Merry Christmas!

Dear Friends and Fans,

Well here it is.. 2007 almost gone. Time really flies when your having fun.. or once you hit 30..lol! I have really been working hard on some projects dealing with my practice. I feel good that I've learned another avenue of my practice that I can implement and grow from.. that feels good.. although it is still going to take a lot of hard work and extra time. You see that is what one of my problems is, time. It's hard to do the job of 5 people and be a bodybuilder. Each year i just have to learn how to do a couple extra things as well as everything else. Nothing good is easy!! I hope you guys liked the santa video.. we are going to work on the choppiness..but wanted to get it up for Christmas. It was so funny making, me and Gary the camera guy, were laughing our asses of when we saw that huge butt print!! lol. I guess I'll have to say it again and again, that Missouri has the strangest weather. 2 weeks ago we got 18" of snow dumped on us, the next week we got cold slush, and now the past couple of days have been cool but clear and beautifully sunny and all snow is melted away. Today is supposed to get into the 50's. It's really nice. I cleaned the house, and opened my windows.. could have sworn it was may! I've had a good break.. holiday.. I call it a break! I'm about to go crazy with all this time off work. My mom says idle hands are evil hands.. oy vey! She always said"Dena don't go looking for trouble,it finds you quick enough!" Ha, I wonder what she meant by that.. no I'm just kidding... I just need my structure back shortly... You guys know me by now.. and how I love my routine. I have a couple more cleaning things to do, if you haven't noticed by now I have a neurotic thing with cleaning. I do it to burn off excess energy that would other wise get me in trouble.. remember what mom says! Damnit! She is always right! My friend and neighbor Patty wants me to come over. Her lasagna has been in my fridge all day because she didn't have room for 2 13x9 pans. I just pushed the egg cartons aside and slid them in..lol! My friend Jillian likes to make fun of what is in my fridge.. she says it's bare.. eggs, chicken, tuna, broccoli, coffee, water, diet coke or diet Dr. Pepper...oh and a tub of http://www.speciesnutrition.com/ protein called isolyze, on the counter. I'll tell ya later about Species my new sponsor. I've spent the majority of the time alone. Thank you to all the wonderful people in my life who invited me to spend the Holidays with them. I'm weird.. sometimes or most of the time.. I prefer to be alone. It gives me time to get to know myself. I love being stuck doing nothing but understanding the person in the mirror. It may seem crazy.. but I"M CRAZY!!..lol.

Training is going well. While my body continues to be in it's "rest" mode.. I've been doing some Kettleball training. I like it. It makes me feel similar to one of my Martial Arts sessions. I miss that deep core soreness. I think this training is going to wind me tight!! i'm thinking the first of Feb. I'll be back in the saddle again! I have to hit Florida at the end of Jan. and then back and ready to pull in the hottest physique since Cory and Rachel!

Happy Holiday to all of you! I appreciate your support, and am honored to have so many people who care about me and my life. Thank you! Kisses

Your Pro,

Dr. Dena

Growing Pains

Dear Friends and Fans,

I'm not even sure where to begin. I guess that is why I named this growing pains. I finally felt like I got everything in my office "caught up" just until this seminar over the weekend. It does feel good to know that I'm not alone.... but I felt like the student that didn't get the "good" notes for the test!! lol, meaning the insurance game. My issue was just a little decorative flower hanging on the perimeter of the cake, I need to get the damn recipe to the cake!!! I did have some colleagues talk to me about some specifics within their office that will be of great value to me. I think here is where my organization problem has been. I had to get from underneath the paperwork to see what I could do better. Although I'm stressed about a new issue now this is all making me better at what I do, and will get me the efficiency I've been looking for.

It's hard for me because every year I grow as a practice and a person with that growth comes more responsibility. I was never the "smartest" kid in class, I really had to try. When people would say "you're so smart because you went to college" well college taught me a trade just like a mechanic and his trade, I'm not smart enough for his job, the difference is college education, especially my chiropractic education, taught me time management, organization skills, social skills, how to work hard under pressure and most importantly how to reach my goals!!! Those are the best tools of life! And although I sometimes still feel like that student running around looking for the good notes...life is the teacher and I am the student. Learn from your mistakes and move on. Have a great week.

Your Pro,

Dr. Dena

A Star is Born!

Dear Friends and Fans,

Well the whirlwind has uprooted everything, and I'm just about finished picking up the pieces of a busy 2 weeks. WE TV sent their crew http://www.pangolinpictures.com/ here to shoot my story. We had a great time. Up til now the most experienced person I've worked with behind a video camera was Steve from http://www.awefilms.com/ . I was pleasantly surprised what a movie making production crew entails.The amazing equipment, organization and professionalism made for a very smooth, fun and productive 2 days. We started filming Thursday morning 9am (until 5pm) at my home. They filmed me getting out of bed, making my breakfast, working on my blog and web site, and of course a preview of a couple of new Dr. Sexy outfits with posing. The whole crew is new to the bodybuilding thing, especially in person, so they seemed to be WOWED with every outfit. After that, we headed to the gym for me to see a couple of patients, and hit some weights. Boy I was exhausted... We were at it for a good 12 hours...I even turned down a Brazilian dinner, so I could rest up for the next day. Friday they arrived back at the house...7:30am (until 2:30pm). We filmed me with maryjane... walking and cuddling. The final shoot was the interview. The crew set my basement gym up to look like this awesome place just by hanging some black sheets around and using light. The interview went really well.. everything was positive. Oh, by the way, they all fell in love with Maryjane.... of course... soon I will be getting more Christmas cards for her than myself.. but thats ok..we share! I did fall down the stairs on Thursday and my little faithful friend was right by my side.. and I fell right on her sore leg.. and she screamed!!! She limped around for a day.. better, but I don't think she'll ever be back to where she use to be. She just likes to goof around and be fast.. and she has these little falls that keep reinjuring her little leg. I've tried to hog tie and chain her to the couch...but she just doesn't seem happy that way..lol!

So over the weekend, I got all caught up on my business stuff. I just have to make sure I do all my entries and stay on top of all the work. I keep ignoring the paperwork, and I can't figure out why it won't go away. Doesn't it get the hint I don't want it around???lol. I can't really say that now... if I didn't have all this paperwork over my head I may not have a roof either. I'm just wanting to complain. I will tell you all though.. it is very hard work. People around me who see me on a daily basis always ask "what about your personal life?" They know I'm always working at my office, business organization and documentation, working out, web site stuff and photo shoots. So, the answer to that question lies in next topic. There are still more things that I haven't mentioned, that I do daily. I have gotten caught up on my emails and hope to stay that way. I answer all me emails personally. It takes time out of my day to sit read and respond. please do not be offended if I haven't written back a lengthy description of what I want from life or who I am. My life is an open book on this site. I can hardly find time to read the emails let alone go into some length.. I'm sorry. I want you to know that I saw your email and appreciate your support. I would like to state for the record that I am single because I CHOOSE to be not because I can't find a date or someone to love me. I have never been happier with myself and life than I am at this moment in time. My best times... have been on my own. If you would like to get to know me better and develop a more intimate friendship than the best ways to accomplish that is to come see me on http://www.herbicepscam.com/ or schedule an MSN or phone conversation via my website and pay pal. On to the subject of my website.... We have 3 new work out downloads and some tanning and posing, shot around the time of the 2007 Jan Tana, available. They are packed with hard, veiny, full striated muscles. Check it out and let me know what you think.

I have a Chiropractic seminar to attend this weekend, so there goes another one, time flies when your having fun..lol. I finally got Dan to commit to a date for our shoot. Tuesday next week he is going to drive down for the day and shoot my professional wear and sexy santa. We should have some great stuff continuing to stimulate your appetite for more and more.

Your Pro,

Dr. Dena

Life In The Fast Lane

Dear Friends and Fans,

I'm so proud of myself that I've gotten to this point in my day. The point being writing to you. I have been working like a one armed paper hanger since Beth left. I have my office work just about caught up, I am having difficulties doing it all!! My business stuff that is. Thank god for my web master and BB manager, Joel, he has been keeping everything up and wonderful on the site!!xo. So, I now have to go from post guest house to pre guest house.. We TV, http://www.wetv.com/ , is coming to my house tomorrow morning. We will be filming all day Thursday and Friday morning. Needless to say, it takes a lot of preparation on my side. Let's start by getting my office and house in TV mode.. you gotta keep it real.. whose house is instant camera ready?..lol.. plus I have to continue to see my patients and run my office, and I just had 2 weeks of guests . Dan Ray is coming next Friday and Saturday morning to do a shoot, plus I have a Chiropractic seminar to attend all next weekend. WOW!! No wonder I feel like a pinball. I have to see patients in the office tonight from 4-8:30pm, so I have to everything finished up. I hope Patty will come by and put some color on me for the filming.

