Heartbeat: Rita muscles her way to UK bodybuilding champion
October 11, 2019
Huge congratulations to Capital Projects Manager, Rita Brown who bagged the coveted title of UK bodybuilding champion at the UKBFF (Ultimate Beginners Stars of the Future Masters Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation) show this year.
Rita took home the title after muscling her way through tough competition to win first place on her first attempt.
The competition was held near Kent and was open to anybody who had never been on stage before.
Reliving her spotlight moment, Rita shared her motto ‘Hard work beats talent, when talent doesn’t work hard,’ which was reflected in her preparations for the competition. Rita embraced a strict shredding focussed clean diet plan over a 12 week period so that she would be in peak condition for her competition.
“To become a UK Bodybuilding Ultimate Beginners Stars of the Future Masters champion takes a lot of hard work dedication,” explained Rita.
“You have to be committed about the goals you want to achieve both inside and outside of the gym which includes the food you put in your body and the amount of recovery and rest you take after your workouts. It isn’t for the faint hearted, you have to be a highly driven and motivated individual.”
She added: “Bodybuilding is a solo sport so you have to be willing to give it your all if you want to have any chance of succeeding. There is no off season in bodybuilding meaning you have to really embrace the grind if you truly want to be the best.”
As part of her disciplined training regime, Rita works out on a daily basis from 3.30am for two hours. Her training programme is broken down whereby each session she will target and a specific muscle group (whether that is biceps, triceps, chest, back, shoulders or legs) with focus on definition and growing her muscles. Her exercises involve both compound lifts and isolating specific muscles. In addition to this, Rita follows a strict cardio programme which aims to burn fat without losing muscle mass and strength. In order to reach her maximum capabilities, she has a bodybuilding coach who puts together her training schedule and diet plan.
Winning the UKBFF Ultimate Beginners is just the start of the journey for Rita as she is hopeful of taking part in at least three more bodybuilding competitions in 2020 all with the end goal of getting coveted invite to Olympia – the most prestigious bodybuilding competition which is held annually in Las Vegas.
Well done Rita and good luck with everything bodybuilding in future.