I was in Pittsburg this past weekend for the NPC MASTERS NATIONALS! To compete in this for women you have to be over 35 and for men over 40. Now to most you might think, eh no big deal its old people...OH CONTRARE...MUSCLE MATURITY...I have to say I was very impressed with the 439 competitors at this show. But no one impressed me more than HEAVYWEIGHT JOHN WHITE from ATLANTA GA!!!!

What can I say...John has been training me since Nationals...KILLING ME EVERYDAY IN THE GYM....and watching him diet and train and put 100% into this show was INSPIRING. I mean he literally KILLED himself daily on the stepmill....trained harder than anyone I ever met and then every night I watched him pose...over and over and over again. I never saw someone practice posing as much as John.

Thursday night, Me, Cindy , Brad and John headed to the airport...Had an easy trip to Pittsburg...and then the fun began. I started his coloring process which was awesome because he tanned so much ahead of time makes for PROTAN to look sooo much better.

TIPS: ALWYAS TAN ALOT BEFORE APPLYING PRO TAN. DO NOT EXPECT PROTAN TO COLOR YOU ENOUGH...IT NEEDS A DARK BASE TO LOOK RIGHT.
ALWASY BUY FRESH PROTAN. OLD PROTAN WILL TURN YOU GREEN.
DREAM TAN SPRAY ACTUALLY HAS A LITTLE BETTER COLOR THAN PROTAN IMO.
GO TO HOME DEPOT AND INTO THE PAINT SECTION AND BUY THESE LITTLE THINGS THAT TURN ANY LIQUID INTO AN AEROSOL. GET THEM AND POUR THE PROTAN OR DREAM TAN INTO THE GLASS JAR, SCREW IT INTO THE AEROSOL CAN AND USE THAT INSTEAD OF THE BRSH. YOU GET A BETTER TAN.

Ok , sorry for the side note.

I would do the aerosol and pro tan, Brad would hold the blow drier. His color came out great. ESP since he has the tatoos we had to be extra good at muting them so they werent so stand out.

Friday I did a photo shoot with TOM NINE. Stinks to be pasty white and fat and be around contest shape people...LOL...and then it was back to JOHN! We were there for JOHN! Two of all our friends THEA and EDGAR also came out...And Edgar helped fine tune the routine....lets just say his routine rocked...Brad= downloaded all the music and voice clips...Elena- mixed the music and did the base routine...and EDGAR made it ROCK! It was the second best routine in my opinion of the night....becuase there was this guy in the over 60 class that had not only an amazing body but he had one of the best routines I have ever seen.

At prejudging I was backstage. HE WAS NERVOUS , not that he will admit it. But he was. I tried my best to keep h im calm....then out to stage we go....

He looked amazing....#216 he was...Then the callouts began....first call...#216...WOO HOO! His conditioning was better than any of the other 24 guys in the class. However there was a meat monster there who out muscled all the guys, even though he wasn't has hard he was big and GUS ended up winning the class....

On Saturday night for the night show...JOhn comes out for his routine and I was in tears. I was so nervous and he did so good..TEARS...not itty bitty tears....ELEPHANT TEARS...I am so pathetic. ( keep reading there is more after this pic)

I was sooo proud. I think his wife was going to have a heartattack. I have never seen someone so excited!! I was just thrilled. Last time he did Masters he took 13th so this was a good leap...Next year......just wait:)( again keep reading...the post goes on after the photo)


I met some great people out there as well. None more inspiring than Ms. Gardner here...She competed in the Masters Lightweight and Over 55 Class....this was her first national show after training for FOUR years. The reason I mention this is to inspire you women out there who think its too last for you to get in shape.........
I do not know how she is...I just know she looks amazing! I keep looking at the pics and think how awesome it is that she looks this good.







I had a great time being back stage and mingling with competitors that I compete against on the national level ...it was odd not being in contest shape. I felt like a whale. I didn't realize how "small" we get when we diet down yet we look so big on stage. I felt like a BOHEMETH! ( i have no idea if thats a real word nor how to spell it) Anne Sheehan, Christine Sabo, and Karen Choat I have to thank you for the laughs and the great conversations back stage...And Anne thanks for just being YOU and for reminding me why we were friends in the first place and why you are such a great person! ( same goes for your hubby) I got to chat with Tammy Patnode too who will be doing the nationals as a LW and she LOOKS AWESOME people , shes gonna be a tough one to beat in atlanta come November....

