I did it! Hihii! I managed to get onto the third place in Mariupol! We left on Monday with Petteri. The trip to Mariupol lasted 5 hours with a two-hour stop in Kiev. But then our difficulties started. Mervi sent me a message already in the morning that there might be some problems with hotels. Team Finland managed to change their because the first one was a nightmare. I was not there but Sanna showed some pictures and they tell me some stories about it…Like I said team Finland changed a hotel before I was in Ukraine and they took a room to me and Petteri too.

We jumped to a bus and when we were almost there I asked our guides to leave us to Drusba. They said that it’s not possible and we would have to go somewhere else. Even trying to explain that we had our rooms already booked didn’t help.

We were in the middle of nowhere and no one didn’t want to orded a taxi for us. I tried to tell the lady in the reception that were in a wrong hotel. Only thing she answered was : You cannot get a taxi and the only place you will get a drive to is the airport.

I was confused. We waited there for two hours and at 03:00 am the woman realized that they didn’t have keys for us (because we needed to be in a different hotel…..) . She was sorry about her behaviour before and promise to drop us to the Dursba. Finally we managed to find our hotel rooms at 04 am.

Our hotel was ok, and on Tuesday it was time for the first Finnish lifters. Sanna and Mervi lifted and I went to watch the competition with Petteri. Sanna became second (yippee! ) and Mervi was fourth. Pretty well done girls!

The competition venue was very very hot. There was more than + 30 degrees in the warming-up area.. Huh! But maybe the worst thing were the toilets.

There were only holes in the floor. Creepy… I visited there once… Not anymore for me thanks.

On wednesday was my time. There will be a video in the end. Summa summarum I am happy because I have trained for only 2,5 months. Now I will concentrate on Raw Cup and after that Puerto Rico!

After my competition was Petteris turn to jump on the stage. I watched Petteri’s lifts and then was the time for dinner. Unfortunately all restaurants were closed so we went to Mc Donald’s

‘On Thursday there were no Finnish lifters so thatwas THE shopping and beach day. Sun Sun Sun. I can say that eventhough we had some problems in the beggining, I loved the weather in Ukraine and people were very friendly to us!

I needed to study swedish the whole week and beach was a great place to do it!

After we were tanned it was time to watch competitions and go eating. Our guide gave us some tips where to find good places to eat. The place was fine and we had a nice time there with Team Finland.

Friday was shopping and beach day too. I found new jeans, shoes, shorts and some souveniers.  I will add pictures later.

Friday was Sami´s lifting day. After it we went to eat with Mepa and some Danish lifters. Skone ordered some sushis to us. It was so tasteful! I will try to do then by myself as soon as I have time

On Friday I managed to go dance. There were some Brits and us in a night club on the beach. Thanks for the company Tony, Ben and Jazz! (Oh I love that name.. I want to be Jazz too! ( It might be written Jas. ) )

Kenta lifted on Saturday and after Kenta’s great competition was the banquet. It was nice and food was ok. We ate a lot and I danced a lot Of course I danced with Carl Yngvar – it is a tradition! All Norwegian lifter were dancing around the banguet area Eventhought I was quite tired the good sprit came to me too and it was nice time in the banquet.

We slept only one hour and then our bus came to take us to the airport. I was so tired!

In conclusion I was surprised. Ukraine was place where I enjoyed my time eventhough there were some difficulties too.  And like I said I hope I can visit there again and maybe see another cities too!

I have made some decisions but I write more about them later. This week I need to study and train hard. So I will be back in business again

But now I need to go to study. I have an exam tomorrow… Huh.

xoxoxo

Anni

Some random pictures.:

Bad hair day and guy from GB

Pjotr and Finnish girls

Venue

Tomorrow my trip to Ukraine starts. I have had so many things to do after I came back from Germany. I tried to train too but I was sick and that is why I could not train like I had planned. There is one video in the end. Hmm.

