After their 35-24 loss to Kansas State on Nov. 6, many Missouri football players thought their preseason goals had evaporated.

The Tigers fell to 4-5, 2-4 in the Big 12 Conference with the loss, leaving little hope to win the North Division and reach the conference championship game. Even reaching a bowl game suddenly seemed daunting.

Second chance with the Border Showdown

But after Missouri watched a Saturday in the division unfold with a bye last week, the Tigers still have a chance to reach those goals, beginning with the Border Showdown against Kansas (3-7, 1-6) on Saturday.

“Well,Lazio shirt, it’s pretty remarkable first of all,” Missouri coach Gary Pinkel said. “It’s just one of those years that things are shaking out like they are… I really think this KU game is bigger than these other things that are involved. It’s a crazy year in our division, as you all know.”

Senior offensive lineman Scott Paffrath was just one of many dismayed Tigers after the Kansas State loss when he said that as a senior his goals were gone. But during the Tigers’ weekly media day on Monday, he seemed re-energized by Missouri’s new opportunity.

“I’d say it’s definitely interesting that somebody with a losing record in the Big 12 could win the Big 12 North,” Paffrath said. “If it happens, it happens. If it doesn’t, that’s our own fault.”

Still, Paffrath said the Kansas game has no extra meaning because of the Tigers’ bowl hopes. Instead, it comes down to Missouri against Kansas.

“I think it means more because it’s the Kansas rivalry,” he said. “That adds into it that we need a win,Ajax shirt, but this is the Kansas game. If we were both 0-9 or 0-8, I don’t think it would matter. I still think it’d be a good game and everybody would want to get after each other and that’s what’s going to happen.”

“Rivalry…goes beyond the football field”

Players and coaches on both sides of the game echoed Paffrath’s statements that this game is important even with both teams struggling.

Missouri’s senior guard Joe Gianino said the rivalry between the Tigers and Jayhawks goes beyond the football field.

“Well, the rivalry is always big,” Gianino said. “You can’t look at last year’s game. You can’t look at 10 years ago. This game has been passed down from generation to generation. So every year is separate and we got a responsibility.

“It’s a huge rivalry. If you look at it, it goes back to before us. It goes back to before football. It goes back to blood.”

Kansas’ sophomore offensive lineman Travis Dambach, a Jackson, Mo., native said he had little understanding of the rivalry until he reached Kansas.

But he soon learned of the historical importance of the game.

“It wasn’t until I got here and started talking to some of the people here that I learned what this rivalry means,” Dambach said. “One of our coaches has lived in Lawrence his whole life and told us how it goes beyond football, back to the Civil War.

“Until you hear that, you don’t realize the importance of this game.”

Pinkel and Kansas counterpart Mark Manginoalso realize the magnitude of the Border Showdown.

Mangino said the game is one of the best rivalries west of the Mississippi River and during his news conference Monday, Pinkel said the game against the Jayhawks is the biggest game on the Tigers’ schedule,Bordeaux shirt, even bigger than a possible bowl game.

“I’ll have a record here when I leave, what my KU record is going to be and it’ll be etched in granite and every player will, every single player will have his record versus KU and really no other team as much as that game, and that’s how big it is,” Pinkel said.

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So you think you’ve got what it takes to be a bodybuilder? Can you go through grueling workouts with almost no glycogen storage? Can you avoid all simple sugars for nearly two months? Can you get down to below 5% body fat?

If you are one of the few, dedicated individuals who think they can become a bodybuilder, ask yourself this question. “Can I stop drinking all fluids for nearly 24 hours?” If you answered no to the last question, I don’t think any less of you. In fact, the last 24 hours before a competition are perhaps the most miserable for most bodybuilders. In my case, I can honestly say the hardest part was the carbohydrate depletion. As an author and a Personal Trainer, I found it extremely difficult to function without the primary source of energy– carbs. That being said, my experience as a bodybuilder has molded me into the strongest person I have ever been. I’m going to illustrate my latest experience at the Border States Classic in October 2008, in the hopes of inspiring and educating those who are interested in the sport of bodybuilding to compete.

