Last updated

01/02/03

NAME: Allison Bookless

NICKNAMES: Ally, Al, Bookless, Ally Book, Ally  Cat

PROFESSION: Firefighter/paramedic & IFFB Fitness Competitor

BIRTH PLACE: White Plains, N.Y.

CURRENT RESIDENCE: Columbus, OH

EDUCATION: BS in Education from Ohio State University

HEIGHT: 5'1 1/2

COMPETITIVE WT: 115 lb.

OFF SEASON WT: 120-125lb.

FAVORITE BODY PART TO WORKOUT:  Legs, when you finish  you can't move & you know you gave 110%

TURNED PRO: August 2000 at Team Universe (short  class). It was in N.Y.C. & my family  was  there to see me (watching there 1st  fitness show).

FAVORITE CHEAT MEAL: Cinnamon pancakes(dry) from Bob Evans.

FAVORITE COLOR: Purple and or red

FAVORITE GROUP: Metallica

FREE TIME: Not much "free time" but: snowboarding, adventure races, playing with our  2 min pins, and drinking coffee/reading the  paper at Caribou Coffee(a regional coffee  joint)

FAVORITE QUOTES: "The only easy day was yesterday" and "Pain is just weakness leaving the body"

FAVORITE T.V. SHOWS: Law & Order, CSI, Trauma, Life in  the E.R.

FAVORITE MOVIES: Christmas Vacation and Tommy Boy

MOST INSPIRATIONAL MOVIE: Rudy

DESCRIBE MYSELF: Focused, competitive, goal  orientated, athletic, reliable,  professional, shy, and I have a dry  sense of humor.

BEGAN TRAINING: 1st bodybuilding show in 1991 and  first fitness show in 1998.

INSPIRED ME TO START: Jeff Horst taught me the ropes  after reading/seeing mags with Gladys Portugues. Then I met  Janet Tech and Juliette Bergmann  during the Arnold Classic.  They came into the gym that I worked and they rocked. I still  remember watching Juliette do legs...WOW!    And of course, Cory Everson. She has been an insiration to everyone!

INSPIRED ME TO SWITCH TO FITNESS: Great friend and  mentor, Jennifer  Hendershott.