My first fitness competition

[april004]

So this Excelsior alum(yeah!) who is loving her personal training job @ U of Chicago is competing in her first fitness contest tomorrow.

So I am here @ the hotel and anticipating my first contest. Nervous. I just talked to two girls who talked about eating nothing but chicken breasts...

(I don't eat chicken...actually refrain from eating meat, save for fish here or there. Trying to be vegetarian but occasionally slip. Mostly am training on a meatfree diet.)

Actually I am bigger than they are! Lol. They are competing in figure and I am competing in fitness model because I doubted my physique was muscular enough for figure.

I was wrong! Next time...I will not doubt myself or my dietary habits. Oh well. I will still have fun experiencing my first competition. A little worried because all these women are talking about how much their swimsuits cost...(I am such a newbie..I didn't know competitors specifically got swimsuits just to pose in!)

I bought mine for $15.00 at old navy. The others ...the next cheapest one someone bought was $150(and you can't even swim in it!)

My shoes- $20.00 .


the others- $140!!!

Eeek...I think I am out of my league.

At least wardrobe wise.

But i guess getting a bargain comes with the territory. Saved money on my college education by testing out and now continuing the saving tradition with fitness.

Wish this Excelsior Alum good luck!

[Sunshine]

Go get 'em, April!!

Don't worry about your suit or shoes- just go out there and do your thing. It might be refreshing for the judges to see someone who doesn't look like all the rest!

Good Luck!

[cjzande]

Go, you! Don't let creeping doubt hold you back - get out there and knock 'em dead! (Well, you know - not literally.... milelol: )

[Tasman]

Go for gold April...very best of luck

[april004]

thanks everyone. Nervous! At my gym I am a big fish in a small pond. With this comp I feel I am a small fish in a big pond...or rather a goldfish in the Pacific.

there is prejudging @ 11 which I think takes about 3-4 hours. Then we all come back from 6-10 for the night show to find out how everyone did.

If I place in good standings I am definately sending this to the alumni news section of the Excelsior newsletter. If I don't...hey....at least I can call myself a fitness competitor, win or lose.

[cookderosa]

thanks everyone. Nervous! At my gym I am a big fish in a small pond. With this comp I feel I am a small fish in a big pond...or rather a goldfish in the Pacific.

there is prejudging @ 11 which I think takes about 3-4 hours. Then we all come back from 6-10 for the night show to find out how everyone did.

If I place in good standings I am definitely sending this to the alumni news section of the Excelsior newsletter. If I don't...hey....at least I can call myself a fitness competitor, win or lose.

I can't wait to hear all about it! Go get em! :hurray:



P.S. For many years I coached a culinary arts hot food competition team. Chef coats are kind of a big deal, but we competed in $10 coats and won gold medals often. LOTS of $150 jacket-wearing teams finished at the bottom. So, if you can't bring it, I guess you can buy it, but that doesn't fool anyone

[rickyjo]

I just swung by your profile, and forgive me, but I can't imagine that you won't place.

[april004]

I got 4th and all I kept hearing all night was "how come you aren't doing figure?" (I was doing bikini fitness. I got 4th place which isn't bad, especially since I was the only competitor that was older than 20 something in the division I was in. I was also the MOST muscular in my category. (SInce this is my first time competing I wasn't sure of the categories within the comp- bodybuilding, figure, bikini, etc.

And now I wish I didn't doubt my diet and did figure. Oh well. Good experience.I learned that I need to get darker(no worries, I shall get a spray tan) because I was the palest one there. And my cut abs may have actually placed me lower in the category I was competing in!

I really should do my hair instead of wash and go , and do makeup. And I learned that the girls glue their swimsuits on.

Yeah...it made a difference. Still -I enjoyed it.

[NAP]

Congratulations April! It sounds like you learned a lot and did really well in your first competition.

[Sunshine]

4th is awesome- way to go!! :hurray:

Sounds like you're ready for figure! They glue their suits? How do they come off?? :eek: