I started competing a few years ago after I recovered from 3 surgeries in 3 years. I have been doing Men's Physique division and had a few good showings but I came in really nice this last show and took 1st in the 2 classes I entered; Men's 40+ and Open 5-9 and Under.

 

And I ended up coming in second in the Overall out of all the Physique competitors (about 9)  And the first place Overall was a kid in his 20's; so at 49...I'll take that all day long.

 

 

But the best part was my son did this one with me; it was his first. He did great. He came in 2nd in the 2 classes he entered. He did Novice and Open 5-10 and over. And he only came in 2nd to the guy who ended up taking the Overall so he was very happy with his placings.

 

 

Very fun day!

The dedication required for that sport is amazing.  Congrats!!  

Your commitment is admirable and you guys are both winners regardless of your 'place'.

Still nice to be holding trophies though 

Congrats to you both 

A-Jay

 

Daaaaaannnnnnnnnng..........awesome.  Follow your dreams.

Congratulations to you both!

Well Done

 

 

 

Mike

Impressive. Congrats to you both. 

congrats to both of you, hard work pays off. way to go....

Congratulations,  I hate both of you...LOL

 

When I look in the mirror, all I can do is shake my head ruefully...

That type of detication these days is uncommon....Great job!

Congratulations! It's especially neat that you and your son competed together.

Congrats to both you and your son.

Wow! Fantastic achievement.

 

Congrats to you both.

 

Keep it up and good luck with future competitions.

Congratulations! Very inspiring. Thanks for sharing. I suddenly fell like I need to work out. 

Congrats to you both !!! MY GOD !!!! I cant even begin to imagine the hours upon hours you fellas spent laying out in the sun to look like that.  

1 hour ago, Shane Y said:

Congrats to you both !!! MY GOD !!!! I cant even begin to imagine the hours upon hours you fellas spent laying out in the sun to look like that.  

lol...about 20 mins in a spray booth

 

And then about an hr in the shower after the show....

Man I'm so glad you took that joke with a grain of salt. I was actually on the way in to delete that comment. Lol.....but all jokes aside congratulations to the both of ya. Yall boys look good and you can really tell you have been hard at work. ????

26 minutes ago, Shane Y said:

Man I'm so glad you took that joke with a grain of salt. I was actually on the way in to delete that comment. Lol.....but all jokes aside congratulations to the both of ya. Yall boys look good and you can really tell you have been hard at work. ????

lol...it's all good man; I've heard it all!

My girlfriend went to bed before washing off her spray tan once....... usually my side of the bed is discolored from dirt but that morning her side was the dirty one! It looked like c3po was in my bed!! Hahahaha