Summer Lovin': Marie's Smile

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!

Summer Lovin': Cash Back

Once in a while I see a pic that reminds me both why and just how hopelessly I am in love with female muscle. A pic that brings back that moment (over 30 years ago now), that very first rush, that first thrill of seeing a female bodybuilder for the first time.

Thank you Sammica Cash!



Sammica's is obviously a big and sexy back, the sort of back one would like to "kiss and lick all night long" as one forum poster puts it. She's awfully impressive, but - as usual - I can't quite put my finger on exactly why this gave me such a jolt. Perhaps it's the casual, "I was home and just decided to take some pics" look, and the subsequent idea that Sammica spends her evenings topless and flexing and what I would give to be the man who takes the pics for her! Perhaps it's just that - like our forum poster - my first thought was getting my tongue and lips acquainted with all that beautiful prime beef but then not being able to decide where I would start - "It all looks sooo good!".

Whatever the reason, this, as they say, "did it" for me.

And it still does.

Follow Sammica as she preps for her pro debut on Instagram.

How about that back in motion?



See what I mean? Where to begin?!

Enjoy!

Tube Watch

Our irregularly regular feature rounding up some of the best new(ish) clips of fine female muscle on You Tube returns for the first time since the end of May.

(I'M STILL) HEAD OVER HEELS FOR JESSICA



I've got such a crush on her.

Dan Ray must have been really really good in a previous life...

For Your Consideration

NPC News Online, specifically Ray and his probing camera, was backstage at the Jr. Nationals. The Physique ladies' edit is definitely worth a look, if only for the marvellous footage of the entire "C" class (Destinee Bruch, Paige Sandgren, Emily Reed, and Kristina Vanderwaal Shober) all doing press-ups in a semi-circle - fast forward to 3.40 if you can't wait. Glammed, tanned and pumping up Figure phenoms from the same show come in two parts - here and here, and you might also want to check out their NPC Universe backstage edits - Physique here, and Figure here and here.

BODYBUILDING BABES & WILD FBB

"Instagram clips pasted together" is a very current and very popular formula for female muscle channels. I believe Bodybuilding Babes was one of the originators of the style, and though I'm rarely a fan of the choice of music, you have to doff your cap when over three and a half years and 32,000+ subscribers later, it is still going strong, pumping out an average of two clips per week every week. They either focus on a particular woman (eg. Strong Cosplay Girl Renee Enos) or come as compilations with names like Best of Strong Girls in Sleeves or Best of Girls with Abs Part 4. Here's a taste:



Based in India, Wild FBB is an altogether newer concern, promises "strong females, muscular females and daring females". These apparently include muscle women of all shapes and sizes, some very current, some a little off-radar these days. Currently Wild FBB is posting their edits at the dizzy rate of 30 or more per week! They're not all winners, but almost 8 minutes of Maria Rita Penteado is not to be sniffed at, and though considerably shorter, this Laura Pintado edit is just as unforgettable.

This though, is the jewel in their crown so far - The Queen around the time of her win in Toronto. "OMG" may be overused these days, but it's entirely appropriate here...



RIPPED AND VASCULAR BEAUTIES

Another new(er) channel that brings both current Instagram swoons and treasures from the archive to the same place is the "admiring muscular ladies" channel Ripped and Vascular Beauties. In the former category, you could do worse than join them in admiring Figure phenom Michele Da Silva, while fans of the so-called "old school" will be more partial to, for example, 12+ minutes of WPW Charla Sedacca footage.

Personally, I don't think Ripped and Vascular Beauties hits the spot quite as often as Bodybuilding Babes or Wild FBB do, but when they do nail it, they really nail it.

I recently came across barenaked cam footage of the ripped and vascular Heidi Worrell-Osborne in one of the murkier parts of the internet, but quite honestly, I think I actually prefer this shameless display of rock hard vascular eroticism...



But even Heidi can't match 16+ minutes of Angelica.

Get comfy...



Enjoy!

The Sexhibitionists: Kristy Enos (& Dick Pics)

As we saw the last time we featured the beautiful Kristy Enos on FMS, her social media heat goes all the way up to 11 when she's preparing for a competition. So her IG has been essential viewing in the last few weeks as she treated us to all sorts of up-close-and-personal shots of her ever more shredded IFBB Physique pro body.



The contest she was prepping for was the San Jose Pro last weekend, and for my money she has never looked better. Ultimately her placing (in a very high quality line-up) probably didn't reflect that, but the sight of the thin skin over her vascular (and in motion) abs 10 days out is one of my personal female muscle highlights of 2018 so far.



Check out Kristy's caption for this though:

I wasn’t trying to show my ***** off here, but a bit difficult to cover. Flex 'n' film but anyways, just showing my conditioning 10 days' out before showtime...

And a few days before, she had wondered aloud (in a social media kind of way) why she gets so many "dick pics" sent to her. From guys, she thinks, "who don't know the difference between progress pics and tryin' to be a ho on IG for attention".

Then, 2 days' out...



Not trying to show off her boobs, I would guess, but they're a bit difficult to cover!

A "progress" clip for sure! I bet it got her a few more unwanted pics of dicks though.

Joking aside, what Kristy is missing here I think is that her motivation for posting her beautiful barenaked bod is irrelevant (to them). This is about the feelings, the urges that they trigger in the dick pic sending community. I wouldn't for a minute condone sending pics of your dick to any woman (or man for that matter) who hasn't expressly asked for one, but at the same time I do (kind of) understand what drives them to it in Kristy's case. First (and second and third etc.) time I watched the clips above - I'm almost ashamed to say it now - but my hands were far from being above the table.



So, if you ever want a pic Kristy, just let me know.

