Talking Sports And Fitness With Zeke

Champion bodybuilder Maria Ortiz shares with Zeke her take on body image and explains that she is quite comfortable with being muscular even though others may disagree. Maria details for Zeke the specifics of her training program, which begins at 3:20 in the morning so she can get half of her cardio in before going to her full-time job in in quality control at Alcon Manufacturing. She does another hour of cardio, walking and jogging, after work along with an hour of weightlifting -- focusing on one body part per day under the direction of her husband and trainer Banyon. Maria tells Zeke that the hardest hurdle in training is the strict diet, which has her eating five meals a day, mostly protein, and drinking at least two gallons of water. Her daily diet consists of eggs, brown rice, fish, chicken, steak, salmon, broccoli, green beans and spinach. While her body craves sweets and carbs, she resists so her muscles look cut and defined in competition.