Eva Kovalainen's blog

2011-08-29T06:15:00.011+03:00

Hello from sunny Florida :)
How was everyone's summer? I hope there's some people still reading my blog, although I know, I haven't been posting that much lately, which I am sorry about!
Things been going great here! Been starting to work out more, even with my super busy school schedule.

Our school's amazing, and I'm really loving the stuff we're doing there. It just takes a lot of hard work and effort in

order to learn 3D modeling/animation and that sort

of stuff. But I'm willing to work hard, because I really enjoy it, and know that this is the thing that I wanna do later on in my life as well.
I want to learn to be GREAT in order to get a job later on, after graduation next year.

So if any of you guys know any ideas for internships or anything like that, I'd be happy to hear about any of them out :)

The summer's been crazy hot here, 95-110 every day. Altho it's been raining almost every day too, I still prefer it over Finland's weather , haha. I've got a nice tan, cos whenever I've had day offs, I've been just laying out by my apt 's pool. It's so awesome and relaxing, just what I need between school and workouts.
I also had the pleasure to have my best friend from Finland to visit me over my spring break. Time we spent together was amazing, and gave me so many good memories. I miss her SO badly ...

Like I said earlier in my post, I've been starting to go to the gym more.
I decided I'm gonna make time for it, even if my schedule can get crazy.

Working out is so important to me, and the feeling you get after a good workout is _amazing_. I don't think I could ever stop training, it's such a big part of my life, and I truly enjoy it.

Even though I'm really not training for more mass now, I'm trying to maintain the muscles I got now, and get leaner.

Sadly though, getting lean is super hard for my body, but I am still working hard in order to achieve the physique that I've been dreaming of. Hopefully one day, it'll happen.

I also started to train a friend of mine, and I'm so proud of him, because he is making awesome progress ! He's been really excited about training with me, and he's willing to work hard. I'm really happy to help people out, who actually wanna work hard enough in order to get in shape.

Aight, well nothing more special to tell you about :) Unless you have some questions you'd like to know, then please, do tell !

Take care everybody !

xoxo,

Eva

Life in Florida.

2011-04-05T07:21:00.020+03:00

Wow, where could I start...?

I've been here in Florida for over 4 months

already....Time flies.. It is so crazy...

Even if all my time goes to school and homework, I

absolutely love my life here.

The school that I go to, is amazing, even though the

schedule,workload and supershort deadlines are pain in the butt at times, I try to manage around it, because I totally love what I am doing. And the thing that I'm studying here is a lifelong dream: computer animation. So if I'll be blessed later on as well, I'd be able to work within videogame or movie industry. I just gotta keep working hard to be able to reach those dreams of mine.

Almost right after I arrived here, I kinda got sick, and I was diagnosed with a bad pneumonia, and I suffered of it for over 2 months.... I was in bad shape, so no gym for me.

Thank God I am in better shape finally.

I love the gym here that I go to, too bad the hours are not that great tho, cos I got school

around the clock, so I won't be able to go to the gym during nighttime. I wish i'd have more time for gym though, cos honestly I haven't been able to go train but only maybe 1-2 times a

week :( But now I gotta prioritize stuff in my life, because now it's time to bust my ass off to be able to get the dream career of mine later on.

Here's a pic from yesterday:

Even if 90% of my time goes for school, I've been lucky to be able to go out and meet new people. and made new awesome friends. Everyone has made me feel so welcomed here, and I absolutely love that. First I was a bit afraid how well I would settle here, but honestly - I don't miss Finland at all. I feel like I belong here. This is the place that I wanna live later on as well :)

I love hearing about you guys, so pls keep sending me comments and all !

Take care! * mwah*

Love,

Eva

Ps. A friend of mine sent a pic she took of a Finnish magazine, where is an A4 size gum advertisement, where I am in! haha (it was shot in May 2010)

Here it is:

Christmas time !

2010-12-24T13:04:00.016+02:00

Hey y'all,

First of all, MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

2nd of all, i'm really sorry I haven't updated my blog in months.

I really haven't felt like I've had any news about my training.... or I

dunno if you're interested in my life outside my trainings as well?

haha.

Anyways, this is gonna be pretty short....

I've been working with this one thing for the past year, and I've been dreaming about it since i can remember...

(Random party pics...been enjoying and spending a lot of time with my friends :) )

.......And finally it's coming true:

I'm moving to USA to do my Bachelor's degree !!

And i'm leaving there in 4 days. YIKES. I'm super excited , terrified , happy, anxious...and of course smiling all the time. I'm sure you can guess all the excitement and feelings i'm going

through here.

(from my farewell party with my best friend, love ya girl !)

I wanted to let you guys know the reason why I haven't been really posting... Of course I've been training... doing a lot of indoor cycling classes, but also worked my ass off at the gym.

But not trying to gain more muscles at the moment. We'll see what's gonna happen in the future, but now i'm fully going to concentrate in my studies, cos I've been given this wonderful opportunity to do so, and ESPECIALLY in America.
Man... as I said, I've ALWAYS wanted this.

WOHOO! :-D!

Here's few condition pics from the beginning of November 2010.

I dunno if I should stop updating my blog or not.... I dunno how much i'd have time in the States to do that, or would I have any training stuff for you to offer.

What do you guys think? Would you still wanna hear from me?

Anyhoooo~

I'm off to celebrate Christmas with my family (we celebrate it here on 24th :-) ), and enjoy the final days with my friends and family.

Take care everyone, and enjoy the holidays with your family and loves ones!

Lots of love, hugs and kisses,

Eva

Summer is over :(

2010-09-20T18:16:00.022+03:00

Hellooo ~

Couple of months has passed since i've updated last time! I'm sorry about that, guys ! But it's been really cool to see your

messages and that you've been actually waiting for me to update :)

2010 Summer was AWESOME. SO hot and sunny! First time ever I got to experience summer like that in Finland. I spent lots of time with my closest friends and made new ones as well, which is always great.

I didn't get to go to the beach this year, but we sunbathed at parks while having picnics etc. it was a lot of fun.

In the end of july we had this lil meeting with some friends at Helsinki's amusement park , called Linnanmäki.

You guys might remember 2008's blog update ,when i was also there, and some pics taken in front of those wacky mirrors, eh ;-)?

In august I got an invitiation to try out for women's team to play american football. I've always been fascinated about the sports, but never really tried it before, and now i got a chance for it,

so I thought "why the hell not?!" :) I've had so much fun in the team, and other teammates are

amazing and so hilarious , so the practices are combined of hard work and full of laughter. Gotta love that!

(i'm on the left with my friend Karo on the right)

So yeah, it's autumn now, and it's depressing.. LOL. I don't want the winter to come,,, as you'll probably

remember, i'm always complaining about the horribly cold weather during winter here on my blog, haha.

I had more time to work out at the gym during summertime, but now there's gonna be lots of football practices as well, so i gotta combine those two and squeeze 'em in to my weekly schedule. Of course we're gonna have some workouts at gym as well , which is really cool :)

I love the fact that now I'll be able to train my body in different ways, and I'll get more stamina,

speed, endurance, agility, etc.

Here's few condition pics from the summer and last week. I'm weighing about 66-67kg /145.5-147.7lbs right now, and feeling bulky... ugh. Time to get leaner! LOL.

Hope ya liked the pics!

Toodles my friends ! Take care!

Love,

Eva

XoXo

Photoshoot with Mike Sirén

2010-07-16T11:38:00.005+03:00

Howdy,

Like the topic says, I had a lil japanese mangastyle themed photoshoot few days ago, with the famous and awesome Finnish photographer, Mike Sirén.
Awesome experience, it was really great to have this shoot with him!

Here's all four pics from the set ! Enjoy~

All mangastyle pics © Mike Sirén

Soo, anyways,,, nothing really new to tell. My workouts are going great ! I've gained 11-13lbs (like a bit over 5kg) since january... So it means muscles are getting more fuller etc. Cos i really didn't work out with weights in the beginning of the year, just did cardio.

So yes,, steady and slow weight gain, don't wanna gain fat. Just wanna get muscle gains :) So i'm doing it more slowly this time ! Upping my calories reaaaally slowly... still around 1700kcals right now,, i know that's not much, actually it's very little for a girl my size, but i gotta work around my metabolism, to get it back on track :) without gaining fat.
Weight is about 63.3kg/139.5lbs now.

Alrighty, i'm off to the gym now, to train my biceps and triceps! Hell yeah, i love training my arms! :)

Take care !!

Love,

Eva

lil photo update

2010-06-27T22:22:00.007+03:00

Hola!

Midsummer's here, and the weather's finally getting better.
It sucked so badly for awhile, cos it was like raining and cloudy all the time, and not that warm either, ugh...

Oh well, I've been training and training (which i'm loving, of course) Nowadays 5 times a week.
5 gym workouts, and 4 cardio sessions after workouts, which i do on a treadmill at the moment- running and intervals.

last time i told you guys about my hip flexor, which started to hurt again, but i realized it was probably cos i was doing too much cardio on a crosstrainer, so i quit doing that, and changed to a treadmill, and i'm feeling sooo much better right now, and i hope it won't start bothering me again.

Here's some condition pics from today & yesterday (sorry, no pump in the pics cos didn't train upper body today, ha ha).

So ya, motivation's on track, let's see how quickly the muscle memory will start remembering ;-)

Now i'm upping my calorie intake bit by bit, to get my metabolism back on track... So hopefully i'd start getting improvements in my physique the same time as well,cos i've been going with pretty low calories for too long -> metabolism problems -> no improvements at all.
(i know, not wise, but luckily everything's going better now and especially cos i have the same kind of training motivation which i used to have before :))

So yeah, nothing really special to tell you guys about, just enjoying the summer.

And i hope you guys are too :)

Take care and lots of love !!

XoXo,
Eva

2010-05-27T20:39:00.005+03:00

Yo guys,
what's up?

I've been training and training... not really wrote anything up to be able tell you guys, sorry! haha! And last week I also had this one really cool "photoshoot" thing, i'll probably let you guys know about it later on.. :)

I've also been out for the past two weekends (driving though), and had a blast, so i've kinda like spent the whole weekend(s) with my friends :) Cos the weather was so great like for a week, we've wanted to make the most out of it and enjoyed it ,for example, by going to a park for a picnic and all that sortsa stuff. I've enjoyed the time i've spent with my friends so much.
I've really needed this sorta stuff in my life now, to balance training and everything.

It's a bit pity that some of my closest friends live in other cities, but luckily one of them is moving here pretty soon, so yay!

Here's a pic from last weekend, when me and my friend are comparing our biceps, haha..! still a lil road to go until i'd have biceps as big as he does, LOL!

and few days ago, I started to train at the other gym as well, cos I really liked it the last time i had a chance to go and try it out. And it really boosted my motivation, cos the gym has better equipment than my older one, and there's a lot less ppl using the gym , which i love about. It's way too crowded in my previous gym.

I especially love these techogym's weighted plate machines, which i've posted some pics of in my previous entries. And here's one pic from yesterday's leg workout, when i was finishing it by doing weighted plate one leg leg presses.

Oki, i'm out !

toodles~

XoXo,
Eva

past week's workouts and Q & A

2010-05-13T18:13:00.024+03:00

OH YEAH ! It feels like the summer's finally arriving! It's been reaallly warm for the past couple of days!
Really brings you in a good mood :)

Last weekend i still trained at the other gym. The have some great equipment there!

Trained my back on saturday:

deadlifts,
barbell rows,
lat pulldowns
seated rows
weighted plate rows and pulldowns pumping supersets.

Then did cardio for 30 min on a crosstrainer

Sunday i trained chest and triceps:

smith incline chest press ,
smith close grip press,
weighted plate incline and basic chest presses,
seated dumbbell tricep extensions,
cable crossovers,
pushdowns,
pec deck.

And cardio for 45 min with a crosstrainer and treadmill.

On Tuesday I did my legs, which are now killing me,lol. Also been doing cardio for almost every day now. Still should try to get myself up in the morning to be able to do the cardio in that time, but i'm just not a morning person, so it's reaaally hard for me to get up and go do cardio !

Yesterday I went to a hair salon to cut my hair and afterwards just spent my day in the city enjoying the warm weather and checking out stores. Later in the evening me and my friends went to a terrace and had couple of ciders/wineglasses and just enjoyed each other's company :)

In the morning before leaving to the city i went to train my shoulders and biceps to my gym, and i did the basic exercises i've done for awhile:

smith shoulder press,
ez-bar bicep curls,
lateral raises with dbs,
dumbbell curls,
lateral raises in a machine,
scott db curls

reverse pec deck for rear delts,
upright rows and
seated shoulder presses face towards the seat with really slow pace (man what a greaaaat pump in my shoulders)

Today is off day for everyone, and the great weather continues. I went to do +50min cardio outside and maan it was REALLY warm, I could do my cardio in a sleeveless. :)

So anyways, I told you guys in my last post, that i had someone to ask me some questions, so here they are with my answers:

Do you enjoy other sports besides bodybuilding?

-Actually nowadays (for the past +6yrs) I've kinda put all my effort into bodybuilding and gymworkouts + cardio. Sometimes i do cardio in some kind of spinning class, but nowadays mostly with crosstrainer or treadmill. I've been really iterested in trying out CrossFit for some time now, but still haven't managed to go on that free try-out class, which they have every sat MORNING (didn't i just say i ain't a morning person ,lol?!)
Basketball's one other sport which i'd enjoy. And no, i never watch sports on tv. I'd rather spend that time exercising myself. ;)

What's your history with sports since childhood, did you ever compete etc?

I used to do lotsa different kind of sports younger. when i was like 5-6, i used to figure skate, but that didn't last for long. Then i didn't do any sports for years, but in junior high i started to play Tennis, but the team i was in had kids so much younger than i was, so that didn't last for long either, even if tennis was really cool. Then when i was 13 yo, i joined to a Cheerleading squad, and i competed in the nationals with the team for few times. First time we won gold and 2nd time we were probably 3rd or 2nd (gosh, i cannot even remember anymore, haha)

(i'm a base in the pic, but unfortunately you cannot see me there..i couldn't find any good pictures from my squad :( )

So in my cheer career, i was a base, and i was one of the strongest chicks in the squad. Unfortunately I had several injuries, first spread my knee, then my wrist and then my lower back started to hurt....
so even if i was one of the best ones in the team, they couldn't choose me to the A-team, cos they were worried about my lower back. so that's when i had it and i quit, cos they told me i really didn't have any "future" in the sport.

Later on, i started taekwondo and did that for awhile, but unfortunately didn't have a driver's licence back then, and the training place was a bit far away, so if i couldn't get someone to drive me there, i couldn't go to the practices... But i really loved taekwondo though! Got only yellow belt though, haha.

When did you first discover you like lifting heavy and how quickly did you find out you were gifted in packing serious muscle mass? And how did that discovery feel? :)

In high school i wanted to start dropping weight and i joined to a gym. First i started going to spinning classes and like BodyPump and BodyCombat classes... did crazy amounts of those classes. Sometimes 3hours of spinning in a day !! TALK ABOUT CRAZY! LOL.

So yea, i managed to drop my weight, but then i hit a plateau when i dropped like 15kg, and i was 56kg. I couldn't get any leaner, even if i tried to do more cardio etc.. I really didn't know much about diets, just knew that i should eat protein and lots. I also trained at the gym,and then a bit later on one of the gym/spinning instructors made a gym workout for me and showed me more exercises i could do, and i was hooked.

(when i was starting out training and then less than one month after. sorry the pics got my face censored!)

I then also found a friend who shared the same interest with me. I trained with this guy for awhile, until this one Personal Trainer at my gym approached at me and asked me if i've ever heard of the fitness/bbing comps. She told me she sees a huge potential in me, and wanted to train me for a competition. Needless to say, i was super excited about the fact that someone thought i was potential in what i loved doing!

So i started training with her, and learned a lots about training and dieting.
I noticed improvements in my physique in just one month, so you can tell that i got really excited and wanted to achieve more and more. As they say, you start craving for more and more. The feeling of being able to change your physique so much, is outstanding.
And just the feeling of getting more powerful day by day and seeing improvements and veins popping out... You could say i'm addicted to the feeling!

