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People often ask what my days are like or what do professional athletes do all day?

Well, I do ok, but we IFBB Pros dont bring in the same kind of doe as my NFL counterparts. haha

But I do consider myself to be every bit as professional and serious about what I do. So, as a self employed

business person, I design my business to allow myself the time I need to devote to my contest prep. And one

of the ways that work  for me is to work hard and then take time off for me. An example would be like doing

all my demos for my sponsors, Gaspari Nutrition the first 2 weeks in Jan. I scheduled sessions with my clients,

posing class, fitness practices, etc all in those 2 weeks. Then I left and went to Hawaii for 10 days to kick start

my contest prep and focus on me.

This was a typical contest prep day for me in Hawaii:

0800- 90 min of cardio on an empty stomach (Run or Incline Treadmill for 90 min)

           My knee is recovering from being swollen from the 6 hours of choreography I did last week with my clients. But I was happy to be able to get my heart rate up to the 160s with the use of upper body movement (boxing) while on the treadmill

0945- Eat Meal 1

1000- Shower/Ice Knee (Right ACL gets sore and I have patella brucitus in left knee)

1030-Emails

1100- Rest or Nap

1230- Eat Meal 2

1:30- Heat Pads on legs/knees to prep for gymnastics and routine practice

2:00- Routine practice

2:45- 45 min Cardio

3:30- Eat Meal 3

4:00 Electric Stim Therapy on legs

4:30 Cook more food or Rest

6:30 Eat Meal 4

8:00 45 min cardio followed by 150-200 reps of ABS

9:00 Eat Meal 5 and ice knees

10:30 Eat Meal 6

11:00 Bed

It was important for me to get 9 hours of sleep each night in order for my body to recover. In the past, I’d get so busy with clients and emails and running other aspects of my business that I could only get in 5-6 hour s of sleep. After about 2-3 days of hard training and this sleep regime, my body would start to decline in energy and performance. I noticed that resting in between my workouts and getting 9 hours of sleep helped me recover and I was able to maintain high intensity throughout my entire contest prep.

This time away was perfect for me. But my work was waiting for me when I got back. haha!

So, Sat 30 Jan looked like this:

Friday night, 10pm Fly in from Hawaii

Saturday, 30 Jan

0800- Cardio 60 min

0930- Shower/Eat

1030-1230 Choreography with client from Utah

1230- Save Fitness Meeting with Elaine Craig, John and Roxana Kreklo from On Stage Image and Mark Mason

1-230pm- Bikini & Figure Posing Class (20 teammates showed up and Elaine stayed to assist in the class) while Mark Mason shot everyone's physique and posing pics

3-4pm- More choreography with client

4:30-6:30pm- Max Muscle Appearance for Gaspari Nutrition

7pm- I feel dead at this point, but at least I got my cheat meal that night...

10pm- I CRASH :)

This is a typical work day for me. But I am not complaining. The Lord sustains me in all that I do and I try to see everything as a blessing.

I got to coach an amazing group of women, visit with good friends like Apple, Elaine, John, Roxana and Mark and then network with even more awesome people at Max Muscle.

Have a blessed week my friends. Remember to see the blessing in everything and always do your best. You will have those days where you might miss a meal and lack the energy to push yourself to the limit, but dont give up. Stay the course. Thats what champions do!

Tanji

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