"A dream that I have been fighting for for 5 long years has come true," Miroslav Juricek describes his journey to Olympia

This year we will see a Czech competitor of Men's Physique division at Olympia, namely Miroslav Juricek. He managed to dominate a professional competition in Romania at the end of last November and won an invitation to the Olympia. That's why in the short interview below we will take a look at how Miroslav is doing so far in his training and for example what nutritional supplements he would recommend to beginners.

Hi Míro, so how is the preparation for this year's Olympia going?

Hi, I'm in my second week of volume training and I'm kind of gradually trying to eat more food and gradually progress on the weights, I'll tell you that I have one more competition in July before the Olympia, so there's not much time to waste.

Did you have any idea you were going to win the Romania Muscle Fest Pro this year?

I honestly didn't think I'd be there at all until about 2 weeks before the competition, but my form was building up and I thought I could try to break the Romanian jinx and the other thing that was going through my mind was that it would be a shame to do the form for just one competition.

What were your feelings immediately after winning in Romania?

I couldn't believe it for a long time after the race to be honest. A dream/goal that I have been fighting for for 5 long years in the IFBB Pro League came true. When the announcement was made and DeOlivier and I were the last two left, I was so convinced that I was second that I was already congratulating him on his first place at that moment.

It certainly hasn't escaped bodybuilding fans' attention that you've joined the EVLS team, what will the EVLS collaboration consist of?

She is such a more complex collaboration, we have plans for FIBO, the biggest fitness expo where the new collection will be presented, but especially the trip to Olympia and a lot of help with costs etc.

What are your goals for this year's Olympia?

To come back better, a bit harder and bigger on the parts that were a bit lacking and to bring the best form possible. Obviously I would really like a Top 10 and I would take that as a great achievement.

Do you have any other sponsors? I guess you're under Nutrend, right?

Yes, we have been working with Nutrend for five years now and they have helped me a lot in my sporting career, who is interested in professional bodybuilding knows how expensive this sport is and that we don't have prize money like tennis players. Other than that, this year I started working with CBD Star, where we focus a lot on adaptogens.

In your opinion, what are the top 3 products you would recommend to "ordinary" exercisers?

100% protein, unless it can be taken as part of a meal, my top pick for a few years now has been Nutrend's ISO ProZero salted caramel flavour. Then I would definitely recommend supplements based more on micronutrients, ZMA, omega 3 and various adaptogens.