Samantha Baker
Height: 5’7 1/2”
Age: 29
Weight: 130
Hometown: Weymouth, Massachusetts
Current residence: Boston, Massachusetts
Marital status: Single
Occupation: Fitness model, figure competitor and personal trainer
Favorite foods: Nonhealthful: pizza and Ben & Jerry’s cake batter ice cream. Healthful: carrot cake protein bars, oatmeal pancakes or oatcakes and turkey-and-zucchini patties.
Workout schedule: My workout schedule consists of five to seven days a week of cardiovascular and weight training. I do my cardio and abdominal and core training in the morning and then go back to the gym in the evening to weight train. I train a separate bodypart each day with four to five exercises for four sets each, performing 12 to 15 reps per set. I alternate my weight-training workouts between free weights and machines.
Sample bodypart workout (shoulders): Overhead presses, 4 x 12-15; lateral raises, 4 x 12-15; upright rows supersetted with front raises, 4 x 12-15 each; cable or machine rear-delt raises, 4 x 12-15
Factoid: I have a bachelor’s degree in management and marketing and am a former NFL cheerleader. I recently started competing in figure, have placed first in my shows and am now a national-level figure competitor.
Future plans: My future plans are to continue with modeling, marketing myself through publications, and ultimately to start writing for the magazines. I also have plans to compete for my pro card in figure so that I can use the information, knowledge and experience to help others in the fitness industry.
Contact info: I can be contacted through my Web site, www.SamanthaBaker.net, Myspace.com/modelSamBaker and Facebook.com/modelSamBakerA bit about Samantha:
I was raised on the South Shore of Massachusetts where I have always been involved with sports and dance growing up, in school, as well as in college. I decided to further pursue my dance career and try out to become an NFL Cheerleader. I made the squad and was a Professional NFL Cheerleader for a number of years for the New England Patriots.
After Cheerleading I was very interested in the fitness industry and wanted to try to enter the arena of fitness modeling. I have been very lucky to be able to work with many amazing people and photographers and have been published in a number of fitness magazines, appeared nationally and internationally on several magazine covers and most recently have been given the opportunity to become the sponsored fitness model/athlete for EST Nutrition.
I have also for the past year and half entered the arena of figure competing as well. I have been very successful in my endeavors so far, placing first in my first two shows allowing me to compete nationally for the NPC. I recently competed in my first national figure show and placed top ten and will be competing in October again in my second national show where my hopes are to become Pro. This will be my fourth show of my career which would be an amazing goal to achieve!
The fitness arena is a lot of hard work and dedication. I am in the gym five to seven days a week, doing cardiovascular training as well as weight training. I also follow a strict diet year round. It has been through the love and support of my family and friends and by the grace of God that I have been blessed to have been given the opportunities that I have so far. I look forward to the future and working even harder than I ever have before to further my career in the fitness industry.
