Did you know that you can burn more fat by doing your cardio on an empty stomach first thing in the morning?! What kind of cardio workout will you try tomorrow? “Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”...
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Tag Archives: Figure Competition Virginia
Favorite workout
Just wanting to know what my friends’ favorite workouts are! Share them here! My favorite are squats! “It’s about mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it don’t matter”...
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Never Satisfied
Once we feel like a goal is accomplished, we often get comfortable and forget about all of the hard work it took to get to that goal. We have all been in a situation like this, whether it be in the gym, at work or even in a intimate relationship....
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Following Through
I can’t count the amount of times that I’ve seen people start a workout program and not follow through! I’m no angel when it comes to following through either but I have certainly learned my lesson! An experience that I will share is when I first attempted to get ready...
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Take a Time Out!
We all get so wrapped up in work and home stressors that we forget to take a step back. Try this: When you’re feeling stressed and overwhelmed do something pointless! I know it sounds silly but it really works! Something that I do is just sit in a quiet place...
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“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”
I love this quote from George Elliot! I try my best to live by the thought that it is never too late! Too often, I have people say to me “I wanted to start working out but now I’m too old”. Another one that I hear frequently is, “I was...
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Less Than two weeks out from Show number 3!!!
So, I have less than 2 weeks to really get these abs looking good! I’m so excited to see the changes in my abs over the next two weeks. I’ve been doing different abdominal exercises and really focusing on keeping my midsection tight all the time. I have also had...
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Updates From the Show
So, I took home the first place trophy for Figure class B. No luck in the overall win but, its ok I know what needs to improve. I spoke with one of the judges and she said that she was pleased with my improvements from the last show and she...
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The Countdown!
Today is the beginning of the countdown. The contest is less than one week away! Today I began a new transition with my diet. I am not going to be eating any carbohydrates for today, tomorrow and Tuesday. On Wednesday I will begin my carbohydrate load and water depletion faze....
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2 Weeks out and Still Going Strong!
I’m less than two weeks away from the NPC Virginia State competition and I am feeling great! Around this time before the last show I was feeling tired and hungry all the time. This time around it is a little different, I am still tired but not near as much...
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