So on Saturday the 28th and on Sunday the 29th I trained with equipment. Weights were not high but lifts were ok. My BW has been around 63 to 64 so I should not have any problem with it in Ukraine. On Monday it was time to celebrate a bit. Finnish Wappu (Labors Day) is a very important day in Tampere. Me and my friends made some food. (I made it, my friends ate it )

I just noticed that I do not have my DL video anymore so sorry there will be not video this time

But I will not take my laptop with me to Ukraine so I will write about my trip afterwards.

YOU CAN WATCH EUROPEANS VIA  THIS LINK

My competition starts on Wednesday at 14:30. I hope I can manage 9 lifts and earn my ticket to Puerto Rico. So this time I do not have any result wishes. I will just enjoy the competition and do my best.

Wish me luck and CU later

Anni

Stuttgart… Wasen… And dieting

I have smelt this roasted nuts with sugar in my nose the whole week. Or what do you think about banana crepés? 

Pretty good isn’t it?

But my diet is running to its end. I have the final test coming and then I am supposed to add some carbs too. I have noticed to be a bit tired but still my training has been going pretty well. I bench with the shirt too and for first time in a while I did good lifts (and I had bruises all over my body )

I went to Kaufland after my training and the cashier asked if everything was fine I was a bit confused until I realized he meant my face and blood red eyes..

I have not done anything special here. I have trained and walked because it is very beautiful now. A lot of flowers have shown up and trees are green. I am really waiting for the summer!

I bought same candy too. I have my diet-free day coming so I needed to prepare

And of course I remembered my friends and bought some souvenirs. The candy is mine but those drinks you might get

I needed to buy Jim Beam because time there was no good Scotch whisky Last time I found, for example, Laphroaig Quarter Cask and Caol Ila, but nothing this time. Maybe it can be mixed with cola or something.  It might be my only bad habit – whisky. I love Islay whisky!  (We are not counting chocolate as a bad habit? )

These last two days were full. I have worked a lot and yesterday it started – a flu. I do not know where it came from but I would be very pleased if it could jump away before my flight back to Finland. It will be tomorrow morning at 6 am But Now I need to go to sleep because I will not tell you anything about my training. There is nothing special. I squatted four times, I did deadlift on Saturday… BORING! But I will try to write something before the weekend.

xoxo

Anni

Maybe the most terrible three weeks are behind and I can start concentrating on training and living now. I had some exams at the Uni and then I needed to do some schoolwork and I did not have any free time. I needed to drop my training away because the hours per day ran to an end.  But hey, I started the ACKD-diet. I am testing it for Leader who is one of my sponsors. It is a bit mixed version because I need to train and I need more calories than I can get from that diet.

My bodyweight is around 64 kgs now so I do not need to drop so much for the Europeans. The nomination list you can find here. I lost 2 kgs of fat during the first 16 days . I still have some tests coming and more information about my diet after it ends.

Hmm I was qualified for Raw Classic World Cup and I am very happy to continue training without equipment. I have still some pains in my feet and I have not recovered  from my operations totally. It will take some time… My doctor said that it might be more than 6 months to be 100% healthy.

I started to train with the Smolov squat system again and I bench with Sheiko’s bench program now. I have tried to deadlift too but but… I changed my technique a bit and it is still quite difficult. Maybe next Saturday I will manage to do normal DL-training. My diet-mentor said that my new diet might have an impact on my training but I have not noticed anything special. I have developed the whole time. Of course, if I continue it too long, my power will decrease. That is why I have started to eat 50 % normal meals and 50% ACKD-diet meals.

Last weekend I kept a diet-free day. I ate a lot. Really! Here is some proof. : )

In the picture is my and Tuomas’ breakfast I have so nice time with my friends. I, Ville, Aleksi and Tuomas went to dinner together on Saturday. It was an Indian restaurant with spicy meat and a lot of flavor. I like it!

Thanks guys and Jossu. You made my day

I am now in Germany again and I will spend a week and a half here. I have trained at the Maxx and on Thursday I am supposed to go to Fellbach to bench. We will see.. I have not trained with heavy weights so I am a bit worried about starting equipment training…

I heard some rumors that it is snowing in Finland!! heheh. It is warm here. EVIDENCE!