After few months i changed gym and met other fbbers. Their physiques looked really fascinating and then a friend of mine showed me some pics of Cindy Phillips and Britt Miller and i was sold: I was like "WOW how beautiful they look even though they've got huge muscles!!" "They look so powerful and confident " "that's what i wanna look like". And there ya go... Hahaha, from that day i wanted to be like them :)

Lotsa stuff has happened since....I was like 20kg bigger few yrs back, but then the back accident happened in fall 2008 and all... but everything's better now, and i'm having the same kind of motivation as i used to, which i'm really happy about. But just doing things slower, i mean, i ain't gonna bulk anymore, not ever again! LOL!!

(may 2010)

I have to say i'm blessed that i've had such a good and inspirational people around me, ever since from the beginning. That's been a huge help for me, so i didn't have to train years without knowing what the hell i'm doing. :) And of course you guys supporting me with all your e-mails, comments to my blog, etc.... I'm truly blessed for having so many ppl supporting me! :)

Love,
Eva
xoxo

helloooo...

2010-05-06T23:36:00.014+03:00

Hey,

So yeaa, on friday we went to celebrate the upcoming 1st of may to my friends place with dozen of ppl, and then we went to a club for few hours. Fun night i had !
Had a blast with my friends !!

Stayed the night at my friends place so it was cool to start my birthday among friends. I spent the whole day with them. Went to hang out in the city, ate in a restaurant, went for a lil b-day cake (mm, yummy ! ) and just enjoyed the time together :)

(haha, it always goes in to this when someone starts taking pictures... POSING!!)

Got home late, and the next morning when i woke up, i started to feel really sick... i could barely eat my breakfast, when i just had to go lie down on my sofa... and then i had to spend my whole day there.... geez.. I lyed on that sofa for over 13hours , unable to really move, just to go to the bathroom and hug the toilet at times ( lol).... So i couldn't eat at all that day.

The next morning i was feeling a bit better, so I went to train with my friend to another gym. Trained chest and triceps, It was great to have a training buddy with me, so we could push each other to work harder!
Did smith incline bench press, smith close grip bench press, pullover with db, seated dumbbell tricep extensions, pec deck and pushdowns.

and here's a pic of me doing pec deck. (HAHA i know, not the prettiest pic of me , but HEY, i BET you guys don't look pretty either when u're training hard ;))

So yea, after i got home and ate, i started to feel nauseous again.... and i really couldn't sleep that night. So i woke up,I went to do morning cardio, but suddenly i started to feel really weak and sick and i just had to go home quikckly.. and it was exactly same kind of day as sunday was... So i just lyed on the sofa again the whole day, unable to do anything else than just watch my Angel season 5 dvds and play Final Fantasy XIII. Well don't get me wrong, i love watching my dvd's and playing vid games, but UGH can't do that whole day long, unable to do anything else! LOL , i think you guys know what i mean, eh?

so yeaa,,, next morning, wednesday i felt a bit better, but still weak, cos i wasn't able to eat anything on tuesday either...I went to train legs with my friends after my breakfast. And we went to a new gym again. Some pretty cool equipment there !
Did this cool horizontal hack machine, then sldl with dumbbells, leg press wide and close stance, leg extensions and seated curls. Great workout !

After i got home and ate, i felt like doing a lil cardio session outside cos the weather was so pretty. Felt great afterwards, even the weather was a bit windy !

So today i luckily felt pretty good still, when i woke up, so i sent my friends a msg that i'd be able to go train with them. And today was shoulders and biceps.
We did smith shoulder press, weighted plate shoulder press really slowly, lateral raises, ez-bar bicep curls, dumbbell curls, rear delts in a back row machine, and rear delt row in a cable machine.
Great workout again !

I was asked questions about my childhood's sports etc , so i will answer to the q's in my next post! If you have any questions you want me to answer, just lemme know :)

Take care and thank you for your b-day wishes !!! And special thanks to someone !!! :)

Lots of love,
Eva
xoxo

Great workouts !

2010-04-30T13:05:00.015+03:00

This week's workouts started with a nice morning cardio on monday and later that day I went to do a leg workout:

Leg extensions as first to exhaust my quads a bit :
about 65kg for 9-10 reps for 4 sets and one drop set

SLDL:
up to 80kg for 8-9 reps for 3 sets and one drop set

Hack squats:
40 kg + machine weight for 4 sets of 9-12 reps and 2 drop sets.

Leg presses, close stance for exercising more quads, and wide stance legs in the upper corner of the plate for exercising more hams and glutes.

After leg presses I did walking lunges with dumbbells, and did them until I was so exhausted and collapsed on the floor and felt like I couldn't do anymore reps, haha !

After i got myself to stand again (lol), i went to do some seated calf raises as well as couple of sets standing calf raises.

I was finished after the workout, and felt GREAT afterwards! what an awesome workout! :)

On tuesday I received a lil package of supps, that I am going to test out ! Even if i'm pretty sceptical about most of the supps, I'm always really eager to try out new ones and see if they work for me or not. So thanks a lot to Force for these !

GH-stack, Green Tea and Beta-Alanine products I've used before, and liked all of them. Beta-alanine usually gives me huge tingling feeling all over my body, sometimes it gets really "worse" though and I'm like "AAAAAH My whole body is tingling!!make it stop ! " , haha. GH-stack has L-argininepyroglutamate-L-lysine in it as well as niacin and piperin. It should be taken on an empty stomach twice a day, and like I tried this product again last week in a long time; I took 3 tabs before breakfast, and when i started to eat my oatmeal, my whole body turned to totally red and my heartbeat went to roof! lmao.. you should have seen me ! After 15-20 min i was back to normal "human color" hahaha. But those funny side effects usually "tell me" as well, that the stuff works.

So now i got some other "new" stuff for testing and of course I wanted to try out Animal Pump immediately, which is kinda like a really good pre-workout loading product with different kind of creatines in it, like tricreatine malate, creatine ethyl ester, (but no monohydrate, which is a plus for me, cos I don't wanna gain water weight at the moment), NO-products like Arginine-AKG, Ornithine-AKG, Citrulline Malate etc, caffeine, taurine, K-R ALA, Bioperine etc etc.. haha the list would go on and on. But i was really interested in the ingredients list, cos I used to use some of the stuff before and really found em helpful, like AAKG, Citrulline Malate. Really gave heavy pumps at that time when i used them before !

So I throwed AP, GH-stack and Phire in my mouth and went to train Shoulders and biceps:

I started with smith shoulder presses:
40-42kg for 7-9 reps for 3 sets with one drop set

Ez-bar curls:
up to 30kg for 8-9 reps for 3 sets with one drop set

Lateral raises with dumbbells:

up to 12,5kg for 12-15 reps for 4 sets, with 2 drop sets. Really feeling the burn in my lat delts !

Dumbbell curls:
13kg for 9-10 reps for 4 sets

Then did upright rows, machine lateral raises, rear delts and seated incline bicep curls with dumbells, and my arms were really pumped !
Another awesome workout !

The stuff probably started working immediately , cos it was also hard for me to go sleep that night. haha. So yea, I continue using these supplements and see the effects of them, and will let you guys know. And I will tell honestly if I like them or not.

On wednesday I did morning cardio and later in the evening went to an indoor cycling class. Buncha cardio for me that day!

Thursday was a total off day for me, so i just rested the whole day and did other stuff.. :)

Now i'm about to head to do my back workout to the gym, and just tried out that BSN's Syntha-6 protein! Chocolate mint taste, and dayum, it was good ! I mean i've tasted bunch of dif proteins, but this is far one of the best ones.
Ok it can be used as pre/after workout meal, and just as a regular meal etc.. Cos it has some carbs as well, and some fats (maybe that's why it tastes so good, with just water in it !! haha)

After my workout i'm gonna meet up some friends and celebrate a bit (national party day here, 1st of may, which is actually tomorrow) :) .. and yess,,, 1st of may tomorrow and it's actually my birthday as well! I'm gonna be 23 yo! wow, time just flyes by.... Hopefully it will be a great day for me :) !

Ok i'm off to the gym now you guys!!

Take care and I'll try to reply to your e-mails ASAP!

Love,
Eva

Ps. btw, what do you guys think about the new layout for my blog? I tried to be a lil geek and made a new one on my own! haha. I'd need to learn more about HTML/CSS to be able to make a great looking site ;)

:)

2010-04-25T20:32:00.012+03:00

Hola !

Been having a nice full week with training and other stuff which have kept me pretty busy.

On wednesday I trained legs, went really nicely, even if weights were a bit lighter, but it's cool, cos i could TOTALLY feel my workout for the next 3 days. I think you guys know what i'm talking about, if I say it hurt like hell to go sit on a toilet ! LOL!

From what I've noticed, that the weights (i mean dumbells) at my current gym weigh A LOT more than in my previous gym... I went to train once to this other gym as well, and the weights were a lot lighter there as well. What's up with that? I thought 10kg should be 10kg everywhere, lol !

Thursday I did shoulders and biceps.

Smith shoulder presses 45kg/99.2lbs + smith weight (I have no idea how much it weights!) x 9 for 3 sets with last one as drop set for 15 reps.

Ez-bar curls : 32kg/70.5lbs x 8 for 3 sets and one drop set.

Lateral raises with 11-12,5kg/24-27.5lbs dumbbells for 12-15 reps for 4 sets

dumbbell curls, really focusing, with 13kg dumbbells for 9-10reps for 3 sets

Then did supersets with the next exercises: upright rows in a cable machine, lateral raises in a machine and rear delts in a reverse pec deck machine

After i was done with the weights, i went to walk on an incline treadmill for over 30 mins.

Then on Friday I went to train my back.
Lat pulldowns: 3 x 8-10 with 1 drop set
Deadlifts: 3 x 8, with 2 drop sets
Barbell rows: 3 x 8-9, with one drop set
seated rows: 3 x 8 with one drop set

After I was ready, I got quickly home and got myself ready to welcome few of my friends to my place, cos we had made plans that we would go out that night. I had a blast with my friends, and the night was fun, even though came home pretty late and didn't sleep much that night ! But anyways, my friend stayed at my place and we just had fun the next day and went to eat to a restaurant with other friends. I had a great weekend :)

I have to say that I really don't party that much, cos I really kinda prefer the feeling of waking up fresh in the next morning and like going to the gym or doing other activities.
Of course it's cool to go every now and then though :) meeting new people and hanging out with older friends is always fun!

Today I trained chest and triceps.
Incline smith bench press: 47kg/103.6lbs + smith weight 3 x 8 with one drop set
Close grip smith bench press: 45kg/99.2lbs + smith weight 3 x 8 with one drop set
Pullover with dumbbell: 25kg/55lbs dumbbell, 3 x 8
seated tricep dumbell extension: 22kg/48.5lbs dumbbell x 3 x 8-9
pec dec and pushdows as supersets.
overhead cable tricep extensions for few pump sets.

Then 25 min incline treadmill, and 20 min running on a treadmill.

And yeah,,, this is one thing which i've been doing pretty much lately as well :) Really wanting to improve my artistic skills in drawing, cos i love to draw.

ok, toodles my friends!

*Mwah*!

Love,
Eva

Fitness Classic and thoughts about the sport.

2010-04-18T21:53:00.020+03:00

Yesterday I went to see the Finnish Fitness & Bodybuilding spring competition, called Fitness Classic.
It's held in Helsinki, so it was easy to access.

I went there with my friends Heidi, Terhi and Tiina, and i kinda hung out with them the whole time.
First was Classic bodybuilding, Junior nationals and masters.
In the junior class there was this really outstanding 16 (!) yr old guy, who had such a huge amount of muscle mass. I mean for someone that age , geez! pretty impressive :)

One thing i gotta criticize, is the posing routine in (c)bbing competitions. If you do so much hard work for so many months, dieting , cardio, gym workouts, etc ... You practice the mandatory posing and all... But don't put any effort on the posing routine? I mean there's too many competitors doing just some basic poses in their routine. Like; double biceps, side tricep, most muscular- The End. With no smiles or facial expressions (other than grunting-face) ... you should think about the whole package what you're gonna perform on stage, not only the physique round!

After CBB was over, came fitness and body fitness (which is same as Figure in the USA). Lotsa girls competing, some of them i knew, some of them were new to me.
Really beautiful and outstanding physiques some of the competitors had. Some of them have made really awesome progress in the last few years and looked gorgeous on stage. I was really amazed.
So everything was finished with style; from the physique to the finished styling with practiced posing.

On my behalf, I want to congratulate each and every one of them, who put so much time and effort for the comp dieting, and gave their all, and showed their best physiques they could offer at this time ! and of course I want to congratulate all the winners as well!

After the competitions were over , Terhi, Tiina and I went to eat to a chinese and just hung out for some time. Time just flew, and it was already 10 pm and i realized i should probably head back home.
So yea, it was so much fun to hang out with people who share the same interests with me. And it was really cool to meet some new people too :)

Today ,after i woke up, I went to do morning cardio to a spinning class. Felt really great afterwards!
Later in the evening i went to train my chest and triceps. Great workout again!

Here's few pics:

I gotta say i've been thinking a lot about bbing, competing and training for some time now... now i've finally been able to start training heavier again (excluding legs though), and ive started to get my motivation back, the one which has been missing for quite some time now. I was sooo into bbing, before I hurt my back. I had put so much time and effort in to training and everything and i had planned on competing in 2009. I had a great off-season in 2008 and i was really growing and making improvements on my physique, but then everything was taken away from me , in a second.
So i'm sure you guys can understand why it's been a bit hard for me to get the motivation back, when you see u're losing hard earned muscles, you cannot really train cos ur back couldn't handle it, you started to lose ur strenght, etc... Ok, thank God there's the thing called "muscle memory".

But yeah, my point was that i've been really starting to feel like i'd wanna improve my physique (not to bulk ever again though, LOL, had my share of that !) and compete again. And seeing people on stage yesterday just made my thoughts more stronger.
I've just had to face the facts that i ain't that strong anymore or have that much muscle, but i can still get to that place, if i keep training hard and focusing in to the sport again.
And yes, I've been thinking about cbbing... It's kinda like bbing, but with a bit smaller physique.

But we'll see how it goes and what happens :) Now i'm just happy i've been able to train and had a great time at gym !

And oh yeah, you guys have been asking for some videos of me... Well, here's one vid from the Finnish Nationals 2007 prejudging, where i was competing as a Junior and in the open class as well... ahh, great great memories!

HERE'S a link to see it in bigger screen:
http://www.sporttube.fi/view_video.php?viewkey=81880c4f2c82958de8cf

Take care you all and enjoy the awesome spring!

Love,
Eva

2010-04-14T23:20:00.006+03:00

dropping some webcam pics i took for ya'll) :)

Great great workouts i've been having !

Yesterday I did chest, did incline smith bench press 3 hard sets for 8 reps.
After that i did some close grip bench presses for my tri's, pullovers, dumbell tricep extensions, pushdowns, pec deck... Had great pump in my chest and triceps, felt like exploding , lol.
After my workout did cardio for about 30 min.

Today I just hung out with bunch of friends, it was fun, didn't have too much time with them though... After I got home, i ate and got ready for my back workout !

Started with deadlifts, which felt really really good !! As i told you guys in my last post, i was happy to notice i can finally do those ! :) with 80kg's still, but strict form.
then i did some barbell rows, up to 65kg's and did some drop sets too.
Cable rows, lat pulldowns, and pullovers for lats... Awesome workout again!

Had a chance to get a lil pic of me doing lat pulldowns! haha, finally !

Just got home awhile ago, relaxed, watched episode of Dollhouse while eating my last meal and now, I'm probably off to bed now, going to get my neck/back fixed early in the morning, cos my neck especially has been a bit jammed lately. HA.

G'night ppl!

