First Figure competion!!

[jnuts]

Hi, this is Mrs. Jnuts, I've been wanting to get on here for awhile, but all my time has been devoted to training, eating, kids and sleeping. Just got back from my first Figure comp. I was def. not ready but went anyway to learn the ropes etc. I know know that I need to be very lean and more muscular ( 8-10 bf). I was alittle disapointed about the overall Figure winner. The girl that won crossed over from body building (light weight) She took overall in the light weight also. She was in great shape but if they wanted ripped and muscular why have the figure comp? The other girl was just as lean but not as muscular. I don't understand why they offer figure if evryone can cross over from bodybuilding to figure and sweep both. If they want total muscle and lean why have figure at all. Anyone else have any comments on the Figure portion of the contest or have been to a show lately?? Its nice to finally get on her and hope to get on again soon.

Thanks, Mrs. Nuts

 

[jnuts]

The wife is at Walmart buying a new vacum cleaner now, so I'll answer for her... She'll add in anything else when she gets home.

Diet, diet, diet - with 4 weeks to the next one, I guess the best she can hope to do is hold on to what muscle she has and try to come in with a lower BF. She'll still be doing one body part / day with the weights and cardio is my guess.

- Lower bodyfat. If she can't get it down to where she's looking much leaner, she probably won't due the next show. That's what we are looking at now.

- Diet - more fat is being put in the diet. Period. Dot. End of story. (my emphasis) Her energy really sagged with the low carbs / low fat diet at the end.

- More muscle is needed, but that's not going to happen as easy as the lower bodyfat and its going to take more time. She's never really had a diet that supported adding muscle, so we should have more success in adding, but that probably won't happen by the next show.

- Pretty much going to try and start adding muscle after this next show in the end of jun. We are moving to a new state after that, so it will be a good time for a change.

- Maybe try a late fall show somewhere, who knows.


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All and all it was pretty fun to do. When she was out for the first round of pre-judging, she really had a deer in headlights look. Each time she went out she became more confident and was figuring out what to do, how to stand, etc. We'd been looking at websites and magazines to try and figure out how the heck she was supposed to stand, but didn't have much luck, so she learned how to do that after the first round.

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As the Mrs. said, the overall Figure decision was a bit of a disappointment to some folks, me included. The tall girl had, in my opinion, the classic Fitness look - low and muscular. I'm guessing she was at 8-9% BF - she was very cut. The short girl was much more muscular and also low BF - I'm guessing 8-9% also, but the tall girl looked more ripped in my opinion.

 

[jnuts]

Hi, this is Mrs. Nuts, Spatts, how did your friend do in Texas Figure? I wanted to do that one but my trainer said the competion was very tough over in Texas. As far as the next 4 weeks my hubby spoke for me pretty much. I do need more mass in the shoulders, more abs and trim down in the hips, cut up my legs!! Its alot to do in only 4 weeks but I'm going to try and get down to at least 10 bf, right now I'm 13.5. My diet needs more fat accord. to my trainer, he reccomends 1 T. flax a day. my energy really lags from 3 p.m on. I work out from 6am-8am and another cardio at 7 p.m. Taking in right now 60-30-10 ratio of prot., carbs., fat. He wants me to take some extra supp. have you ever heard of Spiro Jet?? Any ideas I would greatly appreciate Mrs. Nuts

 

[jnuts]

SpiroJet:

http://www.nutribodies.com/supplements/2510001.htm

(Didn't see anything on the boards about it)

 

[Sassy69]

Regarding the apparent confusion about what exactly judges are looking for in figure comp, I think they start out by saying they dont' want the ripped muscular look of fbb's. So initially you see a lot of beach bodies, etc but the ripped up more muscular fitness look will probably always win out --- which conflicts with the non-ripped muscular look they say they want to avoid.

Personally I think you are ultimately going to see fbb take a hit from this and "figure" will just be fitness w/o the fitness routine. How can you run a competition like that without it running to the extremes? A beauty pagent is where you look for the nicest beach bod, cutest face, nicest fuck me pumps or whatever. As Figure competition continues, esp in the context of body building shows, how can competitors hope to win except to push to the extreme edges -- just short of fbb bodies. The only hope I see of avoiding this is if the competitions make sure to NOT combine the figure & fitness competitors if they are intended to be 2 separate competitions. Otherwise, pull out your anavar, train your ass off, just dont' get as big as a bodybuilder. Then you are figure material.

Sorry to sound a little pessimistic, but for something that is supposed to be the crowd draw for bodybuilding , you have to expect it to get hard core.