One of my Figure idols who has inspired me to take up this lifestyle is the great Pauline Nordin. Beautiful, intelligent, really really sweet and not to mention super strong =0)

I really enjoyed this little piece she wrote and I hope you do as well.

(taken from Pauline Nordin's website)
Pauline Nordin's approach

"Little do I care about what is scientifically proven to be the best way to work out, to eat, to sleep, to feel, to be. When I meet up at the beach with the rising sun as my only companion I make myself run, run and run until my heart tells me to slow down. Then I ask my heart 'would you stop if the one you love was dying and you had to run for his life?' I then keep on running, my lungs feel like exploding, I'm on a high.

Every day I go to the gym I'm there to outperform myself. I cannot let myself have doubts. What I ask from my body my body gives back. It doesn't know the word no because I don't recognize the word no when I'm training.
There are no too heavy weights, I just need to keep on trying to lift them. I put my fear aside and get into machine-mode. It's just weights, they won't kill me, they are easy if I want them to be. My muscles and joints cannot see them, they are all blind, so I promise them they can take the load because there is no other way.



Every time I give myself an ultimatum: If I really want to succeed I must lift it, perform the reps I have set up for myself to complete. No way I will give in, I don't like failure. I'm here to win.

I do one-reps or two-reps because I love to lift loaded barbells and heavy dumbbells. I don't care the science says you don't build the most muscle mass that way. I do what I love. I don't need a set schedule, a perfect plan or to count sets. I don't need to feel the burn or isolate any muscle group. Even though I knew it would lead to a better physique I wouldn't change my approach since I have a passion for what I do and how I do it.

I do deadlifts because they mean power to me. I don't listen to those who believe it makes your waist thick. That's bullshit to me. When I squat I get veins popping out of my forehead and I know I'm not beautiful at that time. Could I care less? I'm not there to be beautiful. To me, if I did think about how I look when working out, it would mean I worked out like a sizzy. I'm only concerned with beating my personal best and to show the weights they don't scare me.

I don't follow any diet approaches, I have my own. I never do low-carb or high-fat or no-fat or whatever. I do what I believe in. I don't believe in six meals a day, I believe in starving at some time of the day and enjoy big eats at other times of the day. I will keep on eating extremely large servings of vegetables, take too many different protein blends, amino acids, fish oil capsules, minerals and vitamins that I believe in.
I see myself as a warrior, a fighter. I do what I have to do, what I want to do. I love the need to be disciplined. I love being in charge of my feelings instead of letting them be in charge of me.

I follow my heart, it knows in what direction I must go. I have no plan, only my drive. That and only that is what keeps me going. Pauline

Text by: Pauline Nordin 2006. "

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