Clay resident finds success in bodybuilding Sports News From Terre Haute
Clay County resident Brian Boyce figured he had seen the last of his name appearing in the Tribune Star in February when he resigned from the newsroom staff as a reporter to focus on other endeavors.
Most recently March 9 on the Evansville Bosse High School auditorium stage the 37 year old Boyce placed first in the men open welterweight division and first in the men novice middleweight division in the National Physique Committee (NPC) Southern Indiana Bodybuilding Championships.
n Placing third in the men open middleweight division and fourth in the men novice middleweight division in the GNC Classic at Anderson (June).
n Placing fourth in the men open middleweight division and fourth in the men novice middleweight division in the NPC Indianapolis MuscleFest (also in June).
Boyce said he weighed at or near 169 pounds going into those 2012 contests.
think I did really well in those, considering it was my first year of competition, he reflected. I learned the aspect of posing is pretty tricky. Posing was very new to me and it a workout in itself. You may be on stage three, four or five times [on competition days].
Boyce saw potential in himself for bodybuilding last year, but he knew he must improve on one aspect of his presentation if he wanted to improve his placings in 2013.
would have placed higher [in 2012] had I posed better, he admitted. was told that by all the judges.
Boyce compared what he does to a horse show in 4 H.
judges are looking for muscle definition, muscle density and overall quality of the build, he said. if you don present that correctly, the judges can see it. So you have to make sure the judges there usually a panel of six or seven of them can see you clearly.
So Boyce dedicated himself to practice, practice, practice on posing usually with someone else watching to critique his techniques.
have to practice with partners and trainers because you have to get away from the mirror, he insisted. you practice roger vivier shoes in front of a mirror and you get trained to see yourself in the mirror, when you get up on stage all by yourself and you roger vivier sale looking into a dark audience [instead of a mirror], you have no idea what you look like. You can see what you look like.
Boyce did allow himself to enjoy more traditional eating habits in June after his third contest, but that didn last cheap roger vivier long because he knew the lean, muscular look needed to return for his vivier shoes 2013 competitions.
[pre contest] diet is very restrictive, he mentioned. did gain some lean muscle poundage afterward. I got back up to about 205 [pounds]. I started dieting again Dec. 15. On that day, I weighed 197. On March 9 [almost three months later], I came in at 165 on the nose. I got myself down to about 4 or 5 percent body fat.
Boyce said his customized diet for 2013 has consisted of plenty of protein reaching 253 grams a day at times and measured small amounts of carbohydrates. His food intake often includes chicken breasts, broccoli, kale, fish (cod and tuna) and egg whites.
lot of egg whites, he emphasized. eaten as many as 24 egg whites in a day.
Not included in his contest diet are pizza, pork and chocolate, the latter being particularly difficult to avoid around Easter.
Boyce expects to enter the NPC Natural Indiana Bodybuilding Championships at Indianapolis again April 13, and his goal this year is not modest.
really like to win the overall [championship], he said without hesitation. took first place in my weight class divisions in this last show I did in novice and in men open. The only thing holding me back is my posing technique, so I driving to Indianapolis and doing some more work on it [with professional bodybuilder Jesse Shark Dale supervising].
[posing] is the only thing holding me back. Body for body, I win. If it about roger vivier flats the body, I win. But if you don pose correctly on stage, the judge can see it. So I not complaining. I think the judges are very fair. The athlete has to do his part.
Boyce admits that everyday life responsibilities family, jobs, working on his newly purchased 200 acre farm in Clay County, going to Terre Haute Ultimate Fitness for his weight training and cardio workouts make roger vivier outlet finding time to stand in front of a mirror to practice posing difficult.
just not in my personality anyway, he added. not really a at me, look at me kind of guy. I do enjoy the showmanship on stage. But as far as practicing around here, it kind of tough. But that what I working on. I know that if I get my posing down, I can win overall. That my goal.
When a bodybuilder places in the top five of a weight class at an NPC qualifying event, such as the Southern Indiana Championships or the Natural Indiana Championships, he or she receives an opportunity to advance to the NPC National Championships on Nov. 22 23 at Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Boyce earned that opportunity March 9 in Evansville, so he have a chance to achieve another goal later this year.
like to go to the NPC nationals, he acknowledged. doubt I would place in the top five at nationals [any year], though, because I a natural athlete.