My Thanksgiving was great. Beth and I had a lot of fun. We ate a big Thanksgiving buffet, and gobbled up a 1/4 ham. Beth probably lost weight while she was here...lol... i never realized how cold I kept my house until I see Beth walking around with a thermal long sleeve shirt and a hoodie on. I was bragging how my power bill was only $45 last month...lol... I was going for a record low til Beth told me I could blow a pipe if the house is too cold!!! OOOO, that did happen to me a couple of years ago.. do you guys remember??..lol.. well regardless, I turned the heat on more often so she didn't freeze to death. I like it cold... I'm a hot piece of coal!! Thank you Beth for spending the holiday with me.

I'm hearing of a new show for women in May. I have lots of things to talk about regarding me doing the show, and what some of my goals are for my physique. I have to let it simmer right now, but believe it will be ready soon. I just have to get through this filming and next weekends shoot and seminar. I figure I won't need to everything ready til January. I will keep you all up with the WE TV show, but you can go to their site and see what they are about http://www.wetv.com/ . I'll talk to you next week and let you know how it went and how it is going..lol. Thank you for your love and support! Xo

Your Pro,

Dr. Dena

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Dear Friends and Fans,

It's mid day on Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving, and I'm running around like a chicken with its head cut off. I'm sure many of you can relate. I have to get into the office to see a couple of patients. Beth is in route as I type. My friend Brian is going to pick her up for me, and I shoud be home shortly after they get here.I am far behind in my office work.. but that's okay .. I'm having fun. I'm going to make some of my favorite stuff for us to eat all week. tomorrow we will be going to the Adams Mark Hotel for Thaksgiving dinner. We get to drink champange on a beer budget.. lol.. I have plenty of cooking to do... I plan to make so ooey gooey sweet potato casserole, pumpkin cake with cream cheese icing, peanut butter pie, and a honey baked spiral ham. I may start some of this tonight or work on it tomorrow it depending on the weather and if Beth feels like going out. I don't really frequent any spots here. To me the best spot is on my porch chilling with my dog..lol.! Come look for us on cam. We plan to hit the malls on Friday. I have to get some outfits for my next shoot. It's a professional wear shoot.. it will be fun. WE TV, womens entertainment, is coming out next Thursday and Friday to do a documentery on me.. I'm pretty excited. It makes a really busy month for me... Dan Ray is hopefully coming out Sat and Sun next week, so that leaves me filming Thurs through Sunday, and then the following weekend I have a Chiropractic seminar to attend.... AHUG!!!! Anyway, I hope you all have a great Thanksgiving and long weekend. I'm shooting my sexy santa gallery next week.. look out for the super hot photos.

Your Pro,

Dr. Dena

Hills andValleys

Dear Friends and Fans,

It's a Rainy Monday here in St.Louis.. but I like it. I've chosen to name this blog what it is because it feels like that is exactaly what I'm experiencing. I have nothing really bad going on, just rolling hills... and sometimes they get boring. It's been a bit since I wrote last...not this Friday but the last I hurt my back doing dead lifts. I felt real good after the 10th rep.. so I decided to push it for 12 since it was Friday.... well screw Friday!!!lol. I heard a muscle tearing sound and a pop. Of course something like this has to happen on a weekend I have things planned. I had to go to an event with Becky.. she was dancing in The Stars of St. Louis, and I was planning on moving my gym equipment into the basement. I had to cancel my patients for the day.. I knew one thing and that was that bending over my table delivering adjustments to people was not going to be good for my back and the spasm it was in. I still went with Becky on Friday, and Sunday my good friends Patty, Joe, and Gary moved my gym into the basement. It all turned out ok after all. Needless to say, I took the rest of the week off from the gym, until I could get 2 adjustments in for myself. I was back to training back on this Friday, and a good one to boot. This weekend was spent cleaning up around the house and finishing up on some final fall things. When you have your own property to keep up.. there is always work to be done. I lifted Maryjane into the tub yesterday and pulled my already not healed shoulder again. It just hasn't been the same since I hurt it about 6 weeks ago. I had to train bis and tris today instead of chest and shoulders. I'm not sure when it is going to be better. My job it makes it difficult to heal since I'm always using it and putting extra stress on it during the day. I'm still mananging to keep my weight up at 160 which is surprising because I haven't been eating as much as I should be. Somedays I may only have 4 meals. I opened my fridge the other day and told one of my friends...is this going to put size on me... we started laughing, I had 2 huge onions, one Sam's sized ketchup, diet Dr. Pepper and some lime juice. I have since gone to the store and got big girl food! lol. The holiday season has a tendency to be a bit slow. It's hard for people to come in when they still have so much shopping to do.. and lots of eating! Beth Roberts will be coming back out for Thanksgiving. She dosen't have much going on around her town this year, so she will visit me so I'm not alone...ahhhh! Thanks Beth. Still pondering on the question... is THIS what it's all about???? The hills and valleys, trials and tribulations. The pic I attached was taken on my friends cell phone from the Dancing with the Stars of St. Louis. Thank you for caring enough to read what I had to say. We are having a lot of fun with the site.. and more to come. Have a great week.

Your Pro,

Dr. Dena

Aches and Pains

Dear Friends and Fans,

So how many of you are also feeling aches and pains as the weather moves through? You know... I'm not getting any younger either...lol. As I gain experience and experiences, I do my best to help my patients through the aging process. What do I know, right... seeing that I'm just beginning the process myself. So what I've come to realize is that no matter which age category your in, it's all about working within your limitations, but view these limitations as stepping stones to your longevity. If you don't, then you biomechanically start to mess things up which will cause an increase in pain and decrease in range of motion, and psychologically ,you depress yourself by reflecting on what you USED to do. We are organic compounds and are degrading daily NO MATTER WHAT. The only way to slow the process down is to decrease the stresses on the body.. these stresses are mechanical, psychological, chemical( nutrition), and environmental( air, rays etc..). Don't cry about what you used to be able to do; focus on what you can do to limit these stressors.

So, I'm in the 4th week of not being able to really train chest or shoulders. I strained my shoulder , doing one arm push ups. It's everytime I try to show off that I get some stupid little injury. Well I've just accepted what I can do, and work around it until it is better. How long....? As long as it takes. You see when i deliver a chiropractic adjustment I use a whole body force to move a segment. It sounds real barbaric,but it's not. The force is just the coming together of energy resulting in a thrust... and I'll leave it at that..lol I can see I may be opening up a can of worms here. Anyway, long story short.. everytime I deliver a thrust about 1/4 of that thrust comes back at me, kinda like a wave bouncing off the seawall, so all day long I get a little strain in my shoulder from adjustments, and if for some reason ( the patient not relaxed, joint not to tension, more speed or line of drive needed) then it's like hitting a bat against the wall, and yes I get a couple of those a day. All of this makes it even harder on the healing process then add some arm and back work outs, and who is calling the kettle black??? lol. I'm telling you this because this goes for the mommy sitting on the floor for hours playing with baby, the business person moving through the airport with their briefcase or roller bag in one had and phone in the other, the computer person moving the intricate muscles of the hand and forearm, carpenters swinging a hammer. Associate a lot of your aches and pains with the repetitive uses you have. Realize them, accept them, and then do what you can to decrease the stressors. Drink proper amounts of water, sit in the tub or jacuzzi ( I hate the sauna dry heat), get enough rest, massage and stretch the areas around your ouchies. Get your spine adjusted... make sure the door is hanging in the frame correctly...if not it will work, but could work better!

I'm continuing to do what I can in the gym.. mainly legs and abs. I'm still working on my Absolute Abs. I changed the name to avoid copyright stuff later. It's going to be lots of fun. I never told you guys what happened with Maryjane's leg. The Dr. says her symptoms presents a possible partial tear of the ACL. I figure if it goes we'll go have it fixed then. He said when it happens they won't even stand on it. We have started 3 cardio walks a week, and she seems fine. You see.. realize and accept your limitations.. I even have to do it with my dog if not I will lose my friend early.

