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Dexa is well worth the cost! or hydrostatic. for hydro, you have prepare in a certain way (no fibrous veggies day before, essentially, chicken and white rice all day) and you have to make sure you...

Dexa all the way if you want to get really accurate numbers. I went yesterday (a week out from my first comp) and I came in at 14.3% which is really astounding because I certainly don't look what...

Ravish Sands has many affordable basic bikinis on their website. you can rhinestone it yourself for cheaper!

which category for posing coach? bikini or figure?

I just caught up on your blog posts. As others have echoed, you have a great style of writing.

Flows very nicely and is engaging.

I look forward to reading more!!

My first show is right around the same time (3/29). Just wanted to say good luck!!! along with everything everyone else has said, practice your posing 24/7 bc if you look on point, but your posing...

I really like Deadmill Sprints. Kill me every time. 25 secs on doing the deadmill, 90sec recovery period on another treadmill.

Hello all,
I am looking to compete next March 2014 in the bikini category and am looking for a coach in the Chicago area. I want to start prepping about October to get on stage in March. any help...

Lol true this! Thank you so much for your insight!

thanks! I use myfitnesspal to log my calories and unfortunately it asks for percentages and only in multiples of 5. I've read the stickie and calculated my BMR per the instructions using...

thank you so much for replying! I don't have a coach yet, just working out on my own for the next 12 weeks and going to continue eating healthy so when I start prepping I'm used to the routine of...

Thanks Miranda. I wasn't sure if I would have to go through a bulk in the first 12 weeks Oct - Dec and then cut Jan - March before getting on stage. If I have to bulk to build muscle, I would rather...

Hi Miranda,
I want to focus on dropping body fat. I will start working with a competition coach for my workouts and nutrition in October (I figure if I give myself 24 weeks that should be safe...

Hi all,
I am trying to get my body fat down to the 16% range as I want to compete in bikini next March 2014. I will start comp prepping in October with a coach. I just went through 12 weeks of a...

I was DEXA scanned yesterday and surprisingly my body fat number was pretty close to what the calipers and hydrostatic testing told me (had that done a month ago).

Being a financial analyst for a...

Hi Everyone!
I am extremely new to the concept of adding muscle as all I've been focused on for the past few years is dropping weight and maintaining. What follows next seems like a novel and my...

Hello! I'm very new to all of this but would like to get stronger in 2013. I had my body fat tested recently via calipers and hydrostatic (here in Chicago at UIC) and both results put me at a 21% BF....