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It all started during my Junior year of high school (1986). I was looking to put on more size to prepare for the upcoming football season, as college coaches were taking a harder look at recruiting me. As weightlifting increased, along with strength gains, size was still lacking. Eventually topped at at 155 lbs (not very big for college football). However, everyone noticed that I had gotten more muscular. Finally, a local gym owner convinced me to enter his show, the 1986 Southern USA. I have competed every since.
Why I Love It:
Bodybuilding has taught me so much through the years. After college, and collegiate athletics, I was kind of lost in finding ways to fuel my competitiveness. The sport of bodybuilding allows me to do so and I enjoy the results tremendously.
How I Stay Motivated:
My biggest critics are my daughter and myself. I am constantly in competition to do better each time i enter the gym or step onstage. Having competed against now established and retired professionals such as Flex Wheeler and Chris Cormier (was fairly discourages when I moved to CA) I became frustrated with just being "consistent" with top 10 placings and stopped competing. Now I feel a need to once again prove that I can be competitive in this sport. and that preparing for competition and achieving my personal best on contest day is very empowering.
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Ray A. McNeil
Last Updated: Jun 23, 2007 9:42am
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Training has begun for the upcoming season. Plans are to successful compete in both the NPC and NGA organizations.
Goal (Long):
Training has begun for the upcoming season. Plans are to successful compete in both the NPC and NGA organizations.
Overall, my long-term goal is to qualify as a middleweight in the NGA American International Championships. As this is a pro qualifier, I would like to win my class.
Week one is complete on my course to WIN the NGA International ( I know, really big goal). Things are slowly progressing. I lost 4 lobs this week, but bodyfat stayed the same. So pretty much, it was a water loss and not actual fat. I can live with that though.
The day has finally arrived for me to step up to the plate and get down to business. My goal is to add 8 lbs of lean muscle mass and decrease body fat. Since this is my first entry pertaining to the training program I will utilize, this "daily" journal will begin...
