The project goes on meaning Pro Bodybuilding Weekly Championship in 8th of august. I decided to compete as soon as possible again and correct the mistakes I did at New York Pro. My condition is also going to be much more defined. Hardest training will now be in posing, which has already begun. The official diet I´ll begin at 22th of June which means 7 weeks of dieting. It´s going to be short but the package is quite good to begin with. Im already in a little bit better shape than before last competition, but I did continue working at the gym immediately after returning home from New York Pro. Munchies I left in New York, so only a couple of days of delicous food before returning back to the body-monk-lifestyle.

I´ve got more sponsors in addition to my main sponsors for this Misison Tampa-project which allows me to compete there. Big thanks go to UFS Petri Tykkä and GASP and other supporters. All the supporters will be revealed and thanked after the project starts up.

Mission Tampa project will be followed in my blog and of course Pakkotoisto.com forum. Now we will take posing shots every week in the same place, same day of the week, with the same camera, same photographer and the same poses every time in order to achieve nicely comparable pictures.

This week has been training as usual with 60mins of aerobic training per day. Calories 4000 kcal per day.

Photos taken 29th May @ the PowerHouse Gym. Photos by  Ville Rekola

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On Saturday I was in Kuopio Gasp Hardcore Day @ Body Action-store….

There were of course photos and Bull signature t-shirts.

Rest sucks, back to training at full power … I do not know anyone who is just resting and growing!

On coming week I will reveal more about future plans and competitions.

Today was a day of intense arm-training  @ Powerhouse Gym.

Bodyweight is 275lbs

Debut has been seen through. Goal was to place in the top 15, which was not quite achieved. I can only blame me and my inexperience… I was happy with the condition achieved and felt really good. In the competitor meeting some nervousness started to arise, frankly, the feeling was surreal. It was quite weird to pump up the muscle and prepare for the competition, when Markus Ruhl, Silvio Samuel, Dennis James, David Henry etc was right next to me. This finnish guy was a bit awed.

In the first round I totally overdid my posing and basically forgot everything that I had learned, and it showed… Even I could notice it myself. Overtrying set me back quite alot. When you add the major mistake with the posing oil, which made me look softer than I was, the road was clearly closed from that point on. Bye bye to the finals.
The evening competition then went much better and my condition was better aswell. Nothing could be won from the evening competition, but I still wanted to give it my best shot and prepared 100%.

The competition was great and taught me alot. Now it´s time to break down the diet and make new plans for training and competing. I cannot yet name an exact date when I am going compete next time, but one thing is for sure, I am going to compete many times yet to come.

Now training is continuing normally and motivation is higher than ever. More info about future contest and plans as soon as decisions are made.

Photo from evening competition at New York Pro 2009.

Stretching, and pose .. and the rest:)
Bodyweight 270 lbs

Photo: Ville Rekola

A long project is coming to it´s climax. The work is done and now it´s offiicially time for the final tuning for NY Pro show.
Workouts and and aerobic training was followed through normally the past week. A little less sets at the gym, but intensity was still held high which means 17 weeks of hardcore training altogether and to be honest, It is starting to feel. Well… lighter sets and resting weeks are for sissies.

Lower body was massaged on wednesday and upper body on thursday. On saturday it was time to manipulate all the fascias so the whole body will be ready for the forthcoming mission!

Pictures are taken in the HC-bodybuilding mecca of Tampere, Powerhouse Gym from saturday after arms workout, the body is emptier than ever.

Photos: Ville Rekola

23.5.2009  Gasp Hardcore day @ Body Action store, Kuopio, Promotion

…..BE THERE!!!