I've been really focusing on some fitness moves, very much dedicated to doing a fitness show next year. I'm done competing in figure. It's just a dead-end road for me. At 40yrs old, I can't compete with the "beauty" of younger girls; skin, hair, etc... And I'm def more muscular than the girls who are winning. Plus, my conditioning leaves me much more vascualar than the younger gals. And being in Japan, I refuse to pay all the travel expenses when i know there is so much working against me.
In fitness, I will get judged 50% in Physique and 50% in a routine. The routine must include a 1 arm pushup, 2 straddle holds, high kicks and a split. As of today, Nov 23, I have about 5 more inches to go in the split.
I've been HARD CORE working at strength moves, and the workouts are FUN. 1 arm pushups, handstand pushups, pullups, and plyo jumps are all helping me stay fit and build on a routine.
So.... if all goes well, I may try to military-fly it back to Seattle in April for the Emerald Cup. I'll start training my girls for Figure again in January here in Japan, so my training (dieting) officially starts in Jan 2010.
I'll post some videos soon. For my birthday next month, I'm making a video of a crazy 40 yr old woman doing 10 pullups, 8 one arm pushups and some walking on her hands :)
