Re: Sassy: July 2006 - 41 & BB Bound
ck2006 said:
sounds good, I was going to talk to her tonight about the the ratio thing. I do only have 3 weeks left till I start bulking so I know it is going to change again. But your right, I am trying to do this sooo right I might be looking into things to much to be perfect.
Thanks!
I totally understand where you are coming from - but another comment to try to keep things in perspective - every first-timer going into competitoin wants to "get it perfect" and "will do anything to get there". But again - you are new to understanding your own body and its reponse to diet & training, as is your trainer. You and the trainer will generally start w/ the approach that has proven itself on a macro level, and then tweak it along the way to match your particular body, timeframe, lifestyle (the stresses of daily life that all of this has to fit into so you dont' do things like lose your job or lose your mind or your family loses their mind), and your target goals. It can add a lot of additional stress wondering if you did something right or wrong, or try somethign & it didn't work or will you die and lose the show if you didnt' do that extra 10 min of cardio.
Sorry I'm rambling - but my point is that there are several levels of training goinig on -- the week to week stuff, the whole 16 week program, the competition prep cycle that you may need several repeats of to further tweak your body (e.g. to build up a lagging body part, further optimize the final week's approach to match how your body responds, etc.) I sort of frame that as "there's always another show" -- not to minimize the importance of your target show(s) but to keep the whole thing in perspective because sometiems you can't expect to come out like Monica Brandt after one round of 16 week prep, regardless of how hard you worked, how many sacrifices you made, etc. It is a constant evolution that can span years. E.g. me - 1981-1995 - trained because I love it. 1995-1999 - learned how to fit diet in better to get results, 2000-present - completed 3 shows, 2 w/ good results, 1 so fucked up I essentially had a physical & emotional shut down for about 6 months, leaving on-going tendonitis problems that I still deal w/, and always learning new stuff.
Anyway - sometimes even locking your trainer in a room & poundign them w/ questions until you understand everything of the entire program doesn't mean thigns will turn out that way, so its good to focus on the immediate goals & progress, but keep that in the longer term context and worry about things as they appropriate in the longer term so you don't kill yourself on the one (very small in the bigger scheme of life) little show effort.
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