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Biography:
Linda Cusmano is a Certified Elite
Personal Trainer, choreographer, Fitness Competitor (Canadian Champion with CNBF
pro card and many contest wins in other categories such as Figure, Bodybuilding,
Obstacle and Strength), Fitness Model, Actress, Fitness Writer and Consultant.
Aside from her Personal Training,
seminars, workshops and Fitness Contests Linda contributes articles for
publications both online as well as to known magazines.
Linda’s specialties lie in Post Rehab
(especially neck and back), Plyometrics and Sport Specific training (all sports
plus bodybuilding, fitness, figure) and Fat loss.
Linda was born with Chronic Bronchial
Asthma and severe allergies. Today these issues are much better dealt with but
up to the 90s Linda was unable to keep active consistently.
Fitness Model, Competitor History:
Linda
has been competing and modeling for over 10 years. She is well known in the
industry and coaches competitors toward their goals.
Career Highlights:
Various
TV appearances and her Pro card achievement.
Sports/ athletics:
Inline skating, dance, gymnastics, hiking,
martial arts.
Love watching NHL (remember hockey?), futbol,
car racing of all types from quarter mile to track, Olympics, and extreme
sports.
Bodybuilding:
Competed
in 2 naturals in 2001 with both 4th place wins.
Figure:
have done many of
these with 1st place to 3rd place wins.
Modeling history:
bikini, lingerie, fitness. Publications and
print.
Competitions:
10 years of Fitness, Figure, Fitness Model,
Obstacle, strength and bodybuilding contests. Over 20 easy.
Films:
special extra parts only. Much music
commercial.
Print:
Oxygen,
Natural Bodybuilding and Fitness, Planet Muscle, Power Mag, Body Talk, various
other American as well as many European magazines, all local print to Vancouver,
BC.
What makes a great fitness model?
Attitude.
What are the secrets to become a fitness model?
who you know.
What did you do to become a model?
Network.
What are the benefits to being a fitness model?
exposure.
What is your favorite things about being a fitness
model?
exposure.
How do you stay beautiful?
healthy lifestyle.
How do you stay fit, do you have a personal
trainer, chef, work out, what do you do?
I am a trainer.
How do you keep you skin healthy and fresh looking?
Omega oils and tons of water.
What do you believe is good health and fitness?
that is personal abroad but I like the
vegetarian diet with moderate exercise indoor and outdoors.
Do you prefer to tan or use tanning lotion?
both.
First Interest In Fitness/Bodybuilding
1996.
Goal Within The modeling/ Fitness Industry
achieved them.
Life Goals
almost achieved them all,
now to become a millionaire????
Dreams
nice car, lots of pets and
freedom.
Pre-contest Diet
6 meals, protein in each, veggies are the only
carb and nothing but water.
Supplements you use
protein, glutamine,
creatine, vitamins, minerals.
Regular Diet
moderate but hey some sugar and carbs are in
there too!! Gotta have my pepsi.
Contest Work Out Routine:
6 day split, routine
practice.
Off season work out routine
varies depending
on my goals. time off during these times since I go so hard for on season.
Favorites
Favorite body part to work: abs, biceps
Ideal
vacation: being
home with my dogs.
Least
favorite food - peppers, cauliflower, meat.
Ideal Man: have
him.
Relationship Status: none
of your business.
Personality: private, honest,
loyal, loner.
Things I
hate: liars, users, scammers, viciousness, animal killers, fake, jealous and
egotistical people.
Things I
love - real and down to earth people, animal appreciators, feeling invincible like
when i am fittest, nature.
Favorite
animals: pitbulls, large
cats, horses, zebras, can't choose, love them all.
Favorite
food:
East Indian Vegetarian curries like mutter paneer.
Favorite
movie:
action
Favorite shoes: comfy sneaker type but also love wearing contest heels.
Workout
wear: bluefish,
nina bucci, brasil sol, triple 5 soul, tna, phat cat, juicy couture.
Favorite
Spots Team: Canucks (the bums), Italian soccer team,
Favorite
thing to do: spend time with my hubby and pets.
Favorite
diet food: oatmeal
Favorite
music: dance, rap and hip hop
Bits and
Pieces:
Turn-ons: tight abs, nice musculature on a man, sense of humor and sense of work ethic!
Car I drive:
never mind, it sucks. used to drive a sport car though! will again!
Favorite
Dessert: just
one??? purdy peanut butter chocolate, fanny may mint meltaways, aero with
caramel......
Favorite Nutritional Supplements, why: magnesium, helps prevent migraines which I am prone to.
Favorite Cardio Work out, why: inline skating, dance, gymnastics, cuz I am good at them!!
Favorite Cardio Equipment, why: cross trainer, makes cardio so easy, like a holiday but with results.
Favorite exercise equipment, why: ab bench, great target workout for whole abs
Favorite Exercise, why: flag, not too many people can do them, famous by Bruce Lee and Sly
Stallone.
Special
Skills:
can do stunts, any sport, martial arts, dance,
basic gymnastics, not afraid of heights or water.
List
your Website:
www.lindacusmano.com
www.bodyrushpersonaltraining.com
www.fitnessteambc.com
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