It’s the day after the final photo
shoot and I couldn’t be happier or more excited with my results!!!
It was an early start, 4:45 to be exact. We arrived at the local
tennis courts and the morning was shaping up to be a perfect day for
a photo shoot. The energy amongst us boys was electric and you could
tell that we had all been looking forward to this day for such a long
time. We all looked great, especially thanks to our fake tans we
received the night before!! Haha
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| Ash's application photo for the comp, Sep'11 |
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| Ash on the final day of the comp! early Jan'12 |
The photographer and DNA team arrived
shortly after we did and Andrew got us doing some last minute
training to make those muscles bulge. Five minutes for hair and make
up proceeded and then it was onto business. Coincidence had it that
we were having our photo shoot right where we have our Bootcamp of a
morning, so the boys and girls that we train with in the early hours
of the morning watched as we struck our poses! The photo shoot was so
much fun. The tennis theme was a little bit of a struggle for all of
us as we were quite hopeless at returning the ball over the net…
haha! We all got our photos taken, and they look fabulous… clearly
we are all born to be models!!
When the photo shoot had ended the
three of us went and had a celebratory brunch. It was delicious,
although I found out later that it went straight through Greg, as he
wasn’t used to carbs!
That night I went out to dinner to
celebrate with my friends, and it was amazing. They had all been so
supportive throughout the entire process and I participated in my
first glass of wine since the competition had started… I have to
say I have lost my fondness for wine… maybe that’s a good thing
if I am to keep this body I know have in this condition!! We also had
pizza, which I hadn’t had in ages and it was a taste sensation!!
Today however I am straight back into
training with some light cardio, a TRX class at Golds gym and a
weights session with Greg after… not bad for a Saturday morning!
I am determined to continue my progress
and maintain the body I now have. I have never felt better. My
health and fitness has just improved so much I don’t want to go
back to what I was.
I must take this opportunity to thank
everyone at DNA for this opportunity of a lifetime!! I am very
grateful and lucky to have been able to experience this rollercoaster
ride of fitness. Special thanks to Andrew for always being there and
having the answer to everyone of our questions… this is sounding
like an Oscar acceptance speech! Haha
Finally this has been a wonderful
experience and I wouldn’t change anything of my time in the last
three months. I am actually sad that the competition has come to an
end and I won’t be seeing Greg, Andre or Andrew everyday… we have
become quite a tight little fitness family.
I want to wish Greg and Andre continued
success in their ongoing body transformation, I know they will do
superbly!!
