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Boo TH, BY ADY VOS Sports staff Greg ee Bouin ee tired of being a Phe dit some he did at ing about it. For the past six years Boot has dedicated much of his time 3 Dogynallding: ue is no longer the Grade 11 Centennial Secondary School stu- feat who barely tipped the scales ayer 0 Fe 8”, has almost doubled his arth ‘a the past six ie During e off-season of build: ee a competitions. Booth 210 pounds. who will compete at thé Eastern Ontario Bodybuilding champion- ships at Kingston this weeke: Booth originally started to lift some wei just to put on some pounds. It didn’t take him long to discover that he wanted to do more than it put on some weight. after I started lif- ‘he weights I pact into ung building and I’ve been stick- ing ld it for the past six years he sa} Two | weeks ago pee a competition in Ottawa Be heavy- Penrose ad overall ti ties He's bie vat this we vyeuiidin ing isn't for everyone aye 5o ys beri but he finds great pleas people away ask me why I do it. That I must be cra: i work out six nighie a week for 1 fun, I can te imagine anyone gi pine out to the golf course ovary id on playing a pound of ur freryane ha has to find” their own a constant working with the weights is just a part of the bodybuilding pice: There’s a very regimented jet. “When 1° 6 for a com- anything. mor ee x eB whites plus four bowls i of itmeal. wnat 10 a.m. there’s an wn and sakes. At noon Booth downs a le can of tuna hp follows that’ ith a thermos re [ een 4) le at 2 p.m. plus| jta--plain. le after a three-hour sraing nession plus some more Another aj bape bowls on nome for supper and it’s fish, chicken or steak with pasta (plain), ries and vegetables. At10p.m. another bow! of wheat Sounds good Goan tI “You acquire I don’t even notice it (the landness ofit all). [like it,” he sa: While the diet ‘prior tea mpeti- tion (usually 12 weeks of ‘Tralning| rior to a competition) may seem) ited. Booth says there are no| limits in the so-called off- meat nce burgers, fries. The oi is great. I eat like opie he says. ‘That _ food intake however takes its While Booth bulks up to about 210) pee in the off-season he finds) ere is a real problem with his comes, The clothes are fine at his high welght but when he’s preparing for ition his clothes are all a gityon the large side. errible, they just sad cts off Ee he says of his over- on sina couple of years b he hopes tei -in at 285 poun compete at 220 poun: asked about steroids Booth said bodybuilding and the muscle- enhancing drugs will always be associated. “Some bodybuil but so do ae football players, and weightlifters and track ders use steroids Right now Booth is competing for | really enjoy my time in the ”” said Booth aes is the father of a nine-month old soi “7 find it fun and itt helps relieve pedir I don’t drink and I don’t, smoke." Booth lives in Belleville but he | trains at cars Gym in Cobourg. ay “. train at the | leville ‘Squa ish and Fitness club fe when ownership changed there several of the bodybuilders decided to find a new ‘home’. This weekend at Kingston, Booth | will cot compete yas several other | tet ren cluding one of his bes friends. paul Leblanc of Tren- Inte /| Tay 30/9 good friends and we train sergieechs Booth. hoping his ri training hale ean an earlier competition Booth tained ve days a week with 10-12 on the var ous welts, stom place a changed to six days a week aa 15-25 man agtnge and it made a ” he says. tSudybull ding are t tor everyone but ag me it’s lot of fun,” says