Sherry can be defined as many different things but the
one thing that would be able to cover them all is, “Successful”. A 40 year YOUNG
full time traveling RN, a mother and an amateur bikini competitor who was born
in San Antonio, TX and graduated from Angelo State University in ’99. Sherry
was in her 20’s, she would go to the gym and do what I would call a
“casual” workout. It wasn’t until she turned 40 when things had started to
change. A coworker of hers underwent a gallbladder surgery due to a horrible
diet and that’s what did it. Sherry joined a gym, got a trainer and started
getting after it. She attended her first show with my neighbor and then knew
she wanted to try her hand at competition.
She quickly cleaned up her diet and in 12
weeks she her 6 pack and that’s very usual for a woman in her 40’s so this was,
obviously, a huge deal for her. After that,
she knew she was going to go for Bikini competition and see what she can do.
Sherry placed 3rd and that qualified me for nationals in her first
show. From then on she was placing differently through each show due to
competing back to back, and then things started taking a toll on her body. She
then decided to take a break for a year and placed 1st on her first
show back and this just reignited her passion to compete. Sherry was then featured
in Max Muscle Magazine in September 2011. Sherry now works as a full time
traveling nurse, a part time model for HTFU and a part time office assistant
for HTFU LLC.
We were lucky enough to catch Sherry with a little free time
and she sat down with us and indulged us in the life of a woman her personifies
and radiates the HTFU mindset and lifestyle.
LVI: What’s does HTFU
means to you?
SBH: HTFU to me means absolutely everything. I’ve been on my
own since I was 17 and I had to grow up very fast. Basically I had to “HTFU”
LVI: Sherry, give us
an idea of what your weight training routine is and how you get psyched for a
workout
SBH: My routines normally include 2 hours a day .My legs are
my weak point of my body so I workout legs 3-4x a week. Squats, Lunges, Dead
lifts etc and mix it up with Plyometrics as well. I use a lot of Cellucor
products as a staple of my supplement regimen. I do cardio for an hour a day on
a stair climber. I’m not a huge fun of cardio but it’s got to be done. My
favorite exercise is squats. Least favorite is box jumps. I usually begin my
prep 12 weeks out from a show to give me enough time to dial in my diet and
cardio to get the desired results.
LVI: What are your
thoughts of the growing and changing fitness fad s that are going on now days?
SBH: I am pretty old
school when it comes to my training. I don’t fluctuate a lot with my weight so
this keeps my contest prep slightly less stressful on my body. I prefer to do
it that way because us women cannot pull and drop weight that easy. I eat clean
a lot throughout the week and occasionally on the weekends I’ll have one cheat
meal or so. There are a lot of different fitness fads and diet going around and
the problem with that is a lot of people want something instantaneous and
quick. They’ll buy whatever they think will work and don’t do a lot of research
to know what they’re getting themselves into. Everyone’s body is different and
what works for someone may/may not work well for you
LVI: Sherry what are
your thoughts on Personal Trainers, good or no good?
SBH: It is definitely something that has blown me away
lately. I remember going into 24 Fitness and the trainers, staff and managers
would be in great shape and would look great. Now, I walk in and see unfit trainers,
big staff members and it looks like all of these people who work in a gym look
like they don’t even workout! I don’t understand when it became okay for people
who look like they don’t know what they’re doing or how to do it and try to
tell someone else how to work out and how to lose weight!
LVI: What’s your
favorite cheat meal?
SBH: Pizza, pancakes and breakfast tacos!!! You can have a
cheat meal! It’s not going to hurt you that bad, but you have to earn it with a
week of dedication and commitment and it’s all in moderation.
Look for Sherry in Chicago for the Junior Nationals on June
13th, 2013 to earn her pro card and begin to make this goal of hers
a reality. Sherry and HTFU are going to Isle of Man TT to do some sponsorship
work with athlete Brandon Cretu in the races.
Clothing by HTFU
Photograph by Harry of LGHSX Photography
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