Monique Cormier, who has overcome obesity and severe depression en route to becoming a world class amateur bodybuilder, joins Dave [ ... ]
Some of you out there reading this who are old enough to remember will recall the classic song recorded best by Elvis Presley, ‘If I can Dream’ (those of you unfamiliar with it would do well to check out his rendition on the 60’s NBC TV special). That song contains the potent message that if you can dream then maybe, just maybe, those dreams can come true.
The 2010 IFBB Border States Pro Figure concluded this Halloween weekend in San Diego, California. Teresa Anthony takes home her first pro win, qualifying her for next year's Olympia along with Felicia Romero in 2nd and Ava Cowan in 3rd.
Rounding out the top five are Deena Walsh in the 4th place position and Kristin Nunn taking 5th.
For newly instated Pro, Gina Quinn, life has currently taken on a somewhat surreal quality. From regular wife and mother to one of bodybuilding’s elite athletes. She is certainly proof of the concept that if you really put your mind to something and make it your goal to achieve it…stuff happens!
Or to put it more eloquently…dreams do come true!
However way back in those early days when weight training was still a somewhat unusual diversion from her daily schedule, Gina was not always sold on the new body that was beginning to come out of its shell, but I will let Gina fill you in on the details beginning with just how she got involved in
the sport in the first place….
Rumors, speculation, and hearsay regarding a new women's physique division have swept across various internet bodybuilding and fitness forums over the past week. Stories of the demise of women's bodybuilding run rampant, which has created what one forum member has coined "widespread panic" on the Rx Muscle Forums. Of course, the demise of women's bodybuilding has been predicted for years, but we have yet to see it disappear from the contest schedule. Now that the new Women's Physique Division is a reality, will it mark the end of women's bodybuilding as we know it?
For Bikini competitor, Cristina Vujnich it would be fair to say that this has been quite a year. After placing 1st in the figure section at her first ever show (the 2009 NANBF St Louis) she entered the NPC Grand Prix, took 7th place in Figure, moved to Bikini, took the 1st place in the NPC Muscle Classic and just placed 3rd in the Nationals in Atlanta.
On top of all this she has sponsorship deals with Optimum Nutrition and American Bodybuilding and, with a BA degree in Broadcast Journalism, looks to be a likely candidate for a syndicated fitness show in the not too distant future (according to my crystal ball!).
So after all this, and given the fact that you are probably wondering what her secret is, I thought it was time to take a closer look at this promising new athlete and maybe even try and figure out what the heck makes her so successful!
As a pro wrestler and centerfold model, I've lived half my life on the road. I remember when traveling wasn't utter torture; you could bring a gallon of distilled water on the plane with you the day before a photo shoot!
Obviously, post 9/11, no one stopped to think about the inconveniences to travelers who do not live conventional lifestyles. And I can tell you there is next to nothing to eat in an airport that doesn't contain a craploads of corn syrup and sodium.
“Do you wanna be in my gang, my gang, my gang?”
She comes from the State where everything seems a bit bigger. Texas darling Rebecca Schubeck might not be big in stature but her physique sure delivers one heck of a punch.
Rebecca is relatively knew to the NPC stage but this year alone, she has left an imprint worth noting. This past Summer, Rebecca won the Overall Figure Championships at the very hotly contested NPC Coastal USA in Atlanta, GA, placed in her Class at the 2010 IFBB North Americans and won her Open Figure Class and the Overall Masters Figure Class at the 2010 NPC Eastern USA. Yes this girl is on a winning streak and she hopes to continue the trend this weekend at the 2010 NPC Nationals.
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