Mindi O'Brien to Make Fitness Return at Toronto Pro Supershow!

As announced on Muscle Insider (http://www.muscle-insider.com/content/mindi-obrien-compete-toronto-pro-supershow) Siouxcountry (http://www.siouxcountry.com/showthread.php?t=15891), IFBB Pro Mindi O'Brien is returning to the fitness stage for the first time since the 2009 Olympia! And what better way to make her fitness comeback than at in her home country of Canada at the IFBB Tornoto Pro Supershow on June 17-18! For those that don't know, Mindi reinjured her back by cracking her L4-5 vertebra during the 2009 Fitness Olympia, and recently returned to the stage for a bit as a figure competitor. Now this summer, she will be returning to her home in fitness, and it's only fitting that she does it in front of her friends, family, and fellow competitors. We at Save Women's Fitness Now wish Mindi nothing but the best of luck to her in her fitness return!

Mindi from 2008 Olympia
Photo credit: Muscular Development

Here a video of her 2009 Arnold routine, by Team Andro:

SAY HUH?!?! Less Pro Fitness Shows than Bodybuilding in 2011?!

he official schedule has not been released yet for 2011, but as far as things go for 2011, fitness might have a smaller presence in 2011 than in 2010 and in previous years. There's been a pretty lengthy discussion on Siouxcountry about this.

The shows that will take place next year are:
Fitness International (invite only)
New York Pro Fitness (open to anyone)
Canada show
Germany show
Olympia (invite only)
Chicago (open to anyone but qualifies for 2012)
Ft Lauderdale (open to anyone but qualifies for 2012)

So for Americans, your options are far less than they've ever been,unless you want to travel to Canada or Germany. IFBB Fitness competitors, if you don't want your sport to die out, I'd suggest you come out in big numbers at these shows. For most of you, the only main option is the New York Pro Fitness. As I've said over and over and over, I LOVE the fitness division to death. This division is what led me to the complete world of female muscle in the first place.

I can preach about this all day, but it doesn't mean a thing unless you stand up for your own division and compete! Promoters put out a lot of money to run shows, and when few enter to compete, the promoters feel like they wasted their money. That's a big reason why the Phoenix Pro (among others) will NOT be bringing back fitness next year; it's not worth the time. PLEASE prove them wrong and come out in strong numbers at the next few shows.

The fans and supporters of this division can only do so much. They are stepping up and standing up for the fitness division; it's time for the competitors to do the same...while they have a division to compete in.

Fitness CAN return to Masters Nationals with YOUR HELP!

Help is SORELY needed!

Siouxcountry and FitGems Nation member Leslie Thompson needs your help in getting fitness back to the Masters Natiionals. She needs 10 committed ladies to pull this off. For those wondering, the Masters Nationals will be on July 23-24, 2010, but she needs an answer as soon as THIS SATURDAY if you can. Here's what she had to say on Siouxcounty:

Please help if you know of any Masters figure girls that want to try fitness or any Fitness girls that are over 35! This could be a huge step in getting us another pro qualifier back !

OH and remember there are no more Mandatory moves you have to do anymore! So if you have a dance background, or martial arts or are just strong or flexible there are all kinds of women and routines that will do well now!

If you are interested please do not hesitate, shoot me a mail at Lann1011@yahoo.com.

If you want to discuss it with Leslie, you can do so via her email (above), or via Siouxcounty. She goes by the name lann1011.

Free Save Fitness Instructional DVD Give-Away at Siouxcountry

Top IFBB Fitness Pro Tanji Johnson is giving away a copy of her Save Fitness Instrutional DVD at the end of the month! The DVD is a 2 hour comprehensive instructional DVD on the mechanics of training for a Fitness competition. Definitely a must-own DVD for all fitness competitors by one of the best in the business today.

For details on how to enter, visit Siouxcountry.com.

Tanji Johnson...Bringing the Motivation.

All credit goes to Siouxcountry for bringing this to my attention. You want a motivational video? I GOT your motivational video!



They don't call Tanji a fitness LEADER for nothing! :) Join Siouxcountry, the number one board for all things female muscle, to discuss the video.

http://www.siouxcountry.com

IFBB Fitness NXT?!

On Siouxcountry's Let's Save Fitness board, I brought up a suggestion on the board that I would like to share with all of you.

For those that don't know, I'm a HUGE fan of wrestling, and I'm hooked on their new show WWE NXT, where 8 "pros" are teaching 8 "rookies" the ways of the trade in WWE. It's actually not a bad show.

While I was watching it, I was wondering...what if some of the ladies did something similar to that, but, of course, tailor it to the fitness world. Take a NPC competitor or any female that wants to be a fitness competitor or even THINKS she wants to be a fitness competitor one day, and have them being taken under their wing by a IFBB Fitness Pro. Yeah, I'm aware of teams and support groups out there right now, such as Jacked Up Divas, Team Brownie, Performance Ready, etc. But here me out on this one.

For example, let's take about 10 IFBB Fitness Competitors (Pros) and 8 NPC competitors or women who would like to be fitness competitors that are NOT in any federation (Rookies). Show them what the fitness division is about, have them live together, train together, for about 16-18 weeks or so (estimated time). In between those times, they meet with other "Pros" and "Rookies" and be evaluated from time to time. After the 16-18 week training period, all the "Rookies" will compete amongst each other in a fitness competition. The winner would either a) qualify for NPC Nationals to get a pro card or b) go on to get a pro card and get an invite to the Arnold on the following year. Personally, I don't know which of the two options would be better would be better.

This is nothing more than a mere though I had, so feel free to chime in on your thoughts? Could this be something that can help boost the division and bring forth new blood to IFBB and NPC fitness? Sound off in the comments below.

Siouxcountry's Let's Save NPC & IFBB Fitness Board

For those that are part of Siouxcountry (the premeir board for fitness and ALL female physique divisions), Sioux has created a board thread on the site entitled Let's Save NPC & IFBB Fitness. If you've a member of the site, go to the thread and post your ideas on how fitness can be saved. If you haven't joined, I highly recommend you join the board, as not only will you get a better understanding of what women's fitness is, but what each divison is. A haven for all female competitors.

The link to the Lets's Save NPC & IFBB Fitness board:
http://www.siouxcountry.com/forumdisplay.php?f=198

The main site:
http://www.siouxcountry.com