Rose Shapes up, Feb 09

 

Can you spot our Wonder Woman in the photo on the right?  you'd have to look pretty hard to see that nestled in amongst her 5 children is the amazingly youthful figure of Rose Hyde - who turns 40 on 9th April!  Although Rose is a relative novice to competitions, she's already competed in 4 Shape comps with NABBA in 2008. And judging by her goals this year, she's only just starting her competition journey showing that age is not a hurdle to competitive bodybuilding. In this update Rose shares with us how she copes with juggling her family commitments with her own training needs, and her very unique dieting regime!

Rose with her 5 children Rose is 2nd from right at back

*Occupation:full time mum. Obviously I spend alot of time at the gym, my family reckon I might as well work there. I might look into doing some sort of training/course while I'm still at home for when I get back into the workforce.    

*Family: married to derryn Hyde who I met when I was 14.

*We have 5 kids;
- Jami 19 she belongs to a local hiphop krew Fearless who won Bronze medals at the world hiphop champs 2007 in L.A.
- Louis 17 he's my I.T computer guy
- Chantelle 16 still at high school 6th form
- Caleb 13 just started high school
- Hemi 10 home schooled.

* What do your children think of you competing and being up on stage?
My children have never been to any of my competitions they have watched me on dvd. a couple of them said if I wanted them there for support they would come. my sons seem to have picked up eating eggs and if I have protein shakes I have to make enough for them as well, plus they all want gym memberships. They have grown up seeing me perform at different events/shows locally it's just
abit weird now because of the skimpy costumes.

* Have you always been into fitness? No, the thought never crossed my mind that I might want to compete in bodybuilding.  I started up at the Profiles gym here in Rotorua 2006 for fitness & to get in better shape started with les mills classes then my hubby taught me abit about weights and what to do with them. My body seemed to respond fairly well started to get muscle tone and people in the gym were suggesting I try competing so I went to the 2007 B.O.P nabba comp and decided to aim for next years comp Shape catergory which was my first comp I came 2nd to Teresa but there were only 2 of us lolz.

Rose (left) with Teresa at NABBA BOP

* What aspect of competing did I find most challenging? The hardest thing preparing for my first comp was the diet/eating and because I did everything myself, no trainer, no nutrionist. That made things abit more tricky. I learnt the poses off the Go figure site through Teresas'  lil video clip. I also borrowed a friends North Harbour 2007 dvd I would play it in the lounge and pretend I'm on stage with everyone and go thru the compulsory/symetry poses. I did a year of jazz/ballet when I was 20 stopped had 4 kids went back and did another year till I was interrupted by child number 5 then completed another 4 years so I'm sort of used to performing but the scary part is doing it half naked especially when this maori girl never wears a bikini let alone perform in one.

* What are your contest achievements so far? I did 4 comps last year, all in NABBA Shape class. Placed 2nd at the B.O.P. 3rd at Waikato, did this comp to try and gain more confidence and experience before Nationals (It's hard to relax & smile when I'm freakin out & everyone's looking at you). - 2nd at Nationals  - 1st at North Harbour

Rose @ NABBA Waikato

* What are you competition plans this year? 
- Asia/Pacific April 11th sounds like fun first international type comp.now I got the invite just organising my "tribe".
- Nabba B.O.P gotta support my own region there seems to be a few more competitors coming from Rotovegas this year so yay!
- INBA Taupo 

Those are definites might add others if I'm up to it and it's not too much of a strain on the family which brings me to your next question.

* How do I juggle your family commitments and training for a comp? 
Very badly hehe, At times I'm doing an onto job the house is organised teas ready everybody's schedules are streamlined Housework's done and I get to my workouts and then there's days when I've bitten off more than I can chew usually as a competition gets nearer. 

* How do you cope with naughty temptations such as biscuits and chocolates which might be in the cupboard for your family and children?
Coping with temptations can be hard especially when you first start but your body gets used to the diet change plus you generally feel better for it. To be honest I cope with denying myself certain foods because my treat is eating chocolate (Moro Gold mini bars) I probably have 6-8 bars a day they are 14g each when comp gets closer I might cut that down to 3-4.naughty aye.

* What would be your typical day in your contest diet? A typical day for me pre-contest wise is: 6am Cardio 45mins-1hr mix of run/bike/walk/cross trainer 7.30am Breakfast 3egg whites 1yolk, wholegrain toast banana, tea/coffee/chocolate 10.00am snack fruit 12.30pm lunch protein/veges  beef stir fry is my favourite I get bored of chicken/tuna fast 3pm snack cuppa/choc lolz 5pm weights 45mins (chest/shoulders & back once a week legs twice, now & then bi's/tri's)  cardio 1hr 7pm Tea protein/veges  9pm snack cuppa/choc

Rose @ NABBA Nationals

I'm not a strict follower of the diet if I'm out having coffee, I might share a cake or if the family are having takeout a couple of chips or coke depending on how I'm progressing obviously get stricter on myself if I feel I'm slacking and need to get back on track. I've even been caught out clubbing a week before competition 5hrs dancing seemed a much more interesting way of getting the cardio done plus it broke the whole mundane boring routine of diet/exercise.    * Will you eventually graduate into figure or are you quite happy in Shape?  What do you like about competing in the shape class? I would love to give figure a go one day I guess shape was a gentle way of introducing the dieting/exercising involved I would obviously need to clean up my diet.I love shape I quite like the athletic look without having to be shredded I get to keep some bad eating habits and because of the creativity needed for the routine as it's judged I thought it suited me. * What advice would you give to Mums who want to compete? Get in there and do it, get help and support if you need it. I think people should not fear things so much, put your best foot forward and give things a go. I really admire people who put themselves out there and at least try.  It sounds cliche but I think it's a waste not to do things you're capable of.  My dad used to dance and run marathons till he ended up in a wheelchair. He still has a go getta attitude but has new challenges to face.

 

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