Kathy Rowland wins her first show!!!

**Ronnie Rowland** · 05-27-2009, 10:42 PM

My wife (Kathy Rowland) entered her first bodybuilding contest 2 weekends ago. She won her division (open middle weight) and plans on doing the nationals next year. For 46 years of age her genetics are very good. Kathy will be doing her second show in 10 days (SC. STATE). She was a bit nervous so next time around I expect to see some smiling.

Here's a few pics of the show. I'll post more later one.

HAMSTRINGS

**Ronnie Rowland** · 05-27-2009, 10:43 PM

rear lats and bi's

**LexusIS09** · 05-27-2009, 10:44 PM

your wife looks mutantly jacked. lol.

good job man. you prepped her very well. did you train her for the contest or what?

**Ronnie Rowland** · 05-27-2009, 10:44 PM

most muscular

***T-MOS*** · 05-27-2009, 10:46 PM

That's FANFVCKINGTABULOUS !!!

congrats !!!!

**xnotoriousx** · 05-27-2009, 10:58 PM

congrats, damn she put in so much work. Good for you guys!!! Very deserving!

**Ronnie Rowland** · 05-27-2009, 10:58 PM

Originally Posted by LexusIS09

your wife looks mutantly jacked. lol.

good job man. you prepped her very well. did you train her for the contest or what?

Oh yaue! My wife and I are training partners. She follows the Slingshot Training System just like I do.

I would also like to point out that George Grieves won his first show at age 18. He won both the middle weight and teenage division! He is also using my Slingshot Training System and is going to do the nationals next year as well. I am going to help him try and become a pro-bodybuilder. He has the symmetry and I think he stands a good chance. Looks like I have my work cut out for me...lol...In case you are wondering who George is, here's his video- Slinshot Training System- George Greives I'll post some of his contest pictures in this thread when I get the opportunity.

I AM VERY PROUD OF BOTH OF THEM!

**eatrainrest** · 05-27-2009, 11:49 PM

congrats! its nice to see that both of you are BB's and that its an understandable relationship, well hell im not DR. phill, but congrats! lol

**Narkissos** · 05-28-2009, 12:04 AM

Not bad conditioning.

Congrats!

***T-MOS*** · 05-28-2009, 12:04 AM

hey Ronnie, do you have a link to this Slingshot Training System?

I can't seem to find it

NEVERMIND, found it !!

**Epic1** · 05-28-2009, 03:24 AM

she turned out fantastic good job to you and her!

did you end up with pics of yourself?

**NewJuice** · 05-28-2009, 04:26 AM

thats great, good for her.

**manwitplans** · 05-28-2009, 08:28 AM

Freaky good condition.
Measured her bodyfat? Crazy.
The shit of it is, she has more muscle then me, haha..
And those hamstrings, inzane.

By the way Ronnie I asked a question in the diet section about matching carb gram for fat gram, have a looksie

**F4iGuy** · 05-28-2009, 10:01 AM

Thats awesome, congratulations. I gotta say I'm not surprised though. My girl is using sts and the results are obvious. Its funny how her friends talk about 'weight watcher' or other diet fads. We just shake our heads. You guys are awesome.

**Slide** · 05-28-2009, 10:16 AM

very cool. post some more pics... she looks like she worked very hard

**paulzane** · 05-28-2009, 10:53 AM

Excellent news ... I am just starting the Slingshot Training System so Kathy is a great advert for it!!

**Matt** · 05-28-2009, 11:08 AM

Great work....

**Lightsout2184** · 05-28-2009, 03:13 PM

awesome i remember when u had another thread up with pics of her. she came a really long way.

**956Vette** · 05-28-2009, 03:46 PM

Thrilled to see this, great work! Inspiring

**subaruwrx04** · 05-28-2009, 03:50 PM

Nice man very nice... Congrats to your wife thats a very nice accomplishment in life.

**Big_gRunt** · 05-29-2009, 06:43 AM

Props to your wife man. She looks awesome!

**MuscleScience** · 05-29-2009, 08:59 AM

Nice job just goes to show you the power of hard work!!!

**spywizard** · 05-29-2009, 09:08 AM

Congrats to you both, it's a prideful thing, but without reward and competition to spur us on to greatness we end up being doughnut eaters..

**spywizard** · 05-29-2009, 09:08 AM

Congrats to you both, it's a prideful thing, but without reward and competition to spur us on to greatness we end up being doughnut eaters..

**CHAP** · 05-29-2009, 09:09 AM

Congrats to the both of you . Im gonna have to start reading up on the program. Hope I get to catch you guys at the next show!

