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"You Are Stronger Than You Think"
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Competition Perspective…Under your control or not so much? Pt 2 Why are you competing?
Posted on May 4, 2013 at 10:02 PM |
Competition Perspective…Under your control or not so much? Pt 2 Why are you competing? This is the question you should ask yourself before you take
your first step towards competition preparation. Are you competing because: ·You want to push your fitness to the next level ·You want to use this as a marketing tool for
your business ·You want to get your face into fitness modeling ·You want to cross it off your bucket list ·You want to attain “pro” status Whatever your reason to compete is…keep in mind that it is all
about you! From my experience, I have
seen many competitors (myself included) get wrapped up with the supposed
stardom from competing. If you are clear
on your reasons why you are competing, nobody will be able to detour your goals
or make you do things that you DO NOT want to do.
If you have read my website you know: ·That my competition career started out as a way
to push myself to the next level. At
first, I started as a bodybuilder just to see how far my body can go. ·As I competed in a few smaller competitions, I
realized I would love to get a fitness modeling career going. All I had to do is to place well in nationals
or better yet turn “pro” as a fitness competitor. ·At my first NPC Fitness Nationals, not only did
I placed 5 out of 50 competitors, I earned my “pro” status. Not too shabby?
Once I turned “Pro” with the IFBB, I thought it was going to
be easy to get sponsorship, fitness modeling and/or spokes model jobs.
Boy was I wrong…It seems “Pro” status isn’t what it cracked up to
be. It seems that you don’t have to be a
“Pro” to get the work. As time went on,
I had come to realize that if you have a few connections, a good marketable
look and persistence, you may have a chance. Just remember, if you do not get the jobs or attention that
you were hoping for, please do not think you are worthless. You have no idea, how many competitors I have
seen go down the dark road of inadequacies. Don’t forget, you did something that about 80%
of the population would not even do. Get on stage in a skimpy little bathing
suit that barely covers your body.
At the end, if you can remember why you wanted to compete,
90% of the time from my experience, is you want to push yourself to the next
level. You are winner…you are worth
plenty…nobody should make you feel otherwise….. This is the second post of “Competition Perspective…Under
your control or not so much?” series. If
you missed the previous post, please check here. If you have any questions in regards to
contest prep or post competition schedule, please contact me at www.marieallegro.com. I am also available for everyday
fitness/wellness questions. Check back
soon and thanks for visiting.
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Categories: bikini competitions, Bodybuilding competition, Figure competition, fitness competition, mental state during competition, Post competitive phase, Pre contest prep, why compete?
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