As I continue to ready myself for the rest of my 2014 bodybuilding competition season, I've learned it's not just a physical game. It's not about only eating perfectly, and crushing heavy weights. It's more than leaving every ounce of sweat and soul you have on a daily basis, lifting steel and demolishing tendons to the brink of snapping and fighting muscle pain to get just one more rep. It's more than enduring countless steps on the treadmill, step mill, or elliptical. It's more than what most people can fathom...
What is it then, what it is about? It's about keeping the mindset of a warrior, a winner, a beast, or whatever erratic term you want to use to describe your incredible drive and desire to be the best physical specimen you can possibly create. To be the most conditioned shredded fool up on that stage, owning it, demanding to be noticed. And not leaving with anything left in the tank.
For me, it's about dropping every barrier, forging past the negativity of being a female bodybuilder, and perfecting my muscle definition under those bright lights, one quarter turn at a time. I've waged a war against myself, and the social stereotypes that go along with it. And so it continues...
Rachael, you are amazing, we are all so very proud of all your hard work, you HAVE BEATEN ALL ODDS AND HAVE PROVEN THAT YOU ARE UNSTOPPABLE, YOU HAVE ALL OF OUR UP MOST RESPECT FOR WHAT YOU DO.
ReplyDeleteRachael. Dad and I couldn't be more proud of you, We See what you see. A classy Lady. a true warrior, who has self respect, dignity, devotion, determination, drive ,and strength, a never quit attitude, and it's with admiration and pride,That we congratulate you, on all that you have achieved with love & respect we hold in our heart for you and you are amazing. Love forever, Mom & Dad xoxo
ReplyDeletedear sis, kath here...just wanted to say...it takes hidden reserves 0f strength to forge your own trail. to leave the pack and make your own way; and i just want you to keep in mind that as hard as it is to re-define what a woman is made of; you are making a path for another generation to follow in your footsteps. Amelia Airhart- sp? greatest female pilot and record breaker for distance and speed was the first to do what no other woman had ever attempted And she did it better than all the other men in the so called "boys club" of aviation. keep rocking your thing and being who you are. You were born a lion and now it is your time to show how loud you can roar. I am so proud of you and want you to "MAKE THE WORLD HEAR YOUR ROAR."
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