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So the 2008 NPC Junior USAs has come and gone and it was a great show overall. If you’ve read Noel’s blog you already know how she did - a huge improvement over last year’s attempt at the national stage where she did not place in the top 18 in any of her 3 attempts.

This year however, in the first show of the year, she’s looking to be a contender. She placed 6th in her class, narrowly missing out on 5th by one point. Even better is that she placed 4th in the two-piece suit (and 6th in the one piece, netting her the 6th place overall finish). A new overall look, much more polished presentation and 11lbs of new competition muscle since this same show last year seemed to have gotten some attention.

You can find more pictures of Noel and the line up here.

Laura Rose also had a good showing, coming in in her best condition to date (and heaviest as well). She placed 14th in a tough class and Hollie Higdon, who I posted some pictures of in a recent blog came in excellent condition, but unfortunately found herself in a class of 35 women where it’s easy to get lost.

Next up is the NPC Junior Nationals in Chicago.

Overall the weekend was great. I arrived in Atlanta on Wednesday and spent a couple days with Noel and her family. Friday morning Scott, Noel Elizabeth and myself made the 5-hr trip to Charleston … by way of the ’scenic route’. Seemed like it took forever.

After everyone getting settled, I headed off to the gym to get a workout in. Friday night we all went out to the Outback for dinner. We had a group of around 12 people I think. Fun times. The girls were hungry!

Saturday was a full day with the prejudging and finals to attend and then we all headed back to Amy’s and Kevin’s place (where I was staying) for a post-contest eating celebration. Oddly enough, while there was a ton of food, most of us weren’t able to eat much since we’d eaten so much crap already that day.

Sunday was the trek home - IHOP for breakfast, a Dairy Queen blizzard for lunch and Arby’s for dinner. How’s that for good nutrition?

And then on Monday, Noel and I hit the gym twice and filmed about 100 new exercises for the LBC exercise database.

All in all a very successful week away.

Related posts:

1. NPC Junior USAs recap
2. Live from the 2008 NPC Junior USAs
3. 2008 NPC Junior USAs

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