Pam Franklin - Female Bodybuilder

Anti Aging Conference in Orlando Florida

2011-05-15T10:36:00.005-05:00

I attended an anti-aging medical conference in Orlando Florida this April. The topics and content were great as I am especially interested in hormone management as we get older. They also had an Expo so my husband is trying a product from Neogenis to boost Nitric Oxide in the body. I also won a $3000 Laser Cap in a raffle!!! My 22 year old son is trying it now as he is starting to go bald. I will post pictures every few months on Amazon Fitness. I also can get my blog readers a 20% discount on the laser cap. Email me if you're interested.

I also took some time and went to Disney World and had a blast.

Here is a pic of me hanging around some bats. It was creepy!

Alexandria, Egypt

2011-01-28T13:30:00.008-06:00

I went to Egypt in April 2010 and met some wonderful people. Here is one of my fans, Nayer, with his Policeman friend. We went to a cafe and smoked a sheesha with Nayer and his friends. The tobacco was an apple flavor tobacco and was very tasty. :-)
Seeing people pray in the street was a very new sight for an American and I just had to capture it.
I had a great time in Alexandria and the rest of Egypt.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

2011-01-01T21:08:00.004-06:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Hoping everyone had a wonderful holiday season and I wish you all the best year yet! May it be happy, healthy, prosperous and exciting. I'm looking forward to 2011 with anticipation of good things to come!

TURKEY DAY!

2010-11-28T20:57:00.004-06:00

I give thanks for all the wonderful things in my life on this Thanksgiving. I did eat too much, but that is expected. It was all so YUMMY! I will do extra cardio to prepare for a photo shoot in the Grand Canyon next weekend! There might even be snow!!

Asia Society award ceremony

2010-11-18T17:20:00.006-06:00

I recently attended the Asia Society Award dinner honoring Riaz Siddiqi for distinguished achievement in business and philanthropy at the Four Seasons Hotel in downtown Houston. Riaz is such an incredible person and I really enjoyed his speech. He has great ideas on how business and society should function together. Here are some quotes from his acceptance speech.

"I believe the quality of Humility is the essential ingredient of sustainable progress as individuals and as nations. Humility once acknowledged and internalized, opens one to the possibilities of collaboration. Collaboration as a model of human interaction leads to win win solutions, as opposed to win lose or zero sum propositions."

"...we have the evolving field of social enterpreneurship in which the one supreme metric, return of and return on capital, is supplemented by a concomitant and equally important metric and that is social development."

Lackland Classic

2010-11-18T16:17:00.013-06:00

I attended the Lackland show last weekend. My two girls looked awesome onstage. Here we are after at the mexican food restaurant chowing down. They deserved a great meal after such a great showing! Congratulations to Kendal and M’Ral!

Paris

2009-04-07T16:29:00.009-05:00

Mondial Fitness Salon Mar 2009

It was nice to meet some fans and sign autographs at the Le Monde Du Muscle Et Du Fitness booth.

This is me and Libby at the Eiffel Tower...the view from the top was incredible!

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If you want the best Houston personal training, just call me at my gym.

Hypertrophy phase is going great

2008-12-08T18:43:00.004-06:00

Hi Everyone! I finished that grueling strength phase. Glad it's over for a while. I'm on the hypertrophy phase now...more sets and reps, but not as heavy. These workouts are really hard though, especially quads! Today I did leg press with 720# for 12 reps, 3 sets, supersetted with leg extension, 12 reps, 60#. That is a real burn! Then right into vertical leg press with 540# for 15 reps, 3 sets. Then leg extension with 1 leg, safety squat, sartarius and kickbacks exercises, and dumbell lunges with 60# total for 25 reps. WOW, I'm tired! I'm feeling great though. Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving, and that you're looking forward to Christmas. I finally put my tree up yesterday, and need to do a little more decorating on the house to get in the mood. I still need to put the lights up outside. That is always a huge job! Let me know how you are all doing out there, please. I love to hear from you!

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Back Day

2008-11-14T12:48:00.003-06:00

Chins with 35#. It was heavy!! Just one more week on the strength phase and then Thanksgiving. Yeah! I get to eat turkey instead of chicken.

If you want the best female personal trainer in Houston, just call me at my studio.

