Presenting - My First Interview as a Figure Competitor

It is with great pride and overwhelming joy that I share my first interview as a Figure Competitor! Hello world, here I come!

http://promotingwomen.blogspot.com/2011/04/leah-graham-interview.html

Busy Week!

Lots to do this week including (of course training), 3 new classes to start teaching, a trip to the chiropractor and a facial too! Taking care of my body is a full time job but the way I see it, my body is the only thing in life I know will be with me forever!

In my own training I am working with weights 6 days a week, getting in cardio while teaching classes and in the sauna :)

Since the show I have secured 2 new teaching jobs that I am excited about. Tonight I started teaching a new aqua class and have 2 more later in the week. I teach from the pool deck, leading and motivating participants through warm up, cardio and strength. It really is a lot of fun and I am working hard to show that aqua is not just for grannies, at least not in my class :)

I am feeling on fire with a passion for my purpose in life, to compete, to teach and to motivate!

Getting Back to Blogging with some Big News!

I can't believe it was at 7 weeks out that I made my last post! It is actually now almost 2 weeks after my show and I am just now getting an update going! So time to catch up!

My contest prep went very well and kept me very busy, at the gym, in the kitchen and practicing my posing! As the weeks went by I saw my body getting leaner and taking on the shape I was hoping for. My suit had to be made a little smaller and once the stones were put on it looked absolutely beautiful. The result, which I know you have been waiting for....I won!!

Yes, I took first place in Novice Figure Short at my very first figure competition on April 9th 2011 at the SNBF Georgia Championships. For complete video of my performances both at pre-judging and the finals I have put together a playlist on my youtube channel.

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=8DB759CF41464026

Since the contest I was able to have some cheat meals but have been mostly sticking to a very basic clean eating regimen prescribed to me by my coach. As far as workouts, the first week I took it easy, doing some fun cardio classes and enjoying the sauna. This week I got back to the weights which I am enjoying, not going all out heavy yet but still seeing my body improve.

The next show I do will be on July 16th. I will compete in the open class and will be training hard to prepare myself for another win and an SNBF pro card!