Bodybuilding show cont.'d;

Having never been in a bodybuilding show before and having been to only one amateur show in my life, i wasn't sure what to expect when i got there or if i was even capable of getting on stage in a little posing suit in front of all of those people. I have been in several powerlifting meets/shows and there were a lot of people at those, but i was wearing considerably more clothing! A lot more time and preparation goes into a bodybuilding show and thank God for my wife helping me with a lot of it or i would've had a much more difficult time during my preparation phase. From the grueling workouts to dieting, tanning, shaving, and posing, my whole life centered around the show for several weeks. For those of you thinking about going into a show i highly recommend it and i highly recommend two books that helped me prepare mentally for the competition, Mind Pump; The psychology of bodybuilding, by tom kubistant and Mind and muscle by blair whitmarsh. As with powerlifting, bodybuilding is as much about the mind as it is about the body. You can have the most muscular, ripped physique at the show but if you are not capable of presenting it well then all of the hard work was in vain.
I have a couple of more entries regarding the bodybuilding show that i want to share with you as i remember them to hopefully inspire one or more of you into entering a show. After that i will get back into the other topics that i have been neglecting, until then train hard and smart!