Business stuff is coming around. I feel a bit flat lined, I'd love to go sit on a mountain somewhere and stare down at all the colorful trees. I bet it's nice flying into St. Louis right now. My friend Becky is having an event this weekend.. Dancing with the St. Louis Stars... she is performing and we have a dinner and stuff. Should be fun. I'm planning on wear a black foil gown with plunge neck. There is a pix of me in it on the site. I hope you all are enjoying the site. I have new stuff planned in late November.... and of course my sexy santa shoot. I'm still putting my ideas together for that. Have a wonderful week. Thank you for all your support.

Your Pro,

Dr. Dena

The Leaves Are Turning

Dear Friends and Fans,

What a good title for what I 've been experiencing the past 2 weeks. I'm sorry to be gone so long. I needed time to figure out what direction I need to take. It's easier said than done to just forget the 26 weeks of training I dedicated my whole self to. It's like walking away from a relationship your heart wants to be in, but your senses know better. Gym is always there for me. He's my special friend with benefits...lol. After talking to my life coach, and a couple other pro bodybuilders, I've come to terms with the fact I can't be a bodybuilder 52 weeks. I've been guilt ridden not having this extreme focus I had on bodybuilding just a couple weeks ago. I strained my shoulder earlier in the week, so I took the week off for my upper body to heal. I plan to be back in the gym next week and not push it real hard for the moment, but get the HUNGER back.

My focus at this time needs to be on some ideas that need to be implemented into my practice. Since I've been back from the Olympia my practice has been off the hook which is great, but it makes triple work for me on the paperwork side. I start feeling overwhelmed. I can't wait for the day I can be just the doctor. I will be in a Chiropractic seminar all weekend. I'm looking forward to turning over my leaf and motivate and be motivated by my colleagues and mentors.

I'll be working on my Hip Hop Abs class the rest of October. I plan to start it at the gym in November. I will record it and have it on the site shortly. November 2nd is the set date for me to get the gym equipment in my basement. My good friends and sponsors Frank and Liz Aten are downsizing and have lots of stuff for my gym. I'm looking forward to being able to train at my leisure at home. I have a Smith Machine coming... that's an important piece. I hope to start training my friend Patty in the basement. I need to find joy in it again. I've never felt this way... so I'm having to just ride the wave. ALL is great though... my life still is the best it's ever been. I'm just the type of person who is always striving for more. It's hard especially if you don't take the time to sit back and think about what you have already accomplished. No matter what... I've worked very hard to be where I am....

Your Pro,

Dr. Dena

Back from the Olympia

Dear Friends and Fans,

I'm on the plane from Arizona to St. Louis. I always love to fly home and let my thoughts go. WOW! 6 days in Vegas is a long time. Of course, as usual, I had a loneliness for my dog. It really messed with me for a couple of nights. I don't realize how much time we spend together until we are apart.

This trip, for some reason, was different from all the others. There was just a different feeling all together, but I learned some valuable things about myself and how I plan to pull all my life experiences together to one day be a very satisfied, complete person. One of my biggest life fears was to wake up @ 45 years old and wonder who I was and what have I done with my life. Now, although I gingerly step outside the box, I have learned that if you don't step out and experience life and its obstacles, them you can't make observations about yourself and gain wisdom from it and, in the long run, make it part of your completeness. Much of this is getting to know myself and accepting it. People " think" they know who they are, but they really don't. I don't know myself totally yet, but I'm striving to know me better, and feel a large weight has been lifted away when I discover something new.

I had a great time at the MHP booth with my fans. Really that is the only reason I was there. To tell you the truth I didn't see the pre judging or any shows. Thursday night, I stood at the entrance of Meet the Olympians to wish my favorites, Dayana, Lisa, Valentina and Tazzie, good luck. I was happy with the great response from the women. Ultimately, I want to inspire them to be strong in mind, body and soul. Don't get me wrong guy's..lol.. I love how you encourage me to be strong. See the difference??

Well I arrived @ 160 and got home @152. I've been so far off schedule and am looking forward to getting my life back. No gym, little sleep and food is a quick way for me to drop weight.

I went out Saturday night. I started at Pure and ended up at Empire. My posse was a bit small. My other usual peeps were who knows where, but I had my ole faithful Nida and her roommate Becca, and of course (bodyguard) Joel.. lol. I stayed at the Orleans and moved to the Mirage on Sunday. Boy what a difference between those 2. Mirage..better clientele, cleaner, better restaurants and shops and on the strip. Strange... this strip is nothing like the strip in NY or Venice Beach. In my opinion, the Vegas strip really lacks the energy I need. It seems like it is filled with people who have forgotten how to walk. It seems like people are stumbling over each other with no direction. My mom would say in this situation " shit or get off the pot!"... leaders don't follow people with no direction!!! I guess that's why I felt so frustrated.

I felt really good this morning. Had a great brunch w/ manager Joel and we discussed my monthly and up coming goals goals business wise.. oh! and what are those?? We have set a patient average and per person average for me to start hitting in the office. he is helping me determine my insurance reimbursement which is a very time consuming job I have no time for. Thank you Joel for all your help. the insurance situation really sucks for all health care providers, so please don't be upset with your doctor if he stops taking your insurance soon.. After successfully maintaining my averages for several months, I can start focusing on preparing my weekend seminar for Chiropractors, physical Therapist, and qualified Personal Trainers. I hope to have this course finished and ready to go by January 2010.

I could lie and tell you how motivated the Olympia made me this year, but I won't. Usually, I get this amazing high from the shows, but this time I got self recognition... and that was worth it. I plan to start hitting it hard in the gym and my business. I'm considering not going to the Arnold. I need some time to just rest from the scene. I plan to bring up my weaknesses and hit the 2008 Europa. My goals from bodybuilding will be to get an Arnold invite in 2009

Thank you to all my fans, supporters, members, friends, and family that stand behind me and help me be strong. I need you all!!

Your Pro,

Dr. Dena

Taste of Fall

Dear Friends and Fans,

It has been just wonderful here in the STL area. It is about to get warm for a few more days, but fall is almost here!!! I got all my records caught up and met with my accountant. I'm all prepared for my meeting with my business manager. I'm excited to get some organization here on the business aspect of my practice. The following week I will be in Vegas for 6 days; I've had a busy month. My training has been a bit different. I've actually pushed it a bit and am nursing a sore neck and shoulder. I've been doing some mixed martial arts training, and have gotten to the point where we are throwing each other by the neck and swinging each other around. My partner climbs all over me like a little squirrel on a big tree. I just keep trying to twist around and get her. We have been having so much fun; we laugh so hard. I can't wait to get it filmed. Steve from http://www.awefilms.com/ is going to come out to video our fight. He will be the perfect one for capturing the moment and all the strength in it. So, needless to say, my neck and back were a little sore after our training on Thurs. I got adjusted a few times. I need like 2 more though. I've done some electrical stimulation on it. Sunday I had to vacuum the cob webs from the ceiling in the basement. OMG!!! It put so much strain on my neck and shoulder... I knew I was going to wake with a stiff neck. I didn't train chest and shoulders. I just did some cardio , abs, and calves. I'm going to let this heal up good. I really need to be concentrating on my legs. I feel like a tank. Almost up to 160.. ouch!! I'm going to have to break down and bring Maryjane to the orthopedic for her leg. I can't just let it go on. One of my patients is going to build her a step to get up and down from the bed which should help her greatly. We'll see.... I'm concerned.

I got my 2007 Europa shoot back from Jerroll Figg. He took some really good pictures. He's really coming along... Thank you Jerroll. I put up on of his pix. Hope you all have a great week.

Your Pro,

Dr. Dena

Beth is Back!!

Dear Friends and Fans,

Ahhhhhhhh! I had a break between patients, so I came home to write to you. Just made a grilled Velveeta cheese sandwich on Cinnamon/raisin bread, nice ice filled glass of diet A&W root beer.. I'm good to go! lol. My Monday has been wonderful! I trained early am with Nucks, heavy chest and shoulders. Still putting up 315 for 6. I probably shouldn't even train my upper body, but I figure you can never have too big of pecs or shoulders.

My week with Beth was great. We had a really good time. It was all business though. She was great with her posing, cardio, diet... I saw changes everyday in her physique. I know I have never looked like that. I look at her and realize where I'm weak definitely!! It's nice to be able to appreciate each other and what we have as individuals. She left here freaking ripped to the bone with a typical "Palumbo" veins and grains look. She was nice and full and still holding on to her weight. She's one of the top!!