Claire looked amazing in the MIDDLES...she has found her home! I thought she should have placed higher, but I didn't judge nor was I at prejudging so my opinion doesn't count. Michelle Ivers as usual had an amazing physique and routine. Christine Sabo had the BEST routine of the night...and Pam Franklin I thought looked amazing as well and could hav eplaced higher, but again I am not a judge.All in all everyone looked amazing and I had a great time.

Oh, I also shot with Annie Riveccio so there will be new stuff coming to my site..........hmmmmmmmm anything else......???

NOPE!

:)
E

I am proud to say that I KNOW personally the NEW GEORGIA STATE BODYBUILDING CHAMPION! DAN NEWMEYER...and yes Dan, I spelled your last name wrong on purpose! He was a super heavy at the show on Saturday..won his class, the overall, Best Legs award, Best Chest award and Best Poser ...(well thats because he poses like a fruitcake....;))Just kidding Dan! You looked Great. He was trained by JOHN WHITE and really looked amazing. Ill post pics as soon as I get one. His next stop is NATIONALS in ATLANTA GA, NOV 21-22. He will also be on stage with BIG MIKE RICE from ATL....a rather LARGE FELLOW if I might say so myself.

I am off to Pittsburgh PA for the Masters Nationals this weekend. I want to wish John White the BEST of LUCK. His motto is, ITS ALL ABOUT THE SUFFERING....Right now I bet he is hating that motto. But he looks amazing.

I also want to wish ANNE SHEEHAN a good friend of mine the best of luck this weekend as well as she does the Masters LHW division. KICK BUTTT!

I have three photo shoots while I am out there...not that I am In any mood to have this body taken photos of but oh well....

Other than that , not much else to report!:)

Happy Belated Fourth of JULY!!!


Wow what a crazy week I had. Being it was the fourth I had two concerts last week. We performed Wed and Thursday. It was awesome. We had a packed crowd both nights and when we played Salute to the Armed Forces I had hard time playing as each group of men stood proud of their division. I just thought about when my dad always stands at attention during SEMPER FI ( marine corps song) and now my other two brothers Steven and Billy. Billy has been to Iraq and back and Steven goes shortly.

I was in Houston last week for Jess Rohm and her Pro Debut at the Houston Pro. She looked her best ever and I was so proud. Now I have helped many people, but Jess is the only one I never get too worried about. She is the most disciplined person I have ever worked with. So I was very proud of her. She took 16th out of 25 but it was among some amazing women. So Im proud...now its wedding focus 100%. She gets married in August and we have the shower and bachelorette party between now and then....Im the maid of honor. Ever see the movie 27 dresses? Its a story about me:)

I have to also say TRACEY GREENWOOD ( who won ) looked awesome and definately looked like she was having a good time. LOL And Shannon Metraud who took second, coming back into fitness from figure made an impressive comeback. I also have to say Maggie and I can't spell her last name ....LOL who made Jess's suits ....did awesome too . It was nice to have dinner with Jess, JOn, Jess's Mom, Jons Mom and Maggie and Her Husband after teh show. While we were there this monster of a bodybuilder came in and sat at the end of our table. I have no clue who he was ...but WOAH! I even saw Ronnie Coleman as we left the restaurant.

This weekend Ill be at the Georgia State Championships to watch Dan Newmeyer Compete. I expect him to do well. He just won the overall at the Gadston show three weeks ago.

So thats the update!!!

E

Hey Everyone!

Its been a long time as you all know since I wrote last

Training is going well, I have been hitting the gyms hard. I was at a bodybuilding show this weekend in Gadston Alabama where a fried of mine competed and won the overall. CONGRATULATIONS DAN!

