Katka: bodybuilding or physique?
Five months after Katka Kyptova posted on her blog
that she planned to compete in the new women’s physique division, she tells us
she is still dreaming of competing as a bodybuilder and may not be done yet
after all. "I love bodybuilding!" she says. She has applied for a pro
card in physique but says she is also thinking of competing as a bodybuilder at
the Arnold Amateur Europe in Madrid in October. At 5-foot-5, she now weighs
around 170 pounds – around 10 pounds less than when she was prepping for the
Arnold – and is enjoying the off-season. But she says that although likes being
a little smaller than she was last year, she is still thinking about competing
with the big girls. She says that, when she looks at photos of herself in
contest shape last year, she can’t imagine losing the size she has taken so
long to develop. “I see 12 years of hard work,” she says. “I don’t want to lose
it!”