It’s a wrap. Eight months and three shows later…my 2018 competition season is over. It doesn’t really feel like it’s been eightish months, but it has. I can’t believe that it is over. It’s not like I had a short season, but at the same time it seems like it didn’t take as long as…
Bikini Prep
Finding it under the lights
Standing under the bright lights on stage something covers me. I lose all sense of self and the confidence that I had hours earlier fades away for some crazy reason. As soon as my foot hits the stage, my mind goes blank and confidence goes out the window. I can’t tell you what song is…
2018 NPC Victory Classic: Hello peak week
Hello peak week. You are welcome because that means it’s almost time to step on stage again. I’m looking forward to outshine this version of me from last year at the 2017 Stewart Fitness Championships. I’m super excited and calm at the same time that it seems unreal. So much has happened this year that I…
Standing in confidence
I’m about a week out from stepping on stage again and I can not believe it! Confidence is up and I am ready to showcase all of my hard work up until this point. Seven weeks ago I stepped off stage unhappy about the way I looked and the way I felt. I was disappointed…
Another weekend. Another show weekend closer to mine
It’s competition season and every weekend you can find at least a regional National Physique Committee (NPC) show to attend. This past weekend was the 2018 NPC Upstate Classic in Spartanburg, SC. I did not compete like I had the past two years, but was in attendance. I love shows even though it is an…
And we pose
Posing is a big component of show day. It’s not my favorite thing to do but I have been practicing my tail off. I even added a posing coach back into the mix this year. We are just days out and I am posing more now than ever. Cardio. Pose. Work. Pose. Sauna. Workout Bed…