I’ve had a great time here in Finland. I like real winter! After 2 weeks of rain Stuttgart looked pretty dark and cold. It is quite nice here with white ground and sunshine. I arrived on Monday at 14 pm after 14 hours of traveling. First I needed to take a train and then I continued my trip with a bus. At 5 am I was in Frankfurt – Hahn and my flight was late so it departed at 11 am. For the first time I actually missed Finland. I almost started to cry when I saw all those beautiful views when we landed. The day was perfect – cold and bright.  

Friend of mine – Toni – picked me up from the airport and I was finally back at home, but I was very tired. I slept 4 hours, visited a supermarket and continued my dreams. I was feeling a bit ill because it was cold and I was tired, but it was gone when I woke up next morning. I was still pretty tired and I woke up at 3 pm :)  I decided not to go training and just started x-mas cleaning instead :) I have a habit of cleaning my apartment from corner to corner every x-mas. I love that. It is good to throw away all papers you don´t need anymore and clean every closet. After long autumn it is both mentally and physically very refreshing.

So again I woke up on Wednesday at 2 pm and continued cleaning. And hey! I also trained.

Wednesday 15.12.

warm-up

– some weightlifting stuff

Squat

– 6×40, 6x 60, 2x 80, 2x 100, 2x 115

– 3x3x 125

BP

– 5x 20,30,40,50, 2x 60, 2x 67,5

– 3x3x 72,5

Military press

– some sets..

Clean and jerk

– some reps with 60-70

French Bench Press

– 4x 32, 2x6x 27

Exercise Wheel

– 3 sets

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Here is a photo from my Uni gym in Finland. (in the Middle :D  Jukka ) After training I walked back to my apartment. Here is some  pics of the house I live in Finland..

I actually tried to wake-up early on Thursday. I had some stuff to do for school. And I was very hard-working :) I went also training!

Thursday 17.12.

Deadlift

– 6x 60,80,100

– 3x10x 120

Conventional DL

– 8x 100

Pull-ups

– 3x6x

Sit-ups

– 3x10x 20kg

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After training I went to do some x-mas shopping :) And I also went to see my parents. I haven´t seen them since Worlds. So it was so great to see my mum and dad. They live in a little town in Finland. Btw, they had bought a reindeer! 

It was only a little visit and I came back to Tampere today.

Friday 17.12.

Squat

– 2x10x 20, 6x 40, 4x 60, 2x 80, 2x 100, 2x 115

– 4x4x 125

BP

– 6x 20,30,40,50, 2x 60, 2x 67,5

– 4x4x 72,5 (very light)

Futsal

– 1 hour

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I was planning to go to Helsinki tomorrow because my old Futsal team plays there, but I think I need to rest if I wanna be ready for tough training next week. Maybe I will go to gym to do some box squats :)  My friends will visit tomorrow and I have promised to cook something. I try to take some pics and write something about Finland tomorrow :) Now I need to continue my cleaning project!

– Anni