actually have a lot of friends that I went to highschool with that go to WVU. I could easily make my way over there to see the show and hang with the fellas... I just gotta see who hasnt graduated yet heh. Hopefully they have a home football game that weekend too so itll really be a fun weekend. Im a college football fanatic and I actually got to see noel devine play in highschool when i was living in FLA. Kid is simply amazing...

[njmuscle66]

oh is that where Jason finally ended up :) I actually work out at an LA Fitness and it is a pretty decent training environment with a fair amount of competitive bodybuilders. But Diamond is certainly a place you want to frequent.

I actually thought you were going to continue on to the PA's but that does not seem to be the case. Well hopefully we will catch up at some point.

BTW-I sent you a pm if you get a sec

[Fjock]

oh is that where Jason finally ended up :) I actually work out at an LA Fitness and it is a pretty decent training environment with a fair amount of competitive bodybuilders. But Diamond is certainly a place you want to frequent.

I actually thought you were going to continue on to the PA's but that does not seem to be the case. Well hopefully we will catch up at some point.

BTW-I sent you a pm if you get a sec

Yea, other than the lack of heavier db's (130 lbs and up) its a pretty sweet gym. They do a great job of keeping up with the newest equipment without buying tacky machinery. And the cardio sections are always huge so I feel like I am never in a situation where I gotta wait for something to free up.

I will make it my duty to make sure I meet up with you at a show in this area before I graduate. I don't really think I see myself staying in the northeast for a long time after graduation... Im too in love with warm weather ha.

[Fjock]

heh kinda funny because I had never practiced doing my most muscular like this prior to this contest. I literally just did it while pumping up backstage and looking in the mirror and fell in love with it and decided to try my luck with it in front of the judges
http://i27.tinypic.com/34zwxw6.jpg

[Fjock]

the big one is barely shorter than I... should have seen my eyes when I realized that was the overall trophy for the novice and it was making its way over to me on the podium.

http://i27.tinypic.com/2rnaflz.jpg

[Sean15782]

Awesome job man, you did us all proud. Your future is bright, I am pumped to see you achieve all of your goals!

[Billyspt4]

the big one is barely shorter than I... should have seen my eyes when I realized that was the overall trophy for the novice and it was making its way over to me on the podium.

http://i27.tinypic.com/2rnaflz.jpg


I'm surprised it fit in a car, it's gotta be close to 6' tall. Nice to see you were on the boards here while taking that pic haha.

[Fjock]

Awesome job man, you did us all proud. Your future is bright, I am pumped to see you achieve all of your goals!

thanks a ton sean, really appreciate it the words

[Fjock]

I'm surprised it fit in a car, it's gotta be close to 6' tall. Nice to see you were on the boards here while taking that pic haha.

took some moving around of crap in the back seat but we finally made it work bro. I was more scared of a piece break off the top because it was packed in my car so tight.

[jafomofo]

hahahaha good times.. I am just glad my gut went down enough to be presentable

I dunno about the lehighs, I am doing the PAs for 100% sure in allentown in june.

I am still very much up in the air about the lehighs.. We will see how I get back on track this week. I did just eat some mcdonalds and drank like a gallon of chocolate milk and orange juice lol. Good luck at the lehighs, get that overall!

not really sure how the judging works, maybe most of it is done in prejudging and its decided by the time you did your routine but the thing that stood out from you and the rest was that you didnt seem to flex your abs much. One of your last posts was the thing ab thing and they showed well there but in a lot of the other poses your stomach looked 'relatively' soft.

Anyhow other than that I would say you were on par or bigger than all the other teens. The guy who won looked small when he came out into the audience.

[MattyH7688]

not really sure how the judging works, maybe most of it is done in prejudging and its decided by the time you did your routine but the thing that stood out from you and the rest was that you didnt seem to flex your abs much. One of your last posts was the thing ab thing and they showed well there but in a lot of the other poses your stomach looked 'relatively' soft.

Anyhow other than that I would say you were on par or bigger than all the other teens. The guy who won looked small when he came out into the audience.
yea it is basically all decided in prejudging

my stomach was so bloated from eating and drinking like an idiot.. i was just so pissed off.. it was much tigher in the morning

[Fjock]

just think yall should know that I think Matty could truly own anyone on these forums in an eating contest except for the actual competitive eaters ive seen on these boards in different sections. Ive never seen a qdoba burrito eaten that fast. I swear to you I didnt even get a chance to sit down before this man was finished and looking for dessert.

[MattyH7688]

just think yall should know that I think Matty could truly own anyone on these forums in an eating contest except for the actual competitive eaters ive seen on these boards in different sections. Ive never seen a qdoba burrito eaten that fast. I swear to you I didnt even get a chance to sit down before this man was finished and looking for dessert.

