West End YMCA<\/a> in Willoughby. \u201cIt was an awakening for me. I thought I did everything correctly, followed the same protocol that I did for my last competition and it humbled me because I didn\u2019t win.\u201d<\/p>\n\nAfter Lake turned 57, she traveled to Miami to win a fitness bikini competition in a 50 and over category. At the time, she had decided to compete again as she loved it and was always intrigued by it.<\/p>\n
\u201cI continued to work out and I competed that following May in Kentucky,\u201d Lake said, noting that after she took third place, she decided that she was going to focus on herself and going to the YMCA.<\/p>\n
\u201cYour body is your temple and you have to take care of it, so I focused on that,\u201d Lake said. \u201cI focused on my diet and my clients over the last couple years. With the encouragement of Tony (Marinozzi, Lake\u2019s agent), having an amazing coach and with tenacity, I went back to Kentucky and faced all my fears, worries, doubts and competed.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lake said there is a belief that as someone ages, they\u2019re supposed to have a certain look and image.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought I\u2019m going to defy that,\u201d she said. \u201cWhy not? Why do we have to let age define who we are? I thought if I\u2019m going to go down there, I need to be prepared not only physically, but mentally, emotionally and spiritually.\u201d<\/p>\n
When Lake called the program manager for the Kentucky Bluegrass Natural Competition, she connected with a coach who was the judge when Lake competed in her very first competition.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had no clue,\u201d Lake said. \u201cThe first person never called me back. She did and once I got on the phone with her, she\u2019s like, \u2018Do you remember me?\u2019 I hired her and she put me on this 2,000-calorie diet with a lot of protein. We would Zoom because she\u2019s down toward Cincinnati. I would scan and send pictures. We would constantly be on the phone and I was practicing all the time besides doing everything else I do.\u201d<\/p>\n
As there\u2019s much that goes on when competing, Lake said there were days where she broke down. However, upon arriving at the competition, she found herself having a different experience from the competition two and a half years ago where she felt defeated.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis time, I went in there with, I\u2019m here to enjoy myself no matter what the outcome is,\u201d Lake said. \u201cI met so many amazing women. We had the best time. The outcome at the end, when I was up on stage, I could have started crying. I reached that goal.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lake credits receiving her pro card toward having a great coach. She also advised that the posing is important, as well as the way a competitor walks, talks and their diet.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is about how you hold yourself, and there is an art to it,\u201d Lake said. \u201cAs soon as you stand up on that stage, you\u2019re being watched. It\u2019s using your muscles and defining them as you\u2019re posing and holding those poses. It can be grueling. You have to have that mindset to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Competing internationally is Lake\u2019s next goal.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy better days are ahead of me,\u201d she said. \u201cI might compete in another state just to try it and even here locally. You have to figure out what you love, visualize it and believe it can be obtained. We\u2019re all human. I had to go through this process to get to where I am now. Now, I can sit back and go I did it. If I can do it, so can anybody else. Age is just a number.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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