WC: What’s your full Name, age, hometown, home gym and maybe a fun fact about yourself.

ML: My name is Mary Lynch (soon to be Dozier in less than a year! ) I am almost 39 I currently live in Lexington KY and workout out at Lexington Athletic Club! Fun fact about myself…I use to be a gymnast way back in the day and I have done a few pageants.

WC: When and why did you get started weight training and competing? What was your first contest?

ML: In 2019 I decided to take over my health so that I will feel better and will live longer for my kids! I met a bikini competitor at the gym and thought that would be fun to do. I signed up with a trainer the next month! May 1st 2019 is when I started working to my goal of doing a bikini competition. Sept 2019 was the first time I stepped on the stage and from there I didn’t want to stop! It was so much fun!

WC: What do you love most about the Wellness Division?

ML: I love that the wellness division focuses on a strong lower body! Since I use to be a gymnast, my lower body has always been bigger and stronger.

WC: What are some things you would like to accomplish in the short and long term with regards to competing?

ML: I would love to get my Masters Pro card! Long term, I would like to keep up my healthy lifestyle the older I get! …

WC: What advice would you offer would be competitors interested in learning more about wellness and competing?

ML: If someone is wanting to get into competition, I make sure they are aware of the time and money it takes to be competitive.  I also always like to encourage others to find a coach that you trust and believe.

WC: Thank you so much for taking the time to do this feature. Hopefully we can do an IG Live down the road. In the meantime where can your friends and supporters go to learn more about you, as well as your sponsors?

ML: Follow me at @buff_n_stuff01 

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WC: What’s your full name, age, hometown, home gym and maybe a fun fact about yourself.

KB: My name is Kylah Bridge, I’m 22 years old. I was born and raised in Templeton CA. My home gym is Club 24 in SLO. Fun fact about me is I was a cheerleader for 11 years.

WC: When and why did you get started weight training and competing? What was your first contest?

KB: I started weight training to initially “lose weight”. I worked with a trainer for about a year before I took the reins myself. At that point my goal was to take up space, not make myself smaller. I did my first competition June of 2021, it was the Spectrum NorCal show!

WC: What do you love most about the wellness division?

KB: I love the look. The density of the muscle, being muscular, but still very much feminine. It gives women with a more built lower body a division to do well in. You can’t fake the look.

WC: What are some things you would like to accomplish in the short and long term with regards to competing?

KB: I would say my short term goal is to keep improving my physique to best fit the category. And my long term is a pro card.

WC: What advice would you offer would be competitors interested in learning more about wellness and competing?

KB: Don’t rush it!! Take your time building quality muscle. The stage will always be there!

WC: Thank you so much for taking the time to do this feature. Hopefully we can do an IG Live down the road. In the meantime where can your friends and supporters go to learn more about you, as well as your sponsors?

KB: My Instagram: kbfitt_
Tiktok: kbfitt

My sponsors are in my Instagram bio link

Thank you!

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Today’s featured Wellness Competitor is Christa Faulk. We’re super grateful she took the time to answer our feature questions. She’s a big supporter of the WellnessCompetitors page and tags it often on her posts, stories, and reels. We hope to be able to do an IG LIVE with her at StrengthAddicts at some point in the future. She’s a very hard working competitor who’s constantly making improvements and who actively competes on stages all around the country. Be sure to read her feature and please give her a follow!!

WC: What’s your full name, age, hometown, home gym and maybe a fun fact about yourself.

CF: My name is Christa Faulk, I’m 27, and from Corvallis MT. I train at Canyon’s Athletic Club Hamilton MT, and I’m a full time hairdresser.

WC: When and why did you get started weight training and competing? What was your first contest?

CF: I weight trained in high school for sports, continued to love fitness and worked out 6 days a week as mental therapy. I started competing in Bikini 6 years ago in Spokane at the Night Of Champions.

WC: What do you love most about the wellness division?

CF: Wellness is so beautiful to me because it’s like an extreme hour glass shape and embraces women’s bigger legs!

WC: What are some things you would like to accomplish in the short and long term with regards to competing?

CF: My goal is to bring in the best conditioning possible. I want to earn my IFBB Pro Card in the next four weeks so I have to really give it my all!

WC: What advice would you offer would-be competitors interested in learning more about wellness and competing?

CF: The advice I would offer to competitors interested in wellness and competing, have patience and never give up. Progressive overload and stay consistent. Take  a really good off season before you cut down to put in quality muscle and make sure your mentally ready. Always focus on glutes they can never be too big for wellness. Train harder than yesterday and prioritize your rest and recovery.

WC: thank you so much for taking the time to do this feature. Hopefully we can do an IG Live down the road. In the meantime where can your friends and supporters go to learn more about you, as well as your sponsors?

CF: My Instagram is my only bodybuilding platform. Be sure to check it out @shortyyyspice . Thank you.

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WC: What’s your full name, age, hometown, home gym and maybe a fun fact about yourself.

KC: Kasie Cantor (CAHN-tohr) [pronounced like cantor in Spanish], 30, hometown is Oxon Hill, MD (right outside of Washington DC). Home gym is DMV Iron. Fun fact is I’m have a fraternal twin sister.

WC: When and why did you get started weight training and competing? What was your first contest?

KC: I started weight training at 21 years old because I was prediabetic and hypertensive. I was in my first year teaching and was stressed out. I started seriously bodybuilding in 2018 and competing in 2020. First contest was in 2020 at the Capital Grand Prix.

WC: What do you love most about the wellness division?

KC: I love how the wellness division gives women who have muscular legs and glutes the opportunity to shine. We don’t have to run our legs down to fit a division. I was in bikini before and now I don’t have to worry about my leg size.

WC: What are some things you would like to accomplish in the short and long term with regards to competing?

KC: Short term would be a pro card and long term would be winning pro shows and of course, dreaming of the Olympia.

WC: What advice would you offer would-be competitors interested in learning more about the Wellness Division and competing?

KC: I’d say research the sport and be optimistic. You don’t know what you can do or what your body can look like. Find a coach that cares about you as well.

WC: Thank you so much for taking the time to do this interview. Hopefully we can do an IG Live down the road. In the meantime where can your friends and supporters go to learn more about you, as well as your sponsors?

KC: Thank you. They can find me at @kc_fitco on IG and my link in my bio to my sponsors.

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