Disappointed but not Defeated.

Well the show is over now.  I went in with the best I had but walked away empty handed.  I am disappointed in the contest results but I am glad it’s over!  It’s been quite the experience this time around.  It was great to be up on stage though.  The rush is hard to explain.  My wife says it’s because I’m so vain and that I love the attention.  She just maybe right… lol.  I never entered into training like this expecting to go Pro or anything like that but I do enjoy the preperation, struggle, and the show it itself so I don’t know if this will be the last time I’ll do it.  I do know where my opportunities to improve are and I’ll focus on those areas, esspecially if there is a next time.  For now I want to thank Mr. SoulStable himself along with my wonderful family for their support.  A few years ago when I first started to train and compete I kept is somewhat on the DL because I feared it would be viewed as something too “fie palangi or faka muna” but I’ve been pleasantly surprised by all the support.  I’m sure theres some haters out there but fortunately they’ve stayed quiet.  It’s people like Soni Angilau, Sinai Pauni, Crystal Taufalele in my life that have made steps outside the box of the local poly norms.  They’ve given me the courage to do what I love despite being alone when starting off.  My family has been a big part in my character as an adult.  I grew up within an environment and with an attitude that I was an idividual and proud of it.  I wasn’t affraid to step outside of stereo-types and the only expectations I’ve had to fulfill have been my own. 

Below is a link to my facebook album.  I hope this works, it should be a public link.  Soni also put together a video clip of my night show routine.  I’ll also try to link that as well. 

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1848349043480.2090445.1083302989&l=e933425fd3

Week 14, Day 7- Counting down

Well it’s been a long road!  Jan 3rd this all started and now just 6 days away.  I’m so excited for it to be here and to just be done.  Come what may I will bring my best to the show and lay it all out there.  My last post I seemed really on one but I feel much better now.  Actually the past few days I’ve felt pretty good.  I still feel the fatigue but I think knowing that I’m just a few days away helps me to not feel it too bad mentally.  I carb loaded last night and I feel great this morning.  I will start to load up my water today in order to dehydrate myself by the end of the week.  I already drink a lot of water and pee like every  20 minutes but these next few days are gonna annoying.  I’ll try to drink up 3 gallons of water through out the day today, 2-2.5 tomorrow (Monday), 1.5-2 gallons on Tuesday, about a gallon on Wednesday, then drastically reduce for Thursday and Friday.  Because water is such a good natural diaretic I’ll be peeing like crazy because of all the water I’ll drink between now and Wednesday.  I’ll also increase my sodium by adding salt to all my meals from now until Wednesday afternoon which will bring some swelling back into my body.  Then when I cut my water, the idea is that my body will continue to push out water (I’ll be a peeing machine) which will dehydrate my body.  This along with my last carb load I’ll have on Friday night will hopefully help me to dry out (give the perception of really tight thin skin looking more muscular and vascular) for Satuday morning.  Because I’ll be carb depleted at that point and dehydrated my body will pull the carb directly too my muscles along with the little water left in my system causing swelling and tightness in my muscles.  It’s really important I pay attention to my body, however, because too much water or too many carbs too early can really affect when my body will be at it’s peak.  This whole thing is friggin exciting to me.  Anyways just 6 days away now and it’s show time!  I will do some overall body workouts Mon-Wed about 2 sets each lift with the second set doing drop sets to about 25-30 total reps.  Iwill do my regular cardio on Monday but then dial it back for Tuesday and Wednesday then it’s rest time to let my body recover on Thursday and Friday.  Then Saturday morning it’s showtime!