Q&A With Top NPC Female Bodybuilder Gail Auerbach

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Name: Gail Auerbach
Height/Weight: 5’3 Contest Weight-125
Nickname(s): The Prodigy



Q.How long have you been training?
A. 4 years

Q.What was your body like before you started training?
A. Overweight and chubby

Q.How do you keep yourself motivated and on-track through the grueling dieting in the last few weeks?
A. Tried to remember that the food will still be there when I am done dieting. Tried to remember my goal and why I compete.

Q.Do you get more attention from the people now that you are in such good shape?
A. Yes and no. Strangers…yes Cute single men………No…LOL!

Q.What is the one key piece of advice you could pass on to our readers?
A. Compete for yourself and no one else. Compete against no one else but yourself. This was a HARD lesson for me to learn this year.

Q.What is your favorite energy/pre-workout supplement? Protein supplement?
A. I love all of the SPECIES products. They all work great and are quality products. I think their Vanilla Peanut Protein is the best tasting protein on the market!

Q.How many days a week do you work out?
A. 5-6

Q.Do you believe in workout programs like Insanity or P90X?
A. Not for competitiors. For people who just want to lose weight and be healthy I think any exercise program is great!

Q.What competitions have you participated in and what were the results?
A.2008 NPC Ironman-local IL Show-First/Overall Middleweight
2009 Jr. Usa’s-First/Overall Middleweight
2010 Jr. Nationals-2nd place Middleweight

Q.What do you wish you had known before you started doing shows?
A. How expensive it gets! LOL! How hard it would be and how it takes over your life!

Q.Looking back on what you have accomplished so far, what is one thing you would change if you could, knowing what you do now?
A. I wish I would have competed only against myself and didn’t care about anyone else. This was a hard lesson for me to learn this year. I wished I spent more at the local level working on posing and stage presence.

Q.What is one of the biggest sacrifices you’ve made, and was it worth it?
A. Time with family and friends. It was worth it and they were also very understanding!



Q.What do you feel is the most important thing a bodybuilder can have in order to be successful in this sport?
A. Motivation, dedication, purserverance, internal drive and HARD work ethic.

Q.As a new bodybuilder/fitness/figure competitor, how should one select which organization or event to compete in? And what are the major differences between the numerous organizations out there?
A. Do your research and talk to people who compete!

Q.Is it not very hard to exercise and lift on such a low calorie diet? I am talking about the pre-contest diet. I know you follow a very low calorie pre-contest diet. Don’t you get hungry?
A. You do get hungry! It gets harder to lift and you do get more tired the last couple of weeks of dieting. I drink a lot of water to keep my stomach feeling full!

Q.Does your social life include others that are not into fitness or competition?
A. I have a lot of friends who are not competitors. They are supportive but sometimes it is hard for them to understand what I go thru!

Q.Who is your favorite bodybuilder, fitness model, and/or athlete?
A. I have SOOO many! To many to name!

Q.What is your favorite healthy meal?
A.Steak and sweet potatos! Oatmeal

Q.What is your favorite cheat meal?
A. Fast food, IHOP! Coldstone!

Q.What is that one body part that you just can’t seem to bring up or make it look like you want?
A. My arms and legs!

Q.What made you get into Fitness and Competition?
A. Always being labeled as a child as “different” due to my disabilites and no one ever understanding me. In the bodybuilding world, it is okay to be “different” and everyone accepts you as you are and understands!

Q.What is the best asset of your physique/body?
A. My back!

Q.What are your future plans?
A. Doing USA’s in 6 weeks and then a LOOONG offseason!

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I know it is technically there job to look the way they do but one thing about bodybuilders and fitness competitors that always amazes me is the dedication.

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I know it is technically there job to look the way they do but one thing about bodybuilders and fitness competitors that always amazes me is the dedication.

Gail is plain is simple a fighter, she a sweetie and i see great future in her.