Local bodybuilders flex their achievements
Bodybuilding isn’t all fun and games, and three local Detroit Lakes residents can agree to that.
Kate Busker, 35, Geana Schwartz, 37, and Shanda Smith, 39, are bodybuilder competitors who have been working out together for many years at Anytime Fitness and Dion’s Danger Zone to prepare for bodybuilding competitions.
Bodybuilding at first sounded silly and funny to them, but they were looking for a change and a way to stay in shape and decided to try it out.
So they started weight lifting and working out, which became a daily activity for them.
“It's quite a commitment,” said Busker, who works out twice a day, every day.
Smith goes to Dion’s Danger Zone four times a week and lifts at anytime Fitness daily.
Schwartz adds, “it (working out) became a daily habit, it's become the top thing to do.”
They hired professional trainer Jodi Boam from Canada to help them out with meal preparations and workout plans -- they email pictures and their weight to her, showing her their progress.
Working out every day has paid off for these three -- Busker and Smith received trophies in their last competition and Schwartz won multiple times in other competitions she’s done.
Busker won third place in Masters 35-plus open class, Schwartz won second place in year Class A during her second competition she’s done, and Smith won second place in Novice Masters figure category and third place in the Novice Open figure category.
“I’m very honored and excited, I’m still on cloud 9,” Busker says about placing in her last competition. Smith is “pleased with the outcome” since getting up on stage was a fear that she happily overcame.
Challenging themselves, working hard, and seeing improvement with their bodies is a huge accomplishment to these three strong women.
Bodybuilding has made Smith a stronger person both mentally and physically and Schwartz likes how bodybuilding “betters herself than before.”
They are humbled and honored with the community support, the help of their gyms -- Anytime Fitness and Dion’s Danger Zone -- their trainer, Boam, and their loved ones who always push them.
Smith excitingly says “it’s never too late to go after a dream or a goal you have set for yourself!”
Busker, Schwartz, and Smith will continue bodybuilding, but they haven’t decided when their next competition will be.
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