From last year’s race in their hometown Jere Tiihonen Stayed in the tooth, as the Lahti, who won several Finnish Championship gold in a play-pike, missed one repetition in the maximum race.
This year, then, the going was staggering. Tiihonen made four successful lifts in the less than 90 kg series. The last two, 77.5 pounds and 80 pounds, were both new Finnish records.
Jere Tiihonen returned to the biceps. Henri Karkkainen
Still, he did not feel much pressure.
– I was able to perform surprisingly relaxed. More relaxed than last year. Once a week I was training my hands as I prepared. Quite short series, Tiihonen said.
– But I didn’t really lose here.
Now, weight classes were added as a novelty. Last year, everyone raised in the same series. Tiihonen was first against weight classes, but admits they were a good solution.
– I thought I wanted to compete against the big boys, but the fact is that they are so big and strong that my size just didn’t have enough against them.
Juho Murtonen was very pleased with his performance. Henri Karkkainen
The second of the series was a 75 kg result with a Fitness Reception Podcast and working as a physics coach Juho Murtonen.
– I’m really happy with the result. My second lift of 72.5 pounds was the goal. I would have already been pleased with that. After the performances, it was a bit of a wonder if I could have tried even bigger irons, Murtonen said.
Everyone has three companies in the competition. Tiihonen got another extra company after SE.
Murtonen said he was training the race in mind from the August qualifying.
– Systematically once a week I focused on this in the gym. In addition, I lost five pounds.
Power legend Riku Kiri awarded the prizes. Henri Karkkainen
From Tiiho, he praised as a tough opponent.
– Based on Jere’s workout videos, I knew he had a small lead.
Tiihonen said he was supposed to focus only on his own withdrawals.
– But then I looked at Juho’s performances that quite lightly those irons would rise. It still kept extra during the race, Tiihonen said.
– It’s good to have tough competition. I talked to my wife Armand Duplantis from performance. The guy is at his own heights and always raises the bar by a cent for money. It would be nice if I had another guy and even a little challenging the man.
Junnuna 40 jaws
Jere Tiihonen believes that 85 kg could be possible. Henri Karkkainen
Tiihonen says that the number of Ykkönen does not feel bad when he has strength and endurance due to a broad training background.
– The hands were strong at a young age. At the age of fourteen I pulled 40 jaws even though I had never been to the gym.
There may still be room for improvement in the SE result.
– 85 pounds could be possible. It would be tough if I dropped my weight to 85 pounds and raised 85, he and he was.
Tiihonen works for the masseur six days a week, so his hands are hard in everyday life. Before the race, there were a few days of rest due to the flu, which, however, no longer hurt on the race day.
– I invested so much that I went to my hands open once a week.
Suffering and revelation
A week ago, Tiihonen’s weight dropped a couple of pounds below the 90 pounds required, but he refused to stop the tightening before the race despite his wife’s suggestion.
– I’ve been eating eggs for a month without salt. Chicken, cucumber, tomato and apple a day. I’ve kept the same weight.
– I thought I couldn’t start eating. I hadn’t earned anything yet, so I just had to suffer.
He intends to celebrate SM gold by eating well in the restaurant.
– There are also reserved chips and chocolate at home.
He also reveals that he plans to release a video on social media today.
– I didn’t dare to publish it before the race. It’s a bit of an arrogant video, Tiihonen said with a laugh.
– I’ll tell you that today I will win the Finnish Championship in the Bicycle Translation.