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GERRY  BOSSY


The Transformation to FAME -  Age 50

In June 2006, Bossy underwent a high tibial osteotomy – an invasive surgery which required cutting the leg bone, installing pins, screws and plates and using donor bone to help straighten the leg and alleviate the bone-on-bone pain of level 4 osteoarthritis. The external scar measured 6.


But it was the debilitating pain, physiotherapy and 12-weeks of non-weight bearing – that took an even bigger toll on this formerly active athlete.   The muscle atrophy that occurred over the two months spent in a wheelchair was expected, but alarming. “My legs had shrunken to pencil-like proportions and the variety of pain relievers had suppressed my appetite. I lost almost 20 pounds from my already lean body, and was in withdrawal from my regular workouts,” Gerry said.


By October he started walking without crutches or cane and was more determined than ever to transform his sickly frame.  By Spring 2007 his regular visits to the gym were starting to show. Leg exercises were restricted, and Bossy tried to work through the pain, finally admitting that he couldn’t do the same movements or lift the same weights that were so routine pre-surgery.


“I was making progress and getting stronger,” he said, “but in my mind it just wasn’t good enough. I wanted to prove wrong the dismal prognosis of a restricted lifestyle.” With his 50th birthday looming, Bossy felt a sense of urgency to rebuild his body and recognized that to do so, would require some professional help.


“I’ve always thought that I had sufficient knowledge to keep my body relatively healthy,” he adds. “After all, I had coached award-winning cross country and track and field athletes for the past 15 years. I had learned methods of training my high school student athletes that were quite successful, but none of those students were nearing retirement as I was! I decided to sign-on the services of a personal trainer.


Bossy’s chosen trainer was 24-year old, junior bodybuilder, Matt Stirling. Although Stirling had won three world titles as a junior body builder, Bossy remained somewhat skeptical. But over the next three months, with a strict dietary regime, vitamin and mineral supplements, and new training methods, his body slowly transformed.  By summer, Matt was encouraging Gerry to consider entering a bodybuilding competition. Bossy’s reaction? “You gotta be kiddin’ me!”


But the suggestion sparked a curiosity in Bossy, then an interest, and finally, a commitment. “I thought it just might be the incentive I needed to continue my body makeover. By now I was in the gym about 6 days a week – so why not see if the investment of time and energy could pay off.”


“I didn’t really want anything to do with the artificial look that I had associated with the massive bodybuilders profiled in some magazines. FAME, the World Natural Sports Organization, and the concept of natural body development attracted my attention.”


“I finally registered for my first competition…It was just one year after I took the first steps out of my wheelchair. After sign-up, training and nutrition took on new meaning as I prepared for the event. The thought of donning so little clothing, in such a public venue was frightening at first, but the encouragement of my family, my trainer, and friends at the gym were the final ingredients I needed to continue to work hard towards the competition.”


Bossy’s first competition was the FAME Halloween Muscle Mayhem in Windsor, Ontario where he earned second place to a more experienced bodybuilder of greater mass, and  8 years his junior. He also earned second place in the Fitness Model competition, besting an athlete who was just 26 years old.


Bitten by the fitness and competition bug, Gerry’s now planning to compete as a Grand Master in the 2008 FAME World Tour in Toronto.


“As I look back at some of the pictures of me in a wheelchair, I’m surprised and pleased at how far I’ve come in such a short time….I can’t believe what I see today in the mirror, but I know for sure that I am better positioned than ever, for a long and healthy retirement.”


“The FAME experience has transformed my body, mind, and life – for good.”

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SCOTT “OLD NAVY” HULTS


65 Years - Personal Trainer- Alabama


My name is Scott "Old Navy" Hults. I am a retired US Navy Captain. I got the nickname, "Old Navy" from my fellow gym members while I was preparing to enter my first bodybuilding contest in 2005, at the age of 61. My training was intense. They would say, "Hey, Old Navy, slow down man, take it easy, you aren't so young anymore." I liked the nickname, "Old Navy," so I kept it.


Becoming a competitive master bodybuilder had more to do with my health than it did with me wanting to step on to a stage wearing a Speedo.


At age 50, I was diagnosed with symptoms of diabetes, which claimed the lives of my father and grandfather at early ages.  Being the father of two daughters, I didn’t want my kids to loose their dad the way I lost mine and my grandfather.  So, I began a strict diet and exercise regimen that 15 years later, has staved off the onset of diabetes and led me to the sport of competitive bodybuilding.