LMFAO

I was thinking to myself, damn that thing was small and it was probably a lb worth of food.

[Fjock]

LMFAO

I was thinking to myself, damn that thing was small and it was probably a lb worth of food.

its sad bro... its only been a little over 24 hours from the last cheat and im already having intense cravings. Especially for another burrito cuz its fresh in my taste bud memory haha

[Sean15782]

I really hope you guys got the queso sauce for me. I would take a chicken queso burrito over just about anything right now.

[Fjock]

I really hope you guys got the queso sauce for me. I would take a chicken queso burrito over just about anything right now.

Its a steak burrito with hot salsa and guacamole all day long for me man haha. I was in a tough situation eating this yesterday because I was adding hot sauce on top of the salsa because im addicted to it, but I couldnt have a drop of water.

[mikez]

Fjock and Matty- you both looked awesome, congrats to both you!

[fltallpaul]

Yea, other than the lack of heavier db's (130 lbs and up) its a pretty sweet gym. They do a great job of keeping up with the newest equipment without buying tacky machinery. And the cardio sections are always huge so I feel like I am never in a situation where I gotta wait for something to free up.

I will make it my duty to make sure I meet up with you at a show in this area before I graduate. I don't really think I see myself staying in the northeast for a long time after graduation... Im too in love with warm weather ha.

Great job with all the pictures and stories. It's awesome to see all you guys are getting along and doing so well in competition. Fjock you are a beast. I am looking forward to watching you progress yet again...in 6 weeks and 5 days I will be posting some similiar pics for everyone...including Outback Cheese Fries!

[Flex500]

the big one is barely shorter than I... should have seen my eyes when I realized that was the overall trophy for the novice and it was making its way over to me on the podium.

http://i27.tinypic.com/2rnaflz.jpg
congrats man, I truly the hard work you have put in!

You too matty!

seriously you guys both looked great. I can't wait to be done this weekend to eat!!!!

[mxsprocket1]

Brian, I'm hungry for 1st at Lehigh. I cant be embarrassed like that again. I know I look better than what I showed up with

[Fjock]

Great job with all the pictures and stories. It's awesome to see all you guys are getting along and doing so well in competition. Fjock you are a beast. I am looking forward to watching you progress yet again...in 6 weeks and 5 days I will be posting some similiar pics for everyone...including Outback Cheese Fries!

omfg bro now I cant stop picturing those fries... damnit matty we should have found an Outback haha.

Thanks for the words paul! following your progress has helped inspire me through my diet because I know that you will be dieting much longer than I. 1 more to go for me and then its your time brotha. You are gonna be ridiculously shredded come game time... Im gonna take after you and extend the length of my next contest prep to truly nail my conditioning.

[Fjock]

congrats man, I truly the hard work you have put in!

You too matty!

seriously you guys both looked great. I can't wait to be done this weekend to eat!!!!
Thanks a ton man! I feel you about wanting to be done haha. My friends are already getting ready to start the fun times down at the shore while I still got some work to do. Both school and diet. You are gonna rock **** this weekend my dude. Eat a huge sandwich for me afterward

Brian, I'm hungry for 1st at Lehigh. I cant be embarrassed like that again. I know I look better than what I showed up with
Bro the Lehigh is a whole new ball game for the both of us. We got a little under 2 weeks to dial in as hard as possible and make this year really count. I know you will come in tighter because I saw that look in your eye after we finished up at the Pitt. Lets take care of business bro. Ive decided to go with the Junior and the heavy open. Im so glad that I dont have to worry about ever doing novice again since I accomplished my goal against some of the best novice competition ive gone against.

I wouldnt go as far as saying you embarrassed yourself though man, you looked great. I think you just really need to hit the cardio as hard as you can and let me help with drying you out. We will talk about that as it approaches.

[MattyH7688]

congrats man, I truly the hard work you have put in!

You too matty!

seriously you guys both looked great. I can't wait to be done this weekend to eat!!!!

thanks bro.. i ****ed up huge the last week with my coloring and carbing up and it showed and costed me big time

I am doing another show in 6 weeks and fixing everything

[Billyspt4]

thanks bro.. i ****ed up huge the last week with my coloring and carbing up and it showed and costed me big time

I am doing another show in 6 weeks and fixing everything

I wouldn't worry so much about the carbing up, but the coloring. Just be careful with the tanning, as long as you're not burnt, you'll be fine. If you can, start exfoliating 2 weeks out and using a deep moisturizer everyday until you put you're first coat on

[Fjock]

relief...
http://i32.tinypic.com/24cbjf8.jpg

[Fjock]

thanks bro.. i ****ed up huge the last week with my coloring and carbing up and it showed and costed me big time

I am doing another show in 6 weeks and fixing everything

heh i tried to fix you up the best I could bro... gotta lay off the tanning beds this time for sure tho

[Fjock]

so what do you guys think... good choice to switch to green for the night show?
http://i26.tinypic.com/npj5eh.jpg

[user8905438904904]

relief...
http://i32.tinypic.com/24cbjf8.jpg

Holy throphy!!!