ÖMS: This is dedicated to you. Every cheese has more than 30 % fat and the one I bought might be the best cheese I have tasted

Hei vaan hei ja palataan!

xoxoxo

Anni

ps. 12x 100 after 4x7x 100

Mainospuhe siis

Jo neljäs peräkkäinen legendaarinen Herwannan Vahvinmies kruunataan TTYn pihalla torstaina 26. päivä huhtikuuta. Mukaan ovat tervetulleita kaikki yliopisto- ja korkeakouluopiskelijat. Lajeina tänä vuonna ovat maastaveto, tukkipunnerrus, autonveto, renkaanpyöritys, farmarikävely ja lastaus. Osallistumismaksu on 20€ sis. kisapaidan ja saunan Ravintola Artturin tiloissa, jossa tarjolla ruokaa ja juomaa.  Tapahtuma on osana TTYn Wappua, joten muutakin nähtävää löytyy tuolloin Herwannasta. Kilpailu on leikkimielinen, joten mitään vanhaa voimamiestaustaa ei vaadita. Tosissaan siis kisaillaan mutta hyvässä hengessä. Lajeja pääsee kokeilemaan Tampereella, joten postia vain alla löytyvään osoitteeseen.

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Again I was too fat I and I needed to drop weight:)

On Monday I was weighing 67,2  kilos but I ate a lot on Sunday. I was still in Tampere because I had an exam on Monday morning.  I traveled to Helsinki after the exam, had a badminton game (!!!!!!! I RAN!!!!!))) and some light weightlifting training.  I trained on Tuesday and on Thursday too. It was just some light snatches because I had this competition coming.

On Friday I was weighing 65,2 kgs so there was not so much to drop. I went to sauna just a bit but the night was terrible. I couldn’t sleep at all and I was just waiting for my alarm clock to ring. Our weigh-in was at 7 am so it was quite an early morning for me. During the week I tried to wake up as early as possible and I managed to go jogging 3 times before 6am .

I was weighing 62,95 kgs and my legs were hurting so much that I was very worried about my competition.

Raw Nationals 24.3.

Squat

120 130 137,5

BP

77,7 82,5 80

DL

150 160 F 167,5 F

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Total 372,5 kgs

I know now that I have started to get my power back. With sumo DL I have some terrible technical mistakes to work with. Spring is coming. I like it

I will try to add my trainings more now and I am starting a new program as well. Hopefully we will see some development too.

Hyvää alkavaa kevättä kaikille

xoxo

Anni

For the first time ever I have felt no passion with my training. Weightlifting is nice and I like doing it but with powerlifting I have serious problems with my motivation. After my operation I have developed a lot and I have had a good drive for training. Everything started with this sad Bench press competition. As I expected, it came too fast and STILL I have some pains  in my muscles. After the bench competition I could not squat normally because my shoulders were so thigh. Even though my legs were operated I do not recover normally yet. My back has started to hurt again and it causes headache. I am so tired of lifting with equipment…

But I need to try. Next Saturday the first Finnish Raw-Championship will be held and I need to take part in it. I will lift under 63 weight class so there are some kilos to drop.

I spent the whole weekend in Tampere because we had this Gym-maximum day at the Alasali. Twice a year we go to the gym together to try out our own maximum lifts. The “competition” is called Ranking and every x-mas we will present an award for the best developer.  I did supertotal (both weightlifting and powerlifting events) and it was ok. I was supposed to do them very lightly because of those RAW-nationals.  I will add the video in the end.

The result was not so bad considering that I have trained normally for only a month now. Just before my operation I was lifting at Student Nationals where my body weight was 65,6 kilos. In parentheses are my results from SNC.

