Hi, let me introduce myself. I am Michèle Levesque, a training addict. If you want to know more about me, read these lines.

I come from Bromont, a small village known as the capital of mountain biking and skiing. My parents were always active and instilled a love of physical fitness in me from a young age. I devoted myself to several sports such as gymnastics, figure skating and, of course, biking and skiing.

I have always had an intense temperament and am always on the lookout for a new challenge, a new obsession. For years, I let off steam in track and field, where I progressed from the sprint to running 30 kilometres on the road!

Running was my drug, my inspiration, my decadence, my release, until the day when I had to have surgery for knee problems. My world fell apart and I lapsed into gloom and despair. I had lost my best friend.

My passion for weights and dumbbells developed from the time I was in rehabilitation for my knees. Aside from running, lifting weights was the only way I got satisfaction. At first slowly, then with growing intensity. I had discovered my second obsession! I set about being reborn and wanted to know everything about nutrition and training. One day while leafing through magazines, I told myself that one day I would be the person on the cover! But first I had to find a good coach to lead me to the top. Francine Savard of Proactif lit my path. That is when a beautiful love story was born between her and me. The passion for training!

I have now lived in Montreal for about ten years. I came here to study kinesiology at the Université du Québec à Montréal and continue in massotherapy. I have worked in this profession for five years.

In the near future, I see myself on the cover page of a magazine and I plan to return to studies in physiotherapy.

Michele's owes her extreme physique transformation to her personal coach FRANCINE SAVARD. For the past 2 years Francine and Michele have work closely together in a synergistic way to obtain extreme results that many never thought possible.

To learn more about Francine's amazing work, please visit her great website.

On competiting

I have been dreaming of competing for a very long time. I continued to dream and let time pass by until last November when I participated and WON my very first competition!

The biggest challenge was to increase my self-esteem and confidence. I realized how important the spiritual side was and then it finally clicked. If I wanted to feel good on the outside, I had to feel great on the inside. I eliminated all my negative thoughts and concentrated on serenity and peace. Only then did I finally find the mental strength and assurance I needed to achieve my dreams.
This competition has been a learning experience. By believing in myself, I reached perfect harmony between my body and mind.

Trainning schedule

depending if i am preparing for a fitnes comp or a shooting, my work out changes all the time. i change my work out every 4-5 weeks. Rather if i am bulking up, or leaning down, here's what my workout program looks like:

day 1:

Shoulders, bicep, triceps

works alot on that upper body to balance with my lower body. All the years of track and field developed my legs alot more then my upper body. Now i need
to find perfect symetri between my lower body and my upper body.
bulking up: 4 reps 6-8
leaning down: 3-4 reps 12-15

day 2:

Legs

I work alot on my back of legs and butt. i have really developed quads so i need to balace m quads with my buttocks.

day 3:

back, chest, abs

I have a really small waist. So getting that V-apper is really important for me to make my waist look even smaller.
i don't overwork out my abs. i do it twice a week and make sure my form is perfect and i get thoses abs burning like crazy!!!

Diet:

Depending if i am preparing for a contest or a photoshoot my diet varies alot. But in the off season, when i try to stay lean here, what I eat:

morning: 5 AM:
fish oils
multi-vitamins and minerals
SHAPE UP x1
creavol before hitting the gym

yugourt with fruits
espresso

8 am:
glutamine and REVIVE
egg whites proteine pancakes with oatmeal

11:00:
CHICKEN(100gr) AND VEGETABLES(150-200 gr) or brown rice(40 gr)(i usually eat all my veggies raw)

2:00:
Chicken salad


5:00:
Horse meat or beef or fish with veggies

8:00:
slow release protein shake
or
turkey and veggies

water, water, water, water..........