A Tyrone woman recently took top honors at the 2002 Natural Westmoreland Battle for the Belt bodybuilding competition.
\nMs. Stefanie Naylor won her class, the Woman\u2019s Open Tall Class, as well as the Women\u2019s Overall. The competition was staged at the Westmoreland County Community College in Greensburg and took place on Sept. 21, 2002.
\nBy winning the Westmoreland competition, Stefanie qualifies for the 2002 ANBC National Championships which will be held in Pittsburgh in November.
\nThis was Ms. Naylor\u2019s first competitive venture.
\n\u201cI have always had people tell me, when I was working out at the gym, that I should try bodybuilding,\u201d explained Stefanie. \u201cWhen my own personal trainer Mary Metreba, who has competed in bodybuilding, urged me to try it, I thought it was time. She has experience in bodybuilding competition, I value her opinion. I thought if I didn\u2019t try it now, then I would regret it later.\u201d
\nMs. Naylor, a 1994 Tyrone Area High School graduate, works out at the Summit in Altoona. She works on cardio-exercises twice daily and does weight training five days a week.
\nStefanie started weightlifting in high school and would like to in some way, shape or form, make a career out of her bodybuilding experience.
\nAfter winning the Westmoreland competition, the training now becomes even more intense than before. More cardio work is added. The diet changes completely. A new 12-week diet takes precedence. Fruits and milk products are out, and supplements and chicken and tuna become almost the entire food chain. Protein must be increased to maintain muscle mass. Most carbohydrates are out, only certain ones are allowed. \u201cThere is a big adjustment. You have to get used to the feeling of never being full,\u201d was the way Stefanie described it.
\n\u201cThe object is to make your body as symmetrical as possible,\u201d said Stefanie, \u201cmake you upper body match your lower. You have to focus on areas that you don\u2019t necessary do just by working out.\u201d
\nTravel is key to bodybuilding competition if you live in Blair County or Central Pennsylvania. Also, the vocation is very expensive in addition to travel.
\nStefanie has many local sponsors, including M and M Painting, Lamertina Fitness Center, Surplus City, Jim DelGrosso and DelGrosso Foods.
\n\u201cI really lucked out that the Nationals are in Pittsburgh,\u201d said Ms. Naylor. \u201cIt is an expensive sport. It can run into the thousands of dollars if you want to go into it right. There are posing lessons, tanning, drug-testing, food and supplements and other items. I am extremely grateful for all the sponsors and people who have made it possible for me to get to this level. I now have a new respect for anybody that has ever tried to do this.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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