Klaudia Larson´s diary

Atlantic City Pro show 2007- 2nd Place!!	2007-09-28
HEY!! Wow.. it´s been a YEAR since I wrote anything here.. Well.. to be honest it´s because I am kind of sick and tired of this old look of my website! I have been promised for almost a year now to get a "facelift" done on my site.. But still nothing. It has kind of taken the motivation away from me to care about my website at all. However, today I decided to at least put down a few words in my diary. For all of you who doesn´t already know.. I competed at the 2007 IFBB Atlantic City Pro show, September 15th. And guess what?? I placed 2nd!!!!!!! That was so awesome!!!!! I still find it hard to believe!! I was up against a lot of super-great girls! Many of them has already competed at both the Olympia and the Arnolds! Debbie Bramwell placed 5th, Joanna Thomas 4th, Angela Debatin 3rd, KLAUDIA LARSON ( me!!) 2nd place and winner was Pro debutant; Nicole Ball. I was soooo happy!! I have worked sooo hard this diet!! Not only to get my "ass in shape" but also, as always, to make it financially. It is always a struggle! On top of it all, in the middle of my diet I completely lost all motivation. I guess it was because I have been training alone all diet, and there is no one around where I live who really knows anything about Bodybuilding. No one is training as hard as I do. No one can give me support or help push me at the gym. No one really even understands what it´s like to prepair for a Bodybuilding competition. So for me it is very lonely most of the time. All I can rely on is my self. My will power and determination! One GOOD thing this diet though, is that I had great help planning my training and diet from my dear friend Helly Poetzl, Germany. He and his lovely wife Sue Poetzl have helped me a lot!! Helly is extremely talanted! His knowledge in training, nutrition and how the body works is truly amazing!!( If you ever consider hire a trainer/diet coach, I can warmly recommend him!!) www.crazybody.de I also want to thank Thomas at Scandinavian Supplements for sponsoring me with Nutritional Supplements. The products can be seen at Proteinbutiken . Here are a few links where you can view pics from the show and listen to Dave Palumbo doing an interview with Steve Wennerstrom and hear them talk about me and my potential! Photos: Gene X Hwang Photos: Bill Comstock Atlantic City Pro show, Womens Wrapup And, for the Swedish fans and readers, you can read articles about me, which was published in the local daily news paper, one before and one after the competition. Article 1 Article 2 You can also go to Radio Dalarna. Direktsänd Intervju Klaudia Larson and hear a live interview with me - sent in local radio September 24th. You click at the file clip from the time 11.00-11.30. Next up for me will most likely be to apply for the Arnolds 2008 and hope to get the invitation!! Wish me luck!!! My greatest wish at he moment is find a strong sponsor to help me out financially. My ultimate dream is to be able to focus 100% on my training and Bodybuilding carrer without having to struggle to make it financially for each show and constantly worry about money. To actually be able to make a living on being a Professional Bodybuilder is my highest wish! Any companies interested of signing me for a sponsor contract are most welcome to contact me and tell me more about what you can offer. Of course also private persons willing to help out in any way, or if you have any advice or suggestions, you are very welcome to contact me with your ideas. Take care of yourself and your loved ones! Best wishes, Klaudia Larson

Contact form is working again!!	2006-10-27
My webform/contact has been out of order for a long time. Butnow it finally is working again!

Interview/Profile of me	2006-10-03
You can find an Interview of me, made by my friend Jonathan Landau on his website. Click on the link: Interview Klaudia Larson

Atlantic City next	2006-09-16
Hey everyone! Only a couple of days to go, then I´m off to USA again. This time to compete at the IFBB Atlantic City show, September 23rd. My very good friend Micke at MT Motionscenter is still giving me a lot of great support, sending me encouraging messages on my cellphone and by email. Thank You Micke!! It means a lot to me! I will probably not be able to get any higher placing this time either.. Still only 1 weightclass and it looks like it´s going to be a BIIIG line up in Atlantic City!! I reccon about 25-30 competitors will show up. And a lot of great women!! Big names and some of them are already qualified for the Ms Olympia! But I will do my best as always. As I am still a beginner in the Pro field I need all the experience I can get and hopefully I will at least be able to improve myself for each time I compete. As I said about the Europa Supershow- my placing wasn´t all that good there- but I got so much great feedback, a lot of positive comments and compliments from both audience and photographers which made it all worth while and made me feel very happy! I hope some of my fans will be able to show up and cheer for me!! I´ll need that! ;) Thanks in advance!! see you in Atlanctic City... Hugs, Klaudia

