Intl. Natural Weightlifting Case Study

Intl. Natural Weightlifting Case Study

Sponsored by Flora Health

For Athletes Who Push to the Limits of Their Performance

Back to Gallery Finland JUHA-PEKKA AITALA International Strongman
	Baseline Profile
	Age:	27
	Occupation:	Analyst
	Residence:	Finland
	Height:	6'5"
	Weight:	320 lbs.
	Neck:	20.5"
	Shoulders:	59.8"
	Chest:	55.5"
	Bicep:	20"
	Waist:	41"
	Thigh:	31.5"
	Calf:	21"

Juha-Pekka is an analyst and an international strongman who has been weight training for the past 11 years. He is involved in high intensity workouts to build power, strength and increase muscle mass. He is currently training in preparation for a competition to be held within the next 6 months.

Strength Training Goals:

Juha-Pekka's goals are to gain more strength and stamina while decreasing bodyfat.

Athletic Achievements

Juha-Pekka has competed in over 70 competitions during the past 8 years. The best results among the others are: World Strongest Team Olympics 2005 first place, Super Series Grand Prix Finland 2003 - 5th, World Strongest Team 2004 - 4th.

Nutrition:

Juha-Pekka maintains a nutritious diet that does not include red meat. He eats 3 to 4 warm meals a day plus snacks. He consumes 4 cups of coffee per day.

Supplementation:

Juha-Pekka supplements his diet with Creatine 10 grams per day plus sports drinks.

Hobbies and Special Interests:

"Building and restoring US cars and trucks".

Reason for Participating in the Study:

"I want to see if I can improve my strength levels by using omega 3 and other fatty acids."

Weightlifting/Event Training:

Level of Training: Advance
Juha-Pekka does a split routine and weight trains 3-5 times a week for a total of two hours each day. He focuses on deadlifts, partial deadlifts, bent over rows, log lifts, push presses, military presses, incline bench presses, barbell curls, a lot of abdominal work, squats and partial squats.

Health and Fitness Background by Juha-Pekka Aitala

I started lifting weights at the age of 15. After 3 weeks of training I entered my first weightlifting competition and my competition weight was 85.5kg. I did weightlifting alongside with powerlifting until I entered the Finnish army at the age of 19. The army was a nine and a half month rest from training. After getting off from the army I started to train for strongman competitions and after 2 months of training I entered my first strongman contest where I placed last.

I have now been training over 11 years and during that time I have grown from 84kg to 147kg and I have now competed in over 70 strongman competitions. The best results so far have been 5th at Super Series Grand Prix - 2003, 4th at World Strongest Team - 2004, 1st at World Strongest Team Olympics - 2005. I have also been in the top three in Finland for the last couple of years.

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