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BACK WITH A VENGEANCE


IFBB figure pro Sonia Adcock shows you how live a life devoted to your dreams

By Lara McGlashan | Photos by Naj Jamai











Ask Joe (or Jill) College Student on Any Campus USA what he (or she) wants to do with his life and nine times out of 10 you'll hear: "I dunno." But then there are young people like IFBB pro figure competitor Sonia Adcock, who decides what she wants and then goes after it intently. Case in point: Sonia always knew she wanted to be a cosmetologist, a job she decided upon after spending many fondly remembered afternoons with her mother in a salon as a girl. So she enrolled in a regional occupational program while still in high school and after graduation went straight to work in her dream profession.

She also knew she liked sports, dabbling in many disciplines until she found her calling: weightlifting. At 15, Sonia took an elective lifting class in school and was an instant addict. Afterward, she joined a gym, diligently keeping up her training Monday through Friday, even though her friends and family thought she was crazy.

As soon as she started earning her own paychecks, Sonia hired a personal trainer and grilled him for advice and information. She was a sponge, absorbing and incorporating all things fitness into her workouts. When by chance she discovered figure competitions and met nutritionist-to-figure-champions Kim Oddo, all the stars finally aligned. She and Oddo focused on the same goal — getting Sonia onstage — and the pair got to work.


SONIA RISING

In 2003 the Adcock-Oddo machine began competing in amateur figure contests and swept numerous victories into their coffers while earning critical and editorial accolades. At only 5' tall and a buck-oh-three, the tiny sprite of a girl was making waves bigger than she was. But in 2004, after competing more than a dozen times, Sonia disappeared, no explanation offered. Speculation abounded: She got injured; she bent to pressure; she lost interest and quit.

"Nothing catastrophic happened — I just needed to make some improvements to my physique," explains Sonia, trying to quell the tired and oft-asked question about what really happened to her. "When you do so many shows, you sometimes need to take a step back, assess your situation and think about what you need to do to make things better."

Step back she did, taking a full two years to build density, muscle maturity and symmetry in her physique.



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