[Fjock]

Holy throphy!!!

heh, and now that I look at it.. i guess the damn thing is taller than me...

[MattyH7688]

I wouldn't worry so much about the carbing up, but the coloring. Just be careful with the tanning, as long as you're not burnt, you'll be fine. If you can, start exfoliating 2 weeks out and using a deep moisturizer everyday until you put you're first coat on
for sure.. i will follow that advice.. I am still unsure with sticking with jan tana or what.. I kinda liked it where my color didnt peel and look like **** lol

heh i tried to fix you up the best I could bro... gotta lay off the tanning beds this time for sure tho

can i borrow your darkness :D

[Fjock]

for sure.. i will follow that advice.. I am still unsure with sticking with jan tana or what.. I kinda liked it where my color didnt peel and look like **** lol


can i borrow your darkness :D

haha dude ur a nut. Only if you will show me how to bake those sweet potatoes as well as you do. Thanks again for lettin me grub out of your stash bro.

[703DPG]

Both look like beach models to me but you should have beaten that other kid easily he has zero legs.

[703DPG]

fjock- you looked great man what was your contest weigth and what do you get up to in offseason?

[Fjock]

fjock- you looked great man what was your contest weigth and what do you get up to in offseason?

Contest weight was 218 which i was actually a little disappointed with, but I had to kick it into high gear to finish getting ready for it because it didnt seem right to treat a show of this caliber as a warmup show. This past season i got all the way up to 265 and right when i was peaking I got some sort of cold or minor flu which took my back into the 250's. It all works out in the end though... Im not ready to be a full time super heavy just yet. I would not be surprised if this is the last year I will be able to make heavy weight though. Im certainly hoping to take my next bulk to new limits.

[BABYBULL92003]

Matty, you definetly got ripped off......that is obvious!

My friend won the Pro light heavies...Billy Moritz. I wanted to make it to the show but Im too busy this time of year with work to swing the drive!

[user8905438904904]

5'11" 218, jeez, you look more like 235 looks like I have some work to do before the 09 season.

[Flex500]

for sure.. i will follow that advice.. I am still unsure with sticking with jan tana or what.. I kinda liked it where my color didnt peel and look like **** lol


can i borrow your darkness :D
you got ripped off, there is no doubt about that. But I'll be honest I don't think your color was too bad besides some splotchiness in the chest area. how did you do your color?

I also use jan tana. Not sure how you did it but I would recommend multiple thin coats of it that always works for me. I am pretty light skinned so I do 3 the night before and one in the morning.

[mxsprocket1]

As much as I keep pushing it to the back of my mind, I still get upset knowing that I was placed 3rd in the lights according to the judges but my color was so effed up, it pushed me back two spots. Also, I did not even place in the Novice class...but Matt did (No offense matty), because of my color again.

I put 7 coats of Jan tana on.............still light. Did I get a crap bottle or something?

The judges also effed my routine up. They had me do TWO 60 second routines??? I stood there on stand like "uh, guys, I already went". I was so freaking confused.

Lehigh get ready

[MattyH7688]

haha dude ur a nut. Only if you will show me how to bake those sweet potatoes as well as you do. Thanks again for lettin me grub out of your stash bro.
LOL anytime man.. hopefully sometime down the road we can compete together again bro..

Both look like beach models to me but you should have beaten that other kid easily he has zero legs.
haha

Matty, you definetly got ripped off......that is obvious!

My friend won the Pro light heavies...Billy Moritz. I wanted to make it to the show but Im too busy this time of year with work to swing the drive!

See that is the kid who won. They took me down 5 ****ing spots because of my color. I placed higher against much better competition in the novice which confused me to all hell. I dunno wtf happened in the teen. My color sucked but I was the biggest and probably the leanest I thought, I still need to get MUCH leaner to hope to do well in the men's open and place higher up in the novice. The top 3 in the novice and open were absolutely shredded to the bone. I spilled over too.. The lighting/pics sucked for EVERYONE but you can tell compared to my pics the days before I was much tighter. Oh well. Time to lose this bloat and come in sharper than ever.

you got ripped off, there is no doubt about that. But I'll be honest I don't think your color was too bad besides some splotchiness in the chest area. how did you do your color?

