Hannah\'s Blog

1st March 2012

hannah — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:38:43 +0000

The Arnold Classic Expo is on this weekend and I wish I was there. I would love to meet the Pros in the booths and see the Fitness International Girls - Figure on stage. One day. I would love to grace the stage as a pro, ultimate goal is a Pro Card.Training is real intense at present, I am into the 2nd week of my 5 week plan, lots of strength and band work, its really good and I am definately growing.Rachel and Kim are doing really well in their posing for the Nabba Toned Figure in April. We are 8 weeks out on Sunday. This week we are starting on routines as we have music cut and ready to go.All good. I hope you are all set on your goals and ON the right path x

7th February

hannah — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:23:11 +0000

Training starts back next week and I am really looking forward to getting back into Pumping Iron. I am refreshing up my website as well. This week is focussing on the workouts coming and learning the theories behind them and lealrning new exercises. I have just done one of my clients Rachels first posing session. It takes me back to remembering what it was like first walking in competition heels and learning how to pose. I didnt have a UK Figure Coach helping me, I had to learn from dvd’s and then eventually had my first session with Jenn Searles in NYC and then Jenny Lynn’s Figure Camp. Thats good memories, hopefully I will be helping create the same with my clients of 2012 x

2nd February 2012

hannah — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:46:29 +0000

I have just seen that quite a lot of my blogs have disappeared, so here is the latest that has happenned.

I went to Canada to the UFE’s North American Championships and entered the Elite Category in Figure. I placed 5th out of 11 girls. The standard was very high and it was another amazing experience. I am still working on competing there again this year, in November and possibly October - my aim and goal is still to achieve my pro card. I have now been competing since Nov 2007 and this is my 5th Year and hopefully my year.

I have taken 8 weeks off training to allow my body to rest, this is the first time in 5 years I have had such a break. Running the gym and looking after clients has been busy this year and I have the most ever members in the gym, at a record so all is good. I have been teaching classes and now have 2 girls entering their first Figure Shows in April. My pre-season training is about to start in 2 weeks and I am learning about insulin sensitiviy and how important it is as well as cortisol levels, so I hope to bring to the stage this year, a bigger body and to be in even better shape once again. The goals are set and I am getting ready to begin another journey x

99 days to go……….

hannah — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 09:49:54 +0000

99 days to go till show time. Trained hard as ever this week. Weighted chins have hit my lats hard this week as have overhead squats and push presses. Getting ready for another session tomorrow which I am excited about and then a week in Brighton. Will train whilst I am away with bike for cardio and workouts at the Gym on the Beach on the promenade, program due to be changed when I get back. Oxygen magazine and Inside Fitness has arrived so I have the original pics now to frame and put up in the gym, all really good x

Thursday 21st July 2011

hannah — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 15:13:59 +0000

I have completed and sent off my registration to the UFE for the Elite Figure Category, Nov 12th, Canada. I am very excited and it gave me a buzz sending it off. Not to mention a few bbm’s and facebook messages from my inspiring athlete Monica Brant so all is good. Legs and glutes are still sore from Tuesdays box squat workout, so saving the delt workout for tomorrow so I can get more food and energy and blow them apart! Not long now till Helen competes July 31st Musclmania in Soctland. She is doing Fitness and looks incredible at the moment, so I would say its been a good week so far, tiring but good! x

My first feature in Oxygen Magazine!

hannah — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:41:12 +0000

Yes, I have finally made it into Oxygen Magazine. I am being featured in the ‘Future of Fitness’. Massive thanks to my photographer Chris V Linton - now got to work onto getting onto the front cover! x

Week end

hannah — Sun, 08 May 2011 20:32:57 +0000

I had a great session today of ARMS. Close grip presses superset with lying floor curls with isometric hold. Lying cable ‘J’ Presses superset with preacher curls, Overhead straight bar extensions with lying cable curls with reverse cable curls, great workout and all done in 35 mins! Week planned and ready for action! x

Friday 6th May

hannah — Fri, 06 May 2011 19:12:52 +0000

Sorry for the gap in my blog, with the facebook fan page I have got caught up ion the social networking and my blog has taken a back seat.

Everything is going well. Rachel lost 5 1/2 lb today and we have sorted out a few issues regarding how to weigh out your cereal and how many carbs are in the 100g!!!!!!!!!!! In case you are reading this, 50g please!!! Still, job done and now we will be on our way to even more weight loss!

Today I trained Upper body and it was good, hard to start with as it was midday and I had already trained clients and started office work. But…………….I hit the db shoulder press and supersetted the lateral raises, 4 x 8 reps, then down to the power room for bent over rows and fitball db presses (palms facing inwards) 4 x 8 reps. Pullovers and incline db presses, same sets and reps and then incline french presses supeset with incline db curls with isometric holds. Was gutted I forgot to take my creatine before workout but still got a pump so was happy!! Maybe Arms tomorrow, see how the body feel or cardio on spin bike in morning and Arms Sunday! x

Pump classes are going

21st April 2011 - Newspaper Interview Article

hannah — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 15:55:13 +0000

http://www.thisissouthdevon.co.uk/news/sights-firmly-set-fitness-goals/article-3445757-detail/article.html

Please click on this link to a interview I had recently. Working my way up the papers!! x

Monday 21st March 2011

hannah — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 08:39:15 +0000

Feeling my workout today. Trained Heavy chest yesterday for metabolic stimulus 3 sets of 3 reps up to 13.75kg a side on the Olympic bar - not bad to start with. Incline push ups with a 5kg plate on my back, 1 set failure. Push and Pull db incline presses 2 x 30 reps, Strength band triceps pushdowns superset with de franco rolling tricep extensions and then cable curls superset with supination db/curls/and hammer curls. Feeling chest and bicep and triceps today! Good stuff…Clients and office duty today and then on shift later, busy day and meeting tomorrow to discuss rest of program!