Maria Mikola - IFBB PRO

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Originally Posted by gregdoucette

Very attractive in the offseason pics, I dont think people realize how rough dehydrating can be on your face. Sometimes a really dieted and dehydrated bodybuilder can be made to look much older on stage but very attractive girls will often lose that sexy appearance the day of the show simply from being dehydrated. No one looks the way they do on stage for most of the year so in my view its better to look good year round then just for one day. I'd rather date a bodybuilder who looks hot all the time except when really dieted then a fatter girl who only looks good on stage 1 day of the year.

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Hi Greg!

Um, most of those pics are competition pics where it was either the day of or the day after the show. I don't particularly like the last ones of me in my red suit at the Canadians though. I think I pulled back my hair too tight LOL

But you are right, being dehydrated does change a person's look in their face.

Added another couple of pics that I find nice.

http://www.canadabodybuilding.com/fo...1&d=1264223981 http://www.canadabodybuilding.com/fo...1&d=1264223981

I particularly like these last ones! :) This one too.

http://www.canadabodybuilding.com/fo...1&d=1264224918

Nice. Added it to the beginning of the thread too.

I'm waiting for Andrea err Andre to join us again and back up this opinion.

wow STRIATIONS or what!!!! Im hooked! :)

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Originally Posted by natenator

I'm waiting for Andrea err Andre to join us again and back up this opinion.

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Yeah, I'm waiting for him to answer my question. LOL

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Originally Posted by GYMBRAT

wow STRIATIONS or what!!!! Im hooked! :)

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Thanks. LOL

Do you still bulk and then cut and so forth?Or do you just maintain instead.At what bf% do you like staying year round?

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Originally Posted by rickyboy36

Do you still bulk and then cut and so forth?Or do you just maintain instead.At what bf% do you like staying year round?

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Yes, I do have an off season more then I'd like sometimes. I use to have my bf measured but I don't anymore so I don't really know what I'm at. I go by how I look now. Every year is different for me too, some years I put on a little more then others. It depends on what shows I'm going to do and how close I want to stay for competition.

Congratulations on attaining your IFBB Pro Card this past weekend!!!!

I always wished Maria would have discussed how her gymnastics influenced bodybuilding.

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Originally Posted by MuSuLPhReAk

Congratulations on attaining your IFBB Pro Card this past weekend!!!!

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Thank you so much, MuSuLPhReAk!!!

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Originally Posted by cog

I always wished Maria would have discussed how her gymnastics influenced bodybuilding.

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Cog, all you had to do was ask!! My gymnastics had influenced my bodybuilding. It gave me a very good base to start with!! Since a lot of our conditioning was done with our own body weight such as chin ups, dips, push ups, lunges, sit ups, etc. a lot if the skills on bars were more upper body work. Just the kip alone worked the lats, cast to handstands worked the shoulders. , for example.

Then when I started weight training, since I had the strength and the discipline for the sport, I always pushed to get bigger and stronger, that coupled with my genetics really helped!

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Originally Posted by Maria

Cog, all you had to do was ask!! My gymnastics had influenced my bodybuilding. It gave me a very good base to start with!! Since a lot of our conditioning was done with our own body weight such as chin ups, dips, push ups, lunges, sit ups, etc. a lot if the skills on bars were more upper body work. Just the kip alone worked the lats, cast to handstands worked the shoulders. , for example.

Then when I started weight training, since I had the strength and the discipline for the sport, I always pushed to get bigger and stronger, that coupled with my genetics really helped!

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Thanks for the reply.Myself,I believe some of these movements should be done occasionally at least,front lever puts a lot of stress on the tris for instance.Some people here would consider this heresy.:)