I also use jan tana. Not sure how you did it but I would recommend multiple thin coats of it that always works for me. I am pretty light skinned so I do 3 the night before and one in the morning.
I used protan for like 3-4 coats then applied jan tana

the biggest problem by far was I was peeling from tanning so much in the bed and as soon as i applied protan it looked terrible. I showered off the first coat of protan and scrubbed and exfoliated a ****load and it was still to late. I am not going into the bed again until after my next show.

As much as I keep pushing it to the back of my mind, I still get upset knowing that I was placed 3rd in the lights according to the judges but my color was so effed up, it pushed me back two spots. Also, I did not even place in the Novice class...but Matt did (No offense matty), because of my color again.

I put 7 coats of Jan tana on.............still light. Did I get a crap bottle or something?

The judges also effed my routine up. They had me do TWO 60 second routines??? I stood there on stand like "uh, guys, I already went". I was so freaking confused.

Lehigh get ready

no worries bro, go get them at the lehighs

[Flex500]

LOL anytime man.. hopefully sometime down the road we can compete together again bro..

haha


See that is the kid who won. They took me down 5 ****ing spots because of my color. I placed higher against much better competition in the novice which confused me to all hell. I dunno wtf happened in the teen. My color sucked but I was the biggest and probably the leanest I thought, I still need to get MUCH leaner to hope to do well in the men's open and place higher up in the novice. The top 3 in the novice and open were absolutely shredded to the bone. I spilled over too.. The lighting/pics sucked for EVERYONE but you can tell compared to my pics the days before I was much tighter. Oh well. Time to lose this bloat and come in sharper than ever.

I used protan for like 3-4 coats then applied jan tana

the biggest problem by far was I was peeling from tanning so much in the bed and as soon as i applied protan it looked terrible. I showered off the first coat of protan and scrubbed and exfoliated a ****load and it was still to late. I am not going into the bed again until after my next show.


no worries bro, go get them at the lehighs
ahhh gotcha well that should fix it. Stop tanning the wednesday befor the show anyway if you even get a slight burn that makes you hold water. I'm at the point now where I can tan 20 minutes without getting burnt.

However, even if you are at that point I think you get a better tan if you get a good quality bronzer and only tan 10 or 15 minutes everyday. Either way don't tan after wednesday before the show.

[MattyH7688]

ahhh gotcha well that should fix it. Stop tanning the wednesday befor the show anyway if you even get a slight burn that makes you hold water. I'm at the point now where I can tan 20 minutes without getting burnt.

However, even if you are at that point I think you get a better tan if you get a good quality bronzer and only tan 10 or 15 minutes everyday. Either way don't tan after wednesday before the show.

Yea i didnt even start peeling until that week. I was peeling really bad in the back and it destroyed the color.

I was use to tanning for 20 minutes in the weaker beds, no problem but I just tanned to much my skin peeled.

[Fjock]

LOL anytime man.. hopefully sometime down the road we can compete together again bro..


I will seriously consider doing the Pitt again. One of the smoothest running NPC shows I have ever seen.

[mxsprocket1]

Brian, you want to make a pledge to compete again next year with me? I was not going to, but I cant settle with 5th

[Billyspt4]

Yea i didnt even start peeling until that week. I was peeling really bad in the back and it destroyed the color.

I was use to tanning for 20 minutes in the weaker beds, no problem but I just tanned to much my skin peeled.

Seriously, the guys that were doing the spray tan up there at the Pittsburgh, also did the spray tan at Weirton. I had them put two coats on me and I was MUCH darker than with 5 coats of Pro Tan. I would STRONGLY recommend getting an airbrush tan of Jan Tana over any brush on application. When I was at the Arnold, I talked with Jan and she told me that 2 air brush coats is equal to 6-8 coats of Pro Tan and I must say that is exactly correct. I use to only use Pro Tan, but I'll never go back to it again. Jan Tana is the best by far. You can get the Show Tan on first, then the Competition Tan on and you'll come out being as dark as Jay Cutler! I kid you not, it'll make a world of difference. Just use the exfoliator a couple weeks prior to your first coat and use it everyday, then get your coats on and before you step on stage, put on Jan Tana glaze, and you'll have no worries.

Matty, I'm sure if you do this for the Lehigh, you'll be very impressed, but if not, the show you do after that, you should definitely try it. Or you could even try it 2 weeks before the show and see how you like it then just wash it off and you know what you need to do for the show.

[Back Double Biceps18]

Wow, after seeing some backstage pics and other off stage pics....that lighting sucked guys.

