Gerbel blog

Happy Valentine's Day

2012-02-13T20:02:00.001+01:00

Dear Friends and lovely Family :)

I wish you a lovely and great Valentine's Day and also enjoy the fresh Newsletter of this month, first newsletter of this year actually :)

xx Best wishes,
Gerbel

Best athlete of the year 2011

2012-01-29T16:32:00.004+01:00

Hey hey all :)

Today was finally an IFBB Yearly meeting where they gave out some trophies (best athletes and so forth), spoke about last year results. Also they spoke about future contests and nominated participants, who will represent Belgium in international contests.

And now its clear that i have to work harder then ever because seems i go internationals.. meaning i was nominated to participate in European Women's Championships. I dont have much of information of the contest, just know that its in Croatia and second weekend in May.

Cool heee, i have worked so hard to get this opportunity and now its only 3 month to go.. yeah.. preparation, preparation and preparation. I have to get myself more ripped as ever ;) .. and i will be better then ever, im positive about it :)

Always your,
Gerbel :)

PS! Here is one picture made today with my trainer Bill Richardson.

Happy more b-day Lexie

2012-01-16T22:30:00.002+01:00

Hey hey,

Now the big party with family and friends is also over and i just put up some pictures from this event and overall January pictures :)

Thank you all family and friends who came or who thought about us on this day, thx for nice presents and a great company. Lexie and us enjoyed the day very much ;)

Oke.. have fun with pictures :) .. click on the picture below to get to gallery!
Gerbel :)

Lexie's 1st birthday

2012-01-13T20:12:00.003+01:00

Hello :)

Our Lexie is so big girl, she got 1 year yesterday and we celebrated it in the early morning in gym, the bigger party is still coming with all our family on Sunday. So it is pretty busy weekend ahead :)

She is doing fine, growing and walking pretty good if she wants and there is no shoes on ;)

Here are few pictures taken in the gym.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEET LEXIE !!

Happy 2012 Year

2011-12-28T12:14:00.001+01:00

Dear all my family, friends and fans,

I would like to wish you a great end of year with lots of love, happiness, joy, fun and with the sound of champagne opening ;) lol.. that the 2012 year will be even more loveable, joyful, happy and successful then 2011.

I hope you have your new years resolutions ready, if not then maybe you can find some ideas from New year resolution generator - (found it by googeling ;) lol)

Stay healthy and keep working out, even short but regular exercising giving you more heath benefits then anything else known to us. It reduces the rist of some cancers, increases longevity, helps achieve and maintain weight loss, enhances mood, lowers blood pressure and even improves arthritis as studies show.

So keep exercising and you stay healthy, look good and feel better!!!

I think of you and my best wishes,
Your Gerbel
xxx

Merry Cristmas and Happy New 2012 Year :)

2011-12-21T13:07:00.003+01:00

xxx

Lexie is walking :)

2011-12-16T15:50:00.002+01:00

Hey hey,
We have a good news .. Lexie did her first steps on 13 Dec when she was 11 month and 1 day, .. yes, one day too late ;) lol. Of course, we have a video of it ;) .. in Lexie's gallery are also new pics with our activities and her seeing first time Santa ... and another video how she eats mango sticks ;)
xxx to all :)

Christmas month in Belgium

2011-12-12T20:28:00.002+01:00

Hello all,

Just thought to put few lines here to tell you that Christmas time in Belgium is very nice. We went to Christmas markets in Brussels and here Antwerpen and enjoyed it a lot.. here are few pics how Lexie had fun too ;) lol

She met also first time Santa.. that was funny.. wasnt so much impressed who she saw and what a man is it lol ;) lol

Anyhow, enjoy the Christmas time and wish you lots of love :)

xx Gerbel xx :)

My trip to Estonia and Lexie

2011-11-28T09:48:00.001+01:00

Hello to all,

It was lovely to visit Estonia and see the fantastic event.
18-21 November 2011 I went to Estonia to watch the World Classic Bodybuilding Championships Tallinn 2011.
It was nice event to go, Estonia did so good as we got 7 medals :) wow :) .. Well done girls and boys ;)
I saw my mam and so many friends with who i did go to gym or worked when i was still living in Estonia. I woudnt have seen them all at once if that event hasnt took place ;) lol .. Fitness.ee has lots of pictures, so i suggest for you to look them from Fitness.ee page

Here are our Estonian proud medal ownes:
Taavi Koovit – 1st / Classic Bodybuilding -180 cm
Ott Kiivikas – 1st / Men Bodybuilding
Esta Pilt – 1st / Athletic Fitness, Women
Oleg Anissimov – 1st / Fitness, Men
Kristina Koroljak – 2nd / Fitness, Women
Oleg Anissimov – 3rd / Athletic Fitness, Men
Merike Sula – 3rd / Women Bodyfitness +163 cm

Hope i can do also soon some international contests ;) lol

When i got back from Estonia then Lexie got new tooth, its a 7th already ;) .. she can bite a lot. ;) lol
Also she talks and walks very well by now, here is a long but really fun video:

And of course Lexie's gallery has more new things to see :)

Oke, i let you go and see you soon again :)
Gerbel :)

Kroonika and visiting Estonia

2011-11-12T13:20:00.001+01:00

Hey hey all :)

Time flys so quick that i even havent had any time to blog ;) .. anyhow.. life is wonderful :)
The end of last month with the winning of Belgium Nationals I in bodybuilding was real success. I must say that i did my best form ever thanks to all my supporters :) ...

Now i continue training, i do heavy trainings 4 x per week in early mornings and as finally we got out crosstrainer then i do every day (evenings mostly) at least 30 min cardio at home. Isnt it good?! :) So, i keep my body lean and trimmed even its a offseason. I allowed to pick up just few kilos. Also we keep doing with Lexie and Guy little walks if the weather is good :)

In facebook its already up but i put here also the link of the article from Estonian news magazine about my winning and come back after giving birth. Its silly to say but im kinda very proud of myself that i could get that form 10 month later after giving birth. :)

Oke, another reason why i write here is that i will go to Estonia to see the a contest.

18-21 November 2011 Estonia will host the World Classic Bodybuilding Championships Tallinn 2011, in Tallinn. Im going alone, little Lexie will stay home with papa :) so then they will have daughter and daddy quality time together :) Isnt it wonderful?! :) ...

So, you might see me in Pärnu on 18th and in Tallinn on 19 till 20 Nov ;)

I travel back already on 21, sorry guys, just i dont have more time to be in Estonia. It will be very short visit but better then nothing. :)

Let met say that all family visit to Estonia is planned for next summer :)

I think that is all i have to say for now, hope to see some of you, who reading it, in Estonia. :) xx

Hugs,

Gerbel :)

IFBB Nationals I

2011-10-30T18:17:00.003+01:00

Hey hey.. :)

Here is a newsletter with the news of my contest :)
Have a look :)

xx
Gerbel

2 Years Happily Married ;)

2011-10-17T06:45:00.002+02:00

Happy Anniversary my Liefje Guy :)
Ik hou van jou!!!

October newsletter :)

2011-10-16T01:40:00.003+02:00

Hey hey... here is finally my next newsletter after long silents ;)
Hugs :)
Gerbel

Lexie sleeps in every position ;)

2011-09-18T12:35:00.002+02:00

Heyhey..

Lexie sleeps in every position, this morning she played and one time she was silent, she slept like that as you see on the picture. She also opened her full water bottle and ended up totally wet LOL.

I did pictures also from my body and they are available for members in contest preparation page ;) lol ..xx enjoy

Gerbel

Happy 8 month birthday Lexie :)

2011-09-12T13:47:00.005+02:00

Hey hey and happy 8 month birthday Lexie :))

Yes, Lexie grows so quickly, today she got 8 month, time flies and i cant leave her out of site ;)
.. she cowling and claiming and etc, so there is no freedom when im home ;) lol
Thats oke of course.

Here are few pictures..

This week i will make some new pictures and videos in the gym too.. so be patient :)

Btw, i had a great weekend, we went to Holland to one little party ;) .. thx Aivar for inviting and hope to meet you guys soon :)

Gerbel :) xx

Back workout video

2011-09-01T18:17:00.003+02:00

Hey hey

As promised, here you have a little video while i did back pulldowns (Click on the picture beside).

Training was good as always, did chest, back, bics and abs today.
Enjoy the video ... and in background, behind biceps curls machine is Bill Richardson, my trainer.

Also here is pic of Lexie's playground in the gym today.
Thanks Particia ;)

xx Gerbel :)

Lexie's new toy

2011-08-31T22:00:00.003+02:00

Hey all,

I had a great legs workout this morning and after that i did some shopping, of coures, Lexie got again something new ;) .. so i bought a new toy for Lexie, even Stafke, the cat, was surprised to see it and kinda scared ;) lol
Enjoy the video, click on the picture :)

Tmw will have chest and back and bics day again.. so i might do also some new videos ;) ..

Take care,
Gerbel :)

New training pictures

2011-08-26T21:02:00.005+02:00

Hey hey,

Yesterday went to gym and finally took also my photo camera with me... so here are few pictures and videos, more pictures are available for members.. enjoy ;)

Video 1: Biceps curl
Video 2: Triceps pulldowns

Best,
Gerbel

Visit to Estonia 28Jul-6Aug :)

2011-08-18T15:45:00.004+02:00

Hey my dear friends :)

Few hours ago i got back from gym. I did shoulders, triceps, legs, abs and 30 min bike and as i managed to update Lexie's picture gallery yesterday then i had to write a blog about my Estonian trip too :) .. and put up some pictures and vidoes from this August month overall.

Our holiday with Lexie was great, Lexie behaved herself very good in plain and bus and it was easy trip to and also back.. though the trip back was a bit more work and entertainment ;) lol.. Alone to travel with 7 month old baby is not easy.. papa stayed home ;)

Lexie saw first time in her own eyes her Estonian granny, she was very happy to see her too.. and as i organized pc there then now we have nice video conferences with Skype where my mam can see her developments :)

It was tiring trip and i even got homesick.. yeah.. can you i magine, i got homesick being in Estonia. ;) My home is in Belgium now, so its normal i guess ;)

Every day was planned with something, meeting fiends and going somewhere :)
With my mam and Lexie we did long walkings in Pärnu, that was great :) and it was also great to spend some time with my best friends in Pärnu. One day we visited also Tallinn and it was funny to see the old gyms i used to go.
During this 1 week i did only twice gymtraining in Kimber's old and new club. Other then that the week was low cardio week with lots and lots of walking.

