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[DeliaKelsen]

ÿþSome of the best calves that I have ever seen in bodybuilding belonged not to Mike Mentzer, or Chris Dickerson but to Shawn Ray. Shawn Ray was not was genetically predisposed to great calves, he was predisposed to hard work. The high calf and long soleius of Shaw Ray would be called (by quitters) racially disadvantaged calves, but when he stood on stage next to anyone his calves were never a weak point. When I started bodybuilding, black men were not expected to grow great calves. Robby Robinson would have had the perfect physique had his calf development not been subpar. When I entered the Mid-Atlantic back in 1992 my calves measured 17”. In preparing for the contest my bodyweight went from 210lbs to 192lbs ( I start contest training 24 weeks out) and my calves went from 15” to 17”.

This was the first time in my life that I ever had such a development burst and I needed to know why. If I could patten this I would be rich! Scientific study never impressed me, for the most part I felt their results were the dependent on who financed the project. However antidotal study seemed to answer many questions on the level that was inportant to me. I never needed to know how protein worked in the body to build muscle, just that if I took “X” amount, at a given body weight, I would get a desired result. So I did some study of those individuals that had great calves and “claimed” to have been born with bad calves. I paid no attention to race, or ethinic origin, because of my sudden size increase I knew what ever it was worked on everyone equally.

Ok all you couch potatoes. I know you're only mildly interested in this area. But I've got to write a few things here to help you out. First off, to reiterate what I said on the CD's,WHATEVER YOU DO GOOD FOR YOUR BODY IS STILL GOOD, no matter how little. You don't have to be a world class athlete to play good golf. You don't even have to be in shape to play your best, of course that would help. What I really want you to get out of this letter today is the fact that every little thing you do helps and here's why:It's the 17th hole and even though you're riding in a cart, you are starting to get just a bit tired. Your attention is off just a hair as you crack another joke to your partner or golf buddies/gals. That's excellent and that's why we come out to golf right?

Great!But, you're still chuckling about that last one about the frog on the man's head in the bar and it's now your turn to tee off. You try to get into your pre-shot routine but it just seems so pointless now as you have played pretty well up to this point and you think "so what if I don't do my practice swing the same way I've done it this round so far. " And you step up to the ball and take a big swing and the little white orb goes flying out of bounds with a big fat slice on it. You cuss yourself out for being so stupid and not concentrating on that last shot. You tee up another one and it hooks into the trees on the other side as you overcompensate for the slice. When you get to the ball, it's right behind a tree and because you are so angry with yourself and figure you need to "make up" those shots, you go for a small gap in the trees.

You know "the rest of the story" as Paul Harvey would say as you end up carding a triple or quadruple bogey on that hole. You play the 18th hole o. k. and when you add up your score, you find that all you had to do on 17 was to bogey and you'd have broken your scoring barrier. One swing is all it takes! One little mental lapse about doing your preshot routine focused and in the zone like you did all day is all it was. One swing can turn a score sour like in the blink of an eye. You can't afford to be lazy for one moment on a round that you care about your score. If you want to go drink beer and just have fun, great! Do it! And don't even bother scoring if you have a few bad holes because it will just ruin the fun anyway. I sometimes do this myself.

So what could our serious golfer have done different to have kept his/her energy level high for maximum, sustained focus and concentration? Lots of things. . . 1. If you care about your score, keep the alcohol to a minimum. Drink lots of water. That tired feeling is most likely dehydration3. Don't eat candy or other processed sugar products during a round, you'll get a quick high and then a very low blood sugar drop soon after. Don't drink fruit juices either, they have too much sugar even if natural. Chips and pretzels do the same thing. Eat complex carbs like an apple, nuts, or a light sandwich during the round to keep your energy up and constant. Do the hot dog after the round if at all possible, it will sap your energy if you eat on at the turn.