Getting Started

Where do I begin? Well this week, I finally let the cat out of the bag and told some friends and family that I am going to do a figure competition in 2010. So far, not too many reactions... although I don't know how many people really believe I'm serious.

So where and how do I even get started?

That I really don't know the answer to yet. This week, I tried contacting as many people I know in the fitness world. I emailed ex-personal trainers of mine. I even asked Kim to hit up Christy at the South Shore Harbor Gym which I worked out at over 5 years ago. I'm trying everything in hopes of finding a coach. Not necessarily a trainer, just a coach to walk me through the steps, take a look at my nutrition, point me in the right direction. And I only managed to come across one good lead: Jenny Lynn.

Thanks to BodyBuilding.com I was able to post to one of their forums and a lady who makes competition suits emailed me with a few names. Jenny Lynn was one of them. I emailed Jenny and she emailed me back almost immediately. She lives in the Dallas area, but says she coaches people around the world. So this may be a great place to start at least. She needs me to send in pictures of myself and then she can help me pick my contest and figure out how far I really have to go with my body to make it happen.

This really seems almost too good to be true at this point. If you investigate more about Jenny Lynn, you will find out that she is a major, I mean MAJOR, fitness/figure pro. She is the IFBB Figure International winner like 2 or 3 times in a row. She is amazing. So if I can actually get her help - well I am really off to a great start. Andy is curious how much it is going to cost me... but so far she is willing to just talk to me over email. And on her site it looks like I can pay about $15 a month to get in on recipes, forums, and other advice... so honestly if I only do that it is a pretty good deal.

So that's a start at least. I'm going to be sending in my pictures tomorrow in hopes of some expert opinions. I'm just crossing my fingers at this point that she doesn't shoot me down completely and tell me that 2010 is an impossible goal.