| Many of our Wonder Women have had to overcome plenty
of obstacles to train and compete in the sport of
bodybuilding and Maria Dunlop is no exception. Maria's 'can
do' attitude has seen her deal with painful rhumatoid athritis
which almost sidelined her from any type of training. But being a stubborn figure, Maria wasn't going to let the condition beat her and has worked her way around the pain. She says the training actually helps her make the athritis less painful but its a matter of balance of how much she trains and not overdoing it. Maria (41), a personal trainer and full time domestic goddess, works and trains from home in New Plymouth. She's also got a son (Benjamin 5) and Eva-Marie (3) to keep her busy, not forgetting a very supportive husband Jon. In this article we find out more about her contest regime and how she finds the motivation to train in her home gym! |
 Maria Dunlop |
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How many years have you been
training? I have been training consistantly now for 3 years
but have been a fan of weight training for many many years. How many years have you been competing? I competed in the 1990s for a few years and restarted again in 2006 after a 10 year break. What class do you compete in? I compete in Senior Figure or Open Figure Short |
| Maria (1st on left) at INBA Taupo 09 |
Are you competing in 2010? Yes I will be aiming to compete next year and would like to take Team Taranaki over to Taupo, so will see what happens. |
