Thursday, 10 July 2014

POSING!!!







 



 Attention all Mutants, Shredderz, Titans and Future Deity's today we would like to talk about one of our favorite topics, Posing.

There is so much more to stage posing than most people realize before they step under those bright lights with nowhere to hide. If we were to talk about every individual subject matter we would be here all night so we are just going to share with you our three main mantra's when it comes to posing;

1 - What the Judges cant see they cant Judge
2 - Movement is Essential
3 - HAVE FUN DOUCHE BAGS

So lets start with topic 1, now every true lifter is there own worst enemy, you should know exactly where your strengths and weaknesses lie in excruciating detail the next step is then making sure you pose effectively enough to ensure the judges can only see those breathtaking perculating pectoids and keep their eyes away from those mosquito bites you call biceps.
Round 2, Not so long ago Aaron and James decided to take a trip up north to watch the UKBFF British finals there they witnessed a bikini competitor who refused to stay still every 2 seconds she was swinging hips and flicking hair, as far as we were concerned she was the only person on that stage, if you can convince the judges of that also then there will be nobody else to beat you!
Round 3, People you have worked your asses off for weeks, months, years to get on that stage and you've got 15 minutes max to show the world the fruits of said labour so why I ask you WHY does your face/ stage presence tell me your mum threatened to take your xbox away if your didn't show the nice audience your back double biceps...have a good time peeps make it worth the trouble!

Before we forget the last bonus round has got to touch on personality and style, its all well and good having awesome technique and lines when it comes to posing but you've got to remember you have no voice up there just those moves so make sure you perfect your own style and I promise you the judges, the audience and even the other competitors will remember you. We both have our own unique styles but they were derived from a base point, Aaron for example like to interpret the posing of the great Men's Physique guys of today (Your Johnny Sebastian's & Mark Anthony's) whilst James prefers to recreate the posing of the classic gods of yesteryear (Your Frank Zane's and Lee Labrada's) either way just QUIT BEING A LIL BISH and win some goddamn titles Jheez! 

Thanks again for your time and we would like to introduce you to a few of our posing inspirations from both the immortal classic Era and the great physiques of today...

Mohamed Makkawy

Lee Labrada


Johnny Sebastian

Jeremy Buendia







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Saturday, 5 July 2014

The Results!

Greetings FitFam!

As you all know we competed at the UKBFF Summer showdown in Bedford on June 29th. Aaron came 1st in the U173cm Men's physique & unfortunately James didn't place in the U178cm. However, much was learnt from the amazing experience for us both and we've set our objectives of what happens next. On the day, we weren't surprised to hear there were so many Men's physique competitors, 40 including ourselves turned up all hoping to qualify for the finals on October 11th. It was during the athletes meeting before the show began that they had announced the Men's Physique would be split into four height categories: Under 173cm, Under 178cm, Under 182cm and Over 182cm. We knew it was too good to be true that we'd actually end up competing against each other, Aaron coming in at 170cm, James at 175cm.

Aaron taking 1st place and being invited to
the British finals, October 11th
The plan for us both now is to tactically back carb by 20g per week so we don't completely screw our metabolisms up! We've had 4/5 days of enjoying all the foods we missed oh so much during the 14 week diet. However, the line must be drawn somewhere... but just to reflect on some of the goodies...


First stop, post show meal was a traditional trip to TGI Fridays!
7oz burger topped with BBQ pulled pork, monterrey jack cheese,
red onions with a brioche bun with a side of Jack Daniels chili cheese fries
& Jack Daniels sesame seed chicken strips!

James's Oreo cheesecake made by Vanessa Filmer
Aaron's Oreo cheesecake made by Debbie De Freitas
James's Oreo cheesecake cookie dough bars made by Vanessa Filmer

 As for the rest of the goodies/meals: Macaroni cheese, enchiladas, cookies & cream pop tarts, hot fudge sundae pop tarts, Hersheys milk chocolate bars, chocolate caramel milk duds, cookies and cream bites, Aunt Jemima's syrup, Lucky charms, Fruit loops, Hobnobs, chocolate hobnobs, chocolate digestives, Jammie dodgers, popcorn, Pringles, Fox's biscuits and many more!

As mentioned earlier, the line must be drawn somewhere and the "Reverse diet" must begin. Reverse dieting is exactly what it sounds like. During the weeks leading up to the competition we reduced carbohydrate intake by 20g per week, finishing on 70g carbs per day. Now we reduce fats slightly to allow the initial jump up from 70g carbs per day to begin the reverse diet on 120g per day, and increase intake by 20g per week from there on.

James’s Carb intake














06/30
07/07
07/14
07/21
07/28
08/04
08/11
08/18
08/25
09/01
09/08
09/15
09/22
09/29
10/06
120g
140g
160g
180g
200g
220g
240g
260g
280g
300g
320g
340g
360g
380g
400g

Aaron’s Carb intake















06/30
07/07
07/14
07/21
07/28
08/04
08/11
08/18
08/25
09/01
09/08
09/15
09/22
09/29
10/06
120g


140g
160g

180g
200g
220g
240g
220g
200g
180g
160g
140g
120g
100g
80g

James's main priority now is to go off season, get those carbs in and gain as much lean muscle mass as he possibly can! Address all weak areas to bring a bigger and better physique to the stage in 2015.
Aaron having being invited to compete at the UKBFF finals in October will also increase carbs as the table above shows, however in the week beginning 08/18 he'll have to taper his carb intake back down to get back into on stage condition. 

Numbers, numbers, numbers, it's all a numbers game! It can be a lot to take on at the beginning but when you want something so bad, you'll do whatever it takes to get to where you want. Thanks for all the support! From the Fortai Fitness team, until next time, enjoy a mint chocolate cornetto for breakfast, or three...and stay shredded.


But First...Let me take a selfie!

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