I worked all week on her glute hamstring issue. She was very good at keeping it iced and understanding what she still needs to do to over come this. I did a lot of trigger point therapy, ultra sound and muscle stimulation, and adjusted her spine. I sent her home with this cane I sell in the office. It's called a thera cane, it's used to dig your "Knots" out yourself. Beth was good with that and has been able to isolate a lot of the problem now herself, which is my goal, so she can maintain this on her own. Of course, like all of us, she has some imbalance that can be corrected in her feet. I took an impression of her feet and will order her some orthotics for her shoes. In addition to many other postural issues, these will get her glutes to start working together more efficiently and take strain off the hip joints. She still has some work to be done, but she is willing and that's what will make her better.

Dan Ray came over this past Saturday to shoot. I hit it right when asking Dan to come back to shoot Beth and I together because this is not an easy task. It's a good thing that both Beth and I are experienced already in front of a camera or I could see how this could lead to a disaster. It is very difficult to get the right expression on both of our faces, with us doing the correct thing at the same time...ahhhh!!!!! LOL...At first we were kinda stumbling all over each other. Dan , being known as a VERY passive guy, immediately took control.. Yeah believe it???!!! He could quickly direct us and get us positioned properly. We looked at the pixs, and you could see how his direction really filled in all the spots and made the picture whole. He did an excellent job as usual. I had a couple of scenes planned out that went perfectly. Beth was really feeling the diet on Saturday.. I was afraid she was not going to want to shoot, and Dan was driving 4 hours to come here... A dose of Dan's Karma and she had a second wind. I even pooped out before her. The pillow fight scene was the last one we did. Beth wanted to get all the shooting over on Sat, so she could relax before her flight... she was right... but I was tired... She talked me into the pillow fight. I picked a really cute picture from the pillow fight. OMG.... can you imagine the cleaning I still have to do to get the feathers gone??? They are still all over. It was a blast!! Beth is a good person!

Back to work.. I have to use this week to get organized as much as possible. I meet with my accountant on Thurs, and next week my business manager is coming to STL to help me with some of my business issues. I'm excited!! After everything he has already taught me to do with my site and cam, he can now teach me to practice business sense. I hope to soon be very efficient in everything I do. My friend Becky told me of a dog Ortho guy. I think soon it is time to get some understanding of Maryjane's ankle and foot. I would let them do a cortisone shot.. but.. I need to just get some imaging and see if it's ligamentous.

I'm looking forward to the Olympia. Come by the MHP booth and say HI. Thank you for all your support.

PS. I expected more out of oreo cakesters...what do you guys think?? LOL..

Check out Beth's New web site http://www.bodybuilderbeth.com/

Your Pro,

Dr. Dena

Happy Belated Labor Day

Dear Friends and Fans,

Sorry its taken me so long to get my blog up. Beth Roberts, IFBB Professional Bodybuilder, Got to St. Louis on Sunday and has been with me for the week living the Bodybuilder's lifestyle. She is a week out of her second show of the year, The Atlantic City. Beth is making this year her come back year, it has been 4 years since she last competed. She has been suffering from gate ( walking) issues due to some left glute trigger points and sacrum fixation.. layman's version.. a pain in the butt. I have been treating her for this issue and helping her pose and just stay relaxed and focus. We have been having fun on web cam together and this weekend the infamous Dan Ray will be back in town to do a photo shoot. To say the least.. It's been a busy week for me so far. The Olympia is right around the corner.. September is a busy month.

My training is going well. I'm @ about 157 right now.. still eating anything and everything. I have to sneak and hide from Beth so I don't totally rub it in her face that I can eat everything in sight and she can't. I love Kraft single servings of Mac and Cheese.Ummm and I sneak and make chocolate chip pancakes while she is doing her cardio..lol. I'm in the gym pretty strong. Was putting up 275 on the bench press.. I probably could have done more.. but don't want to injury anything so I'll work up slowly. Maryjane's leg or ankle is still not right. I could be better at working on it.. but our walks have been left out, and she misses it. Any Vets out there?? Here a pix of me and my baby. I will talk to u after Beth leaves on Sunday. Hope you all had a great Labor Day.

Your Pro,

Dr. Dena

Dr. Dena is Back ( Dr. Sexy tucked away for a bit)

Dear Friends and Fans,

WOW! It's actually kinda nice outside. I hope maybe Fall is here, or giving us a taste of it. It seems a bit crisp this beautiful Sunday morning. I would love to take a nice walk.. but Maryjane's leg is still bothering her. I'm not sure what to do. She runs up and down the stairs all day following my every move.. I wish she would just rest.. but NOT!! I laugh when I say this because I say it everyday but.. this cough is about gone. I've been coughing like a damn old man all week. I never had a sinus infection before. I think that's what I had. I hear there was some funk going around, but I got the airplane cooties on the trip back from Texas. It ran a typical 7-10 day cycle. I could have done more things for it like Vick's on the chest, steam and hot tub soaks, lots of water and rest. I DON'T take prescription or over the counter drugs. I pray I never get so ill... but I believe the power that made the body heals the body and that power being the innate ability of our immune system.

So I had something happen this Friday at work. I'm still not sure how I want to handle it. Do I send this person a letter, confront them personally, or just blow it off. You guy's tell me.. I have a poster of myself hanging on my door outside the office. It is a beautiful picture of me. I use it for most of my advertisement and business cards. It is one of my highest selling pictures. I will post it for my pix of the week. Anyway, there was a woman with her 3 young children outside my office being extremely loud. I'm use to this, since my door is my the front of the gym.. but this was out of control. The children were screaming OHHH MOMMY YUCKY UGLY MUSCLES while pointing at my picture. They kept saying it and screaming it to each other till mommy chimed in and said "Yes yucky ugly muscles". I was out that door. I excused myself from my patient, and poked my head out the door. I looked at the children and then mommy. She was very apologetic on the fact that her children were screaming outside my office; she even looked at me and said yucky muscles and giggled like.. oh kids will say anything..totally oblivious to the fact she just insulted me to my face. I've learned the hard way that when my heart is beating 1000bpm, keep your mouth shut, so I walked back in my office. I saw her come back in so I stepped back out of the office and looked at her. She was getting a drink out of the cooler and looked over and said sorry again for being loud. I realized that I was probably intimidating her by now ,but not intentionally. I'm wanting to voice my feelings but I can't because I still need time to think before inserting foot into mouth.. Now with her thinking that I'm a mean muscle doctor and you better not make a peep outside her office, I'm flabbergasted by her ignorance! The punch line to the story is this... her youngest child is MONGOLOID!!! I can empathize with him and I KNOW he will be talked and whispered about behind his back his entire life. I'm sure mommy has had talks with this beautiful young man explaining to him that beauty is only skin deep, don't judge a book by its cover, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and that one day... after all the teasing... there is an advantage to being different. I'm sure his siblings will forever protect and stand up for their handicapped brother, yet mommy laughs, encourages, and chimes in with them to look at my beautiful picture and view and voice that it's ugly???? What is she teaching her children?? If I was missing a limb I wounder what she would say when they passed me in the store. The real sad part to this story is that mommy is so closed minded, she has NO IDEA. Ugly, pretty whatever wouldn't a normal parent tell their children not to make fun of others or say things to hurt others feelings?? ESPECIALLY when you have your own family issues. How many times in elementary school is her little one going to be ask why he looks like that?? Come on!! OH.. I was pissed. By no means, did mommy make me feel ugly or insecure.. it actually made me want to go downstairs and start pumping up my muscles...lol.. What do you guy's think?

Dr.Dena is back in the house. I left Dr. Sexy out a little longer than usual, because she had some stuff to take care of. I finished up my shoots, and got 3 fantasy videos up on http://www.herbicepscam.com/ . Now back to business. I called Charles yesterday laughing at the fact that I think I need to be a heavyweight... but after seeing the line up at the Atlantic City heavyweights, I would be sitting on the freaking side lines..lol.. Iris K, Lisa A, Betty V, Helen B. need I say anymore?? I'm just going to training and come in where I do. The big thing too is picking the right shows and being in the right place at the right time. I'm just going to be MY best. I need to start training a bit heavier, so I have to turn my training clients into training partners. Nucks wants bigger arms and chest, so I will training with him Mon/ Wed morning on those parts, My dentist trains Tue evening.. we are rehabbing him from 3 total shoulder replacements, so I call him my wild card. I will train whatever that day with him. My old traning partner Big Marvin White, top masters national competitor, NPC Judge, and my post man, is back at my gym, so he and will train heavy probably back or legs. Still working it out.. but back in business. Monday here I come!!