Love,
Eva

2010-04-10T20:15:00.010+03:00

Heya,

The spring is coming, and the snow is starting to melt away. FINALLY ! Man i've been waiting for that to happen. I just start to hate winter (snow and cold weather) every year more and more.... ugh. I could just hibernate the whole winter and wake up when it's like May or so.

Anyways, training has been going well. Doing lotsa cardio as well, even though now it feels pointless, cos i haven't seen any improvements, and i've just started to gain weight. What the hell's up with that?! Really pisses me off that i do a lot of hard work for nothing, and i just kinda go backwards ( = weight gain)
Feeling more bloated as well... so that's why i'm trying to figure out what's the problem, and trying out different diets and all. Gotta find out the reason for this !

I tested out deadlifts for the first time in 1,5 yrs, and it felt really good ! of course I couldn't do with heavy weights, but I was happy i could even do with 80kg/176.3lbs, hahaha ! Don't laugh at me there, I know i used to be A LOT MORE stronger, but oh well. Lotsa stuff has happened with the accident and all, and i kinda had to start learning to train all over again. I'm more focusing on the feeling nowadays.

It's cool to see, when I'm training, veins and everything's popping out! But like after I leave the gym, the pump from the muscle goes away really fast,and body looks pretty boring at that time.

As you can see, I posted few pics of me, the bloated belly-eva. lol. (I should have taken these after workout, would have looked better)
And yea yea, I know, i look like a fitness chick more nowadays than a big bber, but doesn't matter. At this point of life, I do not want to be a huge fbber. I prefer a bit smaller look now, i mean for me. As I wrote before, I'm trying to get a lot more leaner, (even if it's really hard now, cos feels like my body stopped working). So yup. There. I posted these, so I can look back later on, and see all the changes i've been going through in my journey of bbing life.

Take care you all .

Love,
Eva

Hello from the sunny California!

2010-03-21T23:55:00.013+02:00

...Ok, well now i'm back in Finland! And... I feel totally sad. About being here in cold and snowy scandinavia. I didn't wanna leave from California... I.. Totally fell in love with the place.

As I've told you guys before in my blog, i've always dreamed of going to the US, and now i finally got the chance, and... I can say, it was totally my place.

First we flew to LA, and we were there for liek 1 week. First in Santa Monica for 3 days, our hotel was next to beach, so it was really cool! It still wasn't that warm, so couldn't go sunbathing or stuff like that. People kept saying it was unusual that the weather was that chilly.

So yea, in Santa monica for the couple of days we were there, checked out 3rd street promenade, shopped a bit, and saw a movie star! LOL. I was at Barnes & Noble's and I saw this guy looking straight into my eyes, and then i realized, "Hey, it's that dude from Twilight/Valentine's Day movies!" (I think Taylor Lautner's his name). I still wonder why he was looking at me.... haha.

Sooo anyways.. spent lotsa money on starbucks! lmao, we don't have starbuck's here in finland, and i just loooved their Caffé latte ! I stopped drinking coffee like about 6 months ago, but in when we went to USA, i just couldn't resist it! BOO YOU, STARBUCKS, HAHA!

Even if I was supposed to relax a bit with my eating habits, i still wouldn't give up on getting my every-morning porridge and cottage cheese. Mm...Yummeee! And ya, they gave me a nice bowl of cottage cheese, as you can see ! LOL Lotsa protein, gotta love it ;)

We went to this some "nice" tourist tour thingy, so they took us to see different places. Also to venice beach/muscle beach as well.

Then to the prime area of Hollywood, Walk of Fame and that sorta places.

Last morning in Santa Monica, we went to have a breakfast to this lil diner, and I got to know this really cool person, who i found out is a figure competitor, so we had a loot to talk about, as you can guess ! So here's a lil pic of her and me.

So yeaah, after spending 3 nights in SM, we drove to West Hollywood, where we spent few days. It was cool, I went out, and had lotsa fun! Met so cool new people. I just loved how friendly people were.

it was the last day in LA, and the final chance for me to go to train at Gold's Gym Venice.
People were soo nice there, and I met cool new people, who i'm still in contact with ! I also met Pauliina Talus there, the famous fbber, who is also originally from Finland, but moved to LA about 8 yrs ago.
It was really cool to meet her! Here's a pic of us.

The next day we drove to the deserts in Landers, spent there a night. It was really interesting to see that kind of place with the rough scenery.

After spending a night there, we started our trip to San Diego, where we spent the rest of the holiday. Went there to meet our relatives. It was so cool. I had soo much fun with everyone, and met sooo many awesome people, who i miss already so much!!
Here's a pic of us at this one club in SD.

So yea, had lotsa fun stuff in SD as well! Too tired to write em all here...... sorry guys!

Our flight was going back to Finland from LA, so we drove there a day earlier, spent the day in Santa Monica beach and pier., The weather as perfect that day. Very warm and sunny, the perfect ending for the trip. I miss Cali already so so so much....especially Los Angeles. I'm really blessed i got the opportunity to go there, and meet all the awesome people.
Thank you for everyone who made my trip so special ! I wanna go back as soon as possible...

Ps. my shirt says it all.

Lots of love,
Eva

XoXo

Few days left... !

2010-02-21T01:00:00.008+02:00

Heyyy !

What's up?
I'm really excited and waiting for something.....

Been training, nice workouts, even though i've been hella tired. Been starting to train a bit more my legs, Still haven't done Squats, but it's cool. I was SOOO happy to notice i could do leg presses the first time in 1,5 yrs ! yeaaahh !! Not with heavy weights, but it doesn't matter. I go easily with all this, so my back would stay fine.

So yeah, now i'm really feeling my leg workout, haha.

Here's a lil pic of my condition taken about 1,5 weeks ago. Now i've gained a few pounds after the photo on the right was taken. Just lil bloated, i think, but wanting to get rid of it...and SOON ! haha.

And oh yeaah... I wanted to tell you guys why i'm really excited;

... I'M GOING TO THE USA DAY AFTER TOMORROW (on tuesday) ! WOHOOO!!!!!!
ALWAYS wanted to go there, since i was a lil kid ,and finally it's coming true! I'm so happy about it :) Going to LA and San Diego !

Here's few pics of me and my dear friend Heidi,when we were out last saturday :) <3

Ok, I will get back to you after my trip to the US ! mmmmmm..... I hope i'm having a blast there! :)

Take care you all!! LOTS OF LOVE!

<3,
Eva

Hello from the land of ice bears and iglus :D....

2010-01-23T21:31:00.003+02:00

(....Geez, it's so fricking cold in here again. -22c and getting colder again)

...Buuut....Howdy !

Things are going better now, a LOT better. I've been able to train a lot more frequently than in a while, and getting myself in a lil better shape :) And I've been starting to enjoy my workouts so much again, like back in the days. It's been so awesome ! At times i do miss my old gym, where there was better equipment, than the one i'm going nowadays, but it's ok, I'm cool with it.

As I told in my post a lil while ago, that I'm trying to get into more leaner physique, because Ido not feel comfortable being in a bulked one. I weigh about a bit over 59kg/130lbs at the moment. Still got a lot of job to do, especially with my lower body, lower ab area, thighs and all, lol!

Now i gotta open up about one thing:
I do not care what other people think.
I've seen and read some nasty comments about me, my physique, my hairstyle and looks overall, and that how I'm so small nowadays etc.
All this, what i do, I do it because of me, and only me. It's not about pleasing somebody else or attaining a physique someone ELSE would like me to have.
It is me, who has to work my butt off to be able to get the physique I want. I honestly can say that now I'm happier with my looks, than I have been in a long time.

If u're unhappy of seeing me in a smaller physique, then please, go read someone else's blog and look at someone else's pics, cos this is me now and the way I look like.
Ok, i know this sports and competitions is all about judgement, but still...at this point of life, I'm feeling more comfortable looking like this.

I'm sure u guys know what i mean?

Aaaanyyhooo,

At this point it starts to get reaaaalllyyy haaard making improvements in my physique, and it feels like i've reached a plateau. So now i'd need some new method's to make some progress.
As supplements, I've only used Whey powder and Green Tea capsules now and I'd wanna start using some good fat burners, but i've been trying to look for good ones.
Stuff like Lipo6, Hydroxycut, etc.
Any of you, my dear readers, used these products or other ones, and could recommend me something :)?

Lots of hugs to my dear fans who keep supporting me, love you all! xoxo

Love,
Eva
:)

2009-12-24T00:12:00.006+02:00

You are a part of all that surrounds you.
Celebrate your connection to life as you step into the future.
Your abilities can take you to the top,
but it is your character that will keep you there.
Build your character well for it is the foundation of your being.
The adversities you will face will not build your character
-they will reveal it.
Unlock your potential.
Every moment has a hidden gift.
Discover. Dream.
You will create your tomorrows by what you dream today.
Dreams are the touchstones of your character.
Imagine the unimaginable.
This is your time. This is your life.
Seize the moment. Delight in your youth.
Life is your canvas and no one can paint it but you.
Inside you is the key to everything you can imagine and more.
Learn from yesterday, live for today,
You are the hope for tomorrow!

~Karen Mortensen

Ps. Merry Christmas to you all ! I hope you guys are having awesome holidays and are able to relax and spend time with your families <3

and again, the time flyes by...

2009-11-13T22:51:00.008+02:00

Hellooo !

It's been a long time since i last time updated.
So much have been going in my life, little more social life, little less training (cos i've been on/off sick for weeks, ugh). But now probably getting better, and fiinaally able to start training again.
(and oh yea, you can see I cut my hair a bit, and dyed my hair back to dark again! yippee, luv it this way !)

Can't remember, if I told you guys that I changed gym like few months ago. Now i'm able to vary my cardio, so i can do indoor cycle and stuff, not just treadmill or crosstrainer.

The gym's not as good as my old one, but it's cool, cos i can do great workouts still! And i've loved it.

I've finally been able to drop my weigh a bit. Nowadays i weigh about 62kg/136.6lbs, still trying to lose few kg's but it's reaaally hard at the moment.. oh well.. Don't wanna lose all my muscle mass. Trying to maintain as much as possible :)

I gotta say i'm more happy with my weight , than i've been in a long time. I didn't feel comfortable being in really bulked physique.... Now i'm feeling a lot lighter, outside and on the inside :)

So yeaaa, what other stuff have I done during these months ? well, for example, I started school few months ago, so most of my time and energy goes there.
Then met old and new friends, partied and just enjoyed life as it is...Thinking about this sports and when to compete, and just dreaming of a bright future :)

Lotsa love to you all. SO happy to notice you guys still come here to check out my blog once in awhile! It means you care :) <3

Love,
Eva

back in Finland.

2009-07-08T15:51:00.011+03:00

Heyaa!
Warm welcome from abroad!

Had lotsa fun, vacation ended too soon though , oh well. I wish I could go back :) So warm and nice weather ,
- I wish it'd be like that in Finland, but nooo. It's been pretty cold now and raining :( This summer seems to suck like the previous ones. We had like only few hot days and now it's back to about 12-15+ C .. ugh !

Anyhooo,, Lagging a bit with my training and having lil motivation problems, but i'm getting it back slowly :) Someone suggested doggcrap training for me... I've read about it sometime, but i need to get into it more, thanks for the idea though :) !

It's been really cool to ease down a bit, cos i've been sooo soo sooo strict with my training and diet for years. Now i've been eating more freely, but that does not mean that i'd be eating like junk food everyday. no no no,,, absolutely not.
It means that im not strictly watching the clock that i'd be eating for every 3 hours.

Of course i've been trying to diet down a bit, still with not very good results though :D I mean that not really changes on the scale, but hopefully on the mirror even a bit :) Even if i lost some muscle during this progress, i don't stress about it now. It'll come back :)

Started doing morning cardio after i wake up. like for 45-50min on a treadmill. Running and walking incline on a treadmill. Feeling great afterwards ,so proably should continue doing it whenever i have time :) Now i've been trying to do it every second morning .

I'd really want to be able to try some new supplements. Could you guys suggest me some stuff, like NO products or something like that, to give a good pump and energy ? I've tried some stuff before, like NO-xplode etc, but i'd like to try something different.

Too bad we don't have as big supplies of supplements as like in the US, so the product line is "kinda" limited for us here.

Waiting for your ideas, so if u good ones, i'd be happy to hear them :) thankies !

ciao !

XOXO,
Eva

2009-06-09T13:44:00.006+03:00

Yooo,

wsup?

I took a free 1-week pass to another gym, cos i used to go there before i started bodybuilding. Had a nostalgic time there; went to bodypump classes, pilates type core strenghtening classes and tested the gym. Overall pretty nice, same price as my other gym.

Pros:
-The gym has a lot of different aerobic/indoor cycling classes to offer and a lot of gyms in the whole Finland.
-The lockerroom area is REALLY clean and nice with all the free shampoos and stuff they're offering the customers to use.

Cons:
-Gym's not as well equipped and not HC-like as the other gym i've been going for years now -Times that the gym's open pretty much suck.

Other gym i've been going for years:

Pros:
-Well equipped gym (built most of my muscles there, haha)
-Better music (even though now they're playing radio there, ugh)

Cons: -Not that clean
-no other options for cardio than regular treadmill or crosstrainer/bikes.

Now i'm trying to weight the pros and cons between the two gyms and choose a better one for me. It's gonna be hard though, hahaha.
Both of the gym's are very close to me and I have a many year history in both of them.
Can't afford to be in both of them though :(

Mmm.... Gotta do the decisision AFTER our holiday which starts tomorrow...... as we're going to...THAILAND! WOHOOO! :-D

So yea, it would be really nice to get different kind of workout opportunities and able to do cardio in different ways, cos i'm getting sick and tired of just doing cardio on a treadmill, lol.
Oh well,

That's about it! I'm off to packing now :)

See you here after I get back home from here....:

Ahhhh... looking lovely, eh? Hopefully i'll be able to test some gyms there :)

XOXO,
Eva

busy bee.

2009-05-25T19:14:00.007+03:00

Mmmm.....
stress, stress, stress.... ugh. I hope it'll finally relieve soon. Had some stuff to do here and hopefully it'll went well so i'll be able to have a future and a career, haha.
I'll let you guys know more about it later, if it all goes well.

I had my b-day 1st of May, and had a great b-day weekend :) got some really lovely presents, and then a cruise to stockholm, sweden! Had soo much fun there :)

I haven't been able to train myself much, cos i've been training someone else at this point. It's been nice and fun, but of course I do miss my own private workouts as well. Just have too little time between training someone and having daytime job. I need to start taking time for myself as well, to be able to do what i also love doing in my life ; training :)

I'd love to get a lot leaner now, but definitely wouldn't want to loose any muscle mass anymore. I've lost some, but it's cool, you always loose some when you're trying to drop your weight. But thankfully there's the thing called Muscle Memory :)

I'd need some new motivation for my workouts. New exercises, new training methods. If you guys got some cool ideas you'd like to share with me, then please, do ! :) I'd be happy to hear them!

I'm sooo happy that my 3 week summer vacation starts in excatly 2 weeks! Then we're off to Thailand again, for 2 weeks, woohooo !!! Wanted to go to the US, but it was way too expensive for now...... :coughcoughsponsorshipanyone?coughcough: ... LOL!!

Tell me if you want to see pics from the trip then :)

Been out partying a bit now as well, but not much though :) Can't really drink, cos i'm usually driving to the clubs, Lol! dang... I wish someone else would be the driver at times ;)

But it's cool that i've been able to have even a bit fun during all this workload of stress i have.

i'm hoping to be able to get my motivation back up ASAP Cos I wanna train and improve and have the great feeling after a good workout :)
And now the summer's starting to come, so i'd want to look good in bikinis! LOL! ok i think it's too late for that... maybe next summer? mm?

OK, i'm off to do some work now!

TTYL guys :))

<3,
Eva
XOXO

hi again!

2009-04-20T20:04:00.007+03:00

Heyaaa,

Last weekend,on saturday, they had the Fitness Classic competition for figure, fitness, classic bodybuilding and bodybuilding competitors. It was pretty nice to go watch the show again, cos many girls i know, were competing there, and gosh how well they did ! I'm so proud of all of them , and I want to congratulate them all for their success :)

It was really nice to see my sponsor's stand there and also talked with them for awhile ! Really great and interesting new products in the product category, which i'll be excited to be able to test soon!