Back from Europa Supershow 2006	2006-09-02
Hello!! I´m back home from the Europa Supershow 2006 , Arlington, Texas. Placingwise it was no great success for me. But there was a lot of talk about screwed up judging at this years show.. Although it would probably not have made all that much of a difference for me, even if the judging would have been fair. But I do feel sorry for those girls who should have been in the top and instead ended up with bad placings. I got so much great feedback and compliments from other athletes, audience and photographers so I am very happy anyway!! Pictures from the competition can been seen on these sites: Graphic Muscle.com Hard Fitness.com Hard Fitness.com FT Video.com Femuscle.com Femuscle.com See you all in Atlantic City!! Love, Klaudia

Training and diet so far...	2006-07-28
Oh my god! Time sure goes by quickly now!!!!! Only 4 weeks out to the Europa Supershow!!!! Diet is going good so far. My legs are giving me a hard time though.. They simply REFUSE to let go of that last bit of fat!! And still hold a lot of water too. So at this point they are still looking pretty soft... My friend Binais have put up a thread about my preparations on Body Forum. (It´s a Swedish forum but everyone understands English too!) Thank You Binais! The support I get from people in this thread have been such a great help for me!!! Yesterday I was training in Avesta at Mickes gym: MT Motionscenter , together with my longtime and very good friend Danne (owner of Workoutcenter in Gävle). It was very nice to get some variation in my training. Not the absolute top best of workouts... it was SOO hot at the gym! We were sweating like pigs, so it was difficult to get that super pumped feeling.. And hard to perform 100 %!! But we did our best. And it was very nice to meet Micke and Danne! Thank you Micke for letting us train there! And thank you Danne for the workout!! Hugz, Klaudia

Down...and Up!	2006-06-29
Hello everyone! My diet is coming a long pretty good. Slowly, but in the right direction! Last week I got stuck and I was feeling very low and depressed and a total lack of motivation!! But luckily my friend Fredrik came to the rescue.. This week I have had the GREAT pleasure of training with him for a few days in a row, and he even made me company on my morning cardio!! WOW!! What a difference that made!! It really gave me the boost I so desperately needed! I am feeling a lot happier now and much more motivated. Thank you Fredrik for these days!!! A thousand kisses and hugs to you sweetie! Lets just hope I will manage to stay this happy and motivated, although I will have to go back to training alone again now. . . I wish you all a great summer! love, Klaudia

My diet has started!	2006-05-23
Finally I am getting back on track This weekend was EXHAUSTING I tell you!! I was totally whacked yesterday!!! My plan was to start my diet yesterday.. but I just couldn´t do it! I was soooo tired, my body was shaking and aching all over!! No sleep and no training and very bad food for 3 days. . . NOT good for the body! But after sleeping a couple of extra hours in the afternoon yesterday, I was ready to go to the gym again. I had the GREAT pleasure of training together with my dear friends Per Juhl (Swedish Heavyweight Bodybuilding Champion) and Eva Linda Karlsson (Swedish Body Fitness Champion). Per and I did back and abs together. It turned out to be a super great workout!! THANK YOU Per for all your help at the gym and for giving me a treatment afterwards!!!!! (Per is practising Chiropractic) You are the best!! Eva Linda was just doing some exercises for the whole body. . she is going to compete at the European Championships in Viterbo, Italy next weekend! (GOOD LUCK SWEETIE!!) Hugs and kisses to both of you!!