Your IFBB Pro,

Dr. Dena

P.S. STRENGTH IS BEAUTIFUL

Weekend With Dan Ray

Dear Fans and Friends,

I'm one exhausted puppy. Dan Ray came for the weekend to shoot some stuff for my web site. Well, of course he did a great job,and we had a ton of fun. We shot till 2am today, rested, and then back at it. He left like around 7pm this evening. While he was packing his stuff, I like crashed on the couch.. I told him I couldn't stay awake any longer.. I saved my last bit of energy for you guy's. OHHH Saturday I laid in bed all night and was afraid to move my legs in fear of quad cramps. They were slowly grabbing . I'm still just really exhausted from the show. I had a very heavy patient load last week, right after the show, Monday all the way to Friday on my feet all day. Monday and Tuesday I had to soak my feet in an ice bath to get some of the presssure of fluid down, and then, a photo shoot weekend of approximately 2800 pixs. We were burning each other out... Dan would be like "OK Rest"... and we would laugh because we could do it all day till some1 gives in. LOTS and LOTS of cute stuff. I hope you like the one I picked. Right when I saw it I started laughing.. It's just so cute! I thought I would start your week off with a laugh.

Well, I've just about had my share of junk food. I woke with a major food hangover this morning, and it doesn't really help the fact that I've been suffering from a head cold since Tuesday,and still am. I'm ready to get some direction back.I may get to throwing some weight around this week. I'm waiting to talk to Charles about the plan... he gave me his thoughts, but we now need to put them in motion. I'm not sure if I already said this, but I think that I need to just come in next year where I come. @ the 2006 Europa, I placed 2Nd in the open class @143 lbs. I put the 2 pictures next to each other and you can really see the 8 lbs. @ this years Europa, 2ND place was 143lb, and 3rd was 145 lbs. You know what else... I think I'm 5'3' . My mother would argue the fact, but I look taller, and now when I see people they say I look tall. Who knows maybe I grew.. Or all the 6.5 " heels have paid off..lol. My schedule looks to be a little slow this week which is kinda needed. The month of Sept is going to be busy for me business organization wise and traveling. I look forward to getting further caught up with my life this week. Maybe I can even get this huge mound of laundry down to something a bit smaller. Maryjane had some bug bites all over.. I had to bring her to the vet because I wasn't sure what it was from. He said chigger and mosquito bites.. gave her antibiotics and anti histamine... I don't take medicines myself and hate to give them to her... but I kind of had to... I looked at her today and realized that this stuff knocks her out.. she doesn't act right.. lazy, extra cuddly, makes me think she doesn't feel good. I'm stopping the meds.. I don't like it! The bites are somewhat better, but I can't see her that way.. the guilt overwhelms me. Well, I'm off to bed... I'm going to cuddle with my baby... and eat either chocolate cake with mint choc chip ice cream or another piece of peanut butter pie..lol.. almost back on track! Can't wait for the cooler weather. You all have a good week. Thank you for your support.

Your Pro,

Dr. Dena

Monday Morning!!!!!

Dear Friends and Fans,

Here it is Monday am... what am I to do with myself??? No cardio, no sluggishness, no irritability, no pressure!!!! I will start where I left you last with my show weekend. Friday night, after the show, I just went out for a quiet dinner with my manager Joel, and new IFBB Pro from Holland "Saskia Salemink" http://www.saskiasalemink.nl/ . These 2 were my posse... there at my beck and call.. what a great help; it's the behind the scenes" people who really make a difference in your show experience. Look out for Saskia at this years Sacramento, in February.

Ok.... I choose pizza. I forget the name of the restaurant, but it was open til 3am, and great!! It was quite, empty, and we were catered to! Cheese pizza, chicken Alfredo with angel hair, garlic cheese bread with marinara, salad, chocolate cake, A couple HUGE diet cokes.OOOOHHHHH my stomach was burning as I laid in bed. Not to the REAL bad state... I think it was like 2:30 am when Joel called and told me the pixs were up on http://www.musculardevelopment.com/ , contests,2007 Europa, I couldn't stand it any longer... I had to see!!!! Up out of bed and down to the 4th floor to pay the computer a visit. My posse and I viewed the pictures and critiqued me, I can still see the fullness I need. First.. My legs got me 4th. I had the other three on MANY poses.. Oh my back was better.. my abs are tighter, my chest is more detailed... but the no matter how much better my back, abs, chest are, my legs fell short in EVERY Pose!!! I see it!! I thought I had done a good job bring my shoulders up, but the 2 debbies made my shoulders look small and flat. I still need stuffing in the pillows.. I have time. I feel really good that; I'm organizing my game plan, and getting my focus where it needs to be... more specific training.... maybe heavy stuff; Charles and I will meet at the Olympia and put my plan together.. most likely I will be at Venice bch Gold's in Nov and Feb to be with the "Trainer of Champions" Charles Glass. What do I have to work on this year.. for the 4th year in a row , we will give it to the Shoulder, Lats and legs. I still want to build up the calfs and triceps, but I'm positive this will happen as I bring up the mentioned ares. I'm going to talk things over more with my diet guru, http://www.davepalumbo.com/ , about not working for a weight class. He says we can get me down real quick to make 135, after making these improvements, but I look at it like this... #1 heavy weight Tazzie is just huge, detailed, conditioned 162, which is very light for her, but 2nd place Thresa Bostick was 143 and 3rd place Beth Roberts 145. I was 143, full and less conditioned then I'm known for, @ the 2006 Europa I placed 2nd in the open and went to the 2006 Olympia. We could probably bring in a 143 more conditioned package.. placing me in the heavy weights. We'll see. Charles has always stated the fact I need to be bigger!!!!! The trick is doing this with out destroying my symmetry and look.

Ok Saturday I worked the MHP booth, and mingled with Fans all day. If you took a picture of us and would like it to be posted on my site email it to me with a caption. Oh I did shoot with Jerroll Figg Sat am too. Saturday night was off the hook. You can see the paparazzi pictures at http://www.musculardevelopment.com/ and I will have a gallery of the show up on the site shortly. We started at the Hyatt Atrium bar, where we all mingled till the ring leader arranged our rides. Off to Club Clear. We had our own room, of course. We all danced and had a great time. It was very hot!! We had many people crammed in a small room, but it was worth it. We moved on to Eden.. I found out later it was 18 and up.. no wonder everyone looked so young..lol. Lots of energy... It's fun to be around people of your kind ( fellow bodybuilders).. if you know what I mean. For the most part.. Us bodybuilders are misunderstood. I guess that's true in all aspects of life, but it's a free feeling to be among people you share such an important part of your life with, and like I've always said.. So this is why I do it..bodybuilding is slowly completing me.. as a person!!

I left Sunday evening came home and went right to bed. I snuggled with my baby, maryjane!! I have a somewhat light day in the office today.. good thing, it usually takes me a couple days to put Dr., Sexy to rest and transform back into Dr. Dena. the blisters on my feet are amazing! I never knew blisters could be so big. I can hardly walk. I chose this picture so you can see the shoes I'm about to tell you about, but this is me with my trainer Charles Glass. Ok, I went from a dehydrated state on Friday to an immediate liquid carbohydrate diet, after standing around all weekend and dancing all evening, edema... swelling... sets in , especially in the feet. OMG I got the sexiest shoes , but I paid for it. I think if my feet weren't swollen these shoes would be ok.. but my toes were crammed down into this semi open toed 6.5" heels. My poor feet... my little toes look like little sausages. OHHHHHH!! My mom says " it pays to be beautiful" she would say this as she brushed the knots out of my hair, the length of my hair was past my butt. " Spun Gold" is what she would call my hair.... of course my hair represented her.

I would like to specifically thank My posse Joel Goldberg, Saskia, Dave Palumbo and Charles Glass for making everything about me!! I always think I can do it myself.. and end up saying what would I have done without you! xoxox

My supporters that made all this possible for me

MHP

West County Health and Fitness

Wendi

Patty

Becky

Tony

Colette

My Mommy

All my patients

Fans

Friends

All of you..

Off to Transformation...lol. Talk to you soon. I have some great stuff planned for the site. Thank you for your support. Your membership is much appreciated and contributes 100% to my bodybuilding.