**csavage0** · 05-29-2009, 02:16 PM

Well tell your wife 1 congrats and 2 wow I wish I was in her condition state right now. I timed the seasons up wrong and Im a bit chubby during the no shirt season lol. Wow good job

***FireGuy*** · 05-29-2009, 04:15 PM

Great job! She looks awesome, I think we need to get that hamstring shot implimented as a mandatory pose in the womens divisions.

***t-gunz*** · 05-29-2009, 09:29 PM

CONGRATS. good luck with the next competetion

**amcon** · 05-29-2009, 11:45 PM

ronnie is it true she can out squat you? lol - tell her great job from all of us... she looks great and should be very proud of the first place finish ... she looks very muscular as well as a pretty girl

**jbm** · 05-30-2009, 12:56 AM

Damn! that's fantastic..... Congrats!!!!

**Tigershark** · 05-30-2009, 08:33 AM

She looks amazing. Gratz!

**Ronnie Rowland** · 05-31-2009, 08:29 PM

Originally Posted by amcon

ronnie is it true she can out squat you? lol - tell her great job from all of us... she looks great and should be very proud of the first place finish ... she looks very muscular as well as a pretty girl

amcon, Kathy and I trained legs on saturday. We have our second show next week end. For a change up I had her use the hammer strength squats machine with me. I have a bad back with some pretty severe nerve damage so I am limited in what I can do when it comes to certain exercises, especially for legs.

Between sets I made adjustments on the hammer strength squat machine so that we would both be dropping just below parallel. Kathy was doing the whole stack (395 lbs) for reps and this was after pre-exhausting her legs with 4 sets of leg extensions. I can't even get out of the hole with that kind of weight without feeling pain in my lower back. So to answer your question, yes she can squat more than me.

To bring things into perspective, a client of mine (a 250lb linebacker for Georgia Southern) had a squatting contest on this very machine back in the winter during our off-season. His legs are so strong that he is capable of using the whole stack on both of our leg curl machines at golds gym (seated and lying version) for reps. This linebacker was able to crank out 16 reps with the whole stack (395 lbs) on the squats machine. My wife did the same weight for 26 reps!!!!!!!! Her legs strength is ridiculous. She would excel at power-lifting but I am afraid her knees will get injured and keep her from training.

**stack_it** · 06-01-2009, 07:36 PM

Damn she's bigger than I am! Tell her congrats on the win

**F4iGuy** · 06-01-2009, 08:31 PM

Not sure if you posted this but what were her stats on competition day?

**Big** · 06-01-2009, 08:34 PM

very, very well done.

**Reed** · 06-01-2009, 09:14 PM

My lord, I'm sure she put some of the men to shame

Awesome

Congrats!!!

**C_Bino** · 06-01-2009, 09:43 PM

Congrats to you and her. Looks great!

**amcon** · 06-02-2009, 09:47 PM

Originally Posted by Ronnie Rowland

amcon, Kathy and I trained legs on saturday. We have our second show next week end. For a change up I had her use the hammer strength squats machine with me. I have a bad back with some pretty severe nerve damage so I am limited in what I can do when it comes to certain exercises, especially for legs.

Between sets I made adjustments on the hammer strength squat machine so that we would both be dropping just below parallel. Kathy was doing the whole stack (395 lbs) for reps and this was after pre-exhausting her legs with 4 sets of leg extensions. I can't even get out of the hole with that kind of weight without feeling pain in my lower back. So to answer your question, yes she can squat more than me.

To bring things into perspective, a client of mine (a 250lb linebacker for Georgia Southern) had a squatting contest on this very machine back in the winter during our off-season. His legs are so strong that he is capable of using the whole stack on both of our leg curl machines at golds gym (seated and lying version) for reps. This linebacker was able to crank out 16 reps with the whole stack (395 lbs) on the squats machine. My wife did the same weight for 26 reps!!!!!!!! Her legs strength is ridiculous. She would excel at power-lifting but I am afraid her knees will get injured and keep her from training.

awesome and just for the record i was busting your balls (i have no idea how much you can do... and i have tons of respect for you - fyi) but if she out benches you im throwing my sts training out the window - lol - or giving it to my wife

**Ronnie Rowland** · 06-18-2009, 07:39 AM

Originally Posted by amcon

awesome and just for the record i was busting your balls (i have no idea how much you can do... and i have tons of respect for you - fyi) but if she out benches you im throwing my sts training out the window - lol - or giving it to my wife

LOL..I still have her on the bench-I think??

LOL