Biceps! Beauty and the Peak

It's the May Bank Holiday here in the UK, so especially for those of you in places where you have to work today, a Monday blues-beating selection of our favourite muscle beauties old, new and in-between, all showing off their pride and joys.


First up, Juliette Bergmann's exotic beauty takes us (well, she takes me anyway) back to the old days. Days so long ago that back then Swell thought all women in the Netherlands would be as heart-stoppingly gorgeous as Juliette and her compatriot, Erika Mes. But although I grew up and learned that wasn't true, I can still gaze at Juliette, her eyes seeming to bore into me from out of the picture, and I can still feel that same thrill I felt on seeing her for the first time all those years ago...


2012 Woman of the Year Tarna Alderman and FMS readers' favourite Nataliya Romashko in very different settings and with very different stylings. But they're both absolutely stunning, I think you will agree, and at the end of the day a single bicep shot is always a single bicep shot, no matter what the goddess in question is wearing, how she's lit, or whether she's blond or brunette. It's all about the muscle.


And talking of muscle, one of my current pin-ups (or post-ups perhaps would be better, whatever) here's Marthe Sundby and her pumped up body. That's quite a blood flow she's got going on there. And if what's happening under that vest is anything to go by, she's absolutely loving it. Swell has spent a fair (some might say 'unhealthy') amount of time with Norway's finest so far this year. Time well spent. What a woman!


Physique competitors do it with their hands open, as stunning and sporti Susanna Tirpak demonstrates here. Apparently, there's a vest exactly like this one that is also available, but it's not for hotties, but for women who are somewhat overweight, and there's a different word on the front: SEDENTARI.


I do like a nice pout to go with my flexed bicep. The kind of pout that says 'It feels so good to have a bicep like this, don't you wish...' You get the idea. And when the pouter is as volcanically hot as Juliana Malacarne at the time of this photo, well, that's just cream. But that's not to say I can't appreciate a good bicep unless the woman in question is pouting. Take Geraldine Morgan, another FMS reader favourite, and her tattooed python, for example. Nothing to complain about here, is there?


Friend, compatriot and sometime training partner of yesterday's muse, Sophie Arvebrink, Sarah Backman is rumoured to have joined WWE, and is therefore about to get a lot more famous. So we thought we'd better post something now before everyone's jumping on this armwrestling champs' bandwagon. As a result of the rush job though, this picture was chosen before editing staff had the chance to take a really close look at it. Only when it was too late did one eagle-eyed member of the team notice there is something rather strange going on with Sarah's elbow. Nothing wrong with her looks though. Or her big, strong arm. Well, except that anyway! Is this the price top armwrestlers pay for their sport? Or maybe just evidence of a careless photo manipulator? Any readers care to comment?

And we leave you today with another beautiful European and her mighty arms. Katka Kyptova may have officially 'gone Physique' now, but it should be apparent to all and sundry that this clip was done long before that happened. Long long before. My advice is to turn the sound up if you're a fan of full-on grunting.




Enjoy!