Hey,
I titled this email "Athlete Meeting" and I always toss around the idea of what we call ourselves in
fitness. Plus I will include the Athlete Meeting Agenda below.
Do you consider yourself "Athlete", "Competitor" or "Contestant"? Or all 3?
The most commonly used word is "competitor" and it's kinda strange since no other sport
has athletes call themselves competitor. Who started that? I think the use of the word "competitor" started after all the other divisions were added to old fashioned bodybuilding events.
Think about the largest classes in these "contests" and those classes are Bikini regardless of
the federations.
I think if it's really correct we should say Contestants in a Show. Now sometimes I even correct myself with the word "contestant" to start using Participant since the Transformation Participants don't actually compete.
Contest sounds pretty extreme right?
Yesterday I was talking with a Contest Prep Coach (see once again "contest")
and this person said if the athlete wasn't ready that this person would tell them NOT to enter.
Then asked how I felt about that?
My answer was - It depends on the person (athlete, client, competitor).
I've worked out with guys who were very extreme and took every "supplement" in the
world (you know what I mean....)
...and I've also trained clients who went from 36% fat to 6% and went into a show in the
Master's Division and got 4th place and become very upset over 4th forgetting what they
accomplished in a short time.
More and more every year I think about accomplishments and being proud of what you did.
Okay onto the schedule....
Fitness Atlantic Schedule really starts the Thursday April 28th for Check-In and Athlete Meeting and into Friday April 29th morning with Spray tanning and at 6pm the Transformation Show, then Saturday April 30th with Fitness Atlantic 10am prelims and 6pm Finals.
Spray tanning will be done on Friday April 28th before the show at Mohegan Sun.
Good News!
Do not walk through the hotel or casino in a bikini or swimsuit.
We also ask that contestants do not become too dark. The goal is to not look like we all have fake tans and to have contestants look their very best.
