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Maria Dunlop: Posted on Thursday, February 23, 2012 10:37 AM
Well who would of thought that a tore glute could hurt so much. I was training a client on Monday morning and was demonstrating reverse lunges. As we can train out on my Studios own priivate deck we were enjoying the beautiful sunshine. The exercise step we were using slipped on the deck and I pulled my left glute. OH MY GOD!!!!!!!! I had clients booked in one after the other all day so just had to keep moving. This probably worked in my favour and made me keep moving. After the last client left at 7. |
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Maria Dunlop: Posted on Friday, February 17, 2012 12:33 PM
3 Weeks out from Competing and I really don’t know if I will make it. It is feeling like it will be a mad rush to the finish line. This buying a house event has been so very stressful and the little things that should have gone smoothly have all gone wrong which has added to the stress. I only had to move 2 blocks so it all started out well, then the phone took ages to set up which effected email and internet and then the hot water which is heated by gas wasn’t connected when we wanted it to be. |
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Maria Dunlop: Posted on Sunday, February 05, 2012 7:01 PM
5 Weeks Out From NABBA Taranaki Bodybuilding Champs 2012 Living amongst boxes is not much fun. We feel like the rooms are closing in on us now. So today is Sunday, Monday is a holiday so that will leave 4 working days for kiwi saver to get their shit together. If they don’t……well I will be living in a motel! The moving truck is all booked for Monday the 13 at 9am; everything is in place, everything but kiwi saver. This is very stressful, and it has ruined the excitement of buying a home and it is ruining the excitement of competing. |
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Maria Dunlop: Posted on Tuesday, January 31, 2012 7:08 PM
6 Weeks out from NABBA First Ever Taranaki Champs My Mo-Jo is still nowhere to be seen, some days I think I have found it only to be disappointed by the afternoon. Over the years of competing or aiming for different goals I have learnt that even if your mo-jo skips the country you just need to keep moving forward. This week I have taken 1 hour at a time. Life at my house is pretty stressful at the moment and it has got a lot to do with the government and kiwi saver. For the last 6 weeks I have been trying to buy my first home. |
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Maria Dunlop: Posted on Saturday, January 21, 2012 8:04 PM
My Disappearing Mo-Jo 7 Weeks Out from Competition What a challenging week! My Stress took control over my calmness which in turn made my mo-jo leave the building. Unfortunately it hasn’t been seen since! The stress had been growing with the worry about my little girl who is just not well. The seizure medication that she is on doesn’t seem to be helping and she has been sick since the start of the school holidays. She is now on her second batch of antibiotics and had a whole lot of bloods taken this week. |
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Maria Dunlop: Posted on Friday, January 13, 2012 5:42 PM
Competition Countdown Week 3 Glad to be through last week, it got a little tough around Friday and Saturday. Had my Humira injection on Thursday and because the main side effect is that it grows infection, the bug that I was almost over flared up big time. My throat was so sore and my body started to feel real fluey. By Saturday everything was so hard to do. I managed my cardio all wrapped up with vicks vapour rub all round my neck, and then I had to do shoulders and abs. Well this was the most un-enjoyable work-out! |
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Maria Dunlop: Posted on Friday, January 06, 2012 10:37 AM
Competition Countdown – Week 2 Heading into week number 2, it is now 10 weeks out from the first NABBA Taranaki Champs. My first week of contest preparation became challenging when I got sick with my children’s cold. Unfortunately the medication I take for my arthritis compromises my immune system so I can’t fight off bugs that easy anymore. But this didn’t stop me from making progress last week. I usually train 2-3 days in a row then have a rest day but instead I trained one day and then rested one day. |
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Maria Dunlop: Posted on Tuesday, December 27, 2011 9:46 PM
I’ll start on Monday! Lots of people say this about various different things that they want to achieve, and along with it comes the saying “Monday never comes”. Well Monday came and I started! First week of competition preparation countdown is under way. The Christmas cake is now in the freezer (safer there) and I am back to eating chicken and egg whites and the occasional steak, plus loads of green veggies and salad and some fruit. Over all it is a nice healthy way to eat until you get a few weeks out, then it gets more intense. |
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Maria Dunlop: Posted on Saturday, December 24, 2011 8:32 PM
I have just found out that the Nabba Taranaki Champs is to be held in the beginning of March. I thought it was closer to the end of March. So now I have lost 4 weeks of preparation. I like to have around 15 weeks of preparation as my meds for the Arthritis can muck up my body. With less time up my sleeve I must admit I have been a little tempted to maybe aim for another competition. But I do like to support bodybuilding in our region. I have been promoting weight training for women in Taranaki for well over a decade. |
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Maria Dunlop: Posted on Wednesday, December 14, 2011 8:48 PM
My plan in my last update has worked real well. I have trained hard and enjoyed my cardio on my exercycle and the glute-inator. Focused on fun exercises and refreshed things. Played new music and sang along loudly. It’s been a real busy week with family commitments and school functions etc but I am pleased with how well I did. My Arthritis is flaring up big time in my hands, especially my thumbs. When I am well I forget all too easy how much it hurts. I guess it is a bit like giving birth, you do it again even though it hurt like hell. |
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