How To Do Just About Everything
By eHow Careers & Work Editor
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Becoming a model of any kind can be a challenging process. The fashion industry is brutal, and one of the more difficult areas of modeling to break into is fitness modeling. There is a certain level of fitness and body shape that needs to be maintained. Use these steps as a base for the rigorous process of becoming a fitness model.
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EricCarlson said
on 8/19/2008 Here is a great website from an actual world famous fitness model who shows you the exact steps to take to be an elite fitness model.
http://www.TheFitnessModelsBible.com/
TheFitnessNerd said
on 8/1/2008 Here are a couple of articles with additional information on "toning" as well as an interview with a successful professional female fitness and bikini model:
http://www.answerfitness.com/181/body-toning-myth-fitness-tips-answer-fitness/
http://www.answerfitness.com/174/female-fitness-model-amanda-carrier-fitness-model-interviews-answer-fitness/
TheFitnessNerd said
on 8/1/2008 Also, the key is that "toned" bikini ready look is to have plenty of curves from muscle, with low body fat (which is slimming.)
Unlike fitness or figure competitors, most fitness and bikini models will not go much lower on their body fat levels that 13-15 percent. This "softens" up their curves a little bit and makes them less "ripped" and "angular," despite having muscle mass levels that are comparable to figure competitors.
Also, female fitness models train fairly heavy with weights. There are obviously differences in how individuals respond, so you want to experiment with different weights and rep ranges to see what works best for you.
Bottom line is that if you want to be a female fitness model, you have to stop fearing adding muscle. If you get too much of it, it's pretty easy to notch it back. It's much more difficult to add it.
Here are a couple of articles with addi
TheFitnessNerd said
on 8/1/2008 Pretty good advice. In Step One, I would caution women NOT to be too concerned with having too much muscle definition -- it's very difficult for women to add lots of muscle, period. In general, women just don't have the hormonal environment necessary to put on the amounts of mass men do.
If anything, most women don't have enough muscle definition to become a fitness model because of their exercise and diet habits, which tend to emphasize too much long-duration cardio, too much high-rep-low-weight resistance training and too few calories.
Most successful female fitness models carry a large amount of muscle on their frames in relation to their body fat levels and scale weight. For example, a 5'5", 130 lb female fitness model with 15 percent body fat will have around 119 lbs of lean tissue -- that's muscle, bone, etc -- and about 11 lbs of fat. Proportionally speaking, that's a lot o
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