2006 Team Universe Journal

The Goal:
Every journey should start with a well defined goal in mind. Mine is simple this year. Take first place in the Lightweight class. I've taken second the past two years and this year I've learned from my mistakes and I know what I can do better. I need to make sure I don't get caught up with numbers and use the mirror and my training partners as my guides to ensure I bring to stage the absolute best package possible. I'm really looking forward to the next 12 weeks
Off-season:
This past off-season was a little rough due to a hernia repair surgery I had in Late December. Although I lost some muscle during the weeks I was forced to take off, I feel I'm close to full strength and ready to go.
Team Universe Date Changed!
Well the big news this week is that the contest has been moved up 3 weeks! Somehow I missed this but that just means that I don’t have any time to mess around. As far as my contest preparation is concerned nothing will change this week. I had already planned on making a big drop in calories this week so we’ll just see how it goes. I guess the only thing I’ll have to start doing that I hadn’t planned yet is tanning.

