Ok everyone I feel it is my duty to warn you about birthday cakes purchased from large known coffee chains .... with the initials DD, ahem. Just *NOT* a good idea in general, I was sick for a few days, probably due to the eggs in the cake. Even my puppers got sick, and of course since you can't hide cake from me I found it the night before and ate some before I was supposed too hee hee!! So I got an extra day of food poisoning. But I'm feeling better now, and as usual I didn't miss a day of training I never do, and the improvements in the off season are progressing nicely.

I've also been answering a lot of interview questions for magazines so be sure to look for me in the major mags soon, of course you can track that on the news page of my web site as well. Some of the interview questions are pretty out there, like the one about three people in history who I would like to sit down and have dinner with. That's hard enough, but then it asks what I would want on the menu! Then you have to think about whether it's on season or off season, what time of day, carbing up or depleting, you know how it goes. But I am answering them all the best that I can and hopefully all my fans will see the results soon! Talk to you later!

Dani

Hi everyone, I am still on a high from my weekend birthday celebration, my fiancé took me to Flemings for dinner and Bern's for dessert. I have attached some birthday pictures, I hope that you enjoy!!

Things are really moving along with the web site now, a lot of design work was done last week and this weekend, and we'll soon be launching the a lot of new pages and the VIP members area too. I think all my fans will be pleased, and also I would like everyone to e-mail me at Dani@DanielleRouleau.com with requests or ideas of things you would like to see on my site. Yes that's you, the one reading this, even if it's like Dani can you do a pic or video clip of you doing squats or any exercise of your choice. Also send me any questions that you have regarding what you wanna see and I'll make a shout out to that great fan who does so ... I love all my dedicated fans that stay with me through this awesome journey!! :)

Along with the web site updates, training packages will be available soon and we'll also be running specials on 8x10 photos so look out for those coming up too in the next few days!! And the first photo set in the members area will be a great photo shoot I did a day after the North American Championships, I know that you will love them ... and check out my new free gallery from my latest show at http://www.daniellerouleau.com/06northamericans.htm and send comments I'll talk to you all soon!!!

Dani

Only one more day until my big bday. Yippie yay! And it's a surprise I love surprises, I know my fiancé is taking me somewhere gorgeous tonight and I am excited cuz I love getting my hair and makeup done and wearing fancy designer dresses and and jewelry to very elegant places, it's fun hee hee :). I am getting my hair and makeup done this afternoon and I will send birthday pics for everyone to see the new offseason me. I hope you all enjoy.

Yesterday I got totally blasted by my trainer/fiancé in the gym, we trained so awesome that we were both aching from the pump we had in our shoulders. It was amazing. I went and got my nails and toes done yesterday too, and then I went shopping.

I have several pics that I've been trying to transfer to the computer but there's mega construction being done at my apartment building and the computers and TVs have been a hassle lately as well as getting woke up by people hammering and sawing and banging the loudest noises ever that wake me up toooo early and I need my beauty sleep. So until I get the new photos up here are a few from the Olympia Expo (click on them for larger versions). K I will write more over the weekend,
Dani

Hey just a quick drive by to share some pics from Club Industry in Chicago last weekend, one with my pal Beth Horn!
Dani :)

Whew I'm hurting today my quads are sore to the touch from the training we did on Monday, Nejim and I did extreme growing exercises and it is great being this sore. He he the next two days I'm going to need crutches! Today we worked chest and I benched 135 that's pretty good, I'm still taking things carefully but I will go heavier in the weeks to come. I have some pics of what's happening here in Tampa, will get those up soon .... I can't wait my birthday is this weekend yay!!! The big deuce deuce. For right now here's a preview photo from my Reg Bradford shoot, hope ya enjoy!!
Dani

Hello everyone, I know it's been a while but the 2006 contest season is now over. What a way to end the year, with a 4th place victory at the North American Championships in Cleveland!! :) I took a week off after the show to spend time with my fiance and his family, and also to scout out areas for possible business ventures. It's off season now and time to relax and let my body recover a little bit. But not too much, training is still very much a top priority of course!

I've attached a couple of photos from the show in Cleveland, please write at Dani@DanielleRouleau.com and let me know what you think! I came in for the show at my lightest competition weight in a while, at 129 lbs. I'm a little heavier now hee hee, doing cardio only five times per week instead of twice per day seven days a week during contest prep. John Napliotis of WPW took some great shots of me in peak condition the day after the North Americans which I look forward to seeing, and I had a great shoot with Reg Bradford in South Jersey a few days later. Last weekend I spent three days in Las Vegas for the Olympia where I had a blast and I am about to head to the huge Club Industry Conference in Chicago for a few days as well. Whew!! But after that I'll be taking a few days off for my birthday, yay! I'll be 22 years old on October 14th.

Thankfully the off season allows for time to ramp up my online training and to add a lot to my web site, which I'll be doing along with my sponsors. We also have a lot of decisions to make for next year's season, as far as strategy, including whether or not to compete in the brand new Arnold amateur figure show. I'll definitely be in Charleston for the Junior USA's in the spring, planning to improve upon this years 3rd place finish (*two* points out of 2nd) so make your plans to come support me as soon as the date is announced!! I hope everyone will look forward to seeing some of the latest pics I did with some great photographers, come back and see!! Talk to you soon,

Dani