Here is the results from the show!! http://www.naturalolympia.com/2011NatNA_ContestResults.html
So I didn't get a chance since Thursday to update! My show was on Saturday, it was a very long day indeed!
Friday night we headed to Bolingbrook to get my competition spray tan by Whitnie from Bella Bronze, sbe did a fabulous job on my color! I then registered and talked to a few people and eventually ran into Murrel Hall, my PE teacher from Elementary School. He is 70 years old and just got his pro card! He looks incredible!! Here are some pictures of him!
We then headed to my aunts in Oswego, got there a little after 9 and ate some food. My friend Alicia Harris came over to help me out with some final walking/posing for the show. She is incredibly sweet and so helpful! I couldn't have had the confidence on stage with out her guidance! Finally got to bed around 1230am and woke up around 6am to eat my first meal and get ready. I had makeup with Megan Melone at 650am and we had Athlete check in at 9am. I did my own hair which actually turned out fine. Prejudging started a bit late, but that is okay!
Prejudging was at 11am and the late show was at 6pm, ultimately we got done closer to 2pm and headed back to Oswego to recoop, eat, and redo my hair! Then back for the show at 5pm to get a new coat of color and she put this great shimmer bronzer on top of my color! Late show went by pretty quick and before we knew it, they were announcing the placings. Finally the bikini tall overall came up, I felt pretty good about my performance but definitely wasn't sure what to expect. I ended up placing 4th in the Tall overall, I got a trophy! Pretty cool. Definitely not what I expected, but I am thankful for the experience. I really loved prepping for this show, and even though at times it was incredibly frustrating, it was such a great learning process. I met a ton of incredible people within Illinois Bodybuilding and definitely would love to build some great relationships and keep building and learning. I want to compete again soon but will be focusing on bulking for the next few months! I was really happy with how I looked at the competition but absolutely know that I need to be at least 10lbs heavier to get to where I want to be!
The great part of all is I am so blessed so have great friends, boyfriend, and family that are super supportive of my life goals and were able to come out and cheer me on. I wouldn't have done so well without all of them!! :)
So that brings me to the next step, I get to increase my calories by about 500 calories and will be eating more carbs/protein (I love food, so this won't be a problem for me) AND I am training on the same program my boyfriend is, which helps build overall strength and hypertrophy. I jumped in his training yesterday and today and feel it will be very beneficial to stick with it. Here is a layout of what we did today and yesterday!
Sunday-Back & Shoulders
(Back)
1-back power exercise- bent over rows (3x10) at 65% ten rep max
2-dumbell rows- 3 sets of 10-2reps
3- rack chins- 3 sets of 10-15 reps
4- close grip cable pull downs-2 sets 12-15reps
5-weighted hangs-holding for 60 secs at a time (eventually adding weight until you can't hang for 60 secs anymore) I had a hard time with these as my grip isn't where I'd like it to be.
(Shoulders)
1-Shoulder Power-Military Press 3 sets of 10 reps at 65% ten rep max
2-dumbell side lat raises 3 sets of 10-12reps
3-machine laterals 2 sets of 12-15reps
4th- bent over dumbell laterals 2 sets of 12-15
This week is going to be easy as it will help with keeping a pump, building strength, but still recovering without using too much weight. It is preparing for the coming weeks of training.
Monday: Lower Body
70% normal 5 rep max x 4 sets
1-Quad Power exercise-squat @ 80 lbs
2 Leg Extensions- 2 sets of 15-20
3 Ham Power Exercise-Stiff Leg Dead lifts @ 70
4 Standing Calf Raises-4 sets of 6-10reps
5 Seated Calf Raises 3 sets of 10-12 reps
So far its going well, excited to eat potatoes and steak and all things delicious but still "clean."
Here are some pictures from the competition!! :)
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