My first bodybuilding competition!

On july 12th, 2008 i tried something new, for me, and entered the garden state classic bodybuilding competition in nutley new jersey. I placed second in the novice heavyweight class and fourth in the masters over thirty five in the over one hundred and seventy six and a quarter pound class. I was told that i did pretty well for my first time out due to the fact also that my first love is powerlifting and as anyone who competes in bodybuilding knows, it is a much different sport to get ready for as far as competitions are concerned. The dieting part of the prepapatory weeks before the competition were not as hard for me as i clean up my diet beginning in march anyway to get ready for the summer. However the water depletion during the last week before competing was hard on me due to the fact that i drink well over two gallons of water a day normally.
I would espically like to thank glen miller at the muscle mill in milltown for his advice and dieting guidance which the competiton would not have been possible for me to compete in had it not been for his guidance! He also helped me with my trainig even though i trained alone to get ready for the show he was there to answer any questions i had along the way and believe me he has the patience of a saint, as anyone who has had to deal with me would understand what i mean, just ask my wife!!!
I will go into more detail about the competition in future entries, however i will say it was one of the highlights of my life and even though i am not genetically inclined for bodybuilding i looked pretty good and felt pretty good, considering the fact that i didn't have any faith in myself when it came to competitive bodybuilding, until glen gave me some words of encouragement.