First and foremost, I should tell everyone that bodybuilding is truly a competition against one’s self. This means that one must constantly be battling their urges to consume junk food, overeat and skip on workouts. No one else can make you do this. Even a Personal Trainer can only give you a roadmap, but you must follow the path. I knew that I could keep myself from indulging in the non-essentials so I decided to try my hand at the Border States. Ten weeks before the show I weighed in at 168 pounds and around 11% body fat. I figured that I couldn’t make bantamweight (up to 143lbs.), but I knew my muscular development was good, so I began to go through a journey of fat burning.

Supplements:

The edge I had over many of my competitors was my knowledge of supplementation. I knew that the right combination of supps could fine tune my body and allow me to go on stage super tight. I was right! I was very, very tight. Below is the list of supplements that I used during pre-competition:

Green Tea Extract, 600 mg daily

7-Keto, 300 mg daily

CLA, 8 grams a day (4 before bed)

Tribulus, 3000 mg daily

Gaspari Novedex, 3 capsules at bedtime

Fish Oil, 30 grams a day

Max Nitro L-Arginine, 10 grams a day on empty stomach

L-Glutamine, 30 grams a day (10 at night)

Controlled Labs Purple Wrath

AST GABA, 5 Grams before bedtime

Alpha Lipoic Acid/ L Carnitine/ Co Q 10 compound, 4 capsules a day

Milk Thistle

Probolic-SR (not the last week before the show)

BSN Lean Dessert (not the last week)

Nature’s Best- Whey Isolate (not the last week)

MHP-XPEL water loss (8 capsules daily for the last week)

This may seem like a lot of supplements, and it is! Remember, a bodybuilder cannot deprive his or her body of the nutrients it needs to repair itself. Actually,Napoli shirt, no one should deprive their body. All we have in life is time and health. It is important to make both of these as good and enjoyable as possible.

Training: High Volume

I used a routine that consisted of hitting every body part twice a week, taking Sunday off. I hit legs and deltoids three times a week. My training was very high volume and looked similar to this:

Shoulders:

Lateral Raise– 4 sets of 15-20 reps, superset with 4 sets of Front Raises 15-20 reps

Overhead dumbbell press– (35 lbs) 4 sets of 25 reps

Wide Grip Upright Rows– 4 sets of 20 reps

Shrugs with light weight– 20 reps, superset with Lateral Raises to finish

My cardio increased significantly the last 3 weeks. I did one half-hour session of cardio on the recumbent bike first thing in the morning, after a shake with Purple Wrath.?I did this again at night after my last meal to ensure that I would deplete my glycogen stores.

Diet: Carbohydrate Cycling

This is truly the hardest part of bodybuilding. I opted to cycle my carb intake; taking in only 40 grams of carbs from oatmeal for 4 days. On the fifth day, I would take in about 200 grams of carbs from oatmeal, sweet potatoes, and brown rice. All of my meals contained about 6 ounces of fish (no salmon), chicken or ground turkey. These are very lean meats, which allowed me to maintain an adequate protein intake. All meals contained 2 cups of green beans, spinach, or bok choy. I would take in 5 meals every day, or the equivalent of 1 meal every 3 hours. I made sure to supplement with plenty of fish oil and Branched Chain Amino Acids?to maintain energy levels and muscle tissue. In essence, I tried to focus on lean protein and veggies.

Note: The last week before competition, I ate only 30 grams of carbs per day until the day before the show. I also drank only 2 gallons of water until two days before (Thursday); that day I drank only a ? gallon of water. Friday I only drank 8 oz. of water. Saturday morning I only had black coffee. I was very thirsty to say the least.

Posing and Tanning: Contest Prep is Vital,Benfica shirt!

A few weeks before the competition I began to tan. This is one of my least favorite parts of my experience. In addition to the regular tanning,Fulham shirt, I applied 6 coats of Pro-Tan, a tanning liquid that is painted on the skin. Now, I have the unfortunate disposition of having body hair, so my stubble was somewhat noticeable. Therefore, before the night show, I applied one more coat to hide the stubble. Tanning is a pain, but it is necessary and very aesthetically pleasing. The lights on stage are white, which makes the competitors look pale. Pale white skin would wash away like sand on the beach. Remember, this sport is about how good you look!