Chiropractor	2006-05-02
This weekend I had some serious pain in my neck, back and head! After 3 days and still no improvement I realized I had to go to the Chiropractor. I called my long time friend Dan Doverdal at Borlänge Kiropraktik , and he promised to have a look at me - although it was Sunday. (Thank You Dan!!) Dan is a super Chiropractor! I don´t think there´s anything he can´t fix. I will start seeing him more often now. Especially during the diet, (as you put more stress to your body with hard training PLUS all that cardio), it is important to keep everything in check. Today I feel a lot better, but still some pain in my neck is still there. But they say it usually takes a couple of days for it all to settle after a treatment. And especially as it was a LOT going on in both my back and neck this time! I wish you all a great week. Take care, Klaudia

Congratulations Binais!!	2006-04-23
Binais won Orange County Muscle Classic! Almost took the Overall too.. only one point from making it. Big hug and kisses to you my friend! Binais Begovic GraphicMuscle ContestResults

My friend Binais Begovic going to USA!	2006-04-13
My dear friend Binais Begovic (Swedish Bodybuilder), is going to compete next weekend at the Orange County Muscle Classic, in Anaheim , California. I will keep all my fingers and toes crossed for him! Not only has he been working his ass off at the gym and struggling with a hard diet… he is also such an extremely nice person! That´s why I really hope he will get great success “over there”! He really deserves it. I wish him ALL the best of luck!!!!!

Thank You Lelle & Kaj!	2006-04-04
Lelle at MM Sports helped me today to make some improvements on my website! Well, actually she had help from their webmaster Kaj.. But still, it was all thanks to Lelle I got all this stuff done!! (Links and banners put up, and adjusted in size... Small things like that, but still things that makes the site look so much better!) THANK YOU SO MUCH Lelle and Kaj!!!!! Hugs & Kisses to both of you!! Lelle is not only working for MM sports. She is also an AWESOME photographer!! To check out her work go to: www.pressphoto.se

Training at MT motionscenter	2006-03-30
Hey everyone! Training is going good! Last weekend I was visiting my friend Micke at MT Motionscenter in Avesta. I had a very good workout there and I also got many good advice from Micke. (THANK YOU MICKE!!) He really is very knowledgeable in both training and nutrition! Among many other things, he told me to start using Vitargo after each workout. I have heard a lot about Vitargo many times before. But mostly it has been people using it during carbloading before a competition. But now he made me realize Vitargo is great to use all year around, (even during diet!) directly after training, to give the muscles what they need to enable a quick recovery! Vitargo is a unique type of carbohydrate, specially designed for elite athletes! Quite superior ALL other carbohydrates!! You can not compare it to anything else. To read more about Vitargo, go here: Productinfo-Vitargo

Worries and troubles	2006-01-30
Hey you all! Things are moving a bit slow now... Still no members section.. and no updates for a long time.. I appologize for that!!! I just recently found out that there will only be ONE weight class for us Female Bodybuilders at this years´shows! I thought it was only at the Ms Olympia they only had one category, and still going to be 2 weight classes at the other shows.. but this is not he case. One class only, at both the Europa Show and the Atlantic City show. This really sucks. It is not easy for us lightweights to have to go up against the heavy weights! As for me I was hoping to be able to improve my placing from last year.. but it feels like I lost that chance now... Well, there is not much to do about it. We just have to go on doing our thing and try to have some fun at least anyway! Sure, one change to the better this year, is that 3 girls will qualify to the Ms O, instead of 2 last year.. but still.... Doesn´t make it any easier for us light weights though. (yes, I know, it is not IMPOSSIBLE for a light weight to beat a heavy weight.. but VERY hard!!! It´s almost like you need to be twice as good to be able to do that) Sorry for sounding pessimistic.. I´m sure I´ll feel better soon. Maybe it´s the darkness in this country too... Ever lasting snow and cold!! (hate it!) Also my boyfriend is going to start studying in another town, so he will have to be away all weeks, and will only come home at weekends. I´m happy for him he got accepted of course.. but still sad to be left alone all weeks and most of all I will have to train by myself!!! Also, this means he cannot go with me to my competitions this fall. I have noone to go with me and help me at the competitions now! =/ I´m sure this will work out somehow.. It´s still plenty of time to go! But right now this it what it feels like! Only troubles and worries. I promise to be more cheerful next time I write!! ;)) Lots of love to you all! Take care of eachother! Klaudia

