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Overall Goal: Now that I have achieved my goal of competing, I would like to be a fitness model to be a role model for other 45 year olds, finish my personal training certificate, do well in my second competition, maintain my newfound physique, and build muscle.
Fit Status:
One more day until my second ever competition-The Emerald Cup!
Motivation Level: 10/10
Personal Info And Background:
Real Name:
Kathy
Sex:
Female
Age:
45
Location:
Olympia, Washington, United States
Occupation:
Psychotherapist
Personal Website:
Gym:
24 Hour Fitness
Gym Location:
Olympia, WA
When I Started:
1996
How I Started:
I was going through a very difficult time in my then-relationship and one of my best friends dragged me to the gym. I had never gone to a gym before to work out and never had planned to! However, once I was there I found peace of mind and I was hooked! I am very competitive by nature and I loved challenging myself and my body to lift more and grow stronger. I fell in love with weight lifting! Once I could press all of the weight in the stack of the leg press machine, another friend suggested I start to lift free weights. I got the help of a fantastic personal trainer at the YMCA where I was going at the time, and he showed me the fundamentals and got me going! I have been lifting ever since!
Why I Love It:
I love challenging myself to see how strong I can become. I love how it makes me feel and how it makes my body feel toned and strong. I have energy now, and a fantastic zest for life!
How I Stay Motivated:
Websites like Bodybuilding.com and Figureathlete.com, weight lifting magazines, pictures of figure athletes whose bodies I admire on my refrigerator, how I feel after working out, watching my body change, getting stronger!
My goals are to develop a figure athlete's body, perhaps one day enter a figure competition, and to be a fitness model now that I am 45 years old!
BB Accomplishments:
I used to squat 300 lbs until after 11 years of squatting, my back started to hurt. But I was so proud of that! Also leg extensions of 110 lbs on the Nautilus machine. Finding out I can actually do cardio for an hour at a time! Sticking with it for all of these years!!!!
Zenea changed Overall Goal: "Now that I have achieved my goal of competing, I would like to be a fitness model to be a role model for other 45 year olds, finish my personal training certificate, do well in my second competition, maintain my newfound physique, and build muscle.." - 6:13 am - Comment
This wasn't even my top weight! I weighed 161 at this time, when my family and I went on a trip to Maui. After that, I gained 10 more lbs in 2 months. That was when I hit my bottom.
I did it!!! Finally achieved my dream and goal! Competed in my first ever Figure Competition! 2009 NPC, Vancouver, WA
Now that I have achieved my goal of competing, I would like to be a fitness model to be a role model for other 45 year olds, finish my personal training certificate, do well in my second competition, maintain my newfound physique, and build muscle.
Well, the day is finally here! I am so excited! Hopefully, it will be fun! Wish me great luck! Hope to see some of you there!!! If you do come, say hi! I am on today, Friday, at noon. Figure Masters class 40+. Then finals are at 7 p.m.
Too much boobie right now but i still have 3weeks and 2days left. i am sticking close to diet. loose skin above belly button worries me,do u know of any good ab workouts or did u have that problem?
Ok got a question im in my four weeks out and scale went down to 145 now it back up to 148 in the morning ugg! did u drop or gain at the end? and when help i am panicking. oh and did u have propblem fitting ur boobs in the top?
Yes I am a Beefcake girl and proud of it! I will be doing my first comp may 16th in Grand Rapids, MI...... wish me blessings! so did u do that stairmill cause it about killed me and how about the running on treadmill and get off doing the pop squats!ouchhhhhhhhh! okay gotta go do my last cardio! til later my beefcake sista!
Hi! We have a great BIKINI COMPETITION coming up, and I think you could do really well at it. It's for the title of Miss Bikini BodySpace and some great cash prizes! You can read all about it and sign up by going to http://www.bodybuilding.com/fu n/2009_bfe_bikini_bodyspace.ht m. It's going to be tons of fun, so I'd love to see you there! Contact me if you have ANY questions at Crystal@bodybuilding.com. Thanks!
Crystal Matthews
Bodybuilding.com
your first competition... thats great! I am happy to see you are still dedicated. I hadn't seen much on your profile for updates so I kinda wondered. As for me, I am doing great. Have been trying to add some lean mass without the fat. Getting mixed results, but I haven't given up.
I didn't know you were getting ready to compt, how exciting!!! get it done, I've never done one but I'm sure you are going to get hooked on it and then want to do more...I'm hardgaining for 2 mos, then cut, cut, cut or should I say cardio, cardio, burbee's!!! lol. clc.
K - I haven't spoken to you in awhile, you are getting some nice, cute cuts going on all over the place!!!! Just keep your head-down and get your sets in plus cardio and diet and you will def hit your goals, congrats, I'm really excited for you, you look awesome. clc.
The workouts shouldn't be that different from your offseason training, and 2 a days shouldn't need to start this far out from a March show. You are psyching yourself out! Don't worry, you will be fine.
