Fitness & Figure Competition Training
Contributed by: Ilana Arzt
I am honored to be a part of FitnessUniverse.com and the Diva Blog! It has been an amazing year in 2009, culminating in the fall with my win in the Classic Figure division at the show in Las Vegas!
I have been involved in fitness and figure competitions for over 15 years, it is my life, so much so, that I founded Enerjoy Fitness so that I could share my passion for a creating and maintaining a healthy body. I am amazed at the positive energy in my gym, not only from my team of trainers but all of our clients who come into train. Everyone seems to feed off of one another, which is truly what I have worked so hard to build. My goal was and still is to provide my clients with the encouragement, inspiration, and the intensity they need, and to help motivate them to create their individual lifestyle changes. At my gym, we truly have a diverse population of clients, but all have a common thread, they want to improve themselves and find, as we call it, their “Enerjoy”! I had an opportunity this fall to work with models that were getting ready to participate in Phoenix Fashion Week. These are ladies who already have beautiful bodies but wanted to improve some aspect of their physique, for many of them it was their legs and arm tone. It was rewarding to see the changes that took place in them, and then to see them walk down the runway – WOW! Click here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R55tJwKktd4 to see a You Tube interview I did in preparation for the week.
For some time now, I have been working with a group of ladies who want and do compete in fitness and figure competitions. Our focus is working with each of our girls on posing and stage presence, but we go one step further; we really try to work with our group on customizing everything from nutrition to the workouts they do to prepare for competition. I have an amazing certified nutritionist, Christi Christiaens, who has a cutting edge approach to individualizing everyone’s nutrition in their body. The results she has helped produce in all of our clients is truly terrific! What is even more amazing is that much can be done over the phone or email; you don’t even have to be in sunny Scottsdale, Arizona! Check out Christi and the nutrition programs I am referring to on our website click here http://www.enerjoyfitness.com/pages/nutrition-programs.
If you want to find out more about my programs, visit my website at www.enerjoyfitness.com and if you have any questions please feel free to contact me at ilana@enerjoyfitness.com More to come later, until then have fun getting in touch with your “Enerjoy”! - ilana