Beauty, Building and Believing
Beauty, Building and Believing Today I bring to you a candid conversation with Dana Trakas. I sat down with Dana last month and she had recently finished a competition. She'll share her story of how she became interested in bodybuilding, the sacrifices, advice for young women and more. CSW: Thanks Dana for meeting me and you look fabulous. DT: Thank you and I've been looking forward to this. CSW: Me too. I have to ask, how did you get involved in bodybuilding? What attracted you to it? DT: I was doing obstacle course racing (OCR) and I fell off a six-foot wall and I hurt my neck which lead to getting injections in my neck. CSW: Oh my. DT: Not a fun injury and I really loved obstacle racing but, I couldn't risk getting hurt again. I like to stay competitive, so I had to find something else. A friend was doing bodybuilding and she asked me to try it. I said no because I knew I wouldn't have wanted to diet like that. And I loved wor