Rolling Thunder 032-047

QUEEN OF QUADS



And there are those who still maintain that female bodybuilders have no curves!

CLOSE-UPs

ZRINCA KORAC-FISER



Zrinca and her lovely thighs have been representing Croatia at international level in the Bodyfitness division for nearly a decade - so no wonder she puts her feet up once in a while! She has been the Overall IFBB European Bodyfitness champion twice (2008 & 2012), and was crowned Overall IFBB Bodyfitness World champion in 2009. Still competing - she was runner-up in her class at this year's Europeans - you can follow her adventures (and see that impressive contest history in full) on her Facebook page.

MMMICAELA & MMMIAVA



Thighs that make you go MMM.

SQUATZILLA



"Squatzilla" is the monniker of 26-year-old Kentucky single mum and powerlifter Sarah Cattan. She reckons she "can squat almost everyone", and looking at those thighs, I ain't going to be the one to doubt her claim. Sarah has only been lifting since she gave birth three years ago - I just walked up to the free weight areas without really having a plan, and if I didn’t know how to use something I would watch other people, she says. You can read more about Sarah in a Girl Gone Strong interview here, and marvel at her transformation pictures there and on her Facebook page too.

And in case you were wondering what four-letter word beginning with "F" preceded "Me" on the back of Sarah's T-shirt, it actually says "Suffering Unleashes Greatness".

And you should be thoroughly ashamed of yourself.

QUADS IN MOTION - LEG EXTENSIONS

1. Sit on machine with back on padded support and shins under padded lever.
2. Move lever upward by extending knees until legs are straight.
3. Return to starting position.

In Brazil, apparently, there is a step zero as well. I believe it translates from Portuguese as something like "Put on colourful, provocative workout gear and go to gym".

(KNOCKIN' ME OUT WITH THOSE) BRAZILIAN THIGHS



Not just any old run-of-the-mill Brazilian thighs today...

1. SELMA LABAT



First up, the 2014 Brazilian and South American champion thighs of Selma Labat, perennial FMS fave and our readers' choice as #39 in this year's Hot and Hard 100. I am a bodybuilder, I never give up! says Selma. And I never stop dropping my pants, flexing my quads and admiring myself. OK, I may have made that last bit up.

2. CARLA MARIA BRADLEY



And our second dose of Brazilian Thunder today (which is one more dose than good doctors recommend, by the way) comes courtesy of the 28" (71 cm) megaquads of the big and very beautiful Maria Aparecida (aka Carla Maria) Bradley.



Now recently I was chatting to a fellow female muscle head from Missouri. I confessed that, as a Brit, the USA has always seemed to be the Promised Land of Female Muscle, to which he replied that as an American, the Promised Land of Female Muscle has always seemed to be Brazil! The majority of FMS readers are from the States too, and may have a similar view, so I thought it important to point out that, proud Brazilian though she is, Carla Maria has for various reasons relocated to the US now. I love the USA 'cause here they give me a chance to prove I'm the best, she says.



Now if that isn't a much-needed positive immigration story then I don't know what is. And I sincerely hope for my new friend's sake that, rather than California or Florida, Carla Maria has decided to settle herself and her wondrous thighs in Missouri!

THIGHLIGHT

JESSICA RIVERA CARDENAS



Mexican Jessica has been on the FMS radar since she won her national championships back in 2012. Now they clearly don't f*** around in Mexico, because the title you get isn't "Ms Mexico" or anything as dull as that, but Senorita Perfección!!!



After that win, Jessica turned her competitive eye to the States, though sadly for US readers, unlike Carla Maria Bradley, "Ms Perfection" is still based in her hometown of Mexico City, where, I imagine, she causes all sorts of trouble at her local gym.




When she strips down to her panties and flares those bad boys (above, top left) or even just struts around in her pink leggings (above, bottom right) and her quads bulge through the fabric, her fellow gymgoers' eyes must be bulging out of their heads.




This year, Jessica - a lightweight - won the Overall title at the IFBB North Americans - beating heavyweight Theresa Ivancik in the posedown - and with it secured the IFBB pro card she's been after for so long. Note how that even during the presentation, Jessica couldn't stop herself flexing her quad (above, bottom right) and the effect said quad flexing has on the presenter lady, whose hand seems poised to do exactly what I'd be totally unable to stop myself doing if I were faced with the same situation!



Check out this interview with Jessica just after her win (it's in Spanish, but if you don't speak the language I promise you that you won't care when she starts flexing). And you can also follow Jessica - and her new pro thighs - on her Facebook page.

Disfrutar!