Melissa4Figure Melissa Kelley WNBF
Thanks for stopping by my site!!!!!! I am a 46 year old mother of two and I work as an MRI Technologist at a Level I trauma hospital. I am a INBF/WNBF Figure/Fit Body/ Bikini Stage Coach and INBF/WNBF Judge
Why did I create this website? I hope to possibly inspire others and show that it is never too late to follow your dreams. How did I get started as a Fig
ure Competitor? To be quite honest “Accidentally” Yes, I sort of accidentally fell into competing. In September of 2004 my youngest daughter was entering preschool and I decided to join a local gym to get in shape
After a few months of working out with no direction and admiring the photos of the fine physiques of past and current gym competitors hanging on the walls….I decided it was time to hire a Personal Trainer. In January of 2005 I finally made an appointment with a personal trainer. He asked me what my goals were and I jokingly said that "I would like to look like the picture hanging on the wall" (pointing to a gym member who competes). He said “If you expect to look like her, then I will expect you to compete as well”. Never in a million years did I think I could get in that type of shape, so I said to him… “If you get me in that type of shape, I'll enter a competition”. After just a few weeks of training, I was told by my personal trainer that I should enter the November 2005 Monster Mash as a novice bodybuilder”. So the 10 month journey began and in February of 2005 I started to see changes in my body and at that point I began to realize that maybe I COULD enter a competition. At this time I realized I needed to research competing as much as possible. During this research I accidentally came across an article on “Figure Competitors”. I had never heard of a figure competitor before but I immediately knew that this was for me!!!! So…4 months later I entered my first show and took home 4th place. Six months after that (and 2 more 4th places) I won my first show and my WNBF Pro card!!!. Stats 2005-2010
Height – 5’1”
Weight – 118 lbs. Off season
Contest Weight 108 lbs. Interest
– Fitness, art, cooking, skiing, hiking, Zip lining : ) , teaching Core and Spin classes and spending free time with my two daughters. Goals
– To continue to train and teach others in the wonderful sport of Natural Body Bodybuilding, Figure and Fit Body. The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person's determination.
- Tommy Lasorda
Contest History
May 2005 – OCB Spirit of America – 4th Place Masters, 3rd Place Open
May 2005 – INBF Northeast Classic – 5th Place Masters, 4th Place Open short
June 2005 – INBF Connecticut – 4th Place Open
October 2005 – Cape Cod Classic – 2nd Place Open
November 2005 – INBF Monster Mash 1st Place Open short & Overall (Pro Card WNBF)
Pro Competitions:
2005 INBF MonsterMash Figure Champion - Overall Winner
2006 WNBF NE Pro Figure Classic runner up
2007 WNBF NE Pro Figure Championship - Overall Winner
2007 INBF MonsterMash Overall BB Championship
2008 NE Classic WNBF Pro Figure Championship - overall
2008 WNBF Worlds NY 3rd Place Pro Figure
2009 WNBF NE CLASSIC Pro Figure 1st Overall
2009 WNBF NE CLASSIC Pro Fit Body Runner Up
WNBF Pro Figure (short class) WORLD CHAMPION
NY,NY 11/09
WNBF NECLASSSIC PRO/AM Runner up Pro Figure
WNBF NECLASSIC Runner up Pro Fit Body 6/5/2010
2010 2X WNBF Figure World Champ
2010 WNBF Runner Up Fit Body
Other
I would not have been able to fulfill my dreams without the support of family and friends…..thank you so much!!!
