Lisa started
training for her first Figure Competition in March at a weight of 170
lbs. She
decided to do it to get healthy and get rid of all the baby weight she
was carrying
from being on bed-rest for three months and on top of that having a
C-section.
After her second baby Lisa was 190 lbs. in August of 2006.
Lisa
is now an astonishing 116 lbs. for her first two figure shows.
She went from
just wanting to get on stage to becoming a serious contender. There
have been a
few publications that are talking to her about doing a story
on her.
Lisa
has been such an inspiration just because she has been through so much
in the
last five years. Lisa has a child that was born four months premature
and this child has had
over 25 surgeries and procedures, and almost died on Christmas
day 2001. To this
day we still have nurses in our house for 16 hours a day. This is to
ensure
Kayla's health and safety.
During
this past five years Lisa would train but never consistently work
out.
Last
February Lisa put her foot down and decided if she wanted to live long
and have a
productive life she was going to have to lose the weight.
The
only way she was
going to be motivated is if she had to get onstage half naked in front
of 1000
people so she decided to do a National qualifier - the Golds Classic in
New Jersey.
As
of now Lisa has competed at the Golds Classic and East Coast
Bodybuilding and Figure Championships where she qualified as a National
Level competitor. She is
going on to do Arnold Schwarzernegger's amatuer show in Feb (this is
one of, if not the
biggest, bodybuilding/fitness shows in the world).
She
trains like no one I
have ever seen train. She does 45 minutes of cardio in the morning and
goes back to the gym at 4:30 p.m.
and lifts 188 reps in a row (dumbbells) at 80% of her max. full body.
She gets a
90 second break and then is back at it two more times, then another
30-45 minutes of cardio.
This is a very strong woman, so
when I say at 80%, an example is 35-40 lb. dumbbells
doing squatted shoulder presses for 18 reps. I've actually seen her do
a
drop set with 500lbs on the leg press for 40 reps. She
dropped to two plates - crazy!
I
just hope you get a chance to check out her progress I believe you will
enjoy it because
Lisa is truly an inspiration to many. We just got news that
she may be
one of the next transformations of the week winners. MHP
a huge
nutrition company is interested in putting Lisa in some
transformation
ads and a commercial.
Here
is a link to a Youtube before and after slide
show of Lisa: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=uhIfySS0EE0
