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* Oksana, how are you?
Oksana Grishina: Thank you I am fine.
* Please tell me a little about growing up in Russia. Were you born in a
big city? How did you enter into the fitness world, and did you
surprise your family and friends by choosing the strict fitness regime?
Oksana Grishina: I was born in Kaliningrad city, it is the westest town in
Russia, not a very big one... All my life I doing sports, so it wasn't a surprise for my
family and strict regime is my regular life too.
* Winning the 2006 Fitness World Championship established your name
as one of the world's elite fitness athletes. did you ever dream you
would go so far? Did it happen fast or was it a long process?
Oksana Grishina: Everyday of my life I was preparing,
and when I start doing fitness I feel that is my way.
Yes, everything happened fast and each year I was winning as a rule
one or two serious competitions, but as I said all time I was on my
way (hard training) and it wasn't easy.
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* How would you describe the atmosphere in the Olympia?
Oksana Grishina: It was fabulous, it was a great event in my life, it is difficult to
explain with words, all girls were so kind...
* You are a great performer on stage. Is it a natural talent of
yours and were you always comfortable being in front of a crowd?
Oksana Grishina: Yes all my fitness routines I am doing myself.
About how I feel on the stage in front of a crowd, if you noticed all my fitness routines are
stories for people, about people, about what can be or was with each one of
us... Everything I do, I do for the people, I love my viewers.
* How do you divide the time before the 2008 Fitness International
between working on your routine and improving your physique?
Oksana Grishina: I do one workout a day in the gym everyday
for one - one and a half hours. Two cardio workouts a day, 20-40 minutes everyday.
And fitness routine 3-4 times a week, for one hour.
* What do you eat that keeps you in excellent shape? What do your meals
consist of, and what are your favorite supplements?
Oksana Grishina: Nothing unusual... groats, vegetables, fish, meat and dairy.
And what is more important to watch at your ration size.
* How is your husband Boris involved in your fitness career?
Oksana Grishina: He is a marital coach of Russia,
it is not the same what you can take after you had passed some tests, you must deserved it to work
with the athletes. He helps to me a lot with everything, and
he is the one with whom I can go to the end...
* You are sponsored by Body Well Nutrition. Body Well CEO Jimmy
Mentis explained once "Oksana embodies everything that we believe in.
She is a hard working, dedicated, intelligent, world class athlete.
She will fit right in as we bring our cutting edge products to the
mass market." What does being sponsored mean for you?
Oksana Grishina: The same I can say about our frends from Body Well.They are
good people and smart company.
* If you could meet anyone, either past or present, who would it
be and why?
Oksana Grishina: I want to meet Arnold Shwarzenegger, it seems to me it will happen soon...
* What are some of your additional interests/hobbies outside of fitness?
Oksana Grishina: I want to try playing in a movie.
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