Thanks to my new friends Brydge & Co i got even to drive with water board behind a boat on Pärnu river. I have done before (years ago) water ski and i found it easy. With a board it was really hard to get on and after many trys finally i did one short drive lol. .. and i felt it hardly even one week after while i was back in Belgium and doing my old gym routine, my grip was so weak. Now 2 weeks after im oke and can hold bars and so forth with my full power again ;)

About Lexie more, she got her first teeth just after we arrived to Pärnu, then she sits and rolles over very easily and yesterday she stood up holding a bars in her playground, i made of course video of that, its really cool. Then she is keeping talking, its really funny, dont understand anything what she is telling but conversations are very serious ;) lol

So, anyhow, go to Lexie's gallery and enjoy the August month pictures and videos :)

Best wishes to all and enjoy the last month of summer :)
Always your Gerbel :)

Lexie's talk

2011-08-10T20:27:00.004+02:00

Hey,

I think you enjoy it as much as we did .. how Lexie is talking ;) lol
Video is taken on 8 August 2011 and she is almost 7 month. (to see video, click on the picture)
xx

Soon i will write something about our Estonian trip too and put some pictures up, just be patient please :)

xx
Gerbel

Estonia is calling (28Jul-6Aug)

2011-07-26T19:46:00.006+02:00

Hey heiiiiii,

Yes, yes... Estonia is calling :) :) .. i start to get anxious ;) Last time i was in Estonia was in October last year and i had still the baby belly ;) lol

So on Thursday early early morning me and Lexie will leave to Estonia. We get there only 1700 to Pärnu, my home town, where we stay most of the time.
We stay at mam's place, Lexie will meet her granny first time and i have so many friends to visit. Cant wait to see them all :)

So, i get to Pärnu 28 July evening and leave back to Belgium on 6 August early morning. I will not be in Pärnu on 3 August, then we go with Lexie to Tallinn and meet there also some friends :)

For Tallinn people - i will plan to visit some gyms, not for training unfortunately... So i certainly visit Zelluloos and Sparta. Probably Zelloloos in morning time and in Sparta i plan to be between 13-1500hrs.. there is also a nice cafe as i remember and will be there and also in Fitshop :) .. anyhow if you are around then it will be lovely to see you there too :)

In Pärnu, you may see me everywhere i guess, its a small town ;) lol... I for sure visit there Kimber's Club and visit it more then once i guess, planning to do some training there. I will be more in old gym though, in Ringi street. Would be happy to see you too ;)

Oke... i still have to pack but i think i do it tomorrow afternoon after gym. I have legs, delts, triceps, abs training tomorrow and probably also cardio as planned :)
Today i had chest and back and abs and cardio.. loved it :)

See you soon in Pärnu and Tallinn :)
Peatse kohtumiseni xxx
Always your Gerbel :)

PS! on the first picture above, Lexie is 2 days old .. and now she is already so big girl, 6 and half month :)

Hard training week :)

2011-07-15T19:11:00.003+02:00

Huuh.. tired as hell .. its Friday and again one week is over what has been hard as hell considering trainings. I train every morning Tuesday till Friday at Bill Richardson gym, so 4 days per week. My trainings are usually divided into 2 days: Chest, back, bics, abs are on one day and another day are Legs, delts and trics; and so i do 2 times all my muscle groups through every week. By the end of the week im really tired and need my weekend off. On weekend i usually dont train, just walk a lot.
I will start doing also more cardio after my vacation to Estonia, so on 6 August i come back from Estonia and then continue my normal gym routine + 30 min cardio after every gym training. It will be hard, i already do it sometimes after training but its not a routine yet, so i dont do it as often as want it to do beginning from August.
I hope to do some pictures in gym next week to share my development but here is one back pic and im actually happy how i have done so far :)

Im so happy and lucky that i met Bill and i love to train with him. He pushes my limits, so i take so heavy weights that i never thought im able to ;) cool he ;)
Of course, as the following pic shows, Lexie also enjoys to be in gym and Bill is the same, enjoys Lexie ;) lol

xx

Happy 6 month birthday our little Lexie :)

2011-07-12T18:32:00.005+02:00

Hey my friends,

Did you know that today it was 6 month ago i gave a birth our little babygirl Lexie ;) Lovely.. Here are few pic what we ate and what we will eat in the evening.. ;)

I made one of my favorite dessert of my childhood called "Mannavaht" :) It was for me also very very long time ago i ate it ;) lol...

... i didnt do any birthday cake, it will be for sure when she gets 1 year :) .. cant wait ;) lol
Anyhow, she is 8kg and already 68cm tall girl.. above the average as doctors are saying ;) lol

Enjoy... :) .. and by the way, in Lexie's gallery, there are new pictures from this, July month... also her gym pictures. She is the youngest member lol. Click on the picture with Bill and it brings you to her gallery ;)

6-19June2011 Vacation in South of France

2011-07-04T17:31:00.005+02:00

Hey hey...

That was long time ago i updated things here ;)

Vacation was very good and refreshing though ;)
So we went to South of France, stayed in one camping place just outside in Port Grimaud (St. Pons Les Müres-Grimaud, Camping Domaine Des Naiades). This place had Olympic swimming pool and lots of space what we found really great :)

Even it was holiday, i did some training as i went to run every morning (very early) for at least 30min and after that did some body-weight exercises. When we spend time at the pool then there was some swimming too :)

Then the day started, shower, Lexie's food, breakfast and swimming pool or beach or visited other cities other then Port Grimaud.
We drove around a lot, the coast and also in mountains, so we visited: Gogolin, Saint-Tropez, Sainte-Maxime, Frejus, La Londe les Maures, Cavalaire, Les Issambres, Saint-Rafael, Draguiguan, Cannes, Castellane, Lac de Castellon, Lac de Sainte Croix and Monaco, Monte Carlo.... etc.
Very beautiful veiws and lovely places.

Lexie did very well, she slept good at night and we enjoyed her every day. She had also her first pool swimming and legs in the sea experience :) At first she did funny faces but then she was like a fish in the water. LOL

Anyhow the pictures will talk itself.. so here is a GALLERY.
...and for my website members i have more posing pictures made in various places :) So become a member if you want to see more :)

Kisses and enjoy your summer :)))
xxx
Gerbel

Lexie - 4 and half month :)

2011-05-29T22:03:00.005+02:00

Hey hey...

Lexie is cute as she can be ;) .. every day she learns or does something new, has hundred faces and voice starts to be very loud ;)

I updated Lexie's photos.. have a look.. here are also some :)

xxx to all

May newsletter :)

2011-05-21T23:28:00.006+02:00

Hey hey..

Finally, i finishes my newsletter and sent it already out to my friends and fans :) .. xx .. hope you received it, if not, then click the newsletter or photo under :)

And if you are a member in my site then there are more pictures to see ;)

NEWSLETTER

My very best,
always yours,
Gerbel

2011-05-09T12:22:00.003+02:00

Hey.. Here in Antwerpen everything is very fine.. Lexie, family, work and trainings are most important things to deal with :) .. and we are happy here :)

Actually i just thought to put up little video of Lexie... how she reads a book :) lol

Of course, in Lexie's gallery there are always some new pictures :)

xx to all :)

My training and Lexie's new sunglasses

2011-04-30T19:35:00.006+02:00

Hey, i thought i will write few lines :)

My training is going very good, i do 4 x per week hard gym training (Tue till Fri), meaning all muscles groups 2 times through and its wonderful :) .. Every morning when i wake up around 6-7 i have to wake up Lexie to go to gym, yes, she sleeps very well at night. Then she eats, we go to gym, where i have usually my breakfast (oatmeal with why protein) and in the gym she continues sleeping while i train or if she wakes up then i let her to watch TV, yeah, its kinda for keeping her off from crying. When im done with my training then of course the first thing is to give food for her and also eat myself :) Usually everything takes time and i get home only around 12-13hrs.
Here is one picture me and my trainer Bill Richarson (pic made yesterday). :)

Today is Saturday and we went Decatlon, the sports shop, what we bought.. always Lexie gets something, today she got sunglasses and beach suit. So we are ready for the beach and swim ;) lol Cool hee ;)

Enjoy your weekend too :)
xx

visit Brugge

2011-04-24T10:32:00.009+02:00

Hey,

Here are few pictures made in Brugge yesterday. Lexie got a new buggy the day before yesterday and as the weather was hot hot hot then it was a great way to test the buggy and how Lexie loves it ;) lol.. yes she does :)

Brugge is a very nice city .. like a little Vienna ;) with lots of canals and boats :)

Just arriving to Brugge we saw Leopard tank and of course, me, as a ex-military, had to get myself with it to the pictures ;) lol

In Lexie's Gallery there are more funny pictures of Lexie.. so dont forget to click to her gallery :)

xxx

Fibo 2011 in Essen, Germany

2011-04-20T22:12:00.005+02:00

Hey hey..

Fibo was great.. nice event :) as always. It was now 2nd time i went there and yeah.. there wasnt so much new but it was still fun, i took part in some power contests and won nice prices, why not eheheeee ;)

But after this weekend i got sick, damn.. and Guy also followed me.. hope Lexie will not get it (ptuiptuiptui), till now she is fine :) .. though we tryed to keep distance and wash hands and so forth as much as possible :)

On weekend Lexie stayed with Patricia and lots of thanks to her.. i even couldnt go to gym this week because of the fever and stomack pain.... so.. i hope to be in shape asap :)

But yeah, Fibo itself was great, i met some people who i met also last year and it was fun :)

I put up some pictures to FaceBook and for members there are more.... YouTube has also some new videos ;)

xx to all :)

Soon at Fibo :)

2011-04-03T14:52:00.005+02:00

Hey hey,

Cool.. will go soon to Fibo again.. cant wait :)

Lexie will stay with Patricia and her family and we with Guy can go to Fibo on 16 April to Essen, Germany.

The day before yesterday i sent out also my newsletter, if you havent read it then click on the banner below:
Yesterday we went to Holland to Baby Dump and we bought to Lexie little sofa chair. Of course our lovely cat Stafke occupied it. Can imagine already how Lexie and Stafke will fight for the chair when Lexie starts to sit and walk around :) ;) lol
Here is the picture of Stafke ;) lol

xxx to all and enjoy the Spring weather :)
.. we do enjoy it fully here in Antwerpen with nice sunny weather :) x

Monday morning

2011-03-21T12:34:00.003+01:00

Hello everyone :)

I wake up this morning and i was so hungry LOL.. did banana and cottage cheese pancake.. though its more omelet then pancake but banana makes it sweet. So i decided to call it pancake. See recipes :)

I did few pictures of myself in bikini and it starts to come ;) .. lol .. to see the whole picture you need to be my website member. Join here. There i have little page where i do updates and developments of my body :)

On weekend we celebrated Fathers Day .. so we got for Guy little present - Silicone Powerful Magnetic Bracelet :) .. light blue color, cool :) ...hope it helps him :)
And our Lexie was during all weekend very good girl :) This night was excellent as she slept very long.. 8 hours. :)

Pity that i cant say it about this morning. Lexie had kinda cry morning but it seems now that its over.. this is afternoon and probably she got tired of it. lol

Its very nice weather, +12C, sunny and we should go for a walk again, we do at least 1 hours walking every day, what is good for me and certainly for Lexie :)

xx to all :)

Our weekend :)

2011-03-14T11:40:00.003+01:00

Hey hey..

