2013THE AMAZING
Palmares:
Biography
Born :12 October 1978
Place of birth: Braila, Romania
Current living in : Denver, Colorado
2013 Ms Olympia - 2nd
2012 Ms Olympia - 4th
2012 Ms International Arnold Classic - 3rd
2011 Ms Olympia - 5th
2011 Ms International Arnold Classic - 3rd
2010 Ms. International Arnold Classic- 8th
2008 IFBB Worlds Santa Susanna, first heavyweight & overall. Got the pro card
2007 NABBA Miss Universe, Miss Physique class 1st
2006 Grand Prix Due Torri, Bologna, Italy 1st
2005 Women’s European Championship, Yalta, Ukraine - 5th
2005 Mixed Pairs European Championship with Angelo Alexa - 2nd
2004 IFBB European Championship, heavyweight, Tavira,Portugal-2nd
2003 IFBB Romanian National Championship, middleweight 1st
2000 IFBB Romanian National Championship, heavyweight 3rd
OCCUPATION: IFBB Pro BB and personal trainer
BIRTH PLACE: Romania
HEIGHT: 5'6" (168cm)
BICEPS: 17, 16.3 contest
BACK: 47 (120cm)
THIGHS: 26.8, 24.8 contest
CALVES: 17 (43 cm)
WEIGHT: 181 lbs , 165lbs contest
SQUAT: 375 lbs(170 kg) x 4-6 reps
BENCH:65 lbs 242 lbs (110 kg) x 4-6 reps
BICEPS CURL: (30 kg) each arm x 3 reps
DEADLIFT: 308 lbs (140kg)x 8 reps
BEST BODY PART: Shoulders
LEAST BODY PART: Calves
FAVORITE EXERCISE: Lateral raises & squats
LEAST FAV. EXERCISE: Lunges
MY STORY
Ever since I ever knew I was the very active, sportive kind of kid. I had endless energy resources and I loved sports. I began with some track when I was 12 years old. I didn’t do competitions in track and field but in my summer holidays I used to train 2 times a day, about 3 hours each time. I loved to sprint and didn’t like the long distance races. Starting with 15 I started to attend aerobics classes and I loved the fitness part of it, working with weights. At 18 I entered the gym in my native town just to keep fit and lose some weight. That was the moment I fell in love with bodybuilding. I remember, upon starting to go to the little gym in my quiet native town, I began to read the little thin bodybuilding magazines that I could find on the Romanian market at that time. The competition movement in Romanian bodybuilding was kind of poor at that time, but I remember one girl in the gym getting ready for a National Junior Championship…and I admit I felt admiration for her and I wished I had her muscles . I kept on training for the next two years until one day I entered another gym in another town, where I was a student, and the trainer there saw my potential and suggested to me I should train to compete. I’ll never forget how honored I felt…and how happy. So I guess I would have liked to compete but I didn’t manage till I got someone to support me and help me.
MY TRAINING
I train 5 days a week, one muscle group a day; I train heavy all the time, except for the legs that I train with low weight but high reps when I get ready for a competition. Usually in off season I try to stay as little as possible in the gym, like 50 minutes or 1 hour maximum and work with high intensity. The main differences between training in off season and training for a competition is, that I change the diet , train my legs with higher reps and also perform some cardio, any type, except I hate to run.
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