Nationals Pre Judging Novemeber 21 2008

So it's been awhile since I wrote, so this will be a long one. Well, in 2003 when I first stepped on stage in West Virginia, I would have never thought I would be calling myself an IFBB PRO. This goes to show that anything in life is possible if you put your heart and mind to it.
A recap of Nationals weekend, here it goes. Arrived Thursday with my mother around 1:30pm, my boy Darrell picked us from the airport along with PJ who flew in around the same time as us. Darrell not only picked me up from the airport, but he drove from Alabama to Atlanta and brought me a microwave to use along with a Foreman grill, that boy went above and beyond for me. Thanks Darrell, I can't thank you enough for all your help that weekend, made my weekend a lot less stressful. Then that afternoon started getting my protan sprayed on (my girls Nicki, Carla, Jay and Deanna really hooked up with my tan...thank you girls so much for everything.) After getting 3 coats on Thursday I weighed in at 7pm and weighed in right around 175-176. I started carbing up two meals prior to weighing in but had to cut my water and not eat for about 4 hours to make sure I made weight. Mike Liberatore and myself went to weigh-ins around 7ish, Mike and I were together all weekend, pretty much did everything together besides sleep. As soon as I weighed in it was off to my room to start my carb up until I went to bed. Dave took a look at me that night and didn't change a thing, I was on point, full, and hard as nails so I just passed went to bed and waited for pre judging the following night. Thursday night before I went to bed Kris and Jen came by to say a quick hello since they're flight got in a little late, so it was nice to see them. Along with people there, the Darren Montanari (owner of Gold's New Haven) and Kenny Wallach (my posing coach) were there as well and came down to look at me and couldn't believed how I was looking.
Friday morning, I woke up and woke up looking plain nasty, I was striated from head to toe, by far the best I had ever looked in my life. My good friend Erin showed up Friday morning along with my sister and father, so it was nice to have a good support group with me. Erin brought her little goodies which are amazing (homemade Pb cups and Oreo cookie balls), I had to watch PJ eat them all weekend until after the night show when I could dig in. So after my first meal I went to get tanned, I had three appointments that day to get tanned before pre judging. So most of my day consisted of tanning, eating, and relaxing. As it got closer to the time we had to be onstage Mike and I went to the competitors meeting got our numbers and awaited our time to get on stage. Finally after all the waiting they called for the men backstage so I got myself together, and Kenny and I went to the pump up room. Right before I went onstage I always find a quite area and say a quick prayer, then Carla Solotti one of the pro tan girls (she's the only one I let oil me-my good luck charm) made my tan amazing with the secret sauce she used. Then I pumped up for about 1-2 mintues and lined up.
We all came out did our quarter turns and 60 second routines to no music the it was time for comparisons. First callouts came and I was called out along with Kam Gallam, Ron Torres, and Jeff Cook. They didn't move anyone around they kept me next to Ronald for the first round then flip flopped everyone, so I was then on the end not the middle. They only compared us once and we were done. I wasn't sure what to think, I knew I wasn't the heaviest muscled guy on that line up, but I knew I was the best conditioned hands down, maybe best in the show. There was a lot of talk about Ronald and I battling for 1st place, but I kept to my protcall and went out to eat a burger and fries after Mike did his pre judging. He was called out 1st round as well and there was talk that it was between him and Mark Alvisi.
Friday night came and gone pretty fast, I was shot at the end of the night, very dehydrated, almost got very sick from being too dehydrated but Dave fixed that with the help from PJ, a vitamin water and some salt. So that was Friday night. I will blog about the night show tomorrow...

OFF TO ATLANTA!!!!

This is it end of the road, all the work is done. Now, the only thing left to do is relax, weigh-in, get tanned, and carb up, then get on stage. I have had a long 16 weeks of trials and tribulations in my life with work, family, and friends. Through it all, I have to say you have to stay focused on your goals and dreams, but never lose focus of what's really important in life. I try to live every day to the fullest, you never know when your last day here will be. If it weren't for my friends and family I don't know where I would be today, and I can't thank them enough, they all know who they are. I could sit here for hours and list them and explain why each one of them mean something to me, but they all know who they are, and I love each one of you guys.

