2003
Seen thru the eyes of
ZONE CAPONE
....Intro pic by J-Berg....
....Pix by Lil' T, Linda, Marie, TheStack & Zone....
"Things just ain't the same for gangstas, Times is changing, young niggas is aging,
Becoming old gees in the game and changing,To make way for these new names and faces"....
...The classic Dr.Dre 2001 CD where spinning in my earphones & it felt like
the lyrics was fiting right into my life & was telling me the bold raw truth...
I was lying with my feet placed high on my cooler filled with dry chicken, some rice & banans...
I was back in the pump-room backstage at the Nationals...
The smell of hotstuff & oil was ozzing heavy in the air & it felt like home...
But something felt strange & abit odd...
This was going to be my last show I had decided...& I wanted to leave in style....
A couple of hours earlier I had gone thru a grueling pre-judging & my body felt old & beat...
Damned I forgot that this shit was this hard! It was 4 years
since I was runner-up at this show (after the drugtest had poped in)...
And I had trained my legs & calves HARD & like a maniac for this comeback all this time...
I had dieted for 22 weeks & realy suffered for this shit & even if I was flat I had deep cuts all over...
I even brought my calves up this time around!
So here is a pic for all ya playa haters ALWAYS complaining about my calves!!
I know that they need to be bigger but realy compare the pic below
when I battle the freaks & tell me they aint miles better than in 99!
I was flat but still I knew that I had done EVERYTHING
to beat myself into this condition..Including stepping over a few
of my set "speedlimits"...Sure I may have lost some muscles in the procces...
But after my miscalculations at the qualifier I took no chances to come in soft again...
And wherever the judges was going to place me this was it...
Anyway here are some of my end results:
Flat but atleast ripped...
I knew some REAL good bodybuilders would be here this year including
my idol & best friend Peter "Mighty" Forsberg who was competing for my team zone!
And realy just to stand on stage next to Pete without looking like a totall fool
next to him had already made my day!
But BOY was I in for a rude awakening!!!!
When we started to pump up that morning I realised that EVERYBODY
around me was super ripped & extremely good!!
In fact I was thinking to myself..Damned EVERYBODY around me
could have WON the Nationals ANY year before this one!!!
And then I was placed between Freak Höglund & Peter I knew I was heading for trouble!!
Fuck it...
The freaks of today are INCREDIBLE!!
I mean look at HÖGLUND!!!
And if your flat & not totally on you are screwed..
Heres some comparision pix from the prejudging...
So it was time for the Finals & I told My Marie that I
had this gut feeling that something was wrong....
I knew I was abit flat...but ya know how it is in the heat of the movement..
I was awarded 10th place..If it was right?
Well as I said I was flat I know I got an odd "funky" line physique....
& that my double biceps do suck...
But I think that I could hang with the rest....
Judge for yourself...
Here are some more pix for ya`ll!
Never mind..I was NOT my altime best & this Nationals was the BEST EVER!!
The -90kg class where the same where my Buddy Berglund sported
a real cool physique but was awarded 9th...he must feel the same...
And at the Heavyweight an all time best Nehme who looked GREAT took last place....
Damned this nationals was SICK!!!
Thanx to all my homiez & to all ya`ll who came up to me after the show to shake my hand!
Thanx to my Marie & to Li`l-T, to Fredrik Carlson &
Tom Prince for helping me get the diet aleast alright the last week..
And a BIG fuck you to the haters out there that are happy when ya fail
to place...
Its funny that usually the haters are not competitors themselves & are fast
to tell you about everything you did wrong on stage, with your diet etc etc..
Hey If you knew all this why didnt you tell me all this BEFORE the show????
And hey..you know what??
I dont give shit about what they are thinking anyway!!!
Im out of here...atleast for now...
BUT...
I will do what I do best...Ill go back to my roots..
I will Crawl back to my old bacement hardcore Workoutcenter gym...
I will continue to be the meanest motherfucker around, loving life, eat some good foods,
smoke a couple of fat expensive cigars, get a couple of new tattoos, hang with my dawgs &
I will reboot, recuperate & build some seriouse beef
so I can continue walking thru life looking like a fucking cartoon character in the future!!!!!
THATS MY GOAL WITH ALL THIS SHIT!
I will continue to get my ass into decent shape once in awhile for pix for this site etc..
I will continue to make this site the best & to keep TheZONEshop & Team-ZONE alive & kicking!!
I will continue to spread the postive wibes of the iron world & I will continue to live my dream!!
Thanx for sticking to my side Marie...Its 2 contest diets now my love & you are still here!
...NO ONE done that before in my life....you must be crazy!!!
EPILOGE:
ZONES words about the Nationals 2003
5 DAYS AFTER THE SHOW...
THANX
for all e-mails & kind words here on the net!
After getting some perspective of this shit & after getting some
carbs back into my system I start to see things clear again...
I realize that its hard to kick this habitt of competing...
I said I was out forever...
But after finnishing 10th at the best Nationals ever it feels like unfinnished business...
Sure it was an AMAZING class I eneded up in & even if it was the best
I ever looked like ON stage...I know I can look better...
Nah I did not peak...
Just take a look at the pic below & ya`ll understand what Im saying!
And even when in shape I do have some weekneses that I have to work on
& my frame still got some filling out to do.
And with room for improvements & knowing that I did not peak...
...I just cant leave like this....
1995 NM-80kg 3rd
1996 LUCIATROPHY-80kg 8th
1999 NM-80kg 2nd
1999 SWEDISH NATIONALS-80kg 2nd
2003 SWEDISH QUALIFIER-85kg 7th
2003 SWEDISH NATIONALS-80kg 10th
It just doesnt look good at the end...
I sat down yesterday & talked this out with my Marie & I guess she could see that I wasnt that happy...
So I have decided to give it 2-3 more years & come back better than ever & come back
in 2005 or 2006!
...It just feels like unfinnished business....
Peace!
ZONE