I was of course really tired of work (cos I had to work on sat as well), so after I got home from the competition, I fell a sleep pretty soon, so I didn't went to the after party or anything... oh well, maybe in the fall then , lol!

oh ya, as you can see, I changed my haircolour, from black to about white/silver (except my lenghts). I just wanted some change to my hairstyle, so i made a pretty bold decicion to start bleaching etc my hair, haha. oh well, it came out pretty well though :)

Been training every body part now, cardio bit less, but gotta get back to it now though! Work just takes way too much time now, but I gotta make time for my beloved "hobby" ;)

Now i'm in a hurry already! Off to do some interval cardio to the gym!!

Love ya lots, guys !! *MWAH*

XoXo,
Eva

lil mag interview.

2009-03-28T16:59:00.004+02:00

Yo !

Just here to do a quick update !
I've been well, even if I caught the "nice" flu, which has been teasing like everyone here at the moment. Oh well, nothing really serious though. Just throat hurts, and head also and feeling dizzy and nauseous, lol.

So yeah, haven't been training in couple of days, but it's alright. I'll go back to the gym as soon as possible!

I probably didn't tell you guys, but I finally started dance lessons, Hip Hop :) !
I've ALWAYS wanted to learn how to dance, but never started to do so, dunno why.. But now I did, and it's been a lotta fun! And it gives nice balance for bodybuilding !

Other thing I wanted to tell you, that they published this one mag's new issue yesterday, which i'm also in.
They wanted to do an interview and take photos of 3 different kind of women, with different kinds of body types and all.
They had one with body full of tattoo's, one actor and me, a bodybuilder.
The interview's about my view of the body type that fascinates me and how it show's up like as in my personality etc.
It's in swedish so I really don't understand much though ! LOL !!!

The mag's called Papper.

Here's a lil pic of it :)

(Haha, nice facial expression I have there, ehh ?! LOL. And sorry about the bad scan! )

Ok, I'm off to enjoy the weekend! :)

Thank you so much for keeping in touch with me! I love all the mails I get from you guys! I try to get back to you as soon as possible!

XoXo,
Eva

And so the time flies by....

2009-03-20T13:31:00.009+02:00

Hello guys,

It's been awhile again, since I last posted here !

Lotsa things have happened in my life, good stuff (finally :D), so i've been pretty busy nowadays :)
It's been pretty cool, cos I've had stuff to do to keep me occupied, and not worry about the stuff like, that I haven't been able to train that heavy anymore ( lower body), but it's all cool.

I've trained as much i've could and had time. Mostly upperbody though. I've been trying to ease back to leg training with leg extensions and curls. We'll see how it goes in the future :)

Some people have been asking am I gonna compete this year, the answer is probably no, cos I lost precious off-season time, and I'd probably have to start dieting like in 1-2 months , I think.

Now I've been trying to train to keep myself in shape, and I hope I haven't lost too much muscle, but thank God there's the thing called 'muscle memory', so I'll gain the muscle back i've lost, when i'm able to train often like before.

But to be honest, I've really enjoyed the time to be able to take it more easy now.
I trained many years like I had nothing else in my life. Only stuff I thought about was diets, training and recovery. Of course, through all that hard work and dedication, I gained the muscle mass I have, but still. I really needed the social life as well. That's what i realized when i hurt my back. What if I lost the most precious thing in my life (training), and couldn't do that anymore? What was left? Nothing.

So yeah, I appreciate that I'm still walking, and can train, and have other stuff in my life now as well :) So it's all in balance now !

Love,
Eva

XOXO

Sawasdee Ka!

2009-01-26T16:31:00.014+02:00

Warm welcome from Thailand!

Man, I just came home few days ago, I had an awesome trip to Thailand for few weeks and I had the greatest time ever !

We flew to Phuket first (almost 11h flight), where we got a bus to Khao Lak, which is a really peaceful city. We checked in to a really nice hotel, near beach, and we got a nice lil bungalow ! It was great :)

The main thing for the vacation was just to relax, so that's what we really got to do. It was awesome, that the beach area etc were really peaceful, and there weren't that many people around, so we could really enjoy our time there. So most of the time we just spent at the beach :)!

We did also go to Elephant trekking, canoeing and then we also traveled back to phuket and took a speed boat (maaan, it was a fast and bumpy ride!!) to the famous Phi Phi Islands. For example, The Beach movie was shot at there at Maya Bay.
We did some snorkeling, and it was awesome to see some colorful fishes and corals. Also had a buffet lunch there and everything. We also went on a Monkey Beach to see and feed some monkeys. They were so cute!

Finally we traveled to a white sandy beach at Khai Nai Island, it was was really beautiful there with turqoise water and the white sand ....

mmm... I miss Thailand so much, I wanna go back !

Ill maybe add more pics when I have more time ! Now I'm in a hurry to go to the gym. Take care you guys and thanks for all your messages and support!!

Love you!!

XoXo,
Eva

Whoa...

2008-12-26T18:50:00.011+02:00

... Couple of months has passed by really quickly !

Wow, i'm really sorry I haven't updated my blog any sooner. As some of you guys know, life has changed pretty much after the lower back injury. Because I haven't been able to train that well, I had to find other stuff to do, and I'm really happy I did. I've been pretty busy doing other stuff in my life and I've really enjoyed the time i've had.

Of course I'm dying to go back training heavy again ! I've only been able to train upper body, done more cardio than before. Unfortunately I just caught acute bronchitis like over a week ago, so I haven't trained at all for awhile.

I've been really scared to try to train my legs, but last weekend i went to train my legs for the first time after the accident at the gym, and it went pretty well ! Of course I did NOT squat, lol.I did different types of hack squats, horizontal leg press and leg extensions. Had to be careful of course, but it was awesome to notice everything went pretty well :)
It's also been really great meeting my friends again at the gym, I've been missing those guys.

The Christmas came like waaaay too fast ! I didn't ask for anything, but
I was really
surprised, that my parents, my aunt and my sister got me some nice presents <3.
I spent the Christmas over at my parents' place, though I came back here pretty quickly, cos I wanted to sleep in my own dear bed, hahahahaha !

Overall, the Christmas was nice, and had a bit time to relax. I hope you all had a great Christmas as well, and you're all enjoying the holidays.

We had some lil Christmas parties with bunch of people, and had lots of fun. Played some RockBand as well ;-) ! Here's few pics from the party:

Ok, now I'm in a hurry ! Gonna go see the movie Yes Man. I hope it's a fun one ;).
I just wanted to stop by, and finally update my blog !

I hope you guys are all ok, take care and thank you all for your messages! You guys rock!!

toodles~

<3,

Eva

Ps. :edit: we did NOT make it to the movie Yes Man, so instead we went to see Martyrs! It was a pretty interesting movie. I've read some stuff about it, and people were shocked about the gore in the movie etc...
I was expecting it to be a lot more scarier, terrifying and gross, but it wasn't. Maybe I was expecting it TOO much, Lol!

Back again.

2008-10-24T01:06:00.013+03:00

Hey everyone,

I am really sorry I haven't been updating my blog for a while.
I've been trying to find other things in life to do, than just bodybuilding. The accident, what happened to me a bit over a month ago, changed a lot of things... Well at least for now. My back is still not fully recovered, and I haven't been able to train legs or lower back (like rows and such) yet.

I've been just doing cardio almost everyday, eating a lot less and more freely than usually. I've met my friends a lot more than normally, and i've been eating in many different restaurants, had some drinks etc etc. And oh yea, cut my hair once again, haha.
I'm trying to enjoy the life, and forget about all the bad stuff that has happened etc. Of course i've had so much fun meeting my friends,. I've also met some friends from years back , and some new people as well. It's been great! People around you can really richen your life a lot :)
I'm truly happy for all my close friends, who've been giving me a lot of support in everything.

Also i want to thank you guys, for still sending me e-mails and asking me how i've been. That was really thougthful of you <3

I trained with my dear friend Jarkko this week. We both did arms, and I had a lot of fun with him. He's one the most awesome person i know. So kind and generous and a lot of fun to hang out with!

So here's few piccies of us:

Ok, i'm off to bed now, I'm dead tired. And next week my lil job will start... :)

G'night people, and thank you again for still supporting me <3!

XoXo,
E

Back to training and Fitness expo 2008

2008-10-05T22:33:00.016+03:00

Heya guys!

So yeaaa, I was meeting my OMT-physiotherapist on tuesday, and he told me to go start doing cardio and train lightly at the gym . He didn't have to tell me twice ;) I drove home, got my gym stuff and then drove to the gym to do a light pump bi and tri workout! I just did db curls, cable curls, pushdowns etc. Got a huge pump in my arms and gosh, i could really feel it the next day, haha. 2+ weeks without training at all, and my muscles get DOMS from a really light workout.

The next day i went to train chest and shoulders; db shoulder press, lateral raises, upright rows, hammer plate incline bench press and cable crossovers + cardio.

Thursday I just did cardio for 50 min and on friday i went to train lats. Did lat pulldowns, dif variations. . First warm up set, and my lats were already pumped, Lol!

Saturday late at night (like from 9-11pm) I went to
train arms again and a bit of upright rows as well for shoulders.
db curls, cable curls, scott one arm db hammer curls, pushdowns seated db tricep extensions. After I was done, I did cardio for 30 min.

Gosh it feels good to be back at gym, even for lighter workouts :)! Just gotta be careful still with my back and everything.

I have to do a lot of changes to my workout routines. Change exercises and that sorta stuff.

So today, Sunday, me and 4 guys drove to Lahti to the Fitness Expo 2008, where the body fitness(figure), fitness, classic bodybuilding and bodybuilding Finnish Nationals were held. The expo area was a lot bigger than last year, and the place where the stage was, they had a new big screen where you could also watch the show as well. They did a good job with the reformations!

A lot of new competitors, really interesting to see.
Unfortunately only one female bodybuilder this year, hopefully more next year.

It was a really fun day, had a lot of fun with my friends, great time, lots of laughs :) .

I want to congratulate all the winners, and all the people i know who competed today ! You all did great :)!

Now i need to go rest, getting pretty tired, slept only less than 5 hours last night!

Take care everyone!!

Lots of Love!!

XoXo,
E

Alive 'n kicking (well not quite...yet!)

2008-09-27T17:58:00.005+03:00

Hey everyone,

So yeah, I'm doing a bit better now : ) I stayed at my parents house till Wednesday night and then they drove me back to my place. It is still painful to sit, but it's getting a bit better day by day. I can walk for a bit as well, which is awesome. Today I even went outside for 40 min walk and carried my grocery store purchases to home, hehe! So i'm making progress :)

Next week I'm getting someone to check my back, so hopefully it will be a lot better then! We'll see, we'll see....

On 3rd-5th of October are the Finnish Nationals in Lahti. The whole Fitness Expo is a nice event, and this year it's gonna be for 3 whole days. We're gonna get Dennis Wolf there and all... I'm sure it's gonna be nice. I hope i'll be able to travel there, probably going to go just for one day though, to see the finals on Sunday.
It's gonna be great to see some friends there as well :)

And last, but not least...
Everyone who sent me e-mails and recovery wishes through my blog or other ways;
Thank you...Thank you so much. You guys have truly made me feel that people do care about me and want all the best for me. I cannot say, how much warmer i've felt in my heart cos of all your messages. So Thank you again, I love each and every one of you <3

XoXo,
Eva

:(

2008-09-21T13:28:00.009+03:00

.... I've been really unfortunate in the past month....

Yesterday, on Saturday, I was heading to the gym, to do a pretty light workout. Started with smith squats, really focused movement, steady, easily.... 1st set...2nd set..... 3rd set..... 4th set and 4th rep...I heard an unbeliavably huge crack sound from my lower back, and when i kinda realized that, i was hysterically crying in shock and lying on the floor, body in huge pain, unable to move.
"Can I train anymore ever again? Am I paralyzed? What happened to me?" ..that kind of stuff came to my mind immediately.... a friend of mine was luckily at the gym so she rushed to me immediately... I was kinda in shock all the time..... luckily i could feel my legs.

Someone called the ambulance and the guys took me with a strecher to the ambulance and drove to the emergency hospital.
That friend of mine came with me, and took care of me all the time, which i truly appreciate.

X-rays, lots and lots of painkillers etc..... Luckily no broken bones, thank God for that. But it's incredibly painful to move... I lied on the bed for hours before with some help, i struggled and managed to stand up, but couldn't do that for long...
So they noticed i'd need to stay longer to be watched for, so they transferred me to another hospital which i spent last night....

Cos of no disc problems or broken bones, they let me go home today. So i'm at my parents house now....

Being in the hospital made me see how much car accidents etc there are daily, and how many people are badly injures and sick....It's terrible, and i have no words for it. That's what makes you think about life, and how you should be thankful to be healthy and able to walk, and not whine about lil things that honestly don't matter...

I'm waiting for the time, that i'm able to stand, walk and sit like normally.....
I wish i'll be able to train.
I wish, i'll be normal again soon.

Love,
Eva

Asian food

2008-09-15T21:43:00.005+03:00

Howdy !

Last week was another rest week for me (doc's order). I was again, reaally bored at times, but luckily I got to meet some of my friends!! I've been really missing that, just hanging out with friends, with no hurry etc...

I also went to the city with my mom. We went to shopping a bit, then went to listen to few of the Finland's famous jazz pianists, Lenni-Kalle Taipale and Iiro Rantala. As I am a pianist myself, I just love to sit down, and listen to a good player to play beautiful tunes.
After that, we went to eat to a chinese lunch buffet.... Really good, even though i really didn't feel like eating, cos i've caught some kind of virus..oh well! But actually it's better not to eat that much now though, cos i ain't exercising...

On Friday I met my friend Jarkko, and we went to eat some sushi, then just hung out in the city, bought some lil stuff and then we went to the movies to see The Love Guru (only one coming in the night time that day),, and gosh what a retarded movie it was!!... This one chick next to us was laughing at every thing in the movie , and imitating what the actors were saying. LOL how annoying!
I had a great time with my friend <3>

Today I finally thought i'd feel good enough to try and go to the gym. I trained REALLY lightly, cos I hav to ease back to training, and have to avoid every pain that could come, and of course, if i'm still having the virus in my body. So i just did light standing db bicep curls, seated db curls, cable hammer curls, pushdowns, tricep machine, tried some arnold presses with dumbells and lateral raises as superset. Still shouldn't really do any presses...

In the evening I met my friend Jukka, and we went to eat sushi again (haha I just love that food! Brings back good memories from my visits to Japan). It's always so cute when people's learning to eat with chopsticks! ;-)

These stuff what's been happening to me, have made me really think about stuff and life in general.... What stuff is important and what do i want to achieve. As you can tell, these times can be really depressing, but thankfully I have dear friends around me, my family, and of course you guys, who read my blog, as well.

So have a great week everyone, train hard and enjoy your life :)

XoXo,
Eva

hey hey

2008-09-09T12:53:00.009+03:00

Hey everyone,

How you all been? Hopefully good! Autumn is coming, and you can totally tell it by looking outside... raining and raining all day long.. sucks.. :( I don't want the winter to come!

Last week went "surprisingly fast"... even if i just rested for 8 days.. Man it was killing me!! No sports for me during that time... What did I do? Haha, NOTHING! well almost nothing... I met my mom and we drove to the mall to find me some clothes, but damn it was a hard mission to do! Especially when going to this nice shop, Zara.... tried to find me a jacket and it went like this "L... too small.. " "XL? ugh, so tight around the shoulders"... "XXL!? Nopes, doesn't fit at all"... Gosh, i just started to laugh even though i was same time pretty pissed off cos i wanted to get some clothes, haha!

Then I've been watching dvd seasons, like Buffy.. don't even know how many times i've watched the whole series already?! I need new dvd's ;-)
And oh,, I also dyed my hair to black, what do you guys think? :)

Then I also got some stuff from my sponsor Force Sports Nutrition, Thank you guys!! I need mah proteins!!

