Elaine Goodlad

Infobox bodybuilder

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birthdate = birth date and age|1964|05|02
birthplace = Saskatchewan, Canada
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height = 5'7" (1.70m)
weight = (In Season) 130-132 lbs.
(Off-Season) 138-140 lbs.
firstproshow = 2002 NPC Emerald Cup
firstproshowyear = 2002
bestwin = IFBB California Pro Figure Champion
bestwinyear = 2004
predecessor = None
successor = Mary Elizabeth Lado
yesorretiredyear = since 2002

Elaine Goodlad (born May 2, 1964) is a professional figure competitor and makeup artists. As competitor Goodlad stands out among her fellow figure competitors as one of the few forty-something year old women to be a professional figure competitor who competes at the professional level. She is also a well known and much-sought-after makeup artist among fitness models, photographers, and fitness & figure competitors who often seek her professional skills as a makeup artist for photo shoots and contest times.

Biography

Elaine grew up in Saskatchewan; a small town and farming community in Canada to a Baptist parents. When she was in her teenage years she moved to a larger city in Canada named Saskatoon. In Saskatoon Elaine grew up to be a young energetic high school girl who was a very active student involved in sports such as track and field and volleyball. During this time personal problems led her to suffer from depression, rapid weight gain, and bulimia. But this soon would change when at twenty years old, Elaine discovered the gym. Eventually she was able accumulated enough of the right information about training and dieting to make the right changes to her life and in her body. She continued her weight training regime with the help of a powerlifter, Terry Goodlad who helped her made the right changes in her regime and help her improve her physique, and they would eventually marry.

Together they moved to British Columbia in early 1990, and there, the couple opened a gym which Elaine would manage while her husband Terry would start to develop his photography and writing abilities in order to work in the fitness media such as Magazines and TV. And with Elaine's knowledge of cosmetology and her husband's abilities in photography and writing; they would eventually began to contribute to almost every fitness-oriented magazine on the market. Soon after Elaine became serious of competing in figure competition, she and her husband moved to Las Vegas in order to continue her work in the fitness industry with her husband and escape the long, rigorous, and expensive traveling that came with living in Canada. There she began to work full-time as makeup artists for fitness models in her husband's photo shoots, as well as a driver for the models back and forth from the airport in between her rigorous dieting and training schedule.

While working as a makeup artist Elaine began to compete. She quickly moved up the ranks in the figure division at the amateur level, winning the 2002 NPC Emerald Cup tall class and overall title and achieving pro status at the age of thirty-eight and winning the inaugural California Pro Figure show. She continued to train regularly until 2006 when she decided to take a brake from competition and deal with some health problems that were bothering her such as chronic pain. Recently Goodlad co-hosted the 2007 IFBB Ms. Fitness, Figure, and the Olympia alongside Nancy DiNino. As of December 2007 Goodlad continues to be work as a makeup artist and is planning on competing sometime in the future.

Vital Stats

* Full Name: Elaine Goodlad
* Birthday: May 2
* Place of Birth: Saskatchewan, Canada
* Current state of Residence: Las Vegas
* Occupation: Figure competitor, personal trainer, fitness model, Professional make-up artist.
* Marital Status: Married to Terry Goodlad.
* Height: 5'7"
* Weight (In Season): 130-132 lbs. (Off-Season):138-140 lbs.
* Eye Color: Blue
* Hair Color: Red (with blonde highlights)

Bodybuilding philosophy

Goodlad's training consists of simple compound movements with mostly free weights (she uses only a few cable exercises and machine exercises). She typically weight trains 5 days a week, and in the off-season she focuses on her glutes, hamstrings, and shoulders as primary muscle groups. Goodlad usually trains two body parts per day on the off-season, and performs between one to two cardio sessions a day, 7 days a week (one with her weight training and another one at night).

Contest History

*2002 NPC Emerald Cup, 1st (Tall) and Overall winner
*2003 IFBB Arnold Classic Figure International, 6th
*2003 IFBB Jan Tana Pro Classic, 6th
*2003 IFBB New York Pro Championships, 5th
*2003 IFBB Night of Champions, 5th
*2003 IFBB Figure Olympia, 11th
*2003 IFBB Show of Strength Pro Championship, 6th
*2003 IFBB Pittsburgh Pro Figure, 5th
*2004 IFBB California Pro Figure, 1st
*2004 IFBB Figure International, 8th
*2004 IFBB Pittsburgh Pro Figure, 3rd
*2004 IFBB Show of Strength Pro Championship, 8th
*2004 IFBB Figure Olympia, 8th
*2005 IFBB Figure International 8th
*2005 IFBB Charlotte Pro Championships, 8th
*2005 IFBB Europa Supershow, 6th
*2006 IFBB Figure International 10th

References

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date = August 2003
year =2002
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url = http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0KFY/is_6_20/ai_98488540
title = The flex page-three girl - Hard Times - Elaine Goodlad - Brief Article
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publisher = Flex
language = English
accessdate = 2007-01-14
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Magazine Reference

Stoddard, Grant. "EG". California: Muscle and Fitness. March 2006 Edition. ISSN 0744-5105. (New York, NY: Weider Publications, LLC., a division of American Media Inc., 2006.). Section: Training and Fitness: pages 218-222 covers Goodlad's article.

Web Referencehttp://www.myspace.com/elainegoodladifbb

External links

* [http://www.elainefit.com/ Official Website]
* [http://www.amg-lite.com/elaine_goodlad/ Interview #1]
* [http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/fawnia11.htm Interview #2]
* [http://www.oxygenmag.com/main.php?page=5&id=248 Oxygen Profile]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1322942/bio IMDB Profile]
* [http://www.bodysport.com/models/Elaine%20Goodlad/index.html Body Sport Page]
* [http://www.pvldirect.com/team_elaine.html Mini-Biography]
* [http://www.carmengarcia.com/news/model_profile2.html Model Page]
* [http://www.seriousaboutfitness.com/people/people_20030301.htm Article]