Adela Garcia and Patrick Jacobs, Ph.D.
August 10, 2008
• Training for the Olympia Fitness
• Functional training
• Carla’s Sexy Performance Tip: Improving sex performance!
Adela Garcia was born in Cabrera, Dominican Republic and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico. In 1995 she competed in her first NPC fitness competition, placing 2nd, and went on to Nationals where she placed in the top 35 out of 75 competitors. This was the first national show and the IFBB was awarding 10 pro cards. After taking a couple of years off, Adela returned to competition in 1998 and in 1999 earned IFBB professional status by winning the Overall title at the NPC USA Fitness Championship. Since then, Adela has gone on to win three Fitness Olympia Titles, two Fitness International titles and is a GNC sponsored athlete. Her goal for 2008 is to win another Fitness Olympia title, tying Susie Curry’s record.
Patrick Jacobs, Ph.D. earned his doctorate at the University of Miami. He is currently on faculty with the Department of Exercise Science and Health Promotion at Florida Atlantic University. Patrick is a Licensed Athletic Trainer (State of Florida). He has recently done research on vibration training and the history of the hand-held model that has proliferated in many urban retail centers. Patrick’s writing has been featured in numerous publications including the Journal of Neural Engineering, American Journal of Sports Medicine, Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research and more.
Adela Garcia was born in Cabrera, Dominican Republic and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico. In 1995 she competed in her first NPC fitness competition, placing 2nd, and went on to Nationals where she placed in the top 35 out of 75 competitors. This was the first national show and the IFBB was awarding 10 pro cards. After taking a couple of years off, Adela returned to competition in 1998 and in 1999 earned IFBB professional status by winning the Overall title at the NPC USA Fitness Championship. Since then, Adela has gone on to win three Fitness Olympia Titles, two Fitness International titles and is a GNC sponsored athlete. Her goal for 2008 is to win another Fitness Olympia title, tying Susie Curry’s record.
Patrick Jacobs, Ph.D. earned his doctorate at the University of Miami. He is currently on faculty with the Department of Exercise Science and Health Promotion at Florida Atlantic University. Patrick is a Licensed Athletic Trainer (State of Florida). He has recently done research on vibration training and the history of the hand-held model that has proliferated in many urban retail centers. Patrick’s writing has been featured in numerous publications including the Journal of Neural Engineering, American Journal of Sports Medicine, Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research and more.