Maybe she spends a lot of time on her knees…
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That would make for a clean floor!
Or a dirty one if he has bad aim or she spits…
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One is metric and one is imperial
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I’m sure she was simply saying “please love, could you clean up the house?” a few times
Lol I figure after a first show many think they’ve got more in the tank, but that first day of prep #2 hits damn hard and suddenly remembering how miserable you were the first time can cause a sudden change of plans.
A question id ask is how many do a show (or even a couple), get coached by someone much more experienced and knowledgeable and then turn around and start offering “coaching” anyone who saw your magical transformation and has no clue that you were just the race horse and not the jockey 
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Id love to ask your opinion on this subject because I know of someone who happens to coach a few wbff pro’s who has never actually done a show personally, but a few of their models are quite successful, world champions even.
Is that rare within that world?
Well, I have a few thoughts on the matter:
1- We’re in a current era when science and “evidence” is freely available online and anyone can start quoting studies, reading successful competitors/coaches logs and just repeat or rehash them as their own (a certain NY power-lifting “coach” is infamous for purchasing/swiping plans from top names and passing them off as his own and presenting himself as an expert that he truly isn’t!)
2- The old basketball coach analogy is that you don’t have to have been the greatest athlete yourself to be a good coach… BUT when youre undergoing something so stressful and difficult as a bodybuilding contest prep, I constantly hear from my clients that they really appreciate hearing that I’ve dealt with the same obstacles that they may be dealing with, and very often, thanks to my own experiences, I can make sure that we avoid any mistakes or missteps that I myself made in my own first attempts.
3- Public image is huge! There are PLENTY of coaches/writers who have columns, their own forums and just basically means to reach an audience where they expouse their “expert” opinions on things that they themselves haven’t actually excelled at. At one of my older gyms, there was a trainer who had competed for years. To someone who had never done so, or who only got to see her individual contest pics (NEVER LETTING A SINGLE LINE-UP PIC BE SEEN!), and hearing her accounts of why she didn’t win (politics, my posing needed work, my tan was off… I can list countless excuses I’ve seen not just from this one individual, but all over social media and online), they bought into it.
4- Attitude and persona can win a following. The best competitors and experts I’ve known (and this is in regard to performance athletics as well as bodybuilding/fitness related) have NO interest in building up a silly online following or proving how Alpha/knowledgeable they are online. I’ve been lucky to have known and had access to some of the brightest minds in sports, and while I still love popping on here and exchanging with similar enthusiasts and lovers of the sport, any time I ever mentioned a “you should pop onto this online forum I frequent because…” and the eyes start rolling as I hear that they have a real job that affords them a comfortable lifestyle and no desire for online glory.
I better stop before I derail this whole thread with my ranting
@BrickHead
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Person at corporate HQ: “we’re gonna get you involved in a new projects”.
Me: “Okay, cool”.
My bosses bosses boss at a meeting this morning: “Okay Chris, take it away.”
Me: “Um, whut? Why don’t we start with what you want me to do…”
I’m happy to help, but I’m gonna need a little guidance, lol.
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I moved companies about 8 months ago for a job that was created for me that no one knows how it’s going to function … I basically have to reassure people weekly that I know what I’m doing and I have a plan even though I’m flying by the seat of my pants…
Kicker is, I’ve been doing it now for about 8 months, and I have a plan and executing it to the point I no longer have to reassure people weekly that I know what I’m doing and have a plan…
But then again, you’re a marine and I’m sure you’re in way over your head
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100% accurate.
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is there any other way?
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So…
I was planning on retiring, like in a couple of years. Had it all planned, travel, jeep more, train more, maybe even do some cardio…(I know, right?)…then these bastards decided to give me a promotion.
the hell?
Now I’m locked in for maybe 10 more years.
sigh…
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Poor attitude. 
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Yeah it’s always a weird balance. I’m the ‘run with projects’ type of guy. I wait for someone more important to reign me in and say that I’ve overstepped my authority or ask me to slow down.
As I get older this happens less and less if I can “sell” the project to m the bosses one step at a time. If I could find a job that was new puzzles to solve every day with no monotonous bull I’d be in heaven.
Fake a nervous breakdown in six months and still take retirement.
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I’m happy to run with a project, but I like to know what the project actually is. Particularly when it involves working with a consultant that probably makes 3x as much as I do. Management doesn’t like to waste consulting dollars here.
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Listening to Pandora 80s Pop station in my kitchen and Metallica’s One comes on … I chuckled a bit
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