Your Pro,

Dr. Dena

Friday after prejudging

Dear Friends and Fans,

Well the judging is over. I guess I'll start with yesterday, weigh-ins. i just slid in at 135, when Debbie b and Mahann were running around trying to lose a pound to get in the class. good for both of them... I'm positive they both placed above me. I FELT PRETTY GOOD WITH THE WAY I LOOKED AND MY CONDITIONING. I WAS UP PRETTY EARLY this am; I had to meet big Mary at 6:30 for a touch up. Everyone was great back stage. We are all friends and help and encourage each other which is really nice, it makes it sooo much better. I had a weird feeling while I was back stage. I haven't felt this way since 2003 USA. I'm standing around wondering how these other women are the same height and weight than me, but look so much bigger. It's weird. I look like a string bean, and they look like kidney beans. What is it????? Well, guess what??? It's my legs!!! My legs have come up so much, and I have been working my ass off on them, BUT when I'm next 2 people who don't have a leg weakness; IT shows!!! While back stage my dear friend, fellow 2003 jr.nat champ, Jimmy Canyon was back stage pumping my head up. I was wondering why he kept calling to me and telling me how good I looked. he said you got "symmetry" baby show it!!! I told him I didn't feel confident, I'm not use to this feeling, he said I can see it in your eyes that's why I'm here!!! Get that out of your head and show your symmetry. I knew then that it just wasn't the time for me. I did my best and haven't seen pixs yet, but to me I still think the best yet, for me!!!

On stage... things were great, as in stood in the middle, the place you want to be. The judges moved us through the mandatories and then switched me and Mahann putting her in the middle. She looked amazing... very complete.. they ran us through poses again and then opps moved me again with Debbie B., on the END, the worst place to be. I dealt with it, at least I was in the first call outs right. After the second call outs, they called me out again with a couple others.. I was thinking what is this?? I thought maybe good till I realized what was happening.. they were now comparing me with the lower placers.. meaning that I most likely got 4th or 5th. Reality had sat in already earlier when I was moved to the end... so this I dealt with and in a much better way than I did at the JAN Tana. When I got off stage I immediately went for a diet Dr. Pepper. I hadn't had anything to drink for almost a day.... boy it was good. I want to drink everything in site.... but I do still have to go back tonight to show off for fans so want to avoid the water buffalo look!lol. While packing my stuff backstage I was thinking of all the people I blew off and was not myself too, all the surfacey responses people got from me... all the guilt started to set in, and I thought all of that for this!!!! If I won it would have been worth not being myself for many weeks.. but to not and now look back.. I apologize to all those I may of hurt during my prep.. You KNOW.. it's not the best feeling not being #1, but one good feeling I can get out of this is that being an athlete is accepting the fact that your not always going to be #1, BUT DO THE BEST YOU CAN and hope your #1 most of the time..lol.. and be happy for the ones who did win! I'm feeling better. It takes a bit to get over. I don't feel like I got ripped off or shafted.. I see what it is.. and saw it back stage before we got on stage. I have to go back tonight and do my routine and get our placings. I will eat and party the rest of the weekend. Saturday I work the MHP booth for a bit and mingle with fans... then dessert bar and more after party partying!!! I have a shoot Sunday with Jerrol Figg before I leave on Sunday, and then back to work on Monday.

My plans for the future in regards to Bodybuilding are this... LEGS!!!! I'll go see Charles and workout something for our off season. I'll take a year off and probably come back to the Europa and hope to make the improvements. I plan to have a good time this weekend and then back to the grind stone.. and pull my practice together. I'm happy!!!! I can't wait to go mingle with fans and get their energy. Thank you all for your support. I can still get better, THAt'S THE GOOD PART.

Your Pro,

Dr. Dena

P.S. Note from my support team, thanks Joel, it is always good to remember that placing top 4 in a show puts you in the Top 20 of all competitors who you share this sport with.....I sometimes forget this..I am proud of myself and hope you are all proud of me!!

P.P.S. This is a pic from today before prejudging..and one from yesterday's weighin.

3 Days From The Europa

Dear Friends and fans,

I must say it's been an exciting couple of days. My air broke last night at 8pm. I got out of the shower and noticed that I was still just very sweaty.... omg! hot air AGAIN!!! this crap just happened a couple of weeks ago. I had an external thing put on the outside.. well it's gone now.AuGH!!! just what a dieting bodybuilder needs.... more hot and sticky... this was almost enough to push me over the edge! Marjane and I went to stay at a hotel for the night, as I sat around and called AC guys. Leon was coming over in the morning.. 12. Wendi was meeting me @10:30 to start my first coat of paint.... so now REALLY sticky!! While Leon was replacing the compressor, I took off to my seamstress to pick up outfits. Coat #2 of pro tan was scheduled at 2:30pm today. It was still a bit hot, but Leon was working away!!!.lol.. poor guy what a job... and my unit is right in the sun! AHHHH finally, before we were finished with coat 2 the air was filling the house. IT"S FIXED!!!! I better do well at the show...lol... I just dropped $1000. Okay, so now I'm about to normal.. if you can call it that..lol.

My shape really does look good. I look better than at the Jan Tana. It's hard to believe that it keeps getting better. I guess I really needed improvements, at one point. I'm still sitting at 139. I don't see me losing any more fat weight. The rest is just water. I have to weigh in at 6:30pm on Thursday. I have to make weight still 135 or under. It gets tricky here because we need to start filling my muscles out, but we can't afford any weight. We will be anxiously waiting the weigh ins. I plan to make and pack all my food tomorrow. Here is what I'm going to bring. I hate packing too much and wasting food. Like I want to grab a hard boiled egg after the show...lol... I've gotten a hang of Dave's deal so I think I'll be right on with the following: 24 hard boiled eggs, 6 beef patties, 4 Salmon fillets, 4 chicken breast, a salad mixture, some nuts and peanut butter. I really only need food for Thursday and Friday. I compete on Friday and work the MHP booth on Saturday. After the show on Friday... all eating will break through. It will start with Betty's dessert buffet. Wendi is coming over for another coat at 6:45pm. We will do it again tomorrow 3 times. I still have to get to target to pick a few things up, maybe some junk food for the room after the show, and eyelashes. I get my hair done at 11 tomorrow, I'll go to my PO Box and pick up the rest of the mail, enter my insurance checks, make a deposit and finish packing. I leave at 9am Thursday. It's almost here. I'll be blogging from the show so stay posted. I feel good, look great, the show will be tough. It's all about what the judges are looking for. Thank you again for all your support. I'll let you know how the weigh ins go. I'm getting sprayed by big Mary at 8:15 on Thursday... so after that I'll fill ya in. Keep your fingers crossed.

Your Pro,

Dr. Dena

Caveman Guest Posing

Dear Friends and Fans,

I'm surprised I made it through the week with trying to get ready for the guest posing on Saturday. It is still a lot of preparation to guest pose, sometimes even more since you have a captive audience. It's important to present your physique as professional as possible. I did awesome with my work load seeing that it's Sunday and all I have is some dictation. I managed to get everything in the office caught up so I wasn't loaded down with a BUNCH of work. Now I only have SOME. The Caveman was a great show this year. The competition was the best I've seen in a long time. The show ran smooth back stage and everything. The fans were wonderful to me. I enjoy just hanging out in the lobby meeting and greeting my fans. It's so much fun. Don Long was there to pose and FLEX LEWIS. What a cute guy and very friendly. He like had everyone hanging on his every word.. probably the deep accent..lol!! Just playing his accent is sexy!! He seems to be VERY marketable and will do very well. Nick Scott was there to do couples wheelchair. He is such a HIGH ENERGY guy. The crowd just loves him... and he eats it up. He really does motivate people. He got the crowd off their feet. He has turned this one young woman on to fitness and I can see the quality he can bring to her life. My neighbors Patty and Sandy came to the show. It was there first one; You all remember yours don't you??? They loved it!!! It motivated both of them to continue to stick to there own fitness goals. I met several new fans in the lobby that were spectators, virgin ones, and all they could express is the focus and commitment they have seen there friend display. We are all here to motivate!! What would the sport be with out the people??? As a bodybuilder, there is no bigger compliment than someone acknowledging the mental, psychological,and physical challenges we over come daily and express the fact that most cannot over come them, and that is why we hold our heads high! Thank you to everyone at the show who gave me a reason to be there and share the glory and spot light with the athletes.

