Hi Barbara, It’s a real pleasure to speak with you..
You are a strongwoman, wrestler and power lifter, how did you get started in that work ?
I always admired strong muscular women and i did many sports in the past, but when I stopped for 1 year with training because of problems with my relationship, I put on weight little bit and when I started again with training I found new personal coach at the gym and fell in love in this sport…I started with powerlifting, then I continued with strongwoman- and I added wrestling too…actually it was big luck everytime because I met right people who showed me these sports and possibilities to competitions ..my first fitness coach introduced me to powerlifting- he said I am naturally strong for woman and I should try to compete in powerlifting…
I met other people at the gym and they competed in strongman and asked me if I don’t want to try to train with them…So i tried and i loved it because it is very complex hard training and you need to be completely strong and there are many disciplines not only 3 like in powerlifting.
And i must say that when i started with strongman training i became much more stronger than before…I really LOVE it!:-) and how did i get to wrestling? By accident☺ I read advertisement on internet that they are looking for muscular strong women for wrestling shooting in Prague…I arranged interview, I liked it and I started with shooting and then with trainings…now I go to MMA classes and I like it too!
How many years have you been travelling around doing those different shows that you do ?
Concerning wrestling sessions I don’t do it so long- I started 1 year ago.
I have done powerlifting for around 10 years and strongwoman 2 years.
What sort of training do you do to keep your technique as a power lifter ?
Most of my trainings are really hard and strength trainings,
I need to keep my power during all year so I can not stop with this type of training for long time but when i am “off season”- I have lighter trainings, i do more reps, more cardio training…but base of all for me are basic exercices with free weights like squats, presses, deadlifts….
And when I prepare for strongwoman competitions I train more and more strongman disciplines like atlas stones, super yoke, axel bar, log lift, farmers walk, frame carry, etc…
I need to change gym because here in Prague it is very complicated to find good gym for strongman training …We have 1 very good but it is far away from my place so I spend a lot of time on travelling but what do you do !!☺
Your work with Session Girls, can you explain that website to us ?
Sessiongirls.com is webside where guys can find any sessiongirl in the world…
We have profiles there, we put pics and videos there, we introduce ourselves, what we offer for sessions, our best results at the gym, we can add some links to our own websites….
It is great webside where we can introduce ourselves to guys…
There is also possibility of bigger advertising if you pay membership…
It is really very popular website and I am glad I have my profile there- Barbara Czech☺
How many sessions would you do on a daily basis ?
It is very different and depends on my training, competitions, my job in the office, my travels…I am very busy but I enjoy it ☺
What do your friends and family think of the job you do ?
They don’t have any problem with it because they know about my passion for any sport and they also know I will do what I want☺
What type of diet would you follow when you train ?
I need to keep high protein diet, it means I need to care of amount of proteins which I eat during the day for building my muscles and recovery too, I try to eat healthy, eat less amount of carbohydrates and some fat…a lot of meat, eggs, cottage cheese, yoghurt, fruit, vegetables, rice…
I have intolerance to gluten and lactose as well so I must keep to these diets too…
How did you get interested in the job you currently do ?
I saw advertisement on internet where they were looking for muscular strong women for wrestling shooting in Prague …I arranged interview and I liked it and then my friend from wrestling told me about possibility to do wrestling sessions and I created my profile and started with this job.
If you were not doing the job you are doing, what do you think you would be doing in life ?
When I was a child I wanted to be a professional athlete…
it was my dream,But unfortunately I didn’t choose right sports in the past in which I could become world champion and now i am very old for professional sport…for power lifting or strongman sport it is fine but problem is these sports are not Olympic so even if you are very good athlete you need still to pay your expenses like travels, hotels, sports nutrition etc and it costs a lot of money if you don’t have any sponsor…
Strongwoman sport is not popular here in Czech Republic so I don’t have any sponsor yet…maybe if I moved to UK or USA my situation would be different…So I love this sport and competitions but it costs really so much money…
To people who may not understand what you do, what would you say to them ?
I offer sessions where I can show you my power, I do arm wrestling, different types of wrestling- competitive, fantasy, posing, lifts and carry, muscle worship, i offer online coaching too- we can go together to the gym for training, I can help you with your diet, give you some advices how to loose, how to build muscle, how to be strong☺
We can meet at special studio for wrestling or at the hotel, at the gym…
I can show you techniques from wrestling, some holds, scissors…
Some my clients prefer fantasy light wrestling and muscle worship and some want real competitive wrestling, arm wrestling, tests of strength like push ups etc☺
It is very different…
Sometimes I am just company to the restaurant, theatre…on holidays…
Lastly Barbara, What are your plans for the future ? Thank you for taking time out to chat to me…
I have one big goal for next year- Arnold Classic strongwoman Competition in Ohio Columbus next March 2020…I want to train hard and get some good result there☺
Next month I have competition in UAE in Dubai- also strongwoman…
I would like to get more clients in my sessions, i am also planning to moving abroad- i am considering UAE- Dubai…I want to work at the gym there like personal coach – i already have Certificate of bodybuilding and fitness coaching- and also to try to advertise strongwoman there and show people even muscular strong women can be sexy and girls dont have to be afraid of lifting weights at the gym….They will not look like men, trust me…it is not so easy☺
And in general, I want to live happy life, be surrounded positive nice friendly honest people and do what I love so continue in my competitions, trainings, building strength and muscles.