BY RACHEL ORTIZ Community contributor ome join the fun, buy great treasures, and eat some good food at Endeavour Elementary School’s Annu- al Community Rummage Sale & Bazaar, Saturday, May 1, from 7 a.m. to noon at the school parking lot, 9300 Meacham. Reserve your space(s) now! Deadline is April 29.m The event is sponsored by PTO. For more information, contact Michele Feola at 588-9545. 2 The Bakersfield Voice Sunday, April 25, 2010 Share stories, photos, blogs www. bakersfieldvoice .com ■ Submitting your sto- ries for The Bakersfield Voice is simple and FREE! Just go to: www.bakers- fieldvoice.com and create a profile. ■ Choose what you’d like to contribute (an article, letter, picture or community event listing) and post it yourself. ■ For delivery issues, please email: voicedelivery@bakersfield.com ■ Still need help getting your contributions onto our Web site? E-mail Sandra Molen at smolen@bakersfield.com YOUR CELEBRATIONS JB Boys Division 3 won the regional tournament in Hanford on March 20-21 going 4-0. By winning, they qualified for the National tournament at Cal State Fullerton. The team includes: Jimmy Henry, Isiah Hill, Wil Alexander, Justin Bustos, Lebrevon Austin, Jalen Kel- lams, Dakota Ochoa, Caden Ochoa, and Braden Wingle. N Way to go NJB Boys Division 3! an’s Taekwondo Academy is proud to announce that 33 taekwondo athletes from Bakersfield qualified for the Junior Olympic and Senior Nationals in Orlando, Fla., to be held in July. Qualification was achieved by placing first place through third place in this State Champi- onship (Nationals Quali- fier). In addition, Han’s Taek- wondo won the second largest team award for the competition. Congratulations Han’s Academy! COURTESY PHOTO Han’s Taekwondo athletes placed first through third place in state championships. Han’s Taekwondo wins 37 state titles YOUR ENTERTAINMENT BY MARJORIE BELL Community contributor he last Fred & Beverly Dukes Memorial Concert Series event of the season will feature the Young Artists of Kern, a group of local high school and college youth rec- ommended by teachers for a spe- cial concert event. The free concert is at First Con- gregational Church, 5 Real Road, at 4 p.m. May 2. The event is sponsored in part by Valley Public Radio. Peggy Sears’ students from the CSUB Opera Theatre program will be presenting scenes from Pucci- ni’s “Madame Butterfly,” Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale” and Whitacre’s “Paradise Lost.” Performers include Kevin Calvin, Robert Hamilton, Almalinda Duran, Katherine Kiouses, and Jes- sica Trevino. Pianist Amanda Wong will be playing pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach and Frederic Chopin. Clarinetist Mara Minner will be playing “Concerto No. 1 in C Minor” by Spohr. Finally, The Stockdale String Quartet will perform “Londonderry Air” (arranged by McKay) and “String Quartet, Op. 77, No. 1” by Haydn. The String Quartet includes vio- linist Erin Heidrick, violinist Mina Kirkwood, pianist Jingyan Yue and cellist Natalie Sherman. All have been active in the Bakersfield Youth Symphony. The Fred and Beverly Dukes Memorial Concert Series was established in 2006 through an endowment from the estate of the Dukes family as a gift to the com- munity of Bakersfield. Both were long time members of First Con- gregational Church and retired local educators. The Dukes endowment provides stipends to performers in the annual concert series. T COURTESY PHOTO Jessica Trevino and Almalinda Duran will sing selections from Puccini's “Madame Butterfly” for the Fred & Beverly Dukes Memorial Concert Se- ries to be held May 2 at the First Congregational Church. ‘Young Artists’ to perform concert May 2 Rummage for treasures at Endeavour yard sale! Good food, good wine, good cause! bout five times a month, I get the same perplexing question from potential female clients: “I don’t want to bulk up so I probably shouldn’t lift anymore than 10 pounds, huh?” It’s not even a question in my mind, so my response is always somewhat delayed because of disbelief of what they just asked. Part of the problem is fear, and I under- stand that. When women are intro- duced into the weight room, they are usually taught that there’s only one way to perform each set, and if they veer off that, something will cause their mus- cles to get huge. Tell that