I am 47 years old and have been happily married to my husband and very best friend going on 15 years. I work full time as a Human Resources Coordinator. Fitness has been a part of my life for many years. My brother was my biggest inspiration in my earlier years, as he introduced me to weight training because he trained and competed as a body builder.  I have always loved weight training, even when it wasn’t the “cool” thing to do as a female.  It wasn’t until I turned 41 and decided to compete in my first figure competition to try take my training to “another level”. To my amazement, after doing the first masters figure show, I was hooked and highly motivated to continue doing more shows. I have been going strong ever since.

Since I began training for figure competitions  with Julie Lohre as my Figure Competition Coach, my body has completely changed. I have worked out for many years before that, but never had the results I have today and truly believe it’s because of the clean eating diet. It has now become a way of life for me.

My first masters figure competition was the Northern KY show and I placed 4th in the Masters Class. This stoked my internal drive to push and train harder going forward. My biggest accomplishment is that I have competed in 13 shows over the past 6 years and have placed at every one.

• 2009 – 4th Masters Northern KY, 4th Masters NPC Cincinnati, 5th Masters KY Muscle
• 2010 – 2nd Masters Northern KY, 2nd Masters and Open C Class Kentucky Muscle
• 2011 – 4th Masters Northern KY, 2nd Masters and Open C Class NPC Indianapolis
• 2012 – 3rd Masters Northern KY, 3rd Masters and 2nd Open C Class Indiana State, 3rd Masters 45+ KY Muscle
• 2013 – 2nd Place Masters, 5th Place Open Figure  NPC Kentucky Muscle Classic
• 2014 – 1^st Masters 45+ Kentucky Derby
• 2014 – Overall Masters Figure Champion and 1st Place Open Figure Class B NPC Natural Circle Championships
• 2015 – 5^th Open F Class Kentucky Derby

I was also featured in Beverly’s No Nonsense issue of “Getting started in Master’s Figure”, volume 15, #4.

As I grow older, my motivations have changed slightly. I always want to be that person that people look at and are amazed at my age. Exercising and eating right are the most important factors to making that happen.

I love everything about fitness! I am very self driven when it comes to my workouts and look forward to them every day. Sometimes I go to bed at night excited to wake back up so I can get started on my next training session. I think I may be a “fitness geek”.

I also love competing, so I always want to continue to try and improve with each show. But one day, I will hang up my shoes. Beyond competitions, I want to continue to become a stronger and more confident me.

Julie Lohre takes the “guess” work out things. She always keeps my training challenging and I love getting a new set of programs to see what is in store for me next.  I am really happy I choose for her to be my figure competition coach!

Hands down, oatmeal with chocolate UMP protein powder with peanut butter or PB2. I think I could eat this at every meal!