Squat

115, 125, 132,5 (145)

Snatch

55, 60f, 62,5 pb (55)

Bench Press

80, 85, 90f  (80)

Clean and Jerk

70, 75, 80 pb  (78)

Deadlift

150, 160,  (170)

So nothing special I will try to take some videos but my weightlitfting coach does not like them   And yes, I have trained just for fun now.  So there is no information about my training. I will try to recover and get my motivation back.  Ukraine is coming! And I need to be in shape there

To muskleforum (korjattu;)) people:  I use those movie plates in weightlifting because 25kilos plates are quite scary It is easier to lift with 10+5+ 2,5+lock than with 20 kgs plates. And second thing is that in weightlifting I am lifting normally every fifth kilos. So I do not need to off load the bar whole time.

Oh I almost forgot. We have Spring in Finland now!

xoxoxo

Anni

I have spent my days now here in Espoo. I am working at Keilaniemi and I like this place! The working atmosphere is good and I can really concentrate on my master’s thesis. Of course I managed to do it in Germany too but there I had so many things to learn that I didn’t have time to focus on writing. Now I am here! Like I told you on Sunday I ate 3 dishes of Chinese food, one liter of ice cream and 6 chocolate bars. And now I am suffering I am still too heavy and today I have been invited to go to Sauna. Nice one. I have always liked dropping weight in Sauna…….

Monday  27.2.

Squat

6x 40,50,60,70,80,85,90,95

Power snatch

3x 15,25,35,40,45

2x 50

Abs

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Tuesday 28.2.

Some light Deadlift

Some light bench

Abs

Moving to my new apartment

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Wednesday 29.2.

Deadlift conventional

8x 80,90

DL Sumo

8x 100, 8x 110, 10x 120 sb

Box squat

6x 50,60,70,80,90,100,110,115 * power is

Abs

Sides

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I have no pictures for you.. But I will take a lot of them during the weekend. There is a video in the end of my training and here is a link to Livescoresheet where you can watch Finnish Bench Press Nationals. I will lift tomorrow 11:00 (Finnish time).

Wish me luck!

Anni

It has been a while since I wrote. I was planning to add some pictures from my trip to Bayern but I lost my camera cable so I will add them later. On Sunday it was THE Maxx-day. I like to train there. The atmosphere is great and I can do my cardio exercises there.

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Sunday 19.2.

Box squat

6x 30,40,50,60,70,80,90,100,95

8x 90, 8x 85, 10x 80

Military press

4x8x 35

Abs

Cycling

90min

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Monday 20.2.

Cycling

90min

Tuesday 21.2.

Squat

8x 30,40,50,60, 70,75

Abs

Cycling

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Wednesday 22.2.

Bench with shirt

Some sets

Bench

4x6x 60

Triceps

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Thursday 23.2.

Weightlifting competition

Power snatch

 45,50,56 pb

Power C & J

60,65,70 pb

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Front squat

6x 30,40,50,60,70, 60

Abs

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Saturday 25.2.

Bench press

16x 65kg (just for fun after Raw Compatition held by Hauiskääntö)

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Sunday 26.2.

Eating ice cream.

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Now I will add some pictures! The first one is from the Maxx. I took it on Sunday.

I heard some rumors that my legs are too big.  I like them I prefer ghetto-size girls to catwalk models. But it is only my opinion!

Carnivals started on Monday. I didn’t take part in them because I needed to train. But people were crazy! They had funny costumes and they were singing and dancing in the city center. Bakeries were selling all kinds of “Berliners” outside and the weather was fantastic!

On Wednesday I travelled to Finland it was snowing there, surprise! It was nice to be there and during my way back home I visited Turenki. Seppo was waiting for me and we benched together (I was satisfied with my training)

At home  I needed to start packing because I was moving to Espoo. On Thursday I spent my day studying and training and on Friday it was time to go to a hairdresser.

There has been a terrible hurry in my life and the whole Friday evening I spent in the gym organizing papers for our competition. On Saturday there was a raw competition which was held by Herwannan Hauiskääntö. Everything went well but today when I started my work in Espoo I have been very very tired. I will need some rest if I want to survive our Bench Nationals. But hey, I will now add some pics and videos and go to bed. I have some good news too but I will write more during this week.