to a man, and he will never allow his brain to process that state- ment. According to Alwyn Cosgrove, author of “Lift Like a Man, Look Like a Goddess,” genetics do determine the way you look. Cosgrove is very influential in the fit- ness industry. He has challenged me to rethink what has been common practice in fitness over the years and has made my work more evolved and science based. Factoid number two is: If you challenge your muscles in the gym, they will grow — period. If you’re looking for endurance, go ahead and perform the exhausting 15-20 reps, but this is counter productive, in my opinion. Muscle will not grow unless you induce some minor damage to them — that’s the soreness you feel after a challenging work- out. There are two rules in the gym — the object of lifting is to build muscle and mus- cle is hard to build. Yes, this is true for most men, too. If you’re lifting/pressing the Barbie doll weights — “15 times and increasing to 20 times,” and your goal is to make your mus- cles grow, then you’ve done the opposite of what you need to do. Muscle is so hard to build for women because of lack of testos- terone — it just doesn’t happen. I never go into a workout and tell myself “Gosh, I don’t want to get big today!” Guys wouldn’t dream of saying that. In my personal training career of 29 years, I have trained only two women that could actually grow muscles at a pretty good rate. They carried the “buffed” gene — which is quite uncommon, actually. The idea, ladies, is to lift as heavy as you can, with correct form. Exercise with cau- tion, and barring no injuries that might exacerbate your injury/condition, then CHALLENGE yourself! When you color outside the lines a bit, and work harder, your muscles will respond by getting strong, fit and lean! When muscle is torn down, it heals (with proper rest and nutrition) and then, and only then, will it build back up, thus giving you that fit and tight look. This includes upper- and lower-body workouts. You will not turn into a bodybuilder. They (both men and women) have to work out several hours a day, eat impeccably clean, get enough sleep every night and slather on baby oil after tanning. And, while I can appreciate how hard they train, who has that much time anyway? Muscles will respond to what you train them to do. If your parents are buffed, your chances are pretty good if, indeed, you work towards that. And while we’re at it, no workout will make your muscles longer. That’s like say- ing you can work out and get taller. Again — genetics here. Muscles have a predeter- mined shape; when you challenge them, you will see what “shape” they will take on. Ladies, I implore you to pick up heavy enough weights to see a difference! Yes, we are different than men, we have a higher proportion of fat and slower metab- olisms — all the more reason to pack on some muscle. We have the same muscle fiber structure of a man, but are chemically and hormon- ally different. We may be separate genders, but we are not separate species. Strong muscles keep us healthy, and revs up our metabolism. There is no evidence that women should train differently from how men do — I don’t — and my muscles aren’t big. I lift as heavy as I can. I love it! Try it — your body will take on a whole new shape. Challenge yourself to a better body! Please consult with your doctor before beginning any exercise program. Lift safely, and correctly, to avoid injury. Questions? Email Gina at [email protected]. Gina Rolow is a local fitness instructor and is the owner of Body By Gina, Personal and Group Training. YOUR FITNESS Ladies, put down those Barbie doll weights! GINA ROLOW Fitness columnist A COURTESY PHOTO H EXTRA! EXTRA! C BY RACHEL ORTIZ Community contributor rugatti’s Italian Eatery and Imbibe Wine & Spirits Merchant are pleased to present the first ever “Taste of Hope,” benefiting the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. The event is Tuesday, May 11 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Imbibe, 4140 Truxtun Ave. Enjoy great food and wine — for a good cause. Frugatti’s will provide light Italian fare, Imbibe will supply the wine, and you will also enjoy live music during the evening. Tickets are $40. To purchase tickets or to receive more information, call 321-9512; or, email: christine.gron- [email protected]. F