[MattyH7688]

Seriously, the guys that were doing the spray tan up there at the Pittsburgh, also did the spray tan at Weirton. I had them put two coats on me and I was MUCH darker than with 5 coats of Pro Tan. I would STRONGLY recommend getting an airbrush tan of Jan Tana over any brush on application. When I was at the Arnold, I talked with Jan and she told me that 2 air brush coats is equal to 6-8 coats of Pro Tan and I must say that is exactly correct. I use to only use Pro Tan, but I'll never go back to it again. Jan Tana is the best by far. You can get the Show Tan on first, then the Competition Tan on and you'll come out being as dark as Jay Cutler! I kid you not, it'll make a world of difference. Just use the exfoliator a couple weeks prior to your first coat and use it everyday, then get your coats on and before you step on stage, put on Jan Tana glaze, and you'll have no worries.

Matty, I'm sure if you do this for the Lehigh, you'll be very impressed, but if not, the show you do after that, you should definitely try it. Or you could even try it 2 weeks before the show and see how you like it then just wash it off and you know what you need to do for the show.
gonna give it a shot! thanks bro!

Wow, after seeing some backstage pics and other off stage pics....that lighting sucked guys.
Hell yea!!

[Fjock]

Brian, you want to make a pledge to compete again next year with me? I was not going to, but I cant settle with 5th
Bro normally Id say ur on 100%... but there is a good deal of uncertainty with my school situation come this time next year. Knowing myself, I will find a way to compete because Im too addicted to it. So plan on killin **** with me next year bro.

Seriously, the guys that were doing the spray tan up there at the Pittsburgh, also did the spray tan at Weirton. I had them put two coats on me and I was MUCH darker than with 5 coats of Pro Tan. I would STRONGLY recommend getting an airbrush tan of Jan Tana over any brush on application. When I was at the Arnold, I talked with Jan and she told me that 2 air brush coats is equal to 6-8 coats of Pro Tan and I must say that is exactly correct. I use to only use Pro Tan, but I'll never go back to it again. Jan Tana is the best by far. You can get the Show Tan on first, then the Competition Tan on and you'll come out being as dark as Jay Cutler! I kid you not, it'll make a world of difference. Just use the exfoliator a couple weeks prior to your first coat and use it everyday, then get your coats on and before you step on stage, put on Jan Tana glaze, and you'll have no worries.

Matty, I'm sure if you do this for the Lehigh, you'll be very impressed, but if not, the show you do after that, you should definitely try it. Or you could even try it 2 weeks before the show and see how you like it then just wash it off and you know what you need to do for the show.

def use this advice, this man knows what hes talking about...

[Flex500]

Bro normally Id say ur on 100%... but there is a good deal of uncertainty with my school situation come this time next year. Knowing myself, I will find a way to compete because Im too addicted to it. So plan on killin **** with me next year bro.


def use this advice, this man knows what hes talking about...
well I'll see you guys both there next year!! i just did the cinci, upper ohio valley and doing the francois this weekend

[MattyH7688]

well I'll see you guys both there next year!! i just did the cinci, upper ohio valley and doing the francois this weekend

how did you end up doing in the upper ohio

I know the guy who won the middleweights. It was his first show so he did the novice as well and the judges placed him 5th in the novice(even though he won the middle open) because they said he didnt belong with the novice lol.

[Fjock]

well I'll see you guys both there next year!! i just did the cinci, upper ohio valley and doing the francois this weekend

bro I dont need to be going up against anyone with a rear lat spread like yours haha. Itll be fun though man... The only thing that may change my plan is a run at collegiates.

[Billyspt4]

well I'll see you guys both there next year!! i just did the cinci, upper ohio valley and doing the francois this weekend

I was at the upper ohio valley too, what classes were you in? I was in the bantam, I didn't do any other class.

[buffdaddy91369]

Fjock Results -
1st place heavy novice (out of 11)
1st place novice overall out of 20 competitors total (Dont let the novice fool you, extremely tough competition at this caliber show and the pictures will prove.)

5th place open heavy (top 2 qualified for nationals in each class) EXTREMELY TOUGH CLASS and I'm absolutely thrilled with my placing. I had multiple pros congratulate me. No feeling like having Bill Wilmore waiting backstage to tell you how awesome you looked haha. I was by far the youngest up there and came three spots away from qualifying for nationals.

I will let Matty and Mxs elaborate on this thread on how they did.

I will begin to post the pictures I have tomorrow once i return home, and as photographers get them to me ill post more. I will also be appearing in an issue of Ironman magazine in a few months or so. Hell of a night considering this was meant to be a warm up show. The Lehigh should be interesting....

