And I ask........How do you know its time? When is it time to compete? I ask myself this many times. I have desire and I want it now more than ever.
I tell myself------Hell, I don't know, I don't feel I'm ready to compete yet................I need to be bigger...............My arms are to small. Damn, my legs? My legs need more size, more cuts, more separation.
So how do you know its time? I have been juggling these thoughts for a couple of years now and I finally figured out when you will know. No one is going to tell you that your ready. No one is going to hold your hand and lead you there. So how do you know?
Well ladies and Gentleman I have figured it out. You will just know, when it is time for you to know.
For me it just sparked and went of like a bomb. I knew I had a short fuse but just couldn't manage to create that spark to light it.
You will just know when it is time and for me................... IT IS TIME!
What caused the spark you ask? Last Saturday June 9, 2007 I finally made it out to watch a show for the first time ever. I was so fired up! I was on edge the whole show. I even had an adrenaline pump going the whole time and actually felt a little nauseas because of it. I know I told my wife several times I was so nervous as if I were going to be competing there that night myself. Although I knew that wasnt the case after seeing the competition on stage. I looked at my wife and say to her damn I feel small...........Look the people walking around and just watching look like they could compete. I knew right then I have my work cut out for me and that is what threw a spark to light my fuse.
I knew that IFBB Pro Patrick Richardson was going to be guest posing and outside of the old school bodybuilders that I only read about Pat inspires me. Pat in my eyes is a mentor. Even the modern day bodybuilders that I read about here and in magazines still seem more like a myth in its on as I have never met any of them personally but yet I know they are real and just as inspiring. Pat is the one and only Pro bodybuilder or first bodybuilder period, I have ever met in my life. He helps me with my diet, he answers questions and he is a good source for my supps when I need something fast. Pat owns a local supplement shop called All Pro Nutrition and I discovered him for myself just short of a year ago I guess it has been now. He reminds me of Franco Columbo at only 5'4" as Pat would state "Only on a good day, maybe, if I hang from a pull-up bar with a few 45's around my waist"
I consider Pat more than a bodybuilder he is a friend. Now he is not my best friend as Pat is all about business since that is how he makes a living but none the less I consider him a good friend.
"Friend" Defined:
–noun
1. a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard.
2. a person who gives assistance; patron; supporter
3. a person who is on good terms with another; a person who is not hostile
4. a member of the same nation, party, etc.
5. (initial capital letter ) a member of the Religious Society of Friends;a Quaker.
–verb (used with object)
6. Rare. to befriend.
—Idiom
7. make friends with, to enter into friendly relations with; become a friend to.
With that all being said I have committed myself to do this same show that I just recently went and watched. This show is a newly added show in the NPC this year. It was the 2007 Atlantic Coast Crystal Cup.
I have my mind set to be a contender in this show for next year as my very first show. Win, lose or draw! I am committed!
Join me on my journey to the North Carolina NPC, 2008 Atlantic Coast Crystal Cup.
More to come...................