Time flies so quickly, this weekend Lexie became 2 month old. She is just so cute because she smiles more and more ;) ..
Väikese Lexie naeratus on nagu oravatüdrukul.. nii ilus :)

On Saturday came also to visit Guy's ma en Pol and they brought very cute present to Lexie :) .. Lexie got from papa en mama too little presents and she got a bit spoiled :) lol

On Sunday we went to Holland, to seaside.. we enjoyed very much walking there :)

Stafke is also a good boy, little animator for Lexie and master of the house as he is full time at home :)

This week will be busy, but its always good to be busy then bored lol.. dont you think :)

Anyhow, enjoy pictures ...

xx to all :)

Daily activities with Lexie

2011-03-09T23:29:00.003+01:00

Hey hey ..

Thought to update you a bit :)
... just put Lexie to sleep after giving bath and night story...

Im doing fine.. though moslty im busy with the little one ;) .. always tired... though, Lexie is a very good girl :) .. at night sleeps usually 6-7 hours, so she lets mama to sleep ;) and i cant complain about that.
During a day, we walk a lot and do also buggyrunning, evenings we take bath and read good night story.. i read a little Estonian language book "Ugly Duck" ("Inetu Pardipoeg") which she enjoys .. seems anyhow ;) After being outside we usually fight a bit, she is always hungry after being outside and some cry is inevitable ;)

She is so sweet little girl, time flys so quickly, in couple of days she will be 2 month old. In the other hands i feel like having her already for years, kinda funny, isnt it ;) And she is growing so quickly, she is around 4 and half kilogram by now.

I do train as much as i can, wish to be able to do more .. but yeah.. its not easy ... but i do train :)

She looks around nicely and starts to crap things.. develops great ;)

Few pictures :))))
xxx for you all :)

Sunday activites

2011-02-27T10:40:00.004+01:00

Im trying to do some changes in my blog.. so im testing things and see how it would work.

weekend activites :)

2011-02-20T13:40:00.008+01:00

Mmm this weekend was nice. On Saturday we did some walking in the park with Lexie and just now got back from running. Yes, buggy running as i call. I ran 1 hour and a bit, the weather was and still is a bit windy but that was oke :) .. at least its not the weather as in Estonia, -15C and more ;) .. here the weather is +3C or more :)

Lexie is quite crying last days, she only loves to be in buggy or in the car, meaning she loves to ride around, not stand still or sleep lol... so we have a bit hard time presently, but hope that cry period will go over soon :)) .. we keep positive here :)

On Friday we went to one party, Guy's niece, Jessie, became 18 and there was a surprise party for her.. here are few pictures :) First picture with the golden thing around the neck is Jessie and the other woman, with glasses on, is Guy's mam ;) On the last picture Guy is with his brother, Benni, Jessie's father. :) It was Lexies first real party to go ;) lol

Home workout with Lexie :) x

2011-02-15T19:02:00.001+01:00

Eheeeee.. yesterday did some workout together with Lexie :) .. some puch ups and abs.. and actually legs too, but dont have pictures of that ;) lol..
Here are few pictures and video ;) .. see also Lexies gallery. xxx

Lexie's 1 Month Day :)

2011-02-12T14:27:00.004+01:00

Happy 1 Month Day to Lexie :)

... today we also tried dumbbell curls.. she did very fine for first time ;) .. LOL
Kusjes voor Lexie :))))

4 weeks old Lexie in the gym ;)

2011-02-09T18:10:00.004+01:00

Hey hey my dear friends,

Today became Lexie 4 weeks old and she is in the gym already ;) LOL
We started to go to gym from last week, yeah, she sleeps usually and im training. Hope to be in shape soon ;) .. lol

Anyhow here are few pictures made in Bill's gym yesterday.
So.... Lexie poses, of course, with Bill Richardson, my coach. Bill looks so big or better to say Lexie looks so little in Bill's hands ;) LOL
Then Lexie poses with aunt Patricia and ...of course i couldnt be way from camera, so she is with me too ;) lol

More picture updates are in her gallery, click Lexie's gallery banner.

Life is sweet and wonderful!!
Wish the same to you!!!!
xx

One more picture ...my body after giving birth, after 3 weeks and 4 days :)

Lexie's 3 weeks birthday ;)

2011-02-02T15:14:00.004+01:00

Happy birthday Lexie, every day and week is one blessing..

Lexie is already so much bigger girl then 3 weeks ago ;) first clothes starts to be small. Of course, no wonder as she eats very good (from bottle) ;) .. meaning she crys for bottle every 2 hours, sometimes there are also 3-4 hours in between and that is really resting time for me and Guy ;) .. at night she loves to be awake, yeah.. no noise and she dont like to be in silence and alone ;) Looking for warm and pleasant stay.. on the chest of Guy or me ;) lol.. best places in the world :)

I added some more pictures to Lexie's gallery. Hope you will enjoy them as much as we do here ..
Love xx

Lexie's picture gallery

2011-01-20T12:53:00.004+01:00

Hello all,

Thank you all for your lovely wishes!!

I made a little Lexie's own picture gallery that you can be able to keep eye on her and her developments. I will update it while to while and you are always welcome to visit it. :)

Click on the picture and you will be forwarded to her gallery page :)

Best wishes to all,
Gerbel, Guy, Lexie and cat Stafke

Happy 1 week birthday baby

2011-01-19T15:56:00.004+01:00

Hey hey..

We are at home already 3rd day, we got out of hospital on Monday afternoon and today she is 1 week old already :) .. i can imagine how the time will run ;)

She is an angel...
By the way, she doesnt cry much and if the diapers are dry and its warm and mama has enough milk then her life is like in paradise :)

Here are few pictures:
First day at home and we eating on the coach.
How Stafke doing baby watch and how Lexie already working out ;) lol... dont worry, these dumbbells are not heavy.. ;) .. i can be crazy with weights but not so crazy ;) lol

About mama.. im doing also fine.. my weight was this morning 64,5kg.. so im happy :) and its one week after giving birth :) Let me remind you that my last weight before giving birth was 71kg and before getting pregnant i was 63kg. I think i have done good :) .. now have to get back my normal daily routine and get myself to gym again :) .. and i will do it as soon Lexie is doing fine with taking up some weight. She is still struggling with gaining weight. Therefore i give my milk also with bottle, to make life a bit easier for her ;) But now worries, she will do fine and some time in the future we go to gym together (she sleeping and im training LOL).

Oke.. enjoy pictures :)
xxxxx

Lexie & mama going tomorrow home :)

2011-01-16T22:46:00.004+01:00

Hey, hey...

Tomorrow, Monday, we are going home, juppiiiiiii
Then Lexie will meet also the hairy cat who sometimes stepped or lied on her when she was still in mama's belly ;) lol
We both wondering with Guy how our cute cat Stafke reacts when he sees Lexie, little angel ;)

I have here small link.
Lexie and the meaning: LEXIE

And some today's pictures...

When i get home i can make updates also in the website :) .. from hospital its a bit complicated ;)

Kisses xx

Lexie born 12 Jan 2011

2011-01-14T12:37:00.003+01:00

Hey hey.. jupiiiiii :) wonderful news :)

We made it!

Our little babygirl, we named her Lexie, was born on Wednesday, 12 Jan at 11.38,
weight 2,645g and length 48,5cm.

Everything went well, though the birth was harder than i expected but it was 200% worth and the pain is already forgotten. She is gorgeous. What a wonderful new year gift we both with daddy have :)

If she is doing fine, picking nicely some weight then we can go home on Sunday. Our cat Stafke misses us ;) lol.. so we have to go home :)

Daddy is the same happy and proud as mama :) .. and thanks daddy that you were with us during this hard moment when little angel Lexie was born :)

Thank you also all for your nice wishes and comments in Facebook :)

Kisses :)))))))))

Happy 2011 :)

2011-01-04T10:32:00.006+01:00

Heheee.. and now its 2011 and it will be a great year for everyone .. :)
Happy 2011 to all of you :)

The new year came silent in our family. You know, you dont make a big party with the belly i have.. ;) lol.. and as im quite tired all the time then i prefiered to stay home. Unfortunately there wasnt possible to see the fireworks as the weather in Antwerpen was full of heavy fog. There was possible to see only some lightings on the sky ;) lol
Otherwise it was good, though i got some cold and now fighting with the running nose. Oh well, it is better already :) and there are no any temperature.. thats good :)

Tomorrow will have a doctor visit and then we will see how far i am with the birth ;) Im so much looking already forward to the birth, wish she will born already today if .. lol .. We are ready! ;)

Yesterday i did little workout and gave also my last trainings, so now i will have some rest before i get myself to work again :) .. and hopefully the baby will born soon .. very soon ;) lol

Oo, btw, about the weights and measurements :)
Im very happy with the weight gain, i mean i didnt gain too much, im still nicely 70kg, though i know that my muscles are not so pumped and not as heavy as they used to be.. but the weight is good if i consider that in June i was 63 kg for my contest, though i was already then pregnant and the weight should have been 1-2kg less, but my body kept liquid inside.
I also measured myself :)
My belly is 96cm, also not so big i guess.
The baby inside is also small ;) lol..
Im now near to 38 weeks and a week ago she was 2600g and around 44cm. Which is a little smaller then average babys ;) But till she is healthy and fine then everything will be good :)

During Christmas time we did spontaniously one picture with Guy's mobile... it came out quite cute lol.. so i put it up here too ;)

And here is our cute cat with nice new year wish for all of you :) .. that all your dreams come true in 2011 :) xx .. and thank you for your friendship xx :)

Christmas in Ardennes :)

2010-12-29T17:22:00.004+01:00

Hey my dear friends :)

In my facebook i have already these pictures out.. notised that i should perhaps put some of them also here ;) and with little text :)

On 25 Dec, free day, no work, so we thought that why not to drive to Ardennes (little info in wikipedia). All Belgium was and still is under snow, what is not so common and as i come from Estonia, where the snow in winter is really very normal then i enjoyed it fully. Guy enjoyed it too, of course :) .. If here in Antwerpen the temperature was -3 C then in Ardennes there was -11C .. nice difference, ...and it is just 1 and half hour or 2 hours driving distance.

