Hi, my name is Jill. I am 31 years old and would like to enter a figure competition in Colorado next April. If figure competitions were around (or well known?) 8 years ago, I probably would have been ready to compete with a few weeks' preparation.
I've been training with weights since I was on the swim team in school 19 years ago. I was never good at cardio exercises, other than swimming until my early 20s when I trained to run about 7 miles every day on the treadmill. That and lifting were my workout when the photo on my profile was taken 8 years ago.
Now, I have to drop 50 pounds to get back to some decent shape. I'm sure I'm at least 25% body fat at almost 180 pounds. I still have decent musculature, so I don't need to focus on building too much mass, plus it's really easy for me to build muscle. Currently, my diet is atrocious, so I don't have any questions and I know what I need to do to start. I just decided to get serious about the diet and workout within the last few days.
So, I have about 7 full months. Is the next 4 months enough time to transform my body so I still have 12 weeks left to prepare for an April show? The key is: without overtraining and spending all my time working out at the gym and worrying about food.
I've been training with weights since I was on the swim team in school 19 years ago. I was never good at cardio exercises, other than swimming until my early 20s when I trained to run about 7 miles every day on the treadmill. That and lifting were my workout when the photo on my profile was taken 8 years ago.
Now, I have to drop 50 pounds to get back to some decent shape. I'm sure I'm at least 25% body fat at almost 180 pounds. I still have decent musculature, so I don't need to focus on building too much mass, plus it's really easy for me to build muscle. Currently, my diet is atrocious, so I don't have any questions and I know what I need to do to start. I just decided to get serious about the diet and workout within the last few days.
So, I have about 7 full months. Is the next 4 months enough time to transform my body so I still have 12 weeks left to prepare for an April show? The key is: without overtraining and spending all my time working out at the gym and worrying about food.
