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Originally Posted by Dennis
I think that either there are some very brave people within the Australian amateur astronomy community, or they are simply just plain foolhardy. 
Who on earth would complain about Mike Sidonio winning a competition – I mean, just look at his name for Pete’s sake; strongmanmike.
Have you seen the muscles on the guy – lifting 200Kg gas cylinders that look more like the external fuel tanks from an F-111 and then running around a paddock with them? Sheesh!
I just hope he never finds out who you are. 
Cheers
Dennis |
Ah Dennis you needn't worry I'm a shadow of my former self (down from 135kg to a waif like 120kg and as strong as a drinking straw) all I can lift these days are peoples spirits
Funnily enough I see astroimaging competitions very much like my strongman competitive days really. When I was competing I was often up against bigger scarier looking guys often on steroids and I used to say to myself just do your best Mike you have trained hard and with what you have been born with, if you don't win you have tried your best. My trick was to train smart within my drug free base, analyse each event from a sport and biomechanical aspect and plan my technique more carefully then practise practise, practise. This approach bagged me some big scalps and some respectable results (and even a win or two) in a sport rife with illegal drug use, it even allowed me to set a World Record in a strength event in 2001 completely drug free. So it is not all about winning it is about doing what you can and enjoying the challenge.
Of course the artistic eye necessary to complie a good astroimage isn't necessary in strength competitions and this "eye" for what looks good is a large factor in many award winning astro images IMO
Mike