Back to the gym	2005-11-19
Hey all fans and friends! I haven´t been able to go to the gym for 2 weeks now, because of a damn cold or the flu or whatever it was that didn´t seem to want to let go. I have been coughing all through the nights so I haven´t had a good nights sleep for almost 2 weeks now.. And not getting enough sleep it´s not that easy to recover and get well either... But today, finally I´m starting to feel well enough to be able to try a workout at the gym. I will go easy though. Don´t want to get a setback on this. I have discovered a new awesome Nutritional Supplement based on Seeweed. This is an amazing product for everyone! Whether you are training or not! Read more about this in the News section. Stay away from colds and "flus"...!! Keep warm! (Lucky all of you who never have to deal with winter....) Hugz, Klaudia

Fitparade 2005 Debrecen Hungary	2005-11-08
Hi everybody!! My trip to Hungary was great! Well, to be honest, the actual trip to get there was pretty hard.. Delayed flights and long waiting at the airports.. I got up at 4AM Friday morning, started my travel to get to Arlanda airport, Stockholm at 5Am and arrived at the Sport hotel in Debrecen about 11.30PM!! But besides that I had so much fun and I am so grateful for being invited to the Fitparade by Ildiko Buranits and her husband!! I would very much like to be back next year again if I have the chance. I met a lot of nice people and made some new friends. Unfortunately I was very tired because of my long travel time, and also I was very nervous before my guest posing.. But I don´t regret for one second I went!! It was absolutely worth it!! Other invited star guests at the event was Flex Wheeler, Timea Majorova and Roland Kickinger. Invited guest posers was me, IFBB Fitness Pro Eszter Ováry and IFBB Bodybuilding Pro Mustafa Muhammed. See picture gallery for photos from the show! Also visit these sites to see photos from the event! www.BodyBuilder.hu www.BodyBuilder.hu KlaudiaGallery www.Profitness.hu

Winter...	2005-10-23
Hey everyone! The first snow fell yesterday.... TAKE ME AWAY FROM HERE!! I hate this! The Snow. The Cold. The Darkness. I could take it if it was for 2 months or so. December and January could be winter and snowy. That would be okey. But as it is now, winter time in Sweden is WAY too long!! I already long for summer and sun again! A great thing is coming up soon though.. Thanks to my very dear friend Andy, at AndysMuscleGoddesses , I will have a members section added to my site within a month or so! I am so looking forward to this!! Next weekend is the Swedish Nationals. This year it´s held in Gothenburg. I will try to be there. But I´m not 100% sure yet.. Well, I´m off to the gym in a bit. Legs today! Take care y´all! hugs, Klaudia

Back home from Arlington,Texas!	2005-09-27
I am back home in Sweden again. Tired!!!! All I want right now is SLEEP!!!!! I placed 6th out of 12 at the competition. (One was disqualified due to a misunderstanding during the prejudging) I know what I need to improve to make a better placing next time. But the competition was very well organized and I had a great stay in Arlington. I got a chance to try out the Metroflex gym and had the great pleasure to meet Brian Dobson in person! (thanks Brian for letting us train for free!) I will come up with photos from the competition as soon as possible! Meanwhile you can see photos at following sites: www.HardfitnessEuropaShow2005 www.Femuscle EuropaShow2005 Got to get some sleep now... ZZzzzZZzzzzz....... Take care!! love, Klaudia

Got a cold!! 2 weeks out!!	2005-08-26
Typicall! Only 2 weeks to go now.. And I woke up this morning with a sore throat! I have got a cold!! F....ck!! I really needed these last weeks to do heavy training and lots of cardio! But as it is now I don´t dare to do either. I don´t want to risk getting even worse.. Nothing else to do but accept the way it is and wait.. Well, I can practise some posing anyway.. Wish you all a nice weekend! Klaudia

