Spotlight On: Michelle Beck

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Published on Wednesday, 13 April 2011 23:53

Written by Michelle Beck

Spotlight On: Michelle Beck

Category you compete in: NPC Figure

Date of birth: December 23, 1980

Hometown: Fort Worth, TX

Career: Buyer at an Aeronautics Company

Sports background: I don't have a sports background, well I guess what most people would consider as sports. I was in dance all of my life and on the high school Drill Team and I was also a competitive figure skater for many years. It wasn't until after I graduated High School that I started Tae Kwon Do, started working at the front desk of a gym and picked up a weight for the first time in my life. There is no better feeling than to challenge yourself, lift heavy and feel strong.

Why NPC: I chose the NPC, because becoming an IFBB Figure Pro is a goal that I have had since 2002 and I want to reach it. I think the NPC/IFBB provides wonderful opportunities and exposure for their athletes that no one else can provide.

What do you like best about competing? The thing I like best about competing is stepping on stage, feeling proud that I have created the best physique possible for that day and knowing that all of the months of hard work inside and out of the gym has been worth this one moment, that is my moment.

Competition history:
2002 NPC John Sherman Classic-12th Place-Figure Tall
2009 Musclemania Fitness Texas Show-1st Place-Figure Tall, 2nd Place-Bikini Tall
2010 Ronnie Coleman Classic-2nd Place-Figure Class C
2010 NPC Jr. Nationals-3rd Place-Figure Class F
2010 NPC Jr. USA's-3rd Place-Figure Class F
2010 IFBB North Americans-11th Place-Figure Class F

Next competition: TBD-All I can say is that I cannot wait to get back on a national stage in 2011!

Competitors you look up to: Wow, there are so many and for so many different reasons, but here are just a few that come to the top of my head: Kayde Puckett, Zoa Linsey, Erin Stern, Adela Garcia, Nicole Wilkins, Tanji Johnson and Tamee Marie.

Favorite cheat food: red velvet cake, pizza or cheesecake (I try to have one of these post competition)

Favorite diet food: extra lean ground beef or chicken and brown rice

Favorite body part to train: shoulders

Least favorite body part to train: chest

Hobbies: Cardio kickboxing, reading books about the law of attraction and positive thinking, watching reality TV, playing with my pug, Gracie and my Jack Russell Terrier, Casey and spending time with my husband, family and friends.

Words to live by:  "What lies behind us and what lies before us

are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."

~Ralph Waldo Emerson~

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