Feeling on top of the world right now gentlemen... but for now, I gotta take this lady out for a bite to eat :)

and BTW, Matty, mxs, are billy and some of the coolest bros ive ever met at a show. Thanks for all the support tonight fellas, i had a blast. I look forward to seeing at least a couple of you at the Lehigh. ESPECIALLY YOU MATT! lol

Bravo! You looked dead on...excellent conditioning, full round muscle bellies. Supreme job! Thanks for the thread. I hope to check out this show as a spectator next year. Have always heard great things of the promotion!

[Fjock]

Bravo! You looked dead on...excellent conditioning, full round muscle bellies. Supreme job! Thanks for the thread. I hope to check out this show as a spectator next year. Have always heard great things of the promotion!

Much obliged my friend. And if possible definitely check this show out. Just seeing that many pros is worth the experience alone. I felt like I was at the Olympia expo all over again lol. Except this time I actually got to pump up with the pros!

[mxsprocket1]

Quick Photo from the Comp:

http://www.photodump.org/stored22/_W5Q1624_XADQRQMWDM.jpg

[Fjock]

Quick Photo from the Comp:

http://www.photodump.org/stored22/_W5Q1624_XADQRQMWDM.jpg

I really like this shot actually, we just gotta find a way to get your darker man

[mxsprocket1]

I really like this shot actually, we just gotta find a way to get your darker man

I ordered pro tan as soon as I got home. Jan Tana just isn't my cup of tea..

I have to be as dark as you Rick Ross if I want any chance at Juniors!

[Fjock]

I ordered pro tan as soon as I got home. Jan Tana just isn't my cup of tea..

I have to be as dark as you Rick Ross if I want any chance at Juniors!

LOL! Ricky Ross tha Boss baby. Have you been able to control your post contest binging bro?

[FATHER FLEX]

Badass bro! I say keep the beard, makes you look menacing in a good way. :D You got quite the future in front of you!

[Fjock]

Badass bro! I say keep the beard, makes you look menacing in a good way. :D You got quite the future in front of you!
Always a pleasure receiving a compliment from you my dude... thanks a ton. You gettin ready to tear **** down in june?

[mxsprocket1]

LOL! Ricky Ross tha Boss baby. Have you been able to control your post contest binging bro?

Hell yeah man. Binging wont win me a title at lehigh. I ate to my hearts desire on Sat night and was back to cardio the next day

[Fjock]

Hell yeah man. Binging wont win me a title at lehigh. I ate to my hearts desire on Sat night and was back to cardio the next day

thats what I like to hear bro... What kind of burrito did you bring back to the show with you btw? You gave me a bite of it and it was amazing.

[mxsprocket1]

thats what I like to hear bro... What kind of burrito did you bring back to the show with you btw? You gave me a bite of it and it was amazing.

Steak burrito with quac, beans, lettuce, and rice.

That place is so freaking good. If I went to Pitt Univ., I could honestly say I'd be broke...but big.

[MattyH7688]

Steak burrito with quac, beans, lettuce, and rice.

That place is so freaking good. If I went to Pitt Univ., I could honestly say I'd be broke...but big.

you are making me sooooo hungry.. that food was amazing!! i need one in my town

[Fjock]

you are making me sooooo hungry.. that food was amazing!! i need one in my town

Got one right here on my campus =). Its gettin hit up somethin fierce after the Lehigh. When I saw that one in Pitt when we were cruisin around it was a no brainer on where to eat ha.

[Billyspt4]

Got one right here on my campus =). Its gettin hit up somethin fierce after the Lehigh. When I saw that one in Pitt when we were cruisin around it was a no brainer on where to eat ha.


What restaurant was it?

[FATHER FLEX]

Always a pleasure receiving a compliment from you my dude... thanks a ton. You gettin ready to tear **** down in june?

Like a pitbull ready to charge bruh!

Its been a pleasure watching you from teenage monster to... grown ass mutant bruh. You ain't even close to done either! Big things bruh!

[Fjock]

What restaurant was it?

Qdoba, its quickly becoming one of the most popular Mexican chains around

[Billyspt4]

Qdoba, its quickly becoming one of the most popular Mexican chains around

Ah, yea there's one around the WVU campus. Definitely great food, artery clogging good food

[Fjock]

Ah, yea there's one around the WVU campus. Definitely great food, artery clogging good food

a true bulker's paradise

[TigerStealth]

Hey Fjock, what was your training split like during pre-contest?

[Transformer08]

bro just adding to all the posotives in this thread, man u looked awsome on stage. Conditioning and size were both spot on. Looks like u got a real bright future ahead of u! You plannin on doing any other shows this yeaR?