I didn't get to go to the movies yet though.... Hopefully later on !

I went to train my legs lightly on sat , still a bit of pain type of feeling in the hip flexor,, but the workout went pretty well . On Sunday things went differently; first, the workout started well, but then all of suddenly my shoulders decided, that I still need more rest... So i had to stop , and i drove immediately home...
So still more rest for me... I know couple of weeks won't kill me, and I won't lose muscle mass in that time,(even though it feels like it) ,but DAMMIT it feels like hell mentally!!! I wish i'd be just able to take off, and go on a vacation or something to be able to get my mind off the gym and everything, to be able to think about other important things in life.
I just love bbing so much it's so hard for me to not to be able to train...

Well..anyways, I met the famous Finnish bber Mika Nyyssölä in the gym though. It was great to meet him again, so of course we had to take a pic together ;-)
He seems to be improving all the time, and he's looking great at the moment, even if he's in the off-season! I wish all the best to Mika, and hope that we'll be able to train together again someday when i'm back to the gym :) (go check out Mika's blog and his awesome artwork at http://bisley.pakkotoisto.com )

I also wanted to thank you guys for sending me all the get well-emails and such!! it really means a lot to me to know how many people there are supporting me and really hoping for my best. I truly appreciate it. Thank you so much for trying to cheer me up, you know who you are! *MWAH* <3

XoXo,
E

lil update

2008-08-31T21:44:00.006+03:00

Hey guys,

Just wanted to let you know that i'm having a total week off from the gym, gotta heal my body and give it a rest now (it would also be a lighter week for me now), gotta find some other stuff to do to keep my mind off the gym.

Hopefully i'll be ok by next sat, and can start training again. That's what i want; to be healthy and train without pain.

So about finding myself stuff to do next week?
They're opening this new 3D movie center kinda near where I used to live in, so probably gonna go see a 3D movie with a friend of mine. I'm sure it's gonna be exciting! No more of those red-blue-green glasses we used to see like back in the 90's, hahaha.

Then probably gonna go shop for some clothes finally... gosh, I totally need some new stuff to wear, cos all of my other clothes start to be too small for me now... Lol! I sure hope i can find something nice though!

I feel like i'd wanna go on a lil diet now... to drop weight! I feel so heavy and soft at the moment. But oh well, i'd miss some good growth time then,if i'd do that.
So I gotta stick to our plans and just deal with this. So hopefully next time i compete, i feel happy that I dealt with all this.. you know what i'm saying?

OK, I'm back to watching some dvd's and rest now!

Take care,
and thank you all for your nice e-mails and messages, they really make me smile especially during times like these !!! <3

XoXo,
Eva

Pb's :)

2008-08-24T21:31:00.014+03:00

Heyaa!

Heavy week's over, got some pb's, and the workouts have been great! Even if NOW i'm suffering a bit of shoulder and hip pain.... Never seem to go away fully. Sucks...A LOT. Really kills your good mood.

But anyways, about my past week:

Sunday bi-tri+ pump lat delts pb's:

Seated Ez-bar tricep extension with 45-46kg/99-101lbs for 6-8 reps.

(the pic's taken from the earlier set, with weight 42,5kg/93.7lbs.)

Smith Close grip bench press 70-72.5kg/154-159.8lbs for 6-8 reps.

Dips: BW + 14kg for 6 reps...

Wed's chest-shoulder and pump tricep's pb's:

Smith incline bench press: 70kg/154lbs for 7 reps
Smith Decline bench press: 70-72.5kg/154-159.8lbs for 6-7 reps.

Smith Shoulder press: 60kg/132lbs for 7-8 reps

Thursday's Back (rows) - rear delts and pump bicep pb's:

Barbell row (strict): 95-100kg/209-220lbs for 6-7 reps
Seated cable row: 90kg/198lbs for 6 reps

So yah..that's about it.

Now i'm recovering and taking care of my shoulder and hip flexor. A LOT of stretching, ice etc. My hip flexors have always been so tight, so that causes problems...

Last tuesday I met my friend Anne, haven't seen her for
awhile, so it was great to catch up on some stuff!
we went to train to the gym (met Heidi there also), and after that we went to the grocery store to shop for some food and then drove back to my place, and Anne made some blueberry protein muffins for us! delicious! So we talked, ate and watched some Scrubs dvd's :)

When we went into my apartments elevator, there was this old granny, and when we walked in , she looked at me and asked "oh, are you like one of the bodybuilders???" " you must train hard!" .. Hahaha, what a cute granny! People in this apartment seem to be really nice :)

The next day we went to see the movie The Happening. It was kinda,..well.. different.lol. Kinda interesting but the same time kinda weird. Oh well, nothing else to say about it! haha!

One "sad" thing is that apparently, there's not gonna be any female bodybuilders competing this year at the Finnish Nationals....still waiting for the competitor lists though.
Dunno if there will be any other competitors next year either? Gosh i truly hope so!
We need more competitors here! Come on all you potential ones, don't be shy, show us what u've got ;-)!

Love,
Eva

Heya

2008-08-16T22:56:00.014+03:00

On Friday me and Heidi decided to meet up again, cos we don't see each other often outside the gym, so we first planned that we'd go to the movies and then to eat. But then we decided to skip the movie cos of the bad times they aired it (Kung fu Panda! haha) so then we just went to eat to this nice restaurant. Both of us got steak + chicken, some potatoes,jalopenoes etc. it was gooood.

After eating we visited this one nice club to see if there's something nice going on or any live band performing. We just sat on the couches and talked a lot. It was funny to notice when we visited the restrooms, that there was a some kind of sports advertise thing on each toilet's wall, and there was a pic of Isabelle Turell in it!! We both were pretty amazed to see her pic there!!
Got home pretty early, couldn't stay up late cos I was supposed to go train legs the next day ;-).

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So here's my workouts past week from Wed to Sat.

Wed: Chest-shoulders and triceps (pump)

Incline smith bench press:
60kg/132lbs x 9
62,5kg/137.8lbs x 8
62,5kg/137.8lbs x 8

Decline smith bench press:
60kg/132lbs x 9
65kg/143lbs x 8
67,2kg/148lbs x 8

Dumbell pullover:
30kg/66lbs x 9
32kg/70.5lbs x 8

Cable Crossovers:
30kg/66lb x 12
30kg/66lb x 12
30kg/66lb x 10

Smith shoulder press:
50kg/110lbs x 10
55kg/121lbs x 8
55kg/121lbs x 8
57,2kg/126lbs x 8

Lateral raises:
12kg/26.5lbs x 10
14kg/30.8lbs x 8
14kg/30.8lbs x 10
14kg/30.8lbs x 9
12kg/26.5lbs x 10

Cable upright row:
55kg/121lbs x 10
60kg/132lbs x 10
70kg/154lbs x 10
70kg/154lbs x 10
60kg/132lbs x 10

Pushdown (changing grips every 2nd set):
50kg/110lbs x 20
45kg/99lbs x 20
50kg/110lbs x 15
45kg/99lbs x 20
45kg/99lbs x 20

Abs on an ab-coaster machine

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Thursday: Back (rows)-rear delts and biceps(pump)

Rack pulls:
130kg/286.6lbs x 8
135kg/297.6lbs x 8
137.2kg/302.4lbs x 8
137.2kg/302.4lbs x 8
137.2kg/302.4lbs x 8

Barbell rows:
80kg/176.3lbs x 10
90kg/198.4lbs x 8
90kg/198.4lbs x 8
80kg/176.3lbs x 8

Seated cable row:
80kg/176.3lbs x 8
80kg/176.3lbs x 8
80kg/176.3lbs x 8

Reverse pec deck for rear delts:
40kg/88lbs x 8
40kg/88lbs x 8
40kg/88lbs x 8
35kg/77lbs x 9

Standing cable curl:
40kg/88lbs x 20
40kg/88lbs x 20
40kg/88lbs x 20
45kg/99lbs x 15
45kg/99lbs x 18

Lying cable curl:
35kg/77lbs x 20
40kg/88lbs x 15
40kg/88lbs x 15
40kg/88lbs x 20

AHH what a burn and feeling in my biceps!! So pumped!

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And on Sat, I started the heavier week again, and trained quads and hams with Emma:

Front Squat:
80kg/176lbs x 6
82,5kg/181.9lbs x 6
85kg/187.4lbs x 6
90kg/198.4lbs x 7 (first time ever with this weight!!! woohoo!)

Hack:
95kg/209lbs x 6
100kg/220lbs x 6
105kg/231.5lbs x 8 :)

Horizontal hack/leg press:
150kg/330.7lbs x 8
150kg/330.7lbs x 8
150kg/330.7lbs x 8

SLDL:
110kg/242.5lbs x 8
120kg/264.5lbs x 8
125kg/275.6lbs x 6

Lying leg curl:
35kg/77lbs x 8
40kg/88lbs x 8
35kg/77lbs x 8
35kg/77lbs x 8

Seated leg curl:
180lbs x 10
195lbs x 8
210lbs x 8
210lbs x 8

Some abs on a machine.

Emma took a pic of my legs during the workout. So here's the piccie :)

So ya, that's pretty much about it! Watched this one movie I recorded from yesterday. It was about Arnold Schwarzenegger 's life in the bodybuilding world as well as how he became as a governor of the California state. It was pretty interesting lil movie.

Oh well,I'm off to the gym now, to train mah lil guns and make 'em grow ;-)

Take care you guys!

Lots of love,
E

Time for an update

2008-08-12T18:50:00.017+03:00

Oh, it's already been like 1,5 weeks since i last time updated! Time flies...time flies....And the autumn's coming, people's starting schools and everything.... I don't want the summer to end ... My workouts have been really good. I've been training pretty much alone nowadays (except the leg workouts), and I've been happy to notice that i've been able to use a bit heavier weight now than before! woohoo! well not in all exercises, but some. But it's something, right ?

Last wed I trained chest-shoulders and triceps (2nd pump workout)

Incline smith bench press:
60kg/132lbs x 10
65kg/143lbs x 7
60kg/132lbs x 8

Decline smith bench press:
60kg/132lbs x 9
65kg/143lbs x 9
70kg/154lbs x 8 (i was pretty happy about this one)

Dumbell pullover:
30kg/66lbs x 8
30kg/66lbs x 10

Cable crossovers (I usually just really focus when doing this exercise, not trying to struggle with heavy weight with this one) :
25kg(per side)/55lbs x 15
30kg/66lbs x 12
30kg/66lbs x 12

Smith shoulder press:
50kg/110lbs x 10
55kg/121lbs x 8
55kg/121lbs x 8
55kg/121lbs x 8

Lateral raises:
12kg per arm/26.4lbs x 10
14kg/30.8lbs x 10
14kg/30.8lbs x 10
14kg/30.8lbs x 10
12kg/26.4lbs x 10

Cable upright row:
55kg/121lbs x 12
60kg/132lbs x 10
60kg/132lbs x 11
55kg/121lbs x 10

Pushdown:(changed grips every 2nd set, wider and close grip)
50kg/110lbs x 20
45kg/99lbs x 20
50kg/110lbs x 14
45kg/99lbs x 16
45kg/99lbs x 15

Then trained some back,calves and rear delts on thursday and legs on saturday with Emma.

Sunday I did Bicep-tricep and lateral delts (2nd pump workout):

Scott ez-bar bicep curl:
30kg/66lbs x 10
35kg/77lbs x 7
35kg/77lbs x 7
32,5kg/71.6lbs x 9
32,5kg/71.6lbs x 8

Dumbell curl:
16kg/35.2lbs x 8
16kg/35.2lbs x 8
16kg/35.2lbs x 8

Hammer cable curl:
50kg/110lbs x 10
50kg/110lbs x 10

Ez-bar seated tricep extension:
40kg/88lbs x 9
42,5kg/93.7lbs x 8 :)
42,5kg/93.7lbs x 8
42,5kg/93.7lbs x 8

Close grip bench press:
60kg/132lbs x 10
62,5kg/137.8lbs x 9
65kg/143lbs x 8 (Finally improving here a bit!)

Dips:
BW + 7,5kg/16.5lbs x 10
BW+ 10kg/22lbs x 8

So nothing really special going on right now. Been just training, helped my parents to put on wallpapers to one room of their aparment, and then met some friends. On tuesday I hung out with Heidi for awhile after our workout and we went to eat some delicious ice cream to a cafe nearby, and had fun talking and all.
Love ya girl <3

And i've also been doing a lot of this too, which is really close to my heart... <3

XoXo,
Eva

:)

2008-08-03T22:00:00.010+03:00

Soo, what's up with the weather?! First it was soo nice, warm/hot and sunny, and now it has been raining like hell and also lil "ice rain" as well!! How weird is that! It's july, not January!

I gotta get mi outta here! Away from Finland! lol.

On saturday it was the usual leg day. I had to train legs alone cos Emma was out of town.
I was kinda scared to go do it alone, cos I might start to chicken out if there's no one to spot, lol, buut...then i thought "what the hell, I don't always have someone being there for me".And actually i got a really good workout done! I even went a bit heavier on front squats and sldl than i've ever done before! pretty cool :)

A friend of mine was visiting our gym, it was really nice to see her there in a long time.
So luckily i had someone to spot me when i did front squats! So thanks , Sarkku !

So, on sat was quads + hams + lateral delts!

first I did Front squats:
70kg/154lbs x 9
75kg/165lbs x 8
80kg/176lbs x 7
80kg/176lbs x 6

Hack:
80kg/176lbs x 8
80kg/176lbs x 8
80kg/176lbs x 10

SLDL:
110kg/242.5lbs x 8
130kg/286.6lbs x 6 (heaviest i've ever done!)
115kg/253.5lbs x 8
110kg/242.5lbs x 8

Horizontal hack:
130kg/286.6lbs x 10
140kg/308.6lbs x 8
140kg/308.6lbs x 8

Leg Extension:
75kg/165lbs x 10
65kg/143lbs x 11

Seated curl:
180lbs x 12
195lbs x 12
210bs x 8
195lbs x 10

Lateral raises:
10kg/22lbs x 20
10kg/22lbs x 20
10kg/22lbs x 20
10kg/22lbs x 20
10kg/22lbs x 20

And then some adductions and abductions again... of course with an attitude ;-) haha!

Abs on a machine and on a ball

---

Sunday- Biceps + triceps:

Scott bicep curl:
30kg/66lbs x 9
32,5kg/71.6lbs x 8
32,5kg/71.6lbs x 8
32,5kg/71.6lbs x 8

Dumbell curl:
16kg/35.2lbs x 8
16kg/35.2lbs x 8
16kg/35.2lbs x 8
16kg/35.2lbs x 8

Hammer machine rope curl:
55kg/121lbs x 8
50kg/110lbs x 10
45kg/99lbs x 12

Seated ez-bar tricep extension:
40kg/88lbs x 9
40kg/88lbs x 9
40kg/88lbs x 9
40kg/88lbs x 8

Close grip bench press:
60kg/132lbs x 9
65kg/143lbs x 5
60kg/132lbs x 7

Dips:
BW +5kg/11lbs x 8
BW+ 7,5kg/16.5lbs x 8

Interval cardio on crosstrainer for 20 min.

-

Tomorrow is off day from gym, probably gonna go do some cardio though. Then get a massage in the evening, cos my chest, triceps and calves are so jammed, they're killing me!
so I'm expecting a one painful massage session. Ugh... Gotta love it though, cos it does sooo good for ya!

Ok, I'm off to bed now! G'night people!

Love,
Eva

Hola!

2008-08-01T12:09:00.008+03:00

Yo , what's up guys?!

My training week has been just great! Just finished the first one after my lil break.

I've been training 4 days straight cos i missed my sunday's workout. I usually never train that many days in a row. Normally 2 on 1 off, then 3 on and 1 day off.

So on Monday I did my bi-tri training, but now i did some extra lateral delts as well.

