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Wednesday
23Jul2008

Jamie Little is in racing shape

Chances are -- if you're a NASCAR fan -- you’d recognize Jamie Little if you saw her. From an FHM cover shoot to hosting the X games to becoming the female face of NASCAR, Jamie continues to move ahead full throttle. Currently, a pit reporter for the NASCAR Nationwide and the Sprint Cup series, X Games and the Indy 500, this Sin City resident is known as the female pioneer of motor sports broadcasting. She was the first female pit reporter for ESPN/ABC and, without stopping, she broke barriers that have existed for generations in the male dominated world of sports.

Did I mention: Little, who is also the co-owner of Pole Position Raceway (in Vegas), recently won the Toyota Pro/Celebrity race at the Long Beach Grand Prix in California -- which pretty much makes her someone who can also walk-the-walk.

With a schedule that has her on the road close to 35 weeks out of the year, not to mention her modeling gigs and social calendar, Jamie Little is a hard woman to track down (but while in Vegas, I reached out to her). When she's not in front of the camera, Little fills up her week with a variety of athletic endeavors (she's a tomboy at heart), so I just had know ... what does her week look like when she's off the track and how does she look so good in that fire suit?

To be fair, it's not just about looking good on camera -- she has to stay fit to hustle from pit to pit, especially in that overheated fire suit. In her words, here's how she does it:

Monday: Travel home from race weekend. Work out with my trainer at 24 hour fitness. Work on high-intensity, high rep with weights session. Last one hour. Usually run at least 1 mile before or after.

Tuesday: Run 3-4 miles either outside (in the heat!) or at the gym as well as do 100 push ups and crunches. I break up the run by doing 1 mile (10 minutes) then 20 consecutive push ups, then jump back on treadmill, etc . Usually golf in the morning during the summer on this day as well.

Wednesday: One hour session with my boxing trainer. He's a cage fighter for the UFC. I train at the Fertitta gym on Sahara ... it's in the basement of the UFC headquarters. Dana White and the Fertitta brothers call this their personal gym.

Thursday: Travel to race destination. Either run at gym with 100 push-ups and crunches before or after travel.

Friday: Work out in hotel gym or run around hotel. Try for 3 miles with 100 push-ups, crunches and any weights I can use for bi's, tri's and shoulders.

Saturday: Race day #1. I'm in a fire suit, running after stories in the pits ... usually in 90+ degree heat. There is no need for the gym.

Sunday: Race day #2 for NASCAR. Same thing. No need for a gym.

There's more: Jamie was a competitive mountain bike racer, she's been featured in two movies and currently has a video game available on X-Box and Playstation -- MX World Tour Featuring Jamie Little -- so if you can't be like her in real life, you can actually be her in a game.

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