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Getting Fit
by Diana Roberts

Getting fit seems to be at the top of most people’s list these days. Holidays can bring on a 5 - 10 pound weight gain, which throws so many of us into a dieting frenzy. Then, there are those people who make fitness a way of life. I’m talking about body builders.


We have our own award-winning body builder here in Burns Lake. Her name is Monica Rush. Monica first got into body building back in 1989, when she watched the Ironore Classics in Prince George. She realized at that time, that body building was something that she would love to do. She started by lifting weights, and within a year she wanted to compete.

Monica at the 1995 Western Canada Championships, third place
Monica felt that if you are body building, then you should be competing, “It’s kind of like putting a fence post in the ground without the wire. Once you put the post in the ground it has to be finished.” When she starts something, she has to carry it through to the end. It’s not that she wanted to compete against other people, but rather it was a personal challenge.
Monica with some of her trophies

Before she started weight training, Monica weighed only 124 pounds. Within 5 years she was up to 190 pounds. For her training, Monica put in 4 days on, then one day off. Her scheduled workout was one hour per day. She worked on separate parts of her body. It went something like this:

Day 1 - back and biceps, Day 2 - chest and abs, Day 3 - shoulders and triceps, Day 4 legs and calves, Day 5 - off.

When she was competing, Monica put in 50 minutes cardio on her exercise bike, one hour workout at the gym, then in the afternoon another 50 minutes cardio with fast walking.

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