What makes bodybuilding such a great sport is that it is based on individual effort.  What I bring to the stage is the result of exercise, determination and diet.  I have no control over who else shows up at a competition.  I have to be the best I can be each time I compete and hope it’s good enough to impress the judges. 

As a 62 year-old amateur bodybuilder, I traveled to Toronto in the summer of 2005 to compete in the FAME World  Championships.  I placed 3rd against nine other men in their 60's from around the world.  What a thrill.  It was my fourth contest and to walk away with a Third Place trophy in the Worlds was the highlight of my first year of competition.

I was hooked on FAME.
What makes the World Natural Sports Organization (WNSO) special is their outreach to senior men and women athletes, giving them excellent competition opportunities throughout the US, Canada and Commonwealth countries and Europe.  WNSO shows, under the FAME banner, offer masters competitions for Natural Bodybuilding, Fitness, Figure, Fitness Model, Muscle Model and Bikini Model.  FAME conducts drug screening tests prior to each contest and also tests its athletes randomly throughout the year.


I have been married for nearly 30 years, and have two daughters, one of whom gave me my first granddaughter early 2008.  I’m hoping, with my bodybuilding lifestyle that I will be around for a long time to enjoy my grandchild. My wife and daughters heartily support my participation in this sport.


At 65 and eligible for Medicare, I am in the best shape of my life.  I work at my local YMCA as a personal trainer and train for my competitions at my gym.


I am also working with the WNSO to help promote senior athletics and to bring more and more seniors to FAME competitions.  FAME has made this an important initiative and I am actively pursuing this goal.


More than any other natural organization, I believe FAME is taking the leadership role in reaching out to seniors with the notion that age is a statistic not a burden and there is no reason a senor man or woman can’t get into and maintain the best shape of their lives and even, like “Old Navy,” get into contest shape, smear on some tanning oil, slip into a posing suit and go after some FAME.


Contest News:
I looked my best ever in Miami for the 2007 FAME North American Championships.  But, I am coming even better for the 2008 FAME World Championships  & PRO Showdown this June in Toronto!!! WHOOOOOOOOOT!!!!!!  Would love to see you there in the audience or even on stage next to me!

Website: www.BodyBuildingSenior.com


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JENNIFER REMES - BUTT

52 Years Old - Correctional Officer - Grandmother

My Story:   

I was 48 when I first started competing. I have a friend who is a personal trainer and bodybuilder. She always said to me “Jen, you’ve got the body for it. All you need to do is diet down and start lifting some heavy weights and change a few things and you could easily win.” I thought to myself, ‘I’ve got kids, I have a full-time job – how am I going to do this?” But I really wanted to do it and once I set my mind to something I do it. When I competed in my first show, I placed second in Grandmasters and first in the General (all ages) of the Heavyweight divisions)  

I love competing. It’s the excitement. It’s the mind over matter and knowing I can do it. 

I work full time as a support worker and a correctional officer but I still make time for fitness. I need it, my body needs it and my family benefit.  They are very supportive. 

I’m a grandmother and after I won my third competition, my grandson sent me a card and inside he wrote, “I want to be just like you.” That was really neat. 


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CARL KRASNOR


I was fairly fit as a teenager but ignored fitness for ten tears after I got married. I started running as a means to get into shape at age 31 but never intended to enjoy it. It was just a convenient way to get into shape. It didn’t require a gym, a pool or a partner so it was easy to schedule. After about six months of running I started realizing that I wasn’t running to get into shape any more… I was getting in shape to run. I got hooked on the challenge and the oxygen rush and ran marathons and ultramarathons for 25 years.


Then, I found I needed major foot surgery on both feet (my mother’s fault, I inherited her foot deformity. It wasn’t the running that caused it.). My surgeon, who had an understated British sense of humor had the following advice: “Carl, for a guy with feet as bad as yours, perhaps ultra-distance running is not an optimal sport.”. Then, when I asked him if I would be able to run following the surgery he said “Yes, but you should think of your feet as having a fixed number of miles left in them… You can use them all up at once, or you can spread them out for a while.”.
So, I started a program of strength training with a bit of running included. But marathon training takes a lot of effort and builds a huge endurance capacity so I needed a significant training program to replace it to satisfy my need for physical effort and challenge. As a result, I started becoming quite muscular. A few years into that training regimen, trainers at my club started to notice and two of them double-teamed me and began suggesting repeatedly that I compete in bodybuilding. I rejected this idea vigorously partly because my self-image was still that of a skinny marathon runner but mostly because I was petrified at the idea of posing on stage in front of large crowds in an outfit so small it makes my bikini briefs look like an environmentally irresponsible waste of fabric.


