You are in a warm weight room, loud weights are clanking in the background accompanied by the smell of iron and intensity. Sweat beads are accumulating on your brow line, 10 more reps and this set is over, muscles are hard at work tingling with energy; endorphins are at an all time high. In a room filled with men, you are the only woman. You are 19-year-old, Tempe raised fitness model, trainer and body builder Christina Rico, and you are one of few young and upcoming female fitness competitors. When you tell people about your career goals, in come the stereotypes about what type of work … [Read more...]