Roseanne Desmarais
Bodybuilder, Mixed Martial Artist & Boxer

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“I grew up in a small town, and then out in the BUSH.lol raising pigs and chickens and stuff. When I think about it now, I lived in poverty, always wore hand-me-down clothes, never was able to do anything like Girl Guides and stuff. It really wasnt something we really thought about though until we were older. I was a pure tomboy back then. I built forts in trees, ran around topless until about the age of 10 lol.. I wore boys clothes for many years later, NEVER a dress lol.. you can barely get me in a dress now hehehe. I wasnt well liked in school nor did I care. I guess boxing was my calling since I fought lots in school. The most memorable fight was grade 8 where I got my nose broken. We must have fought for 20 min straight it felt like, ending up with me mounted on top of her raining down punches until the principal came by. The broken nose was a small sacrifice for the respect I got from the gal I got after lol. To this day, She says hi and is very respectful. LOL.

I have competed in Boxing and wrestling since 1995. A year after my daughter was born. My first boxing fight I KO’d the chick in 1:35 of the first round!! I knew I was destined to compete!. In wrestling Im undefeated, winning the Western Canadian Wrestling Championships in 2007, and recently winning silver in the 2008 Championships. With my boxing background I had 10 ametuer fights… 6 wins, 4 loses, and 3 wins by KO. I have had 3 toughman fights (3KO) which I could have won with my eyes closed lol. I have also had one MMA fight which showed me Im not as young as I think I am lol. Which I will get to why…. in a moment. What brought me to bodybuilding was boxing. Having to cut weight to make it to the Canadian Nationals(boxing), I went to the gym to use the treadmill, there I ran into a personal trainer named Wayne Henderson and he said he must have me to train.. with NO payment! He loved my physique.. well lets just say potential !! I was horrible back then!!
I trained for a couple of years, competing in a few shows… never winning too big except for the strongwomen competitions.. www.femsport.tv At the gym I met my husband Mike Desmarais, my best friend, training partner and love of my life. (We got MARRIED at the 2005 Mr.O) We have gone to all the Mr. Olympia weekends since then.. I competing in the battle of the biceps 2006 … lol.. I would have won 1st!! I tied for first and the tiebreaker was the size of your biceps!! well Im small!!! 5’4 130 pounds.. so 13 1/2 in biceps way back then didnt win lol.. she was huge!!
Back to training… (2006) at this years Mr.O my husband won the Vyotech Honda CRB 1000cc motorcycle.. and just after he won it, we ran into a huge man of a freak!!! MR. DAVE PALUMBO himself. wow what a man. So we asked him if he trained people and yes.. Toney Freeman just to name one!! so from then on he has trained us and wow!! I went from good physique to awesome!!! That man knows miracles! So with that under my belt I went to the Shawn’ Ray Colorado Pro/Am this year…2007 and won the ametuer lightweight class and OVERALLS for the womens bodybuilding! Next on my plate was the BC Provincials July 21st. I won the middle weight class. I then competed at the August femsport show.. a strength show and I won 1st overalls again! From there I will be taking the whole year off except for femsport in August to gain as much muscle before competing for my procard at the North Americans in Cleveland, Ohio August 29th, and if needed, which I wont!!!… the Canadian Nationals September 6th 2008. There for sure I will win my procard because of the incredible size I have gained under the supurb diet plan of Dave Palumbo.
My life has not been all but peachy… As a child I had pheumonia many times, Asthma.. which I finally might have grown out of, and then one of 2 bad surgeries.. at 15, I had a cyst on my intestines. It took 3 months in the hospital to diagnose. I had abdominal surgery and went from a healthy 130 pds to 95 pounds!!! then Years later… now I mean only 1 1/2 years ago.. I broke my back. I did it training and wrestling for a MMA fight I had pain down my leg all the time. Thought I just tore something. ..lol.. well I went on and had my fight… lost to a split decision.. Im a boxer, and wrestler.. ( I had NO jujitsu training back then like I wish I had now lol).. We just rolled around for 3 rounds…I escaped many armbars lol.. anyways.. the back KILLED after the fight. went to the Doc and yep broken, more likely from training and then really noticed it after the fight. I Broke the Pars de interarticulates.. off of my L5…. laymans terms.. the little spiny bones off your vertebrae,… but one was broken into the vertebrae…where the spinal cord was… so I had surgery…. 4 screws, 2 plates a new vertebrae disk, a bone graft off my hip…along with 3 pulmonary embolisms (blood clots in the lungs) and pheumonia!!! talk about close to death!! So even that didn’t stop me.. I was in the gym 10 days later pedaling SLOWLY on the bike.. had to do something!!!
NOT 5 months after surgery (which 3 of those months I was in a backbrace still) I was on stage at the Western Canadian Naturals taking 1st PLACE!!! in the middleweight class. Talk about ambicious!!! Well that all about tells you my life story and how nothing keeps me down!!
Here is a quote from Mark Twain which I live by: Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the things you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sail. Explore, dream, discover.”

yours truly,

~Roseanne Desmarais

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