Diet....	2005-08-01
Hello everyone! First of all I must appologize for no updates in a long time. My webmaster have been extremely busy. But it´s coming.. Hopefully later on this week! Some news and some new photos. Personally I could really need a boost in self confidence right now!! As usual on a diet my self confidence is getting very low.. I keep beating myself up for not being good enough!! Some days I can feel a little better, but the very next day I think I look like crap again... I feel tiny, small, in bad shape.. you name it! Times like these I can´t tell you how much it means to get encouraging letters from you out there. To see that I have people actually calling themselves fans of mine!! That´s awesome!! Thank you so much!! Love and hugz, Klaudia

“Up to date report”…..	2005-06-08
As you might have seen on my “News section” I have now booked flight and hotel for my trip to Arlington in September. Feels great to have it all set. Now I know for sure that, even if I for some reason wont be able to compete, I will go there anyway, to watch the show, and to do some photo shoots. But, don´t get me wrong… I will do whatever is in my power to get in shape and to make it to the competition!! My shoulder still hurts. Went to a doctor yesterday, but he didn´t do or say much. Guess I´ll have to live with this. Lately I had some problems with my guestbook. But now I have a brand new one. A better one! ( Thank you Patrik!! ) Oh, and I have a new sponsor now! Eiselt or Farmacia (it´s the same owner). Gotta go now, to meet a friend!! Take care!!!! Love, Klaudia

NOGP 2005	2005-05-04
Hi there, I am back at the gym again! Feels great! Of course I cannot do any heavy weights yet, but the shoulder is getting better and better. This weekend I was in Västerås at this years NOGP. (Nutrition Outlet Grand Prix) I was handing out the prizes in the womens class, together with Flex Wheeler. Only 5 ladies came to start this year. Unfortunately one of them(Lena Hedblad) had to quit since she fainted on stage. Too bad for her, cause she was better this year than last year. My personal favorite, Anne Grethe Torgensen placed 2nd. I love her physique. Very symmetric, with a slim waist. But she should have been a bit harder.. Last years 4th placewas this years winner : Sissel Lyngvaer. She really has some amazing abs!! And she was in a great shape! This year she had managed to improve her symmetry some what, by toning down her upper body, but I still think she needs just a little more mass on her legs to be complete. I talked to Sissel afterwards, but she didn´t seem to be hundred procent sure if she will take the Pro Card or choose to stay as an amateur. Either way: Congratulations big time Sissel!!!

USA Private Trainers Association!!	2005-04-22
More very good news... I have been contacted by Pauliina Talus, IFBB Pro, she invited me to join their association, called USA Private Trainers Association. Please go to their website to read more!! www.usapta.com I will be working as a Director/Examiner, mainly here in Sweden. (in other words, I will be the one in charge of the Practical Test for those who wish to have their test done here in Sweden) So, all of you who are interested in getting one of USAPTA:s certificates, as a Personal Trainer, don´t hesitate... Go to www.usapta.com to read more about how to apply. You pay the fee through their website,and then you will be provided with all nessecary material for the studying. (There are several specializations to choose from) Finally, when studies are done, you will have one theoretical test and one practical test done in order to achieve your certificate. The practical test is done by me. Contact info will be available on both USPTA:s website and on my own website. all the best, Klaudia

Surgery Done!	2005-04-22
Hello! Happy to tell the surgery went well! I´m a bit sore in my shoulder now of course. But not that bad. I feel restless already..since I haven´t been to the gym for four days now. Eager to find out if the shoulder will feel better when I start training again. I really hope so!! Take care! Klaudia

Shoulder surgery!!	2005-04-18
Hi everybody! This week, on Thursday I am going to Stockholm to have an Arthroscopic surgery done on my left shoulder. I´ve been loking forward to this, but now when it´s time I´m starting to get a bit nervous... since I have to be put to sleep during the operation. Also I hope I´ll be back at the gym SOON!!! Wish me luck. . . God bless y´all hugz, Klaudia