[Fjock]

Hey Fjock, what was your training split like during pre-contest?
I will elaborate on this along with my precontest diet if you stick around till after may17th

bro just adding to all the posotives in this thread, man u looked awsome on stage. Conditioning and size were both spot on. Looks like u got a real bright future ahead of u! You plannin on doing any other shows this yeaR?
Thanks you very very much sir. Those kind of comments keep me going.

may 17th, Lehigh Valley Bodybuilding Championships.. then the bulk is on

[Fjock]

Just wanted to give major props to our fellow member nevrilkphoto who does some great work. Here are a few pics he took with me at the Pitt. PROPS NEVRILK!
http://i31.tinypic.com/14vjlp1.jpg
http://i27.tinypic.com/jkuc5x.jpg
http://i31.tinypic.com/24wqza1.jpg

[TigerStealth]

I will elaborate on this along with my precontest diet if you stick around till after may17th



Cool, thanks, I'll be around...I still have 13 weeks to go myself!!

Sick picks by the way

[Fjock]

Cool, thanks, I'll be around...I still have 13 weeks to go myself!!

Sick picks by the way

long haul brotha... time to do work!

[fltallpaul]

[QUOTE=Fjock;162966171]Just wanted to give major props to our fellow member nevrilkphoto who does some great work. Here are a few pics he took with me at the Pitt. PROPS NEVRILK!

http://i27.tinypic.com/jkuc5x.jpg

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j238/fltallpaul/djacksonback.jpg


anyone see a resemblance?

You have some sick potential my friend!

[MattyH7688]

LMFAO i just looked at the pics from the night show.. wowwww i was way to bloated and looked like ****

[mxsprocket1]

yes, yes you were


5th place novice:
http://www.photodump.org/stored23/_W5Q1036_SZDREAZNEJ.jpg

8th place novice????????????????????????????:
http://www.photodump.org/stored23/_W5Q1625_OEDMDOIGHJ.jpg

[MattyH7688]

LOL...strong trying to find my worst pose at the night show :)
http://www.musculardevelopment.com/photos/transferred/_MG_6061.jpg
http://www.musculardevelopment.com/photos/transferred/_MG_6062.jpg
http://www.musculardevelopment.com/photos/transferred/_MG_6063.jpg

[mxsprocket1]

Damn you caught on...

Still, dead effing last???

[Fjock]

[QUOTE=Fjock;162966171]Just wanted to give major props to our fellow member nevrilkphoto who does some great work. Here are a few pics he took with me at the Pitt. PROPS NEVRILK!

http://i27.tinypic.com/jkuc5x.jpg

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j238/fltallpaul/djacksonback.jpg


anyone see a resemblance?

You have some sick potential my friend!

haha thanks paul, you are one of the main people helping me get through this prep. Honestly bro I almost broke down and cheated today. I was only half kidding about the cheese fries when I saw what you wrote in your thread lol. Especially since there is an Outback very close to my apt. But i know ud be very disappointed in me so I decided I can hold off till the night of the 17th :). Thanks for the support bro

[Fjock]

Thanks again Wayne
http://i32.tinypic.com/n4z1nk.jpg
http://i28.tinypic.com/otnrkj.jpg

[yzrider400f]

http://i31.tinypic.com/24wqza1.jpg

strong 8 pack

[MattyH7688]

Damn you caught on...

Still, dead effing last???

dont worry about it.. you definitely should of been over the guy who took 7th no doubt

go get em at lehighs

[Fjock]

strong 8 pack
thanks bro, but i think id much rather prefer a 12 pack of coors light right about now haha

[cmamath13]

Thanks again Wayne
http://i32.tinypic.com/n4z1nk.jpg
http://i28.tinypic.com/otnrkj.jpg

Your physique reminds me of Melvin Anthony's. Outstanding!

[njmuscle66]

Biceps are tremendous.
Any bodyparts you will be focusing on bringing up over the months. Maybe it is just how you were flexing but I think you look just a tad better from the front than the back..Not really a critigue just more of an observation considering you would wipe the stage with me LOL

[Fjock]

Your physique reminds me of Melvin Anthony's. Outstanding!
Certainly great company to be mentioned in the same sentence with haha. Thanks bro!

Biceps are tremendous.
Any bodyparts you will be focusing on bringing up over the months. Maybe it is just how you were flexing but I think you look just a tad better from the front than the back..Not really a critigue just more of an observation considering you would wipe the stage with me LOL

Quads and Hams for sure!! they have been my point of emphasis over the past couple years. And while I have seen a great deal of improvement with them, I still have a long way to go in order to do the damage on stage I want to. Dont worry about any critiquing, I'm totally open to it. We all have weak points at the amateur level and any pointers coming from someone who has been around the game as long as you will be much appreciated. You gotta be able to take the strengths along with the weaknesses... and this game is all about improving the weaknesses.

