HARDBODY Fit Female News & Events

We’ll be starting a new segment each day of the week, beginning today.

5 Ways You Might Be a Pain in the Ass.
1. Complaining about your placing. The only person truly happy with their placing is the one who wins first and/or the overall title. Complaining about where you place does nothing but make you look like a sore loser. If you are unhappy it’s understandable but do it with your close family/friends. Don’t do it on stage, backstage or to others at the show.

2. Blaming others for how you look. If you came into a show and weren’t your best it happens. If you came to a photo shoot and were out of shape don’t pass the blame. Same goes for if you show up for a shoot and are over-dieted and depleted. It’s your body and your responsibility to take ownership of it. If your make-up isn’t how you like it – tell the person before you go on stage, not after a show and blame him/her for how it look after the fact. If it’s not working out with a trainer then leave. If you decide to take some type of enhancements for a competition that’s your choice but when you start having a voice deeper than your husband or boyfriend, it’s still your responsibility.

3. Not showing up or canceling for photo shoots. Pick up the phone and call if it’s the day of a shoot and you can’t make it. Same goes for those of you who are photographers – don’t cancel shoots on models and not let them know. Sometimes things happen on both sides of the coin. It’s part of life. A little common courtesy goes along way if something should come up.

4. Whining about how much money it costs to compete. Guess what?! Everything costs money. If you’re a golfer you spend money on green fees, clubs, shoes, gloves and balls. You’re a fisherman you have a license, boat, bait, pole, reel, tackle and more. Every one who competes has experienced what it costs to do so. No one wants to hear you piss and moan about what it costs to compete. Yes, I’ve competed. Twice. I know what it costs. Oh, okay so I didn’t have to buy a fancy posing suit but it’s part of the biz.

5. Emailing/texting/calling industry photographers, writers, art directors & supplement companies only when you want something. It makes you look bad and people will not want to work with you. I know because I experience it weekly and I know others in the industry do as well. Don’t pretend to be all buddy-buddy when all you want is a contact to a supplement company or a magazine. It’s okay to market yourself but don’t contact people only when you want/need something from them. Try building a relationship beyond what they can do for you but make it genuine and not based on their position in the industry.

I’m sure there are more than five ways you can be a pain in the ass but these are the five that I witness time and time again.

IFBB Figure Pro Erin Stern demonstrated that she is more than just a pretty face and a girl in heels. Last weekend, Erin showed off her leaping abilities in a local high-jump meet. She claims she was a bit rusty but as you can see in these videos she’s got mad skills. Erin was kind enough to share these videos from her event with us.

The last video is worth watching a couple times. That’s FIVE FOOT and she does it with a scissors’ kick. WTF? Ya, pretty damn cool. Congrats Erin!

IFBB Fitness Pro Tracey Greenwood is becoming a one woman comedy act lately. Last week she was trapped on her roof, read more here. This week she nearly lopped her finger off while opening a can of tuna. Yes, I know, it’s not funny and I’m sure it hurt like hell. Despite needing five stitches in her pinky, she assures me the injury will not force her into retirement.

Greenwood’s injured pinky.

What will Greenwood do next week? Stay tuned.

You’ve seen Cheryl “Brownie” Brown’s aggressive side but here’s a different look to the Florida momma. J.M. Manion caught up with Brownie for a photo shoot earlier this month in his Pittsburgh studio. Keep your eye on the Brownie Figure Momma as she hits the National NPC Figure scene this year. Today’s photos of the day…

The first person who can identify the woman in this Melly Mel video, we’ll figure out some kinda prize for you. This is vintage rap at it’s finest. Melly Mel with “Pump Me Up”. The video features a female bodybuilder throughout it.

Check out even more Sonia on FLEXonline.com. Who says Figure girls don’t train hard?

Sonia Gonzalez sporting the gunz.

Hardbody.com’s West Coast Reporter, Ron “Jiminy” Avidan was at Jon Lindsay’s NPC Max Muscle Naturals over the weekend. He managed to peel himself away from his plate of Orange Chicken to snap a few photos. Check out a few of the Hardbodies in the house.

Adela Garcia represent’n GNC.

Adela Garcia & Sonia Gonzalez at the GNC booth.

Andea Dumon passing the time by blowing bubbles.

Zhanna Rotar shows us how to pose.

Master Emcee LT & newly engaged Gina Aliotti.

Nutrionist Kim Oddo poses with the ladies.

While I was in Seattle, photographing current Mr. Olympia Dexter Jackson, we listened to an old school rap station on XM radio. One of the songs that hit the airwaves was Rebel Without a Pause by Public Enemy.

Now this is good stuff. Have any old school rap songs you like? Post them in the comments or shoot an email with the suggestions.

Don’t forget about the Dexter Jackson Classic event this year.

The First Lady has been causing quite a stir in the media with her toned up arms. It’s baffling to me how people can see this as a bad thing. The LA Times ran a story today about the frenzy surrounding the debate.

Her curvy biceps have become something of a lightning rod for remarks from both sexes in a larger discussion of how much female muscle constitutes too much. While some praise Obama as a role model in a world gone obese, others say she’s gone too far in displaying the fruit of her workouts. Read one online forum comment: “There is nothing uglier than manly, muscular arms on a woman. Mrs. Obama should be hiding them instead of showing them off.”

I say great she should do more of it. What you you think? Read the full story here.

Thanks to Millard Baker via Twitter for the story link.

It’s a Three Doors Down Weekend. This is a live performance of Kryptonite. A different but cool version.

Shout out to IFBB Figure Pro Amy O’Neil for the link to this version.

An extended look at the FLEX magazine shoot with Sonia Gonzalez. Check out the newest issue to see the final shots. Props again for everyone involved. Good stuff.

Scroll down to see more photos from this shoot.

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“It’s not my time” by Three Doors Down is today’s groovy little tune.

All this time I’ve just been to blind to understand
What should matter to me
My friend, this life we live
Is not what we have, it’s what we believe

What’s the first thing you do? Unpack? Check the water pressure? Check out the bed? I travel quite a bit and find myself being a total geek when I check into my hotel. The first thing I used to do was check the speed of the Internet in the room. Now I travel with a wireless card and don’t worry about it. The first thing I do is open up my suitcase and unpack, even if it’s for a day.

Do you do anything weird or have a ritual you do when you check into a hotel room? Post in the comments.

The newest FLEX Magazine (with Moe El Moussawi on the cover) features IFBB Figure Pro Sonia Gonzalez. The beautiful Sonia is the focus of this issue’s “Women are Back” section. The section has been huge hit with readers and props to the staff at FLEX for continuing to feature the women. Weider Staff Photographer, Pavel Ythjall and the folks at FLEX provide this look behind the scenes. Look’n good people

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