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I just wanted to take a minute to recap last weekends Dallas Europa now that I have had time to digest everything that happened and also had time to get home and recover a little.
First I want to thank my wife, Sommer Abiad, she endured the most bullshit possible this prep and any partner of a competitor probably knows half of what she went through. My family and friends also for always supporting me.
I have to say though, for this prep I trained alone 50% of the time, my training partner Paul Lauzon is very valuable to me but as we get older people have responsibilities and I did end up alone most of the time for this prep. Thats where you guys come in.
Never in any prep have the fans mattered so much to me. Honestly I hate calling you guys fans, I feel supporters/motivators is actually more appropriate because I used you guys as much as you used me to get through the suffering that was this prep.
This prep started easy but ended up a bitch. I traveled overseas a few times which Scitec made sure did not effect my prep but upon return I had the flu, then a couple weeks out a tore my rotator cuff and then finally I ended up puking pretty much Thursday night through Saturday night the weekend of the show. My wife, Dennis James were the ones in my ear who primarily kept me going but you guys, my supporters are the ones I thought about when I wanted to quit. I thank you guys for being behind me and always encouraging me to keep pushing, suffering and working towards my goals. You will never know how much it means to us as professionals. I'm sure some of us don't care and are used to it but I myself am always appreciative of the push.
Carla Salotti and Jermichael Pratt I can't thank you enough for making sure my colour (Liquid Sun Rayz) was on point and my oil was spot on for the show, those last minute touches always matter more than anyone realizes.
Dennis James and Mountain Dog Diet (john meadows) between the two of you I believe we were able to achieve the real potential of my physique and I thank you both, Dennis for pushing me and guiding my diet and John for helping me understand that training smart is more important than training hard.
Wow, this fuckin post is long lol. Lastly, I want to just close by saying this one thing. People keep coming up to me and saying, "oh man, you got robbed, you shoulda won, blah, blah, blah". First I wanna thank you for the vote of confidence but I want to say this, Branch is an amazing bodybuilder and to be going shot for shot with him is something that proves to me that I have accomplished everything I need to in my career. I know I can stand with some of the best in the world trading shots and I don't need the 1st place trophy to tell me that I'm good enough. For some that is the be all end all, for me, living it, being about it, is enough.
I've been writing all along and I told many people, my goal at this show was obviously to win but not ultimately. Everyone wants to win but my ultimate goal was just to be able to walk with my head held high knowing I beat every single previous Fouad that you have seen presented on stage before. I personally feel I did that, I crushed my previous bests and wherever they placed me after that is out of my hands. I am proud I pushed through the pain and suffered for my goal and achieved it to the very last pose.
Sacrifice Without Regret.
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