Woman of the Week: Marina Keemann

I first came across NAC physique competitior Marina Keemann thanks to the genius that is Hemuvisa. There she was, all hair and ripped muscle, four minutes into his 2016 FIBO edit last April. Jaw to the floor. The tan, sexy bulging glutes packed into pink leggings. The belly piercing and the ripped abs framing it. And OMG the HAIR!



It took me a while to get round to actually tracking her down, but finally, here she is on FMS our very first Woman of the Week, a new regular (but not in fact weekly) post.



Here she is. Marina. Her muscles. And that hair.

I am a sucker for long frizzy curls even when they're not attached to such a sexy muscular body. And Marina's go down all the way to those sexy bulging glutes...



*SWOOOON!*



Marina, now in her late 30s, has been fascinated by muscle since she was 11. Inspired by Arnold - "my role model then and now" - she joined a gym as soon as she was 18.



She competes in the NAC federation, where even the Bikini competitors are ripped, and in 2016, Marina had a good year. She was runner-up at the German Masters, and 3rd at the NAC World Championships in the "Ms Physique" category - think IFBB Physique with a few more striations, and fewer posing and posing suit restrictions.



I'm so glad I've found her! Thank you Hevumisa!!!

Here she is at the 2016 NAC Worlds.



There's also her routine at the German Masters to enjoy, and after that you might like to check out a 10-minute training clip of Marina from 2015. If your German is fließend genug, or you just really like watching gorgeous muscle women speaking a language you don't understand, you should check out this interview with Marina too.

And she's on Instagram.

Enjoy!

When Wendy Met Merle

So, a man walks into a bar...



And immediately says to himself, This is the greatest bar I've ever been to.



Wendy Watson and FMS fave Merle Mohr seem to have been hanging out together quite a bit in recent months, and in the process turning whatever venue they're frequenting into the greatest ever. I'd like to think that if I was lucky enough to be out for the evening and find myself in the same place as these two glamorous muscle goddesses that I would be all cool and stuff, but I suspect however hard I tried to hold it together, I'd instantly be reduced to a tongue-tied quivering wreck.



Better enjoyed from the comfort of my own home, for sure. And I'm particularly enjoying Wendy and Merle's choices of outfit. Classy, but they're also showing off those arms, shoulders and backs to (no doubt) devastating effect wherever they may be.



Great to see Merle back and (apparently) planning to compete again. I believe she disappeared for a while due to some health problems, but she's looking as big and gorgeous as ever. Those eyes and that chest certainly haven't got any less arresting.

See Merle previously on FMS in 2011(!) in Meine Top 5 Deutsch Muskel Mädchen.



Wendy featured only last week as one of the great fat to fit transformations (in She's Not Like Everybody Else), and previously after the 2013 NPC Nationals.

Both ladies are on Instagram but you'll need to request the follow. Wendy here, Merle here. So behave yourself and you will probably get to see them the next time they get together without having to actually be there, a tongue-tied quivering wreck.

Enjoy!

Inspired by... Martin Kohl

It's always nice to know that someone is reading my musings, and even nicer when they actually bother to share their thoughts and/or reach out a mutually female muscle appreciating hand. So, this week on FMS, for some of the lovely readers who have been in touch (whether by email or the comment box), a whole post inspired by them as a way of saying thank you for supporting the blog.

I hope they, and you, will enjoy them.

Martin Kohl, one of the most prolific commenters on FMS, is a German with admiration for the female muscle beauty the UK currently has. 'All the good BB girls are British these days... *envy*,' he said in response to FBBUK: Haway the Lass!*, a post about teen sensation Georgina McConnell (and, incidentally, one of the most popular FMS posts of this, or any, year).



But although Martin loves a bit of Georgina (who doesn't?), back in January he told us that 'I'd rather go out with Rene if it comes to British beef.' So first up for Martin today, it's Rene, who you will probably agree is not only the most successful female bodybuilder from the UK right now, but is also the most beautiful.


Now that's what I call eye candy...




It's funny that while Martin is such a UK FBB fan, because I've always been a massive fan of German FBBs. Sabine Wick, Christa Bauch, the massive Cornelia Brandt, Merle Mohr, Nathalie Falk, the sensationally sexy Skadi Frei, and my all-time German number ein and one of my very first female muscle loves, the beautiful Anja Langer, are just some of the Muskel Mädchen who have filled me with admiration for the female muscle talent of Martin's home country.



And this year, it's been Michaela Schaar, the self-styled 'Iron Witch' of the Black Forest, who has made quite an impression on this boy.




It seems, as we say here, the grass is always greener on the other side, or, as Martin would say, Die Kirschen in Nachbars Garten schmecken immer süßer.



Thanks to you Martin for continuing to support the blog. Your comments and emails, always honest and full of passion and humour, are always appreciated. I look forward to another year of mutual female muscle jealousy.

Hopefully, I can unearth some more British talent for you to enjoy in 2014...

Woman vs Food: Michaela

Michaela Schaar, aka Iron Witch, tucking in in four different scenarios.



