surf_bella

Hi, my name is Belinda. I am a surfer but recently got into body building. I am now training with a guy who worked with an ex-Mr. Columbia.

I have entered the Flex Online Competition for August. Below is also a shot of me about a month ago. I am a member of bodyspace.com you can see my profile here:
Bodybuilding.com - surf_bella's BodySpace

If you wish to vote for me in the comp this is the link - it would be appreciated but not expected.
Flex Magazine Bikini Model Search 2008

Any advice re training for future development of my physique would be appreciated.
Thank you for your time,
Belinda

powerman2000

Holy Crap!!!

That picture could get me fired at work.



j/k

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surf_bella

Glad you like the photo!!
Belinda

Sporto

Outside of the fact that your photo is pure beuaty, do you have any pictures of you that can display you physique front and back so we can help with what you might want to work on?

Otherwise you'll just get a lot of comments on how awesome that photo is without any help

Sporto

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surf_bella

Hi Tommy, yeah good point!

You can see my bodyspace profile here:

Bodybuilding.com - surf_bella's BodySpace

I took up weight training seriously two months prior to all these photos being taken to enter the Flex Online Comp. But due to my inexperience I overtrained, my metabolism went thru the roof, I lost about 10 pounds and ended up being way too lean and lost some muscle too. If you see my before pic in my profile from Oct 2007 you can see my natural shape.

Although I was a little dissapointed I learnt a lot and now have a professional trainer who worked with an ex-Mr. Columbia for many years. My program now is very different, training 3 days a week only, resting and eating a lot. Since those photos I have put on about 8 pounds and grown 1 inch in my thighs, hips, waist and chest and 1/2 inch in my arms and calves. We are going for a kind of Timea Majorova look.

The is the high level background information. I really appreciate any advice regarding my training and also what category/organisation I might be best suited to compete in.

Thank you so much!
Belinda

Sporto

First off...is there a reason you want to compete in bodybuilding and not figure?

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surf_bella

No, I would like to compete in the best category for me.

B

Midnight_Lifter

Awesome to see you looking for results, working hard, and achieving them.
(Not to say that you need to work on anything at all, but I think we can all understand the desire to constantly improve.)

surf_bella / Timea cross ... look out!
That's gonna be something to see.

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welcome. as a new member myself I can say there is a ton of great information on here.

Ikaika

i'm kind of late on the scene here, but welcome!

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Sporto

I would highly recommend going the figure route as opposed to the bodybuilding route...ESPECIALLY if you plan on continuing to model. They have completely different looks, and I know the organization I'm a pro in - the IFPA - has disallowed crossovers for females to compete in both for that very reason.

Do a little looking around online to look at the differences between the looks and you'll see what I mean. The shape you are in now, you won't have to do a whole lot to compete in figure and do really well.

Sporto

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bigpetefox

Definitely a great physique for figure..

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