At 1.57m (a touch over 5'1") Hanna Öberg demonstrates that good things come in small packages, or bra saker kommer i små paket as (I believe) they say in Sweden.
A former football player, Hanna started strength training in 2008. This came to be my only hobby, and football was left on the shelf after just a year, she says. I started to keep a training diary and the gym became my refuge. Then after a few years I decided I wanted to get on the diet for real and the results started to come.
At first, Hanna competed in Athletic Fitness, which in Sweden, it seems, involves rounds where the women do chin-ups, dips and a flat-out minute on the rowing machine, as well as a 'physique' (posing) round. But last year she decided to switch to the Bodyfitness division, admitting to feeling "super nervous" about the prospect of having to walk on the stage in heels. T-walk... OMG! Nervous is the right word. Last year it was easier. Black bikini, barefoot, and NO T-WALK!
All the heel-walking practice paid off though. At the Luciapolken (Lucia Trophy) show in Gothenburg in December, Hanna finished 2nd in her class (the shortest!).
Last Sunday, wrote Hanna during her preparation for the contest, I put an image on Instagram five weeks after the previous image. It is precisely these kinds of contrasting images that provide as much motivation as anything to just keep doing it - the early power walks, the post-workout cardio - to see how the hard work at the gym delivers results and see how my body is changing from week to week.
Why not follow Hanna on Instagram and see for yourself?
Njut!
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