My name is Mindy Irish, creator and operator of the Fit Gal Club, and I’m a gal on a mission.  I started competing in the Figure division of Bodybuilding with the NPC in 2013. I blogged my 19 weeks to the stage in that season and then trained with my then Coach Shala Singer […]

This is my story of my Peak Week and day-of-show fun in my NPC Figure journey for the summer of 2014.  I started training to compete in Figure in the spring of 2012 and had three shows in my first competing season in 2013.  You can read my 19-week documentation to that first season HERE! […]

I’m writing this three weeks out from my first show in my second season of competing in Figure competitions.  You can read my 19 weeks to the stage from my first season on this link HERE!  Much has changed since then, but it was where I was at that point in time and I get […]

11/21/2013 I’m top posting this on my site AFTER I was in contest prep and training season earlier this year.  I started this nearly a year ago and today I’m in a solid building season, getting back on the stage in June of 2014.  This post was written in my early days of contest prep […]

My first competition really started on Friday night!  The kids were with my parents and that enabled us to go downtown kid free so I could get my spray tan with Liquid Sun Rayz!  It was a $120 cost, but really made the muscles pop AND as I write this 10 days later, I still […]

Stats: 130.9 lbs; 9.16% Body Fat; Last week: 131.7  lbs; 9.20% Body Fat Calorie intake: 1650-1800; With a macro split of 112C; 183P; 52F; I aim to keep protein at 1.4 g/lb of body weight, fats at .4 g/lb of body weight and the balance in carbs.   On days where I upped the calories, I added […]

Stats: 131.7 lbs; 9.20% Body Fat; Last week: 133.6 lbs; 9.77% Body Fat Calorie intake: 1450-1750; But I’m parking it at 1650 with a macro split of 112C; 183P; 52F Cardio: 3 Bike HIITs this week Lifting: All body parts with high reps of 50/30/20 sets Rest Days: Thursday and Sunday Picture Update: Not showing my contest suit yet…it’s in, […]

Stats: 133.6 lbs; 9.77% Body Fat; Last week: 134.5 lbs; 10.35% Body Fat Calorie intake: Diet change! I’m really experimenting right now, and that will happen as I get more into this sport.  I dropped my calories to 1500 mid week and really started focusing more on my macros.  I’m basically getting a 30g fat, 117g carb, […]

Stats: 134.5 lbs; 10.35% Body Fat; Last week: 135.9 lbs; 9.96% Body Fat; I toyed with some simple sugars on Monday and Tuesday and in result my body held water from it….mistake! Calorie intake: Diet change! 1725 daily still keeping flax seed, fish oil, cabbage and green beans, salmon and tilapia, protein shakes, egg whites […]

Stats:  135.9; 9.96% Body Fat;     Last week: 136.6, 9.23% BF;  We think the BF ticked up a bit due to a refeed a few days prior and some water retention from that.  I’m pretty carb sensitive! Calorie intake: 1895 daily still keeping 4 healthy fats, cabbage and green beans, chix, protein shakes, egg whites […]