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JESSE MARINES Jr




My Story: I am 21 years old and am an Amateur Bodybuilder seeking pro status!   I have competed in 2 contests and plan to bring it to the Diana Chaloux FAME South Central Championships.  I love training, dieting and competing and teaching others how to be fit and healthy.


Occupation: Personal Trainer at 600+ Gym Spa in Edinburg, Tx


I believe anything is possible with as long as one believes one can.  I believe I can.  Pro Status here I come!




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KYLE  ROBERTS


My Story: I became paralyzed at the age of 19 on April 8 2004 while at a fishing camp in Bay St. Louis, MS. I was leaning up against a balcony that was nailed into rotten wood and it suddenly collasped. I fell ten feet hitting my back at the T-10 level (belly button area) becoming paralyzed from the waist down.  For months, I had to learn my body all over again. I started from the ground up. I began lifting for rehab and the stamina to sit in my wheelchair. I did this to be with my family. My family was behind me through all my difficulties. They stuck with through the rough and I want to thank them deeply from the bottom of my heart. I did not want my injury to be a stereotype of what most people think. I wanted the public to see me as an inspiration and not to be looked down upon because of a simple wheelchair. 

When I was in the hospital at Touro doing rehab. I saw kids younger than I who were from the neck down and had brain damage. They would look at me with their eyes and I could tell they would give anything to be in my condition. That was it. This made me promise them and others in wheel chairs to give us a good name. I was not going to let them down. I would do anything for them and I was going to put myself out there to let the world know we are not different. 


That is when I decided to train for bodybuilding to prove to all those who might have some doubt. I do bodybuilding for myself but more importantly for all those who have some difficulties to overcome. Lifting and training for competitions is unique in itself. I have to adapt and overcome exercises that most do with ease. I am paralyzed from the waist down but I can still compete and I compete in a wheelchair. This past November I won the wheelchair division at the FAME North American Championships in Miami. 


My motivational quote:  "No Regrets".


Category: Natural Bodybuilding - Male / Physically Challenged 


Next competition: FAME World Championships

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RYAN  LYN


I began weight training when I was 16 to get a bit stronger for high school wrestling- that's when I got hooked.  Since then I've competed in everything from ju-jitsu to cheerleading.  I am now a personal trainer  and love this industry!  I want to compete as a personal fitness goal, but also to motivate my clients.  Plus, doing this  will encourage my training and nutrition to be more intense.

My training goals are to sculpt a lean and symmetrical physique, but also stay functional enough to keep up in any sport.  I've made a lot of progress in the last six months while training for FAME and I want to show my clients the changes that can be made simply by training with intensity and applying a sound nutrition plan.       

I have the same training philosophy for myself and for my clients:  Always be the one working the hardest.


Age: 25          Height: 5’10      


Gym:  Goodlife     Trainer:  Himself

Category: Muscle Model Search

First Contest:  Ian Walling FAME Centrals


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RODDRICK HOFRICHTER


Roddrick's Story:

Strength training and amateur bodybuilding has been a passion of Roddrick's for over 10 year now. This passion actually started in his garage when he was about 16 yrs old! Roddrick is a firm believer in on going education ensuring that he stays on top of the game. He also believes that balance is the key to life in all aspects. Now he is a certified Chef and his strong culinary and nutritional background has proven to be an asset in the quest to achieving his own personal goals as a competitive athlete.

 

Age: 30     Height: 5’ 6””    Gym: PerformX training and wellness centre

Personal Philosophy:

Being born with PDI (primary immune deficiency) he was often told that there may be limitation of what he can do. He's never looked at it that way and has never let it hold him back! "I believe that our limitations are merely self induced for fear of success or failure. A wise man one said 'Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate... Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure! It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us'.


Next Contest;  Derrick Brown FAME Prairies


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MATHEW ALLEN



My Story: I have long seen myself as a true role model for anybody wishing to take on the challenge of building 'A Classic Physique'. I have been interested in taking part in physique contests for some time now. 

In the years I have been training, nothing gives me more pleasure than helping somebody achieve their goals and inspiring them to continue.