Scott ez-bar bicep curl:
30kg/66lbs x 10
32,5kg/71.6lbs x 8
32,5kg/71.6lbs x 8
32,5kg/71.6lbs x 8

Dumbell curl:
16kg/35lbs x 8
16kg/35lbs x 8
16kg/35lbs x 8

Hammer curl with a rope:
55kg/121lbs x 10
55kg/121lbs x 10

Seated ez bar tricep extension:
35kg/77lbs x 10
40kg/88lbs x 8
40kg/88lbs x 8
40kg/88lbs x 8

Close grip bench press:
60kg/132lbs x 8
60kg/132lbs x 8
60kg/132lbs x 7

Dip:
BW + 5kg x 8
BW + 5kg x 8

Lateral raises:
10kg/22lbs x 20
10kg/22lbs x 20
10kg/22lbs x 20
10kg/22lbs x 20
10kg/22lbs x 20

UGH what a burrrn in my delts! Loved it!

Tuesday : Back (lats) + rear delts (2nd workout, more pump like) + calves:

My coach showed me another "style" to do the lat pulldown, which is a REALLY strict form. Gotta say it feels GREAT! The back is pretty straight, so it really goes to ur lats. I have done it pretty much "old school-style" before, which has been a bit more rowing-like, which a lot of people actually do. The new style is noo easy at all!

Lat Pulldown:
65kg/143lbs x 10
70kg/154lbs x 8
70kg/154lbs x 8
70kg/154lbs x 8

Close grip pulldown:
65kg/143lbs x 8
60kg/132lbs x 9
60kg/132lbs x 8

Hammer strenght/plate loaded pulldown, one arm at a time:
40kg/88lbs per arm x 10
40kg/88lbs x 8
40kg/88lbs x 9

Reverse pec deck:
30kg/66lbs x 20
30kg/66lbs x 15
30kg/66lbs x 14
25kg/55lbs x 20
25kg/55lbs x 16

Standing calf raise:
130kg/286.6lbs x 8
130kg/286.6lbs x 9
140kg/308.6lbs x 8
140kg/308.6lbs x 8

seated calf raise:
50kg/110lbs x 10
55kg/121lbs x 9
60kg/132lbs x 8
60kg/132lbs x 8

Wednesday: Chest + Shoulders and triceps (2nd workout)

Incline smith bench press:
60kg/132lbsx 9
65kg/143lbs x 6
60kg/132lbs x 8

Decline smith bench press:
55kg/121lbs x 10
60kg/132lbs x 8
60kg/132lbs x 8

Dumbell pullover:
30kg/66lbs x 9
30kg/66lbs x 8

Cable crossover:
25kg/55lbs x 20
25kg/55lbs x 16

Smith Shoulder press:
50kg/110lbs x 8
50kg/110lbs x 8
52,5kg/115.7lbs x 8
52,5kg/115.7lbs x 8

Lateral raises:
12kg/26.5lbs x 10
14kg/30.8lbs x 8
14kg/30.8lbs x 8
12kg/26.5lbs x 10

Upright machine row:
55kg/121lbs x 10
60kg/132lbs x 10
60kg/132lbs x 10
60kg/132lbs x 10

Tricep Pushdown:
25kg/55lbs x 15
25kg/55lbs x 16
22,5kg/49.6lbs x 20
22,5kg/49.6lbs x 17
22,5kg/49.6lbs x 18

and on Thursday: Back (rows) + rear delts + bicep (2nd workout)

Rack Pulls (below the knee)
120kg/264.5lbs x 8
130kg/286.6lbs x 8
140kg/308.6lbs x 7
140kg/308.6lbs x 7 (I was pretty happy for these sets!!)

Barbell row (strict!):
80kg/176lbs x 10
90kg/198lbs x 8
90kg/198lbs x 8

Seated cable row:
80kg/176lbs x 8
85kg/187lbs x 8
80kg/176lbs x 8

Reverse pec deck:
40kg/88lbs x 6-> 30kg x 4
35kg/77lbs x 8
35kg/77lbs x 8
35kg/77lbs x 8

Cable curl:
40kg/88lbs x 16
40kg/88lbs x 15
40kg/88lbs x 15
35lbs/77lbs x 20
40kg/88lbs x 18

---

I've been just going through my competition photos all over and over again... I've been trying to remember the stuff from the days of "glory". How everything felt.
Like i was looking at my backstage photos, and i suddenly remembered how extremely nervous i was, almost jumping off the ceilings, cos i knew that "soon i have to go do my posing routine, omg, do i remember it? what if i mess up?..how did it even go?! omg omg" .. haha. But those were good times! Even if the routine didn't go perfectly on stage, it doesn't matter. Practice makes perfect, and experience as well. Next time I'll do a lot better I hope :) And at least I HAD FUN being on stage! I truly enjoyed the feeling of performing!

Here's a quick piccie from the hotel room :

I'm trying to work on my abs now as well, to be able to get those lower abs show better. Hopefully next time i'm on stage, my physique has improved from my first competition! I truly hope so, cos i'm busting my ass off in the gym!!

Well im off now!

Ta ta~

<3,
E

Back in the biz.

2008-07-27T15:56:00.009+03:00

Hey guys!
The weather has been just great during my light week, so I have been able to enjoy it a bit as well, even if i haven't been sunbathing at the beach just yet.

I had a nice almost 1,5hour walk outside on Friday, i checked out the neighborhood which i haven't seen before and i walked to the near beach as well to see what was it really like. The sunny and hot weather gathered a lot of people there on that day. I was just listening to good music and walking. Really relaxing. I loved it.

Now the light week and resting's over and i'm starting the whole workout cycle again. And of course it started with a leg workout on saturday.
Trained again with Emma.

We changed the basic smith squats to free barbell front squats this time in a long time and we did 4 sets of those.

warmed up to 50kg/110lbs

60kg/132lbs x 8
70kg/154lbs x 8
70kg/154lbs x 8
70kg/154lbs x 8

Then I did hack squats:

warmed up till 60kg/132lbs

3 sets of 90kg/198lbs for 8-10 reps.

3 sets of horizontal leg press /hack squat machine, then some leg extension supersets with seated leg curls.

I'd really need muscle mass in my inner thighs as well, so we thought about doing some sets with the adductor and abductor machines! HAHAHA! But dayum, i can really feel em now! lol! nice workout overall.

After I got home from the gym, I started getting ready for the evening, cos we were supposed to go celebrate our friends b-day. They both turned 30, so they had a " 60 yo b-day party" together :)

So Heidi came to my place, and then we hung out for awhile and then went to the party.
They had put up a lot of food, like chicken on sticks, pork, chicken and shrimp salad, lot of other different delicious food and treats and of course they had the b-day cake!.. Haha, I left the chips and candy to other guests, but of course i had to taste a bit of the cake :)

We had a blast there, and after midnight they ordered a karaoke taxi for us and we drove to the city to this one nightclub which we had a vip table and all.

It was a really nice evening! So thanks for the girls for arranging the party for us!! I had a blast. You guys are awesome.

XoXo,
E

Sun is shining...

2008-07-23T21:37:00.010+03:00

Hello again!!

My light week (training wise) ended on tuesday, and now I have 3 days totally off from the gym (except some cardio), to let my muscles,joints and nerves relax even a bit before I start the whole 10 weeks again :)

But dayum! The weather has been fantastic today!! It's been like +26-28 and SUNNY all day long! no clouds (well,maybe one or two, but who counts anyways, huh? lol)
When I was running on errands...I just felt so relaxed when I was driving around in my car, with Katy Perry's new album playing from the car stereos, and had a window open and it was soo warm and sunny... AHH I LOVE THAT FEELING!! just to listen to good music, enjoy the hot weather and enjoying the ride <3

-me and my (eventhough a bit dirty) beautiful baby <3

Drove to my parents place today, and went for a longer walk with my mom, which was really nice, even though my shoes didn't really agree about going for a long walk.. uugh. so now i have to suffer cos i have blisters all over my feet... hurts like a mofo. can't even walk well! LOL! I hope they'll heal soon.

Then I cleaned my car a bit (my dad didn't have the right stuff at their place at the moment, so I had to settle for only cleaning the windows and the windshield.. haha. oh well.) :)

And last, but not least...

I'd really want to thank each and every one of you for really supporting me. And especially in my last blog update, the comments you wrote...
You guys actually made some of my thoughts a lot clearer. You made me smile and really made me think about life in general, and like, what I want with it and what i'd want to achieve.

So thank you again for brightening up my day(s)!

Have a great rest of the week and I hope you also get hot sunny weathers as well!

Love you all!!

-Eva

"I wanna break the mold, I wanna break the stereotype
Fist in the air I'm not going down with out a fight
It's my life and I'm not sitting on the sidelines watching
It pass me by
I'm leaving you my legacy
I gotta make my mark
I gotta run it hard
I want you to remember me
I'm leaving my fingerprints"

-Katy Perry, Fingerprints

Mmm...feeling tired..

2008-07-19T14:44:00.016+03:00

Now it's time for my lighter week! Well earned one,i'd say?

Even if I had one more off day this week cos I went to an OMT-physiotherapist to fix my back again. I always seem to have problems with my lower back and "hip bone"-area.
Probably it's from back in the days, when i was probably like 6-7 yrs old, and in the winter i was sliding a slope with a sled. And then I rode through a small hill which made my sled jump to the other side of the road, and that's when I hit my back the first time, and I remember I really couldn't walk for a week.

Then when I was a competitive cheerleader, and I was the one who lifts ppl up and throws 'em in to the air. I think those caused some pressure to my back as well, as I seem to remember that I started to notice a lot of pain like 2 months prior to the cheerleading nationals. Luckily it "healed" before the comp and I could compete.

Now when bodybuilding, I finally found the reasons causing my back pains. Which i've already told you guys before.. (SI-joint and hip). Sometimes the Si-joint kinda rises so it makes my other leg shorter than the other which can cause a lot of different kind of pains in the whole body.
I'm just a lil unfortunate with my back, but I have to deal with it....and of course I'd just need to start doing pilates again! ;-)

Oh well,,, My trainings been pretty good. Trained back with my coach and checked out some exercise forms and stuff. Lots of useful info as always!

Yesterday (friday) I had a lil extra workout, did some bi's, tri's and lateral delts.

DB curls, lying cable curls, seated tricep extensions, pushdowns, dips, one arm machine curls, lateral raises and upright rows. Nice lil workout I must say :)

Then after I got home, I got ready to meet up with Heidi, cos we had a table reservation at this one nice lil restaurant.
I haven't been eating out in a long time, as I don't usually like the high calorie food they just only seem to offer.

We both ordered some nice 180g beef's (couldn't get any bigger ones... that sucks! lol), some sliced potatoes, a nice slice of grilled pineapple and jalopenoes. It was good, and finally a meal that made me full (compared to the last one I had when I was in a restaurant,,,I had to go buy some quark and apple afterwards!! haha)

After we were finished, we went to meet up some friends in this one club in helsinki. They had this some radio channel's party in there, so that's why there were so many people. When me and heidi were waiting outside the club for other friends, some guy just walked by and asked if i would want a free ticket to the club. Haha, I was pretty fortunate.

So after our friends came, we went inside and had a nice time. I just had only few drinks.
The club was too crowded for my taste, and I really hate to see drunked people acting like bunch of lil babies who can't walk or take care of themselves, if I AM sober,lmao. (jk, I really don't like to see that kind of stuff at all).

I got lost from my friends at one point, but met up with Tommi. So we decided to get out there and go home.

(Man i was sweating there, as you can see from my hair!)

I really didn't feel comfortable there, when some ppl just gave me weird looks and rised they're eyebrows and said something bad (which i really couldn't hear that well though..luckily). Especially some guys can be pretty nasty...
Some people are just way too narrow minded and can't accept people who want to build their bodies and stuff. Especially with women.
Oh well, luckily i'm doing this for me, not for them!

(Tommi and I)

(Haha, I have no idea whose sunglasses those were!)

Today I woke up waaaay too late (like 1:15pm haha), so I'm kinda "late" from my schedule. Supposed to do some light leg workout today by myself.

So I probably should start getting ready then!

Have a great weekend, and dont get too drunk ,lol ;-)!

And oh, thanks again for all the helpful information you guys have been given me like about the game schools/jobs and stuff! I really appreciate all your help!!

Love,
Eva

Past week

2008-07-15T17:00:00.016+03:00

Hey you all!

I apologize for not updating my blog any sooner. (Ps. Peter, thanks for caring :))
I've been trying to figure out some stuff in my life and of course I've been training as well, 5 days a week, and then did some cardio on the "rest" days.

I've been trying to find a new job as well. Probably didn't tell you guys, that I had to quit in my old job, cos of the dust allergy.. So now i'm kinda like in hurry to find a new job to be able to pay my living and stuff!!

I had one job interview, for this one fitness club...I should hear from them pretty soon I think.
Now it seems like no one's really hiring at this point, you know. Like they start recruiting people again in the fall, like August-September.

I'd also want to go to a school, but unfortunately I didn't get to the school I applied to...(I was really devastated when i heard that)... and it was like the only one around here (other 1-2 ones are in the northern part of Finland, and i'm DEF not going any norther from here!! haha). It's a game development school... We don't really have those kind of schools in here Finland, unfortunately...
USA seems to have lot of schools which are kinda made for the people who are interested in game development and game art and design. And who would want to break in to the industry through those schools.

I've always wanted to work with video games/art... haha, I can imagine you guys thinking "huh? a girl working as a video game maker?! no way!".
I've played since i was like 4 yrs old, so I have a passion for it as well. And I love to do art as well. Just gotta practice a lot on that as well.

Anyhooo... My workouts been pretty good! Even if i really didn't make any new records, it's still cool though. I can't expect that I'd be lifting heavier every week in every exercises, lol.

On tuesday I did back-hams and rear delts:

this time i did Sldl instead of normal deadlift:

100kg/220lbs x 8
110kg/242.5lbs x 7
115kg/235.5lbs x 8
115kg/235.5lbs x 8

Barbell row:
80kg/176lbs x 10
85kg/187lbs x 9
85kg/187lbs x 9
85kg/187lbs x 9

Seated cable row:
80kg/176lbs x 8
80kg/176lbs x 8
80kg/176lbs x 8

Hammer strenght row (one arm at a time):
45kg/99lbs x 10
45kg/99lbs x 10
45kg/99lbs x 10

Seated leg curl:
180lbs x 10
195lbs x 8
195lbs x 9 -> 150lbs x 6

Hamstrings in a leg press:
310kg/683lbs x 10
340kg/749.5lbs 10
360kg/793.6lbs x 8

Rear delts:
40kg/88lbs x 6-> 30kg/66lbs x 4
35kg/77lbs x 8
35kg/77lbs x 8

On Wed I did Chest - Shoulders:

Smith incline bench press:
60kg/132lbs x 9
65kg/143lbs x 8
70kg/154lbs x 6
60kg/132lbs x 7 1/2

smith decline bench press:
50kg/110lbs x 9
60kg/132lbs x 7
60kg/132lbs x 8

Cable crossovers:
25kg/55lbs x 10
25kg/55lbs x 10

Dumbell pullover:
30kg/66lbs x 8
30kg/66lbs x 8

On saturday, another new training week started, and now it's like , I have 1-2 drop sets per each muscle group. and 2 drops, and 5 reps each time. You can see the example below:

So it was time to do legs again!

Smith squats:

130kg/286.6lbs x 5 -> 90kg/198lbs x 5 -> 60kg/132lbs x 5
130kg/286.6lbs x 5 -> 100kg/220lbs x 5 -> 60kg /132lbs x 5
130kg/286.6lbs x 5 -> 100kg/220lbs x 5 -> 60kg /132lbs x 5

Hack squat:
95kg/202.8lbs x 5 -> 60kg/132lbs x 5 -> 30kg/66lbs x 5
100kg/220lbs x 5 -> 60kg/132lbs x 5 -> 30kg/66lbs x 5
100kg/220lbs x 5 -> 60kg/132lbs x 5 -> 30kg/66lbs x 5

Leg Press:
300kg/661lbs x 10
310kg/683lbs x 10
320kg/705lbs x 10
320kg/705lbs x 10

(some posing between our leg press sets ;- ))

...And my legs were DONE..Finished..Kaput! lol!

