About Countdown

This blog is dedicated to the challenge of preparing for bodybuilding competitions.  Bodybuilding is an often misunderstood endeavor that mainstream society understands little about and is often perceived in a negative light in society for various reasons.  While many of the negative stereotypes aligned with bodybuilding are well deserved, there are core lessons to be learned through the practice of preparing for bodybuilding competetions that I will try and bring to light with this blog.  My name is Matt Schnars and I am 34 years old and have prepared for and competed in over 20 competitions over the past 15 years.  I began competing when I was 19 while in college at Slippery Rock University in Western Pennsylvania.  My plan with this blog is to bring readers on the journey while I live the bodybuilding lifestyle.  I will post what and how I eat, my training regimen, and how I have to modify my daily life to accomodate this unique endeavor.  Readers will hopefully have a better understanding of the sacrifices bodybuilders make to acheive competition level conditioning.