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Jill Vadala
Jill was always active, so when 18 years of dance and 15 years of softball looked like they were coming to a close, she picked up the weights. Jill was away at college at the time and was a cheerleader. She remembers one of the girls telling me her she better not put on too much muscle. She laughed, but realized that she was gaining muscle quickly. So, she quit lifting until she moved back home a year or two later. In 1995 at age 23, Jill joined Golds gym and hasn't been the same since. It was love at first sight. Jill worked out some nights till the place closed at 10p.m. Within 6 months she had muscle, and was constantly asked if she would compete. Compete... she didn't even know what that all meant.
Jill's husband Joe is her biggest fan. He and Jill met at Golds Gym in 1996 and thanks to him she had the courage to lift her ass off ..well he forced her too! He turned her into a balls to the wall lifter and now as a competitor, he is the only one who truly understands her passion because he too used to compete. They have two kids. Nico is 5, born in March 03, and Chiara is 2, born in Oct 06. They are her every breath and she thanks God for them everyday! Until Nico was born, Jill was a 2nd grade teacher with a masters in educational technology. She resigned to stay home with her kids, but will return when Chiara starts school. Until then she's a stay at home mom who plans to get the most out of competing. Jill is also a certified personal trainer.
Contest History 2008 OCB Pride of the Atlantic 1st Place Figure Novice Short Figure Novice Overall 2nd Figure Masters 2nd Figure Open Short 2008 NPC East Coast Tournament of Champions 1st Figure Masters 2nd Figure Open Short 2008 NPC Jr Nationals 16th B class 2008 OCB Nationals /Yorton Cup 1st Place Figure Open Short Women's Open Figure Overall winner
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Jill
began searching magazines and fell in love with Mia Finnegan, Marla
Duncan, Monica Brant, Sharon Breanaeu, Debbie Kruk, and of course
Cory Everson. Starting in early 96 she trained hard AND fooled
around with diets, but had a lot to learn with that. Jill would
often get into a competition prep and fizzle out 5-6 weeks into it
because she had no clue how to see it through. By 1997 her focus was
to finally finish her degree and start a career, then along came
marriage, back surgery, pregnancy, obtaining her masters degree,
building a new home and having a 2nd child. Finally in early 2008
,at age 35, with a 14 month old and a 4yr old, Jill was back in top
shape with muscle that remembered her! Jill was ready to get on
stage! It was do or die wishing she did!
Funny
story....Joe is always on top of her when she's dieting. He will rip
food out of her hand if she's not supposed to have it. Recently he
bought a bag of trail mix that had chocolate chips in it. It was
11;00 P.M. and Jill wanted that trail mix. He was smart enough to
hide it but she looked EVERYWHERE for it, and just went to bed
pouting. Next morning she did a load of laundry. When the cycle was
done she opened up the washer to find a nice, clean ,mountain fresh
bag of trail mix! Great hiding place hubby!