Am I the only one who's noticed how often Michaela gets her tongue out in photos?
Not complaining, just saying!

Watch an interview with Michaela (in German) at FIBO 2013 here. Even if you don't speak German, you might want to give it a watch because the interview includes some of Michaela's progress pics since 2006. Quite a transformation.

Dr Strangejudge: Or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love the 2011 Arnold Classic Europe

Elena Shportun's victory at last weekend's Arnold Classic Europe has stirred up a lot of heated discussion on female muscle forum boards.

The gist of most of it has been outrage at how Elena could be placed above women who were more muscular, and particularly why Katka Kyptova wasn't given first place because of her size and conditioning.

This is certainly not the first time (and it's unlikely to be the last) that female bodybuilding judges have made a decision that confuses, even angers, fans of the sport.

Now, say what you like about the judges, but they have been chosen to judge for a reason, they are (presumably!) qualified to judge a female bodybuilding contest. I, and I bet most of those on the forum boards who have complained about the result, are not. As a fan, my own judgements about a competitor are pretty subjective, and if I'm honest, are based largely on how much she turns me on!

If fans really care that much about female bodybuilders who are 'robbed' of titles by judging decisions, they should start a poll that you have to pay a small amount of money to vote on. It would be a kind of 'internet audience' or 'fan' award, and the pot could be given to the winner of the poll when the voting was over.

But until that happens, what you can do is to remember that the pictures and clips from the contest will still be out there five, ten, fifteen years from now, and they will still show these magnificent women in all their muscular glory as they were on the weekend of 8th October 2011.

So, I have learned to stop worrying and love the 2011 Arnold Classic Europe. Of the top five, four of them - Elena, Katka, Britain's golden goddess Lisa Cross, and Simonha Oliveira from Brazil - are among my favourite female bodybuilders currently competing. The pics of the comparisons involving these four are truly mouth-watering displays of prime female muscle meat.







Simonha finished fifth, which, as I've already explained, is pretty irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. As I find with most Brazilian women (muscular or not) the rearview is quite, let's say, overwhelming, and when she sashays around the stage in that unique Latin American way, she exudes confidence, playfulness and sex appeal.




Britain's finest, Lisa Cross, was as ripped and vascular as I've ever seen her. Any schmoes out there having a session with Lisa this week must have been in heaven! For me, Lisa's unhurried presence on stage and her pouts and knowing smiles give me the impression that she loves being the centre of the audience's attention, she's well aware what an awesome sight she is. And that is very very sexy.




In third place, Nina Lobert, yet another in a (hopefully) endless line of massive muscle maidens from Germany. Now unlike the rest of the top 5, Nina doesn't quite do it for me. However, her side chest pose is quite a sight. Imagine getting your hands on that!



And so to the top two...


Don't you just love the way they always hold hands while waiting for the announcement of the winner? It's so sweet and, if you have an overactive imagination like yours truly, at the same time it sets off some extremely suggestive thoughts!

Now, as I've already said, I'm not going to get into a discussion about the rights and wrongs of the judges' decision. I just want to homour these two amazing women.

I've already eulogised about Elena's abs in a previous post , but that's not going to stop me doing so again! Her abdominals and thigh pose is, in my opinion, one of the greatest sights in modern female bodybuilding.



Her spermatic abs aside, when Elena hits this pose it really shows her body at its best. It seems to make her arms look bigger than they do in a double biceps pose, her shoulders suddenly seem broader, her waist more tapered, her thighs more flared. I think she is able to achieve this effect because her physique is so symmetrically balanced. In this pose, the whole effect comes together to enhance her individual parts perfectly.



And then there was Katka, dark-haired, sultry and sizzling with muscular sexuality. I have heard a rumour that her posing suit had to be made out of a special material from NASA that is used to coat the heat-shields on spacecraft for re-entry into the atmosphere. Without this material, members of the audience in the front rows might have suffered first and even second degree burns from the heat she was emanating. Despite this precaution, the judges found their pens melting when Katka was on stage. Maybe that's why she finished second!




If this was, as she has said, her last crack at bodybuilding, these images should be treasured. Her routine was particularly sexy. I love it when FBBs get down onto the floor of the stage and show themselves off. It seems so right! Check out Katka's calves in the first picture, her hamstrings in the second and her glutes in the third. Phwoar!





Before the contest,  her blog whetted the appetite with progress pics and training clips from her preparation. She looked so damn good that I thought she couldn't lose, and maybe it was this feeling that she was a cert for first place that has caused such consternation.



And it wasn't only the fans who got a shock when the result was announced...



In sport, as in life, what you expect isn't always what happens. And therein lies its drama and beauty.

The result will gradually become less important as time passes, but the line-up will live forever in the images and clips of this contest of wonderful wonderful female specimens showing off their bodies in peak condition. And that's some consolation.








And yes, I have been reading a lot of books about Buddhism lately!

Clips from the contest will be added shortly on the Tube page.

Enjoy!