i placed 1st both novice and open in the western regional championships in phx arizona (25 years old)
my first show
i placed 2nd in the arizona open
i placed second in the western collegiates in pasedena california 2 years in a row one year as a middle one as a light heavy
wss in ironman magazine twice because of it
was lonnie tepers show i think he calls it something else now
i placed 5th at the nevada state championships that sucked bad
didnt compete for like 7 years
you know life, career ect
1st and over all at the idaho muscle classic (38 years old)
stopped competing and went out the way i came in a winner
Damn good resume` bro......I missed around eleven total years training also....seven in a row due to substance abuse.
I won six trophies in powerlifting and also tied the fifth place IFBB Mr Universe for most reps on deadlift with fifty pounds over bodyweight I think it was anyway....also did a lot of the old odd lift shows.....like most chins,mot reps on the bench with fifty pounds over bodyweight,etc. etc.
I was featured in Iron Man magazine,then I had an article published in Iron Man also and got paid to write it when all I wanted to do was write it and get my name in the magazine....was in a panning scene in Pumping Iron the movie......and wrote for a zillion websites.
Did around sixty bb contests.....NPC and NABBA only.....competed in around fifteen states and who knows how many cities.
Came out of the same gym as Jeff King,Chris Aceto,Rick Sampon,Rich Roy,Matt Dufresne,Joe Gomes,Artie Prince,Jim Jarvi,Eddie Jackon,Carl Richards,Ray Wilson,Pat Hayes,And a slew of other freaks.....learned how to train hard and eat right from these guys.
If you dont recognize these names....look them up....bunch of Mr. America,Mr. Univere,Mr. USA,and Mr. World winners and all the rest placed in most of the same contests.
When I lived in Florida I trained with IFBB pro Dave Marinelli a few times and did shows with Dave Palumbo,Fred Bigot{IFBB PRO},Leon Brown {Mr. USA AND TRAINING PARTNER OF ARNOLD among others}.Elliot Gilchrist {Mr. World class winner},Lance Johnson{IFBB PRO},James Hampton {IFBB PRO} etc. etc......all pro bodybuilder or guys who trained with Arnold and shit back in the day.
Southern States was one of the top ten contests in the country back when I did it....so you see I know I can get back into condition almost at will.....I aint new to this shit.
I`m not hardly bragging cuz all this and twenty five cents wouldn`t buy me a cup of coffee....but your boy doubted me and that fires me up to prove him wrong which is exactly what I am gonna do then I want his props.....just wanted you to know that I paid some dues whether I sucked or not....I did the best I could do for a tiny guy with zero genetics.
Anyway,he`ll see when I`m ready......when people doubt me I make it a point to prove them wrong,and he doubted me....big mistake cuz he`s gonna` eat crow.....I hope crow is on his diet.....it probably is if he smothers it with biscuits and gravy.