menu<\/a> includes oats and yoghurt, chicken and rice, chicken wraps, mince meat with potatoes and vegetables, and sourdough bread with peanut butter.\n<\/p>\n\n Her coach was a bodybuilding specialist so she got into bodybuilding straight away, eventually building up to enter the 2026 NABBA North West bodybuilding competition.\n<\/p>\n
\n Now her cardio work typically involves time on a static bike or on the Stairmaster, and most of her weight work focuses on heavy dumbbells.\n<\/p>\n
\n Lyndsey said: “Women always say that they don’t want to get too bulky and that they just want to tone up, but toning up comes from building muscle.\n<\/p>\n
\n “You\u2019re not going to turn into a man overnight by lifting weights.\n<\/p>\n
\n “It’s actually very hard for women to build muscle because we don’t naturally have the same testosterone levels, so its all about what we eat.”\n<\/p>\n
\n On June 13, the mum finished second in the NABBA North West bodybuilding finals.\n<\/p>\n
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Lyndsey Kelly (Image: Lyndsey Kelly \/ SWNS)\n<\/p>\n
\n She initially entered in the toned category but judges moved her into the athletic class because of her muscle definition and conditioning.\n<\/p>\n
\n She said: “I was really nervous, but what I’ve taken away is to just have fun, don’t take it too seriously.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Everybody is so lovely and puts you at ease.\n<\/p>\n
\n “You\u2019ve worked hard so it\u2019s time to show it off.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Lyndsey now shares her fitness journey with her 11,000 followers on Instagram @lynds.lifts.\n<\/p>\n
\n For anyone considering starting their own fitness journey later in life, she advises: “You’ve got to get used to it and give it time.\n<\/p>\n
\n “It can be a bit boring at first, but once you start seeing results, you realise it works.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Trust the process.”\n<\/p>\n
\n BEFORE DIET BREAKFAST – bacon butty LUNCH – Subway sandwich, pasties or pies DINNER – lasagne or spag bowl SNACKS – chocolate bars, flapjacks or crisps\n<\/p>\n
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