I am still alive even though I haven’t got time to write. I have been very busy because I have to travel to Germany next week. I have been very hard working and my studies have been progressed well. I might be master of science one day.

But hey!

I have found a new love – Ironwork. Monday was the most satisfied day after my operation  because I wore my  lifting shoes again. 

 I have squated now a bit. I have one motivation video in the end. My muscles have been gone and I have gained weight – fatty me – but now I will start my normal life again. I have tried to do both weightlifting squats and powerlifting squats… In the video I stand more narrow and the bar is on my upper back. Tomorrow I will have my last visit in hospital. I have control check there. On Saturday we have little farewell party. I will wrote on Sunday and tell you what did my doctor say to me.

Now I need to go to sleep. CU

xoxoxo

Anni

ps. I did military bench press with 90kgs

Like I said I went to cut my hair on Friday. PICS!

So my hair is very short on the left side and “normal” on the right side. And I love it! It is awesome coz now I can have my rock hair but if I want I can still look like a human being heh. I was planning to let the hairdresser cut them even shorter (2mm) but I decided to think about it and I need to start working soon so it would be great to look like an appropriate master of science candidate

I cooked some food for my friends. I did mussels, salmon with white wine, oven potatoes with 3 different kind of sauces (caviar, shrimp and ham), salads and of course some cheese cakes

The night was great even thought we  humiliated guys with the “masters against mistress” .. Hehe we knew so much more about guys stuff than they knew about ours. Maybe it was because in our team there were Jossu “the Powerlifter” and Jossu “the Little sister of two bothers” and of course me “I am knowing everything”. Sorry guys, better luck next time. 

On Sunday we played some games with Jossu, Tuomas and Maija and watched powerlifting and weightlifting videos On Monday was my time to train again. My right leg is normal now!!! I can wear a shoe!!!!!  4 weeks anymore and and can slowly start squating. I have said this many times but still I want to thank you all my friends especially Jansu and Tuomas who have had so much patience with me. I know it hasn´t been very easy duty and sometimes (always) I am too persistent and try to do everything by my self…

hmm what else? Oh yes, I was at the movies. Hollywood version from Millenium-Trilogies is playing in cinemas now. The first part ” The girl with the dragoon tattoo” was ok, but not as good as the original, Swedish version. Thank God I got  great company because I hate to watch “not-so-good” movies.

 Hey but my trainings and video! I did 10 sets before that 80 kgs so I didnt have power to do them both with stop. Maybe next time!

xoxoxo

A

I have found my motivation.My studies are flowing  and I have been very hard-working after X-mas. I trained too and I will add a video in the end. I still miss squating and I have noticed that my legs are getting smaller :snif: I Need to concentrate on them much more next month.

This picture is just for my motivation . Even I hate to train legs with machines, I really need to do it now or I will not have so strong legs in April when I supposed to compete HARD next time. I need to do my best and a bit more in February when is my time to start training normally.

I have new nails again and tomorrow I will get my hair cut  So It is almost necessary to write again tomorrow. My powerlifting friends Kossu and Petteri will come to Tampere and we are going to train together tomorrow. I do not know  word for that but in Finland we call it “mökkihöperö”. It means when you have been a long time alone and inside you started to be a little silly and you are not mentally so stable anymore I am mökkihöperö now and I really need my friends . We have New Year party on Saturday and I have promised to cook something. (more reasons to write.. I really need to figure out them because I can not write about my trainings anymore. Who wants to read that I am just hanging out in the gym doing some bench and biceps )

What else has happened? I talked with my Russian friend and it is now 99 % sure that he will come to Finland in  Spring!!!! Yippee!!!!

These days I have been chatting a lot with my powerlifting friends. Again I have a new reason to try my best so I can go to Ukraine next Spring.. Summa summarum; it is nice to have friends from different countries.

xoxoxo

Anni

I did not realize how frustrating life is when I can not walk. I have been so bored and because I can not train I do not feel hunger. I have started to train with Sheiko´s bench program and I have trained three to four times per week. I can add the whole program here ; sheikko

I have been doing it now. It is very boring to train only arms and upper back. I want to squat! I took my first steps yesterday – two of them. I need two more and I can squat

I was watching RAW competition in Riihimäki and after that we went to pre x-mas party. There was selected Team Nordic Thunder´s best lifters and coaches and of course  my coach Seppo was the best coach I was selected the best junior lifter.

On Monday I started my new program and on Thursday I had an appointment in Turku where my doctor took stitches off.

I couldn´t train before Saturday so I just lied on my couch.  On Saturday I went to eat with my friend and then guys asked me to join them to Rauhaniemi Kansankylpylä. It is a place where you can go to Sauna and swim in lake Näsijärvi. I did not have a permission to swim so I just watched guys running into the lake. After that we went to eat and watch a movie. It was one of the most chilling days I have had since my foot operation.

This week I spent preparing our own pre x-mas. I baked and cooked the whole week and of course trained a bit too. Here are some pics;

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ADT  ( Finnish anti-doping team ) sent me a post. They told me to fill some forms because they have added me to special list where I need to tell my location information so they manage to reach me when they want. It is called test-pool group. Olympic committee send me a post too. They gave me a grant ! Yippee.

So life is running I am not.