Wednesday	2005-03-16
Just came back home from Stockholm. I´ve been there to have an MRI scan done on my left shoulder. They told me it will take about 3 weeks to get the final answers from the scan (X-ray). I really hope they will find what the fault is! But I also hope it won´t be a serious problem... As it is now, I do work out of course! But the pain in my shoulder somewhat limits what kind of exercises I can do and it also forces me to use lighter weights. I keep my fingers crossed and hope it will be something easy to fix!! Wish you all the best! Love, Klaudia

Been a while....	2005-01-27
Hi everyone, must give you some lines in the diary! Long time since I wrote anything! I´m pretty sure now my first Pro competition will be in September. Promise to tell when I know for sure. Training is going well, but I´m suffering from severe pain in my forearms that some days stop me from doing the weights and exercises I want to. Suspecting some kind of compartement syndrome.. I´m trying to find help with that. Updates are coming up on my site, hopefully SOON! I actually have two webguys, but unfortunately both of them have been very busy lately. Still trying hard to find sponsors. All help is extremely appreciated! (Gifts, such as workout clothes, shoes, nutrition supplements, or financial support..) I am about to arrange a donation system on my website, so all of you who like what I do, and are willing to help me out and want to support me, can send donations securely via my site. I choose to keep my site free,( no paysite ), and instead provide a possibility for volonteers to give donations of optional amount. I´m already worried about how to afford the trip and stay costs (fight & hotel) to USA when it´s time to compete.. I will probably have to stand for all costs myself. What else is new?? Oh! Yes..I got me another cat! This time a little boy kitten, called Bruno. Also a Cornish Rex of course!! It´took two days for Simsalabim to accept him. Now they are the best of friends! I sure hope I can be back real soon and give you some updates!! Stay happy & healthy! best wishes, Klaudia

Tuesday	2004-12-14
Hello all my friends and fans!! First of all, thank you for all your encouraging e-mails! Hope you´re all doing great and that you have been nice and kind, so you will get a lot of Christmas gifts from Santa!! ; ) Yesterday I got mail from IFBB. It was some news concerning competitions and rules and…. My Pro Card!! It sure was a nice feeling to finally have the actual card in my hand!!! =) I´ve also send some pictures for an update to my webmaster today. I hope he will have time to put them in my Photo gallery soon.. Other than that there are no big news for the moment. Christmas coming up! (and so is my Birthday.. 26th December!) With a lot of food of course!! I will try though not to get too carried away by all the goodies on the Christmas dinner table. Since I still don´t know when I´m going to compete. It might be already in Spring. And if so, I´d better start dieting as soon as possible. Take care! Best wishes, Klaudia

This weekend I got a baby!!	2004-11-08
Hey you guys! Hope you´re all doin´great! I am happy as can be!! I´ve been planning for a while now to get me a kitten again.. and last week I finally found my little sweetheart. She is a little Cornish Rex called "Simsalabim" (that is "Abracadabra" in Swedish...).. Although she´s only been living here for less than a week ( I brought her home from Stockholm Friday 5th Nov) she has already settled in here very well. But, she LOVES feet!! Early every morning she attackes the first foot she catches sight of. Cute, in a way.. but it sure HURTS when she grabs on with her sharp claws and teeth. It feels great though to have a cat in the house again! I have had cats around me since I was little. They sure brings a lot of joy! Pictures of my little baby will come within a week or so, in the photo gallery. Bye for now. Love&hugz, Klaudia

Thursday	2004-09-30
Hi everyone! Sorry, my diary have been empty for a while now.. I don´t intend to write every day anyway, but I´ll try to do it every now and then to let my faithful fans know what´s up in my life. As for now I have no contest coming up. Except for one guestperformance I´ll do in early November in London, my main goal now is just to workout really heavy, in order to gain some extra pounds of muscles. Recently I started doing benchpresses and squats again. ( It´s been quite a while since I did those exercises! But I like them! ) Especially off season, when you cannot see any differences in the way you look.. it´s fun to see quick results in other ways, as you get stronger and stronger for every week. Keep pumping and stay happy and healthy!! Love and hugz, Klaudia Larson.