The 2012 OCB Bodysculpt Open!

Yesterday I competed in the OCB Bodysculpt Open and had a great time! I competed in two classes: the Men’s Novice and Men’s Open, placing first in Novice and second in the Open class! It was a very long day filled with tough posing (literally elbow to elbow), but the final moments on stage made it all worth while! I had lots of friends come out to root for me including Jenna Stewart, Michael Stewart, Todd Berry, Elyse Masters, Julie Wilson, and Cory Cutler (thanks so much guys!) and my 8 months pregnant wife Marcella was there by my side for all 14 hours – a guy couldn’t ask for better support!

I spoke with the judges once the contest was over and they said my proportions were excellent and my main focus should be on improving my definition – a big step up from last July when the judges said I needed to improve my arms and legs! 6 months of hard work in the gym paid off! I couldn’t have done it without all the very heavy training (especially squats) – which I couldn’t have done without Dr Lassiter’s chiropractic treatments, and my body responded really well to the Y3T training system I mentioned in my last post.

Nutritionally for the last week I followed Dorian Yates‘s style of contest prep, increasing my carbohydrates early in the final week and cutting water out later on Friday (but of course being plant based it was all technically high carb) – this approach was much more straight forward and I can’t argue with the results, although I did notice that I looked better in the evening than I did at prejudging, after a lunch of an avocado roll and edamame. It’s all going in my notes for next time! Speaking of which, with the imminent arrival of our firstborn (30 days!) I will be backing off of training, and don’t plan to compete again until the Fall at the earliest. I’ll keep you posted! Now that I’ve nabbed a first place, my next goal is to win an overall, and then a Pro Card! Now that it’s in writing there’s no taking it back…