The 2011 bodybuilding season has come and gone. It has been a whirlwind of ups and downs for the whole bodybuilding and fitness community. As for myself from the beginning of the year I was contemplating retiring from competing. I wanted to spend more time with my daughter and JulieAnn. With a lot of thought I decided to take it month by month. From Jan till the beginning of July I devoted my time to my daughter and her softball team. Since I was one of the coaches and eventually was selected to help coach the Bonita Valley Girls 8u Gold Softball team it took up a lot of my time, so I got in training when I could. I decided at the end of June I was going to compete in the IFPA Pro USA in Sacramento. So that meant I had to train my ass off and diet for 3 weeks straight of no cheating while at my daughters games. So I had to pack all my food for the weekends and suffer. But everything turned out good and I shocked myself on how fast my body responded. The result was the Overall Pro Winner. From there I had the fire back. I went on to compete in 4 more competitions. While I was getting ready for the fall competitions, I had the opportunity to guest pose on the Navajo Indian Reservation in Chinle, Arizona. While the year was in full swing I had my eye on nothing but the Natural Olympia at the end of the year. My goal was to win the Natural Olympia for the third consecutive time. But the first stop was the INBA Team USA in which I won the Overall, Second stop and a very important show was the Natural Universe in Australia which I knew the same competitors that I would going up against were going to be at the Natural Olympia in Reno in 3 weeks so I had to make sure I was on top of my game. Coming out of Australia I won the Overall making me the 3X Natural Universe champion and had the momentum going into the Natural Olympia. Once I got back from Australia, I caught a cold which put me out of training for one week. So with 2weeks left to go till the Natural Olympia, I had to cardio and train my ass off to get ready and at the same time dropped my carbs. With the help of JulieAnn and my sponsor GENr8 I pulled off my 3rd consecutive win at the Natural Olympia and winning the brand new 2012 Toyota Yaris and making me the 3X Natural Olympia Champion. An end to a great year.
