marika johansson

marika johansson is a female heavyweight bodybuilder ,marika was born and raised in a very small town in Sweden. she started training with weights when she was 18. By that time she was into show jumping with her horse. she needed to strengthen her arms and legs to keep up with her horse so she started to visit the local gym in town. she got introduced to the weights and after a week she was hooked by it. she started to make progress fast and got so many good compliments for her strength that it encouraged her to go further. she liked the way she sculpture her body and how she can manage and increase the weights.
Since she responded fast to training, her arms started to grow within 6 weeks.she did her first Swedish nationals 1992 where she placed 3rd. her first World Championship came 1994 with a 10th place as a result. Then she did some more World Championships with 5th place as best result. After that she started to aim for the other side of the Atlantic sea.

Not until she got her IFBB pro card 2005 she felt her dream was getting closer. In August 2005 she competed in Europa Super show in Texas where she finished 4th which really made her encouraged to try to finally make a move.

February 2006 she packed her suitcases and made a move to Los Angeles. she lived there for 2 years until she moved on to Boise Idaho. she is working with personal training and establish her company MJ K.I.S ( Keep it simple) Future Physique.



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MARIKA JOHANSSON
SWEDISH
FEMALE HEAVYWEIGHT BODYBUILDER
Location:Boise, Idaho, United States
Occupation:IFBB Pro Personal Trainer
Height:5' 9" (1 m 75 cm)
Weight:187 lb (85.0 kg)
Thighs:27" (68.58 cm)
Calves:16" (40.64 cm)
Arms:17" (43.18 cm)
17 inches biceps
28 inches thighs
17 inches calves
blond long hair and green eyes