The Terminator. I'm back!

Woooo! Two weeks without posting!

I've been a super busy girl and I'm still (more like always) trying to settle!
I was gone for 4ish days for the Arnold Sports Festival, as mentioned previously, and then I spent a week catching up and preparing myself for a seminar! The Arnold's was a great time. I drove down with a bunch of guys I train with and we stayed with someone's relative in Columbus for the weekend. Cramming 10 people in a college apartment was fun - especially when most of us train at an MMA gym. Everyone was practicing moves all over the place, I was subject to quite the conversations being one of two girls there (the other being the hostess).

The Arnold's itself was interesting! I met Brian Stann!! As well as Nick Diaz, and saw Ronnie Coleman, Jay Cutler,  and a few other people. I'm not really into the bodybuilding so much, but it was crazy seeing Ronnie Coleman and Jay Cutler and how massive they were. There was tons of healthy food samples, I think I had 50 protein shake samples, egg white shots (with chocolate, they were really good!), free stickers, patches, etc! They had some incredible protein bars with m&m's in them too, called the Ultimate Flurry bar.

Competition-wise, I placed third for the matches run on the second day, and not on the first day. I met some cool people, really bonded with my teammates even more - so now I have a bunch of brothers and bodyguards ;]. They were all really protective and supportive of me.

Me going in for a triangle choke.

I'm in the pink on the bottom, the choke I'm going for is with my legs and chokes the opponent with one of my legs and one of their arms, restricting blood flow. 

The seminar afterwards was with DUKE ROUFUS! He's one of the top kickboxing trainers in the United States and trains many WEC/UFC fighters. It was really a great honor to train with him, and an incredible experience. I learned so much from doing it and gained tons of confidence. We went out to eat with him afterwards, and I still can't believe I was sitting there eating with Duke Roufus,  talking about every day things, like tv shows, Anthony Bourdain, traveling etc! He's also a huge history nerd, used military strategies to help teach and it couldn'tve been better.

Countdown to the Arnold Sports Festival!

My new Atama rashguard AND lavender lipstick!

 

 I know, I know. There still isn't an about me section. There will be, I promise  - and there were going to be make-up pictures (or face of the day's aka FOTD or eye of the day - EOTD) but  they'll come soon enough.

Here. have a cheesey silly photo of Arnold from allposters.com!

So, there is one week until the Arnold Sports Festival. It's the largest multi-sport festival in the nation and named after the man himself, Arnold Schwarzenegger.  There's competitions ranging from female bodybuilding and figure, men's bodybuilding, skateboarding, ping pong, art, and more. I'll be competing in the grappling/brazillian jiu-jitsu competition, it'll be my first competition. Jiu-jitsu is basically a style of ground fighting, I never really know quite how to explain it. But if you're familiar with watching UFC or and mixed martial arts, if they're on the ground fighting - chances are they're using jiu-jitsu. Called BJJ for short, it's become a huge part of my life - I spend 3-4+ days training at an MMA gym, and I'm starting to slowly add kickboxing into it.

Anyways! I'm incredibly nervous, I hate large crowds but it's going to be a fun experience. I need to incorporate a little cardio in to get some better endurance, and I'm not quite in the shape I planned on being but it's going to be fun. I'm also starting my P90x back up for the millionth time so I can do even better at my next competition. I've also recently bought this amazing book, The New Rules of Lifting for Women - Lift like a man, look like a goddess and it's been great so far - there's lots of great simple recipes, it breaks down workouts and nutrition pretty simply! I'd recommend it to ANYONE wanting to start working out, its only $10-$13 - the same as 2-3 Starbucks drinks!

I've been making lots of delicious protein shakes - hello fresh fruits every morning and new fun recipes every day!! Plus the book's introduced me to my new favorite food - steel cut oats! I feel like a horse chomping on them but they're great and healthy!

I'm thinking about compiling a list of my favorite smoothie recipes, healthy and non!
Have a lovely week, indulge in some smoothies!

-Love
Constantly writing around midnight, Chelsea