So I'm back in my room - it's 1:45am here (2:45am at home) and needless to say I'm pretty tired. The one-piece prejudging Round 1 went from 5:00pm until 10:00pm ... and that's just when we left. They were just starting the physique rounds of Fitness at that point, but we had to get out of there to get the girls some food. Huge show, with classes ranging from 16 all the way up to 40-something. They obviously passed on the idea of evening out the class sizes for this show. Must be tough to judge a 40-person class. Anyway, Jody, doing her first national show was in Class E - 30 girls. She was in the 3rd call out... read more 3 comments

So we're about two hours out from the Round 1 prejudging here in Chicago. This place is buzzing with some incredible physiques. A a guy, you can't really come to a show like this and feel like much more than a swimmer. :lol: Lots of people here for this one. We're basically just cruising in for the one-piece this evening and then plan to fat load after this round tonight in order to nail it for tomorrow's two-piece round. So today, we've got normal water intake (no cutting), and some clean protein, carbs and fats at each meal leading up to the prejudging. Noel will probably have some PB M&Ms at some point before prejudging as well. Here's a quick... read more 4 comments

How's that for a title eh? :lol: Nothing 'informative' here for you today, but I still wanted to post and share something with you. Yesterday was Laura's first ultrasound. This had to be one of the neatest experiences I can remember. For those of you parents out there, I'm sure you know the feeling I'm referring to. Wow. It was so cool to see a little baby ... with a hugantic melon for a head. :lol: I showed the printouts to my mom who without missing a beat said, "looks just like you Erik; big head". I didn't laugh. Anyway, from head to butt, the baby is only 7cm long - 2.75 inches for you stuck in the stone age. So... read more 6 comments

So in the first of my two blog posts about shoulders I had mentioned that I'd post up what I have been doing for my own shoulder rehab - with full success I might add. It looks like this: 1. Thoracic Extensions on a Foam Roller 2. Shoulder Dislocations 3. Supine One-Arm Dumbbell Protractions and/or Scapular Push Ups 4. Behind-the-Neck Band Pull Aparts and/or Scapular Wall Slides 5. Prone Internal Rotations 6. Prone Trap Raises I would do this as often as I could - it was nearly daily. I was doing 10-15 reps of each movement, sometimes two sets. I put together a youtube clip of the above exercises just in case you don't know what some of them are. I couldn't convert the Scapular... read more 4 comments

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