Road the Las Vegas! Follow up to LA show!

Hey, everyone!  

It's been a while since I have blogged.  Truth be told, I've been in the final stages of my own prep for the stage once again.

We just got back from Los Angeles, the NPC L.A. Championships - it was an awesome event!  There were over 150 competitors, and Team 619 - the family - was well-represented!

Check out these preview pics of me - stripping down for the world to see!

http://www.musculardevelopment.com/browse/index.php?mode=browse&id=2030&eventcode=1271

Congratulations to the following family members:

Roz Vail - 2nd place in Figure A, open class!  She re-qualifies for national level competition and will be journeying out to the desert this weekend to get on the big stage!  Congrats, Roz - her best placing yet on the very competitive SoCal Figure circuit!

Nel Bautista - Congratulations, Nel!  Nel rocked the house this night - what can we say!  Nel has been training her butt off, working on building her lower body this past off-season, and keeping everything tight - and this night, she brought it all to the stage!  She was feminine, but strong - her condition left little question as to who was to be crowned champ of L.A. this year!  Congrats to Nel!

Richie Moran - "Trainer Rich" as we call him around the gym and 619 circle, Richie pounded a tough victory out of a very competitive middleweight bodybuilder class.  Richie made the decision to avenge his deflated placing at last year's Excalibur, and also committed to going to Las Vegas this upcoming week.  Only thing was, he needed to qaulify!

And, qualify he did, handedly - as he took the middleweight class and earned his spot on the USA stage!

619 Muscle Family friend, Crystal Lowery, won the A class and took the overall title in Figure at the L.A. show - congrats Crystal - and score another win for the shorties!  Crystal will also be heading out to the desert this weekend!

congrats to the Team!  

And 619 Muscle Family member, Big P.D. Devers is in the best shape he's been in of late - he's been killing himself with cardio and training harder, more focused than ever as he prepares to step on the USA Stage once again!  Go P.D.!

Me, I've been pushing harder than ever.  I've made some changes to my physique that I'm pleased with - more size in my arms and delts, and a smaller waistline - I'm very excited about the condition I'll be presenting - I feel good at this point - as I type, I'm eating my first bowl of oats, starting the final stage of my preparation for the stage.

We'll have weigh-ins tomorrow, then we get on stage starting at 4:30pm Friday.

Come see the show!  and thanks to Jon Lindsay and Jim Manion for providing all of us athletes the arena to compete in!  - heck, the Gladiator fights of old would have been so much less without the drama of the Colliseum, right?  The USA's, arguably, THE most competitive show in amatuer bodybuilding.  What an honor to get on that stage.

See you all in Vegas!

Pete Ciccone

2007 California Lightheavyweight Champ

National Level NPC competitor!