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I was at Gold’s today doing my morning cardio and one of the “gym dudes” that I’ve known for several years now that I only see on Saturday mornings came and chatted me up for a few minutes. His first remark when he approached…”Your shoulders are getting to be like love handles.” Uhhhh, ok…this is good…I hope. In his “professional” assessment of my physique he said this is very good and that he can see I’m making good progress. I just love my “gym dudes” and their “professional” opinions. Mmmmhmmmm. But really, I am grateful for all the support and encouragement I get from the folks at the gym. It’s like I have my own crew of cheerleaders.

When he walked away I realized, once again…everybody’s watching. As a competitor, this pretty much just comes with the territory. Your fellow gym members watch you shred down to contest shape and then they watch what happens to you after a show…whatever that may be. “Wow, Julie’s obviously been hittin’ the cookies hard”…or…”Are you getting ready for another show?” When you take your body to extremes, people watch, people take notes. People appreciate. People judge. People criticize. (and for the record, Julie has not been hittin’ the cookies)

I know that people are watching me…in the gym and out. I know that people were wondering what would happen to me in the “aftermath” of post-contest. After undergoing such a huge transformation as I did for the Ironman, it’s not surprising that people are staying “tuned in” to see what’s going to happen. So to that I simply say…Watch THIS!!!

Watch me all you want. Watch me get ready to look even better than I did last time. Watch me condition my body to be in peak condition for the Emerald Cup.

To help the “viewers”, my buddy Matt has been taking training video of me at Gold’s. It’s fun, it keeps me motivated and pushing hard. And I hope that it inspires those women out there who are afraid that lifting heavy will make them “bulky” to lift heavy weights. We’re trying to put up at least a couple videos every week, so check out my YouTube channel and subscribe! I’ll be doing some stuff with Elaine coming up and will also be posting some other fitness/nutrition videos in the near future. http://www.youtube.com/user/IrieFitGirl

19 weeks to go!! It’s going to fly by, so stay focused, keep training hard and ENJOY the journey because in the end, that’s what this is all about anyway!

“The will to win is not nearly as important as the will to prepare to win.” ~Bobby Knight

Be Fearless. Own Yourself.

~Julie~

Fearless, with cape in hand…eyes set on the GOLD, baby!!

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