Road To The 2011 NPC Grand Prix: Julie's 1st Show!!!

Meet Julie Zavala…

I’ve known Julie for several years. Julie is a fellow trainer, one of the best I know. She is also a physical therapist, an accomplished soccer player, and most recently completed her very 1^st Triathlon.

Julie has always been very supportive of me, and my bodybuilding endeavors in the past. All the while, she has always been tossing around the idea of maybe one day competing herself. I’ve always told her I think she has a great base to work with, as well as the dedication and work ethic required to take on such a challenge.

This is not the sort of thing you can push someone into doing though. It’s something you have to decide for yourself that you want to do. So as anxious as I’ve been to see her compete, I’ve also had to give her space and let her come to the decision to on her own.

Well the time has come, and Julie is ready to do it!

Julie came to me a few weeks ago, and asked me to coach her from now until May in preparation to compete in the 2011 NPC Grand Prix Bodybuilding Championships. The same show I’ll be competing in.

This is going to be a lot of fun for me as a trainer. Julie is someone whom I know will do everything I tell her to do to the letter. She will give this thing 110% I’ve never known her to do anything in life any other way.

So she is taking advantage of my “Fitness/Nutrition Consultation Service”.  We did an assessment on her, getting her weight, measurements and body fat%. I gave her a food log, her diet guidelines for her first week, and a month’s worth of workouts. I am on call for Julie 24/7 and can answer questions for her anytime.

She will then e-mail me her food/training log every week for me to review. I'll then make any adjustments I see necessary for her to follow for the coming week. 

We will re-assess her every 6 weeks until the show, and will report in on both Julie’s and my own progress throughout now and the competition. I think it will be interesting to follow someone who is going into his 4^th competition, as well as someone who entering a competition for the very first time ever.

So, stay tuned for future updates!