'In this video I will share how my showjumping dream turned into my bodybuilding dream. How I always managed to include some form of fitness into my day including when on a limited budget or too intimidated to use the gym.   My name is Rae Bright, I’m 54 years old and I was born in Norwich. My whole childhood was devoted to ponies and riding; I wanted to be a famous showjumper. But sadly coming from a non horsey family my goal, my dream... I just couldn\'t achieve it and by the age of 20 I’d given up riding.    I got married at 23, had my son at 29 and my beautiful daughter when I was 30. When I was pregnant I took up yoga but because we were on a limited budget, I had to find a way of exercising at home and I discovered a lady called Barbara Currie. I bought her yoga videos and every morning I would follow one of her videos without fail. I then discovered Mr Motivator, who did fitness videos on the TV so I added those into my routine. For years all I did was exercise at home.  A bit later on I took up power walking as a way to keep fit. I used to love power walking! I wanted to run but when I ran I just got so out of breath, I hated it. But when I was 40, my friend invited me to train with her for a half marathon so I decided to take the challenge. We trained together and I discovered by running slower I could actually run! So that was the secret, I just had to run a little bit slower. I did my first half marathon  in Malvern. I was so pleased with myself for completing it in a good time that I decided to enter another half marathon.This was in Cardiff, but 2 weeks before I injured my piriformis muscle so I couldn\'t enter. But I didn\'t want to give up training, I had to find another way. I decided to take up cycling. I had an old mountain bike so I got my mountain bike out, put some road tyres on it and it was coming up to winter. I remember covering about 100 miles a week.  I had a bit of an insight into weight training when I was 35. I got divorced at the age of 35 and went back to college to retrain and I joined a gym. I just went along to use the cardio equipment but I was intrigued by weights and really wanted to have a go but was too shy and never did it!  Later on I joined a leisure centre, I did do a little bit of weight training but I was always too shy to ask how to use the equipment and how to do exercises, so unfortunately it never really came to much but I was very keen, I really wanted to do it!   I then joined another gym, this time it was a bodybuilding gym, a friend of mine had recommended. I met the owner and he said to me “You should do a competition, you’ve got a great back, it wouldn’t take much to get you on the stage”.  And I was wow that would be amazing! I’d love to enter a bodybuilding competition. So I paid an annual membership and went for a personal training session and then… I went to the gym about 10 times.  And gave up. Because I was so intimidated by the people who trained there and I was too shy to ask for help AGAIN.  Anyway it was summer, it was just nicer to be outside on my bike anyway. That was my excuse.  BUT I still had this dream that I wanted to be a bodybuilder.   At the time I was single; I’d been single for a long time,  but then when I was 49 I met Andrew, my dream man. We met on Tinder, but that\'s another story! Andrew loved weight training and when I asked him to take me to the gym with him, he was so happy. He said he never thought he\'d meet somebody who would want to train with him. So we started to train and we went to the gym every other night. It was brilliant. I loved it. He taught me so much and that was it I was hooked and I kept thinking in the back of my mind, one day I want to enter a bodybuilding competition. I didn\'t really know much about them and it wasn\'t until this time last year, I saw a poster on the wall at the gym for a bodybuilding competition and I decided, right that’s it, I am going to do it! I committed to entering. I only wanted to enter one competition, I was 53 at the time and I just wanted to say I’d done it.  BUT… I ended up  competing  in 3 shows with 3 different federations, in 3 different categories and qualifying for 3 British Finals, all within 5 weeks of each other! It was amazing! I chose one British finals to focus on and that was the PCA. The British Finals was last October and being on the stage at the British Finals was just incredible and I placed 5th. I was really happy to be placed 5th but I wish I’d won! I entered a category called the Bikini Masters and it was for over 35s and it left me wanting more. I am going to be planning my competing season for this year and I will share information about that in another video.   Look & Feel Great With Health Supplements By Rejuvenated. https://rejuvenated.com/my/Liveyourselfyoung/ *Affiliate link. If you use my link to shop for your supplements or Youth plan book, I make a small commission and it doesn\'t cost you any more!' 

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