We went to the highest point in Belgium, the Signaal van Botrange, 694m, (info about it in wikipedia). Its a first picture here and behind me you can see stairs to make the highest point 700m ;) Cool he ;)
On a way we did few nature pictures and also at the waterfalls :)

What i find funny, i looked up the last winter pictures. I knew that we went also then to Ardennes and guess what?! It was the same day, 25 Dec 2009, we went to Ardennes, but then it was much less snow, and you could find snow only in Ardennes area :) What a coincidence ;)

We came back to Antwerpen thought Germany and Holland, yeah.. the borders over there arent so far away ;) ...it was fun.. :) .. and when we got home around 9pm then our cat didnt talked to us that evening as he had to be at home all day alone .. LOL ;) ...poor cat ;) lol... in "cat page" there are also few new pictures :)

The baby ;)
.. how she is doing?! She is fine i guess ;) .. will have the doctor visit tomorrow.
She still keeps kicking, even she doesnt have room for that ;)
The baby should be by now ~2,600g and i have few more weeks to go. I wish she comes out sooner, i mean "now" ;) lol

Oke.. enjoy the pictures if you havent seen them already and till my next blog :)

Kisses for upcoming New Year's celebrations, enjoy it fully with your friends and family :)

Gerbel :) x

35 weeks - few pictures ;)

2010-12-28T12:45:00.004+01:00

Hey hey,

I made before Christmas some pictures of my belly ;) ... Who have the access to my website members pages, they can see even more of them ;) under naughty pictures ;)

Hope you like my belly, its not for long anymore..... few more weeks to go ;)

Kisses and hugs and enjoy the end of the year,
Gerbel

December Newsletter

2010-12-15T12:52:00.005+01:00

Hey hey,

Hope everybody, who had to and are in my friends list, received my December month Newsletter nr 24. If not then click on following banner:

Lately i have had trouble with my website, hackers.. and also little problems with my mailbox..
So, i apologize if the website hasnt worked as well as it should.
But otherwise mails are working, so feel free to use gerbel@gerbelmikk.com :)

Enjoy the newsletter and lots of lovely Christmas and New Year wishes to you and all your loved ones!!

Kisses,
Gerbel :)

Music For Life: Leer Nederlands!

2010-12-10T22:48:00.003+01:00

Hey hey :)

Just wanted to share with you one song "Music For Life: Leer Nederlands! ".
Here in Antwerpen will be charity event and our school (SCVO Sité Antwerpen) will also participate and collect money for orphans who lost their parents through AIDS. And for that there is one nice song what we will sing on the streets on 23 December afternoon :)

Anyhow here is shortly what, who and where:
Radio station Studio Brussels Music For Life organises it in cooperation with Red Cross.
It will be in Groenplaats, Antwerpen from 18 till 24 December 2010.
This is a 7 days radiomarathon sent out from glass house what they setting up on the Groenplaats.

Info in Dutch:
Voor de vijfde keer organiseert Studio Brussel Music For Life: een 7 dagen durende radiomarathon vanuit Het Glazen Huis, dat in 2010 op de Groenplaats in Antwerpen staat van 18 tot en met 24 december.
Music for Life wil dit jaar het lot van weeskinderen die hun ouders hebben verloren aan aids in de kijker zetten en geld inzamelen voor de wereldwijde projecten van het Rode Kruis, waar er dagelijks wordt gestreden om het leven van kwetsbare weeskinderen te verbeteren.

SCVO Sité Antwerpen zet zich samen met de andere Centra voor Volwassenenonderwijs van Antwerpen in voor Music For Life. Kathleen De Laet, docente NT2, maakte dit nummertje om de actie te ondersteunen.

Enjoy the song :)

Greetings to all,
Gerbel

34 week - a bit more :)

2010-12-08T22:43:00.003+01:00

Hey hey :)

Just a quick blog before i go to bed :)

Baby is fine, already 2kg and every week gains 150-200g... incredible .. :)
I go to doctor once a week and this week even twice.

The cat is also funny, sometimes loves to clime to my belly and stay there.. of course when Guy tryed to make picture then he runs away .. so i had to keep him on place for a second to make this picture here ;) lol

Still going to school, working and doing things at home. Dont do training as i used to. Just easy little exercises and prenatal training. Eating.. healthy i guess.. veggies, meats, milk products, carbs. And the weight stays on 71kg presently. Good! :) Only thing that our scale stopped working and i cant live without it. So this weekend we have to go to shop to find a new one :)

Anyhow, December month is almost in the middle and soon there will be Christmas. Before that i certainly send out this year's last newsletter.

Oke.. enjoy the month and keep away from candies and cookies ;) lol
...though treat yourself sometimes :)

Kisses,
Gerbel :)

31 weeks pregnancy

2010-11-21T13:25:00.003+01:00

Hey my dear friends,

I thought to write few lines how it is going with my pregnancy ;) ... im full 31 weeks now :)
It goes well, lately though it is getting harder, the belly is big, so its all the time on my way, hard to put shoes or socks on. The babygirl loves to kick, turn and what else inside me and it makes me sometimes feel even dizzy. Ohh, what i am complaining, actually i love the moving and kicking feeling. :)

My weight is still 71kg, already long time, few month, it keeps to be the same.. dont know if its good and that is one question to my doctor tomorrow as i have a visit then. Till last visit baby growth was good, so i hope everything is also good now :) But I have lots of questions to doctor by now, had to even write them down that i dont forget them. :)

Otherwise i still do everythings i am used to do: study, work, training, housekeeping, taking care of my sweet husband, also more sweeter future baby and etc... and of course our cat, who is living with us already 1 month now. Life is flying very quickly. I remember very clearly the baby news in mid June, how shocked i and Guy was.

I put here also one picture for you and for dear members there more in my pictures gallery how the belly is looking now ;)

Oke.. its Sunday and should do little walk i guess or something... so i leave now.

Enjoy also rest of your weekend ;)
xx Gerbel

New flemish language course

2010-11-18T20:49:00.007+01:00

Hey hey all,

Time flys so quickly and i havent had time to write or anything. I do it now :)

Meanwhile i have done my 2.3 level Flemish language exams and as i got 99 point from possible 120 then i was able to jump to next level, the 2.4, the last level for 2nd level. Happy and more happy!!

Then... i still keep working, giving trainings and also do my own workouts... not as much as i used to but as i feel good then i try to continue as long as i can. Though sometimes im so tired from long day that i fall in sleep at 2200hrs and wake up only at 8am :) Lovely isnt it?! ;)
And this belly, its all the time on my way ;) .. though i love the feeling, the belly, the kicking and etc etc that this little girl is inside me. Never thought i would so much to enjoy it :)

The pictures with Guy are made during IFBB Nationals I & Belgian Fed Cup 2010, on 31 Oct 2010 and these are made by Eric (EFIT). Thank you Eric :)
LOL... couldnt be without posing there ;) lol. I speak about that event in my first blog of this month. More pictures of this serial are under other activities gallery.

Oke.. i hope to make more pictures this weekend to show my growing belly to you. ;))

What makes me happy that i havent took so much weight, im 71kg now and im on my 30 weeks of pregnancy. Let me remind you that in June my contest weight was 63kg. I was then 6 weeks pregnant already and i didnt know about my pregnancy and why my body worked so much against getting dry and so forth. But it was for a good reason :)

I let you go now and get back to you soon :)
Meanwhile enjoy everything you do and stay positive :)

xx Gerbel

Birthday :)

2010-11-04T10:29:00.004+01:00

Hey hey..

Thank you for so many nice wishes through Facebook and email, its awesome how many :) xxx
You are for sure in my mind :) .. thanks again :) and i wish you a lovely day toooooooooo :))) xx

My lovely husband did also heart breaking birthday present for me and our lovely babygirl :).. see the picture and the little bathrobe .. its so sweet :).. now mom and daughter have the same bathrobe :)
Thank you Guy.. Ik hou van jou!!! xx

Lots of love to all,
Your Gerbel :)
xx

IFBB Nationals I & Belgian Fed Cup 2010

2010-11-01T14:06:00.007+01:00

Hey hey,

Yesterday we went to Beringen, Belgium to watch and support our competitors in IFBB Nationals I & Belgian Fed Cup 2010. The event was nice, i so much missed being on stage but it was also nice to walk around with my babybelly ... many people didnt know the reason why i dont compete ;) lol .. now they, at least who were there, know ;)

Anyhow, congratulations to all winners and special congrats to our gym (B+C Gym Borgerhout) winners Ermin Junuzovic (Erko) - winner in Junior Bodybuilding and King O-lzogie - winner in Mens Bodybuilding.

Also one our favorite was and is Danie Tjong Ayong - Miss Bikini winner from Holland. Of course we had to do some pictures with her :) .. i look like a elefant ;) LOL

Click HERE-my activities and see some pictures and results. Hope to include more pictures soon :)

There were also few nice photographers who i well know - Dirk De Vos DVSNAPS.COM and Eric (EFIT). So there will be soon more pictures :)

Take care and enjoy the new November month :)
Always your Gerbel :)

Stafke :) - Our new family member :)

2010-10-28T15:38:00.003+02:00

Hey hey,

Last week after we got back from Estonia we finally adompted a cat. He is 5 years old and the name is Stafke (we call him also Saffje and Staff) lol.. Now its one week he has been with us and seems to be happy here.. yesterday started even to play :) .. also he loves to be near and be touched and attention :) .. so he feels himself really at home :)
So, anyhow here are few pictures of our new family member.

Also i made few more pictures of the babygirl.. if you are a member then have a look to my pictures and also naughty ones ;) LOL

Kisses,
Gerbel :)

Visit to Estonia 13-19 Oct 2010

2010-10-24T21:12:00.006+02:00

Hey all :)

My visit to Estonia was great.. even it was short, i got to visit almost everyone i planned. So, it was a great trip. Got also to see the first show there, what was really lovely :)

I put up some pictures here :) .. and also some selection of the pictures in my my website activities gallery :) ... (my dear friends, i have actually more pictures and if you want all where you are on and also in original size then let me know...oke!)

Anyhow, the trip was lovely and i thank all my friends that they took some time for the meetings and nice wishes, words and so forth :)

It was great to see you again after so long time.

