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Spotlight On: NPC Bikini Competitor Alane Ayat-Adapt
Category you compete in:Bikini
Date of birth: 09/03/80
Current City: San Diego, CA
Career: Fitness Coach/ Motivator/ Mentor/ Counselor/ Founder of The Art of A Warrior a Health and Fitness Platform
How does your family respond to your competing? They think it’s great and my mom is the kind of person that if it makes me happy and isn’t harmful then she is happy. My sisters are very supportive. My husbands a long time athlete baseball, softball, and weight lifting. He is supportive of me taking my fitness to the next level.
What kind of goals have you set for yourself, short-term and long-term? My short term goal is working on my blog The Art of A Warrior at www.TheArtOfAWarrior.com so that I have the ability to reach more individuals and groups to inspire them to live a healthy lifestyle. My long term goal is to be a speaker at health and fitness expos, give seminars, and write fitness books. I have even thought about doing a workout video haha, but we’ll see.
What's currently on your iPod? Go Harder by Future, Justin Bieber’s As Long As You Love Me, Akon’s Beautiful, and Suraj Hua Madham (remix) from one of my favorite movies Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham just to name a few.
What are your hobbies and interests outside of the bodybuilding world? Volunteering, learning about different cultures, learning new languages … hey I may not be fluent but I know a few phrases in different languages! lol.. But seriously I’d like to be able to thank my subscribers and followers in their language too. Right now I can say thank you in 4 different languages:). My goal is to master and be fluent in another language other than my native English. It’s a toss-up between Italian, which I have studied before and Portuguese, which would be totally new. Stay tuned.
Do you have a favorite exercise? The glute bridge because it has proven to be quite effective for my own glute and saddle bag reduction.
Competition history:
Physique of the Week 1st Place
NPC USA Vegas 15th Place
San Diego Championships 3rd Place
Next competition:
Oh goodness there are so many great competitions to ch
oose from in 2013. I tend to pinpoint competitions the moment I feel I’m ready and upgraded to the next best version of me. I can’t say for sure with a move coming up to the D.C. area, but keep up with what I’m doing and for my next comp date by following me right here via my RX Girl Workout Log (ArtOfAWarrior) and on Twitter @AlaneAyatAdapt
Favorite Fitness Tip:
Whatever you do just keep going because as long as you’re moving in a forward direction you’ll get there.
Who would you like to thank? My family, friends, subscribers, followers, and the entire Rx Muscle Team ;-)
Twitter: www.twitter.com/AlaneAyatAdapt
Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheArtofAWarrior
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