Melody Clere Two Days out from the CT Europa

So the 2010 Europa in CT is just a couple days away now. Here is a quick picture I received from Melody this morning.

Looking tighter than Pittsburgh.



 

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Undercover Pro Final Update - Injury Withdrawal (Before & Afters)

I have some unfortunate recent news to report. The Pro Figure competitor who has been authoring the Undercover Pro blog has sustained a season-ending injury - a calf tear.

For those that have been following her blog, the blog was focused on highlighting her prep and progress as she prepared for her IFBB Pro debut. Unfortunately, due to the aforementioned calf tear, that is going to have to be postponed until 2011.

How was the injury sustained? Check out her last entry, Final vs Finale.

Go figure eh?

With only 6 weeks until the planned Pro debut and a recovery timeline of 4-6 weeks, she has decided to withdraw and postpone her debut until next... read more 2 comments

New LBC National-Level Figure Competitor Testimonial

Received a new testimonial recently, this time from Top-10 finisher in the 2010 NPC Junior Nationas, Chaya Boone. You can see Chaya's contest pictures in a recent blog post here. (as well as her 11-week booty transformation, which is pretty darn impressive). You can find those pictures here.

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I have to say this has been the least stressed I have ever been in any contest prep! I have only done 5 competitions, with 4 being on the local level and one national level show. However, all but this last prep for NPC Jr. Nationals has been grueling. Now dont get me wrong, preparing for any competition, National or Local is going... read more 1 comments

Metabolic Damage - An Example of the Real Deal

I thought I'd pull one of the many comments from the Metabolic Mind Games article from a short while back to highlight just how real a phenomenon this is. The following falls right in line with what I've been observing more and more in the world of female compettiors. So much feedback has said the same thing - "wow, did you write this about me?" That's a pretty scary thought.

This stuff is the real deal. Do what you can to stay OFF this road. Recognize anything? Anything? Like contest preps getting harder? It requiring more cardio than it used to? Less calories than it used to? Less carbs than it used to? And still, for less results?... read more 6 comments