CANADIAN PHYSIQUE ALLIANCE MARCH || ISSUE 32 | Seite 33

BE SURE THAT COMPETING IS
SOMETHING THAT BRINGS
YOU EXCITEMENT AND JOY
The challenge and discipline
required to commit to a date so
far in advance is what provides
me the biggest rush of
excitement! So give yourself
time to prepare for that
upcoming show. Don’t decide 2
months before a show date that
you want to compete – have
that date set in your mind the
moment your off season begins
or the moment you decide that
competing is the route you want
to take! Plan out your off-
season and areas of
improvement with your
coach/trainer and be sure to set
attainable and reasonable goals
for yourself! Set yourself up for
success right from the get-go!
To go along with giving yourself
enough time for preparing for
stage, be mindful of how you
treat your body; physically and
mentally! Be respectful of your
body and have patience in the
change that you are trying to
undergo physically! It doesn’t 
just take time and ‘savagery’ to
attain the body for stage, it also
take a lot of manipulation and
trickery for the body to head in
the direction of extremely low
body fat! So let me repeat, be
patient and be respectful of
your body.