Eastern Province BB Contest Review (junior division)

Ofcourse, you'd never find any advertisements for these kinds of events. Nonetheless, I had to attend to see how the contest would be organized and what i should expect for the 1st class contest (above 21 years of age). Let me be the first to tell you that this contest was nothing more than a freaking joke. From the audience, to the competitors, nothing was in place. The thing that bugged me the most was that the competitiors (18 to 21 years of age) were heavy steroid users. Is that what we're encouraging? is this the arabian bodybuilding community? "hey kids! you want to win a bodybuilding contest? here, take some roids! they'll make you look fabulous!" WHAT THE F***! One of the trainers in my gym told me that what i saw was nothing. He knows 13 and 14 year old kids on roids. Now i know where all the myths about impotence, stunted growth, and low/no sperm count, which are linked to bodybuilding, came from. Enough of that crap.. let's talk about the event:

The judges:

45 minutes late. That's all i have to say. I guess it comes with being saudi.

The audience:

When you take a long hard look at the audience, you'd find that 50% of them look like MC-Hammer clones, and the other 50% look like Vanila Ice clones. I guess you know what kind of people attend these events.

The stage:

In the middle of a volley ball court, there's a small 8 meter by 5 meter stage covered with light blue foam tiles and 2 spot lights that don't even work. Now, usually there are more than 3 competitors in every weight class, sometimes 10. How the hell would a stage that small carry all of them up while doing the mandatory poses? Freakin' idiots

The competitors:

60 KG class: I would understand if you were 5'3 wanting to compete at a 60 KG weight class, but when the shortest guy out there is 5'8? it looks like you got a couple of marathon runners and told them to pose. All anyone saw in that weight class were rib cages and hip bones. There were only 3 competitors in this class.

65 KG class: Same thing. all of them looked terrible!!! Only 2 competitors came out.

70 KG class: Here's where you start to see some muscle mass. But it was sad. I couldn't believe my eyes. The first guy that stepped on the stage was loaded with GH. How do i know that? when you see someone with a belly so distented it looks like he swallowed a TV set, yet a six-pack is carved on to it, that's GH right there. The guy was only 18-21 years old!!! Still, with all that GH and all those roids he was using, he had no legs!!! no one did!! what the hell is wrong with these people? atlease do some leg presses!! come on! Anyway, the GH dude won first place. second place wasn't even close. there were 9 competitors in this weight class. Other than 1st and 2nd place winners, they all looked like they weighed 60 kg. pathetic.

75 KG class: Again, first guy to come on stage.... HUGE AND SHREDDED!!! no GH, but a shitload of roids. how do i know? 1- you don't look like that if you're 18-21 naturally, hell, even if you were older you'd never look like that. 2- seeing veins on his legs while sitting about 10 meters away is quite an obvious sign of juicing. anyways, finally, someone who trained legs. Who stepped on stage next? You won't believe it even if i said it a thousand times, but i swear to you the guy that went on stage next was no less than 15% percent fat!!! that's fifteen, it's not a typo. You know what the funny thing is? the judges actually called him out and asked him to pose! pathetic. there were 7 contenders in this class.

80 KG class: When all of the competitors stepped on stage, i got so pissed off, i just left. There were 4 competitors, and not a single one of them was below 8% fat.

85 KG class: beats the s*** outta me. wasn't there to see it.

90 KG class: No competitors in the class (info from my coach)

Conclusion:
After seeing this pathetic excuse for a disgraceful show, i almost pulled out of my contest. Then, i thought about the past 20 weeks. I worked my ass off just to compete. Although i don't want to have any association with those jokes of a federation, i won't let all that hard work go to waste. F*** it, i'm 2.5 weeks out and ready. wish me luck, i'm gonna need it against those GH freaks.