Marina is competing at the IFBB Pro Qualifier, Burneika Sports Festival in Warsaw, Poland, this weekend. She has finished Prejudge, and is through to the Finals tomorrow!
She is in Physique, but is also trying Figure this weekend. It is the first time she has worn high heels on stage since 2007!
If you are a fan of Marina's, you will know that she turned Pro in the IFBB Elite organisation this year. Elite is not keen on the dryer look, and Marina likes to do the job well, and look muscular and feminine. So she has decided to try Pro League, which prefers a dryer look, and still embraces bodybuilding, more than Elite, which prefers Bikini and Wellness.
She is back to the sort of size she was in when she won her weight at the Arnold Amateur International in 2011. That is how Physique and Figure have now caught up with FBB, that Marina must now reach this level in order to stand a chance of becoming a Pro, in IFBB Pro League.
Marina says today has been tough, as the show has not been running smoothly, with Athletes told to be at the event hours before they go on stage, and the event hall is very cold, so staying pumped and vascular is very hard for the athletes.
I am hoping Marina will tell you more herself, but the hours she puts in at work, plus her training, mean she has little time to come onto the forum.
A question was raised about her stats. A few for you from what she told me yesterday.
She is competing today at 56kg. When she won the 2011 Arnold, she was 57Kg. BUT she was drier in 2011, so she is not yet back to 2011 form.
When she won the German Champs in 2016, her first win in Physique, she was 53Kg, and a bit drier.
Her Biceps are at their biggest ever at 34cm. But, she is not as dry as she would like. So, she is happy with her improvements, and having had a year off last year, and also this is a hobby rather than a full time sport like so many she is competing against, it is a remarkable achievement.
We wish her good luck for tomorrow!
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