Also congrats to JOHN CANTEGALLO, JUSTINE DOHRING and COLLEEN MAHONEY! And Jeff Long if you are reading my blogg ITS ABOUT TIME!!!!! You looked great! The above all did well at the JR NATIONALS in CHICAGO this weekend!
Justine- 1st Womens LHW
Colleen- 6th Womens Middle
John- 5th Mens Light

And Jeff , who I am a fan of...have been for years when I judged him years ago, FINALLLLLLY did it , and I believe he works with Dave Palumbo. He took a very impressive 2nd in the mens Heavy! WOO HOO JEFF! I am a fan of very few....but Jeff , who reminds me of Mark Wahlberg just has hads the ability but finally showed it and did it!

Back to work!!
E

Well Florida was fantastic. Had a wonderful vacation for a week on the beaches of Destin Florida. I stayed at the SanDestin Resort and just had a great time. And now its off to NJ...I leave tomorrow to go home for several things. Work takes me there as well as my brother, the youngest is graduating from HIGH SCHOOL! So Ill Work wed-fri and his graduation is Fri night! Im excited to spend time with the fam as everyone will be home. I was fortunate to be able to time this business trip with the graduation.

The next few weeks are extremely busy but come end of August its back settled down. I am excited to say Ill be guest posing this year at the South Carolina X-Calibur Bodybuilding Championships August 23! So if you are in the area come on out to not only see me but to support a great show run by Trey Bennet and his Shannon! Its one of the BEST shows I have ever been to! Im excited.

Anyway just wanted to drop in an update!
E

How is everyone? Its wednesday and we didnt' have orchestra rehearsal tonight so I have a nice evening off from the gym and rehearsal ....sooo nice! 1 more week until vacation in Sunny DESTIN FLORIDA ....cant' wait! :)

I watched a great movie today called FACING THE GIANTS. Its about a football coach who puts everything in Gods hands. Its a great movie. Got me thinking about alot of things in my own life and how we so many times try to handle things on our own. If we just TRUST him 100% ....he says he will take care of us. I just have no patience sometimes...LOL And watching another movie there was a line " If a man asks God for patience, Does God automatically give him patience? Or an OPPORTUNITY to BE Patient...." Think about that.....

I have a busy busy three months coming up..... June I am going to NJ for my brothers HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION...FINALLY:) GO JON!! Then in July I will be going to Houston the first week for the Houston Pro to watch Jess Rohm make her Pro Debut...then to Pittsburgh PA to watch JOHN WHITE do the Masters Nationals and then In August I have to fly home the first weekend and the third for Jess Rohms wedding. LOTS OF FLYING...uggh...and the Last two times I flew home I got the FLU...ugggh. I may actually drive home for one of them just for fun ...a road trip. I have a great little convertible so might be a fun road trip!

Everything else is going great! I can't complain. I have been enjoying the weather...down here in ATLANTA. I take the dog for long walks in the park... he loves it. If i click the alarm on mycar he gets all excited because he knows where hes going. I live right near the chattahoochie river so its a nice place to take the dog for a walk. I saw another dog up for adoption last week that I wanted to take home so bad. It was a terrior/chiuahaha mix. Was neglected and just was this little ball of love when I was playing with him....TWINKIE is his name....Im thinking about it....LOL I have such a soft spot for these rescues. They make the best pets. All they want to do is be loved and when you come home to this little fellers they are just so excited....

I have picked up a few new clients...for contest prep...excited for them . Some doing their FIRST SHOW. If anyone is intersted in contest prep please contact me at eseiple@optonline.net.

Also GET YOUR COPY OF FIT GIRLS...go to www.JOHNSTUTZ.com to get your copy. ITS OUT AND ITS GREAT!!!!

Love
Elena

I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT WEEK! :)

Some motivation for the last week in April 2008!!!!

HI D.A.D. :)

Happpppy Friday:) Its about 85 degrees here today and just gorgeous. The Pollen seems to have dissapated some. I have been keeping myself busy lately as I have quite abit going on. I can't complain. I am excited about another concert I'll be playing in July called Celebrate America or something like that. I'm also playing in a wedding in June. Wednesday nights are my most fun night of the week. I look forward to it so much....Rehearsal is my stress relief.

Training is going well. I just feel stress free in the gym. Its amazing how when you have no stress how much better your mind and body works. I should be stressed but for some reason, I am in the most peacful state of my life I have ever been in , go figure. I have so much to be thankful for and feel truly blessed that all is well with me!

