training could be for me,” says Sam.
“Sure enough, from the very
moment I first picked up a weight, I
was in love- and I’ve never looked
back. My fat loss was evident as the
clothes I normally wore began to
feel looser, and I started to develop
real muscle definition. I realised ever
cloud really does have a silver
lining.”
It wasn’t long before gym newbie
Sam began having competitive
thoughts.
“A fitness instructor said to me I
had great potential for competing,”
she says. “He noted I’d packed on a
decent amount of muscle in a very
short space of time, and thought I’d
be good on stage. I went home and
spoke to my family about it, and they
thought it was a great idea. The very
next day I decided to enter a body
fitness class that was due to take
place later on the same year. I
promised myself I’d knuckle down
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