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Caity Healy | Lifestyle Editor<\/span><\/p>\n A fitness competition beginning in the early 20th century, bodybuilding has been around for over a century. As it\u2019s becoming a more approachable and reasonable sport for anyone to take part in, I spoke with junior ASL\/English Interpreting major Kailee Goodrich on her work in it so she can share her experience with anyone considering taking it on. Overall, the sport has multiple categories: bikini, figure, physique, fitness and bodybuilding. Goodrich was a bikini competitor, which is characterized as a competition of judging women\u2019s bodies based on the physique, scored on proportion, symmetry, balance and shape. <\/span> \u201cIt impacted my student life\u201d, Goodrich mentioned. \u201cI learned to overcome obstacles and persevere.\u201d Through bodybuilding, she gained skills that she could later take and apply to her everyday life and use to help persist through hardships. \u201cI proved to myself that I could do anything I set my mind to.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n Photo by:\u00a0Kailee Goodrich<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Caity Healy | Lifestyle Editor A fitness competition beginning in the early 20th century, bodybuilding has been around for over a century. As it\u2019s becoming a more approachable and reasonable sport for anyone to take part in, I spoke with junior ASL\/English Interpreting major Kailee Goodrich on her work in it so she can share […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1030,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1030"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7436\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/span>Why many choose to start varies, but Goodrich began hers \u201cbecause of a bad break up \u2026 it was so terrible, I decided I wanted to do something for myself. My great idea was to get into the best shape of my life.\u201d <\/span>
\n<\/span>Once she made this decision, she immediately found a coach and paid without questions first. <\/span>
\n<\/span>\u201cThis was a terrible idea\u2026 I hired a coach that wasn\u2019t qualified. She gave me a cookie cutter diet (which) consisted of five egg whites in the morning with \u00bc cup of oatmeal, four meals of 4 oz of tilapia and asparagus and my last meal of one protein shake with 15 almonds,\u201d Goodrich said.<\/span>
\n<\/span>After prepping for 13 consecutive weeks that consisted of working out every day, multiple times a day, Goodrich noted that towards the end of her prep she was \u201cunable to train because (she) was so fatigued.\u201d <\/span>
\n<\/span>After registering for the show, buying the bikini, and learning to pose with her coach, she spent around $2500. <\/span>
\n<\/span>As for how competing made her feel, at first, she thought it was a great idea, noting that \u201cI felt really proud of my willpower to stick to the diet and train for so long.\u201d However, this only lasted so long. <\/span>
\n<\/span>\u201cI was unaware of how much weight I was losing at such a fast rate\u2026 I didn\u2019t know that I was developing an eating disorder known as overeating. I was able to overcome this struggle, but I rebounded with my weight once this competition was over.\u201d<\/span>
\n<\/span>Her advice to anyone considering taking up bodybuilding as their potential fitness journey is \u201cdo your research about coaching\u2026don\u2019t be afraid to ask questions; as a consumer, you must be picky and do what is best for you.\u201d She also notes that she would only recommend it \u201cif the person was serious about wanting to push their physique.\u201d However, \u201cif they were just getting started in their fitness journey I wouldn\u2019t recommend it\u2026the decision to compete should be well thought out and planned.\u201d<\/span>
\n<\/span>While bodybuilding can offer an incredible option for those wanting to push themselves harder than they ever have, it can definitely have both pros and cons; as mentioned by Goodrich, it\u2019s not for everyone. As for her, it helped her feel more comfortable at the gym, but simultaneously it gave her a negative relationship with food that she struggled with afterwards.<\/span>
\n<\/span>Goodrich mentioned that she may compete again, but it would be in figure rather than bikini as it is more about your \u201cphysique than your good looks,\u201d as noted by her. But for now, she\u2019s happy with where she is at in her fitness journey. \u201cI found flexible dieting and I haven\u2019t looked back since.\u201d<\/span>
\n<\/span>If you\u2019re considering the sport, make sure you\u2019re well researched and weigh the pros and cons of what it may entail. While everyone\u2019s experience differs, it\u2019s important to make sure that however you choose to go about it, you do so in a healthy way that works well for you and your lifestyle. <\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>Contact the author at chealy16@mail.wou.edu<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n