cphafner
07-24-2005, 12:26 PM
So I was a bit harsh on myself in my journal yesterday, but feel better after looking at the pictures. I didn't place top 5. I was unofficaly 6th or 7 (they didn't about 6 or 7th, but no way I placed worse than the last guy). I was surprised by the quality of the guys. I was taller than the top 5 guys, so they were all thicker. The winer was only 5'4" and the 2nd place guy was about 5'6" (and only 150 lbs, but looked so much heavier).
In the lineup shot the order was 2nd place, me, 4th, 3rd, 5th, 1st. The last competitor wasn't in the photo.
The show was terribly disorganized, and I would never do another show from this promoter. Noone knew what the ehll was going on. The judges were real tough on our division. We did 4 sets of quarter turns, 3 full sets of mandatories, and a bunch of optional poses (crab mm and hammy shots). Noone knew how to perform the ham pose. I was not prepared for this much posing, and my posing suffered. I think with some posing work, I could have placed maybe 5th or 4th. I did a real crappy job posing my legs, which were small to begin with. I really need to work on my leg development if I am going to thnk about competing again.
The pump up "room" consister of 2 20 lbs db's and a 65 lb BB. One of the open guys was nice enough to let me borrow his bands. They then brought us backstage to pump up more. We had to use chairs for pushups, dips, curls, etc. Really a poor event.
When it came to the awards they told the MC to send out the top 5, so she sent out #1-5 (I was #2). They brought us off, then sent out the same 5. They then said wait a minute, and had the masters women compete and get their trophies (they forgot they were supposed to go before us). Finally the head judge came up and called out 5 numbers, mine wasn't called. One of the open heavies treid to cheer me up and said it took a lot of courage just to step on stage, that really didn't sink in until this morning.
I left dejected, and didn't feel like eating or partying, but did go eat a bunch of junk and chug a 44 oz big gulp. Tomorrow I jump right back into the bulk. I already raided Costco this morning and restocked the freezer.
I am facing the reality that at my height (5'11") it will be hard to compete at anything less than light-heavy, so no future comps are planned.
Thanks to everyone for the support during this process.
In the lineup shot the order was 2nd place, me, 4th, 3rd, 5th, 1st. The last competitor wasn't in the photo.
The show was terribly disorganized, and I would never do another show from this promoter. Noone knew what the ehll was going on. The judges were real tough on our division. We did 4 sets of quarter turns, 3 full sets of mandatories, and a bunch of optional poses (crab mm and hammy shots). Noone knew how to perform the ham pose. I was not prepared for this much posing, and my posing suffered. I think with some posing work, I could have placed maybe 5th or 4th. I did a real crappy job posing my legs, which were small to begin with. I really need to work on my leg development if I am going to thnk about competing again.
The pump up "room" consister of 2 20 lbs db's and a 65 lb BB. One of the open guys was nice enough to let me borrow his bands. They then brought us backstage to pump up more. We had to use chairs for pushups, dips, curls, etc. Really a poor event.
When it came to the awards they told the MC to send out the top 5, so she sent out #1-5 (I was #2). They brought us off, then sent out the same 5. They then said wait a minute, and had the masters women compete and get their trophies (they forgot they were supposed to go before us). Finally the head judge came up and called out 5 numbers, mine wasn't called. One of the open heavies treid to cheer me up and said it took a lot of courage just to step on stage, that really didn't sink in until this morning.
I left dejected, and didn't feel like eating or partying, but did go eat a bunch of junk and chug a 44 oz big gulp. Tomorrow I jump right back into the bulk. I already raided Costco this morning and restocked the freezer.
I am facing the reality that at my height (5'11") it will be hard to compete at anything less than light-heavy, so no future comps are planned.
Thanks to everyone for the support during this process.