Linda Cusmano 2007 Contest Prep~ Sneek Peek This is my 2007 Public Training Journal. I am preparing for a contest November 2007 and will be entering Fitness and Figure.
I decided to take a year to prepare due to many lifestyle factors so being real meant taking extra time to get to my goals.
I am working toward my IFBB pro cards in Fitness and Figure, my last pro card goals, my first non natural pro cards.
I managed to obtain 4 pro cards on the natural circuit, 3 in Fitness and 1 in Figure so I decided to go for this next goal and do so as a natural competitor.
The New Year has started slow, I ended last year very discouraged with a contest in November and placing fairly low on the totem. I intended to go back full boar into trainng and diet and ended up taking a break instead, during the Holidays. :
Diet has resumed as of yesterday and today begins training as well.
I am going slow, I am in off season and coming off rest so I am going to periodize things toward peaking for Nov.
I will post selected diet and training samples from my Full Journal into here to give you a peek at the info.
I have worked out a few of my off season faults, POP, pepsi to be exact. I am not going to have Diet Dr. Pepper when the need for pop hits.
I also developed or should say re developed an addiction to coffee........so going to keep those low and only use sweetener - although I do use whole milk.
This year I am going to be better dilegent in the cardio portions I used to do which I fell from in the past few years which kept me leaner before, such as kickboxing which was heavy bag and speed bag work, Plyometrics which make my jumps unreal in height and sprints or HIT training.
I need to concentrate on broadening my thighs, mainly my outer quads which means keeping calves up to par too. My shoulders need more cap and mass on the outer, my lats need more spread.
These are my main issues so they will be attended to throughout this year as I cycle my training and periodize it toward Nov.
Linda aka Angel