My last blog and post on that blog was quite a long time ago. July 2011 to be exact. "Hannah of Oz" I titled it and I used it as a bit of an online journal documenting my first year here in Sydney. Three years later I'm still here but man, have things changed.
"The Journey of Jonesy" will also serve as an online journal but I'll be using this one to document my progress, growth, challenges and emotions during the build up between competitions. I competed for the first time this past September in a Figure Competition with INBA. Does that make me a Figure Competitior? No. Am I going to start a new Facebook Fan page? Negative. Am I going to switch careers and become a PT and coach other woman onto the stage with my all my "infinite knowledge and experience"? Definitely not.
I simply found a hobby that I happen to love and want to see what my body is capable of over the next 12 months. I've decided to compete again in March 2015 so that I can give myself proper time to grow enough muscle and balance out my conditioning so that when I do diet down next time, I'm fuller, have more muscle and it will be during summer. It's really difficult to diet through winter. I'm like a bear preparing for hibernation- I want to fatten up!
So this blog may not appeal to the masses. It may appeal to anyone thinking about getting in to this sport. I'm going to be brutally honest and I will document progress pics, measurements, Dexa Scan updates and anything else that I'm going to want to track and look back on. This is something that I wish a lot of competitors did more of and something that would have been invaluable to me prepping for my first show. I had two amazing coaches and both quite experienced in competing. To have had the chance to learn more about the mental side of competing would have been huge. At any rate, I learned a lot about myself and plan to keep learning and challenging myself this year as well.
Follow along if you're keen.
- Jonesy
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