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NAME: Amanda Jo Savell
BIRTH DATE: 01-26-1978
PLACE
OF BIRTH:
Nashville, TN
Age:
25
Weight:
135-140/contest, 160/offseason
Height:
5'6"
Years
training: 3
Attended
high school: Tom Howard Academy, St. Pete, FL
College:
Texas Tech University
OCCUPATION(S)
Personal Trainer
Running my own Bootcamp
Promo work for Lonestar Distribution
WINS
AND CONTEST PLACES?
2001 Heart of Texas- 2nd place-heavyweight
2003 Southwest Texas Bodybuilding-1st place-heavyweight, overall
women's champion
DESCRIBE
YOUR LIFE BEFORE BODYBUILDING?
I have always been very active and competitive playing a variety
of sports, but tennis was my life. I began playing tennis at the
age of 4, and ranked in the nations top 5 ages 14-16, while being
ranked # 1 in Florida. When I was 16 I tore my ACL and began the
rehab road. I then earned a 4 year scholarship to Texas Tech University
to play tennis. I did very well at Texas Tech, but it was there
that I learned about being in shape and weight training. My love
for lifting weights grew into bodybuilding.
SELF-DESCRIPTION
OF PERSONALITY?
I have a very big heart and I am compassionate for friends and family.
I am laid back and easy going with dedication and determination,
but I will tell it how it is or what I think about it, I will not
hide my feelings.
WHAT
WAS YOUR FIRST CONTEST LIKE?
My first contest was exciting. I love being in front of people on
the main stage having everyone looking at you admiring what you
have accomplished. I was not nervous at all I was just so happy
with what I was able to shape my body into in so little time (considering
i decided to do the show less than 12 weeks before it started)
I had a great time.
WHAT
ARE YOUR COMPETITIVE GOALS?
My competitive goals are to win nationals and earn my Pro Card.
Would love to compete at the Olympia, but more importantly I want
to stay focused on what I want my body to look like, and prove that
someone with beauty and feminine looks can have muscle and succeed
in women's bodybuilding.
WHAT
MOTIVATED YOU TO GET INTO BODYBUILDING?
I have always loved lifting weights and training my body, but I
was motivated by the idea of having a finely sculpted body, like
a piece of art, and the drive and dedication it took to get there.
My sister Brandy, who works in the fitness industry, convinced me
that I had what it takes to succeed and motivated me to go as far
as I could. My entire life has been surrounded by being in shape,
my parents owned gyms when I was a child, my father has never missed
a day of working out and I look up to him for that.
 WHAT
IS YOUR BIGGEST OBSTACLE TO SUCCESS?
My biggest obstacle is being secure within myself, and proving to
myself that I can do this and that I am different from the next
competitor. I am more secure with each show I do, so now my biggest
obstacle is just getting my face and name out to the bodybuilding
world and letting them know I am here to stay.
FAVORITE
HOBBY?
Just being with my family is number one to me, and being able to
spend quality time with the husband.
FAVORITE
DIET FOOD?
oatmeal mixed with protein powder (banana flavor)
FAVORITE
CHEAT FOOD?
sushi, pancakes, peanut butter, cake, and chipolte burritos
FAVORITE
AEROBICS?
running
FAVORITE
MUSIC OR ARTIST?
rap/techno-- Limp Bizkit and Busta Rhymes
FAVORITE
MOVIES?
Rudy, Remember the Titans, Fast and the Furious
FAVORITE
T.V. SHOW?
Friends, Will and Grace
FAVORITE
FITNESS COMPETITOR YOU ADMIRE?
Monica Brant and Jenny Worth, two very beautiful competitors
TRAINING
GOALS (HOW DO YOU WANT TO LOOK IN THE FUTURE?
I want to always have my feminine look is the most important, muscle
can be beautiful on the right person.
FAVORITE
BODYBUILDERS?
Valentina Chepiga and Karina Nascimento (my training partner)
WHY
DID YOU START WEIGHT TRAINING?
I started weight training for tennis, but it wasn't until college
when we had good trainers that I realized the importance and possibilities
of weight training, that is when I fell in love with muscle and
strength. Its kinda funny but my family no matter where we went
the first thing we all did was work out together. It has just been
apart of life to me. My mother and father have both been a big inspiration
to me.
WHEN
DO YOU KNOW YOU'RE IN SHAPE?
I know I am in shape when I can fit into my favorited blue dress,
and turn heads everywhere I go.
IF
YOU ONLY HAD ONE EXERCISE TO DO WHAT WOULD IT BE?
Bicep curls
WHICH
BODYPART DO YOU ENJOY TRAINING THE MOST?
Shoulder and/or Legs
WHAT'S
THE MOST IMPORTANT PRINCIPLE YOU LEARNED FROM YOUR COACH?
Herman Steele, my trainer, has taught me so much, but the one thing
that has been most valuable he has taught me is that the heart will
seperate you from the others and determine how in shape you are.
He has changed my whole outlook on the sport and what it takes.
Thank you Herman!
 WHAT'S
THE BEST PART OF COMPETITION FOR YOU?
The best part of competition for me is the recognition of all the
hard work and dedication that I have done in preperation for a show.
Having people see what I have been able to accomplish and knowing
that one day I can make a difference in bodybuilding. The other
is knowing my family will always be right behind me till I accomplish
my goal.
WHAT
TYPE OF CLOTHING DO YOU LIKE TO WEAR, THAT MAKES YOU LOOK GOOD?
Around the house I love to wear little boy shorts and tank tops,
at the gym sports bra's and spandex shorts, but mostly I love to
wear langerie and tight backless dresses
WHAT
STRESSES YOU OUT?
I procrastinate to the last minute to do something knowing that
I don't have much time to do something, and keeping our house clean,
I am a clean freak, and my husband makes a mess everywhere he goes.
IF
YOU COULD CHANGE SOMETHING IN THE SPORT, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
That women's Bodybuilding gets more publicity in magazines and more
sponsors. There are a lot of beautiful women in Bodybuilding, they
should be used a lot more to promote the sport.
WHEN
YOU'RE ALONE, WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO?
I love to take a long bubble bath listening to music, and spend
time with my husband watching a movie or going to dinner. I am a
home body renting movies and curling up to a fire is my kinda evening.
WHAT
DO YOU WANT TO DO FIVE YEARS FROM NOW?
I want to be a force to be reconded with in bodybuilding, I want
to be competing on the pro level, compete at the Olympia, and have
my picture in magazines, ads, and have a well known sponsor. I want
to be step out for women's bodybuilding and the sport to prove that
you can have muscles and feminine beauty all in the same package.
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During
a photoshoot here in Venice, CA. I was sharing the gym with a photographer
who was busy in another corner shooting men for a popular European magazine.
Afterwards he came to me and said, "Good Lord, who was that girl
you were shooting? She's beautiful!" 
What
the judges are looking for and what the fans are looking for can sometimes
be two very different things. 
