Cyberflexing.com Exclusive Interview With IFBB Physique Competitor Anastasia Papoutsaki

Quick Bio:

Age: 29
Height: 5’4″ - 162 cm
Contest Weight: 125 lbs - 56 kg
Off-Season Weight: 141 lbs - 64 kg
Location: Greece

How did you get started with bodybuilding?

Before I started with bodybuilding I was a track and field champion at 400 meters with hurdles. Two years ago, because of a surgery on my leg I couldn’t perform 100% and reach my goals, that’s why I decided to stop. Of course bodybuilding was already in my mind and I wanted to get started with it when I would stop competing in track and field. So two years ago I competed in my first contest.

How do you stay so motivated? What drives you?

I was always fascinated by my fit image and with weight training. As I said I had it on my mind for many years to start training. Having learned from a very young age to be a competitive athlete, I wanted something more than just working out with weights!

Seeing how I evolve through weight training and reaching my goals, makes me even more motivated!

What is your training routine like?

I like to train one muscle group per day and in general I like to do high reps. Of course there is my off-season where I train very heavy! It depends on how I feel and in what phase I’m in, whether in prep or not.

If you had to choose only 3 exercises, what would they be?

If I had to choose 3 exercises, definitely the first exercise would be for shoulders. I really like training shoulders a lot and my first exercise would be dumbbell lateral raises, drop set. Second exercise would be leg press and the third would be any exercise for back.