First in a series of HOW TO POSE FOR FIGURE videos: Figure Presentation This posing demonstration video walks you through the Presentation Pose for Figure and Fitness competitions. POSING SERIES: PART 1 – PRESENTATION POSES PART 2 – FRONT POSE PART 3 – HOW TO FLARE YOUR LATS
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3 weeks – I’ll see your 3 weeks & raise you 7
Today was our first TEAM FITBODY meeting of the Spring Season. It feels great to be back and getting ready for another full season. It felt great to see old teammates and meet the new ones. It felt strange missing the ones who are not competing this se…
Quit pouting, your too strong for this crap!
Well, talk about a roller coaster. As my trainer and my friends will attest to, I was frustrated, I was annoyed, and I was pouting. These last few days, I questioned competing, questioned why I do any of this, if it is really all worth it, and had the …
Winning at Masters Figure
“Fitness defined me as a person – it is what I do and I love every minute of it! ” – NPC Figure Competitor & Fitbody Featured athlete, Melissa Jackson Personal Information: I am 45 years old and have been happily married to my husband and very best friend going on 12 years. I work […]
Tales of my 1st National Show
By: Hyla Conrad So I competed in the 2012 NPC Nationals in Atlanta, GA. Did I win? No. Did I place top 10? No. Does it matter in the long run? No. My Nationals experience was a great one, yes I had an accident (I will describe later) that probably hindered my success, but does […]
2012 NPC / IFBB KENTUCKY MUSCLE
2012 NPC / IFBB KENTUCKY MUSCLE PREJUDGING PHOTO GALLERY 2012 NPC / IFBB KENTUCKY MUSCLE FINALS PHOTO GALLERY Photo coverage courtesy of: TEAM FITBODY, Julie Lohre’s Fitbody Training & Rick Lohre Photography TEAM FITBODY CONTEST PREP TEAM takes both Overall wins in Bikini & Figure!!! With 320 competitors […]
Out of Control: Put your focus where it belongs!
Tires screech to a halt, oh no! Your car has just been hit. As you slowly come back to reality the first thing you do is make sure you are ok. Then you get out of your car and throw your hands up in the air, wanting to curse the person who hit you. “What […]
2012 Tricky Jackson NPC Figure / Bikini Photos
Congratulations to all the amazing competitors at the 2012 NPC Tricky Jackson Classic At the night show Rick Lohre took a lot of photos that we thought you all might enjoy. This is not full show coverage, but rather photos of the show mostly of my clients. Enjoy and feel free to re-post. If you do that, we just […]
Reaching for the Top
Rising NPC Figure and Fitness Champion Hyla Conrad is proving to be unstoppable in 2012! I am 29 years old with a degree in Exercise Science, married to my wonderful husband Jimmy, and have a high energy Border Collie named Max. I love to go hiking with Max and my husband. I also love to […]
From Worst to First
A Figure Competitors Story BY: KYLA JOHNSON, NPC FIGURE COMPETITOR & FITNESS MODEL As seen in: No Nonsense Magazine Vol 16 Issue 3 I distinctly remember exiting stage left after the 2010 Northern KY contest. I felt defeated, confused and let down. Just 8 weeks earlier, I had started on a journey that I couldn’t […]