Edit: and btw bro, I dont know how far away you live from this area but I will be checking out the Natty show in East Brunswick this weekend because a guy from my gym is competing with the Middleweights.

[njmuscle66]

Certainly great company to be mentioned in the same sentence with haha. Thanks bro!


Quads and Hams for sure!! they have been my point of emphasis over the past couple years. And while I have seen a great deal of improvement with them, I still have a long way to go in order to do the damage on stage I want to. Dont worry about any critiquing, I'm totally open to it. We all have weak points at the amateur level and any pointers coming from someone who has been around the game as long as you will be much appreciated. You gotta be able to take the strengths along with the weaknesses... and this game is all about improving the weaknesses.

Edit: and btw bro, I dont know how far away you live from this area but I will be checking out the Natty show in East Brunswick this weekend because a guy from my gym is competing with the Middleweights.

The Mid-Atlantic is a really good show. I think Chris Falido is doing a seminar as well Wish I could make it but I have some things with my son to get accomplished this weekend

I am actually planning on doing the Mid Atlantic next year so maybe you will still be in the area. My days battling it out in the non tested arena are over but still looking to continue competing

[Fjock]

The Mid-Atlantic is a really good show. I think Chris Falido is doing a seminar as well Wish I could make it but I have some things with my son to get accomplished this weekend

I am actually planning on doing the Mid Atlantic next year so maybe you will still be in the area. My days battling it out in the non tested arena are over but still looking to continue competing

Awesome! glad to hear this and you can bet your ass ill be there if you indeed decide to do it. I live right there so itd be a damn shame if I wasnt in the building.

[Flex500]

[QUOTE=fltallpaul;163000011]

haha thanks paul, you are one of the main people helping me get through this prep. Honestly bro I almost broke down and cheated today. I was only half kidding about the cheese fries when I saw what you wrote in your thread lol. Especially since there is an Outback very close to my apt. But i know ud be very disappointed in me so I decided I can hold off till the night of the 17th :). Thanks for the support bro
you've got a great physique dude seriously you look great, you doing the francois in columbus this weekend? it's my last of the year and I just spent $160 on junk food at the grocery for after the show. I can't wait! I'm gonna crazy for 4 days then get back on all clean food...well except for friday and saturday nights, well maybe sunday nights too...

[Flex500]

how did you end up doing in the upper ohio

I know the guy who won the middleweights. It was his first show so he did the novice as well and the judges placed him 5th in the novice(even though he won the middle open) because they said he didnt belong with the novice lol.
did okay I did three shows so far got 2nd in one ( a smaller show though) got 3rd and got 5th in the upper ohio. I really fcked up at the upper ohio man I was holding so much water it was crazy. I'm not sure what happened I looked like crap.

I was way leaner than my show I did april 12th but I looked way worse. It's amazing how water can mess you up.....

oh well doing the francois this weekend, I live in columbus which will be nice and then I'm done till next spring

[Flex500]

I was at the upper ohio valley too, what classes were you in? I was in the bantam, I didn't do any other class.
heavyweight novice and open heavy you doing any more shows this year?

[Fjock]

[QUOTE=Fjock;163068321]
you've got a great physique dude seriously you look great, you doing the francois in columbus this weekend? it's my last of the year and I just spent $160 on junk food at the grocery for after the show. I can't wait! I'm gonna crazy for 4 days then get back on all clean food...well except for friday and saturday nights, well maybe sunday nights too...

I cant wait to get on this extended bulk man. The grocery store is taking a big hit soon.

[nevrilkphoto]

Chillen with the boss big mike back stage... Matt sry bro but the only pic I have of us we look like we are just holding hands and looks pretty homo so Ill skip on it hahahah
http://i25.tinypic.com/1f9q8l.jpg
thank for shooting guys.. hope you are happy with the photos

[nevrilkphoto]

Thanks again Wayne
http://i32.tinypic.com/n4z1nk.jpg
http://i28.tinypic.com/otnrkj.jpg
was a pleasure Brian.. well def catchup again sometime

[nevrilkphoto]

go get em at lehighs[/QUOTE]
ur photos sent out tonight

[Flex500]

[QUOTE=Flex500;163647521]

I cant wait to get on this extended bulk man. The grocery store is taking a big hit soon.
yeah buddy I told you in that other thread I just spent $160 on groceries today for after the show...man I can't wait

[Fjock]

yeah buddy I told you in that other thread I just spent $160 on groceries today for after the show...man I can't wait

unfortunately this is the normal cost of my grocery store visits once the offseason starts :( . Im gonna work my ass off for a sponsor next time around bro. Until then... extended hours workin at da club for me!