exciting news

I am super proud to announce that I am featured in a small article in the upcoming issue of Muscle and Fitness Hers. It will be on news stands on February 25.

It isn’t much, but seeing my name and image in a magazine that I have practically grown up with (first Muscle and Fitness and now Muscle and Fitness Hers) is very exciting and almost too good to be true.

I take my small accomplishments and set my new goals around them. My next goal is to be in the magazine as part of a bigger article. I will try very hard to accomplish this goal!!

I have also found out that I will be featured in some training videos for Turbo Training Fitness Center. We are set to film in a couple of weeks!!

More exciting things to come…..

Turning Pro

Obviously I have not been a very good blogger….I have blogged once! Yikes!

Well, I finally did turn pro. July 2012 at Masters Nationals I won the overall title in the over 45 class. It was a dream come true! Because I won the overall I had 3 interviews right when I got off the stage! I was shaking so bad, I could barely talk! But I managed! Dave Polumbo asked me if I was going to retire now that I have my pro-card. All I could think of was HELL NO!! But, I politely said NO that I was only just beginning this journey. I had plenty of competitions left in me….so I did 3 more shows!

My first pro show was the Ft Lauderdale Pro and I placed 9th! That was super exciting, I was shooting for “not last.” so 9th was truly awesome! I did the Kentucky pro next and placed 7th and finally ended the year with the Miami Pro where I also placed 7th. I was happy to be in the top 10 at all of my pro shows! Especially with dieting for nearly 11 months solid. I was very proud of myself for having that much discipline!!!!

The 2013 IFBB schedule is out and there are tons of great shows to choose from!! I am going to start with the Detroit Pro, then the Toronto Pro and finally the Omaha Pro. I will take a little time to re-cover and then I plan on doing something towards the end of the year. I have not yet decided what though.

This morning I was offered a sponsorship with Pro Tan (www.protanusa.com) and I am over the top excited! I read the email this a.m. while I was at the gym and I actually cried!! I am honored that Pro Tan believes in me and feels that I will be an asset to their company!!!!!! Good things are happening, more good news in a few weeks….stay tuned….I am going to save the surprise for another blog!!!!

Nationals 18 weeks out

I am back from spending two fabulous weeks in St John USVI!  I trained cardio every day while I was there and did some lifting too (not the greatest equipment, as you can imagine).  I just could not go a full two weeks without doing SOMETHING!!  While on vacation I received an email about the first ever CAMP HARDBODY from hardbody.com.  I just HAD to sign up!!  The camp was set up for the weekend after I returned from vacation!

CAMP HARDBODY was an opportunity to meet and train with IFBB Bikini Pro Amanda Latona, who has the best butt in the business!!  We trained at the infamous Armbrust Pro Gym in Colorado, we had a butt busting leg work out, followed by plyos.  My butt was on FIRE, I gotta tell ya!!

We had a wonderful healthy lunch provided by Tokyo Joes and then off to Emerge Fitness to meet with the Skechers rep, to talk to Amanda about her lifestyle and to try out the Fitwall!!

Skechers gave all of us “campers” a free pair of Skechers shoes, not even out on the market yet!!

Amanda was very informative and inspirational!  She is great to talk to (super funny!!)  I really enjoyed listening to her tell us how she got her sponsorship with BSN!!

The Fitwall was a KILLER workout, super tough (especially after a leg workout and plyo’s!!)  It was awesome, if you are ever in centennial Colorado you should check it out!!

After a long day of training we were all treated to an amazing assortment of supplements, protein bars, shaker bottles, and a brand new gym bag from Gaspari Nutrition!!  It was almost like Christmas!!

Anyway, back to reality…I have less than 18 weeks till Nationals.  Hitting legs extra hard right now, trying to put some size on these babies.  Hope it works!!  Eating extremely clean right now with a few “cheats” thrown in too (gotta stay sane) but in a few weeks it will be hard-core diet time!!!!

I will be in Las Vegas for the USA’S July 29-30!  You can find me in the bodybuilding.com booth handing out supplement samples for Top Secret Nutrition!  Stop by and say HI!!!