I'm 2 weeks out of the Europa Super show. My weight was 144 this am. I had a fat day yesterday( good fat it's part of my plan)... so I would expect a little push up from that. NO MORE Fat now. I would expect my weight to be 140 or under by next weekend and I will be in good shape. This will be a hard week. When the diet changes like this it usually hits me on Wednesday. Just irritable a bit. I'll work this week in the office then no one the week of show. Charles doesn't like me to be standing all day the week before the show. I've never listened before, but to tell ya the truth... I just can't handle it the week of. Too much stuff to take care of... my mind gets elsewhere. The glute ham area is just shaping up nicely. I swear my legs look better than at the Jan Tana. Really just in the legs just an all around fuller more definitive lines. I love it!!! I have been nursing a sore piriformis (glute muscle) on the left. I just got adjusted, which was much needed, and doing physical therapy and trigger point.. it's sore, but I know how to take care of it. I've waited a bit long ... like everyone else..lol.. Maryjane still seem to have a sore back too! I can't elicit a pain response anywhere, but she has difficulty get up from a seated position. Any suggestions to you vets out there?? I do just need to pay a little more attention to it. A little trigger point for her too. I do adjust her, just need to be consistent for a bit... just like I tell my patients...lol..!! It is going to be a fat burning week which means my stomach is going to constantly growl and burn with hunger. I usually try to go to bed as soon as possible, so I won't be on cam too many evenings, but you can catch me in the afternoons a lot too! Okay.. you all have a great week. I hope you are all enjoying the site.

Your Pro,

Dr. Dena

Still Feeling Crabby

Dear Friends and Fans,

People always ask... how was your weekend.. or what are you doing over the weekend... here is my moment of glory to bitch about that. It seems that I work just as hard, if not harder, over the weekends. I'm stuck here on Sunday morning, but to me it's GROUND HOG DAY!!!!. I would love to sit around and sip on coffee and lay on the couch or something, but here is all I have to do before I can even think of doing any of those.. Usually I complain in my mind as I do these particular activities I'm about to mention... so by the time I'm done complaining one exercise program is out of the way. So, before I can even eat breakfast ( 12 egg whites ) I have to go through my mandatory poses... 25 min, then I do a ab/leg wk out routine every morning on the floor in my bed room 300 sit ups, and 100 different types of squats and glute curls ( approx 15 mins), then 1 hour of cardio ( 30 min walk with Maryjane, 30 mins on the treadmill), then I can eat my first meal. SO about 2 hours of exercise before I can really do anything for the day, because I have to have the cardio done on empty stomach. I'm dying to get all this stuff done. I can then eat and decide.. do I want to relax a bit or hurry up and get the next segment of training out of the way... I weight train over the weekend too so there is another hour to add to my daily exercise and don't froget to add on the other hour of cardio I have to finish before the day is up.. yeah folks.. 2 hours /day of cardio. I have a show in 3 weeks, and a guest posing next weekend ( july 28th), so I have to spend time practicing my actual routine, 45min- 1hr. Okay, now I can start the rest of my day which on the weekends is cook, clean, paperwork for business,and of course my web site!! I hate to even talk to people sometimes.. it seems all I have to say is... I've been exercising all day!!...lol... I don't mean to be a complainer..I'm just letting you know how it feels to have been training and dieting all this time. Like I said I usually complain about it to myself as I'm getting it done. It makes me work harder because I'm mad at the exercise for making have to work so hard... I'll show it!!!...lol.. I'll hit the pavement, crunch my abs hard and grunt through those squats!!! GRRRRRRR!! Anyway.. off to work on mandatories and then cardio. Hope you all had a relaxing weekend. I've done enough exercise for all of us!!..lol Oh, by the way, everything is coming along... Dave say I'm a little smooth from the back... so more cardio!!! Hanging at 145...for some reason 147 this am... but whose counting.. we'll say 145...lol...ok

Your Pro,

Dr.Dena

3 Weeks out of the Europa Supershow

Dear Friends and Fans,

Is it okay that I've been jamming out to Michael Jackson's Greatest Hits?..lol I've been getting great cardio workouts to a number 1 album Jillian put on my i pod. I am an 80's girl remember.. I loved Michael. I would still today stand up for him in a crowd of people supporting the fact that he LOVED and FELT the music. The other shit is his business!!! It's ground hog day for me. I can remember the last time I felt like this way I was preparing for the 2005 Nationals... same thing day in and out.... always feeling behind because you have so much to do...wondering why you feel exhausted then you realize all you're doing is working!!! I'm working every second I'm awake.... I am a great sleeper... thank god!! Along with all my other big belly workouts, I'm still continuing to work on more sculpting stuff. My inner thigh is looking great and full, more cuts... yeah!! I'm still training them 3x/week in addition to hams(1x/wk) and quads(1x/wk). I'm up to 1.5 hrs. cardio a day. My weight this am was 147.9.. I feel a little heavy... I think it's all the liquid.. I've been drinking a lot. Still feeling strong, but robotic... I'm on a path... get out of my way...lol... It's important to stay focused on this road right now. If I seem surfacey....I am...It's what it takes sometimes..the robot is on the path... it doesn't have emotion.. it just does what needs to be done. I'll tell you it does get tough trying to bring it on again, again,and again...

I hope you all are liking the new website. I love going to it and checking it out myself. I can get lost on there. I've made arrangements with Dan Ray for the week before the Europa and during the show.. so we have so much fun stuff to come. I also have a big surprise planned, but I can't start training for it till the shows are over. Let Joel, Colette or myself know your thoughts on the site. Let us know what you want to see. I have to get good this week at my posing. I've been working on them.. in my head..lol.. no not really.. but need to get better with it! Hope you have a wonderful week. Stay cool! It's very hot here in St. Louis. Got some shots from http://www.johnstutz.ocm/ .

Your Pro,

Dr. Dena

4.5 weeks out of Europa

Dear Friends and Fans,

Today is the first day I noticed changes for the better in my physique. It's been really hard on me trying to pull everything back together; just mentally... I've questioned myself if I can handle it... Of course my SUPER EGO takes over and tells me I can do anything... which leaves me working very hard. People ask how I can have 2 careers .. well each year it is becoming more difficult. I am really growing in my practice.... which leaves me working and needing to focus on that a lot. It is kinda messing me up in the head... just trying to do both and leaving myself wondering if I could do better. I now have a person to help manage my bodybuilding and other issues. I'm learning how to develop more organization in both of my careers. Once I can do that, then I will have a couple more years to grow and handle it on my own.

I trained biceps and triceps today. My color is all off now so I look like a ghost.. but I'm really noticing changes in my physique that I didn't see at the Jan Tana. this makes me feel very happy, because I've struggled with the fact of going from contest shape to and really full look ( Helen the hippo), and just trusting the fact that I can get it back again, and hopefully better. I spoke with Don Long at the KS City show. He look at my legs and some pixs and he pulled out my inner thigh. Dave has been telling about my inner thigh for the past year, but I've been in sweep mode. Anyway, Don and Dave gave me some suggestions on training my inner thigh.. OMG.. I've been sore. I can really feel how I've been neglecting them, but now I Can see so much more, already, in the glute/ ham tie in and girth of my thigh in general. I can also see some crazy stuff happening at the triceps tie in under the shoulder. It is getting really chiseled, and the triceps is just standing out in my back biceps shots. I was happy!!! Made me train sooo HARD!!! I'm big and full. 147 lb... I can tell that I got a GREAT rebound from the Jan Tana... I'm feeling positive.

I hope you guys like the new site. I'm very excited! Colette and Joel have work very hard at making everything just perfect for me. Thank you two so much! We have so much fun stuff planned. Both of them have me so pumped to be more involved my site and interaction. I hope you all continue to be motivated and stimulated by my life and dedication. I get true gratification from all of you. When I feel like no one understands.....why I like to be strong and have muscles... I come here.. to my email.. on cam....You all up lift me.

I have a very busy 2 months. I guest pose in 2 weeks, and then compete in another 2 weeks... I need to start getting on my posing, mandatory poses.. back to (2) 25 min sessions a day.. see this all take a lot of extra time. It gets hard to work in the office long hours and train. Thank you to all who have signed up as supporting members on my site and support me on http://www.herbiceps.com/ . Proceeds from that goes towards my training and helping me. I appreciate you all.

Let us Know about the site.

Your Pro,

Dr. Dena

Back From KS City

Dear Fans,

Well here I am sitting on the train headed back to St. Louis from Kansas. Don't ever take the train... this is my first and last time. The accommodations were fine, but I could have driven up and back 2 times. The 4 hour train is really 7 hrs. with all the delays. I was in KS City judging a show, and enjoying my week off of the diet and gym. I had a great time mingling with friends, fans & fellow competitors.. Don Long, Elaine Goodlad, Sherry Smith, Michelle Baker and Nick Scott to name a few. I did a photo shoot and planned a shoot with Dan Ray before the Europa. Lot's and Lot's of cute stuff to come. I appreciate all of your patience with the updates on the web site. We are on the verge of breaking into a totally new and exciting site. Thank you so much for hanging in there.

