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Overall Goal: 10 weeks til Emerald Cup 2010. Need to slow down weight loss a bit.
Fit Status:
Kickboxing: great low-impact cardio for bodybuilders
Motivation Level: 9/10
Personal Info And Background:
Real Name:
Rusty
Sex:
Male
Age:
Location:
Seattle, Washington, United States
Occupation:
IT professional/bodybuilder/model
Personal Website:
Primary Gym:
College:
High School:
When I Started:
Jun, 1999
How I Started:
After losing about 50 pounds of weight, and spending years of being very slim (125 pounds), I decided to try to add muscular mass.
Why I Love It:
I enjoy the challenge of pushing myself. Enjoy the feeling of the pump, of growing, of creating a new body. Doing bodybuilding right means you focus on you, and no one else's, routine. Focus on what improves you, not someone else. Leave the ego at the door. I find the option on a bodyspace page to record the amount of weight one can bench, squat, etc., as counter to the true goal. A judge at a competition doesn't see those numbers, doesn't see the body fat percentage. The judge sees on stage the results of a competitor's work, how close to the "ideal" of the day. Focus more on the pump in the gym and the reflection in a mirror than the numbers you record.
How I Stay Motivated:
I look at the images of the current and future pro competitors. Dreaming to look as they do isn't my goal: my goal is to BE them the best I can be.
BB Accomplishments:
I'll list accomplishments when I'm given a definitive definition of "bodybuilding." Is competing a requirement? Or just changing your body and lifstyle?
I'm successful in bodybuilding because I focus on it for myself. I've done pre-contest dieting and training; I survived the 16 weeks and felt I had made the change.
Forum Signature:
Squat deep, press heavy, row wide, flex it, then hit the showers.
Last Updated: Jul 25, 2008 11:53am
What bodybuildchi Is Up To:
Feb 7, 2010
bodybuildchichanged Overall Goal: "10 weeks til Emerald Cup 2010. Need to slow down weight loss a bit.."
Tommy inspires me with his unflagging dedication to do the best he can in contest training and on the competition stage. He focuses on himself only and doing his best against himself rather than concerning his mind with others.
Why I like this video: It is Jean-Pierre Fux off-season. Just nice to see the real mass that a bodybuilder has to maintain off-season. The general impression is that pros are always shredded. This gives a better impression of how it is really.
Steve Benthin Posing Fibo 2007
Played: 252
Why I like this video: More of Steve Benthin (aka, stage name Hans Hoffmann)
Giant Korean Muscle - asian bodybuilder
Played: 738
Why I like this video: Massive Koren bodybuilder In Su Kang
Next Competition: Emerald Cup, Bellevue, WA. April 21, 2007! Competition Training Update
Week 9 of 16, 7 weeks left (posted 5 March) My weight loss stalled so drastic action was required last week. The diet is now:3 days of 30g carbs, 360g protein, followed by2 day sof 60g carbs, 360g...
Thanks for the encouraging words! It's a little scary coming all the way from Japan but thankfully my trainer is coming with me...she's competing in Fitness! Can't wait to see it all go down:)
how much you losing a week? Yeah love to train with ya be very MOTIVATING!! I am sure!! I am really pushing it hard myself almost time to start prep and just about 270 and bf almost to 12%
HEY RUSTY, NO CONTEST THIS YEAR???? YOUR AMAZING PHYSIQUE SHOULD BE ON STAGE OFTEN!! KILLER WHEELS, AWESOME PECS & DYNAMIC MUSCULARITY & SYMMETRY ALL OVER! LIFT STRONG & BE BLESSSED,DAVE.