I wish you all great upcoming week :)

Kisses,
Gerbel :)

Trip to Estonia: plans/agenda

2010-10-10T11:52:00.005+02:00

Hey hey,

This morning i sent out my new October month NEWSLETTER, it came out quite long ;) lol
Mostly i talk there about my trip to Estonia and the baby ;) LOL

Anyhow there are 2 main reasons why i go to Estonia:
1) to see my parents and my dear friends in Pärnu and Tallinn;
2) to visit and watch on 16 October the Estonian Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships in Salme Cultural Center (Salme street 12, Tallinn) Tallinn, Estonia. Usually i take part and compete on that contest ;) ... the official information about the contest find from Fitness.ee site.

Anyhow, if you are interested to know what the plans are then read my newsletter :)

My best,
Gerbel :)

6 month pregnancy (pix & videos)

2010-10-09T11:09:00.009+02:00

Hey all :)

Im very fine.. feeling good, sometimes tired but its normal i guess. Baby is growing and kicking greatly, she also wakes me up during night around 4am ;) lol.. though i love the feeling :)

Training goes also as good as it can, get to gym 2-3 times per week and do lots of walking. As the little gym where i work is 1 hour walking distance then if the weather allows i always go there by foot :)
I put up few pictures of that sweet little gym to my website (training gallery) and for members there are some nice videos to see, so go to video page :)
As you see its very simple little basic gym (health center) and most of my clients are for rehab or they have some other problems (back, knees, etc.... so, we have everything we need there to get the body and heath better). :)

Anyhow enjoy the video and also your weekend,
Best wishes,
Gerbel

PS! To see one of the videos, click on the picture :)

23 weeks - baby belly gets bigger ;)

2010-09-26T17:50:00.004+02:00

Hey hey,

Well, here i am... baby belly is growing, baby is healthy and kicking... and i feel really good :) Upcoming week will go to doctor visit again and see again how much the baby has grown ;)
Who is my website member then he/she can see also in my pictures gallery more pictures from this pics series and also how my baby looks and waves :)

The weekend was great. Today i spend time at home, cleaned and did all kind of work in house but yesterday i had lovely evening with my great American friend Maxine and her friends. It was actually Flemish dinner, meaning all evening we spoke and practiced our dutch/vlaams language. Most of the participants were originally from abroad who now live here and learning this language :) .. we had really lots of nationalities and for a while the noise in the Maxine's flat sounded like we were in some night bar.

I met so nice and interesting people and got great new friends :) Lovely, thank you Maxine.
Thanks for inviting and thanks for such an effort doing and managing all of it. I really look forward to the next Flemish dinner during Christmas time or whenever, earlier, later then that. :)) And thank you all who made the evening such a success!! :)

I guess the last double biceps picture is really funny with the belly.. isnt it!? So i had to put it up here LOL

Hope you had the same great weekend and i will soon let you know how everything goes and is :)

Till then,
My best to all,
Gerbel ;)

PS! The last survivors at Flemish dinner ;)

Last weekends activites :)

2010-09-17T16:44:00.008+02:00

Hey hey...

Just thought to write few lines and put up some pictures :)

Found some cute pictures from last weekend. As the weather was wonderful then we went to walk to the park in Antwerpen.... we have gone there more then once before but as the park is kinda spreaded then to that part we went first time and i was surprised that it was like a zoo ;)

lol

And here are two more nice pictures.. one is at Guy's sisters place, yeah..... acturally i dont know how to play piano but for the pic it doesnt look bad LOL

...and the last one is taken in Holland at Delta Works. I visited the place in 1999 when i was studying in Holland for 3 month.. so it brought some nice memories ;) LOL

Now its also almost weekend and what will happen this weekend .. dont know yet.. should do some shopping though ;) lol

xx and enjoy also your the weekend,
Gerbel :)

First Baby kicks ;)

2010-09-11T14:42:00.006+02:00

Hey hey,

The Baby is 20 weeks and 5 days old today :) and i feel continually good. The weight is quite normal, is nicely stable but its already 69kg ;) lol
The baby is about 26cm (10.5 inches) in length and weight should be about 300grams (10.5 ounces). Seams like a small babytoy ;) lol

Last few days, before falling in sleep, i have felt some kicks in my belly, at least it seemed so, but last night and this morning i was sure that it is a baby ;) .. wow.. what a nice feeling :))
These kicks though were very small and weak ones. Seamed like the baby is turning a somersault (kukerpallitama - in estonian). It was fun! :))

On Monday will have a doctor visit again, so after that can say more how the baby is ;) till then enjoy little pic from this morning ;) .. bit naughty one but hopefully you like it LOL... ;P

Kisses,
Gerbel :)

Terug naar school ;)

2010-09-02T14:19:00.004+02:00

Hey hey,

Yeah, back to school (terug naar school - in dutch). Today i had my first dutch lesson with the new class, new teacher and classmates from various countries :) .. Let me confess that few days ago i didnt look so much forward to it but after today's lesson i think i really will enjoy it :)

Other then school...
I keep going to gym and working out. I take a bit easy with the training though due to my pregnancy, i get to gym up to 3 times per week and then try to walk a lot.
Im not so strict with my diet either, sometimes allow pancakes or pizza what are presently my favorite cheat meals. Its strange how pregnancy has changed my appetite.. some changes of course are not so good for my sport as i dont enjoy or dont like to eat eggs and chicken and nuts. So, instead of morning eggs i eat now dark bread with cheese, which is not so bad but .... you know what i mean ;)
Good is, of course, that i dont long for ice cream and chocolate and other sweeties or candies... and i prefer apples, pears and plums :) Seems i could eat tons of them LOL... Good hee?! ;)

The baby, grows and is now 4 and half month, so its half way to go and everythings is fine, i feel good, but i get tired quickly... so i try to take sometimes (doesnt happen so often though) a little afternoon nap ;) .. i put here also recent, today made, picture of me.. getting bigger ;) lol

Oke.. i hope to write again some day .. till then :)
Hugs,
Gerbel

Baby news :)

2010-08-23T22:24:00.003+02:00

Hey hey... ;)

I sent out my newsletter today, after so long time. Hope you enjoy the news?! :)

Here is the NEWSLETTER Nr 22

Kisses,
Gerbel

Trip to Luxembourg

2010-08-19T13:29:00.004+02:00

Hey hey..

I dont have lots of pictures of the last weekend trip but it was real nature trip. We went to Luxembourg to spend nice spa and nature weekend what we got from Guy's uncle for our wedding. :) Yes, only now we used the bongo card :) LOL

On the way we saw Frahan, the smallest village in the Belgium (see picture on side) and then visited Bouillon area which is lots of nature.. :) .. very lovable place for nature lovers :)

By the way, i have driven through Luxembourg before but i never went really downtown and wow.. its very sweet little city with lots of old buildings and yeah.. what i tell.. you have to see it with your own eyes, its really lovely city.

The trip was great but the weather wasnt in our side this time. It was raining most of the time and therefore we didnt walked around so much as we had planned ;) oh well.. it was nice anyhow :) lol

Here is one more pic of other little city, Clervaux, where we stayed :) and enjoyed the SPA as it was raining all day ;) lol

Best wishes to all and soon there will be also a newsletter with big news ;) lol

Gerbel
x :)

Skating in Holland

2010-08-09T15:32:00.006+02:00

Dear all,

The weekend was great, got to do some inline skating, who has member access, there are few pictures and also video clip :)) .. it was a great small cardio :) On weekends Guy loves to go to surfing and as im not so good at it then i prefer skating instead :)) LOL

Otherwise life is nice as always, the weather is not so hot here as in Estonia but the sun is shining and its warm enough to walk outside in short sleeves.
I keep training, only wish i could go by bike to gym (by bike its 30 min to Bill's gym) and to have extra cardio but its not possible, always get headache in the evening when i have gone to gym by bike. So i keep using tram for that. Oh well, the overall strength training is good anyhow :)

The weeks are passing so quick lately and September month isnt far and the dutch language school also... but as time is passing, then the October month is really near by, i already booked tickets to Estonia. :)
Just for your information, that i will be in Estonia from 11 till 19 October. Is that cool!! :)
Cant wait to meet all my friends there :)

Oke.. i let you go, and enjoy there,
Gerbel

PS! The bird picture.. i dont know what was wrong with that bird but he hold the leg up as he was trying to copy me and my skating ;) LOL

Renewed Website :)

2010-08-03T09:07:00.004+02:00

Hey hey all,

Last week I was busy with my website, renewed it a bit.. used more fancy colors ;)
Hope you like it more then the old one?!
The biggest changes are colors and that i took away Estonian language pages. As most Estonians anyhow read and understand English then i thought that i will make things a bit easier for myself, meaning save time and hopefully can do more updating from now on :)

So enjoy and i hope to send out soon also my version of newsletter :)

With love,
Gerbel

End of July

2010-07-23T18:58:00.005+02:00

Hey my friends,

I know, i havent written for a while but there is not so much to tell. Life is still great actually, too good to be true ;) ... still keep training and do all the necessary daily activities i did till now. Nothing changed.

Let me also tell that i will send out my next newsletter (who have done subscription for that in my website) only in August. Hope i have some interesting things to tell then ;) lol

Meanwhile we have enjoyed and continue enjoying our summer in Belgium. I put few nice pictures here :) the first one is when we went to see car racing on Zolder Circuit (http://www.circuit-zolder.be/en/).
Next nice 24 hours racing is in August and at the moment we plan to go to watch that too ;).. here is a LINK about this race.

The other picture below is made in one view tower (Sas4-Toren) in Dessel :) .. there was a pancakes boat (pannenkoeken boot) and i had such a desire to go there and eat pancakes but we didnt... damn ;) You see the boat just between our heads ;) lol

Then we keep going to some summer activities (here are lots of festivals to go, cant even follow sometimes) and keeping training, going to surfing. Lately my surfing means that Guy is surfing and i do some inline skating in that area as these places in Holland, where we go to surfing, have a great bicycle roads, also good for skating :) So, we enjoy the summer fully, especially during weekend, then we dont stay at home LOL

Its always so hot.... ;).. and i know that in Estonia is even hotter.. i would send some rain ;) lol .. just this morning we had a great rain.. lol

Oke, i will keep myself busy.. go to gym for instance ;)

Take care and enjoy everything you do :)
Always yours Gerbel

Vacation trip to Turkey :)

2010-07-09T17:33:00.005+02:00

Hey my dear family, friends, fans and all who read it :)

We had a great vacation to Turkey in the end of last month.
Klick here and see some of the pictures and if you are a member in my site then have a look also to video section :)

We looked for last minute trip whereever, we just wanted it to be cheap, in sunny place, with lots of water, easy to go and all inclusive :) .. and so we went to Kervan Saray in Torba, Turkey. The main city on the coast was few km's away, Bodrum, and that we visited also. It was really a great time we had there but one week was too short.. ;))) LOL

On the pictures you can see all what we did: laying on the sun, swimming, kayaking, shopping in Bodrum (night time), a bit training and posing LOL and just had a great time :)

We met lots of fun and nice people too.. greetings to them :)

Now its the normal life routine back and enjoying the sun here :)

Best wishes and enjoy your vacations too,
Gerbel

Barbeque at home

2010-06-20T20:03:00.003+02:00

Hello,

Today was a great day, we did some work at home and for eating we decided to make a barbeque, of course i did some pictures... i, as a photographer, am not on the picture, but Guy is ;) LOL

What a delicious meal: grilled beef sate, chicken and tomato, then for side some salade, yogurt and salsa sause and etc.

