Bishop Amat High School - Tusitala Yearbook (La Puente, CA)

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.S) , Weston- The On [he outside, Vernie Weston appears to us as a mild man- nered Amat student. But fen- students know what a champi- on lies beneath his friendly manner; few students know how much work goes into be- ing a champion body builder. So how did Vernie become in- troduced into body building. ' One of his brothers told him it might be his sport; then a friend told him the same thing. With this in mind, he saw a body builder, Roy Calender on T. v., and his mind was set on becoming a body builder. The sport requires 3 hours of work a day, with a rest period. Twenty-one hours a week are devoted to hard work, pushing the body to the limit. Vernie advises, however, if a person doesn ' t feel up to the workout. to take the day off hut don ' t make a habit of it! Preparation for competition intensifies one month before the date of the event. The wor- kouts become shorter, but more intensified, without any type of a break. The diet of the body builder changes now, cut- ting out all junk food, and dropping to white meat and fruit juices. Vernie explains that as the diet changes, a weight loss begins, the body water dropping off This weight loss specifically brings on definition, one of the most important aspects of the sport. He must time the weight loss exactly correct and work out extremely hard to maintain the exact desired definition. You have to catch it just right, Vernie explains. 202 SPORTS

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Quiet Giant i ' Jt. At about the lime the intiii ' .i tied HorAoufs hcfiin. Vcrnic starts to choo ' -c his posts for the competition. He uses mjiia- tnes for inspiration at times, other times he creates his own. Vi hile tryint; to pose, he sees h io it looks by using a full length mirror. Once he has a pose Joun. he goes into the ne. t pose, until his entire line- up is memori eil. becoming a second nature. Vernie also uses some of Michaelangelo ' s paint- ings for inspiration in his search for new poses. U Vjv all this fuss over the poses. ' In body building, the posing is the art, and the judges award points on the creativity of the poses as well as the sport, the athlete expresses himsell through his body and the pose. The competition is just that. .Some contestants attempt to in- timidate the others by making rude comments. All of this is an attempt to shake the concentra- tion of the competitors. It ' s like putting on a show, ' ernie said explaining his feel- ings on the stage. Finally, contestants are elimi nated and the overall champion is awarded a trophy and a med- al. Vernie possesses several ti- tles in his sport. He took third in Mr. Teenage L.A., won Mr. Teenage Southern California, and won Mr. Teenage (alitor- nia. Vernie dreams of surpass- ing a record set by Arnold Schwa rt eneger. Arnold won professional titles Vernie wants to win. He has an excellent start. J 0 (tjr U-(l) Musiliman Wrnn U rM.m , .h lf h,- h.-.lthuiUlinf; « . hn«ju (Midillc) In a qu.ii momin(. Vvrnn wu i « Hu».n v» I jo ;. 0 Taking; i ..■ .S,u l,h.ik,r ih Irun.l In, (..m aliN. i % . a Ahiot I 1 pr ■ Mn ; hiniMH llu )U ;h luv Ko.U. in h id huihlinf: posinf: sroKTs 203