Though she didn’t have much time to prepare – many bodybuilders train full time for more than a year for competitions – Deer was proud to have placed fifth after only a few months of training.
“Regardless of if you’re number one or number 10, you’re still challenging yourself, it’s definitely not something easy to do,” she said. “I’m happy that I faced my fears and participated, and now it’s checked off my bucket list.”
Though she definitely plans to continue her fitness journey, Deer is still deciding whether or not she wants to keep training to a competition level. Her advice for anyone that does decide to take to the stage is simple: have a good network of people around you, both in the gym and out of it.
“You need to have a good support system, because if you don’t it’s really hard to do on your own. Make sure you have family support, make sure you have people around who are going to be there to support you, be proud of you, and be there whatever the outcome is,” she said.
She wants to inspire others in the community to also strive to meet their fitness goals, whether that be for competitions or for regular health.
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“One of my goals is to find the time to train other moms, to show moms how confident and healthy they can be for their children and also for themselves,” she said. “I only started this after I had all my babies, so hopefully at one point in my life, that can be my job too.”
