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he story reads like something out of a fairytale: in May 2010, Kelly sat in a local cafe and opened her notebook to a
fresh page. She wrote out a list of her dreams and goals, in uncensored and unapologetic detail. She then closed the notebook, finished her coffee, and got to work. Just four months later, after nine weeks of official contest preparation, she ticked one goal off the list when she placed 2nd at the BNBF’s Northern qualifiers and was invited to the British finals where she took 3rd. Weeks later, she won both her category and the overall contest in the World Sports Model Agency Competition. From office worker to figure finalist and sports model in seven months? This is no fairytale; this is the reality of Kelly Rennie’s 2010.
What does the future have in store for the natural bodybuilder and fitness model? We caught up with her as she was preparing to get back into the gym. “My aspirations are simple,” she says. “I’ll be competing again and I want to get to
number one. After my success with the BNBF last year, I had a great off-season and trained as hard as I could. My focus is on getting more experience in natural bodybuilding and competing overseas as well as in the UK. I live and breathe training, and now I really want to utilise that dedication and hard work. I’m considering entering the fitness category over in America. It’s a different ball game over there!”
Despite her phenomenally quick rise to national-level figure competitor, the majority of Kelly’s exposure over the past year has been as a fitness model rather than as a competitor. We asked her to go back to basics and tell us how she trains, cooks and supplements her way to the stage. Kelly combines heavy lifting four days a week with cardio six days a week. “My weight training is by body-part split,” she explains. “Chest, back, arms and legs. For cardio, I like to power walk for 45 minutes in the morning, or I’ll do intervals by joining one of the bootcamp classes at the gym I run with my partner.” Kelly and her partner Paul run the two Prime Mover gyms in Sheffield. “My favourite day by far is leg day. I just love working my legs, I think because they were the body part I had to work
hardest when I started out, so I really like to push them. I always have my coach—Jon Clark of Evolution Gym—with me on leg day, and when he’s there I push a lot more. I really made a conscious effort to lift a lot heavier over the past year and I’ve got some great results.” At Kelly’s Prime Mover gyms, she specialises in training female clients who want to get in
shape and understand how and why they should be lifting weights. “It won’t come as a surprise, but I think more people should start
lifting weights,” Kelly says. 172 MUSCLE&FITNESS
“For me, it really is the best feeling in the world. I think it’s particularly important for women. On a daily basis, I’m encouraging women in their 30s and 40s to get off the treadmill and start lifting weights. It’s my passion. One of my ultimate aims is to become a top health ambassador in the fitness industry so I can educate and encourage more and more women.” Kelly clearly loves to train, having
given up her full-time office job to open and run two gyms and dedicate her life to natural bodybuilding and fitness modelling. “What do I love about training? Everything!” she says. “I get a huge adrenalin rush from it. And I love that weight training enables you to take your body to the next level. Honestly, if someone had said years ago that one day
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