Next Competition: FAME World Championships - Level 2

Categories: Fitness Model - Muscle Model - Natural Bodybuilding

Trainer: Self trained


Gym:  David Lloyd Leisure, UK



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HARRY WHITE

Harry’s Story:

Harry White is a native of Patterson New Jersey. He currently resides in Charlotte, North Carolina. At 36, Harry has been interested in fitness and the fitness industry for more than a decade. After overcoming personal adversity, he started training himself more than 10 years ago, and decided to become a personal trainer and help others achieve their fitness goals. As a certified personal trainer and owner of Superior Performance Training, Harry's goal is to educate his clients about more than just exercise and diet; he takes a more holistic approach of educating each client about a true change to a healthy lifestyle for each client's own longevity. Harry's aspires to become nothing short of a force in the fitness industry. He envisions the growth of Superior Performance Training to train groups and professional athletes as well as individuals. He also is a model and is currently represented by Wilhelmina Evolution modeling agency.

In his spare time, his second love is music. He is also a DJ / Producer and owner of ClubGroove Productions, a company he started in 2002 which is geared to the promotion of all genres of house music. The uniquely fresh and sexy tribal, house, and ambient infused music he spins has been felt, heard, and loved by crowds in Miami, Atlanta, and DJs regularly in the Charlotte area. Harry is currently in the process of producing new music to take the house music industry
by storm.

Hometown:  New Jersey

Why I Compete: First, I want to challenge myself to achieve a more advanced level of fitness as a personal trainer ,and to emulate the purpose of my company, Superior Performance Training.  Second, I wanted to learn more about the process of training for a competition so that I can then train and teach other up and coming competitors.  Finally, this competition this is a wonderful opportunity to network and make contacts with different elements of the fitness industry.

Motivational Quote: To continue to inspire people through Superior levels of Performance through optimal Training!  I view daily physical activity as a priority toward long-term health, vitality and productivity!

Category: Muscle Model - Level 3

Next Competition:  Diana Chaloux FAME South Central, FAME East

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    LAEL SAUTER

My Story: I have been a lifetime true natural bodybuilder and have been training for 15 years. The first 3/4 of those years were spent doing what I read in the magazines, high reps, high sets, hour and a half workouts, etc. I have good genetics and grew stronger and took my high school weight room supervisors advice and did plenty of squats. Over the years I developed a well balanced physique, however, I had no idea how to eat properly to maintain my hard earned muscle. I played the catch up game every month of gain some, lose some as I did not eat properly.

I was strong enough to join the police service in 2000 and met my sergeant, who was a power lifter. He taught me about the importance of protein. I invested in protein, however, still did not make significant gains. I was not a hard gainer, rather an undernourished bodybuilder who trained way too much in pursuit of size. I took a Fitness and Nutrition diploma program and learned about proper training and eating. As I applied my new knowledge my physique improved and began to resemble those in the glossy magazines. I went on to become a certified personal trainer as a side job. I was convinced by members at my gym to do a bodybuilding show. I figured that if I learned how to diet for a show and knew what dedication it took, I would have better personal knowledge to give to my clients. I won my category and best poser award in my first show. I was a Northern Alberta men's light-weight champion. This show got me hooked in the bodybuilding scene. I took the rest of the year off and trained for the provincial championships. I put on some extra lean muscle and moved up to welter-weight where I took a respectable 3rd in my category. This qualified me for the Canadian National's. I did the National's this year where I placed 5th in my category out of 10 contenders. Not bad for a drug free bodybuilder competing in non-drug tested events. If I could do well against this calibre of bodybuilders, I would like to try my hand at a natural show. Once an athlete hits the national level in non-drug tested events, the playing field is nowhere near level as there are many chemical enhancements in the mix.

