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A BODYBUILDER'S DIARY - 14 WEEKS OUT. Sting Sports Athlete Kristyn Lia takes us beyond the gym and training rooms and tells us about the struggles and triumphs associated with Bodybuilding and competing on the stage.

BY KRISTYN LIA Aside from the odd article here and there I have never really documented prep before. I am excited to be working with Sting Sports on these weekly posts to show you a more raw and real personal perspective on prep. Social media provides us a platform in which we can depict who we want to be perceived as. Prep is hardly...

by Kristyn Lia I look in the mirror at my freshly tanned skin and strike a pose. I'm nervous and excited. I hope I do not look out of place tomorrow. I hope I am not too small or too soft. I know I am not, but I cannot shake the image out of my head of the competitor I was 2 years ago...

by KRISTYN LIA The alarm goes off. 5.30am. Cardio, the thought instantly enters my head. It is routine now, there is no emotion attached to the thought. No, “I can’t be bothered”... “I’m tired”.... It is a must. Part of my competition prep plan and I am 100% compliant. This time is my therapy. It's my time where I get to plan my day...

by SCOTT GOBLE You’ve been training for a few years and, if you’re honest with yourself, you’ve had the idea bouncing around in the back of your head for a while now… you just didn’t think you were ‘ready’. Now the time has come - you’ve picked a date and mentally committed. The moment is coming for you to get onstage for the very...

by SCOTT GOBLE I have a lot of clients preparing for shows this year. In many cases it is their first show, it has come to my attention that my role as a contest prep coach is as much about training and nutrition as it is reassuring them that what they are going through is completely normal, even though it may seem totally abnormal....

by RINNAH SCHMID - IFBB PRO I was fortunate enough to be able to train through my entire pregnancy, still as many sessions per week about 5, cardio most mornings and kept my strength up almost the whole way through. I worked as a PT until about 3 weeks before my due date and continued to run my prep and posing clients yet the...

by Rinnah Schmid, April 2016 On New Years Eve I found out the most exciting news…that I was pregnant and going to be a Mum in August this year!! I can’t explain my excitement after 2 years of trying, 3 IVF clinics later and just about given up hope a little miracle happens by none other then Mother Nature herself! After competing in my...

by CHRISTIAN MARCHEGIANI In the health and fitness industry, this is the million dollar question. Should I do more cardio or weights based training if I want to lose fat? The most common answer is ‘oh, do a balance of both’. Well, I'm not going to give you that answer but what I will do is give you some information and let you make up...

by RINNAH SCHMID Original Post April 2013 Not long after I competed in my first IFBB competition, I received a phone call from Carol Graham (IFBB President Aust) to compete in the next Arnold 2013! Overwhelmed with excitement I screamed yes through the phone! Fast forward 12months and I’m getting ready for what will be the largest competition Id ever competed in. 15 weeks out...