As for the show, there is so much talk on the boards and magazines about every class and mine included. I can't and won't sit here and say I will win, because if I knew that, then the battle is already lost. I train and diet every day like I am in last place fighting for that first place spot. Everyone is going to be at they're all time best and anything can happen on Friday and Saturday night, it's up to the judges and what they think. Many people come up to me and tell me I'm going to win or "how does it feel to be the new pro" and yes it is a complement for people to look at me in that spot light, but at the end of the day I'm not better than any of the other competitors. We all work hard, make sacrifices, and go through hoops getting to this point of the contest. So GOOD LUCK AND GOD BLESS TO EACH AND EVERYONE OF THE COMPETITORS, AT THE END OF THE DAY WE ARE ALL WINNERS!!!!


THIS ISN'T THE END. ITS THE END OF A CHAPTER AND A BEGINING OF ANOTHER...
GUY

11/16/08 Five Day Out Pics From

Just posted last night in the members section were 5 day out pictures taken at New Haven CT yesterday after my last posing session with my coach and close friend Kenny Wallach. These were taken around 9am, with not one meal eaten yet. I have to give a huge thanks to my close friend and coach Kenny Wallach, he has been such a tremendous help to me these past two years. Evan introduced him to me while I was training for the Metropolians in 2007 and he has been my posing coach for every show thus far. My posing went from decent to outstanding and I can't thank him enough for all his time and effort he puts into helping me out. Your like a big brother Kenny, thanks for everything, Love ya bro.
THIS IS WHERE IT ALL COMES TOGETHER...
GUY

1 Week Out!

What can I say, it's been a long 15 weeks so far and only 7 more days left. This is the best I have ever looked, and I can say I have done all I can to be the best I can be at this point. The next few days are going to fly, I have 3 more workouts to go, cardio stops next week, and soon enough I'll be on the plane to Atlanta. All I can say that's it's been a long, but fun road. In the end, it's YOU puts the work in, it's YOU who makes the decisions to diet and not cheat, it's YOU who decides to go to the gym and workout or do cardio twice a day when you want to. Any one can hand feed you a diet and workout, the ones who follow it and don't go off the path are the ones who will succeed in the sport and in life. Yes, I owe a lot of how I look to my nutritionist Dave Palumbo, without his eye, I would not be where I am at right now. But, in the end it was ME who put the time and effort into doing what I felt I was born to do, and that's compete. I love bodybuilding, even the days I hate waking up and doing cardio, or going to the gym, it's those days when I finally walk into my apartment and I finished everything for the day, it's those days that make it all worth it. There are many people to thank, they all know who they are, and I adore everyone of them, family, friends, and fans. I have a lot of support and love around me and I can't thank you all enough for all your care and support through the 16 weeks of my diet. One more weeks and these cheeks will be filled with pumpkin pie, you can guarantee that.
I am heading to NYC tomorrow so Dave can have one final look at me before he sees me again in Atlanta, I don't think I will go to pre judging because I am so drained. After that I have to pose with my posing coach Kenny Wallach one last time, and get my final leg workout in (God that's good to say.) Can't wait to get to ATL. Good luck to all competing in the Eastern and Good Luck to all competitors in the Nationals next weekend. I will be posting final pictures tomorrow, then after that, it's show time!!!!
IT'S NOT HOW IT BEGINS THAT MAKES A CHAMPION, IT'S HOW THE CHAMPION MAKES IT END...
****Oh and I have been asked about my quotes, they are 99 % of the time from the top of my head
GUY