I am now at a point in my learning that training with weights should be quick and simple. I train 3 times a week, low volume, low sets, very heavy and out of the gym in less than an hour. The results speak for themselves and my strength increases even while dieting for a show. I took everything I've been doing over the earlier years and threw it all out the window. The new training and dieting make my life so much easier. No more fatigue, no more cravings and I have fell back in love with bodybuilding again. Once you learn how to do it properly and stop taking the advice of all the others in the locker room or follow the magazine workouts, and learn sound nutrition and training techniques and recovery principles based on proven and applied science and results, bodybuilding and competing is no longer a struggle, it's easy.

Inspiration: I choose to remain drug free as I have my own children and students at the school that I work at as their officer to inspire. I know they look up to me and respect what I say. I have to remain true and integrity can not be compromised. I run the VIC WEIGHT CLUB at the school where I instruct youth on proper nutrition and training. I compete for the fun of it, because I want to inspire others and see just how far I can humanly take my body while I am still young enough to do it.

Trainer:  Dr. Joe KLEMCZEWSKI      

Choreographers: My wife Alicia & dance instructor Maureen TIGNER-MORRISON

Referred by: Maria ELLIS (my sister-in-law) who has competed provincially and stays tuned in the upcoming events.

Gym:  Club Fit, Edmonton and my basement in St. Albert, AB


Category: Natural Bodybuilding - Open (Level 2)

Next Competition: Derrick Brown FAME Prairies


Sponsor: The Vitamin Guy


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KELLY DAUPHINEE


Category: 
Bodybuilding - Level 3 (Advanced)

Hometown:
Calgary, Alberta


Next Competitions:
Derrick Brown FAME Prairies  & FAME World Championships


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BRAD BORLAND
My Story: 

I got started in weight training actually indirectly through my brother. When I was 15 years old my parents gave my brother a weight set to improve on his martial arts. He didn't take to it all that much and I picked it up (literally) and the rest was history. I always wanted to be involved in something that was all mine. I wanted to be the athlete, coach, motivator, everything. I didn't decide to compete until my early twenties. It's not that I was nervous about being on stage or anything; I just wanted to do it naturally and found it difficult to find natural shows locally. I finally found one about 100 miles away, so a friend of mine and me packed a truck and headed to Mobile, Alabama and I won my first novice show! Since then I have been hooked.


I went on to earn my Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Kinesiology. I have trained and coached many from all aspects of life from the competitive bodybuilder and athletes to the elderly and rehabilitated. I have trained in wellness clinics, hospitals, health clubs, student recreation facilities, and have helped many with diets and eating habits.


I am also a member of the Air National Guard and proudly served in Afghanistan in 2003. However, upon
coming home from Afghanistan I was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma, an immune system cancer. My brother and father had the same type of cancer before, but I thought it would somehow skip me. I went through 8 1/2 months of chemotherapy. I lost over 30 pounds, a little hair, and a lot of energy. I would not have done as well as I have if it was not for all of my family and friends checking up on me from time to time and keeping good company. A special thank you to my parents for all of their love and support. And also thank you to all that wrote to me or called, it was much appreciated and worth it.


Love of Bodybuilding: I love bodybuilding because of the challenge you put on yourself. You are the product, creator, and everything in between. It is unlike any other sport. It embodies so many principles such as discipline, dedication, hard work, mental focus, sacrifice, triumph, and the list goes on. Presently this has evolved into something more because now I compete for myself and for the pure joy of competition. More triumphs and challenges are yet to come, but as long as God is on our side anything is possible!


Category:  Bodybuilding - Advanced - Level 3.

Claim to FAME: I write for bodybuilding.com and have my own blog
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RYAN  LAOS

My Story

I am 33 years old. Have been training for 16 years & competing for 6 gradually increasing my placings at shows until winning the ANB Overall Australian Champs in 2006.

My motivation to compete comes from my dedication to hard work, to see the changes in my physique since the last competition.


