My Time to Shine in Fitness & Bikini

Age: 25

Occupation: Personal Trainer

Family: My parents Kem and Eric Friddle, older sister Kari, my sweet baby nephew Kameron, and of course my boyfriend, Alex!

Current Residence: Columbus, IN

Years training (total): 9 years

Height: 4’11”;

Weight: 106 (off-season), 101 (contest)

Favorite Bodybuilding Meal: I always look forward to my UMP Pancakes with strawberries on top; I could eat these for every meal! I also love Julie Lohre’s UMP Protein Chocolate Chip Cookies (see No Nonsense Volume 19, #2). These are amazing for my sweet tooth!

Favorite supplements: I absolutely love UMP; I don’t think I could get through contest prep without it! I make UMP pancakes, cookies, puddings and brownies! I also love to use UMP as a quick shake when in a pinch for time. Glutamine Select is another favorite, it really speeds up my recovery after an intense workout.

What would you recommend to someone who has never used Beverly supplements before? UMP, due to its amazing taste and the numerous ways you can use it!

Music: I love dub step and remixed music. Anything that is upbeat helps push me through those tough workouts.

Hobby or interests outside fitness: Gymnastics, hiking, traveling, cooking, baking, trying any new sport.

Words to live by: “Challenge your Abilities”

I can recall watching the Fitness America Pageants on TV and also attending a few bodybuilding shows as a kid. I was a competitive gymnast at the time so the fitness routines were always my favorite! I’d sit in front of the TV and try my hand at some of the one handed pushups and strength holds the Fitness America competitors were performing. My mom would say “Kalyn, that could be you one day.” She is my mom, so of course she’d say that, but I never thought it might actually come true.

I’ve now evolved to a fitness competitor with the Fitness America organization, while also continuing to compete in the NPC. I competed in my first fitness competition at the Ohio Valley Fitness America show in the fall of 2013 placing 1st. One month later I competed in the NPC Kentucky Muscle and placed 1st in bikini class A. So far in 2014 I have one competition under my belt - the Natural Indiana – where I placed 2nd in bikini class A.

All in all, this past year has truly been amazing. I would not change a thing in my show preparation or contest performance. In the remainder of this article I’d like to present the components of my contest prep. I hope that you’ll be able to incorporate my diet, supplement, and training templates into your own physique improvement schedule. Embrace your journey and learn from it each day!

Contest Prep Tips

Prepping for shows has now become a lifestyle with small tweaks as I get closer to a competition. At the beginning it was quite a challenge to eat 6 times a day. Even harder was thinking that I needed to eat chicken
at every meal and be in the gym hours upon hours. But, after a week or two I quickly learned that planning ahead was key in making healthier choices and that I could have fun with my food. Instead of plain chicken I made stir-fry chicken or swapped the chicken for beef. I was never in the gym longer than an hour and a half.

Contest Diet

Meal 1: UMP pancakes or crepes with strawberries on top, or Yogurt Parfait- 6oz Greek yogurt, ½ an apple, ½ cup Fiber One All-Bran cereal and 1 hardboiled egg

Meal 2: 1 tbsp peanut butter with 2 rice cakes

Meal 3: Large salad with onions, mushrooms, peppers, carrots, celery, 4oz chicken breast and 1 tbsp oil and vinegar salad dressing

Meal 4: 1 cup strawberries with 1 cup baby carrots

Meal 5: 6oz salmon (or another lean protein source) and 2 cups of veggies

Meal 6: Julie’s Chocolate Chip Cookies (These are amazing!) See No Nonsense vol 19, #2 for the recipe.

**I love the flexibility that I get working with Julie Lohre. The substitution list she provides keeps me from getting bored with meals. **

Supplement Schedule

FitTabs: 2 tablets in the morning and 2 tablets in the evening. I take FitTabs everyday for overall health benefits, and to ensure I am getting ll the essential vitamins, minerals and micronutrients.

Lean Out: 2 capsules with 5 meals a day. I take Lean Out to aid in the process of using stored fat and turning it into energy while losing body fat and maintaining my muscle.

Fast-Up: 2 capsules in the morning and 2 capsules at lunch time. While prepping for a show I will add Fast-Up when I need that extra little bit of energy to power through my intense workouts, cardio sessions and routine practice.

Glutamine Select: 1 scoop during my workout mixed with 12oz of water. Glutamine Select provides me with my BCAA’s to preserve lean muscle along with aiding recovery from my workouts.

UMP: 1-2 scoops daily. UMP is a staple in my diet whether I am prepping for a show or not. I will use UMP for breakfast (pancakes, crepes, or throw a scoop in some oatmeal), after a workout or for a dessert at night time. The possibilities are limitless with this product.

Training

When it comes to weight training, I have found how much I love and how well my body responds to Tabata style weight training or supersets with cardio mixed in between each superset. Both of these training methods keep me from getting bored and remind me of my past training as a competitive gymnast. I always incorporate 10-15 minutes of stretching after my workouts. Stretching helps aid in muscle recovery from my workouts along with keeping my flexibility for my fitness routines. Here is a look into a weeks’ worth of superset weight training! I start with 3 minutes of cardio, then complete all 4 sets of Superset #1 before moving onto my next 3 minute timed cardio.

Cardio

My two favorite types of cardio are plyometric / HIIT style and practicing my fitness routine! My plyometric/ HIIT cardio is performed 2 to 3 times per week for 20 to 30 minutes each session. Practicing my fitness routine is by far my absolute favorite type of cardio. It takes me back to when I was in gymnastics! I make it a goal to hit 10 routines per session. The further out from a show, the more rest time I take between routines. At the start, half are full out including tumbling, with the other half being just my strength and dance moves (leaving the tumbling out). When a show is getting closer, the number will stay the same with the rest time decreasing from 3 minutes to about 1 minute. At that time my goal is to perform almost all 10 routines full out with all my tumbling and strength skills.

Presentation Tips

I was a shy kid growing up who you’d never guess would enjoy being on stage in front of a crowd of people, but that is far from the truth. From county fair pageants as a kid, to the competitive stage today, I love demanding the attention of the audience and the judges. And that’s exactly what you need to do when you hit that stage. Step on that stage with your head held high, shoulders pulled back, and the confidence that you’ve built from all the hard work you’ve put in.

So, how do you work on getting that confidence on stage? Practice! I practice my posing 2 to 3 times per week and even more when a show gets closer. I practice in front of a mirror, then videotape myself without mirrors so I can analyze my presentation and see what I need to work on.

After weeks of preparation, hard work and pushing through all those extra reps, stepping on stage is the icing on the cake. It’s your time to shine. Enjoy the time you’re up there. Look at those judges and look at all those fans in the audience and be proud! The real competition is not with the other competitors; it’s with yourself. Always try to outdo your previous best. The competition itself is more like a celebration onstage with friends. I can’t count how many friendships I have gained along my journey, and the show gives us a reason to get together!

My competitive career is just beginning and I can’t wait to see what is in store. There are no words to express how thankful I am for my family, boyfriend, friends, Julie and Rick Lohre who have supported me though my fitness journey and the amazing Beverly International supplements that help fuel my body. I should have believed what my mom told me as a kid, “That is going to be you one day!”

No Nonsense Magazine Collectors Edition 2015