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Overseas enterprise: a case of bodily transformation

By Dr. Francesco Casillo

PREMISE

What I am about to exhibit is a case of a very unlikely competitive preparation due to the circumstances on which it was born and evolved and a completely priceless moral-professional satisfaction for the competitive level and even more personal, for the results obtained but above all for how in certain "borderline" situations, firm belief in certain enterprises, together with continuous moral and technical support, can break down physical limits of oceanic and psychological distances of a non-prosperous past, thus transforming a simple country girl into an athlete of high level on the international scene!

How it all started

At the beginning of December I received an email from Michelle Battista, a girl of Italian origin, 38 years old, with no father and mother, living in Wilton (Sacramento, California), showing her extreme desire to prepare for a "FIGURE" competition .

I leave the rest of the story to your reading!

THE CHARACTER

Michelle has won many western riding competitions (with full bodied prizes) with her 3 horses that she looks after in her 10 acre Ranch! At home, a picture framed with the numerous and huge cowboy buckles she won during her races and with her name on it!

His ranch is so out of the ordinary urbanization that for the extreme silence you are almost able to hear your thoughts speak!

The love for horses has led her to experience joys and sorrows. The joys for the competitive successes and the pains for a serious accident occurred during a competition for which he got 2 hernias of the disc.

To worsen the situation, at age 30, the manifestation of a degenerative genetic disease on the intervertebral discs. The forced sedentariness brought her to 91kg (as documented by the photo of PRIMA).

( Think about what kind of perception of competence and psychological approach one must equip oneself to aspire to an aesthetically acceptable and even more competitive competitive level aware of the starting condition of precarious physical and aesthetic wholesomeness. Not to mention the effectiveness of programming behind such purely physical and psychological aspects .... make your due considerations)!

Hence the spark to recover, take life in hand and act as a counterattack.

What better weapon than the attack to defend yourself? What better weapon than muscular construction to defend against the pressure of a degenerative process and reduced functional capacity due to past traumas which, if left unchallenged lead to a progressive muscle weakening and the same, in turn, generating fertile ground for a sure worsening according to a vicious circle that feeds itself ?!

What better goal than a "FIGURE" race for:

- recover muscle support through the search for maximum muscle expression,

- femininity hidden by a condition of overweight resulting from the accident and the sudden pathological manifestation of the disc,

- and test themselves not only towards themselves but also towards others starting from a condition of clear physical disadvantage (and perhaps even more psychological)?

The day

From Monday to Friday: between aerobics in the morning, work, gym and various chores, Michelle leaves home at 6 to return at 8 pm!

Saturday and Sunday complete dedication to the maintenance of the Ranch, Christian Mass, and finally weekly preparation of all meals!

THE AGONISTIC BUSINESS

He sent me the report of his training program, diet and integration followed until then.

I asked her to go to a professional in her area to undergo a skin analysis, but the results did not reflect what the photos revealed!

For this reason, the evaluation of its performance was relegated to photos sent to me via e-mail, to subjective perceptions and to comments from third parties.

I needed to understand if his exercise technique was "clean" so as not to compromise its effectiveness!

The resolution went through long phone calls, my articles and other authors on the internet illustrating the correct execution techniques. Result: total re-setting of the training technique!

The biggest rock: daily (telephone and virtual) communication, stuck in fine balances and time spaces dictated by mutual commitments and time zone (9 hours).

If we consider that everything happened daily and immediately after returning home after my working hours ... and that the food variations had to be transmitted to her in time as the pre-race period approached and that this "for time "meant the nutritional programming for the following week to be sent on the weekend preceding the reference week as the only moment in which he could prepare all his weekly meals ... well writing this article I still can't understand how all these fine balances could have been satisfied and brought to a happy ending!

I knew that all this would lead to a positive result!

The results were not delayed, the feedback from the members of the fitness center where Michelle is trained arrived on time with her improvements. The comments were: " What ever Frank is doing to you is great "!

Small satisfactions that bode well for the progress of the preparation and its final result.

TO TIE:

12 July, arrives 3rd in the OPEN category and 4th in the MASTERS at the "NPC San Jose Show".

The 25th and 26th of July is the turn of the very prestigious Top level competition at amateur level: "NPC USA" with an incredible 4th place!

Thanks to the results achieved and to the change in which the people in his gym had attended, the publicity of my work was a consequence ... from there the opportunity to go and visit her and be able to work as a Personal Trainer at "her" fitness center!

I arrived in Sacramento on July 27th at midnight, at baggage claim to wait for a blue-eyed Californian girl with Italian eyes and a smile and embrace overflowing with gratitude and extreme contentment!

A great compliment to Michelle for her stubbornness and inner strength along with my best wishes for her future competitive events!

To Michelle, an overseas embrace with such esteem!

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