On sunday I did Bi's and tri's:

Seated scott machine bicep curl:
50kg/110kg x 5 -> 40kg/88lbs x 5 -> 30kg/66lbs x 5
50kg/110kg x 5 -> 40kg/88lbs x 5 -> 30kg/66lbs x 5
50kg/110kg x 5 -> 40kg/88lbs x 5 -> 30kg/66lbs x 5
50kg/110kg x 5 -> 40kg/88lbs x 5 -> 30kg/66lbs x 5

Dumbell curls:
18kg/39.6lbs x 5 -> 14kg/30.8lbs x 5 -> 10kg/22lbs x 5
18kg/39.6lbs x 5 -> 14kg/30.8lbs x 5 -> 10kg/22lbs x 5
16kg/35lbs x 5 -> 14kg/30.8lbs x 5 -> 10kg/22lbs x 5

Rope hammer curls:
50kg/110lbs x 8
50kg/110lbs x 10

Seated dumbell tricep extension (had Emma helping me out here. When I finished with each 5 reps, Emma took my dumbell up from my hands and I reached to get another , etc... haha..it looked pretty funny) :
34kg/74.9lbs x 5 -> 30kg/66lbs x 5 -> 28kg/61.7lbs x 5
36kg/79lbs x 5 -> 30kg/66ls x 5 -> 24kg/52.9lbs x 5
36kg/79lbs x 5 -> 28kg/61.7lbs x 5 -> 24kg/52.9lbs x 5

Close grip bench press:
60kg/132lbs x 8
60kg/132lbs x 6
60kg/132lbs x 8

Dip:
BW + 5kg/11lbs x 8
BW + 7,5kg/16.5lbs x 6
BW + 7,5kg/16.5lbs x 5 1/2

After this week I'm gonna have a light week. Probably going to work out for few days and then take like 3-4 days off completely.

I'm weighing about 76.6kg/168.8lbs now.. ugh. lol. Today I tried to fit on my camo pants, and they were really thight from my thighs...boohoo, I gotta find me a new pair of some nice camo pants! haha!

OK, I'm off to do some cardio now :)

Hope to hear from you guys!!
Take care!

Ta ta~

XoXo,
Eva

Midsummer is already here.

2008-07-05T17:00:00.006+03:00

Another week just passed by...and it's already July. How the time just seems to fly, don't you think? No? haha.

I've been pretty tired lately.. I have no idea why. even if I sleep for like 9-10hours, I'm stil really tired and have to take lil naps during the day. Maybe my body is needing a break again? hmm.. I have no clue.

Oh, btw, I'd really like to know which shows are must-see in the US, and when/where they are held? Cos when the day comes, and I'm travelling to the States, i'd def want to go see a show. I've been thinking about the Nationals, or even the Olympia. But is there any other good ones some of you recommend that I should go see? It would be cool if it would be pretty big though, so there would be a lot to see in the expo area as well. (and souvenirs to buy, Wohoo! lol)
It would be super exciting to see a real big bbing show, cos those are not that huge in here, especially the fbbing competitions... or should i say; competitiON.

On tuesday I trained back, hams and rear delts.

Deadlifts felt really heavy, dunno why... did 4 sets of that with 100-105kg for 8 reps.

Then I moved onto barbell rows:
100kg/220lbs x 6
100kg/220lbs x 6
90kg/198lbs x 6

Seated cable row:
80kg/176lbs x 8
85kg/187lbs x 7
80kg/176lbs x 8

Lying leg curl:
35kg/77lbs x 10
40kg/88lbs x 10
40kg/88lbs x 9
45kg/99lbs x 7

Seated leg curl:
190lbs x 10
225lbs x 9
225lbs x 5 (oopsie,lol) -> 190lbs x 6 -> 150lbs x 6

Hamstrings on a leg press:
310kg/683lbs x 10
330kg/727lbs x 10
340kg/749.6lbs x 9 (woohoo!)

Rear delts (reverse pec deck):
35kg/77lbs x 10
40kg/88lbs x 8
40kg/88lbs x 8
40kg/88lbs x 8

Then did some extra :>

rear delt row:
70kg/154lbs x 10
70kg/154lbs x 10
70kg/154lbs x 10

Dumbell Shrugs:
38kg/83.7lbs x 10
38kg/83.7lbs x 10
40kg/88lbs x 12

Wednesday I went to train Chest and Shoulders alone:

Smith Incline Bench press:
60kg/132lbs x 7
60kg/132lbs x 5 (i kinda suck in these,lol)
55kg/121lbs x 8

Smith decline bench press:
50kg/110lbs x 8
50kg/110lbs x 9
50kg/110lbs x 9

Cable crossovers (really focusing on the form):
25kg/55lbs x 10
30kg/66lbs x 6-> 15kg/33lbs x 6
25kg/55lbs x 10

Pullover with a db:
28kg/61.7lbs x 8
28kg/61.7lbs x 9

Smith shoulder press:
40kg/88lbs x 9
45kg/99lbs x 6
45kg/99lbs x 6
40kg/88lbs x 8

One arm lateral raise:
14kg/30.8lbs x 10
16kg/35lbs x 10
16kg/35lbs x 10
16kg/35lbs x 10

Upright row:
55kg/121lbs x 12
60kg/132lbs x 12
60kg/132lbs x 11
60kg/132lbs x 10

And then abs on this ab-coaster machine with some added weight and 4 sets of ab-roller for 12-15 reps.

I really hate the feeling, when after training chest, I still should have strenght to do those shoulder presses. I start to feel pretty weak when I start on doing them...it kinda eats the motivation a lil. But after this whole 8 weeks have passed, and i start this program all over again, I'll change it the other way around, so i'll train shoulders first and then chest.

Thursday, Back (lats)- rear delts and calves:

Pulldowns:
75kg/165lbs x 10
80kg/176lbs x 7
80kg/176lbs x 8
80kg/176lbs x 8

Close grip pulldowns:
70kg/154lbs x 7
70kg/154lbs x 8
70kg/154lbs x 8

Hammer strenght pulldowns ,one arm at a time(had to really focus on my right side , cos otherwise my shoulder would hurt and not stay in place ...ugh):
35kg/77lbs x 10
35kg/77lbs x 10
35kg/77lbs x 10

Standing calf raise:
140kg/308.6lbs x 8
160kg/352.7lbs x 8
160kg/352.7lbs x 7-> 110kg/242.5lbs x 4
150kg/330.6lbs x 8

Seated calf raise:
50kg/110lbs x 8
55kg/121lbs x 8
55kg/121lbs x 8

Then did some rear delt rows and one arm rear delt lateral raises.

-

Today was the leg day again, with Emma!

It went really well, even if i started to get tired after hack squats, haha. oh well. We did the whole workout together within in one hour, which I think was really good.

Smith Squats:
120kg/264.5lbs x 8
120kg/264.5lbs x 8
120kg/264.5lbs x 8
125kg/275.5lbs x 8

Hack:
90kg/198lbs x 8
90kg/198lbs x 8
95kg/209lbs x 8

Leg Press:
300kg/661lbs x 10
300kg/661lbs x 10
300kg/661lbs x 10

Leg extension:
80kg/176lbs x 8
80kg/176lbs x 8

Abs on a machine:
45-55kg's/99-121lbs' for 4 sets

Finished the workout with some walk on a treadmill, listening to good music from my iPod.

.. Yesterday the weather was like how the summer should be like. It was reaaally warm. It was about 27+ Celcius at one point, I could just wear my jean shorts and a tank top. Mm,, I love hot summer weather soo much, and the sun shining. I went to walk outside, and seeing people just enjoying summer made me just wish this kind of weather would never end...

But that didnt last for long though,,lol. Today, cloudy, not that warm..
But hey, we had the summer even for one day ! hooray for that! LOL!...

Someone asked me to post a pic of my legs, so here's a quick pic, which i took like on tuesday.
Gotta make those chicken legs grow!! ;-)

Once again, thanks to each and every one of you, of all those encouraging messages.

You guys take care and have a great weekend!!

XoXo,
Eva

Heavier week.

2008-06-29T18:36:00.007+03:00

So now the heavier week started, finally.

First workout was legs, on saturday, and I did it together with Emma.
Even if I was worried sick the whole day before I drove to the gym, the workout went really well!! I was pretty happy that I could add a bit more weight in all the exercises!!

Started with smith squats:
110kg/242.5lbs x 8
120kg/264.5lbs x 8
120kg/264.5lbs x 8
120kg/264.5lbs x 8

(sorry about the pic angle!)

Hack Squats:
90kg/198lbs x 8
90kg/198lbs x 8
90kg/198lbs x 8

Leg Press:
300kg/661lbs x 10
320kg/705.5lbs x 8
320kg/705.5lbs x 8

Leg Extension:
80kg/176lbs x 10
85kg/187lbs x 10

Weighted abs and other ab exercises for 6 sets.

Today's workout didn't start that well though... when doing 2nd set of ez-bar scott bicep curl, my right wrist kinda like,,didn't stay "in place". It like twisted in wrong direction which made my wrist feel like it's not in place... so it caused a bit pain in some exercises, like when doing scott bicep curls and close grip bench presses... I really really really hope this won't be nothing serious and it will heal soon. My mood kinda went down because of that.. Why athletes never live a day without any pain?

Ez-bar scott bicep curl:
40kg/88lbs x 6
30kg/66lbs x 10
35kg/77lbs x 8
35kg/77lbs x 8

Seated ez-bar Tricep extension:
40kg/88lbs x 9
40kg/88lbs x 8
35kg/77lbs x 8
35kg/77lbs x 9

Dumbell curls:
18kg/39.6lbs x 6-> 12kg/26.5lbs x 4
18kg/39.6lbs x 6-> 14kg/30.8lbs x 4
16kg/35lbs x 8

Rope hammer curl:
55kg/121lbs x 8
55kg/121lbs x 9

Close Grip Bench Press:
60kg/132lbs x 8
60kg/132lbs x 7
60kg/132lbs x 7

Dips:
BW + 10kg/22lbs x 7
BW + 10kg/22lbs x 7
BW + 10kg/22lbs x 6

Cardio for 20 min..

I'm weighing about 75-75.5kg's/165-166lbs now, so i've gained weight a bit.. Dunno if i should be worried or happy, LOL. Oh well, I hope i'll make gains in muscle, not all in fat ;)

Mm...I gotta cheer myself up somehow.... I still have some sushi in my fridge..mmm....ok, maybe something else than eating, hahaha.

And guys, gotta say , reading your comments on my blog/e-mail really makes me smile. So keep 'em coming! hahaha.
But seriously, thank you <3

<3,
Eva

High reps week done..almost!

2008-06-27T00:13:00.009+03:00

Woohoo! only one to go..lol!
This week's workouts have been a lot different, than i've used to do. Every lil muscle in my body's been hurting like hell from my workouts. My muscles totally feel those 20-30 reps.

My legs still haven't recovered yet (and i did them on saturday!) ! On monday i just had to rest and sleep, couldn't even go do any cardio, i was just so tired and couldn't even really walk well.

On tuesday I had my 1st back (rows) -hams and rear delts day.
My legs were just trembling and cramping when I started doing deadlifts. 4 sets of 20 reps,,, I was exhausted!!
My legs started to cramp a lot more and I started to feel a bit nauseous... I could have used more weight, but cos of my legs I couldn't.
I still had a long workout ahead... so after deadlifts I did

Barbell rows:
50kg/110lbs x 20,
55kg /121lbs x 20
55kg/121lbs x 20
50kg/110lbs x 20

Seated cable rows:
55kg/121lbs x 20
55kg/121lbs x 20
55kg/121lbs x 20

Lying leg curls:
25kg/55lbs x 20
30kg/66lbs x 20
30kg/66lbs x 20
25kg/55lbs x 20

Seated leg curls:
135lbs x 20
150lbs x 20
150lbs x 20

Hams on a leg press machine (legs in the upper part of the machine)
180kg/396lbs x 30
230kg/507lbs x 30

Rear delts in a reverse pec deck machine:
30kg/66lbs x 16 -> 20kg/44lbs x 4
25kg/55lbs x 20
25kg/55lbs x 20
25kg/55lbs x 20

Rear delt row in a cable machine:
55kg/121lbs x 20
60kg/132lbs x 20
60kg/132lbs x 20

I was proud of myself that I finished the workout even if i felt really nauseous, and I almost had to throw up and i had to lie on the floor between some sets... ugh... I wish i'd know why I felt like that.

Wednesday I went to a hair salon and dyed my hair back to darker, finally.. ;-)
And after I got my hair done, I went to do my workout; Chest -shoulders:

Incline Smith bench press:
40kg/88lbs x 20
45kg/99lbs x 20
45kg/99lbs x 20
40kg/88lbs x 20

Decline smith bench press:
40kg/88lbs x 20
40kg/88lbs x 20
40kg/88lbs x 20

Cable crossovers:
lovely 15kg/33lbs per side (lol) 30 reps per set (did 2 sets)

Pullover with a dumbell:
20kg/44lbs x 20
20kg/44lbs x 20

Seated Barbell shoulder press (free weights, cos the smith was already taken):
30kg/66lbs x 20
30kg/66lbs x 20
30kg/66lbs x 20
30kg/66lbs x 20

One arm lateral raise:
12kg/26.5lbs x 22
12kg/26.5lbs x 20
12kg/26.5lbs x 22

Upright row:
40kg/88lbs x 30
45kg/99lbs x 25
45kg/99lbs x 20

And then did 3 sets abs in a ab-coaster machine for 20-30 reps + some oblique training.

(Trying to practice some Left side poses. Cos as I've said, I usually do 'em with my right side)

..Gosh, my hams, back, glutes, chest and shoulders are in pain (not to mention about my quads and arms!) !! So id say i've had pretty good workouts then. haha.

Today i also noticed, that if i don't eat frequently, as I normally do every day, I start to feel nauseous as well. Like, today, I spent the day with my parents, and we went to the mall and stuff. So i really didn't have time to eat, so the time between my meals got really long, and when I finally got in front of my bowl of food and ate it, I started to feel really sick... Even if i'm "allowed" to have one "off day" per week from my diet (so i can kinda eat whatever i want, and don't have to watch the clock, you know), I still like better my normal eating habits. I feel a lot more better and healthier, when I eat how i normally eat (frequently, every 2-3 hours).

So yeah, only one high rep workout left ( 2nd back day with rear delts and calves) and them I'm back training with heavier weights! can't wait!

Oh, it's almost weekend again.. How the time seems to fly... :) I just wish the real summer would come soon. We got a fricking heavy rain today and SNOW for a bit as well, How weird is that?!

Love,
Eva

High reps week!

2008-06-22T21:48:00.011+03:00

Yikes!! It started yesterday! .. after the lighter week, the high reps week started! 20-30 reps per set. It sounded rough...and it totally is!! Can't use really heavy weights... cos that 20 reps totally kills you!

Emma came to train legs with me, and decided to do same workout as I did (with the high reps as well). Both were scared as hell before we even began , LOL!

I really wouldn't like to train that kind of workout without a training partner, you get soo exhausted with the high reps, and you need someone to push you go through it all..mentally and physically.

So we started with smith squats:

80kg/176lbs x 20
90kg/198lbs x 20
90kg/198lbs x 19 1/2 (lmao, i collapes on the floor when trying to push the final rep.. I just didn't have power anymore! ..had a lil rest on the floor for a bit,haha)
80kg/176lbs x 20

Then we moved on to hack squat.. Our legs were already tired and trembling.. "hack squats.. .omg...." we both thought, out loud, haha.
We thought we could only do with the machine weight (which is probably about 40kg's/88lbs), but we added 30kg's/66lbs and did all 3 sets with that.

ugh....!! PAINFUL!

Then it was time to leg press:

180kg/397lbs x 20 (easy)
230kg/507bs x 20
230kg/507lbs x 20

and then some leg extensions for 2 sets (20 reps also in both sets)...can't use much weight though.. i dunno why the hip hurts in that, but not in other exercises? oh well.. luckily that way though..