I've had time to cool down and direct my energy since the Jan Tana. So, Texas here I come!! Monday starts my prep, I'll be back on my diet and starting up my cardio. I guest pose here locally July 27th, 2 weeks before the show, so I hope to be shredded to the bone so my town friends and fans can see me in shape on stage. I'm expecting a great turn out and Lot's of fun. My plan for the Europa is this.. I want to come in tight, conditioned and polished, not like this is an unusual look for me, but it seems to just be taken for granted the fact that I always come in shape. The size changes needed will take place off season. I do plan ,however, to really hit my inner thighs, lats and calfs in addition to my other areas. I have a lot of inward focusing to do on myself and practice. It's gotta be me time!! I had a lot of extra emotional issues that kept coming up during my Jan Tana prep, so full warning NOW to all of those, other than my patients, that expect or need emotionality from me will not be granted this! I need to still tell you about my NY trip; I'll do that in another blog because I've had something on my mind for a while I would like to address... My image and purpose...It's funny how your so called "Friends" like to talk behind your back and say hateful things to pull you down, to make themselves feel or look good. Yeah, you know who you are!!!! My physique is my masterpiece, my artwork, my canvas, my life, my love. NOW what is the purpose of a frame around a painting?? To protect, support, hang, and accessorize... right? I selectively pick clothes to do just this. Would you cover your prize painting with a tarp?? My clothes accentuate my physique. they frame my prize possession. I get great joy out of showing my physique of in a tasteful manner. SO when you see me wearing a tight fitting outfits with my muscles popping out everywhere... I'm not doing this to get "extra attention" from others, I do it for ME, because it makes me feel proud of my perfectly framed masterpiece, that's all folk!!! Don't try to make something else out of it. What amazes me is the fact that just because I have a professional career as a chiropractor, I can't be sexy, attractive or sexual??? I didn't know a career took these emotions away or now makes them unacceptable, so I must hind from who I am or share this with one particular person in my life who doesn't even exist?? I've worked hard for 36 years building up my own esteem and confidence to the point where finally I love who I am. When I'm not able to be me; I become unhappy. Others like to turn my confidence into cockiness, or self absorption. I've come to realize that the people who really know me, love me for who I am and that's all that matters. Everyone else should stick their nose somewhere else... how about in your own stinky shit!!! I want to inspire other women and let them see that being strong, independent, and in total control of your life is SEXY!!! Strength is beautiful!!!

Special thank you to Patty and Sandy.. my neighbors.. They landscaped my front yard with beautiful flowers and bedding while I was gone. It felt do good to be home.. It feels great to love and be loved.

Check out this pix.. how is that for a couple of bellies???lol..

Your Pro,

Dr. Dena

Day After The Show

Dear Fans,

I am all boggled up inside this morning. I went out to the Cheese Cake Factory for the after dinner. I had the tex mex egg roll for appetizer and the chicken & Biscuit dinner, and 2 large diet cokes. I stopped before I exploded... I learn this by past experience believe me. Couldn't leave with out at piece of cheese cake. I took the peanut butter rippled cheese cake, and ate almost all of it. Got to bed @1:40 am and began to toss and turn @ 4:30 a combination of a huge mass of food in my stomach and a mind and heart full of uncomfortable feelings. All of this has left me in the hotel lobby @ 5:30 am coffee, ipod, and you my sounding board.

I'm not really sure where to start, or even what is REALLY bothering me. I guess I will start with the show and work back through this... I must say I was surprised with the turn out of the show. The main and influential aspect is that no one would ever think Sarah would weigh in at 134 lbs. I haven't seen any pix yet, but understand the differences in mine and her physique.

Really all the judges could tell me is that I was perfect, could have done nothing else, that I was just out muscled, which becomes just an ego smasher when it starts boiling down to my legs. I told myself that I needed one more year on my legs, even before the show. Now understand I have been focusing on my legs since the 2004 Nationals, after placing fourth in a class of Quad Monsters. So to hear that your legs need to be bigger is like pouring alcohol on an open wound. I have always said I wanted quads that made you cry when you looked at them. Cry because of all the hard work they took to build and maintain. BETTY V quads. I guess this was just the realization that I still have work to do.

I am very happy for Sarah. She deserves it as much as I do..Her birthday is Monday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY GIRL. Now the second thing bothering me is that honestly...I am disappointed in my unsportswomanly post show conduct. If my body language didn't speak for me then believe me the thoughts in my head were burning holes. I have to realize that I am human also and in the heat of the moment emotions are difficult to control, especially after what I have been through. I am speaking specifically about my post contest interview with Muscular Development and Dave Palumbo where I had not much good to say. Dave is my nutritionist and I didn't represent myself as well as I would have liked as one of his athletes. SORRY DAVE...I appreciate your help and friendship. You/We did a wonderful job. All of this has been a great learning experience for me, 20/20 hindsight of course. All of these experiences will help mold me into a better person and hopefully teach me how to handle something like this better next time.

OK, now for the 3rd thing bothering me. My options now....I had planned to do the Europa Supershow August 10th in Dallas but with the Jan Tana opportunity and the hopes of placing high enough for an Olympia qualification, I started planning extra things in July, not with a contest in mind. Hopefully having qualified I would just work the booth for MHP and train for Ms. O. I have one guest posing here locally NPC Caveman classic July 28th and I judge the Kansas City show Jun3 30th. There go two weekends in July. My mother's 60th birthday is July 12th and I haven't been home to Florida for 5 years. I said I would surprise my mom and show up for her birthday, if I qualified and was not in contest mode. Now seven weeks from the Europa and the increased pressure now of this being my last chance to get my O qualification and having to place first 1st to go is going to require an immediate change of focus. The judges told me I was right on in presentation and flawless condition....just smaller than the winner. Okay, in seven weeks I cannot make the SIZE improvements. It brings tears to my eyes to be told your size is still not big enough, so all I can do is try to dial in the same condition or better and fix a suit problem I had in the evening. I didn't glue down my and I hear it was totally wedged up my butt.

Now, looking ahead positively...that will then leave 7 more weeks of dieting for the Ms. O on September 29th equalling a 30 week diet in total. More than half a year. and then it gives me 5 months to make the physique changes and get the invite to the 2008 Arnold..If they have a lightweight class I know I will make waves. However, all of this physical and mental stress that is surrounding me also effects the next issue...my Chiropractic practice....that which pays my bills and puts food on the table. LOL..My productivity really goes down when I am preparing for a show..Thank god for my members and HERBICEPS webcam or I would weigh like 100 lbs on stage..LOL..Anyway I stop taking new patients, get too tired to work so I cut down to three day weeks and plainly just close down and shut off. I can only do so much. I will NOT do anything half-assed. I do it the best I can or not at all. My Mom says I get that from my DAD. Putting all of this into perspective, it comes down to my heart and soul and what I really want out of this journey. We will have to discuss that when I can rationalize my thoughts and answer that question. Until then here are my thoughts....When I planned my season for 2007 the Jan Tana was not scheduled I planned to hit the Europa first anyway. I placed 2nd there in an open class and took a wonderful ROOKIE trip to the Olympia. I will fulfill, all my commitments on my Events calendar.

For the rest of this weekend and week...I have an 11am photoshoot with muscleangels.com and then plan to have lunch with my great friend Tony and see him off to the airport. I then shift gears to a bit of a play mode. I will shoot back to Fort Lee, NJ where I will stay with my manager, Joel Goldberg and get my tour of NEW YORK FOOD STYLE this time..LOL. Monday I have a long shoot with Women's Physique World so look out for that to come.

Wow! I feel much better and more clear..Thank you for listening!!! My manager is also a numbers guy so his comment was "If you really want something to bitch about, bitch about the fact that you were closer to 3rd than 1st. Sarah had 1's across the board every round. He is also a mean bastard so his next comment was " If you are looking for sympathy, you will find it in the dictionary between shit and syphillis!!!!!" I guess that is saying something.

I am in a good place surrounded by people who love me..What more could I ask for? ...To be #1?? to many I already am... THANK YOU!!

Still Your IFBB pro

Dr. Dena