CANADIAN PHYSIQUE ALLIANCE October Magazine | Page 52

WHY DO I
COMPETE?
LESLEY TIMBOL
I tend to do long preps, but
preparing for the Natural Pro
Qualifier this year was my longest
prep; it was almost 7 months. I am
not genetically blessed...more like
genetically cursed. I have competed
in 12 competitions to date and I am
a 50-year-old woman - long preps
give me enough time to try to
overcome certain physical/age
obstacles.
In every prep, I have moments
where I ponder, "why am I doing
this?" I know why: I love to train
hard in the gym and it would be
really cool to earn an IFBB Pro card
in women's Physique - but there's
more to it than that for me. I really
want to inspire people to either
compete or at the very least, not to
give up regardless of age. There is
more than one definition of
"winning."