I will be at the Houston Pro this year. Jess Rohm is making her pro debut and I will be there to watch, cheer, and be the gopher for her! Im so excited. She started workign with me in 2005 and this year she is pretty much doing it on her own, but Im keeping an eye on her. Its exciting.


Well, I hope you ALL have a great weekend! Ill be checking back soon.

What can I say? Life is GREAT! Yes I said GREAT! So much is always going on but all in all I have nothing to complain about. Been doing the same old grind so nothing new to report actually. LOL My site has finally transferred over to AMG from Fitsights. Andy has done such a great job. I apologize for the down time many of you may have had. No worries on memberships either as they are carrying over to AMG. So all is well.

I went home to NJ a few weeks ago as my uncle passed away, came back and got the FLU. I had to perform in the orchestra performance with full blown FLU. It was great the performance but I felt aweful. I was sick for almost ten days. The doctor said they thought the flu had gone for the year but the day before I talked to them they had 12 cases come in and test positive. CRAZY.

I am so excited for the warm weather. ...Not thrilled with this POLLEN. I had heard the pollen was bad here but never have I seen anything like this. CRAZINESS. I can't even put the top down on my car because it will leave a layer of pollen.

Anyway, Its friday which means time for DEEP TISSUE MASSAGE...aka TORTURE SESSION. :) I hope everyone has a safe weekend!

TTYS!
E

I will write more in a bit but I wanted to just drop by and show you a newspaper article I was in today...check it out: http://www.transilvaniaexpres.ro/index.php?mod=articol&id_articol=79092

How was everyones weekend? Mine started off with my workout friday night followed by a far from relaxing DEEP TISSUES MASSAGE.....necessary but oh so so painful. After that I was shot so I went home and watched TV and slept. Saturday was an early day with training arms first, then hitting the hair salon to have my hair worked on. Its very dark right now and I loveeee it! Then from there to get a facial. AHHH pampering....followed by pedicure and then some shopping. A girls gotta take care of herself ya know? Im 34 and I don't plan on looking my age for a long time. I don't mind getting older at all. I love it to be honest, I just don't feel the need to LOOK IT!

Saturday night we all went to MO MO YA, a SUSHI/Hibachi restaurant to Celebrate Jon, Trey and Brads bdays ( all this month) Now I got a cake for everyone. Brad decides to get what he likes....and I ABHORE....Carrot Cake...gag gag gag. Its an abomination to mix my cake and veggies. So in typical ME fashion, I went to the place that I like cake and bought a slice of cake that I like and took a slice out of the carrot and slid my slice of peferred flavor it:) So when they served the cake here is this gorgous cake with a big slice of chocolate, vanilla mousse cake in there...LOL I found it rather funny personally! OF ALLLL THE CAKES Brad could have chosen and I TRIED to convince him otherwise...WHITE CHOCOLATE, CARAMEL....the list goes on...He gets CARROT.....ahhh well. Guess he needs more training.:)
But we had a great time...about 9 of us went and just have so much fun together. Its nice to be surrounded by good friends. Among the group was my training partner Amy Neal and he husband( you all know here from her 5th place finish at nationals) and shopping partner Cindy and her husband who trains me and kills me each week. And my good friends Trey and Kim (Trey is the smartest man in the world.....we bit of an inside joke and Kim is a nurse and FORMER figure competitor) and we had special guest that night Lance Johnson who recently moved to our area. He is a national competitor and rather large. He seemed a good guy too!

Sunday started off with me playing in the church orchestra that morning. This church I go to never ceases to amaze me. It is just huge. I can't get over that sometimes. I have never been to a church that has a security guard station . I find new things each week about my church. My dad's church is much smaller than this so I am not used to this type of environment. Sometimes its overwhelming.

The rest of my sunday was spend running errands and lying around. I tried a few new recipies this weekend that I have to admit...Im turning it a pretty darned good cook. Add roasted tomatoes to anything and its AWESOME!lol

Well I have a LOT of work to do! TTYS!
E

hmm not sure what happened to my post from yesterday but half of it was missing. for that i do apologize. and again my site was donw for ever. This is getting frustrating. Andy is doing such a great job but FITSIGHTS still has the site on their servers and I am not quite sure what is going on on that end. I hope nothing too major.