However, the relentless trainers must have perceived that part of me was interested in competing. I did miss the power of motivation that being registered for a marathon had to encourage training effort. It did seem like an outrageous thing to do; way out of my comfort zone. In December of 2003, our two trainers FAME Pro Mike Zappitelli and Kyra Watters began organizing a competition team for the FAME 2004 Nationals in Toronto in May 2004. I agreed to come to the first meeting if they would stop nagging me. By February they insisted on a commitment to compete to continue on with the group. I thought again about being on stage and was about to drop out. But then I hit me how foolish it would be to miss that experience just because of fear. So I said “I’m In.”.


That first competition was on my 57th birthday. I placed 2nd in the Mens Grandmasters Bodybuilding Division (Age 50 and over).


I have an undergraduate degree in Computer Engineering and an MBA in Management of Innovation both from McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario. I am currently the Vice-President Business Development for Accipiter Radar Technologies Inc. in Fonthill, Ontario.


Advice:

* Getting the best results from training is way more complex than you think. Get a well-trained, experienced professional trainer and I don’t mean someone who has taken the 3-evening personal trainer course and then passed the test with 71% no matter how cute he/she is. You will never be competitive without one.


* Don’t be afraid to fail. As Gordon Moore (founder of Intel) said: “If everything you try works, you’re not trying hard enough”


* Bodybuilding is as much about nutrition as about training. There is no magic supplement. Worry more about what you should eat than about what you shouldn’t eat. If you eat everything you should as often as you should eat it, you won’t have room or time to eat the bad stuff anyway.


* Don’t be a slave to the scale. You can get way better information from a mirror and a quick pinch of the love handles.



Next Show:  FAME World Champioships & Pro Showdown

  
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DAVID A. WEINSTOCK

56 Years, Insurance Agent, Florida

Dave played minor league hockey as a young man. He played college football and holds a B.Sc. degree in

Dave played minor league hockey and football so athletics has always been a part of his life.   He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Kinetics and a B.Ed and a M.Ed. degree.  His love of being athletici and his knowledge of the human body was a natural fit for his next life adventure... Natural Bodybuilding!

Dave began competing in his 20's until he encountered the bodybuilding drug culture and was turned off on the sport. In August of 2000, our Warrior had a total right hip replacement. He came back in 2002 and won the Grandmaster division at the FAME World Tour Championships event.  In 2007, Dave tore his right tricep tendon and underwent surgery.  Having his eyes set on the 2008 FAME World Tour made rehab easier.  We expect to see Dave back on stage in tip top shape!

Next Show: FAME World Championships & PRO Showdown



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RUBY CARTER PIKES


61 - San Fernando, California - Trainer & Grandmother of 6


Ruby’s Story: An internationally acclaimed fitness competitor, personal trainer, coach, nutritionist, senior administrator and a grandmother of six—the perennial energetic Ruby Cater-Pikes has her own business ‘RubyFitness” which caters to seniors and those who are physically challenged.   She also coordinates  “Beat the Boss,” an annual employees fitness incentive program.

It all started because Ruby was employed with the Federal Government where she was encouraged to use her natural fitness ability to train her co-workers.  So in 1992 she received her personal training certification.  She is naturally driven to insure clients’ success through one-on-one coaching, ongoing education, customize plan and cutting edge techniques. Her clientele quickly extended outside the work place and “RubyFitness” was born.

Since then Ruby has taken up bodybuilding, a natural fit for her active and healthy lifestyle and one that keeps her goals in tact. “ I decide to compete because I enjoy being among people of like minds; especially people who value healthy bodies and minds.  I also appreciate the opportunity to inspire other women, particularly those 40+.” She  has won several shows and holds national and international titles:

Sponsors & Support: 24 Hour Fitness, Leon Bostick, Al Pkes (my husband), family and friends.


Next Show:  FAME World Championships & Pro Showdown


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VIVIANE MALETTE

Age: 52

Occupation: personal trainer


Hometown: Cantley, Ont


Category:  bodybuilding


Level:  Pro Master


Hometown:  Cantley, near Ottawa, Ont


Trainer:  Yannick Morin (who is also a FAME competitor) from La Bat Cave


Sponsor:  Naomie & Dominic 2 exceptional persons from Extension & Style and Gilles Genereux from Nutrizone

My Story:

I decided to compete as a challenge and it became a passion.  I am unique as a trainer because I am very passionate about my sport & the people that I train.  Nobody believed that I am almost 52 years old;  I inspire and give older women the desire to compete and I am also a role model for many many young people.  It is never to late to start training;  I started at 37 years old. 