Arm Day

2008-10-21T19:27:00.003-05:00

I had a good workout today as you can see. I'm hitting 16" now. I'll be updating my stats page on my website after the new year, but until then, I'll be posting pics here and there.

I appreciate the comments....I don't know if anyone is reading this blog unless you comment. I love comments!

If you want the best female personal trainer in Houston, just call me at my studio.

Getting bigger

2008-10-15T09:42:00.002-05:00

All was well the past week with the exception of Friday where I did a heavy back workout...I hurt my lower back and have to adjust this week's workouts. On the good side, I'm up to 165#...my goal is 180# before entering pre-contest phase next year.

If you want the best female personal trainer in Houston, just call me at my studio.

Strength Phase

2008-10-06T13:50:00.003-05:00

I started my strength phase today....legs.

Vertical Leg Press went up to 650#

If you want the best female personal trainer in Houston, just call me at my studio.

Hurricane Ike

2008-09-24T09:18:00.003-05:00

What a mess!! Hurricane Ike shut us down for a week at the gym...no electricity and Houston heat makes it difficult for clients to train. But it didn't stop me!!! I have a goal...and the goal is SIZE. We're back in operation this week. Leg day was yesterday and I'm doing 700 lbs on the leg press for 15 reps supersetted with leg extensions. Sore legs now :-)

Getting bigger and stronger

2008-09-09T12:10:00.003-05:00

Leg day was great yesterday...back up to 680 on the Leg Press. I'm almost back to 160# too. Feeling big, pumped, and strong!!

Here's a pic of me in Europe. Can you guess where? I'll answer next blog :-)

Back to working out

2008-08-28T12:29:00.002-05:00

I started my off-season plan on Monday. It uses a periodization approach for the weights, and I am upping my calories, but still eating pretty clean. I like to stay fairly lean all the time as it makes losing fat much easier. I also fit into my clothes better when I'm lean.

Anyways, Monday was leg day and I'm still soooooo sore!!! Lots of weight and volume both.

Europa Supershow continued

2008-08-23T13:05:00.004-05:00

Finally, congratulations to the very beautiful and muscular Jennifer Sedia from Lubbock Texas. She won the Lightweights in her very first Pro contest and is going to the Ms. Olympia!! Hurray for Jennifer!!

I have posted pictures of my European vacation at my website

I am back training clients again in my personal training studio, Amazon Fitness.

If you want the best personal trainer in Houston, just call me at my studio.

Europa Supershow continued

2008-08-20T07:04:00.007-05:00

Here I am with the very sexy Melissa Dettwiller who is preparing to enter the North Americans. She has a great combination of muscle and beauty and will go even farther when she gets her pro card. As an amateur, she is already a force in women's bodybuilding.

I have posted pictures of my European vacation at my website

I am back training clients again in my personal training studio, Amazon Fitness.

If you want the best female personal trainer in Houston, just call me at my studio.

Europa Supershow continued

2008-08-18T23:10:00.005-05:00

Here I am with Irene Andersen who took 4th in the Heavyweights. She should have been in the top 3....nice combination of shape, size, and conditioning.

I have just posted pictures of my European vacation at my website

I am back training clients again in my personal training studio, Amazon Fitness.
If you want the best female personal trainer in Houston, just call me at my studio.

Europa Supershow

2008-08-17T10:49:00.007-05:00

It was a fantastic show and well organized. Here are some pix of me and IFBB Pro bodybuilder Jana Linke-Sippl. She took 5th in the Heavies and looked fantastic. Nice size and thickness!!

If you want the best female personal trainer in Houston, just call me at my studio.

European Vacation

2008-08-16T05:32:00.007-05:00

Here are some pix from my recent trip to Europe. If you like these, comment on them.

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I will be posting pictures later at my website

I am back training clients again in my personal training studio, Amazon Fitness.

If you want the best female personal trainer in Houston, just call me at my studio.

Masters Nationals 2008

2008-07-21T23:43:00.005-05:00

I just got back from the Masters Nationals. You can see more of my pictures at the Muscular Development website

I will be posting pictures later at my website

I am back training clients again in my personal training studio, Amazon Fitness.

If you want the best female personal trainer in Houston, just call me at my studio.