Minna Pajulahti is sharing about passion – in her workout gear. In a new social media post the bodybuilder poses with some of her friends, showing off her amazing body in a two-piece exercise set. “The Crew❤️🌏💪 Passion that brings people allaround together,” she captained the photo of her “meet-up,” a “great day filled with camaraderie and relentless workouts 🔥 when getting together with likeminded people! What it’s all about🙏 Athletes, ambassadors, members and friends getting together to train, mingle and enjoy each other’s company after a epic show weekend!” How does she approach diet, fitness, and self-care? Here is everything you need to know about her lifestyle habits.
1. Gymnastics, Ballet, and Cheerleading
Minna started gymnastics at the age of seven, and before that ballet-lessons done ice-skating. She also does cheerleading. “Gymnastics and cheerleading have been a great background for fitness training. It is fun that I can train dance moves and jumps with ten other women with my cheer dance team and then do weight training on my own,” she told Hard Fitness.
2. Weight Training
“I started weight training when I was 19 years old, after I had quit gymnastics. I wanted still to compete and practice routines and I had always admired muscular bodies so fitness was a good choice for me. I found a coach and we decided that I would do my first competition in the year 2000, after I had trained one year. The first competition was exciting and I learned much about my body and nutrition. All and all it was a great experience and then I knew that I was going to do this for a long time,” Minna added.
3. Cardio, Aerobics, Weights
In the morning, Minna does her cardio. “At 5pm I usually go to the gym and three times a week I go to my cheer practice at 8pm. I instruct aerobics classes about 2 times a week, so some days they are part of my daily schedule,” she says. Cardio might be “just walking around the city and seeing sightseeing and of course shopping!” if she is traveling.
4. Here Is Her Routine
“I try to train with weights five times a week, and the days depend on my work. I keep two or three hard weeks and one light week in my training. This is an example of my training.
- Back and biceps 2. Shoulders and traps 3. chest and triceps 4. legs 5. Biceps. I do 6 to 12 reps, and 3 sets. I use forced reps and trop sets in my training. In off-season I do extra cardio when I have time for it, I practice three times a week our teams dance routines and then I keep those couple of cardio lessons. When I am on a diet I try to do my morning cardio as often as possible, because that really works me the best. I also like to vary my cardio when I am on a diet and one time a week I run stairs, do jumps, play tennis and go water running,” she says.
5. Meal Prepping
Minna eats clean food, mostly protein like egg whites, chicken breast, protein shakes for five days a week and then gives herself little cheats here and there for two days. She also meal preps. “The nutrition requires more planning when you are always on the go,” she says.
