Ava Cowan is back at it, making waves in the fitness industry. Her latest venture is a mini-series on GaspariNutrition.com titled, “The Sport of Figure Featuring Ava Cowan.” Early on, Ava had Hollywood dreams. She even lived in California for a while before eventually settling in Florida as a personal trainer. She will get an opportunity to flex her camera skills in her mini-series. Ava described the piece as:

It’s really my journey back to the NPC. The idea is to let people know who I am as a person and as an athlete because a picture does not come close to talking about what a real person has to go through if they want to do well in the sport. 

Part of Ava’s journey led though a life of addiction. She battled with it for a long time and is part of the influence for her move away from the Hollywood lights. In Florida, she had one relapse, but realized that she was worth more than the lonely bottom of that life style. She spent 30-days in rehab and has been clean ever since. She set her sights on a new goal. A goal that has proved to be worth all her while.

See Her Gallery Here

Monday, March 22nd Ava Cowan, IFBB Pro Figure competitor and Gaspari sponsored athlete made an interesting blog post. She is a true athlete. She is making gains and snubbing the bird-eating habits of most IFBB Figure Pro’s. She is focused on gaining muscle and isn’t afraid of putting on a few pounds in the meantime! Ava turned pro less than a year ago and already has her eyes on the 2010 Olympia!

Read her blog below and check out our gallery!

I just wanted to check in and keep you posted about what is going on in my world.  And that is serious off season training and plenty of eating.  I am not one of the women that does cardio 6 days a week all year round and eats like a bird.  My goal this off season is to build quality muscle and to keep my metabolism revved up as much as possible so that when I start dieting May 15, 2010, it won’t be so painful.  I did the same thing last year, and my contest prep was not AS painful as it could have been if I was a year round dieter.   In fact,  I never did more than 45 minutes of cardio a few days a week mixed with a few days of HIIT.   I may not like the fact that I am not “ripped” right now but I fully understand that I have ONE GOAL in mind, and that is to step on the Figure Olympia stage this year.

But first things first, I have to qualify and that begins with my first attempt in Jacksonville, Florida on August 7, 2010 at the Dexter Jackson’s show.

I think about it, I dream about it, it is all that I can think about.  Right now I lift harder and heavier than ever before.  Tunnel vision.