Referred by:  Robert Powell President of the ANB because it’s the next step after winning the Australian Title


Category:

Natural Bodybuilding  - Advanced/Elite - Level 3/4


Upcoming Competition:  FAME World Championships


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JAMES ERDT

My Story


James Erdt is a very energetic, passionate and positive individual with a wealth of experience in the Fitness, Graphics and Sales Industries. He is the Co-Founder and Co-Owner of a Fitness/Nutrition/Awareness socially responsible company called Joyzone Inc  and he is Co-Founder of the Joyzone “Youth in Action” Network and Foundation. He is very driven to succeed in all areas of life and is actively involved in continuing education. By supporting and guiding others to becoming successful in their health and wellness goals, he himself finds great joy and fulfillment!


James is certified as a Can-Fit-Pro Personal Trainer Specialist, is Zone certified and has taken a Nutrition and Wellness Specialist course. Other certifications, courses and work shops include: Body Fit 60 - Power Weights / Balls / Bands, BOSU, PNF Stretching, Plyometrics and Program Design. He obtains at least 8 Continuing Education Credits within the fitness/motivational industry yearly and has taken Graphic and Advertising Design in college.


Amongst other awards, some of the most notable that he has acquired are being nominated for Canadian Personal Trainer of the Year 2005, Canadian Fitness Manager of the Year 2005, Canadian Personal Trainer of the Month May 2004, Top Individual Personal Training Sale Record holder and the Top 1 Month Revenue Generating Trainer ever in the 26 year history of the largest fitness company in Canada!


James has 15 years of Sales Experience with multiple sales achievement awards, 6 years experience in the Fitness Industry and 15 years experience as a Graphic Designer / Digital Signage Specialist. He has also owned and operated a Web Development / Graphic Design company for 5 years.

Through James’ experiences as a Personal Trainer and Health Centre Manager, he has been part of the success of over 500 clients on an individual basis. As a Fitness / Nutrition / Awareness Presenter, James enjoys being able to connect with many people at once in order to guide them in making smart choices regarding healthy living. James thoroughly loves his plork (play / work) and the results that people achieve with his advice and guidance are incredibly rewarding to him!


James lives an extremely adrenalized lifestyle! He enjoys snowboarding, skiing, mountain biking, roller blading, skydiving and is looking forward to getting into motocross! He also has a passion for natural body building and is currently training towards becoming a FAME Fitness Model Pro! He recently placed 3rd in the FAME Ian Walling Classic Level 2 Open Fitness Model and 7th in the FAME Canadian National Championships Level 3 Advanced Fitness Model advancing him to Elite status. Through James’ competing he has been recognized in fitness magazines, ads, fundraisers and he writes articles for varius different mediums on Fitness, Nutrition and Motivation.


Trainer:  Joyzone Nutrition              
Gym:  YMCA Oakville (Member and Volunteer with Strong Kids)

Sponsors: Joyzone Inc. (www.joyzone.com), BODIZONE Personal Fitness Studio Oakville, California Tanning Salon Oakville, S&H Health Foods Burlington, Medistik (www.medistik.net), The Studio Hair Design & Spa Burlington, Himalayan Goji Juice


Category:  Fitness Model - Advanced - Level 3


Upcoming Competitions: Lyzabeth Lopez FAME Classic - I am seeking a PRO Card to then compete in the PRO division at my next event, the FAME World Championships!

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BRYAN  KLUKE

My Story:
I was drawn to FAME because of the way that the WNSO promoted the induction of new and unexperienced athletes, alsothe media coverage provided was unsurpassed. As I saw other shows, I quickly understood that the level of professionalism, and organization were unsurpassed. The draw to compete can only be explained as a natural progression for myself. Competing with FAME was a justification to call myself an athlete and a competitive bodybuilder. The more and more I compete, the more of a reward I feel for selecting a natural and healthy lifestyle. Thanks FAME!


Trainers:

I have had help from many, FAME Pro Trevor Ryan (Posing), Jesse and Vanya Newell (Nutrition and supplementation), Larry Quinto (Training),

Sponsor:

The Newell Family - Nutrition House, Merivale Ottawa


Experience:
Placed 3rd FAME Nationals Open Category Level 2, and 5th at FAME Nationals 2004 (Junior Muscle)


Category: 
Bodybuilding - Level 3 - Advanced

Next Competition:
FAME World Championships

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