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      <title><![CDATA[Police officer muscles up for all-natural bodybuilding competitions]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Body Building Staff]]></author>
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      <createdate unixtime="1329914906" delta="12 hours ago"><![CDATA[2/22/2012]]></createdate>
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      <lead><![CDATA[GREENLAND - Matt Young, 24, dedicates a great deal of time to his job of two years as a police officer in Rochester. When he isn't working, Young focuses on preparing to compete in natural bodybuilding competitions. July 30 marked Young's first competition, the Natural Yankee Classic, where he won his class and took overall in the novice category.]]></lead>
      <text><![CDATA[According to the Greenland resident, he started working out regularly at age 14 and was intrigued by the idea of competing in bodybuilding competitions for quite some time."I always was interested but it takes a lot of dedication," he said.The Natural Yankee Classic took place at Newburyport High School in Massachusetts as part of the Organization of Competitive Bodybuilders. Young is now preparing for his second show in the open category on Saturday, Oct. 8 the Cape Cod Natural in West Barnstable, Mass., also hosted by OCB.For natural bodybuilding competitions, participants must report to the site a day or two early to go through a polygraph test and sometimes urinalysis exams. These procedures are administered to ensure no competitors are using steroids or other muscle-enhancing drugs."Most people think of drug use," Young said in reference to bodybuilding challenges. He insists this is not the case and that bodybuilding competitors are different from models in MuscleMag.Young competed in the novice and open classes in the Natural Yankee Classic. Each class was divided into three categories based on height. Young came in first for each category. Once a winner is declared in each class the three compete for overall, where Young took the prize in novice.During a typical natural bodybuilding competition, there is a morning pre-judging followed by a finals portion in the evening.Young said contestants come out on stage together by class and category for the pre-judging. Judges call out poses for the competitors to stand in to compare physiques. The finals portion consists of each competitor coming out by himself to the music of his choosing and performing a roughly minute-long routine.Young goes to his gym, Genetix in Seabrook, six days a week, in the morning for 45 minutes of cardio on the treadmill or a Stairmaster. He returns at night for weight lifting. Sunday is typically his day off.Young said his food intake is the most challenging part of preparing for a competition."By far the hardest thing with doing a competition like this is the diet," he said. "It's basically a process of slowly dieting down, maintaining as much muscle mass as possible, while chopping fat."Young's six meals a day typically consist of egg whites, haddock, rice, oats, asparagus, broccoli, potatoes, chicken and occasionally a small amount of steak. He will take a few hours to prepare food for four to five days, and food is weighed on a scale by ounce. His trainer, Tony Page, evaluates his weight and body fat on a weekly basis. For Young's first competition, he followed this strict diet for 12 weeks."I wouldn't be able to do it if it weren't for my trainer," Young said of Page, who also has experience with bodybuilding competitions.Preparing for competitions is a 24-hour-a-day commitment. Balancing it with a full-time job can become very hectic, but Young enjoys competing as well as the health benefits."I just really enjoy doing them," he said. "I had a blast."]]></text>
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