ARNOLD CLASSIC

WELL, WELL, WELL......THE ARNOLD CLASSIC IS OVER!!! I WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL THE ATHLETES WHO COMPETED THIS WEEKEND....YOU ALL LOOKED AMAZING!!!

I MET UP WITH DOUG SCHNEIDER AND GARRY BARTLETT(PHOTOGRAPHER AND WRITER FOR MUSCLEMAG)THURSDAY AFTERNOON TO CONTINUE WORKING ON MY DVD. I HAD AN AMAZING INTERVIEW WITH GARRY BARTLETT THAT WILL ALSO BE INCLUDED ON MY DVD. DOUG CAUGHT SOME GREAT COMPETITION SHOTS/VIDEO FOOTAGE FOR THE DVD AS WELL. I AM REALLY EXCITED TO SEE HOW THE ENTIRE DVD TURNS OUT...SO FAR IT SOUNDS AMAZING. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SHARING IT WITH ALL OF YOU!

FOR ME, I FEEL THAT I BROUGHT MY BEST PACKAGE TO STAGE TO DATE. I NAILED MY NUTRITION, AND I WAS VERY PLEASED WITH MY OVERALL PHYSIQUE. MY CONTEST COLOR, MAKE UP AND HAIR TURNED OUT QUITE NICE AS WELL....FINALLY!!!!
PERSONALLY I FELT MY ROUTINES COULD AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN A LITTLE STRONGER AND MORE DYNAMIC, BUT WITH A LITTLE MORE PRACTISE I KNOW THAT THEY WILL BE SOLID FOR MY NEXT COMPETITION. I AM ALSO PLANNING A FEW NEW SKILLS THAT I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON, BUT THEY JUST WEREN'T READY TO PERFORM JUST YET....I THINK BY ADDING THESE NEW SKILLS IT WILL BRING MY ROUTINE UP TO ANOTHER LEVEL!!!
I WAS HOPING TO HAVE RECEIVED BETTER CALLOUTS IN THE PHYSIQUE ROUNDS, BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT DIDN'T GO MY WAY....I AM A LITTLE FRUSTRATED BECAUSE SINCE BECOMING A PRO, I HAVE SPENT HOURS AND HOURS ANALYSING AND DISECTING MY PHYSIQUE TRYING TO PERFECT IT.....EVERY TIME I THINK I HAVE MADE IMPROVEMENTS, BASED ON THE JUDGES DISISIONS, IT TURNS OUT THAT I AM CONSTANTLY BEING REWARDED WITH HAVING ONE OF THE WEAKEST PHYSIQUES ON THE IFBB STAGE!!! AFTER EVERY SHOW, I END UP HAVING BOTH IFBB & MAGAZINE PHOTOGRAPHERS AND FELLOW COMPETITORS TELLING THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF WHAT THE SCORES/PLACINGS TELL ME. THIS, IS WHAT CONTINUES TO FUEL MY FIRE AND MAKES ME WANT TO COME BACK WITH SOMETHING EVEN BETTER. BUT UTLIMATELY, I WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE FOR MYSELF AND MY FANS!!!
MY GOAL GOING INTO THE ARNOLD CLASSIC WAS TO PLACE IN THE TOP 10 AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I DID....I TIED WITH STACEY SIMMONS FOR 10TH PLACE!!!

AFTER THE SHOW WAS OVER, I MET UP WITH SOME OF THE CRAZY CANADIANS FOR SOME FOOD!!! IT WAS SOOOOOOOOO GOOD TO EAT SOME CHEESECAKE AND A BIG JUICY CHICKEN BURGER!!! YUMMY!!!
SATURDAY MORNING I MADE AN APPEARANCE IN JOHN STUTZ BOOTH SIGNING SOME PHOTOS AND MEETING SOME NEW FANS!!! IT WAS A LOT OF FUN! I ALSO MADE AN APPEARANCE IN THE RAW POWER BOOTH. I ALWAYS ENJOY HANGING OUT IN THAT BOOTH....GREAT PEOPLE AND GREAT PRODUCT! BY THE AFTERNOON, I WAS MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY DRAINED....I WAS A LITTLE DEPLETED/DEHYDRATED AND WAS STARTING TO CRAMP IN MY LEGS.....OUCH!!!! I ENDED UP NOT BEING ABLE TO DO MY PHOTO SHOOTS AND WE DECIDED TO HEAD HOME A DAY EARLY.

OVERALL, MY WEEKEND WAS A GOOD ONE.....I HAD A GREAT TIME HANGING OUT WITH ALL OF THE FITNESS GIRLS, MY FRIENDS, AND MY FANS. THANKS SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT!!!

DENNIS, THANKS SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING....I MEAN EVERYTHING!!! I WOULDN'T BE WHERE I AM TODAY WITHOUT YOU!!! THANKS, AND I LOVE YOU!!!!


THANKS AGAIN EVERYONE!!!!

LOVE MINDI O
XO