Hunk of the Moment

At the NZFBB Auckland Champs in 08, it was his wife Raechelle that took the stage and the Overall Title. This year it was the turn of her other half Christopher to take the stage and Chase (sorry had to be said!) the elusive title.

It was Chris's return after 14 years to the stage and he was up against some big seasoned competitors Nathan O'Hearn and Johnson Reihana in the Open Men o90kg. But despite the time away, Chris proved to himself that he still had the size and condition needed in this competitive class.

In this article we find out how Chris coped with pre contest, this time round with family duties and any plans for him and Raechelle to ultimately compete together.

Christopher Chase

1 How long has it been since you last competed? Why did you want to compete again?
My last contest was the 1996 NABBA World Champs in Germany, I came 7th out of 22 in the Medium / Tall class and was even called out with the 2nd and 3rd place getters, I had just turned 22 and it had been my goal to win nationals and turn pro from the age of 16!

That was about 14 Years ago now and my goals have changed although I still want to win the NZ Nationals one year, I'm not interested in turning pro, at this comp I really just wanted to prove to myself that I could come back and be better than my previous best (which I think I achieved).

2. Was it harder this time round as you now have a family to work around? How did you work around them? It was harder from a time management point of view but then again doing anything for yourself is harder with young kids. I didn't want to be selfish so I found myself doing most of my contest prep either when they slept or when they were at daycare, which is only 3 times a week. My family life didn't suffer but I pretty much stopped going to work LOL.
3 What was the hardest part about competing? mental or physical For me definitely physical I was very sick with Glandular fever for about the last 3 months, which I didn't find out until a couple of weeks out from the competition date. I'm glad I didn't get diagnosed earlier or I probably would not have gone through with it.
There were times I literally couldn't eat and subsequently I ended up smaller than I had planned to. On a few occasions Raechelle thought I might need an ambulance. We would be training and I would do a set and then have to lie on the floor and try not to vomit. I was dizzy and felt like death. I thought it must be due to my dieting. Little did I know I actually had glandular fever!

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