We had to eat inside as the weather is not as warm but it promises from Tuesday next week warmer weather again :)
We look very much forward to next week, vacation time, so you will not see me till the end of the month online, will not sit inside behind the pc LOL

I hope you had also a great weekend and i wish you a great and hot upcoming weeks,
Always your..... Gerbel ;)

NINA magazine

2010-06-19T23:20:00.007+02:00

Hey hey,

Today, 19 June 2010, was published a Belgian female magazine "NINA". There is an article about Belgian strength training girls and also I have a part there LOL

The picture qualities arent as good but i hope to get the pictures also digitally that i could put some of them to my gallery also :)
The interview and photoshoot was long time ago, on 9 Apr. It took a while when the article came out, as you see LOL

Most of you who read this blog arent able to buy this magazine, so i photo copied it and you can find it by clicking on the picture what brings you to the published work in my website.

Enjoy and have a nice summer :)
Gerbel

Pictures & Videos - IFBB Nationals II & GD Prix of Flanders 2010

2010-06-08T14:56:00.008+02:00

Hey,

I will put here quickly some links for you to see pictures and videos.
Afterwards will put the selected pictures and links with videos to my website also. Oke :)

Till then, enjoy them here:

Pictures made by Dirk De Vos (www.dvsnaps.com)
http://www.dvsnaps.com/dvsnaps/002-bodybuilding/2010-IFBB-Ninove.html

Movies:
Free routine at contest:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-DSdt79CbY

Free routine practice 2 days before contest:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn0YM3p_lu8

Compulsory poses at contest:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib6MpptaL4w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-i-L1dx5xA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niz8tfW6Mew

Hope you enjoy them :)
Take care,
Gerbel :)

IFBB Nationals II & GD Prix of Flanders 2010

2010-06-06T22:25:00.019+02:00

Dear Friends,

Its Sunday evening, i dont have so many pictures yet but i have few videos.

So i got 4th place (first 3 places were taken by hollanders), we had in total 8 women competing in bodybuilding and most of the other women took part also in fitness and bodyfitness and miss bikini. And that brings me to say that if the bodybulding first 3 winners winning or taking also higher places in miss bikini then the jury's work is in my opinion out of balance. I know i was soft (cant get my last days preparation as it should be) and im happy to have my 4th place. It was my 5th contest in bodybuilding and every time i learned something of my body, got a great experience and especially this yesterday's contest was a hit for me as i never had so much to pose and never sweated as i did yesterday. It wasnt like usually you have up to 2 minutes on stage, what i experience in my previous contests and it was always hard to find a motivation to do all of it (preparation for many months).

By the way, i have to say also that the contest organisation wasnt as good as it should be, starting with 2 times registration and ending with the jury, some of them didnt do any difference between miss bikini and bodybuilding judgement. Sorry for being so hard on that.....
And of course the posing, keep strict track what are the bodybulding compulary poses and what are the fitness compulsary poses, some judges surely werent aware of these and as well some (female competors) who competed in any possible categories.... (female bodybuilding doesnt have profile pose, not in my IFBB rule papers).

About doping control, oh well, these people just picking out whoever. The testing is so expensive but seems its not important, tax payers will pay it anyhow. Sorry that i have such an opinion about this procedure but they should check at least 3 first places or take a pick with some reason/evidence. Seems that they dont know nothing about side effects of doping users and if you can hide yourself before contest (what is easy to do, just close a door and dont show yourself before going to stage) then you dont have to give it! Sounds funny but is actually sad. Sorry guys.

Pleasant part was to see so many girls there and it was very nice to meet all the competitors and i congratulate all the winners and wish all participants lots of success for the future. Have a nice summer! :)

Proficiat to Erko for 1st place and ....
Many thanks for all my friends and supporters, special thanks to my trainer Bill, my husband Guy and of course Patricia who is always there when you need her :)

Anyhow, i learned a lot from that contest and will do better in my next ones. I try to get some uploads of the contest also, but you need to be patient. :)
Its late, and tomorrow is school and i have to learn a lot as in 2 weeks have my dutch language in 2.2 level exams :)
Will do my best to do some updates in my website and in photogallery and video section asap.

Never the less.. Youtube video with my free routine is here :) ...Thx to Maxine! ;)

Take care and enjoy your week,
Gerbel :) x

All 8 competitors of female bodybuilders:
I point out only first 3 places, sorry i dont have the protocol and so no names, include them later): from left the first woman (with red bikini) got 3rd place, the third from the left (with white bikini) won 1st place, next to her (red bikini again) got 2nd place (who won also miss bikini 3rd place).

Visit of seaside Oostende and historic Gent

2010-05-17T16:17:00.014+02:00

My Dear Friends,

Two last weekends after Fibo we visited some nice places in Belgium :)
We were lucky with the weather and had a good time as you can see also from the pictures :) ..

Anyhow, on 13 May was a Public Holiday in Belgium (Ascension Day) and so most of the Belgians had a day off or took a long weekend. We went on that day (after my training of course) to seaside Oostende (known as: Stad aan Zee). Here are few pictures, the weather was nice and we did a long walk in the beach :)

And on 15 May we went to a historic city Ghent (in Dutch: Gent) which is the fourth largest city of Belgium. The city medieval architecture is remarkably well preserved and restored and it was lovely to see. We took a boat trip along the river and enjoyed the day with sunny weather. If you should visit Ghent then i certainly suggest this trip (its not so expensive: 6 Eur per person and for kids it was half price).
Did you know that Ghent is twinned (sister city) with Tallinn, Estonia? Yeah, now i know also, with the medieval buildings there is no wonder as Ghent reminded me Tallinn Old Town.

There is less then 3 weeks to go till my contest, i feel quite good, though as always feel also that im not ready or i need more time.. oh well, i keep training, eating what i should eat and do my best.
I have worked out a flier for the contest too ;) lol
You can download this pdf file ("Gerbel's Flier Ninove"), give or forward to your friends who could be interested in that event. It will be a very fun event with all the pro and amateur men and women bodybuilders, fitness and bodyfitness and so forth. So, how is nearby could come to see the event and support all the athletes.

Oke.. i will finalize for today, will work on the newsletter what i want to send out also soon and i wish you all the best.

Enjoy the almost summer,
Your Gerbel

FIBO 2010

2010-04-27T23:07:00.007+02:00

Hey my dear friends,

Its the end of April and i suppose its the last blog on this month ;) and of course i will tell you about my visit to FIBO 2010 on Saturday, the 24 April. (22-25 April 2010 will be FIBO 2010 - The Leading International Trade Show for Fitness, Wellness & Health, in Essen, Germany.)

It was such a fun event, it was for me first time to visit such a big sport event and i loved it, what a great experience :) I went there with Guy and Patricia, both are my biggest fans i think ;) and so we met lots of well built worldwide famous athletes (bodybuilders, fitness, bodyfitness, bikini, powerlifters, strongmen and so forth) and saw or better to say tried many great workout equipment. Lets say if i would have money then i would buy Kinesis wall at home (first picture here me with the cables and mirror behind). Though i love also to go to gym and enjoy training with other people around, but this mirror Kinesis is impressive and fancy LOL.
The Intek Strength dumbbells were also very handy and we had a great chat with their representatives :)

So I met nice, very friendly athletes and had lovely chat with some of them :)

We also met our Estonian delegation. It was so great to see you guys (Argo, Jüri, Lauri and Dima). :))

There was Physique TV on a place and took a small interview from me. Will try to find it ;)

Then i was challenged for armwrestling. Im not a great armwrestler but....

...there was also little Brutal Challenge in biceps barbell curls and it went well. I did 50 reps with 20kg EZ-bar. :) hmm lovely, never thought i could do so many ;)

Oke.. here is the PHOTO GALLERY IN MY ACTIVITIES PAGE and i hope to upload more pictures after a while, when I receive more from other picture makers ;)

Till then enjoy anyhow :)

Best, Gerbel

Soon at FIBO

2010-04-20T15:54:00.005+02:00

Hey my friends,

I so much look forward to go to FIBO.
Will go there with my loving husband and a great Belgium friend, Patricia :) We are sure it will be a great event on Saturday. Yes, we go to Essen, Germany on Saturday the 24 of April and hope to see YOU also there ;)

I have already scheduled at least one photoshoot on the place ;) lol
Telling you that because i hope to make you curious ;) lol

Here is the FIBO official site and buy your ticket already now :)

Best wishes and see you there,
Gerbel

Boat Lifts in Belgium

2010-04-07T20:55:00.015+02:00

Hey Friends,

On 5 April we drove with Guy around in Province of Hainaut (Belg: Provincie Henegouwen) in Belgium (French part of Belgium) to see some big Boat Lifts (Waterwerken). Wow they were big. LOL

First we went to see the very new one - Funicular lift of Strephy-Thieu (Scheepslift van Strepy-Thieu). This waterways is a network for 1350t vessels and the difference in level is 73.15 meters. So you can imagine how hard was to climbing up as we didnt want to pay the entrance ticket. The reason why we didnt go inside was actually that the season really starts in May and then its also possible to drive with boat from one lift to another. So we considering to visit these places again :) Meaning we want to take canal cruise Strepy-Thieu to Ronquieres. Would be much more fun we thought :)

Anyhow, the next stop was The Historical Canal Du Centre and its hydraulic lift. Its the oldest construction of the site (1888), hydraulic lift no. 1. Here the level difference was 17 meters.

Next we saw the Slopping Lock of Ronquieres is one the Charloroi-Brussels canal and was built in 1968. It has the level difference of 68 meters and the canal is for vessels of up to 1350t.

Then i saw one boat on the bridge, it came out its a canal for them.. lol.. here is a picture (unfurtunately without boat) and of course the old swingbridge was also impressive. We drove on it with our car and it seemd so unsecure.

