{"id":36072,"date":"2017-08-16T15:59:50","date_gmt":"2017-08-16T19:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=36072"},"modified":"2017-08-16T15:59:50","modified_gmt":"2017-08-16T19:59:50","slug":"huntsville-bodybuilder-todd-danforth-brings-home-hardware-from-canadian-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/huntsville-bodybuilder-todd-danforth-brings-home-hardware-from-canadian-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Huntsville bodybuilder Todd Danforth brings home hardware from Canadian championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Twain once said that age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don\u2019t mind, it doesn\u2019t matter.<\/p>\n<p>While this clever remark was likely meant to be a tongue-in-cheek reminder that you are only as old as you feel, every once in a while someone comes along who quite literally personifies that statement. Through sheer force of will, they demonstrate that age has no bearing on what a person can or can\u2019t accomplish.<\/p>\n<p>Todd Danforth is one of those people.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>Last month, Todd placed third overall in the Canadian Body Building Federation\u2019s national competition, finishing on the podium among a tough field of contestants from across the country. At 52 years old, it is an incredible achievement that speaks volumes to the type of competitor he is, and the amount of discipline and self-control he exhibits on a daily basis to maintain his impressive physique.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I started this, my first show, I was 47 and just did it for fun,\u201d he says. \u201cI\u2019m still doing it for fun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s become more than that. It has become a way of life for Todd, a combination of hard work and constant discipline over every aspect of his body, from rigorous exercise to strict meal plans with very little flexibility in the lead-up to a competition.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_36112\" style=\"width: 186px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36112\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36112\" src=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2017\/08\/Screenshot_20170706-184449-176x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"176\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2017\/08\/Screenshot_20170706-184449-176x300.png 176w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2017\/08\/Screenshot_20170706-184449-601x1024.png 601w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2017\/08\/Screenshot_20170706-184449.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 176px) 100vw, 176px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-36112\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Todd has come a long way since returning to the gym for the first time in a decade in 2010<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The diet itself is intense. Meal preparation for a show begins 17 weeks out, and requires constant contact with his nutritionist and trainer. The closer he gets, the more restrictions are imposed on what he eats. With six weeks to go, he finds himself well under the 100 carbohydrates\/day limit (his pre-workout meal is a quarter cup of cream of rice, followed by another quarter cup when he gets home). The carbs are replaced by things like Himalayan rock salt before every meal, to recharge the batteries, increase strength and fill out muscle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe magic thing to say is, \u2018You have to be depleted to get full\u2019,\u201d he quips. \u201cIf I\u2019m not depleted, if I\u2019m not totally miserable, flat, then I can\u2019t go on stage eating carbs to fill the muscle back out. If I\u2019ve got fat or water still stored in me, and then I start eating my carbs, those fat cells get filled as well. I might get bloated, and then I don\u2019t look sharp anymore.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Eventually your body accepts what you\u2019re giving it, but you can\u2019t afford to slip up. I don\u2019t care if it\u2019s a rice cake [7 carbs, no sugar], you put that in your mouth, its candy. It\u2019s one hundred percent candy and your mind goes crazy and you just want to eat the whole bag.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The minimalist diet is paired with days that start at 5:00 a.m., when Todd heads to the gym for his hour-and-a-half cardio and ab workout. After a sauna and breakfast, he leaves for work, where he owns a property maintenance business and is often cutting and removing trees, laying stonework and fixing docks. He returns to the gym for another two hours prior to heading home, usually between 8:30-9:00 p.m., in time for a tired meal and some time with his family before going to bed and starting the cycle anew.<\/p>\n<p>The routine is the product of years of hard work dating back to 2010, when, recently divorced, Todd decided to return to the gym after a decade-long hiatus. A lifelong athlete, hockey and lacrosse player, with several black belts in various martial arts disciplines, it didn\u2019t take long for him to get back into an intense workout routine. Jokingly, he made a bet with a few of the other members at the gym to see who could put on the most muscle mass to give them a goal to work towards.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_36116\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36116\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36116\" src=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2017\/08\/SPS3667-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2017\/08\/SPS3667-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2017\/08\/SPS3667-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-36116\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In addition to spending over three hours a day in the gym, Todd credits his day job &#8211; running his own property maintenance business &#8211; as an important factor in maintaining his physique<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Needless to say, he won the wager.