Faces

You may remember seeing Martin Schoeller’s portraits of top female bodybuilders around four years ago when they were first exhibited. Now they have resurfaced again in the UK media.

Schoeller says, With Female Bodybuilders [the book], I am trying to show the vulnerability that I see and feel in the subjects when I am with them, to get to the complex emotions behind a mask of extreme physical expression. These women mirror our modern cultural hunger for size, aggression, and attention at any cost. We are in the age of Bigness.



Art it may be, but these pictures are not doing female bodybuilding any favours. The women stare blankly back at the viewer, one of Schoeller’s hallmarks, and the fact that they are in contest shape and look drawn and exhausted is accentuated by another of his hallmarks, harsh, unforgiving light.



Hardly a representation of female muscle that is going to win over the sceptics. Don’t blame the photographer, he has his own aims. But, as a Schoeller antidote, Female Muscle Slave would like to present other portraits and self-portraits of muscular women.

And I can be arty too, you know.

Slave says, My aim was to show how female muscle and beauty are not mutually exclusive, even in mainstream terms, and have juxtaposed the beauty of the women with the negative comments from articles on the Schoeller photos to demonstrate the falsehood of preconceptions about women with muscles being unattractive and masculine.


Heather Lee : Tatiana Butler : Gal Ferreira

They all look so ugly, like an old leather couch.


Diana Tinnelle : Rebekah Kresila : Christina Steele

Horrendously disgusting. Abhorrent. Yuk!


Elena Shportun : Andrea Giacomi

Looks like a bunch of men with girly hair and make-up on.


Cinderella Landholt

Ugliest women in the world!


Helene Ahlson : Mary Ann Graves : Christy Resendes

The stuff of nightmares.


Katka Kyptova : Virginia Sanchez Masias

There are better looking gargoyles on Hereford Cathedral.


Heidi Vuorela

Grotesque! Freaks! Gross!


Geraldine Morgan : Dawn Sutherland

They look like Iggy Pop.


The recent article on Schoeller’s work was in the Daily Mail online. You can also check out Schoeller’s work here, and to buy the book of female bodybuilder portraits go here.

Enjoy!

Gymnastic Fantastic

Lack of posting recently due to relocation to the countryside and the consequent job hunting. Things are more settled now, so watch out for more of my wit/insanity and highlights from my collection of muscular women on a regular basis again. As always, feel free to get in touch at 6ft1swell@gmail.com. Thanks to everyone who’s bothered commenting while I’ve been out of action. I’ll be in touch!

So, I’m back with some bendy, strong, athletic women to stimulate your imagination (and maybe other parts of your body too).


This sexy lady’s boyfriend says The hardest thing about having a girlfriend who will literally bend over backwards for you is choosing which side to approach from. Well, buddy, if you are finding it all too much, I’m sure there won’t be a shortage of guys willing to bear the hardship of being with this flexy babe. Seriously though, Female Muscle Slave advises Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from one end, and Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from the other. And on Sundays cook her lunch and give her a massage.


This lady is now banned from her local gym after causing serious injuries when posing for this picture. Every man in the gym just stopped what they were doing and gawped at her. One guy dropped a barbell and broke his fitness instructor’s foot, another brained his training partner by letting go of a cable, and two more guys fell off their running machines and suffered cuts and bruises. She rather likes the effect she has, I think. Look at those eyes and that smile – she knows.


Recently I have been dreaming of a team of kick-ass Asian babe bodyguards to look after me. Auditions were held (in my head!) and these two power hotties made the team. I feel very very safe knowing they are always close by in their tiny tops and tight little hot pants, ready to kick anybody who messes with me into orbit. It’s doing wonders for my self-confidence.


Examples of the kind of strength, balance and flexibility that sets some women apart from your average girl. Having been fortunate enough to spend quality time with an ex-gymnast a few years ago, I can say (from experience, not my head this time) that moves like these are the tip of the iceberg. Even my fertile (and slightly sordid) imagination couldn’t have dreamt up some of the positions that Ms S pulled on me. Great days, great memories.

Alevtyna Titarenko

Every guy on that beach is thinking the same thing…


Great legs, amazing balance and some serious strength. If you’re in doubt as to how much effort this takes, then try it yourself. At your own risk.


A topless handstand gets a fly-by. And why not? Perhaps this was what Captain Schettino was trying to catch a glimpse of when he altered his ship’s course?

Anything you can do…

It’s not just fitness babes who can get into sexy flexy positions. Beautiful bodybuilders Lyris Capelle, Oana Hreapca and Nataliya Romashko demonstrate that big muscles and the splits are not mutually exclusive. Heavenly.


If you’ve been missing yoga classes, this bendy Asian groin-activator should get you back to the mat quick snap. Now, what is this position called? Suggestions please!

And finally…

I’m not going to bother writing anything here. I’ll let your imagination do the rest. You don’t have to be muscular to turn Slave on, but it sure helps if you can get into this position. And keep your heels on while doing so. Phwoar!

Enjoy!

Treasures from the Archive: Gina Davis

Her name is Gina and she was inspired to pump iron as a teenager by Cory Everson's 'ideal female physique'. Thank you Cory. Her name is Gina and she started bodybuilding seriously at 22, and nine years later walked on stage for the first time at the 1999 Lackland Classic. She won.


Her name is Gina and she was at her peak in 2004, winning the overall title at the NPC Nationals. It was her third attempt at the competition. Her career as a pro was short-lived and she made only one appearance in 2006 at the Europa Super Show before retiring. Perhaps this is the secret of her enduring appeal. She left us wanting more.


Her name is Gina and from talking to other femuscle fans and reading posts on blogs and forums, I reckon she figures in pretty much everyone's top 10 of all-time. We might have our own pet favourites, but Gina we share.


Her name is Gina and many many times I have imagined myself into that hotel room with her. For no one but me she displays her groin-activating muscles. She is as ripped as ever. Skin and beautiful beautiful muscles. I die in that room. No one has ever died happier.


Her name is Gina, not Geena. But it's handy the two names sound the same. More than once I've answered 'Who is your perfect woman?' by saying Gina Davis. No one ever asked me how Gina was spelt. And someone even bought me The Long Kiss Goodnight. Try it if someone asks you, it's quite fun. And if there's another female muscle fan in the room, you might be able to tell by his or her reaction.


Her name is Gina and when I dream of being washed up on the Island of Female Muscle, Gina is always the Queen who I am taken before (of course I charm the shit out of her and she decides to keep me as her concubine).


Her name is Gina and this female muscle slave has probably spent more seed on account of her feminine muscular perfection than any other woman. Who knows how many novels she has cost me?


Her name is Gina and Cory was great and all but in my humble opinion, sometime around 2003-2004, there was only one 'ideal physique'. And it was Gina.



Her name is Gina and she's still got it. By my reckoning she must be approaching her mid-forties now. And as these pictures show, she still has sex appeal in spades. How many women wouldn't want a body like this at 45?


Rumour has it her man is a lot younger than her. Why am I not surprised?


Her name is Gina and she is legend.

Enjoy!