Alchemist's summer competition cycle

[BBiceps]

So, first of all, I want to thank to all of you guys here who were following this log, giving me advices and general support and motivation. I knew I wasn't in my best shape (in terms of being dry and low in bf%), but I still wanted to go on that stage so badly, even tho I knew there will be contenders from the whole country. Vibe there from younger guys was awesome, everyone was super supportive and nice towards eachother! Like you'll see on pics bellow, I think I deserved 3rd places instead of 4th, bc of my back and legs, but hey, its my first time on big stage, also, these guys are 6-9 years older than me. In first pic, guy on the right wad 3rd. View attachment 209192
On second pic, guy next to me was 2nd, I still think I had better lat spread than him, but I should've been my drier. All in all, I'm verry motivated and happy with how it went.
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Good job! The more you do it the more comfortable you’ll be on stage and the better you’ll place, the stage presence is something they judge on a lot also. In my wife’s first competition she was clearly in better shape than the winner but the winner had better stage presence&confidence, she also was from a bigger team (it’s a lot of politics in placing high) so my wife got second.

You’re on a good start and I’m sure you’ll be top 3 very soon!

 

[Alchemist11]

Good job! The more you do it the more comfortable you’ll be on stage and the better you’ll place, the stage presence is something they judge on a lot also. In my wife’s first competition she was clearly in better shape than the winner but the winner had better stage presence&confidence, she also was from a bigger team (it’s a lot of politics in placing high) so my wife got second.

You’re on a good start and I’m sure you’ll be top 3 very soon!

Thanks man, a lot of guys approached me in the gym and they were super supportive and nice about me getting out on stage and that I should go in that direction.

 

[Alchemist11]

Also, here are few post show pics