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Name: Julia Greffrath
www.bisamratte.com
Born: April 2nd, 1981
From: Germany
Height: 5'3"
Weight: 125 lbs (115 lbs contest shape)
Biceps Flexed: 12.5 inches
Calves: 15 inches
Bench: 135 lbs for reps
Squats: 205 lbs for reps
Hobbies/Interests: "fitness training, dancing, working at the gym, playing the piano, meeting my friends or my family, reading good books"
School/Job:
"I got my Matura in 2001 and besides I finished my education as an economic assistant. After that I stayed abroad for a while before I started studying. Next year I will start to write my last work in order to get my Diploma in adultery pedagogy. My main fields are psychology, social studies and sports.
"I work as a fitness trainer and group fitness instructor. I teach Bodypump and Bodycombat, Pilates, Aerobics, Step-Aerobics, Stretching and Workout-Classes. I have several Licenses, including an A-License for Fitness and a nutrition trainer license. In addition, I’m just doing a personal trainer education which will be finished in the end of the year."
Athletic/Lifting Background:
"I did sports all my life. When I was a little girl I started with doing ballet, jazz-dance and gymnastics. Gymnastics I did until I had a sport accident when I was fifteen. My father brought me to the gym and I started to do aerobics. After that, I started to teach Aerobics by myself with the age of seventeen, I noticed my interests for working out with dumbbells. But to train seriously I just begun two years ago with the help of my boyfriend and owner of the gym, Thomas Böse.
"Genetically, it is very easy for me to build up muscles. But to get defined for a competition by doing a strong diet, much cycling- or running-training is very hard for me. Only if you believe in yourself and if you have a gentle family, partner and friends on your side who support you, it is possible to be successful.
"November 2003 was my first competition in the fitness shape class. I won the NAC Northern German Championship, reached the 2nd place of the German Championships and the 4th place of the Nabba Int. Inc. Universe. The year 2004 was my second year of competing in fitness. I won the German Championship and at the Nabba Int. Inc. Universe Contest in Madrid in November 27th and I got Vice-Mrs. Universe Fitness Shape."
On her goals:
"Competing is not the most important thing for me, I just want to feel comfortable with my physique. I do not like to concentrate all my emphasis in doing sports and looking well cause there are a lot of other important things, like friends, family, career and education. To have a good shape is nice, but it’s not everything and does not make happy. Everything, your body, mind and social components in your live have to be balanced. I compete because the preparation is useful to learn discipline for your whole life. It’s a fight against yourself, your interior barriers and gives a lot of self-consciousness. If your are able to consist a preparation, you can also reach other goals in your life."