OzzieJ’s BodyBlog

Okay ladies and gentlemen I am back!  Competing and checking in with bodybuilding.com and I am so excited about it.  My last season of shows was in 2006 in which I competed with NPC for Fitness and took it to 4th place at Nationals.  Now with a softer look and a picture perfect smile (I’ve been working on it), I am taking a stab at Bikini America.  My avatar pic is from my first show on the first weekend of October where I actually competed in the California Fitness Model and Bikini categories.  It was a small show, I was the only competitor in Fitness Model and I took 2nd in Bikini.  I’ll be heading to the famous Fitness America Weekend at the end of this month to compete in Bikini.

I have to say I love my new body, its "fem" yet strong.  I’ll keep you posted…

Wish me luck!!!

I am so happy to be back in the gym! After months of having to put my workout on the back burner I was finally able to get to the gym yesterday to kick some butt and it was amazing.  I love working the entire body in a variety of ways.  Here was my workout:

10 min cardio warm up on the elliptical. 5 min forward and 5 min backward at a challenging speed.

45 min strength/weight training (2 exercises per body part).

I hit chest, bi’s, tri’s, back, quads, hams, and abs (or course).  I like to utilize a combo of body weight and dumbbell exercises to keep myself sculpted (yet feminine). I started with 15lb dumbbell chest presses followed by push ups. I love the push up because there are so many ways to modify it to hit a variety of muscles.  I started with ball push ups where each rep consisted of bringing my knees under my chest, moving to a pike position (hello shoulders and abs) and then going into a push up.  Through this movement you really challenge your core strength due to the balance required.

I used free weights for both of my bicep exercises 15 lb for curls, 10 lb for curls+knee lifts (core strength).

I used free weights for 1 of my tricep exercises 20 lb for seated dumbbell press.  Second exercise was a combo of tricep dips and straight leg lifts on roman chair (I usually perform pilates exercises for abs but when I’m in the mood for a six pack I incorporate roman chair leg lifts and for an added kick try holding your last rep for 15 sec. remember no shaking keep your body solid by keeping those abs tight).

Standard dumbbell exercises for my Back (One Arm /Two Arm Bent Over Dumbbell Row).  Weighted Lunges and Bodyweight Power Lunges for my Quads. Romanian Deadlift and Ball Curls for Hamstrings. To polish off my abs I did some pilates based exercises.

I spent 20 min on some Fitness elements (jumps and kicks) that really get me sweating (I like this type of cardio) and then another 10 min on the elliptical again.

I finished up with 5 min of yoga. Today I am sore everywhere, I think I’ll designate this day as a rest day (well rest for me is going to be a full hour of low impact yoga/pilates stretching exercises).

Until next time bodybuilding buddies!

As a personal trainer and fitness competitor people always ask me what do I do to get that body of mine.  Well, my answer is quite simple I eat clean and I work out consistently. After completing my first year of fitness competition I now know that I’ve caught the bug and I’m always finding inspiration for my next fitness routine.  But that bug is an expensive one that bit me in the backside before I knew it and now I am recovering.

With my evergrowing passion for fitness I have branched out into a few ventures and educational opportunities which have strained me to the max and I find it hard to eat clean when I’m really stretched.

Its so frustrating how the bad food tends to cost half as much as the clean food (prime example: the chocolate protein bar vs. the chocolate candy bar).  I am sure that the food industry is trying to make america fat (well given that their goal is to sell, sell, sell ….its quite obvious).  But with a metabolism that is so high, I am starving every 2 hours and I burn so many calories teaching aerobics classes (and being an active ball of energy throughout the day) that I MUST HAVE FOOD.

Since I ran out of my shake this week, my 2nd and 4th meals have been unspeakable and the indigestion is insane.  Next week I should have my big canister of protein shake back so I can get back to treating my body right. After going through this situation it makes me realize that once you start eating clean its hard to go back from a mental and physical standpoint.  I like being fit so I know what I’m doing to my body when I eat badly and my body will reject bad food if I eat too much of it. 

Which brings us to the ultimate question….

What Would You Do If You Couldn’t Eat Clean?????? How would you handle the mental and physical stress? Could you ever be satisfied with an average body after you’ve taken your body to such excellent condition in the past????   Food For Thought…

Hello!!!

Thanks for coming to my bodyblog. 

I have always wondered why there aren’t many toned and sculpted women that are represented in the national mainstream media (i.e. national women’s mags, fashion mags, and entertainment mags).  I hadn’t been exposed to figure or fitness competitions until a couple of years ago when I started my career as a personal trainer/group ex instructor. 

I really think that fit women should have a greater representation nationally.  Maybe it would stop this theory that thin is in.  Healthy and strong is beautiful!!! 

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