Your suit is fine....No it isn't

Since I recently met with the woman who is making my suit I thought it would be appropriate to talk about what is and is not "suitable" for competition. Well, your guess is as good as mine. I have talked with several people, including the woman making my suit, and there is some confusion at the amateur level about what is and is not acceptable. My seamstress has had to redo several suits at the last minute because judges are throwing them out at weigh in. Can you imagine? Spending all that money only to have no suit for the competition. Well it's happening quite a bit apparently. One judge was asked about this and this was her response. It seems to depend on the head judge. So and So (I won't mention any names to protect the innocent) is more conservative and so and so lets just about anything go. But what are we supposed to do then? Well, I guess this brings me back to a previous blog I wrote regarding knowing who your head judge is. I would not hesitate if I had any doubt, to email the head judge a picture and get his/her feedback. Just don't alter the suit if you get the Ok...you are just asking for it to be thrown out. The NPC rules state the back has to cover 50% of the glutes. Bet you didn't know that. Especially since you have never seen 50% of the glutes covered since I competed in 2010. LOL That year I was told my suit needed to be smaller by one judge...the judge who tends to throw out more suits today. LOL Times change. My suits are less conservative today than when I started, but still more conservative than others today. I do not want to have to purchase an extra suit, so I am going to make sure I don't walk that line.

I have posted some progress pictures. My bodyfat is the same but my weight is down. This is not good. This means I have lost some muscle. Frustrating to say the least. But I just tweak things a bit and keep going.