<\/p>\n<p>As the months passed and his strength continued to increase, one of the other men suggested to Todd that with a proper diet he could make a serious run at becoming a bodybuilder. Intrigued by the idea, Todd shifted his focus from purely adding muscle mass to fine tuning his overall physique.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe next thing you know I was getting ready for my first show in 2012,\u201d he recalls. \u201cYou never think that you\u2019re good enough, or that you did enough, that you dieted enough. Going in and seeing all the other bodybuilders, you think everybody looks really good.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I finally found a mirror, and after a couple spray tans were put on I thought, \u2018Wow I look really good\u2019. My confidence level went right up. I walked out on stage and took first place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The instant success inspired Todd to begin entering bigger and more prestigious competitions, and his second show was the Toronto championships in March 2013. Once again, he took first place, in the process qualifying for the Ontario provincial championships. Competing in two different categories, Masters and Open, Todd experienced his first real setback, finishing 14<sup>th<\/sup> and 16<sup>th<\/sup> in each division respectively.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_36118\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36118\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36118\" src=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2017\/08\/SPS3663-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2017\/08\/SPS3663-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2017\/08\/SPS3663-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-36118\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Originally from British Columbia, Todd moved to the Huntsville area in 2000<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Instead of quitting, or deciding to be content with the progress he had made, Todd instead used the disappointment as added motivation as he began to get more serious about the finer aspects of the sport. He hired a trainer to learn how to pose properly, and increased the intensity of his workouts. A year later, he just missed out on making the podium with a fourth-place finish at the provincial level, in the process earning a berth to attend the national championship in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Competing at the highest level of his career, Todd finished ninth in the country in the Masters division, an impressive accomplishment considering it came a mere three years after his first competition in a discipline that often takes a decade or more to reach peak physical form.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought, \u2018Ninth in Canada? That\u2019s not bad,\u2019\u201d he says. \u201cBut I wasn\u2019t satisfied.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hiring another trainer, Todd had to re-qualify at the provincial level last year, where he placed second in Ontario as Grand Master and fifth as Master, earning himself another shot to compete at the Canadian Championships this July.<\/p>\n<p>While the goal was to bring home gold, Todd was not upset with his bronze-level performance, and acknowledges he had to overcome a number of obstacles during the show that would have frustrated many of his colleagues.<\/p>\n<p>Bringing a CD with music for his performance, Todd discovered after arriving in Alberta that the organizers instead wanted the competitor\u2019s media in MP3 format. Without his normal repertoire, Todd agreed to use to a different song suggested by the organizers, <em>Dirty Deeds<\/em> by AC\/DC.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36119 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2017\/08\/SPS3602-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2017\/08\/SPS3602-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2017\/08\/SPS3602-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>\u201cI went back to my room, listened to it and put another routine together,\u201d he recalls. \u201cWhen I went out on stage \u2013 they didn\u2019t play it. I did my routine anyways, and kind of chuckled about it and that was it. It was hilarious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After the event, which Todd has yet to decide if it will be his last bodybuilding competition, his trainer told him to go home, chill out, and be happy with what he had accomplished. He had taken a huge step forward, and, if he chose, could compete at the North American Championships next August.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not saying that I\u2019m done, I\u2019m not saying that was my last show,\u201d he explained. \u201cI\u2019m saying I wouldn\u2019t make a call until at least January or February, and see where I\u2019m at with my off-season. The North America\u2019s would be my only next show, and being in August it works out well. I\u2019ve heard it\u2019s a phenomenal event.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite not officially making a decision about whether he will continue competing, Todd will not be giving up the habits that have gotten him to the shape he is in anytime soon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor breakfast I had my eight egg whites and my quarter cup of cream of rice,\u201d he laughed. \u201cI did it because I like it. I packed food to eat like fruit that wasn\u2019t on my schedule before, but I don\u2019t want to train this hard to look this good just to throw it away in a week, or a month.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler! Sign up for our free, twice-weekly newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u>.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Twain once said that age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don\u2019t mind, it doesn\u2019t matter. 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