I just got back from orchestra rehearsal. TOnight was great. I bought some new accessories for my clarinet....and what a difference that made for me. I am excited for our performance in March. I do play this Sunday. It is just a nice break in all the other things I do during the week.

As far as training I have been training under the supervision of John White and with AMy Neal and sometimes Jerry. These guys are great workout partners. Amy has phenomenal legs and pushes hard on leg day which makes me have to push myself harder as my legs are not so good.

I have started deep tissue massage therapy....let me just say this...if you don't like someone buy them a deep tissue massage. Its an hour of pure torture. LOL I was in pain from the minute he touched me for the entire hour...and yet I will endure it again this weekend. It killed my day last saturday. I had the massage from eleven to twelve, went home and slept for five hours....LOL

Then on SUnday me and my girlfriend Cindy shopped till we dropped....LOVE IT! Shes so much fun to shop with. She is teaching me how to pamper myself . I thought I KNEW how to do that, but she takes it to an all new level. So this friday is massage night, then saturday is Hair and facial day....ahhhhhhh Hey I am 34 ....I need to take care of my skin and my body. I think this is the healthiest I have been in a looooooong time!! But I can always improve!!!!


I have to say moving to Atlanta has been a great thing for me. I feel less stress and just have been so much happier here. Its taking a while to get used too but in time all things work out. I enjoy having the time back into my life to prioritize things and to participate in the things that that I haven't done in years. Its funny how much i look foward to going to CHurch on Sundays now and just being around the people that I am with. I had the opportunity recently to move back to NJ.....and I yes the money was GREAT but I didn't want to leave my church, my ministry and the people here that I have surrounded myself with. I have such a great group of friends that its amazing how much peace I have in my life. Life is not candy and butterflies, but my quality of life is much better.

I miss my family but I talk to them almost everyday......My mom and dad, sister and brother in law are in Isreal right now. I am so excited for them. They had a rought time getting over there but once all the flights got worked out they made in in one piece. For my dad, being a pastor and to be able to see the land that he preaces about...to walk where Jesus walked puts I am sure into perspective.

Well Im watching Terminator 3....so I will go :) I need to get my beauty rest!

E

So how was everyones weekend? I had yesterday off which was NICE! AHHHH got so much done.

Lets see, friday I trained shoulders and then went to dinner wtih Mimi and Amanda. It was Mimi's Birthday and Brads Birthday so we did a little celebration dinner. Both are getting into great shape. Hopefully we will see them on stage this year:)

Saturday was a ROUGH day. I trained ARMS in the am and then had a MASSAGE.This was a Deep Tissue massage to get some of the kinks worked out of my back and the rest of my body and also to hopefully help me get some flexibility ( which I have NEVER had). It was the longest hour of my life. From the moment he touched me I was in pain. Literally took my breath away. And I am subjecting myself to this torture everyweek at this point. AFter the massage I was so shot, that I went home and slept for five hours. Who ever said they were fun.....is sick! LOL Well I suppose Swedish Masssage is supposidly relaxing....But deep tissue.....I think Joey ( the masseuse) was taking any anger out on my back...LOL This week I go on Friday night so I can just go home and die.

Sunday I didn't have to play this week so I didn't have to be at church as early. I met friends for lunch then did what I do best....SHOPPING. My girlfriend cindy and I had a very productive day of shopping. I have a problem I buy only suits and shoes...SO I Have no workout clothes or clothes to go out to dinner in. I don't really care about work out clothes. I go to the gym to train not look good, but occasionally I like to look nice and all I have is my work clothes. I found some great LUCKY BRAND shirts

I apologize for my site being down last week. I am not sure what happened. Fitsights still has my site stored on their server even though Andy does the updates. Andy is moving my site to his server and we hope to have that done shortly. He is a great webmaster and is the reason why there have been so many great updates lately. So please do not let last weeks debacle be a reflection upon Andy. Hes doing a great job, thank you Andy.

On my end things are going well. Had a good weekend. I was exhausted. Last weekend i went home and woke up Saturday sick as a dog and had a fever into Monday. Now I have this cough that just won't go away. UGHHHHHH but im slowly getting back to 100%.

I have a lot more to say but Im at work and need to work . I just wanted to apologize for the site being down last week.
Ill write more tonight.
E