Career
Highlights
During 1999, I competed in three Swedish national fitness competitions.
However, I was too hard and vascular for fitness (people told
me to go in for bodybuilding), so therefore I did not place in
top three.
Why
did you become interested in fitness?
I became interested in weight training during the time when I
only trained aerobics, and had to pass by the weight room to get
to my aerobic classes. I began reading bodybuilding magazines
and books, tried out the weights, and I got caught.
When
did you first start working out?
When I was 14 years old.
What
other physical activities do you enjoy to stay fit?
Apart from strength training and cardio on stairmaster/cycle,
I enjoy aerobics and dancing. I have danced since childchoold,
and as a teenager I used to windsurf. Realizing that Sweden is
not a "paradise" for windsurfers, in combination with
that I wanted to get a solid academic education which took all
my time, I had to give the windsurfing up. I enjoy gardening (which
is also good fat-burning) and being in nature.
What
are your goals within the fitness industry?
To be a good role model known for having both "guts and brains"
(please see additional notes). My wish is to combine training
and fitness competitions with own academic research and product
development of dietary supplement for bodybuilding, fitness and
health.
Additional Notes
Since childhood I have always prioritised my education and dreamed
after an academic degree. After having realized as a teenager
the importance of good nutrition for successful progress in training
and well-being, I realized I wanted to learn everything about
the relationship between physical activity, performance, health
and nutrition. I therefore decided to opt for an academic degree
in nutrition, and I presently study nutrition at the Stockholm's
University / Karolinska Institute. I will finish my Nutritionist
studies in the middle of 2004, and thereby I will have a Master
of Science, MSc in nutrition. Thereafter I would like to devote
my time for academic research towards a PhD in nutrition and product
development of dietary supplement for bodybuilding, fitness and
health. This in combination (if possible!) with training for future
competitions in fitness. Through future academic research, I would
like to contribute to development of the dietary supplement industry
in right direction. Even though I have become known for my legs
and glutes after the Fitness competitions in '99, I prefer in
the future to become famous because of my brains. Besides, why
not having it both!!!
Since
2000 I have regularly published articles, scientific reports and
answered questions on nutrition in the Swedish bodybuilding magazine
B&K Sports Magazine. I am also presently writing a book about
the importance of dietary fats for maximal athletic performance
and optimal health and well-being, which I will call "The
Dietary Fat Horror - beyond all myths and misconceptions for maximal
health and performance".
As
a character I am very stubborn and do what I believe is best,
no matter what others around me think or say. If I have decided
to do something, I wont let anything stop me. My friends describe
me as extremely honest, ambitious and targetminded (målinriktad).
When
not studying and training, I like gardening, sewing (both clothes
and curtain arrangements) and decorating my apartment,. I am very
interested in architecture and home furnishing/ interior decoration.
