I love seeing children at bodybuilding shows. It is an empowering environment, especially for kids who are old enough to understand how your behavior, eating style, personality and energy level fluctuated during the months of your Prep. It’s beneficial for them to see the financial reward. Most kids will never get a glimpse of their parents at a more powerful moment; standing on stage, with all of the lights pointed at you, and they get to cheer for you. It doesn’t’ get any better than that! – 

The Right Suit are becoming much more scrupulous about how much or how little coverage is allowed. Don’t mess around with this. Every show has an athlete check-in, and one of your check-ins could very well be a stop at the judge’s table for suit inspection. They are checking for coverage. Don’t gamble! Remember reading the chapter It’s Expensive! 

Perfect practice lends itself to confidence and confidence lends itself to having a little sass and class! You will need it while you are performing your mandatory poses during comparison rounds. I have seen many athletes try to sass and class it before even mastering the quarter turn pivot. Do not skip steps. First, master the pivot. Your feet should be twitching at all times. You should be able to pivot in your sleep, on Zoom calls, and when you see your reflection in the grocery store window. Anywhere and anytime is the perfect time and place to practice the quarter turn pivot. 

Show day is your party! At your party, know this, anything that could possibly go wrong will. The show will not start on time. Your suit will lose a stone, your heel will break, a hairpiece will fall out, you will pee on your leg. Guys, your posing trunks will split up the rear seem or even worse the front. You will forget your posing trunks. You will leave your food at the hotel and the maid service has already come. The order of events has come and you’ve already pumped up and eaten your marshmallow….and still, Show Day is a party!