On Aug 6th, 2011 (8 days ago), I competed in my first ever figure competition. It was the INBA California Natural Bodybuilding Championships. One of the ONLY all-natural organizations in bodybuilding. I had been wanting to do a figure competitions for years, and decided to embrace the challenge. I began a 12 week prep and it was amazing to prove to myself what I was able to accomplish, the discipline I was able to achieve, and everything I learned about figure training, nutrition, and all the girlie stuff like walking in 5 inch heels!
(me and another figure competitor)
Friday afternoon my friend Jenny and I drove up to Windsor to commence tanning. I want to give her a HUGE shout out (and her new blog! http://jenniferbenda.blogspot.com/) because she was a huge support for me, coming up there and keeping me company, staining her hands along my naked body to apply the tanning lotion, becoming utterly stir crazy and exhausted as she was waiting for me allll daaaaayyyy saturday as the show ended wayyy past schedule- in other words, going beyond the call of duty! 😉 Friday we started tanning and it was looking umm not so hot so it was relieving when Akane, experienced competitor de jour, came and cleaned it up! We relaxed and…I couldn’t sleep, though a certain tranquility set in and I was able to think beyond the competition tomorrow and felt I would perhaps like to compete in another one…
(me and a bikini competitor)
Before ya know it, it was morning time and that meant hair and makeup. Wassup! Chica totally made me look good (yessah! good thing, cuz I do NOT know how to do hair and makeup- especially for stage!). We got to the venue for orientation, registration, and urine testing. Then, it was time to get ready for pre judging! Everyone was glazing up, pumping up, walking around all orange, scantily clad. Pretty funny.
(pumpin up! GRRRRRR beasssttt. okay i’m smiling but stilllllll imma BEAST!)
I was dying-nervous in my heels! It was SO hard for me to walk in those things! As I did the T-walk on stage, I was nerve-racked and as I filed into diagonal line, I was shaking like a leaf. Scary! I did my best to portray a confident composure, though.
(me in mah 1 piece)
(me in mah 2 piece)
I competed in 4 divisions: 1 piece novice, 1 piece open, 2 piece novice, 2 piece open.
After pre judging, there was a lonnggg break of a few hours before the night time show, which is when decisions are cemented and awards are bestowed. Peeps were texting me in the afternoon how did you do how did you do?!?! I was like I reserve judgment until I hear the results!!
As the show ran late, it was forever until my participation in the night time show. I wanted to get it over with 😉
:::Drum rolll::::
RESULTS:
1 piece novice: 1st place
1 piece open: 1st place
2 piece novice: 1st place
2 piece open: 2nd place
🙂
Not too shabby for my first competition!
(2 buff crew in tha heezy!)
By the end, I felt really bad for Jenny because she wanted to get the eff home (another 1-2 hour drive back), so we bounced pretty fast. Sadly, I forgot to get the judges feedback before leaving.
We came home, I showered off a coat of tan, and the next day I was back at work training clients!
It’s felt a little unreal, partly perhaps because this week has gone by SO FAST. I wanted to document everything right away and write a blog post ASAP but I have been on the go, go, go! I’ve been training clients around the Bay, so my commute time has increased tremendously, so I think that has been where my time has been guzzled…
More updates to come…
Love and lunges,
K
AUG
