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YMCA To Offer Bodybuilding Seminar
Under the direction of
Tony Yeatts, the Altavista Area YMCA will offer two
seminars on an introduction to bodybuilding.
The two classes, both providing the same information,
will be held May 7 at 2 p.m. and May 10 at 6 p.m. in the
multipurpose room.
Topics
will include why compete, what type of workout to do,
what type of diet to follow, how long will it take to
get ready, information on where to compete, rules for
competing and additional competition information.
The seminar is free and open to male and females of
all ages and YMCA members and nonmembers.
There will be several categories, including men's and
women's open building (anyone can enter, divided into
weight categories), teenage division, novice (anyone
who has not won a division in another competition),
master's men (over 40), master's women (over 35) and
women's figure. |
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Yeatts, 47, has been a
natural (no steroids, prescription diuretics or banned
substances) bodybuilder since 1986. He has
participated in more than 25 competitions.
He has placed in the top five in most of the
competitions he has entered, some of which were
non-tested shows.
Yeatts won the master's competition in Musclemania
last season in the over age 40 category.
"I played football, baseball and wrestling and started
weightlifting for sports. My father bought some
equipment for me when I was 13 years old. When I got
out of high school, I could not continue in other
organized sports," he said. "Bodybuilding gave me
motivation to really push myself physically and see
how good of shape I could get in. I was used to the
difficult workouts, but it took some effort to get the
dieting aspect of it. That seems to be the downfall of
most people that want to get in really good shape."
Yeatts took 10 years off from competing to be involved
in his two sons' athletic games. He also had shoulder
surgery about four years ago, which required him to
stop lifting weights for about six months.
One of his employees, J.C. Fore, approached him about
helping him prepare for bodybuilding competitions.
Yeatts agreed.
As Fore progressed, Yeatts began dieting more and
decided he was also going to compete.
"It took me a little over a year to get ready to
compete again," he said. "After three more years of
competing, I decided I wanted to pass my knowledge and
love of the sport on to others. So I tried to do
something with several of the local schools, but that
did not get very far."
Yeatts, along with friends Roger Godsey, Tim Williams
and Fore, decided to promote their own competition,
the Central Virginia Classic, which is a bodybuilding
and figure competition on Aug. 20 at Heritage High
School.
"None of us are in this for the money, so we decided
that the Relay For Life would be the recipient of any
profits we make from the competition," Yeatts said.
"My wife and sister-in-law were instrumental in
starting the Relay event in Altavista and have been
involved heavily in most aspects of the event over the
time it has been held there."
He also wanted to thank the Altavista Area YMCA for
providing a place to hold the seminar and putting out
information.
Yeatts credits his wife of 26 years, Louellyn, and his
two sons, Trevor and Travis, for helping him prepare
for competitions.
"My wife helped me perfect the posing aspect of it and
what music to select, along with cooking some of my
meals. My oldest son has done my music for the last
several competitions, while my youngest son will work
out with me some times," he said.
For more information on
the seminar or how to enter the Central Virginia
Classic, call Yeatts at 434-522-5357 or 434-821-7328
or by e-mail at
t.yeatts@hotmail.com.
Source -
www.wpcva.com
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