Autograph Pictures for Sale!

I've been overwhelmed with emails and requests from wonderful fans asking for autographed photos. Anyone interested in a photo, please use the PayPal account and send $25 (pays for print and shipping). Be sure to note your name, and specific message you'd like, and the address you'd like it to be sent.
PS: Thanks to Gene from Orange Photography for the photo

UPdate!

I am in the Fire Academy (starting January 2010) in Scottsdale, AZ! I will continue to work full time, I'm just going to be a full time student too. (A little scary.)

Also- I want to remind everyone to check out my Bodybuilding.com Bodyspace page "ThatBigChick Amy."

I update this one regularly!

Happy New Year!!

Come Say "Hi" at The Olympia!

Hello!
Hopefully you have been checking on my other website http://bodyspace.bodybuilding.com/ThatBigChickAmy/

If not, please check it out! My sponsor iForce Nutrition has set me up with it.

The Olympia, held in Las Vegas, NV is coming up at the end of this month. I am happy to say, I will BE THERE with iForce! iForce will have a huge booth this year, and I'll be there all weekend! Please stop by and say "Hi!" I would love to have some company and meet some new faces.

Come see me at the iForce Nutrition booth Friday and Saturday (9/25 & 9/26) at the Olympia! Look for me dressed in red and black!

This is going to be my first trip to the Olympia! I'm very excited!

Check the Updates and Website

Hello!

I would like to update this website ( www.amyschmid.com ) soon, but until then, check out http://bodyspace.bodybuilding.com/ThatBigChickAmy/ . I'm much better at updating this one.

Keep ya posted!! Thanks!!

Fun and training!

I spent the 4th of July in Las Vegas. My wonderful friend Scott allows me use his Game Ready, it's an ice machine that compresses ice cold water around my knee! It help keep swelling down.. it's my best friend!

Enjoy some photos from my trip!

Also... more updates and pic on my Bodybuilding.com Bodyspace page "ThatBigChickAmy" Look me up!! Check out my sponsors website too iforcenutrition.com

"ThatBigChickAmy"

Hello Again!

I've started my Bodyspace page on Bodybuilding.com. My name is "ThatBigChickAmy"..since I hear it ALL the time. My Bodyspace page is part of the iForce Nutrition group. Check it out! I will update it at least weekly!

I am refocused and ready to go for the path to becoming a pro. I've learned over the last few months and working with my coach, that I have a long path ahead, but with patience and hard work, I can do it! I CAN DO IT!

This is the AMAZING home I get to stay in when working with my coach in Las Vegas! Rough life-huh?!?! Can't THANK SCOTT ENOUGH!!!

Lots to tell! BIG UPDATE.

Not ready yet:

At 14 weeks out from the show, I have been experiencing daily sharp pains in my knee. This knee is just not ready. I would have to really hit the cardio hard in order to get to the conditioning I need to win this show. And, I can't go 100% on that knee.

My coach and a few other close friends helped me decide what to do. Do I go for it at 80% and just deal with the pain? Or, wait til I'm really ready, I mean really ready, mind, knee and body to go for it at 100%.. I, of course want to do the show in 14 weeks! I'll just deal with the pain, but my coach pointed out that was "Rookie talk." He's right.

After processing all of this, I realized I can't just hurry up and get ready for a show in 16 weeks anymore. Not if I want to be competitive in the sport and play with the big girls. I want to be a pro! Professional athletes take there time, prepare and get on stage at 100%. So, that's what I'm going to do.

Truthfully, I'm frustrated. I want to compete. I want to be healthy and just do it! But, as my coach says, I need to learn to respect the process. I have potential, but I need to be ready first.

I am going to continue to eat my meals, train my buns off and do my cardio and prepare like I'm getting ready for a show. Which show? Not sure yet.... but I know that when I step on stage I will be ready. I need that confidence to become a pro. I want to see how good I can be.

NOW....Great News!!

iForce Nutrition has decided to make me a part of their team! iForce is a relatively new company that's growing like crazy! They have great training products and I'm very excited to have a great sponsor!

I'm in the process of creating a bodyspace page on bodybuilding.com where I will have another blog for updates as part of the iForce Group. Look for weekly updates and pics! Look for us at the Olympia and Arnold! I'll be at the boothe!

That's all for now