Fat Droppin' and Muscles Poppin' - figuremomof4

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Welp, shoulder surgery on the 18th... I'm scared but I'm hoping that this will repair whatever is wrong in there.. I can't take the pain anymore so atleast the recovery pain will slowly go away and I will be on the mend and back in the gym asap.  I have to rest though, it's gonna be hard for me to do that but I'm gonna have to if I want to recover correctly.  I didn't do that when I had knee surgery and now I have a GIANT scar there from walking too soon.  So.. pray for me that the surgery goes well and that they fix me all up..

Hello all.. Well, it's been a week now and I'm happy to report that I took 5th in my masters class.  I did not place in the open class but really wasn't expecting too, so I'm ok with it.  I wish I would have taken top 3 in my masters class but hey, that gives me something to work for next year.  I'm hoping to take a top 3 in May and then a win in Sept!  The show was run really smoothly and it was super fun!  My friend Nicole was in it as a body builder so it was nice to have her there with me and vs versa.  We had tons of fun!  We also won the team trophy which is awesome.  We will appear on all the fliers and websites associated with next May's show!  How cool is that!!  I'm starting to send out my pics to magazines, photographers etc., hopefully someone will like what they see and hire me!  Wish me luck!

 

So... it's officially off season for me now, going to enjoy the holiday's with lots of good food, then the first of the year hits and it's back to clean eating!  Can't wait to see what next year brings me!!

 

Thanks for following along!!

Well.. I did it!!  I placed 4th in my Masters division (over 35 yrs old) and I placed 6th in the figure open (any age).  I am very proud of myself.  I have started things in the past and never finished them, this time, I not only finished, I got a trophy because of it!  It was an amazing experience and I can't wait to do it again.  Next up for me is the NPC All Natural Muscle Classic in Rockford on Nov. 14th.  Kevin Noble runs a great show!!  This is an all natural competition (meaning it's drug tested) and I'm really looking forward to this one.  This is a National Qualifier so if I place top 5, I will qualify for Jr USA's, Masters Nationals and Team U and if I place top 3, I will qualify for Jr Nationals, USA's and Figure and bodybuilding championships!  This is a BIG deal in terms of figure.  National level shows are much more respected than regional shows are and I can't wait to try for it!  Diet is nil right now.. I have another week of whatever I want, then it's back on the diet for the 7 weeks until this next show.  Should be fairly easy this time since it's only 7 weeks of diet and 1 hell week before the show.  Let me know asap if you are interested in coming to this next show, I will be ordering tickets fairly soon (it's a seated event so the earlier we order, the closer to the stage you all are) ;o)  Thanks to my wonderful husband for supporting me through this, I couldn't have done it all without him.  Thanks to my amazing coach Jen.  She is just the BEST thing to ever happen to me and I'm so thankful that I have her in my corner as my coach/trainer/friend!!!  Thanks to my parents and Mike's dad(who really don't "get" the sport but still come to support me.  Thanks to Julie, Lisa, Dawn (for stoning my suit that looked AMAZING and for making my earings and being so helpful throughout all this prep), Britt and Amy for being amazing friends!!  I love you guys!!  Thank you for being here for me and for showing your support, it means more to me than you'll ever know (I know I've already said that to you all but......)

 

Onward and upward... to the NPC All Natural Muscle Classic!!  Oh, there's a team competition there that night too which we're in... Go Team Abrams!!

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Proud of you, fantastic job, it only gets better from here!

9/11/2009 12:27:02 PM - 002087651866
Hi everyone.. welcome to my figure site!!

Training Progress

Lift lift lift lift lift......need I say more?  Yes, I will....HEAVY HEAVY HEAVY HEAVY!  And coach MEANS heavy!!  OMG, thought my legs were gonna fall off last workout.  Yikes!

 

2X45min per day of cardio.. interval in the am and steady in the pm.  Food is total ketosis durring the week and moderate carbs on sat/sun (b. rice, rice cake and oats).  Water water and more water..  Plyo's once a week.  Diet on point and my goal this show for my bf is single digits!  I took it with a digital caliper... not what it is, so I'm not gonna say... I'll have coach take some pinch tests.. We think I was about 14% last show so we want 9-10% this show for sure.  To make top 5 I need more conditioning and to come in harder and leaner, so bf, bye bye!!!

 

All in all, things are going well.  6 days a week twice a day= F.U.N.  ;o)

Training....

So, Monday it starts again.. Muscle groups. I'm going to concentrate this prep on my shoulders/lats and legs.  I really believe that shoulders win shows.  I'm going to work extra hard to pop out my caps all the while growing my lats.  I have sort of an up and down frame, no natural waist line really to speak of, so in order to make my waist look smaller, I need to make my taper bigger.. how do I do that you ask??  Shoulders and Lats.  I am adding more plyometrics to my routine this time around to try and lean out my legs some more.  More hamstring work less glute work, should help.  As of Monday I'll be on a 5 day split, heavy early in the week, light in the latter part of the week.  Protein will be very high along with my fats.. carbs will be nil (thinking of doing a carb cycle 10 days off 1 day on) to see how that works.  It's all trial and error.  This time around also, I will be adding a day of water load to my hell week while stopping 6 hrs earlier than last time.  My abs weren't as lean as I would have liked them to be but that's thanks to my children ;o)  My water load and carb cycle should help that this time though.  I'm going to work really hard at it.  I want to qualify for Nationals, so, I'm willing to work really hard for it.

9 days!!  So many little things to get done.. Hair, nails, tan, shopping for comp food (rolls, pump up paste etc.)  Have everything pretty much in order, now to just wait and go through hell week!  UGH... Wish me luck

Happy Birthday to Julie!!  The big 25 ;o)  Have a wonderful day!!!  Did a full body workout yesterday seeing as though I had been off for a week.  I'm sore today but it sure felt good to get back in the gym.  I am looking to build my shoulders and back/lats for this go around.  We are going to try more plyometrics stuff for my legs to see if we can get them to lean out more this time.  I'm hoping to drop more bf also.  I think I came in at about 14%, this time I'd like to be about 10%.. that should help my abs out as well.. Skin from the kids is a bitch to get to go away ;o)  Another full body workout today, then back to seperate body parts on Monday.  I gotta start hitting it hard if I want to gain any size for this next show!