What is your name?
Heather Ireland, DC, CSCS
What is your height and weight?5'3",
106-110 lbs. depending on what day it is...
Where do you currently reside?
San Mateo, CA
What is your profession?
Chiropractor
and Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist
How did you get started into
lifting weights and bodybuilding?
I
asked my parents for a weight bench for Christmas when I
was in junior high. I'm sort of a kitten so I figured if I
look like a
lion I would never get smashed. That didn't work but, the
weight training
stuck!
I was not athletic at all growing up, always picked
last for dodge
ball. I wish now that I had been into sports in high school,
I feel like
I missed out on team sports. If I could play now I
would play
baseball, not softball, baseball.
What other sports have you done or are currently doing?
By other are you referring to Bodybuilding as a
sport?
Hmmm... I don't. I have competed in Triathlon and
road bike
racing. I have also trained in Jiu-jitsu, ran a 5k, and
somehow ended up
in an Outrigger canoe race, random. Currently still training
with my
coaches for bike racing.
What are your training goals?
Clearly I'm training for something, I'm just not
sure what
it is at the moment! Fitting into tiny size jeans is good
enough for
now...
In your opinion, what is your
best bodypart?
Most would say my
legs but, I would say arms - I had to
work harder for them.
Do you think you might compete
again?
Yes! In what
however, no idea. We'll see what
the universe brings.
Tell us what a typical day is
like your you. I
get up around 7:00am, drink a few shots of espresso, then I'm off to
train at the Russian Cycling Gym for some crazy workouts from Vlad. Or
I will run stair
sprints - about an hour of cardio/day.
Then depending on my patient
load for the day, some weight training which consists of light weights,
countless reps and weird exercises that I have made up. If I
have time,
I swim in the afternoon, cook dinner (usually chicken, fish or red
meat) and
a huge, huge salad.
Do you like to show off your
muscles when out in public or do you cover up?
I
usually have my arms out when I go out. It's more comfortable
to me,
not necessarily to show off.
What kind of stuff would we find
in the backseat of your car?
The
back of my SUV you can always find a case of water, a couple pairs of
running shoes and sometimes my bike. And cigarette ashes...
What sports do you watch?
I
watch baseball, the greatest game of all time. And MMA, I
enjoy
grappling, punching and blood.
Favorite movie actor/actress?
Jason
Statham and Audrey Tautou
Do you have childhood trinket
that you still keep?
I have
a cat eye marble I found in the yard when I
was a kid. I have no idea how I've managed to hold
onto to it all
these years!
Person you would like to meet? (living or dead)
Buddha.
Impossible and possible at once.
Have you ever eaten anything
alive? Eaten anything alive -
Mochi!!! Ok, inside joke there, sorry...
:)