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Is Your Diet Making You Fat!?
This weekend I was trading dieting war stories with my good friend Jason Phillips of www.jasonphillipsfitness.com. Both of us share the same principles as far as the dieting beast is concerned. "Eat more to WEIGH less". (Generally speaking)
This method of dieting isn't BREAKING NEWS. In fact, it might not ever be, until the tired and broken down competitors take a step back, and really looks at what they are doing on the inside to achieve the best looking 'out'.
Jason and I decided we want to get the word out and after some considerable chatting, we thought it would be best, to just break it down conversation style for this article.
Spotlight On: MARIA RITA PENTEADO
Female Bodybuilder
Plainview, New York
Spotlight On: Sheanni Vanderbilt
NPC Figure
Los Angeles, California
I DO’s and I DONT’s
So you compete and he doesn’t...what now...?
When they met us at the altar and agreed to stick it out “for better or for worse,” little did they know what they were committing themselves to! Yes, I am talking about the unsuspecting husbands of competitors. You know…the ones who endure our “weird” eating habits, crazy schedules, and “occasional” mood swings during our quest for the Holy Grail in competing…the personal satisfaction of walking out on that stage and rocking it!!
My husband certainly didn’t marry a competitor, or even a fitness enthusiast for that matter. As a matter of fact, we had been married for MANY (don’t want to age myself here) years before I found my true passion and fell in love with competing. Our marriage is a perfect example of that old saying, “You never know what cards we are going to be dealt.” In our case, a figure competitor is what he has ended up with. Poor unsuspecting, but ever so patient (and luck some would say…hehee) husband!
Spotlight On: Angela Coleman
NPC Figure
St. Louis, Missouri
Bikini Training Essentials: Partial ROM Training
The NPC and IFBB Bikini Division has become extremely competitive due to the sheer amount of competitors out there and the publicity the division commands drawing in a lot of premium talent.Bikini training is far from a “dumbed-down” Figure routine; it takes a whole new approach to create the ever elusive winning Bikini physique. Because the Bikini division doesn’t like any one end of the muscularity or conditioning spectrum, designing Bikini programs requires a true “touch”. In Bodybuilding, and in a lot of Figure training, the goal is pushing body part development, conditioning and fullness to the max. Whereas in Bikini, you have to create a level of tone with the right degree of softness that can be a very tricky look for the trained athlete to achieve. It requires peaking with a balance of definition and softness and a training system that will develop the RIGHT body parts for Bikini competitors while leaving some body parts purposely under- developed to create a pleasing, flowing, natural look.
Spotlight On: Lindsey Nicole
NPC Bikini
Denver, Colorado
Spotlight On: Dawn Fernandez
NPC Figure
Phoenix, Arizona
Spotlight On: Sarah Mathison
NPC Female Bodybuilder
LaCrosse, Wisconsin
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