Iris Kyle
She does not eat carbs and she does two hours of cardio every day
She starves she suffers she is miserable
Galeniko was right
So many people JUST DON'T KNOW what these competitors go through. I've said it before, I'll say it again. It's bitter-sweet.
When you are standing on that stage under the lights and you have gone meticulously and consistently through your contest prep THE WAY YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO... it is what is called a "near death experience" ~ yes, you are elated, especially if you are in the top 5 (REGARDLESS OF WHAT SHOW YOU ARE DOING) and you feel like you are dying.
If you end up placing even higher than the Top 5, you get a rush of adrenaline. Now, where that comes from nobody knows. Is it stored somewhere? The drugs have already done their job. Maybe it's the last of a Vic or a Perc that you popped?
It's the one last shred of ANYTHING you have left in you.
I wonder how many here have seen committed bodybuilders during EVERY STEP of their contest prep? I'm talking the 3 cardio sessions a day, where maybe you are watching their kid for them (Female or Male contender) and then the workouts, the borrowing of the gym's refrigerator so that they can eat the measly little bit of Talapia and Broccoli that they might have. At this point, there is no rice, no sweet potato, no Oatmeal, which would be considered a HUGE TREAT at this time.
They look at you, you can see that haven't been sleeping. They are starving. They still push out their cardio sessions. Sometimes the cardio is continued with bloody nose, or only God knows what, and they push. Unstoppable.
Regulars in the gym don't know what to think. They don't understand what they are seeing.
All that work. All that time. They literally LIVE AT THE GYM...
and the rest of us sit back and go "Oh, it's the drugs... I could be just like that if I did the same thing..." LMAO
NO, you couldn't.
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I have 3 competitors right now who are gasping from a National Qualifier. Anyone in California knows exactly which show I'm talking about.
two more smaller shows coming up....
You wanna talk about the reality of a plastic trophy here?
Anyone here know where I'm coming from (even though I'm going off???) lol ~