February 2015 Update - Inspire Fitness Leg Conversion Kit - New Fitness Contest Dates

This video covers some information about the Inspire Fitness Leg Conversion Kit which ties in their SCS Bench to their Leg Extension Accessory so you can attach the bench and leg add on to the FT2 weight stack using the cables.

The problem I am having in my area is my local Fitness Depot where I bought my Inspire FT2 has been out of the Inspire Bench and leg attachment. So what is a person to do? Improvise! I already a different brand of adjustable bench with leg attachment so I did some preliminary eye balling , grabbed my drill and added the Inspire Fitness Leg Conversion Kit to my already existing bench and leg attachment. I am sure that this is not what Inspire Fitness had in mind and if one was to do this, it would be at their own risk because not all of us are handy with tools and fabrication...

All in all my work was sound and everything works really well using my improvised setup!

My next point of discussing in this update video is a change in plan for my Men's Physic fitness contest prep. I was planning to attend the BC Body Building Championships here in Vancouver Canada as I am qualified from my last contest where I placed 1st :) The problem is a conflict of interest. The BC's are to be held on May 23rd which happens to be the same day of a close friends wedding of which I am a groomsman. Since I can not change either date, I had to pick the more important occasion and decided to go to the wedding. Such is life and we must adapt to what life gives us and make the best of it.

There is always next year for me to enter another BC qualified Men's Masters Physique Fitness Contest, but for this year I have decided I will most likely attend the Victoria Cup being held on August 15th in Victoria BC.

At least it gives me a bit more time to prepare, I did have plans on coming in with a bit more muscle this time and that takes a lot of work :)

Sandra Wickham 2014 Men's Masters Physique Competition 1st Place

I had my wife man or should I saw "woman" the camera while I was on stage for the night awards portion of the Sandra Wickham Men's Masters Physique Competition.

My wife is not really that familiar with my camera setup so we did a bit of a trial run at the morning show and had her setup to shoot video and also take a few photos while the video kept rolling for the evening show. Well somehow the camera got changed over from video mode and ended up in photo mode which is not ideal for taking simultaneous video and photo. You can only take either video or photos when in photo mode but at least I got a bit of both even though not exactly in the video resolution I was hoping for.

None the less I got some usable video and I can't really get made at my wife because I think she was more excited about the whole thing than I as.

So enjoy this rather spliced together video of the Men's Masters Sandra Wickham Physique Competition evening show and me getting the 1st place trophy :)

Sandra Wickham 2014 Men's Masters Physique Competition Prejudging

Please enjoy this video of the Sandra Wickham 2014 Men's Masters Physique Competition Prejudging portion of the show. I decided not to narrate this video so you could watch it as if you where there in the audience.

I would like to give a big thank you to my very good friend Steve Smith who recorded this important Milestone in my life. Steve is a videographer and is amazing at what he dose so check out his website if you have any Video Recording needs.

I want to wish all the other contestants who shared the stage with me, Health and Success along their fitness journeys. They all put in the time and effort and deserved to be on that stage representing us men in our 40's and beyond.

I know there is some major work for me to do in order to improve my stage presence and overall physique but being that this was my first show I think I did OK :)

GetFitOver40 Mens Masters Physique Contest Vlog - Contest Day

Well I'm a day behind on this one :( Yesterday was a very busy and mentally draining day plus I did not get a lot of sleep the last couple of nights so after everything was all over it was simply time to go to bed. Today has been a bit of a travel and catch up day with my kids.

So enough of the excuses... How did I do? Well I won't leave you all in suspense, I got first place in my Men's Master Physique class which was not a large class since there where only 7 of us 40-50 year olds on the stage. Compare that to the 90 or so young bucks in the open class and you may think to yourself that the competition was not as hard in my class. I would tend to agree but the guys that where up there on stage with me all deserved to be there and I ask you this, how many of the 90 or so young bucks are going to be competing in Mens Physique when they turn 40 years old? Right there is how you separate the boys from the men.

OK, so now I am getting a bit cocky so I'll stop while I have made my point and move on...

This video covers some of my thoughts during the Contest Day of the Sandra Wickham Mens Masters Physique Contest. I don't really have any actual show or even back stage footage since I was making sure to stay focused on the task at hand and there was not much of an opportunity to use my camera while back stage. I will be posting show footage shortly once I have edited it so stay tuned for that...

Me on Stage at the Sandra Wickham 2014 Men's Master Physique

So the prejudging  of the Sandra Wickham 2014 Men's Master Physique is complete and I have some great footage of it coming your way. As it turns out there where only 7 of us Men's Masters with the youngest being 41 and the oldest being 50, I was right in the middle at 45!

I have a few photos to hold you over till I can get the video edited and uploaded in a day or so...

Thanks to my instructor Darren from CrossFit Langley for giveing me the heads up on these wonderful photos taken by Muscle Insder!