Marie is a 49 year old cook and competitive powerlifter.   She has been weight training for the past six years.  Marie is currently training in preparation for a competition to be held within the next 6 months.  
 

Athletic Achievements

GPC Powerlifting 3 X World Champion
3 X European Champion Master Woman
 

Nutrition:

Marie eats three times a day. A typical day includes the following:  Breakfast: two servings of bread with cheese and shrimp rolls.  Lunch: protein shake (460 ml).  Dinner: Variety of seasonal vegetables, potato and serving of meat.  Evening snacks include yogurt and fresh fruit. 
 

Supplementation:

Maria supplements her diet with Vitamin = UPSA-C 1000 mg. and 10 grams of Creatine a day mixed with juice.  Maria cycles her use of Creatine throughout the year.  
 

Hobbies and Special Interests:

Marie lists her hobbies and special interest as powerlifting and animals.
 

Reason for Participating in the Study: 

"I believe that the oil will be good for the mind and body and I look forward to these improvements during the Study".
 

Weightlifting/Event Training: 

   Level of Training:  Advance
Marie trains four days a week utilizing a full body routine for
approximately 3 hours per session.
 

Exercise

Squat

Alternate One Arm Shoulder Press

Bench Press

Leg Extensions

Dumbbell Press

Seated Leg Curl

Compound Rowing

Alternate One Arm Triceps Extension

Hyper-extensions

Hip Adduction

Z Bar Pullover

Hi Abduction

Standing Barbell Shrugs

T-Bar Rowing

Front Squats

Leg Press

Weighted Dips

Wide Grip Incline Press

Deadlift

Low Pulley Bench Press

Lunges

Machine Pullover

Machine Shoulder Press

High Pulley Crossover

Barbell Calves Raise

Back Deadlift

Incline Dumbell Press

Health and Fitness  Background by Marie Jacques Burrick:

Hello Everyone,

My name is Marie Jacques Burrick. I’m living in Gent (Belgium). My hobby is powerlifting in the Masters Class (45-49 years of age) in the weight class of 67.5 kg.  It has been only a few years since I began practicing this hobby.

At the beginning of 1999, my son and his friend wanted to do something positive with their physiques. After a while they chose powerlifting in order to get into better shape.  As a good mother, I was interested in what he was doing. So we got in contact with the people in the powerlifting world. It didn’t take long to get integrated into this very friendly community.
Wim Elyn, one of the most famous powerlifters, told me that my body structure was suitable to become a powerlifter.

First I started training just for fun, but soon it became more serious. Wim designed special training schedules so that my results improved more and more. In the year 2002, my son started working and due to new timetables at work, it was impossible for him to continue.
But I went on and before I knew it we were in a training session for my first European Championship.

Powerlifting became so important in my life, that from that day on, I did everything (within my possibilities) to get my name on the record lists. With success!! See www.powerlifting-mjb.be
It was (and still is) a hard way to go.  I am training 4 times a week (Mon., Wed, Fri, Sun) each time between 3 and 4 hours.  The number of reps I am getting to (in one week) is between 400 and 450. In one week I am lifting about 38.000 kg to 44000 kg. And I am still progressing!  Don’t forget that all these training sessions must be combined with my normal job (I am a cook in an institution for disabled people), the care for my mother and of course my household.  So I have no time to waste!

One word of advice for every starting powerlifter: if you want to reach for the top ….. train, train and …..train. Listen to the people who have been involved in powerlifting for many years and try not to make the mistakes they made.  There is no other way.

Marie Jacques Burrick

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