Ruta’s Quest for the Best - Prep for Figure 2015

[rutka]

Welcome fit people

About me:
Name: Ruta

Stats:
Age: 35
Height: 5'2''
Weight: 110lbs / 165lbs (offseason - proper fatso )

Background:
Lithuanian, lived in Great Britain for 8 years, now live in La Jolla, California

Construction Engineer / Highways Engineer

Used to do gymnastics for 7 years, had a nasty head injury back in 1997 which put me on bed for 6 months,
became fat teen and joined local underground bodybuilding club to lose weight (fitness clubs and gyms weren't as popular back then in LT as it is now).

loved it, lost half of my weight in good three months and after travelling and helping big guys during comps my first coach convinced me to try my luck at local show qualifier,
that was back in 2003 was 3rd out of 5 which gave some motivation till now will drop few pics


Best achievements so far:

WFF International Worlds in 2004 - 2nd, in 2005 - 3rd
British Finals in 2011 - 4th place
Arnolds Classic Europe in 2012 - 13th place (its pretty low placing, but to be there on that stage was an honor )
Listed in Lithuanian Sport Encyclopedia in 2012


Plans and Goals: of course PRO Card

Will do NPC qualifier some time at the end of this year most likely Sep or Oct, still have to travel in June to the UK to sort my visa.

[rutka]

Previous Contests:

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Last contest San Diego 2012

[WolfBeast]

You look great! In on this

[rutka]

You look great! In on this

thank you!

yes time to get bac on track

[rutka]

Light morning cardio done, used to drill treadmill in the gym, but then thought why would I if have beach nearby

slightly more than 5 miles, nice and chilly this morning

[rutka]

My Macros for now 30/35/35 fat/protein/carbs not as strict as yet, but slowly cutting on sugars or very sugary fruits such as mangoes, figs and grapes

Training: still doing heavy weights, less reps and also adding 6 x 30 min low intensity cardio, weekly Pilates, really helps me with core strength and stability

off to Pilates first thing in the morning

current weight now 152lbs, ~ 23% bf

[WolfBeast]

Light morning cardio done, used to drill treadmill in the gym, but then thought why would I if have beach nearby

slightly more than 5 miles, nice and chilly this morning

I am so jealous! I wish I had a beach to run around. I cant even run outside at the moment too much ice on the ground

[rutka]

I am so jealous! I wish I had a beach to run around. I cant even run outside at the moment too much ice on the ground

yeah I know the feeling, lived in Britain for 8 years, couldn't do any jogging outside either rain, cold or too many creeps wondering around

to have ocean nearby is a blessing

[rutka]

8am pilates one hour done and another hr for light cardio, breakfast time

one egg + glass egg whites +low fat cheese omelet, european style wholegrain bread, vits, yakult and coffee

[rutka]

coffee time and off to the beach for a run, pretty chilly morning here, no sun yet

[mhilliard44]

Nice looking route by the water!

Will be following along!

[rutka]

Nice looking route by the water!

Will be following along!

Thank you and welcome!

[Vytis]

Well obviously I'm in on this too....

[rutka]

so I had some wholegrain pasta with Caesar Salad last night and sugarfree Cranberries juice and berries/peach



still giving some carbs to myself, usually trying not to load carbs for night, but had last night and weighted myself this morning, 1lbs nicely went down

oh having these nasty fruit flies so have to cover food until i get rid of them, soooo annoying

[rutka]

Well obviously I'm in on this too....

yay welcome!

[rutka]

OK legs smashed today

Doing push-pull-legs for couple months


Leg press - fee narrow 2 sets and wide 2 sets too, starting 110lbs ended 260lbs
Flexes, stretches after

Fully bent legs extensions 40lbs 1 x 12, 50lbs 3 x 12, 45s rest between sets, last ver slow x 10 reps
Flexes, stretches after

Squats Empty bar 1 x 15 (warm up), 130lbs 4 x 12, 45s rest between sets
Flexes, stretches after

Cable Bent leg front kicks 10lbs x 8, Cable Full front kicks 10lbs x 8, Cable Sidekicks 10lbs x 8, each leg x 3 in one go
Flexes, stretches after

Bent legs raises (Lying on the stomach) 20lbs 4 x 12, one drop set, 45s rest between sets

Smith Half squats 60lbs x 12, 45s rest between sets
Flexes, stretches after

Supported single leg sit ups (to the side) 4 x 15

Seated calfs 50lbs 3 x 15

And abs, always do abs after every workout - lower and upper, to maintain my 8-pack so far 1-pack but getting there

[rutka]

Friday desert!

Sugarfree fatfree cake, did it myself (very proud of meself )

[rutka]

Lazy chilly Saturday, walked to the beach, had some coffee and carbing up now

pancakes or waffles made from oat flour adn some other good things, amazing




as for weight going slowly down, pretty happy at this point,
if I manage to loose 20lbs up until my actual prep (to be round 132lb in June), ill take that as a success.

[rutka]

just checkin in

oh been crazy busy week, managed to squeeze in 3 workouts, pilates session and 3 runs, chilling today

[Vytis]

I whole heartedly approve of those waffles! 😃

[rutka]

I whole heartedly approve of those waffles! ��

ha thank you!

yes very tasty, quick and heavenly treat for the weekend.

[rutka]

the weather is horrible yesterday and today, I feel like in England right now, rain non stop whole night and all morning.
got to the gym soaking wet

had group exercise Bodypump, good cardio for a change

the rest of the day, will play Divinity

[Vytis]

Kas naujo?

[rutka]

Kas naujo?

ha et, butu paklauses kas gero, tai buciau mandrai atsakius, o dabar nieko nesigavo

[rutka]

haven't posted awhile, been crazy busy, working alot, lost another couple kgs but haven't tracked strictly tho.

flying to London on Tuesday again, so will be again off the schedule, its good I don't have upcoming shows otherwise it will be nightmare

amazing view in la jolla where I jog daily, well at least trying to do that daily, in the evenings before sunset, otherwise waaaay too hot in the day time

[rutka]

Ok so Im back to cold island of England for 3 weeks, its freezing out here
went to watch football, not a fan of football really unless LT in it and especially in Wembley, arena was full over 83k people, amazing 4:0 lost but really enjoyed

[rutka]

as for training, will hit the gym in Bham and did morning cardio today at home, small but perfectly working treadmill