And then it was time to do the hardest part; to climb up the stairs!!..lol.
after we got ourselves up, we went to walk a bit on a treadmill and drink our well earned recovery drinks!

Today we also trained the same time, but we did our own workouts.

I did bi's and tri's.

Ez-bar scott bicep curl:
30kg/66lbs x 20
26kg/57lbs x 20
26kg/57lbs x 20
25kg/55lbs x 20

My arms were so pumped and killing me, I almost had to throw the bar down and yell out swear words! Lol!

Then I had to do some tri exercises next, cos I really couldn't curl anything for awhile...

I did seated ez bar tricep extension:
30kg/66lbs x 22
32,5kg/71.6lbs x 19
32,5kg/71.6lbs x 15 (oops!)
30kg/66lbs x 16 (oopsie #2!)

Dumbell curls:
(just almost made me laugh cos i couldn't even really hold the dumbell in my hand.. so I could only use pretty light weights)

12kg/26lbs x 20
12kg/26lbs x 16 -> 10kg x 4
10kg/22lbs x 20

Close grip bench press:
50kg/110lbs x 20
50kg/110lbs x 16 (:rolleyes:)
45kg/99lbs x 17 (....)

Rope Hammer curls:
35kg/77lbs x 25
40kg/88lbs x 20

Tricep Pushdown:
45kg/99lbs x 25
50kg/110lbs x 20

After the workout we stayed at the gym for a bit to practice posing.
I just gotta practice that i'll remember to flex all of my muscles at the same time. Like when doing side poses, you'd also remember to flex your calves and thighs etc..
Lat Spreads also need a lot of work..
As they say: "Practice makes perfect" :) So I just gotta keep doing that.

And oh, just wanted to make clear, cos it felt like people's thinking i'm going to compete this year? Cos they talked about me dieting and wishing me good luck in October.
I'm not going to compete at this years nationals. I haven't improved enough since my last competition, so I wanna be able to grow even a bit more, before I'd go compete again.
I think you guys understand.. :)

Peace out! Hahaha!

Love you guys!! <3

XoXo,
E

2008-06-15T19:52:00.001+03:00

Ps. I had a nice lil workout today, and got a nice lil pump as well (even at working out with lil weights,lol)

here's a piccie of me flexing mah biceps ;- ) lol (trying to work out with the leftie now.. dunno if you can tell the difference..what do you guys think? )

-Eva

2008-06-14T21:44:00.012+03:00

Hey ppl,

Have you enjoyed the summer already?

First it looked like it's gonna be great with the weather and all,,but now it just has been raining for days and it hasn't been that warm (like +11-16 celcius) either... This sucks. I hope we'll get better weather soon. It really affects my mood as well. As i've said, i'm really not a winter person at all! So like during summer time, I'm more happy and excited, and like during winter, I could just go hibernating, hahaha.

Oh well, yesterday (friday) I had the last heavier workout. And totally felt like that was it, don't have anymore power, gotta give my body a rest.

I did back (lats), rear delts and calves. So only in the first exercise I could do with the weight i normally use, but when starting another exercise, I was so exhausted and couldn't even get a grip of the lat bar. My left forearm has been cramping a lot, and it's really tight. Can't really even flex my bicep with my left hand (as you can see on the picture below :( ...and bad lights as well haha ) ! Luckily i'm getting a massage on Monday! So I hope the problem will get fixed then.

So now today the lighter week started, and I did legs. I've never really done a lighter week before,, I've just taken time off from the gym for like 4-max 6 days and then started training again.
I really don't like driving all the way to the gym just to train really lightly... But I'm gonna do it now, I have to try it finally. And of course this helps keep the muscle "pressures" a bit better.

It was kinda hilarious, when I was about to leave to the gym. I put on my college sweater and went in to my apartments elevator, and there were already two some middle-aged men. They welcomed me in, and then they started to ask stuff like "Heyy, are you gonna go lift some weights?!" "we could totally tell, we can see your arms through your sweater!" "oooh what a nice bicep!!" and then the other one literally grabbed my bicep and squeezed it ! LOL! (I've never even seen these men in my apartment before). Then i just laughed and thanked. Then when they said that "if it would be warmer, and we would see you in a tank top, our eyes would literally drop, like in those cartoons you see!!" and then he tried to demonstrate what that would look like...

hahaha, these guys kinda cheered up my day! I'm kinda happy they were positive about woman lifting weights, and not giving a weird eye... Cos we get so many that kind of people out here. Some people are just way too narrow minded... unfortunately.

Well, I'll probably update again, when I'm back to heavier training... Can't wait for that to happen! :)

I'm off to play some MGS 4 now! WOOHOO ! Lol! Any of you guys got it already as well?

Thanks again guys for brighting up my days by writing comments and e-mails to me! I love getting em. I do read them all, I'm sorry if it takes awhile to answer some of you though!

Love you <3!
XoXo,
E

2008-06-07T23:53:00.014+03:00

So yesterday was the final day of the more basic and heavy week. I did lats - rear delts and calves.

Trained with Terhi, had a pretty nice workout together, and I'm feeling it again in my back and lats.
I always looove it when my back muscles hurts the next day (in a good way of course). Cos my back is lagging a lot, I really need to focus on that now. To get more width, and a lot more thickness as well.

Well, I'm doing my best and training hard, so we'll see what shows up under all this fat when I start dieting again ;-) Lol.

Pulldowns wide grip:
80kg/176lbs x 8
85kg/187lbs x 8
85kg/187lbs x 8
80kg/176lbs x 8

Pulldowns close grip (v-bar)
70kg x 8
75kg x 7
75kg x 8

Pulldows with d-grip:
70kg/154lbsx 7
70kg/154lbs x 8
75kg/165lbs x 8

one arm dumbell rear delt row:
26kg/57lbs x 8
28kg/61.7lbs x 8
30kg/66lbs x 8

Rear delts in cable machine:
65kg/143lbs x 8
75kg/165lbs x 8
75kg/165lbs x 8
70kg/154lbs x 8

Standing calf raise:
140kg/308lbs x 8
150kg/330lbs x 8
170kg/374.8lbs x 8
170kg/374.8lbs x 7

Seated calf raise:
50kg/110lbs x 8
60kg/132lbs x 8
60kg/132lbs x 8

I also drove to Force to get some more supplements, cos I was outta protein powder.
When I got there, Matti (One of Force's owners) was there waiting for me, and then we talked for a while about bbing world and competing. He's really great and funny person. I'm happy to have him as one of my sponsors! So thanks to Force so much again for all the stuff! You guys rock ;-) !

Today started the new method week. And yea, I kinda lied to you guys, lol. I have this "high contraction" (i don't know the right word for it in english,,but hope you guys understand) week this week. The 20-30 reps will be in 2 weeks.

So today was "THE LEG DAY" ... Lol. It's always like,,, after you're done with one leg workout, you're relieved for like only ONE DAY. And then you start worrying about the next leg day. When the day gets closer, you start to get more nervous.. and also excited.

"Will I break new records? Will I get a good workout? Will a friend of mine come train with me, so I can feel safe?"

So yes, I broke some records in one exercise (Lol), yeah, I got a good workout and YES I got Emma to train with me.

We did the same workout today, which was cool. It was so great to train together.

Leg day went like this:

Smith squats:
100kg/220lbs x 9
110kg/242.5lbs x 8
110kg/242.5lbs x 8
110kg/242.5lbs x 10

Leg Press:
280kg/617lbs x 12
310kg/683lbs x 9
320kg/705lbs x 8

Hack Squats:
70kg/154lbs x 9
80kg/176lbs x 8
80kg/176lbs x 7 + 3 helped pump reps

Leg Extensions (still had to be careful with these):
70kg/154lbs x 9
70kg/154lbs x 12

Alrighty, it's already late, so i'm off to drink my protein shake and then head to bed!

G'night ppl and have a great weekend!!

Love,
Eva

2008-06-04T21:30:00.010+03:00

First of all, I'd want to show these AMAZING drawings to you guys. These are made by great artist Volkan Kinaci! I am really happy for these gifts, they're truly unique! He has an awesome style of drawing female bodybuilders. Really artistic and cool.
Thank you so much for these artworks, Volkan! I love them! <3

Still going on with the heavier week! Which I love.. this training method style, i'm using now, is totally new to me. Like few weeks speed strenght, then one week more basic and heavy with lower reps, then 1 week like "nerving" (or whatever is the right word for that) reps from 20-30... etc etc. So this is my 3rd week of the method, and as I sad before; going on with the heavy week. Yesterday I went to train pretty late, compared to usual. cos I was away all day long. So i was pretty tired already... I did Back (rows) and hamstrings:

Barbell row:
95kg/209lbs x 8
100kg/220lbs x 6
100kg/220lbs x 6
90kg/198lbs x 8

Seated cable row:
75kg/165lbs x 8
80kg/176lbs x 7
80kg/176lbs x 7
80kg/176lbs x 7

Hammer strenght one arm row:
55kg/121bs (per side/arm) x 8
55kg/121bs x 8
55kg/121bs x 8

SLDL:
110kg x 4 (Haha, my legs were still trembling cos of the Sat's quad workout... and I was already soo exhausted by previous exercises,lol)
sooo I had to drop weight a lot..
95kg/209lbs x 8
95kg/209lbs x 8
95kg/209lbs x 6

Seated curls:
81.6kg/180lbs x 10
95kg/210lbs x 8
95kg/210lbs x 8

Hamstrings on a leg press machine:
310kg/683lbs x 8
310kg/683lbs x 8

Woohoo what a nice workout I had! I was so exhausted after the workout, and craving food like a mad woman! LOL

Today I did chest, shoulders and abs:

Smith Incline Bench Press:
60kg/132lbs x 8
65kg/143lbs x 6
65kg/143lbs x 6
65kg/143lbs x 6

Dumbell Bench Press (this is pretty new exercise to me as well):
24kg/52.9lbs x 8
26kg/57lbs x 8
28kg/61.7lbs x 6

Incline bench press machine:
I have no idea if the weights are as pounds or kilograms.. oh well.
100 x 7
100 x 7

Pullover with a dumbell:
28kg/61.7lbsx 8
30kg/66lbs x 8

Seated Barbell Shoulder press:
40kg/88lbs x 6
40kg/88lbs x 6
40kg/88lbs x 6
40kg/88lbs x 6

Lateral raises (one arm):
14kg/30.8lbs x 8
16kg/35lbs x 8
16kg/88lbs x 8
16kg/88lbs x 8

Upright row on a cable machine:
60kg/132lbs x 8
65kg/143lbs x 8
65kg/143lbs x 8

Rear delts in a reverse pec dec:
35kg/77lbs x 8
40kg/88lbs x 7
40kg/88lbs x 6
35kg/77lbs x 7

Then did some abs on this one new machine. Obliques and basic crunches. 3 sets each side.

That workout is usually really exhausting as well. I do many press type of exercises in my chest workout, and then when you have to start doing shoulders, i'm already pretty tired, so I can't use heavy weights.. Later on i'm gonna change it , that I'm gonna do shoulders first, and then chest.

Only one more workout of the heavy week,, then i'm on to the 20-30 reps week.. sounds scary, especially when I'm thinking about a leg workout. Hahaha. Deep hack squats with 30 reps.... We'll see what will happen.. ;-)

Love,
E

2008-06-02T11:00:00.005+03:00

So, I did the bicep/tricep workout yesterday and woohoo, what a nice workout I had! Added a bit more weight in some exercises, which i'm pretty happy about.

Now this week I have more of a "basic" style workouts, reps from 6-8.

Ez bar Scott bicep curls:
35kg/77lbs x 6
35kg/77lbs x 8
35kg/77lbs x 7
35kg/77lbs x 6

Dumbell Curls:
18kg/39.6lbs x 7
18kg/39.6lbs x 7
18kg/39.6lbs x 8

Hammer curls with a rope
60kg/132lbs x 8
60kg/132lbs x 8

Ez Bar Seated Tricep Extensions
40kg/88lbs x 7
40kg/88lbs x 8
40kg/88lbs x 8
40kg/88lbs x 8

Close grip bench press in a smith machine:
60kg/132lbs x 8
65kg/143lbs x 7
70kg/154lbs x 6

Dips:
I added 5kg/11lbs weight (haha,hey! It's start of something ;)) , so 1st set:
5kg/11lbs x 6
2nd set:
5kg/11lbs x 6

Emma and I had planned, that after the workout we should stay at the gym to practice some posing! Had a lot of fun, and it's cool to do it with a friend, so the other one can tell you if you're doing something wrong and vice versa.
Have to start doing that more often now! Some poses are still pretty hard, but still fun to learn! :) Especially lat spreads... "fortunately" We don't have those poses as mandatory in our competitions in Finland. But it would be cool to learn them though.
Left sided poses still need work as well (i usually do em with my right side) !

Umm...Now i'm starting to feel the effects of my saturday's leg workout...cos they are killing me ! You guys should see me when I try to walk... Hahaha... or maybe you shouldn't.. ;-).. oh well..

Ok, now i need to crawl to the kitchen to get my bowl of fooood~

Love you all !!
*mwah*

XoXo,
Eva

2008-05-31T19:00:00.015+03:00

For the past week i've started to feel like i'm shrinking! LOL, don't you guys laugh there. Really...
shrinking..
musclewise..
Maybe it's because I changed Creatine Ethyl Ester to a basic Monohydrate which makes me look smoother? Maybe it's cos my calorie intake has upped with higher carbs?
Or maybe cos I haven't been able to train that frequently cos of my injuries, so I've just lost the muscle fullness?

So many things are going on in my head... Oh well, I really DO HOPE I'll start to make gains... and that means muscle gains, not fat gains, Lol!

Yesterday both, Emma and I, had a day off, and we decided to hang out together. The Day was awesome; sun was shining and it was like +23 celcius!
I picked up Emma with my car and then we drove to Linnanmäki (Helsinki's amusement park). We didn't go to any vehicles though...

So you can guess what happens when two "bbers" go to a place like that....?

First of all, we pose:

Then we pose some more:

Then when energy levels started to drop... It was time to eat!:

And then the girls had more energy to keep on going....

with the posing...

(sorry girl, couldn't resist ;))

...But not for long... And then we started to get hungry again (of course!) ,and we realized that we're out of food... So we had to leave the park and stop by a grocery store, get something to eat and went to eat them in a coffee house...

So ya, that was pretty much it.. Fun fun day with my girl Emma. I really enjoyed the day. Emma's soo much fun, we're so alike, so we had great time together! :)

Oh man... I did it! Today I finally trained legs again first time in awhile... I've been soo scared cos of the hip/trochanter bursitis /whatever it is , that I haven't been really able to train legs in couple of weeks.
I had to take Emma with me, so I'd have someone to help me,,, someone I trust.

It sucks that I haven't been really able to make progress in my leg workouts for awhile... cos of all this shit i've been going through.. oh well, I hope i'll be able to start growing muscle again.

I was almost like neurotic before starting the smith squats... walking the same path over and over again ,and between sets as well.

But luckily I could do em without pain!

Did like
100kg/220lbs x 8
105kg/231lbs x 8
105kg/231lbs x 8
105kg/231lbs x 8

Then I did Hack squats (full range motion):

60kg/132lbs x 8
70kg/154lbs x 8
80kg/176lbs x 8

Leg press (lightly):

230kg/507lbs x 8
230kg /507lbsx 10
260kg/573lbs x 8

And some leg extensions..

60kg/132lbs x 8
60kg/132lbs x 8

those lightly as well, cos I started to feel pain in my hip...

But.. Tomorrow's one of my fave workouts of the week! Biceps and triceps!
Gotta make these lil guns grow ;-) Lol!

Thanks to all of you, who've sent me nice messages and wishing for my recovery. That's really nice of you, and i'm happy to hear you guys are couraging me and hoping all the best for me. It really makes me feel warm inside to know I have people around me, who support me. So thank you <3

Ok, i'm off to eat now!

XoXo,
E