the person with the best physique out of the 3 girls to you're left would be the girl in red, so she probably won (unless her routine wasn't great).Quote:
Originally Posted by Dryvrgrl
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the person with the best physique out of the 3 girls to you're left would be the girl in red, so she probably won (unless her routine wasn't great).Quote:
Originally Posted by Dryvrgrl
9 weeks out from Nationals!
this is a weird one.. im not really losing my focus or anything.. im just feeling frustrated with other people. I KNOW this is an independant sport and all.. but i enlisted the help of a few people to make improvements between provincials and nationals and it seems like a few of them jammed on me! i still have gymnastics once a week, but lost my second rehursal a week, and i KNOW my routine is my weakest point. I injured my right wrist and my left shoulder, and both re slowing down not only my training but my gymnastics as well. My main support and motivator is on a different shift than i am, and we havent been training together. My girl is on her own journey to BB Nationals and 7 weeks out, so her dietting is different than mine, and she preps differently also... plus, she really has a shot at doing well, so im kinda trying to keep the focus on her Nationals and sorta putting mine second... My kid is leaving in 2 days for the whole summer to go on the road and my new puppy keeps eating all my furniture!
it feels like a beer on a patio kinda day... but ill be heading to gymnastics in about 20 minutes, then to the gym to do my lift...
taking the good days with the bad!
(oh and my computer is still busted, so im on begged borrowed and stolen internet for at least another 2 weeks.. uurrgghh i miss my online support network too!)
Your routine isn't going to be better if you are broken in 9 weeks. Not sure where your coach is on this one but you might consider cutting your routine practice in half and giving yourself some serious recovery time.
Your routine was pretty much perfectly executed at the provincials. It was as good as your current skill level could support. The women who beat you had routines that were technically harder - they were full blown gymnasts/dancers
If you bring your hamstrings in a little tighter and execute your routine as well as you did in the provincials then I think you will have done as much as you can this year.
That's just my opinion of course but it may exactly the right time for several tonic water with lime on the patio kinda days.
Chat with your coach and don't be scared to give yourself recovery time. You've been in contest shape a looooooong time now.
Less than 7 weeks!
Less than 5 for Ms-Moneypenny!
life in our house is getting weird!
we prep very differently menatally... i am an extrovert! I share my pain and misery with everyone around me! lol... Leigh keeps everyting inside.. doesn't talk much in the final stages... likes to suffer alone... needless to say, I have taken to talking to the dog, alternatind by leigh taking the dog on long silent walks to get away from me!! lol
I feel like training is good.. been to DR about injuries and am managing them, made a few tweaks to routine... really starting to get excited for the experience!
Leigh is gonna do great! Im more excited for her show than mine!
4 and 6 respectively!!
Cheat day tomorrow... might be the last one. I told my coach I want to change my conditioning a bit,, cut up the legs... I dont care if thats what judges want... its what I want and how I want to present myself!
All my injures are under control, things are moving exactly as I had hoped!
Leigh looks crazy! Grapevine says there are 8 women in middleweight and 5 in light. (10 in heavy)... I know she wont be a heavy, but will be wobbling between middle and light. If she makkes light she'll be top end.. I guess time will tell.
Im pretty sure we found a photographer! That makes me happy!
I started dieting (well eating like a beast) and training for this year, in June of last year. and that was after only a few weeks off. I didnt get a "set diet" until September, but I feel like I need a bit of time off. The funny thing is I dont crave any "bad" food... I know when im off my diet I wont eat enough... I just am feeling a little , I dunno, anti-social maybe. Its weird how much eating has become a social thing. I find my mentality to food isn't about how it tastes, or looks, but how it will fuel my body. I think I need to just really enjoy a GOOD meal.. lol maybe sushi tomorrow.. sushi always makes me happy!
My kid is gone for the whole summer. Ill be seeing her in toronto for my competition. She is working the Carnival this summer! Truth be told.. I miss her alot.
The Puppy is fitting in nicely. Cardio is way more fun dragging a cute puppy behind ya! 15 weeks old! ate half the house, pissed all over the other half...
I got a half a cup of blueberries added to my regular diet... Blueberries clean ya out better than broccoli.
that's all Ive got this week...
OH NO!! I forgot I got cast in a movie! I have to go shoot it tonight at the legislature bldg! I got cast in it because the producer was looking for a "Strong Attractive Woman" and an assistant to him took my bus and noticed me driving and started talking to me, and I guess around the ill fitting uniform could tell I was in decent shape, so she set an appt with the producer the next day and he cast me for a small role! I have to bring running shoes and high heels... sounds kinky! lol
best mentality ever. Especially considering the judges will like cut up legs no matter what they say. It beats soft legs any day...Yes, some women have the genetics to hold their fat well, and actually have a nice shape to their legs even when "fatter"...but that is the minority. Most will look their best lean and dehydrated.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dryvrgrl
4 Weeks Till Nationals!!!!
I am currenly HUGE! My trainer put me on a fat load... I am fat and LOADED right now!... I figure if there is any last ditch effort to gain any size... it's been the last two weeks! Ive been using that food energy to FULL advantage and hit some personal bests! Im feel Very strong!!.. but (like I said) full.. fat, and not ready for a national competition!. My cardio is UP... my workouts are HUGE and my gymnastics coach just had a baby a week ago and I have nowhere to train routine... so, some High's... Some Lows! lol.
this weekend Im working on turning my provincial posing suit into a national posing suit... (I figure spending 50 bucks on gemstones is bettert than spending 4 or 5 hundred on a new suit)
Got hotel rooms booked for both saskatoon and toronto.
got flight To toronto... no flight home yet..
