"There is only one way to learn. It's through action." - The Alchemist, The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
After all:
"Challenges are what make life interesting. Overcoming them is what makes life meaningful." - Joshua J. Marin
TRAINING
Day OFF for this week.
COMMENTS
Mood/Aggression: Sore, but smiling. Stressed, but happy. Yesterday was just the start of the boulder rolling down the hill!
Recovery: I am just as sore after yesterday's photoshoot as I was after my first Full-Body session two weeks ago when I started back training after a week off!
Body Composition and Look: 111 pounds at 9% bodyfat. Only a 0.2% bodyfat loss over the last week, when everything was perfect re nutrition AND training! I was surprised when I saw that, since I definitely feel that I look leaner, but then again, I have more muscle mass than the last time I was this body composition and that makes a difference. Definition in midsection, back, delts and arms is great - better starting from last night to today (better than for my photoshoot yesterday - go figure, LOL). Even though I am not the body composition that I wanted to be right now, I AM pleased with my progress - after all, even though a bare 0.2% loss over a week is not much, especially with perfect everything and supplement aid, it LOOKS like a lot. 8% bodyfat, and then 7% bodyfat, WILL come!
Other Notes: I had the AWESOMEST day shooting with Tony Mitchell and Katrell of OAMG yesterday! We shot in Lance's Gym in Chicago
- been a while since I was in a hardcore gym, and I loved the feel of it - and the OAMG studio. Modeling is still very new to me and I learnt a lot throughout the day. Ironically, it never failed to be that the best shots were taken when I wasn't thinking about it and Tony just took them when I was relaxed or preparing for a look/pose. I definitely need to work on my expressions, making anything that is not a smile natural, being "girly" and "sexy" - since neither are things that are really me - and letting myself "go", stepping into the character of it all. Modeling is very different for me, a challenge as much as stepping on a stage for competition, since it is in direct contrast to my character and who I am (I barely recognized the woman in the mirror after Katrell had done me up, and with the outfits, no one else would either, LOL) - which is good though, challenging me to step "outside" of myself and find the feminine side of me, something I need to do a lot more often. Look forward to seeing the final images - there were some GREAT ones in there (including the "preview" below, which definitely captures and embodies the name of "The Female Terminator" that I have been given, and is one of my favourite - if not THE favourite - images from the shoot)! | This image has been resized. Click this bar to view the full image. The original image is sized 640x460. |
Image courtesy of Tony Mitchell at OMAG
Competition Notes: Eight weeks out (excluding week pre-competition). Posing Practice starts tomorrow. I WAS going to change my training up, but I'm going to keep it as it is, since I now have another photoshoot on Saturday, and a couple more in June - told you I was on a roll . . .