2 Weeks Out!

Ten days out today from the 2008 National BB Championships, what can I say, the work is done. Only eight days left of working out and cardio, feels good right now. It's the best I've ever looked in my five years of competing, and the happiest I've been dieting. There's one reason I am much happier this year than others and only one person knows why. This pre contest I made sure to keep myself busy with guest appearances and other things to keep my mind off of dieting and cardio. This past weekend was jam packed, I had to guest pose at the NJ State BB show on Saturday night. It was a one of the biggest shows I've ever seen in Jersey to date. There were a ton of people and competitors there. Thanks to the promoters for having me there! Sunday there was the all star seminar at Apollon gym in Edison, where there were a ton of top amateur NPC competitors along with IFBB pros in all fitness, figure, and bodybuilding. Host Dave Palumbo was there and there was a good crowd that filled the gym. Kai Greene was there along with his girlfriend Dayana Cadeau they both told me that I looked amazing and Kai told me that I had some of the best conditioning that he has seen, coming from him meant a lot to me. I spoke with Kai for awhile and he is one hell of a guy, down to earth, nice, intelligent, one of my all time favorite bodybuilders.
Today, was another long ass day, drove to the Mecca of east coast bodybuilding, Bev's Powerhouse gym in Syosset to shot an In The Trenches, plus did a photo shoot with MD's very own Bill Comstock. Steve Wienberger was very impressed on my conditioning and total package and when you hear good things from one of the top judges and promoters it really means a lot. After a long day I stopped in Syosset at Adam Reich's Miami Tan's and got a quick tan and talked to him for awhile, he's looked big as hell at 5'6 215lbs. Thanks for the tanning Adam. Well, that's enough writing for one blog.
Never lose focus of who you are and what you want to be, never get lost in the mix, you are your own creator or yourself!-ME
Guy

2008 NJ Bodybuilding, Fitness, and Figure Championships!!

This Saturday, November 8th will be the NJ State Bodybuilding, Fitness and Figure Championships. The contest is being promoted by Robert Samborsky and Irina Veselova of Apollon Gym, and is being held at Kenilworth high school. There will be a lot of greats of the bodybuilding world there, Dave Palumbo will be hosting the show. Guest posers will be Kai Greene, Dennis Wolff, Drew Jemmot and myself. This is the biggest show of the year for NJ, so be sure to come and check it out and support your friends and meet some of bodybuilding greats. Pre Judging starts at 11am and the night show starts at 6pm. If you around the area come and check it out. See everyone there!!!
Guy

3 WEEKS OUT! 180LBS BABY

This weekend was 3 weeks out and it wasn't a regular weekend it was a very busy one at that. Friday I trained down at Apollon in Edison with my boy Kris Lecomte, we banged out shoulders and hamstrings, then finished my last cardio session. Afterwards I relaxed a bit and shot the shit with Rob (the owner) and Kris then headed home. Saturday was a long day, I had to be in Long Branch early because the promoter Mark Steinfield got me a room at the Ocean View which was right on the beach, and I made my appearence at the pre-judging, and also had to help my client Nick out for his first ever show. OH and by the way Nick won his class as a bantam weight and is nationally qualified...GREAT JOB NICK, YOU DESERVED IT, YOU BUSTED YOUR ASS BRO!!! I'M PROUD OF YOU!! After the pre-judging PJ, Kris and myself went over next door to the Gold's Gym which is one of three gyms that Mark Steinfield owns to catch a arm workout before the night show. The gym was very nice, clean, had a ton of equipment and very up to date, I highly recommend checking out the gym if you're ever in the area. I had a great workout then headed back to the room, through some tan on and got on stage for my guest posing routine. Guessing by the reaction from the crowd they loved the routine and I had a lot of positive feed back from pros Craig Richardson and Carlo Filiopone, who both said I look great and stage ready. After the show I cleaned up showered and headed home. It was a long exhausting day but in the end was fun and it was good to catch up with my friends, they always keep my mind off the dieting because of all the joking around and laughing we do.
Sunday, I sent my updates to Dave and I have to say this is the first time he actually backed off on my cardio be backed my down to 90 minutes and said by next week he might add all my fats back in since I am 180 lbs and shredded. He said I am looking great and the best he's seen me. I guarantee this is my best package yet, I can't wait to show all the improvements I have made on stage in less than 3 weeks it's going to be exciting.
I will be posting my guest posing routine in my members section tonight so be sure to check it out!
NO MATTER HOW BAD YOUR DAY IS GOING, REMEMBER THERE'S SOMEONE ELSE IN THE WORLD HAVING A WORSE DAY THAN YOU...STAY POSITIVE!
GUY