Getting car tuned up and oil changed and AIR PRESSURE IN TIRES checked next week! (last year we blew a tire on the highway to Vancouver)
Leigh's suit done... Photo shoot lined up... tickets for the show in sakatoon purchased... need to secure tics for toronto show...
I would HIGHLY suggest to anyone in the future, if you have a spouse training and you are training... plan seperate events with months between them!... this together thing is hard.. especially 2 weeks apart!..
but I digress...
Next year... ive decided... i do Bodybuilding. I KNOW I have the discipline. I KNOW I can do the work. I KNOW if i grow (which I will) I can do well... i want to bb Nationals by 2013! The trip is almost over... but the Journey will continue!
your very inspiring Dryvrgrl, keep up the good work you definitely have the right mind set to succeed! best of luck!
Luv reading your colourful journal :D and yaaa! for switching to bbing next year :yeah
Best of luck to both of you !
Sounds like everything is set....only 4 weeks to go:) When are you flying into TO? Can't wait to see ya!!!
No Kidding! I'm gonna hug you like we have really known each other forever.. just warning you!Quote:
Originally Posted by 69challenger
we fly into TO on the 26.. the COOLEST thing.. the show is on the CNE grounds, and my daughter is working out there!! so she took the day off to cheer for me!
I have to agree with Steve here (big suprise, he is my husband after all, lol). Great attitude - Compete how you want to look. The judging is sooo soooo soooo subjective you have to compete in this sport for yourself and because you love it.Quote:
Originally Posted by steve_d
I know what it's like to have 2 competing in the house. It seems like hell now but it is well worth the payoff in the end!
4 more weeks!
I loved doing contest prep with CC, we had 0 issues, it made it much easier prepping food together, trng together, good stuff to talk about and goals to achieve together....We loved it so much that 1 of us couldnt compete this yr, so we both opted out to do it again......
Trick is you have to be interested in the same outcome and have that in you from the beginning, For us , it was a blast and we look forward to doing it again in 2011.....
Plus its awesome to see each other progress, and pose together etc.....10/10 IMO
After workout showers are an extra bonus as well....
LESS THAN 2 WEEKS!!!!
i have a SHITLOAD of cardio... and nothing but eggwhites and br rice to eat... which sucks but whatever... its only a few more weeks... I feel pretty good, but a little small after watching BB Nationals! haha...
Gene X took some pics of me and Leigh in saskatoon... here is a sample! Im pretty dang happy! I just wish I knew how to be more girly some times... lol
^^^LOVE that shot! Strong and sexxxxy!!! Looking good DG!
Thankd 69!!
here's one more he let us have! (I have to order the rest!!)
That's an amazing picture! Sexy, strong, tasteful.... love it!
Sweet pics!!
alrighty!! in one weel I will have completed my physique round and should be either doing or gearing up for my Fitness routine!
I can't believe its a week away!.. im finally getting excited! lol... my cardio is down a bit... so is my food (mmmm all egg whites all the time!) however, so is my energy and strength! lol...
I had something shitty happen this week... well it was shitty then turned good. someone stole a hundred bucks from my wallet in the changeroom at the gym. Everyone knows this isnt a cheap sport!.. and its been a pretty tight budget with having Leigh's Nationals 2 weeks before mine... so pretty much, that ws my "spending money"...
well I got pissed, then sad... then mad.. mostly because everyone there knows me and I consider them freinds... i made a facebook post and the most amazing thing happened!.. a bunch of people stepped forward and offered me some help!... every one of them told me that they think it's great what Im doing, or that I inspire them, or thatI have helped them in some way, and they would like to help me back! I was so humbled by the experience!.. i guess people look up to me and recognise the passion that drives me and want to be part of that!...
anywaho... a week till this journey is done and I can start planning the next one!.. well after I eat a bunch of peanutbutter of coarse!
If I remember correctly this thread started with you deciding to put on some more muscle.
Now that you are at the other end how much muscle were you able to put onto your stage weight this year?
Cool pictures by the way. Hope the rest turn out as well.
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This is the great thing about this sport! I have always said that if my journey influences just 1 person to lead a healthier or happier lifestyle then it's well worth any suffering I had to endure. Sounds like you are a great role model for many!
1 week out, woo hoo!!!
See you soon!!!