Motivational Quote:

If you put your mind to it anybody can do it;  so go for it


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Ken Babich


Age: 56  - Personal Trainer

My Story:  I have been a personal trainer for 30 years (as of April 15 2008!) and a drug free Masters competitor since 1989. I am now a Grandmaster Pro for the FAME World Tour and am thrilled to have won my Pro Status (by winning the 2007 Ocean Bloom FAME West) and still be able to compete with men my own age. I have dedicated myself to inspiring my older clients and steering the young folks getting into bodybuilding away from the "Dark side" .  I lead by example as I have never taken an anabolic steroid in my life. For this, my accomplishments as a Drug Free Bodybuilder will stand the test of time as will my Physique.

My Personal Training career began in 1978 and now with 30 years under my belt my time spent with some of the greats of fitness will prove its value as I recently launched "Exercise Videos". Many of these exercises will have my personal nuances but most of the credit has to go to Great Men like Vince Gironda who took the time to teach me. Never forget to "Live Modern but Train Old Fashioned".


Website: Quadfather.com - This is a site Ken started in 1998 having been given the nickname Quadfather 20 years ago due in part to his amazing legs and in part to him being likened to the ‘Godfather’.  Visit his site which is constantly being updated with videos and exercise tips.


Upcoming Contest:  FAME North American Championships & PRO Showdown

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Marie Newton

 


Age: 50


Hometown: Sydney, Australia . I am originally from Toronto.


My Story:
I am a mother of 2 adult children, Andrew aged 22 and Christine aged 20. I have been married for 28 years.

 

 I began training 3 years ago for my very first Fame event. In my first year, I placed 3rd as a Masters Fitness Model at the 2005 Fame World Championships. The following year I won the title of 2006 Fame Masters Fitness Model at the World Championships!

 

 Training and competing has shaped so many aspects of my life. It has encouraged self confidence, poise, and most importantly, a strong, lean and healthy physique.

 

 I have been fortunate to have had the influence of several inspiring trainers and mentors along the way, who encouraged me to strive for excellence. It has been an incredibly fulfilling experience.

 

Two years ago, my husband Scott and I moved to Sydney, Australia to pursue a career opportunity for him. This past year I resigned from my position as a flight attendant and embarked on a new career. I became a personal trainer. I hope that I will be able to help others discover a passion for fitness and follow their dreams.


Mentors:
I am grateful to my mentors Colin Duncan, Lyzabeth Lopez, Tony Boutagy and David Driscoll.


Category:   Masters Pro Fitness Model.

 

Motivational Quote:

My favorite is " FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS, TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE! "     (Paolo Coelho)



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RICHARD SEGUIN

Category: 
Super Grandmaster Bodybuilding

Upcoming Competitions:
Ian Walling FAME Classic & FAME World Championships


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In the beginning there was a general category for all athletes in each of the categories.   Eventually as more and more people started entering the competition there was a need for divisions to be made within each category.   One such division was based on age.  

Our events were attracting people from all walks and stages of life, many who use the goal of competing and setting foot on stage as incentive to reclaim their health, get in shape and start treating their body with more respect.  A lot of these people were older adults, especially those who were in their retirement years who had extra time on their hand to focus on themselves and new goals.  We were extremely touched and impressed with the shape these older adults were able to attain and maintain. So the Grandmasters (50+) and Super Grandmasters (60+) divisions were introduced and immediately became fan favorites filling the theaters with thunderous applause each time a senior entered the stage!   As more and more seniors continue to compete, the level of competition continued to increase, so much so that it was necessary to create a PRO category just for this age group!


For us, it is hugely rewarding to hear the stories of the athletes, the more ‘senior’ citizens of society who feel more alive than ever, more confident and more healthy now that they compete.  To watch them on stage trying something different, a new sport which requires no past experience, no prior athletic accomplishments nor previous training which at the same time also allows them to express their personality and individuality (in their outfits &/or routine performances), interact with others who share their same goals,  and influence the younger generations is simply amazing!   


The masters & senior aspect of our organization keeps growing and impressing with our oldest athlete being in his mid 80's... so watch out... the triple digit age may soon also make an appearance!   We hope you enjoy the following profiles.