Meal 4 – cottage cheese with grapefruit or pineapple Meal 5 – post-workout recovery drink Meal 6 – chicken, turkey or fish with vegetables and brown rice Meal 7 – grapefruit and whey protein or low-fat cottage cheese, or egg white omelette
SNAPSHOT
maybe a week of more endurance-based circuit training. I want to improve all aspects of my fitness. “I always eat healthy and train hard
so there is not that much difference between my off-season and pre-contest. I just cut down a little bit on the carbs, keep an eye on my snacks and train hard as always.”
MAIJA’S TRAINING SPLIT Monday: chest, biceps and abs Tuesday: quadriceps, glutes and calves
Wednesday: sprinting, dancing or plyometrics training Thursday: shoulders, calves and abs Friday: back and triceps Saturday: hamstrings and glutes Sunday: rest
MAIJA’S DIET Meal 1 – oats, chocolate whey protein, blueberries and egg white omelette Meal 2 – apple and a handful of nuts Meal 3 – chicken, turkey or fish with broccoli
NAME: Maija Kivela DATE OF BIRTH: 2nd September 1985 PLACE OF BIRTH: Kangasala, Finland LIVES: London HEIGHT: 155 cm (5’ 1”)
WEIGHT: Competition weight 46 kg (101 pounds); off-season 49 kg (108 pounds)
COMPETITION HIGHLIGHT: 2011 FAME UK Bikini Model winner
AMBITION: To go as far as I can, hopefully to professional level one day
TRAINING ADVICE: Lift heavy, keep the intensity and challenge yourself
TO CONTACT:
mandmpersonaltraining@gmail.com
FIGURE MODEL MARIA SCOTLAND
WHO IS SHE? Maria not only has one of the best bodies in the fitness world, she also has one of the best minds. She is an award- winning barrister but although she is confident in court she admits she was a bag of nerves at the prospect of getting on stage in what was her first physique contest. “I have no background in the fitness
industry although I have in the past been an avid gym goer and sometime runner,” she says. “I have never been an athlete and never had a remarkable physique.” Last year she resolved to do some- thing about it. She joined Virgin Active in Crawley, West Sussex, under the guidance of personal trainer Ian Benjamin. Six months to the day later she won the figure class and placed second in the muscle model class at FAME. “I had not appreciated that this was in any way remarkable until people started asking me about my background
in fitness or as an athlete and were incredulous that I had neither,” she says. A photo of previous FAME winner
Linn Hansen inspired Maria. “I thought Linn had a look I could barely dare to dream of imitating,” she says. Never- theless she thought she’d try: she stuck Linn’s picture on her bathroom mirror as motivation to get on stage. “As the competition date loomed large in my diary I was afraid of making a fool of myself so I trained hard and read everything I could get my hands on to learn how to change my body,” says Maria.
Six months later she achieved her goal of being on stage but the best was yet to come. “The figure class judging was done first,” she recalls. “I watched from the back of the stage in the line-up of girls as the third and second place girls were called to the front of stage and my heart sunk and I thought ‘oh no, I haven’t even placed’ and then I heard
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