Hi guys,
well this came out of left field, this morning while I was training with my trainer.... and feeling pretty pumped.... he stands back looks me up and down and says " You know, I think you should compete, you'd place pretty well....I could have you competition ready by March" ..... what the ...???!!! ..... the thought had never crossed my mind but he's got me wondering now....could I do it....am I really good enough.... in my mind I'm still that skinny kid from years ago.... fairly small guy, still only weigh 158lbs..... there's lots of bigger more ripped guys than me around....
so what should I do.....could I be setting myself up for the ultimate humiliating experience.... I'm about to turn 47, who would have thought.....
but one thought immediately crossed my mind when he suggested it... I've got my 30 year high school reunion next year.... havent seen any of them since I was that skinny 17 year old kid...... wouldn't that knock their socks off......
hmmm, I dunno..... I need some encouragement guys....
OZBB
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12-01-2008, 02:18 PM #1Registered User
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I've been asked to compete !!! - will I be humilated?
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12-01-2008, 02:28 PM #2Trying 2 B Awesome
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Kinda hard to tell without pics....
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12-01-2008, 02:28 PM #3Registered User
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Go for it! although I think you could get a lot of useful insight here if you had some pics. But if your trainer thinks you can do it give it a shot it would be a tremendous experience.
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12-01-2008, 02:38 PM #4Registered User
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Yeah, it's REALLY hard to tell without pics!!!
Peace...God is always with me and I'll never give up...
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12-01-2008, 02:39 PM #5
Go to a local contest. Sneak backstage while the competitors are preping to go on stage. Visit with the athletes. Smell the tanning creams and baby oil. While in the audience watch the athletes and rate them. critique their posing. Site, sound and smell. If you don't come away somewhat jazzed up then do not compete. It's not in your genes.
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12-01-2008, 02:42 PM #6Registered User
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I havent got any recent pics, but my trainer said he'd take some in the next week or so.... he's also setting up a web site for his business and asked me if I could be one of his "before & after" shots..... so I've got pics coming.... if I do it, I know I'm going to have to get my diet and training dialled in to perfection..... up till now its just been a casual thing so I wasnt too serious about diet..... maybe for once I might actually get to see my abs LOL.....
I might grab some shots while I'm working out this week and post them here, so stay tuned.
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12-01-2008, 02:48 PM #7O_o \m/
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I don't see why you'd be humiliated. Even if you make last place, you still won a personal accomplishment by even making it to the competition. Go for it!
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12-01-2008, 03:15 PM #8me
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I'm the last person in the world that could tell if someone is a good bodybuilder or how they would do but I think in general competition is good for anyone as a person. To me all the gym lifts in the world don't matter if you don't put it out there either on a field or a stage or a platform. I have nothing but respect for all the preperation and dedication competitive BB's must go through to do their thing. Good luck to you.
Gnomefit...ain't for everybody, only the sexy people.
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12-01-2008, 03:24 PM #9Registered User
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If you pick the right show you wouldn't be humiliated at all. For your first show you want to pick a local contest that has novice classes. That way you would be competing against other novices. Just go into it as a learning experience and have fun with it. Who knows? You may just get hooked.
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12-01-2008, 03:34 PM #10Registered User
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Above all, you have to do it for your own reasons
Those reasons can change as you get closer to contest time, but you can't do it because your trainer wants you to and thinks he can get some good before and after pictures for his business web site.
When you are just a few weeks out, you don't want to feel like he is fighting you for changes to your diet and routines. You have to want to change to improve and get on stage.
As for being a loser. Any person, male or female that gets up on stage is a winner. It takes a lot of doing to get up there, pose and say here I am, judge me.
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12-01-2008, 03:40 PM #11me
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Well put!!Originally Posted by alec_braithwait
Gnomefit...ain't for everybody, only the sexy people.
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12-01-2008, 03:49 PM #12Da1UnV
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Post of some pics we will tell you if you will be put to shame or notOriginally Posted by OZBB
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12-01-2008, 04:24 PM #13Registered User
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Kind of hard to give meaningful encouragement without pics. Without knowing the truth anything we say will just be a platitude. An honest answer requires pics.
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12-01-2008, 05:09 PM #14Is Numero Uno
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Agreed on the pics. Check out a local natty show and see what you think. I've been to plenty and there are usually a handful of awesome physiques and the rest look like starved runners, so I wouldn't worry too much about being blown off the stage.
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12-01-2008, 07:30 PM #15Registered User
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Originally Posted by OutOfStep
thank you, thank you.....I've been put down here for saying that......
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12-01-2008, 07:30 PM #16Registered User
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Originally Posted by OutOfStep
thank you, thank you.....I've been put down here for saying that......
and for that reason, OP, you SHOULD get out there and compete!
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12-01-2008, 07:41 PM #17Registered User
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You have one life to live...live like it is.
You're only as successful as the effort you put into your success.
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12-01-2008, 07:43 PM #18Registered User
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OK I've posted some pics - check my other thread..
be kind...
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http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=112359661Last edited by OZBB; 12-01-2008 at 08:02 PM.
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12-01-2008, 09:18 PM #19The Cake Is A Lie!
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Don't know anything about competing, but congrats on kicking the skinny kid to the curb. We're around the same size and I was a stick boy in high school also.
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12-02-2008, 04:18 AM #20
age is not of a problem if you dont have any injuries etc.
I know a man who competed at age 48 for the first time.it was not a big contest but still.
he won.
he did some pills though .not extreme by any means :-P
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