And the last stop was Waterloo Battlefield - The Lion Mound. As we both with Guy have visited the Lion and the museum before then we didnt go inside or top of the hill.

So, this was our Easter Monday (Paasmaandag) ;)

I hope you enjoy the pictures and that you had also a great Easter.

My best wishes, hugs,
Gerbel

Happy Easter!!

2010-04-02T17:57:00.003+02:00

My dear Friends and my Family,

First, I wish you and all your loved ones a very Happy Easter!
Enjoy it fully :)

Also in the same time I would like to give my sincere condolences to my loving husband and all the family. Yesterday, Guy's grandmother passed away at the age of 84. She was such an amazing woman who touched the lives of many. Everyone who know her will miss her.
"Not ever gone, Just moved on!"

Happy Easter and God Bless you!
Gerbel

Ski Vacation, Val d'Allos, France

2010-03-22T21:24:00.007+01:00

Hey my dear friends and fans ;)

Long time no writing, probably you wondered where have i disappeared?! Or no?! ;)

We went with Guy to ski vacation for a week (13-20 Mar) - our 5 month late and promised honeymoon trip. We found a nice (last offer) trip to Val d'Allos (Le Foux), South-France and it was excellent timing as the weather was just perfect. Every day when we skied (6 days on a row) the sun was shining and it was -4 C in up mountains (2500m) and on the ground it kept around 10-20 C. There wasnt much wind and it was just perfect sunny weather to ski and we did, we started around 10am and finished around 4pm in the afternoon. Meanwhile we had about 1 hour lunch break and perhaps few small breaks more but otherwise i would say we skied about 4 hours per day. It was a lot and very tiring and by Friday we were dead, so last 6th day we skied actually about 2 hours and then just enjoyed the sun in one small snack cafe (our favorite) up in mountains.

The living place was 100m away from the ski area, it was small studio kind apartment for 2-6 persons (bedroom with nice double bed, living room and open kitchen, small extra room with 2 extra beds and separate bath room and toilet). It was very nice, clean and comfortable.

Unfortunately the internet connection wasnt available, we could buy the access but we didnt, so after we got back my mail box was full of unread mails and it took for some time to look all through, still have to send few reply's but i hope by the end of the week i will be good again with my mails, reply's and updates ;)

Ah yeah, we went there by car, we started in the late evening on Friday the 12th, overnighted in small hotel somewhere near Lyon and by the evening on Saturday we arrived to Val d'Allos.
And a week later, Saturday, 20th, we drove back, starting at 10am and we arrived at 11pm in Antwerpen. It was really bad driving as just then the weather turned bad, so we got most of our road back rain showers ;) ...We were really lucky as all the ski days were nice sunny weather.

With this nice weather, of course, we did lots of pictures and videos. Pictures you are welcome to see HERE and few videos you might find from YouTube. For my site members the videos are HERE and more pictures, posing with the sun (yes, i did some posing pictures outside with a snow and sun) are HERE. So, if you are not a member then you are always welcome to become one!! :)

And to my loving husband.... i would like to thank you for so great and lovely vacation! You are the best!! :) I love you!!!

Lots of warm and loving wishes to all,
Your Gerbel

And finally my skiing skills ;)

Video - back exercise

2010-03-02T15:52:00.000+01:00

Hey,

Today had a great back, chest and finally biceps workout.
From one exercise we made a small video ;) .. enjoy :)

Gerbel's One Arm Dumbbell Row
21kg x 10 reps (3 sets)

My best,
Gerbel

KYANI Natural Supplement

2010-02-28T12:22:00.003+01:00

Hey my dear Friends and Fans and all readers,

Today i thought to speak about natural vitamins.
I take them all the time and my health, mood, energy and power is better then before. Doing every day heavy strength workout and after that some 30 min cardio and during weekends i started up with joga and stretching training then without this Kyani i wouldnt have the energy to keep up. All this training and going to school, giving personal trainings in evening times and sometimes lack of sleep has been possible only with the Kyani!

I recommend it to very hearthy people or with lots of health problems people. Also i suggest it to kids as it helps to increase the memory and be sure your kids grades will be much better as his/her studies will be much more construcive. Kyani is against headaches, migraines, sleepless... you just name what problems you have and you will get rid of it as the Kyani gives all the neccesary support to every cell and system in your body!! It also helps to loose fat if you have small overweight problems. Even to quite smoking is easier as using the Kyani you dont long for cigarettes. Kyani is all you need for better body and soul. :)

Here is one very good video what one very good friend, Jüri, sent me. Enjoy the video and i hope you go for it because if you use Kyani you dont need any other bills or whatever you use at the moment and Kyani is natural. That i love the most.

KYANI MAKES THE 5 O'CLOCK NEWS

Yes, its really a great product and here is one more video i suggest you to watch because it will help you to understand why i tell you about Kyani. I want to help you and if you also want to help others you can do it, also you can make some money. All you hear and see in this video is not a pullshit, it all is true :) ..it is a wonderproduct!

KYANI SUCCESS

Anyhow, i hope you really think all through, what kind of vitamin products you eat now and how you could help your body with Kyani natural products. I believe you will save lots of money to go for and use Kyani. It will help you to get your body healthy and health is the first thing for success!! Isnt it!?

For ordering the Kyani wonder products go to my website and start the healthier life, and your success is easy to come!!

My best wishes,
Always your Gerbel

FLEX magazine

2010-02-23T22:30:00.005+01:00

Hey my friends,

Just today got a new number of FLEX magazine (March 2010, No 3 NL) and what a nice surprise, I was in ;) .. all our Bill's team was in, of course :)
Anyhow it was about the last contest I had in Belgium: IFBB Nationals I & Belgium Fed Cup 2009.

See the cut-outs (pictures) from my site PUBLISHED WORK (4 last pictures after marriage article pictures). Hope you enjoy it the same as i do :) .. of course who know me then they also know that they mixing up my first and family name, they keep doing it all the time ;) LOL Oh well... one day they do know me better and .... ;)

Please enjoy the rest of the week and enjoy my Chicken salad too, just did it today and you will find the recipe from my RECIPE page :)

Otherwise everything is oke with me, I do at least once a day my gym training, though all my weekends are more or less just for enjoyment, no training, sometimes just light training followed with saunas :)
During week i go still to my dutch lessons (2.1) for 3 days per week and then keep giving personal trainings. So the days flying away quicker than i wish sometimes but at least im busy and not bored ;)

Oke, I let you go now and hope you enjoy the new things in my site :)
I have some more things to put up to my site, just give me some time, will include them ASAP :)

Always think of you, take care,
Gerbel :)

PS! Happy Estonian Independence Day to all Estonians :) ...on 24 Feb :)

Happy Birthday Guy!

2010-02-05T07:00:00.000+01:00

I wish you lots of love, happiness and success!!
Happy birthday my darling :)

Your Schat :)

Bill Richardson's gym

2010-02-02T19:06:00.006+01:00

Dear friends,

I made few pictures of the gym im going. Its Bill Richardson's gym in Burgerhout, Antwerpen. Though the official gym name is B+C Gym Borgerhout. And as you see its really a old school gym :)

Anyhow enjoy the pictures HERE. I know that some of you looking forward to some training pictures. Soon will talk about my usual leg training and also put up some pictures :) .. we did some this morning :)

On the first picture in the gallery you see Patricia behind the desk, who is a great woman, training partner and her legs are really strong (as mine ;)).. lot of respect. And i will tell soon also her story, how she got into this gym and what changes she has made after she started to train in train there. :)

Till then ;)
Gerbel

Flemisch 1.2 level is finished

2010-02-01T18:19:00.004+01:00

Hey,

You probably already looking forward me to speak Flemisch.. yeah.. its kinda difficult but the first level is over and today already started with a new 2.1 level studies. Our teacher changed, now we have female teacher, Inez. Our prevous teacher, Johan (the tallest guy on the picture) got a new beginner class ;)
From now on i have my lessons on Monday, Thursday and Friday from 09.00-12.30 :)
Other days as Tuesday and Wednesday morning i will do my trainings in Bill's gym.

Sure you want to know my result: i got 112 points from possible 120. Im happy with the result :)
Rhys, here is the answer to your question :))) .. jupiiiiiiiiiii ik ben geslaagd!!
And all did the exam very well and could continue with a new advanced course! :) Proficiat! ..to all :))

Oke.. here is a LINK where you can see few more pictures. Enjoy :) ..though there arent so many of me ;) .. cool isnt it :)

Soon i will put up some training pictures also.. but till then.. enjoy all the gallery :)

Wish to all students a lot of success :)
Gerbel

YouTube - The Hilarious Hawaii Exercise Chair

2010-01-30T22:19:00.003+01:00

Hey hey,

Wanted to share with you one YouTube video. Some laugh for you too :)))
The Hilarious Hawaii Exercise Chair

Enjoy,
Gerbel

Some great shows and my studies

2010-01-24T20:42:00.010+01:00

Dear all,

Uhh.. the last weeks have been busy but its lovely. I have trained a lot, sometimes even twice a day.. wonderful.

I dont talk today too much but i will put up few pictures ;) See them and make your own conclusions ;)

Anyhow have visited in Brussels few shows: Erotic Feest and Auto Museum and then Auto Salon. Wow, two picture i have with my new car "Tesla" ;) .. yeah.. i wish ;) .. joking of course, i cant afford it lol...but it was a nice one. ;)

26 Jan, on Tuesday, will have the exam of the Flemisch language (1.2 level).
Wish me luck ;) ... Surely will let you know how it went, get my results on Friday :)

Enjoy your week and stay healthy!
Gerbel :))

Year 2010 start

2010-01-06T16:45:00.008+01:00

Hey my dear friends :)

I have had a great start of the year.

Yeah.. finally all the celebrations are over and i can start small dieting as i had lots of cheating during December month.
The Christmas we celebrated with Guy at home, i made usual Estonian Christmas food and New Years Eve we went out and visited our friends of the friends and had really a lovely evening, long though as we got back home around 5am :) .. but the food was delicious :)
There was 2 dogs and 3 cats, amazing. Here are 3 pictures of some of the pets ;) This grey dog is really ugly but he was fun ;)

Otherwise i keep studying flemisch, will have my first level exam on 26th of January, as i remember and its going well. One of my new years resolution was to start speaking flemisch also at home or any possible time, place. Guy is a bit inpatient with my talking though ;) LOL

I put also up one link of FIBO 2010 in Germany, see the News page. There is also a official link and on 24-25 April we plan to go to Essen to that nice event. Would be nice to see you also there, dear blog reader :)

What else ... yeah..

