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I awoke at 1:50 in the morning to eat a big steak. Brett Feldman advised me to this during our conversation and through emails. I went back to bed afterwards and was awoken by my alarm clock at 5:50 AM. I got up and immediately headed to the shower to wash off my coat of Pro Tan that I had applied the night before. I was advised to apply another coat of Pro Tan in the morning, but I decided not to do so for several reasons. The main reason is because after I apply my coat of Pro Tan, I lose lots of definition until I wash the excess product off. I would've had to wake up a lot earlier to have given myself enough time for it to dry and wash it off. I couldn't do this because I was still letting my coat dry during the night from the night before. I believe that Dream Tan isn't such a great product because you don't wash off anything after you put it on.
My face was still really pale because I was going to apply a make-up product to it later. You never want to apply Pro Tan, Jan Tana, or Dream Tan (if you use it) to your face. I looked at my condition and I appeared to be smaller, but all of the water from my legs and stomach was gone. I wasn't really flat, so I decided to wait before eating any sweet potatoes. Brett advised me to eat only one or two sweet potatoes the whole morning before prejudging and to only eat them if I looked flat. I ended up eating two small sweet potatoes before I hit the stage. Throughout the first part of the day, I had one gram of vitamin C every couple of hours. Brett Feldman said this would help act as a diuretic. I had one 250 mg pill of Niacin when I woke up, one about an hour before prejudging, and one about an hour before the overall. I also had a couple of 99mg Potassium pills in the morning. I packed all of my things in my bag and ran through the list of things that I would need at my show.
When she asked about prescription medication, I remembered when I accidentally took one of my little brothers prescription pills that he took for ADHD about two years ago. I panicked and thought I had taken a banned substance! I told her and she told me that it was ok and that it wasn't a banned substance. I was relieved and then we started up with the test after she finished all of her questions. I passed the test and chilled in the theatre with Jeremy. I spotted Jim in the theatre and he came up and introduced himself. He is a really nice guy and has a lot of great bodybuilding stories to tell. He goes by the name of jimpern on the bodybuilding.com forums. He flew all the way up from Georgia to see my competition. That really meant a lot to me. We talked bodybuilding and then headed to the check-ins, which was held at 12:00. I applied my make-up to my face at around 12:45 and then headed to the athletes meeting at 1:30 after chatting with Jim for a while.
I pumped up my back with barbell rows and dumbbell rows. I then did some dumbbell presses and flys. I was really getting a good pump and then hit my shoulders with shoulder presses and side lateral raises. I finished everything off with some alternate dumbbell curls and some push-ups. I ate a couple pieces of chocolate before I went on to give me some energy and to help my vascularity. I had Septimiu Teodorescu spray me down with Pam oil spray.
There were, however, four very good bodybuilders in the lightweight class that I had to beat. The whole crowd was cheering for me because I was so young. I even heard someone yell, "that kid has a shredded ass"! I felt I did a great job with my posing, but I wasn't able to keep my abs and legs tight for the whole time. I am definitely going to be practicing my posing for a lot longer for my next competition. After prejudging, Kim from www.zproductionsinc.com took some pictures of me outside in the sun. Other photographers, including Jim, gathered around her to take photos. Many photographers asked for my address and volunteered to send me some pictures from the competition for free. Others wanted me to do some modeling in the future. I was filled with joy when all of those photographers introduced themselves to me and told me they thought I was great. After my photo shoots, I headed out to Subway with my dad, Jim, Tyler, and Jeremy. I chose a garden salad with chicken and no dressing. I ate it slow and sipped small amounts of water with my meal. After another long conversation about football, my future, bodybuilding, racing, college, cars, and many others subjects, we drove back to Monona Grove High School so I could get ready for my show. I wiped all the make-up off my face with my towel before applying more. I waited a few minutes and then started to pump up in the same fashion that I did earlier in the day.
The crowd was cheering loudly during my routine. When I finished posing to the song "O Fortuna", I was handed my first place trophy for the teen division and a bag of sample supplements. I hit a pose for the cameras and then I headed backstage, put on my sweats, and went to join my family and friends in the audience. My older brother, Cody, had come with his friend Pat and Pat's girlfriend, Laura, to watch the evening show. Cody video recorded all of the parts where I was onstage during the night show. After most of the women were done with their routines, I went backstage to get ready for my next appearance. They had all of the lightweights file on stage to hit their favorite pose before all of the lightweights did their posing routines. I did my left side chest and walked off stage. After all the lightweights were done with their routines, we all went back onstage to do a pose down. I immediately ran to the center of the stage once the music started. I hit a most muscular right in front of the head judges and followed that up with side chest and other random poses. I had a great time and the judges were laughing because I was so close to them. The other competitors followed my move and went really close to the end of the stage. I went even further in front of them and had my feet off the stage in some poses. It was a blast. We lined back up after the music stopped to be awarded our trophies.
First place in the INBF Wisconsin Natural Championships in the Men's Open Lightweight! I was overwhelmed and filled with joy. They handed me my bag of sample supplements and my first place trophy. I did a pose for the cameras and then headed offstage. I asked how long the class winners had until they went on stage for the overall and the lady told me about 15 minutes. I was going to put on some Hot Stuff and pump up some more, but my Hot Stuff was gone. Some one must have taken it. I waited for Septimiu to come back from the light-heavyweight posedown where he took first. He let me borrow his Hot Stuff and Pam oil spray. He and his friend sprayed everything on me and got me ready for the overall posedown. I pumped up some more and took in a mouthful of dextrose right after the heavyweight winner was announced. I sipped some water before heading out on stage with the middleweight class winner, the light heavyweight class winner, and the heavyweight winner. The crowd was going crazy when they saw that a 16-year-old was going for the overall. I tried my best to look like I belonged on stage with these experienced athletes.
The announcer asked if the pose down was ready to begin. He didn't get an answer and then I heard the music begin to play. I rushed out to the front of the stage and the music stopped. I just stood there and everyone thought it was funny and started laughing. I went back to my place in line and after all the laughing stopped, the real posedown began. I ran out to the front of the stage again to hit a most muscular and side chest. I followed that up with a back double bicep, a side triceps, and a front double bicep. I hit a most muscular and Septimiu said for us to both do a most muscular together in front of the judges. I hit it the hardest I could and the music stopped. We headed back to our spots in line and the announcer got ready to call out the winner. And the winner was ... Septimiu Teodorescu! We all shook his hand and filed backstage. I was disappointed that I didn't win the overall, but I gave it everything I had. I gathered my things together, grabbed a couple of Gatorades, and headed out with Jeremy to see my family and friends. Lots of people congratulated me and told me that I did a great job. I got a few pictures taken with my trophies and headed out to Red Robin with my brothers, Dad, Jim, Jeremy, Pat, Laura, Pat's friend, and I.
We devoured everything on our plates and I had the waitress get more fries for the both of us against Jeremy's request. I finished the fries in ecstasy while Jeremy looked like he was about to explode. We had great conversation at the table and I was living up every moment of that night. We talked about my future plans of competing in the 2005 NPC Teen Nationals, my writing for Bodybuilding.com, and much much more. We said goodbye to Jim and went back to our van where I finished off all of my Easter candy that I had been snacking on after my competition. We stopped at a rest stop and I looked in the mirror at my bloated stomach. It was weird because it was covered in veins and my abs were still visible despite my stomach sticking out so far that it would put Ronnie Coleman to shame!!
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