Hard work, as they say, reaps its rewards.
Czech Physique dreamer Marie Bouchalova should know.
Back around March, Marie was attractively bulky and ready to go full hand bra, but hardly what you would call ripped. Hardly the stuff that NPC Physique champions are made of. Lovely big smile though - as we've seen many a time on the blog, a muscle girl is a happy girl. Note that smile well, we'll be seeing more of it. A LOT more.
And here she is mid-June, three months after those bulky shots, about two weeks before the clip at the top was taken, and a month before her most recent contest, - the NPC Southern States. My imagination or has the smile got broader, perhaps prouder?
She won her class and the Overall title at that show...
Cue more smiles. [Winning was] the happiest moment in my life, she said afterwards. I am the happiest Physique woman in the world! With good reason to be. Her return to Florida this year after having come to compete in late 2017 is the next step in her "dream" of gaining her pro card and making her home in the States. So far, so good.
Not an easy thing for a European Physique amateur to cross the Atlantic and take up the NPC challenge. Of recent vintage, I can only think of Brazilian Ivie Rhein as an example of a woman who has done this successfully. Europeans are more and more prominent in the Pro League - Valentina Mishina, for example - but in the NPC at present, Marie seems to be ploughing a lone European furrow right now.
She is, of course, not without help - you may recognise the lady who is (in part) responsible for coaching Marie, legendary behemoth Rosemary Jennings. Now there's woman who knows a thing or two about turning the freakery up to 11!
Apparently, they are perfect for each other.
Don't leave before the glorious last rep now...
Such determination! exclaims one fan. Now THAT is a FEMALE!
No, it's not easy, Marie reminds us. It's not for everyone. But if you have it in your heart, go for what you feel there.🏼 It's in mine and I'm definitely going for it!
And clearly nothing feels better than that.
Enjoy!
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