It's all said and done and I know it always take me at least a day or tow to get my Show Day video out so one day after the fact for me is doing pretty good. I did post my results on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter so if you are not following me on any of those platforms then get hooked up for more instant info.
Before I get into the details of how I did, I feel a perspective is required. In both categories that I competed in there where at least 50 guys, most of which completed in the Open Category (Any Age so most of them where in their 20's to 30's). So a good turnout of competitors.
OK so here's how I did. In Men's Open Classic Physique (Which is not the category I focus on), I placed 3rd out of around 15 of the tall division competitors that for the most part all came well prepared for the show. Keep in mind on check-in day I weighed in at 190 pounds but I am allowed to be up to 212 pounds based on my height, so a lot of the guys I went head to head against where out sizing me by a good 20 pounds. That said I feel my posing and conditioning really helped me out to get third place which I am really proud to achieve considering I could be the father to most of the guys I was standing on stage with.
My main focus category, Men's Open Physique, I placed 1st again in my tall class which had 5 guys in it, and again all the fellows looked great and worked hard to get to that stage prepared so the win was not an easy one. As a first place winner of my height category, I was then given the opportunity to be in the Overalls with the other winners of their height categories. Which meant for Men's Open Physique there was a total of 4 of us fighting to be the Overall Winner. It was a real battle but while I was on stage I felt the judges where really paying a lot of attention to me which is a good thing, after the comparisons we went back to our stage positions and waited for the announcement of who the Overall Winner was going to be and after what seemed like forever I finally heard my number and name called and I got to tell you it was a very emotional feeling that came over me, in some ways relief that I had finally won an Overall and also the felling of absolute appreciation to the judges for picking me out of everyone that worked so hard to be there that day.
Unfortunately I don't have a lot of photos or video to show you but when it does become available I will post it for sure. I did pay for professional Stage photos so I can promise those will be included in a video when I get them.