After placing second in the Toronto Pro SuperShow bodybuilding competition recently, Estevan's Cea Anna Kerr is setting her sights higher.
The world-famous Olympia event will have a physique category for the first time this year, and Kerr hopes to be there.
"Everybody wants to get to the Olympia now that they have physique," said Kerr, who is planning to attend a qualifying competition in Dallas in mid-August.
"It's been my dream. To actually be a pro is unbelievable, but to do well at a pro event and maybe qualify for the Olympia?"
The top five point-getters from qualifying events make it to the Olympia, and Kerr currently sits seventh.
"This'll be the first year for pro physique at the Olympia. That's why the competition's really tough because everybody's trying to qualify. I'm pretty thrilled, coming from Saskatchewan and doing so well now. To be the first Saskatchewan woman placing this high in shows, and I'm living in Estevan."
As for the Toronto show, Kerr took second place in women's physique for the second straight year on May 31.
"It was huge. I didn't know what to expect because when you're backstage, everybody looks good because you're all pros. Everybody diets well and trains. Everybody looks so good because it's top-calibre athletes.
"The girl that won placed top three in the New York show the week before. To be put next to her, I was like, 'is this for real?'"
The two bodybuilders were separated by only a couple of points in the judging, in a field of 18.
Kerr said she was happy with the shape she was in entering the show.
"I got a little more conditioned and had a really good off-season. I was able to push more weight. I knew I had to bring up my shoulders and back a little bit. When you do that, you have to put on more muscle. It all worked out.
"I did hard training for 12 weeks. You always have to diet down to try and lose your body fat. You can't have a lot of body fat when you're on the stage, under the lights. They want to see the lines, they want to see the muscle definition."
