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Post Competition Interview: Jill Bunny

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Name: Jill Bunny Age: 30 Category: Bikini Tall Competition: Arnold’s Amateur 2016 Placing: 1 st Place Bikini F / 2 nd Place Overall What steps did you have to do to your body to get it ready for stage? Coming off the Olympia UK show back in November, I didn’t have a lot of time to make significant changes to my physique, nor did I need to after getting the judges feedback.  What I needed to do was keep my look and come in a bit “ thicker .” The food stayed relatively the same and the dial in was nothing extensive with no long drawn out hours of cardio or massive drop in food intake because I kept lean.  It was all about little changes to bring in the final package. What was your goal for the competition?  My goal was to bring my best package to date; both physically and mentally, while proving to myself that I was more than capable of coaching myself.  And yes, of course I wanted the Pro Card; I am competitive! But more over, the competition was for me and to leave the stag...

In The Spot Light: Karen

Name:Karen Silva Age:36 Where are you from? Sudbury Competition training for: Saf Category: Bikini and Athletic Bikini Amateur Tell us about yourself! Education, work, family! Been working in the fitness and health industry for over 10 years. I  started off as an aerobics instructor transitioned to personal trainer, and recently found my love for crossfit about 4 years ago .I immediately got my Level 1 Crossfit Certification and was hooked , since then I have completed  a few of their certifications including; gymnastics, mobility and kids certs and consistently educating myself. The past  couple of years I have been focusing a lot  more on the nutrition part of it as I have always struggled with my digestive system and the long battle try to find out what foods were best for my body . I am a personal trainer at the Bao Institute in Georgetown and have recently launched a nutrition program to help members reach their fitness goals .I am also a coach at Crossfit FirePower in M...

Feature Bunny Friday: Maddison

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Name : Maddison Dombroski Age :22 Where are you from? Tottenham ON Competition training for: I am a competitive cheerleader on a national cheerleading team and will be competing at the cheerleading world championships. I also have the honour of representing Canada on the Canadian Cheerleading team this year at the world championship as well. I originally wanted to get into train for bikini to become healthy and fit for my sport as well as feel good about myself and eventually hit the stage. Category : Bikini Twitter : @maddibrosk Instagram : maddi.dombroski Facebook : Maddison Dombroski   How did you get started in fitness?  I have always been really into sports. Done gymnastics my entire life and cheerleading and power tumbling. In highschool I was on my volleyball team, track and field team, dance team, gymnastics team, cheerleading team, flagfootball team and much more. When I graduated high school I went on to study fitness and health promotion at Humber Colleg...

Conditioning Workout of the Week

Conditioning Workout Warm-Up – 5 mins steady state on bike or incline walk on treadmill Round 1 – 45 seconds of each exercise with 15 seconds rest in between.  Rest for 1 minute between sets and repeat for 4 sets. Jumping jacks holding 5lb dumbbells TRX pull-ups Box Jumps Weighted Sumo Squats Round 2 - Repeat for 4 sets with 1 minute rest between sets. Barbell Squats x 30 reps Barbell Deadlifts x 20 reps Barbell Good Mornings x15 reps Barbell Jumping Split Squats x10 reps Round 3 – Repeat for 4 sets with 1 minute rest between sets. Jumping Squats x 1 minute Ball Push-Ups x 20 reps Battle Ropes x 1 minute Ball V-Ups x 20 reps Round 4 - Repeat for 4 sets with 1 minute rest between sets. Skaters x 1 minute Ball Leg Curls x 20 reps High Knee Runs x 1 minute Plank Foot Taps x 20 reps   Cool Down and Stretch