Also you see two nice pictures ;) ... just thought to put here few taken this morning when one nice friend visited me in Antwerpen.
Helena is from Knokke and a competitor in bodyfitness (bikini) and you might recognize her from some other pictures, from last year contest pictures, taken in Belgium in October. Anyhow we had a great morning at my place, lot of talking and here are few small pictures :) Please know, that she is a Miss Belgium competitor, dont know which year but she is a lovely girl :)
Helena :) Thank you for your visit and hope to have soon a great training with you :)

Oke.. i will finish here.. and hope to do some more updates soon :)

Wish a good health and lots of love for 2010!!
Your Gerbel

Happy New Years Eve and Happy 2010!! :)

2009-12-31T16:22:00.003+01:00

Hey my dear family, friends, fans and all the readers :)

We wish you a incredible New Years Eve and more wonderful 2010 year!!

Enjoy your life, its beautiful!
Gerbel & Guy

Comedy shows :)

2009-12-22T11:12:00.007+01:00

Dear friends,

Please let me share this Happy Holidays video with you.. its such a fun :)

Jeff Dunham - Achmed The dead Terrorist (Christmas Special)

See this website too..

And one legendary theater show also for you here :)

Dinner for one!

Hugs :)
Gerbel

Unbelievable snow :)

2009-12-21T14:41:00.006+01:00

Hey,

This December month has been very nice :) .. lots of nice and simple things going on :)
Here i thought to share some more pictures we made last week :) .. and yesterday we did even a snowwoman (snowvrouw) next to Schelde, almost as tall as i am :) lol

Lots of nice Christmas wishes to all from me and Guy, enjoy the holidays fully :))

First snow in Antwerpen!! :)

2009-12-17T19:43:00.005+01:00

Hey my friends,

This is cool here, we had first snow today in Antwerpen, though it was pretty scary how this weather touched the traffic. As here almost noone doesnt have winter gears for the car then the traffic was slow, very slow, full of traffic jams and so on. Yeah, its not compulsory to have a winter gears here. I included also few pictures taken from home window :) Cool, feels like home in Estonia ;)

Last Saturday we went to ski :) .. SnowWorld Landgraaf in Holland. Its a inside ski area and a nice place, though some time ago we went to Germany to Alpincenter Bottrop and i must say i liked there more. Anyhow, in Landgraaf it was cold and the pictures will show it, my nose is red. See more pictures HERE :)
Unfortunately, for one our friend Stefanie it didnt end so good. She broke her leg :( .. she will be fine soon and will run around in summer as nothing happened, im sure :) But we all wish her "Veel Beterschap!!" :)

About Christmas, no so much plans, staying at home and enjoying it together with Guy :)

I wish you a great holidays :))
Gerbel

An amazing video :) and my ice cream ...mmmm

2009-12-02T22:56:00.007+01:00

Hey all,

Just wanted to share one video "90% de gree push-ups"
Its amazing what some can do :)
Wish i would have such a body control as he has ;)

Also i just had to include also 2 pictures.
What i have in front of me?!
Yeah, its an amazing ice cream place we went with Guy in November and wow... this bowl was full of ice cream and it was a one portion ... only for me ;) .. on top there was more then enough different kind of fruits.
This place was like heaven for me and some more girls i know, im sure that Rosin and Aktivist would love it there too :) LOL

Also let me tell you that i plan to send out another newsletter for you tomorrow and that everything is very good with us. I train a lot, go to language school and eat also good to keep up with all my activities ;) lol .. its fun :) .. only the weather starts to get colder and it keeps raining ;) damn ;)

Enjoy :)
Always your Gerbel :)

Trennitäht 2009

2009-11-25T15:29:00.006+01:00

Hello my especially Estonian friends,

I have an announcement to make and would like you to participate in one nice event on this Saturday :)
I myself cant participate there as im in Belgium but you can! So if you are in Estonia /doesnt matter Estonian or not) and would like to challenge yourself then take part and compete in Trainingstar 2009 (Trennitäht 2009 konkurs).
The event will be in Sparta Sportsclub this Saturday, on 28 Nov 2009 and all the necessary information you can read from HERE in Muscle and Fitness portal :)

Its not only this contest, its a birthday of Sparta Club and from 1100hrs there will be all kind of group lessons you can take part, go to gym and just see nice people, our Estonian best Fitness and Bodybuilding guys and girls. So i suggest you to go and enjoy the activities what Sparta and Muscle&Fitness magazine offers you.

And .. its free entrance for everyone, so dont miss it!!

Enjoy the event and if you cant go there then enjoy the week anyhow :)
Your Gerbel

Videos :)

2009-11-19T12:00:00.006+01:00

Dear friends and the members of my website,

Finally i updated my video collection and now in member's site under gallery - videos, there are possible to see few videos of my 2 bodybuilding contests in October:
4 Oct - Estonian Bodybuilding & Fitness Championships 2009 in Tallinn, Estonia
24 Oct - IFBB Nationals I & Belgium Fed Cup 2009 in Brussels, Belgium

Firstly some videos of the contests, there is one short clip (silly one) i put to YouTube, rest of the videos are available for my members, so here is a good opportunity for you who are not members of my site to become a member!! :)

Secondly few clips of my skating skills ;)
Link to one of them you will find also here - YouTube, though 2 more you can see under memeber's site :)

Thirdly you will find under that video section a small clip of my first posing training with Bill.

Hope to make some more videos of my present form :) .. soon :) LOL

Enjoy and my best sunny wishes,
Your Gerbel

Black Berry event in Brussels

2009-11-18T19:57:00.005+01:00

Hey friends,

Just a small note and few pictures :) in Coudenberg Museum.

Yesterday was 1 month anniversary of our wedding. Ohh can you imagine ;) ...We didnt really celebrate it but as there was a Black Berry event (advertisement of wonderful Black Berry) then we did celebrated it a bit in very nice way :)
This all event was where the Coudenberg Museum is in Brussels and beside the main thing ... interesting presentation, comedian show and dinner afterwards :) we visited and had a guided tour in the museum. I put also a link above of this museum.
They used beside French and Dutch language also English which helped a lot of course though my Dutch getting also better and better, at least i understood also some of this part ;) lol

Otherwise everything is very good here, still very very happy. I keep training hard and going to school for dutch language course.
Guy already started to speak with me Flemisch, so i better learn it quicker LOL... also i send text messages (with Black Berry of course ;)) in Flemisch and it gives also some practise :)

But oke, i should finish this, as it had to be a small note ;) ...tomorrow i hope to have some free time and try to upload some new videos also. :)

Till then, my best regards to all :)
Gerbel

Last contest pictures and small info about SPORDITÄHT!

2009-11-06T21:20:00.005+01:00

Hey all,

Just got some pictures from my last contest in Belgium.
See this LINK

Oh yeah, my birthday present from Guy was also fantastic.
After we left Bill's Gym, we relaxed all afternoon and evening in SPA ('t Minaral). Meaning lots of different saunas, swimming pools, dinner and etc :) Thx Guy, my love. :)

Then i wanted for Estonians to say that.. and i will continue in Estonian ;)

28. nov toimub üks kena üritus Sparta Spordiklubis, kus valitakse Trennitäht. Kahjuks ma ise sinna minna ei saa, aga Eestis elavale seltskonnale on see lähemal ja soovitan soojalt kuna see on ülivõimas motivaator edasisteks treeninguteks :) Lähem info on SIIN. Ootan siis Pärnu rahva... eelkõige Kimberi Klubi liikmete osavõttu!! :)

Enjoy your weekend and God Bless you!!
Your Gerbel :)

4 Nov 1974 born in Pärnu, Estonia ;)

2009-11-04T13:33:00.004+01:00

.. and now im in Wilrjik-Antwerpen, Belgium..
.. celebrating my birthday in Bill's Gym ..
.. pictures are made after eating nice chocolate cake :)
.. made for local magazine "the winning team" ;)

Happy Birthday to me ;) LOL

2009-11-03T22:16:00.004+01:00

Hello all,

Tomorrow will get 35 years old or better to say young because i still feel like 25 ;)
How i celebrate it? First we go to Bill Richardson gym together with Guy (he took a day off :)) to celebrate it there with all the great people like Bill, Patricia, Kwame, King, Erko and many more in the morning and then the day/evening we go and do something special but that i tell you later :)

So i wish you also a great day and here is small present for you ;)
To see it, CLICK HERE
..... and the picture you see is just made "Chocolate dattels filled with mandel".. lovely, the recipe you find from my newsletter :) only there i tried it with blue cheese in it ;) also good, but who doesnt like blue cheese then almonds are perfect for that sweet snack also :) ...enjoy! :)

Lots of love and happiness to all,
Your Gerbel

"And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count.
It's the life in your years."
- Abraham Lincoln -

Flemisch language course 1.1 is finished :)

2009-10-30T17:18:00.009+01:00

Hello,

I thought to give you just a small note about the results of my flemisch language exam. It was STANAG 1.1. Ik ben geslaagd. It means i passed and i got 110 points from 120 possible. Not bad, though i could have done better LOL. Need to study more :)

Next course 1.2 starts on 14 Nov and lasts till the end of January, I wish after that i can already use the language more often as i should have then more vocabulary ;) Till now i still use a little sayings and sentences only in my daily bases. Should use it more often but it seems so slow when i start to talk that i loose my patient ;) LOL

So we had a small morning party at school today and some of the pictures :)
On a group photo you will find our teacher, Johan (see the smallest guy in the middle), actually Johan is something 1.90cm tall guy.. LOL
There are 2 pictures where you can see girls in our class .. nice haaa :) ... and there are also a picture of me and Lesley from UK. She was good, she got 118 points from 120.. congratulations and of course to all students - proficiat! :)

Happy Halloween to my all classmates and blog readers and all my friends and family :)

With love,
Gerbel

NATIONAL CHAMPION :)

2009-10-25T12:27:00.005+01:00

Hey my friends and fans :)

I did it :) ..and im very happy with my result :).. as well my husband and of course my trainer Bill Richardons and my great friend Patricia who has been such a support and motivator for me ;)))

It was really a great contest in Brussels - IFBB Nationals I & Belgium Federation Cup 2009 - yesterday, 24 Oct, where i got 1st place. In total, we had 3 female competitors in bodybuilding.
Here are some pictures of my medal and trophee (multifunctional) and flowers ;)

Also i put here one picture taken after contest with bodyfitness girls in dressing room.

More pictures and the video (thx to Patricia) will be published soon also :)

It was short info but i hope you loved to hear that :)

Take care and lots of hugs :)
Gerbel