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Ailina’s Story
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My Story Nothing comes easy. It takes a lot of hard work to become a champion. I started out in the fitness field in 1983 as an aerobic instructor. I taught classes and managed aerobics in Tacoma and Puyallup, Washington. Before long, I was offered the opportunity to start my own gym. The Fitness and Shape Gym offered aerobics classes, weightlifting, karate and self-defense. I managed the operations and personally taught 15 classes a week, while also taking instructions in karate. In, 1986, I closed the gym and moved to Bellevue, Washington. My life expanded into new horizons as I studied to become a medical assistant and gave birth to my son in 1988. Then I took a bold step. I began bodybuilding in 1992 and entered my first competition in 1993. It took a great deal of dedication and concentration to get into and stay in top form but it paid off. Since 1993 I have won eleven First Place and nine Overall place honors in competitions from Honolulu to New York City. While in Bellevue, I started one-on-one personal training, getting great results in clients from age eleven to eighty-five! I moved to beautiful island of Maui in 1997 and bought a car-rental business. Running that business was a detour from my personal training that I enjoyed so much. Still in 2000 I was back into bodybuilding. Representing my new home, Maui, I won the Musclemania Championship contest in Los Angeles that year. When I got out of the car business and wanted to start personal training again, I moved to Honolulu. Ten years into my career as a bodybuilding competitor, I took First in the 2004 Paradise Cup Championship in Hawaii. And in July 2005, I took another shot at national competition in Las Vegas, where I placed sixth against some really tough competition. As I prepare for nationals again in November 2005, I am fortunate to be doing what I love to do, and to have fabulous sponsors who believe in me and provide support. Representing Hawaii in nationals competitions is a great honor, but it’s a very expensive endeavor for a self-employed trainer like me. I’m grateful to have sponsors like 24-Hour Fitness, Leis of Hawaii, Edine Swain, Face it Permanent Make-up and Naturopathic Dr. Ryan Ferchoff. One of my personal-training business clients, Kaipo Machado, also a client of Dr. Ferchoff, has lost 10 percent body fat and feels great! At the present time I’m associated partner / personal trainer with UNIVERSIAL BODY FITNESS-UniversalBodyFitness.com. If you’d like to help sponsor a champion bodybuilder or get some help from as experience and well-respected personal trainer in Honolulu, I’d love to hear from you. Aloha Ailina
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