Hey T!.. yeah it sort of turned into a blog eh? lol maybe I should moderate it over to the journal section!! I Have the Power!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by tiramisu
Im not a hundred percent YET because right now I am soduim loading and will drop some weight at the end still.. I will weigh myself on the Official scale at weigh ins and see how much I weigh. I am POSITIVE I hit 5 pounds!! might even be a little above that. Since provincials I have been pushing really hard to bring up my glutes and add some shoulders... (which I believe were both areas you pointed out as "could use improvement!" lol... ) well I have succeeded. Jeff (my coach) pulled out some VERY contovercial training methods for my delts... everyone on here will say I overtrained them and that its not going to work.. but I feel it did, I know strength wise, Im still pushpressing OLY bar with quarters, which was my MAX last year, today (and Im pretty depleated right now) I got 10 reps out!... Im hopeing added strength translates into more mass!!
scale today I weigh 123 lbs. If I am over 118 at weigh in.. I will have successfully added over 5 pounds of muscle!
Ange.. thanks! and yeah Baby!! One week and all the judging is pretty much over! lol... I know that no matter where I place... I have given all I could! I haven't cut corners, I haven't taken short cuts, I've given all I have to this endeavour.. I feel exhausted, but GOOD!!
I Think Us canadabodybuilding.com Chicks are gonna do ok!! I hope we make this community proud!! (I mean BOTH new IBBF pros are members of this site!!... lol... Ironic? or does canadabodybuilding.com just ****en ROCK!!!!)
Oops I swore.. LOL
great shot of you and Leigh... you look tight!
best of luck, didn't have time to read your entire posting here but keep doing what your doing. I gotta get me in on this action. My diet is that of a teenage boy stuck in a powerlifters body lol.. if it makes sense. Basically I am eating like crap. Time to revamp come september for the spring. I need some motivation :(
Well!! I've done it!!
I hit 120 pounds LEAN!!
7 pounds of muscle in a year and a half!!
I've hit the national stage!
I've had my kid tell me she is proud of me!!
I've eaten until I puked, then ate a little more!!
I finished what I started and I did it in an honest, fair way without compromising my beliefs!
I've made some freinds!
I've been a few places!!
ive grown... stronger!... emotionally, physically, and mentally!
Today, I feel indestructable!
I'm planning on enjoying toronto a little today and tomorrow. And eating my way from china town, to little italy, through little india, and on to greektown!!
The thought of going back to winnipeg, and to my real life and my shitty union job is depressing. If anyone out there reading this is in thier 20's... and not "tied down"... Follow your dreams!... Do what you love, and you will love what you do! (oh hell... anyone of ANY age should do that... tied down or not!!)
Sunday morning and im not at the gym lifting... feels weird.
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Awesome stuff!
Sorry we could not meet up this weekend, was a crazy hectic weekend!
Congrats on all your success.
nothing but props to ya girl!!!
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Since I've been back to wpg i've seen you a few times out for yer walks while i've driven down portage and all I can say Is that you look stunning hun. Also i've seen some remarkable pics of you on FB from photographers and from what I see you are the hottest woman and most "in shape" woman on stage. The way I see it you are not only tight as hell, but out of all the woman on stage you are the only one who still looks like a str8 up beautiful lady.
You have a good payn union job, a kid who probably thinks the world of you, a spouse who supports you and tends to your sexual needs(YA BABY) AND you are friggin smokin hot.
So I dare ask........why you seem so down?:D
aww shucks!
thanks D! and GB
i guess i got a little case of "the dream is over" syndrome! lol.. just been so focused on hetting to this point for so long... now im here, and the world is open before me, but i just am not sure where to go... need a few days to figure out which direction to turn and start that journey
the world is round girl, take all directions and explore it ;) ....your smart and driven, you'll make the right decisions I know it!!
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Kinda like when a baby bird flies for the first time huh, it's finally up there in the sky, but where to go it wonders?
Im sure you will figure shit out dryvrgrl, just do what makes you happy is about the best advice I can give ya;)
There's usually a couple of weeks of decompression after a major event. Best thing is to rest, recover, and enjoy the personal success. Then back to work :)
well.. Im back home.. and returned to work yesterday, and if there is one thing Ive learned for certain... it is that being just a "bus driver" isn't enough for me any more!
My daughter is graduating this year.. so my focus is going to be on helping her graduate and put her dreams in mothion!... But Im pretty sure you'll be seeing me on the fitness stage at the Canadian national Natural physique show!!
My coach was very pleased with how I looked!
A few judges I heard back from told me I have real "personality" on stage...
My weakness is mostly in the actual skills... and I could have softened my look a bit more... we will see.
I start back training on saturday! lol...
Piffle to softened looks. You looked good.
The routine part might take a few more seasons to develop the technical skills. Some of the women were pretty darn strong gymnasts even at the provincial level.
In some ways it's a shame they don't have fitness for men. It would combine the "classical" bodybuilder look and show some useful strength. I think men's strength routines could rock.
This is a really good shot , know it was a while ago but just seen it for the first time today , NICE ONE !Quote:
Originally Posted by Dryvrgrl
thanks JMP!!
I just read this entire thread. I gotta say.. AWESOME WORK, lady! CONGRATULATIONS! I hope you're still enjoying your accomplishments and success (including your daughter graduating this year :D).Quote:
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I'm working on packing on mass myself, but its pretty tough going...
All the best to you in your training and future competitions! :)