Posing is perhaps the most important part of bodybuilding shows. Flexing each muscle is a form of isometric exercise and helps etch in the definition between muscles. A competitor should be used to flexing for at least 60 seconds to build up endurance. Judges do not like to see competitors shake on stage from lack of muscular endurance. I think I posed for at least 30 minutes every day starting from two weeks prior to the show. The last two days,AS Roma shirt, flexing and posing were my only forms of exercise.

Conclusion: Although it was a challenge, my bodybuilding experience was one of the greatest times of my life. It was a blast being onstage with my fellow athletes. It was even more fun standing right in front of the biggest guy onstage and posing down with him. I suggest that if you are interested in Bodybuilding Competition, you should go to a show to see what the atmosphere is like. See the competitors in person and decide if you have the discipline to transform your body with the necessary strategies.

Keep the Fire Burning!

-Sean Covell

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COLUMBIA Jim Larue remembers deciding one year, even though there couldnt be competition, there would still be a winner.

As commissioner for tennis in the Show-Me State Games, Larue was in charge of making sure the weekend competition ran smoothly. With days of rain preventing the tennis players from competing, he decided to flip coins to determine winners, ending the weekend on a light note. He doesnt remember what year this happened, perhaps because he has been a commissioner for 24 years.

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There is at least one commissioner for each of the 40 sports in this year’s Show-Me State Games, which end Sunday. They request the space, equipment and volunteers needed for each event as well as organize brackets, determine competition times,Bordeaux shirt, and coordinate with participants. The position is normally held by a person active in the sport. Besides running the games, commissioners build relationships with competitors.

Larue said he finds the position enjoyable because he gets to connect with people from all around Missouri. He has seen multiple generations of tennis players compete in the Show-Me State Games and looks forward to seeing familiar faces. Many of the competitors that travel to Columbia for the games are a special type of once-a-year friend.

“A couple from Grain Valley came to compete every year and when their children were old enough, they played too. Now, their children are out of college, and Im sure in a couple of years, Ill be seeing their grandchildren play,” Larue said.

“Competitors come all the way from the bootheel to the northwest corner of the state,” said Joe Garcia, the commissioner for powerlifting for more than 15 years, about the competitors he oversees. “This year was a really great one. Everything went fast and smooth and we even got a thank-you note.”

Each day as commissioner starts at 7 a.m and is a madhouse, Garcia said. He works until 4 p.m. without much of a break. He describes the weekend as “fast and furious.”

“Its a panicked pace the whole day, but I do look forward to it.” he said.

For other commissioners, the games are much more relaxed.

Kathy Sanford, owner of Show-Me Gymnastics is in her second year as gymnastics commissioner and plans to do it as long as shes happy in the job.

“I have a ball doing it,” Sanford said. “The environment is really fun and very relaxed.”

Sanford has the opportunity to reconnect with people who have been away from the sport for several years and have decided to come back because the Show-Me Games are open to most anyone who wants to compete.

“This year we have a 26-year-old mother of one,” Sanford said. “When you get out of it competitively, there is usually not a place to compete after. Its great to see so many people come out just for the love of the sport.”

William Todd, 23,Werder Bremen shirt, remembers when as a child he would help out his father Dan Todd run the table tennis competition for the Show-Me State Games. Eventually, William Todd briefly became a commissioner himself.

“My dad would give me 20 bucks to help him as commissioner, which seemed like a lot of money when I was 8 and 9 years old,” William Todd said. “It was really a great time.”

Dan Todd, who was a commissioner for the Show-Me State Games from 1986 to 2006,Real Madrid shirt, said he doesnt miss the administrative aspects of organizing the event, but rather the people he met and spent time with during that period. After each Saturday of the event, Dan Todd would go out to dinner and talk with many of the out-of-town table tennis players.

“It was like a family atmosphere, we were all in it together,” Dan Todd said. “The level of the competitor didnt matter, we were all friends.”