Pics from Mr. Tennessee 2008

[Jablack0680]

Hey guys...I wanted to post some pics of the comp. I placed 3rd in the Lightweight class. I was the most conditioned, hardest, and ripped guy so I was happy with how I looked, of course I was not pleased with the placing, but oh well. Anyway I am taking some time off, working on bring my legs up some..they are finally starting to grow from all my surgeries and compete in early 2010 in other states. I heard good things about leaving your own state and competiting so I am going to see how that goes! Thanks to everyone for their support and advice and just the community we have here!

 

[wakejump4me]

congrats man . although the pics are kind of dark i can tell that you were pretty good conditioned.

wake

 

[thebrick]

You look great! Congratulations! Conditioning absolutely looks great to me. Gotta say… you are a real inspiration here!

 

[Jablack0680]

Thx bro! The guy in the rear lat spread pic on my left got 2nd. I am actually usually pretty cool with the judging, but this year it was real sporadic. I have a honest group of people whom I respect and my guru is a judge here in the state and he even thought I had it. Oh well, back to the drawing boards and just gonna pound my legs and will them to grow! heheehehe, but thanks everyone again for the support.

 

[thebrick]

Thx bro! The guy in the rear lat spread pic on my left got 2nd. I am actually usually pretty cool with the judging, but this year it was real sporadic. I have a honest group of people whom I respect and my guru is a judge here in the state and he even thought I had it. Oh well, back to the drawing boards and just gonna pound my legs and will them to grow! heheehehe, but thanks everyone again for the support.

The guy in the green trunks got 2nd??? ahead of you??? WTF???? Hammer your legs and send them a lesson next time around!

 

[Jablack0680]

Yes sir he did. He has great shape, lines, and nice muscle bellies, but he was holding water and by all indications still about 2 weeks away. Oh well, hammering the legs begins in a few weeks. Gonna creep back into my workouts slowly the next 2-3 weeks then wham! Time to squat for the first time ever. I finally got my flexibility decent and lots of practicing with no weight has helped me get mentally ready to squat free bar for the first time ever! We shall see now! I will post pice of my legs before I begin squatting and at other points so I can get some honest feedback.

 

[Fa Seeshus]

damn, dry and ripped. did you use the pgcl to dry out instead of any diuretics?


good luck on the squats! i've trained some clients who had leg/hip injuries from car crashes, and we found that box squats are one of the best ways to get into squatting. everyone knows how to sit on a chair... also the position of your sitbones on the box lets you know if you are descending even.

the second step i do is light front squats. for some reason they find these easier at first than backsquats... go figure.

 

[NPCLight]

Yes sir he did. He has great shape, lines, and nice muscle bellies, but he was holding water and by all indications still about 2 weeks away. Oh well, hammering the legs begins in a few weeks. Gonna creep back into my workouts slowly the next 2-3 weeks then wham! Time to squat for the first time ever. I finally got my flexibility decent and lots of practicing with no weight has helped me get mentally ready to squat free bar for the first time ever! We shall see now! I will post pice of my legs before I begin squatting and at other points so I can get some honest feedback.

Oley was WAY off this year, my GOOD buddy allen from my town Won your class. He won the Novice light last week at the Knox show ( where I won the Overall Mr. Knoxville Title) he is 37 and has been training for 21 years. He was 152 Friday night and TONS better than last week. Your also lucky my buddy Armando from Sevierville did not show up He weighed in Friday and then got a call that his girl went into labor and he had to drive BACK to Sevierville!!

You look THICK up top man, lb those wheels and you will be a hard light-weight to beat!!

 

[diesel158]

that guy placed ahead of you?!, geez, maybe it was his birthday

 

[NPCLight]

that guy placed ahead of you?!, geez, maybe it was his birthday

I agree I would have have him 2nd behind Allen...Oley has NEVER looked that bad...His conditioning is usually ON POINT.

 

[b-boy]

ha just got through talking about this show on the phone with my good friend who won the heavyweight class last year and won the overall at the mr. knoxville last year.... skip wade he had a few guys from his gym in this show, i think the heavyweight winner was from his gym.. rob something i believe.. anyway it was a pretty damn good show last year as i attended (spectator of course) and was pretty impressed with some of the class winners.. so congrats on a good placing on what seems to be a pretty good show.

 

[NPCLight]

ha just got through talking about this show on the phone with my good friend who won the heavyweight class last year and won the overall at the mr. knoxville last year.... skip wade he had a few guys from his gym in this show, i think the heavyweight winner was from his gym.. rob something i believe.. anyway it was a pretty damn good show last year as i attended (spectator of course) and was pretty impressed with some of the class winners.. so congrats on a good placing on what seems to be a pretty good show.

How is Skip doing? I wondered why he did not compete this year. Yes I had 3 buddys do this show and they all won there classes, they all told me the same thing. Truck is a FREAK he is always DICED and I cannot believe he just weighed 189 and won the WHOLE thing. James W. did this show too and did the Supers, he has Won the State 3 times and is a WNBF Pro. Chris Schaub in the middles had striated glutes and was said to weigh 176 and looked 210 on stage

I had planned on doing this show as a middle, but did a June show and had been dieting since Feb....Chris would have handed me my ass...I could have matched him on legs but good god he is a freak up top!

 

[b-boy]

How is Skip doing?

he told me today that he is doing jr. nationals next year!

 

[NPCLight]

he told me today that he is doing jr. nationals next year!

I am planning on this as well, hoping to come in at the TOP of the middle's. If I made the Top 10 at a National show I would doing cartwheels

 

[Jablack0680]

The show was fun as usual and just being able to compete is good enough for me. I figure the only thing left for me to do is pound the legs so there ya have it. I will take off 09 to put some nice size on them and see from there.

Overall the show was great and I am glad my boy from Team Haines, Chris Shuab won..he looked amazing and Truck looked phenominal as well.

 

[NPCLight]

The show was fun as usual and just being able to compete is good enough for me. I figure the only thing left for me to do is pound the legs so there ya have it. I will take off 09 to put some nice size on them and see from there.

Overall the show was great and I am glad my boy from Team Haines, Chris Shuab won..he looked amazing and Truck looked phenominal as well.

You know the funny thing about Truck is that he has not changed AT ALL in about 8 years! He weighs between 187-192 EVERY year and ALWAYS wins his class. He is 41 and just knows whats works, I respect him so much for just doing what he loves and not trying to play the mass game. He always is the best conditioned person EVERY year at the TN shows that he does.

Very cool guy and I am glad for him that he got another title

Your right too I talked with Chris last week at the Knox and he weighed 179 and was trying to "peak" for the state, hahaha still ending up winning his class and the Overall. He got the "most developed legs" at the knox show too...which I beilieve I should have gotten

 

[Dave_19]

looking shredded.

 

[mrsoul]

who won the overall?

 

[TooPowerful4u]

hard as a rock!

 

[Jablack0680]

Truck won the overall...he was the Light Heavyweight. It was a good show, just weird on some of the stuff overall I am happy (for the most part) and just focusing on bringing my legs up since everything else is good.