Welcome to my other blog! For those of you who don't know me, I am 24 years old, and have been actively working as a professional model for 7+ years now. I have done some pretty incredible stuff in my career, I've had the opportunity to work with some amazing teams of designers, stylists, makeup artists, hair geniuses, and travel a bit while doing it. For the past year now, my biggest focus and goals have been around fitness.I grew up around gyms, my stepdad always loved working out, his brother did some bodybuilding, and I just really enjoyed going to the gym (even though at 12 it can be pretty intimidating!) Then I approached high school and let's just say, I was the tall lanky uncomfortable with my body type. When it came to gym and lifting, I was nothing short of self conscious. It was always about competition and I just didn't have the confidence or strength to try and lift heavier than the more atheletic girls (I was a dancer.) Now fast forward to present time, I am no longer the self conscious (no more than usual) type, and I LOVE lifting heavy. One of my main fitness goals is to improve my power lifting skills. I love anything and everything powerlifting.
I live, breath, and own fitness. It posseses my entire being. After watching my boyfriend compete in his natural bodybuilding show last August (2010) and going to Mr. Olympia in Las Vegas, I decided I should give it a try. And here we are now, I am 2 weeks out from my first show. I will be competing at the ABA Natural Bodybuilding Competition August 13th as a bikini competitor. I have been working out half my life but never like this. I plan my meals, I calculate/measure my food(as precisely as possible with a scale), I've pushed myself to go to the gym and lift heavier each set, and I couldn't be happier with how far I have come. It has been mentally, physically, and even financially challenging for me to get here. It is a long journey, but this is only the start of many shows I hope to do. I have my boyfriend Mike to thank for his knowledge and full out support in so many ways!! He has opened my eyes to a new world of challenges. I am so excited to get to share this experience with him and everyone else too!!
I will be back to update soon!
Thanks for reading!!
Danielle
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