Daniel McDonald and Lisa LaBrie have been named the NPC Athletes of the Month in Men’s and Women’s Bodybuilding for the month of April.
MEN’S BODYBUILDING: DANIEL McDONALD
Recent Accomplishment Europa Show of Champions 1st Heavyweight and Overall
Age 38
Height 5’9″
Contest Weight 209-220
Contest History/Highlights 2012 Deke Warner Florida State 2nd Light Heavyweight; Tim Garnder Extravaganza 1st Heavyweight and Overall; 2009: Europa Show of Champions Light Heavyweight and Overall; 2008: Deke Warner Florida Stage 1st Light Heavyweight; Debbie Kruk Classic 1st Light Heavyweight and Overall; 1999: Mid Florida Championships 1st Middleweight and Overall
SKATE TO WEIGHTS ”Growing up I was very athletic! I was a sponsored skateboarder and snowboarding. I participated in football and loved to sprint. When I was about 20 years old I was injured trying a new skateboard trick. I was directed to go to the gym by a physical therapist to build up the muscles around the injury. A couple weeks went by of hard, strenuous, painful training and in the short time I was at the gym I acquired the bug!”
ACCEPTING ADVICE ”One day in the gym the owner Rick Sparrow went out of his way to compliment me on my physique and insisted that I set a course for future competition. I took his advice and again never looked back!”
JUST WIN BABY ”I enjoy pushing my body harder and harder for each show and look ingback on the large changes over the years that my body has undergone. And oh yeah, I love to win!”
ROLE MODELS ”My role models are Einstein and Jay Cutler.”
CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM ”At the pro qualifiers I have competed in, I have had the opportunity to obtain advice and constructive criticism from various experienced NPC judges. The advice and critique I have received from these judges is priceless! I took the information I was given and incorporated it in my already strong training program that I hope that will only result in victory!”