- Anni

ps. I have new nails!

My leg is finally operated. It has been very painful but now it has been starting to get better. Last weekend we had student national championship where I did both powerlifting and weightlifting. Weightlifting went well but I had some problems with my powerlifting and I am not very satisfied with my result. There is video in the end.

We had our little x-mas party with my powerlifting friends and I gotta say we had so great time! I will miss my friends when I need to move to Germany again.

My leg was operated in Turku in Terveystalo. The operation took only 1.5 hours and I needed to stay in a hospital 7 hours. I was at home in the evening and then my sufferings started. My leg hurted 24/7 three days and then – nothing. Since Thursday it has not hurt at all and I have felt myself  very good. I am not so tired anymore and I have started to study a bit. Here is some pictures

I have had some problems to cook or to go to shower by myself so my friends have needed to help me. It has been very frustrating to depend on other’s help. But I will survive . Like I always do.  Tomorrow I will go to Riihimäki to watch competitions and I will try to write you more next week. I will start training t so I might have something to write about.

Bis bald

– Anni

I haven’t got time to write – sorry about that…

Johanna Kankus was lifting on Thursday. Her competition wasn’t so successful and unfortunately she missed in the bench. In conclusion, the result of our team of female lifters was pretty crappy because normally Team Finland has been the second or third best team.

Me and Jossu took a taxi and visited Olympia. It is a shopping center in Pilsen but I did not find anything special there, just one top and one shirt. Johanna and the other girls were talking about going to the Pub so we needed to hurry because choosing clothes isn’t so a quick job.

 In the pub people have tap in their own table and on the screens you can see a calculation on how much your group has been drinking beer. There are many the Pubs in Czech Republic as well as in Germany and on the screen you can also see your “result” compared to the Pubs in other countries. We were table number 12.

Jossu left on Friday and I moved to another room. We had a suite and because Mepsu left on Friday too I went to the suite with Johanna and Mepa. Nothing special happened on Friday or Saturday. We ate, watched competitions and hung around. I will add some pictures because they are much more interesting.

On Sunday it was nice to see the super heavy guys lifting.  They made awesome results and the last deadlift 397,5 kgs was  a great ending to Worlds.

Banquet was in the evening and Kenneth Sandvik was selected to the Hall of Fame. It was a great day for Kenta but also a great day for Finland.  It makes me think how many years, how many working hours and how much competition succees and failures you need to face if you want to be something. I have been lifting now for three years so I should not be so tough on myself – I need time and hard work.

We danced a bit there too and of course I needed to take plenty of pictures, which are telling more than 10000 words.

Now I am finally in Finland and I felt a bit empty. It is the first time for 2 years I do not have a training program and I need to try to concentrate on my studies a bit.  I will start working in Stuttgart in February and I need to move to Helsinki in the end of the month. Huge changes are coming and they will take plenty of my time. Just as my leg operation which will force me to stop squatting and deadlifting for a while.  But always is a chance to bench!

Anni

Ps.  You should go check this out. Even if there are some people talking shit about taking drugs and my masculine looks, there are still those who trust me. People should understand how much work and time every kilo in the bar takes. But hey! I am proud of me! Someone is reading my blog and checking out my videos!

Edit: I found a discussion about commenting on my blog and here are some tips: Click on the headline (name of my article) and then roll the page downwards. There will be a space where you can write your comment.

I needed to drop 500 grams before I went to bed. I decided not to go to sauna. Instead I took a warm bath and it was even more frustrating than sauna

I was so stressed that I almost puked on the stage - I handled my squats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My back was hurting like hell but I was pretty happy with my 205 kg squat. Bench was a joke because I needed to lift with my F6. My second last warm-up was 95 kg and surprisingly I lifted it from the chest. So I dropped my starters and started with 110 because I wanted a result, Deadlift was technically pretty ok but  I hurt my back with my last dl…

Now I need to start preparing for my leg operation which will be in two weeks. It feels so odd that I do not need to prepare for competitions anymore. Now I can finally train only RAW lifts!

I am now here – for the first time taking part in Senior Worlds. And I am so muscleless (can I use that word for my no muscle body?). You can see from those ladies how many hours they have spent to have such a body! I want too!!!!

My father dropped us, me and Jossu,at airport. There we waited for Johanna Kankus and Mervi Rantamäki because we had the same flight. We were at Plzen about 8 o´clock and then was time for dinner and sleep. I love this hotel – it is awesome! Competitions are held here too so I do not need to move anywhere. My bodyweight is fine too.

Now I need to tell you about my bag because my lovely mum gave it to me. It was a present because she knew how much I have been wishing for a new pink bag. It is awesome!

Of course I needed to take my lucky crab with me. It has a value for me, that can be not measured in money. Like you know there is the game called “geokätköily” in Finland so we decided to play “rapukätköily” with Jossu. Like you see I met Petteri in store center so he needed to pose with my crab.

I accidentally bought new shoes too (sry mum…)  but Jossu and Mervi bought too so there is nothing to be a ashame about. I found a lovely hat too (a picture added). hanging around was so hard I needed spend rest of the day in the hotel room and made some study works. I will not tell you more now, because I need to start to prepare for tomorrows competition. I hope I have better new to tell than last time in Toronto.

xoxoxo Anni