Welcome to the the ranks of the Swolediers!
Hell yeah!
I am so freakin jealous right now :icon_cry2
Gotta put in the time bro.
OK, here is a recap of today's bikini show:
I was very nervous upon waking this morning. My stomach hurt and I felt exhausted. By the time I got closer to the event (after about an hour and a half of driving) I started to convince myself to be excited.
When I got there, I was pretty relieved to see that the venue was small and that I recognized many people from my powerlifting competitions. I think that's the one of the best things about competing...I keep seeing the same faces at all of these events and we have really become a little, weird lifting family that occasionally gets a spray tan.
The pre-judging for the male bodybuilders was first so me and the other bikini competitors waited back stage and got ready. This is when I really started to doubt myself. I was looking around at all of the gorgeous girls who were obviously well prepared with their routines, fancy nails, and hair dos. I had spent a total of 5 minutes getting ready in the morning doing my own hair. They talked about being starving and needing a drink of water so badly. Meanwhile, I had bacon, eggs, and cheese for breakfast and been drinking water non-stop. And this was precisely the moment that I decided this was not for me. The girls were all pretty nice, but I didn't like the idea of being compared to them. I decided that I would at least stick it out for the day (after spending hundreds of dollars on prep).
Pre-judging required me to walk out on stage by myself, strut my stuff, and walk off. Then I had to get back on stage with my competition and we were told to "face the front, face the curtain." We were moved around a few times, not really sure the point of this. And then we walked off stage. After that, we had a large break and didn't have to come back for another 5 GOD DAMN HOURS for the night show.
Goon and I went out to eat and mulled over the day so far. I stuffed my face of course, like any real bikini girl should do lol
When we returned to the venue, I was told by the host that I did "very well" at the pre-judging and I was the crowd's favorite. This made me extremely confident and I felt like I had first place in the bag. I walked out for the second time like it was my job and felt awesome. Then I walked out again with the other competitor in my class. It turns out that I'm not as awesome as I thought I was, and took second place. I was disappointed and a little surprised at the decision. But that's what is expected of this kind of competition. It is subjective and not consistent at times.
Overall, it was a positive experience for me. I felt great, and I didn't fall on my face so that in itself makes it a successful day.
In the future (if I were to ever do this again, which I probably will not) I will definitely remember some of the flaws that I made in my prep.
1) I needed to be more consistent with my diet. I started to flake towards the end and I'm a little disappointed in myself about that.
2) I should have did a trial run with the tan. I had to get it fixed the day before the competition because it was botched the first time around.
3) I didn't practice posing AT ALL. I received a lot of comments from others that my physique was the best but my posing needed some work. After watching the videos, I realized I looked too relaxed and rushed through it.
4) I did absolutely NO bodybuilding stuff for this competition. I was really proud of the fact that I prepared for this day just by training for powerlifting and was bragging about that, but I think it kind of backfired on me because I could have come in looking more muscular.
Despite not putting in much effort into this competition at all, I'm happy with how well I did. In the future, I might be interested in working towards figure (more muscular division) but I will most likely never do bikini again.
And here are some goodies:
The girl that took first place:
Girls in the short height class:
