Howard thats so true, brother...
Those who have dug through the trenches respect those who go to battle. Well said!
Everyone on this thread slinging shit at Mike for whatever reason...never EVER sat down w/ a notebook 16 weeks out and planned every single training session and meal for the next 112 days...never ever pushed themselves on the gym floor with the fear of NOT looking your absolute best in the back of your mind, the bland meals, the having to explain to every human being around you 50x's a day how, what and why you do what you do...the ridicule from peers who dont get it, the hunger pains, the irritation of having to pee 30x's a day when you are water loading and the extreme thirst of no fluids for two days in a row, the fact that you have absolutley NO TIME to even do your own dishes because you wake up and do cardio and come home and cook all your meals for the day and go to work and train after work then hope to get to the tanning bed before they close then come home to make sure you're in bed at a certain time because you'll be dammed if you dont get any less than 8hrs of sleep, and the fatigue of standing for 2 hours while ProTan is being applied and the boredom and the back-ache(anyone who has had pro-tan applied to them by someone knows how much your back hurts and how bad you want to lie down) and the repetitive motion of going over your routine over and over again...the zombie like feeling of carb depletion, the placing and learning expierence you recieve...and the post-contest depression you feel when all that work and dedication you did for all that time is over in a day...then its back to the drawing board.
Howard, you know those feelings, right? Know what...half the fks on getbig.com will NEVER know it...they'll stick to bashing all of us that do. Know something els though...in his own way, however he did it...like him or not Mike Arvilla made a name for himself in the BB world. You cant argue that one!