Swell Digs: Physique Dreams

Having taken a couple of weeks off when (both amateur and pro) contests were happening all over, it's time for a bit of a catch up with just some of the dreamiest physiques from recent pro shows in North America and - new this year - Europe.

DREAMS (AND A NIGHTMARE) IN SAN MARINO



We begin at the San Marino Pro at the very beginning of June, where former Hottest Hard Woman in the World Cris Goy Arellano led a Spanish Physique 1-2-3.



Thanks to some recent work she's done with Awefilms, we need no longer wonder whether she can bounce those magnificent pecs, and for my money Cris is currently looking better than ever neck down. What is going on with the face though...

All her IG images (example left, above) seem to be in some way doctored - and are really quite scary. No less scary are those that haven't been manipulated (see above right, with amiga Paloma Parra). Physique dream, but facial nightmare.

And she used to be so gorgeous!

Anyway, the ever shredded Paloma was the 2 in the 1-2-3, with Joanna Romano 3rd.



Swell especially dug Joanna's deep dark tan - and (now) trademark groovy moves.



Had I been a judge at the San Marino Pro, Joanna would have placed first on my scorecard simply for the pleasure of watching her do this right in front of my (no doubt popping-right-out-of-their-sockets) eyes. Caliente as f***! (as they say in Spain).

THE TORONTO TWO



I don't wish to discount the rest of the (excellent) line-up in Toronto, but while Margie was steam-rolling the Bodybuilding class, there was a genuine contest in Physique, with two of the division's current finest battling it out for this prestigious title.



In the sparkly blue corner, we have the defending Toronto champ, FMS fave Eleonora "Ella" Dobrinina. Perhaps she wasn't at her most ridiculously shredded, but still a glorious sight to behold, hitting those poses with her customary thrilling abandon, as always looking as though she was having the absolute time of her life on stage.



And in the sparkly purple and gold corner, Braziian phenom Daniely "Dany" Castilho, former Physique International champ. A much more classical, toned-down poser than Ella [is ANYone quite as full on as she? - ed.], Dany oozed class from every pore with her beauty plus muscle package. I truly enjoyed being on stage with you, wrote Ella as they awaited the final verdict. I feel your fire! Dany, in turn, reminded her IG followers that Ella is "a sensational athlete". Can you feel the love?!



It almost seems irrelevant but Dany, I think rightly - just too good from the back - got the nod. However, congratulations should very much go to both of these Physique dreams for a double act of muscle and beauty which, if it didn't in fact, deserved to have the whole audience on its feet clapping and cheering and whooping and hollering (and possibly moaning and groaning as their tentpoles gushed all over the place).



[EASY! - ed.]

OMG-AHA!



And so to the following weekend and the Wings of Strength production in Omaha. Now we will be returning here to review what transpired in the Female Bodybuilding class later in the week, but for now let us focus on a Physique line-up so good that the absolutely stunning Keri Ann Heitzman not even making the top 15 (and incidentally looked as though she'd have done OK if she'd switched to FBBing).




Among many of the dreams outside the top 6, Swell dug (and swooned for) the styling and attitude of Brittany Bull (12th - good name for a muscle woman!); the sheer amount of muscle on Sara-Aude Salbot (9th, another who might consider FBBing next time?) and Brazilian goddess Ivie Rhein (7th); and last but by no means least Christina Thome and the way her posing suit rode so high up her hips.



It's always good to get a reminder of how little I really know about the sport, and in Omaha that came in the very beautiful form of Kristy Davis. Pro debut? I wondered, perhaps a veteran returning after many years away, utterly unaware of Kristy two pro shows last year, her Open and Masters class wins at the 2016 North Americans, and her years of Physique contests before that. Proper most muscular, killer abs, a jawline to die for, and if not impressed already, check out Kristy just 16 weeks before the show...



OMG-aha indeed.



Jill Diorio's world-class calves (and the rest of her, which is by no means shabby) placed 6th, and gorgeous Allison Schmohl (and her world-class peaks) was 5th.



In 4th and 3rd respectively were Robyn Mays and Valentina Mishina - two women who only need to stand there with all that definition all over their quads in order to get me reaching below the keyboard. [final warning! -ed.] Robyn is, in case you didn't know, an evergreen 45+ Masters competitor, while Valentina should be all too familiar, both as your Hot and Hard 100 high new entry this year, and a woman who was competing for the 5th time in 2018 and the 7th time since September. She really does like to punish herself (and bring joy to the female muscle lovin' world).



Runner-up on the day was a Physique dream good enough to win on most other days, that of Australia's Lee-Ann Temnyk. It always takes something special to beat her, and in Omaha that special thing turned out to be former Figure phenom Mayla Ash.




Mayla had finished a lowly 10th at the Optimum Physique Pro earlier in the year. Conditioning improvements had obviously been made and the judges (and ol' Swell here) approved. She looks so damn HARD all over but at the same time extremely feminine and glam. Like a (slightly) older and bolder Shanique. Or something.

OFF TO SUNNY SPAIN



And finally, back to Europe for the last of the early June Physique shows - the new Veronica Gallego Classic. Again, it was a Spanish 1-2-3. Cris didn't need to bother - she was probably seeing the plasic surgeon asking if anything could be done - and so veiny Paloma Parra claimed top spot this time, with Joanna Romano 3rd again.



And the not inconsiderable meat in the Parra-Romano sandwich was provided by Mirea Henriquez, the newly-carded Dutch Physique pro with the very Spanish-sounding name. Mirea has been thrilling us for a while now, not least because of her penchant for some very close-up views of her pumped and striated muscles. Her build up to this show afforded her many such opportunities, and if you want to see more of her, this gnarly abs shot is a good place to start your exploration of her Instagram.

NPC News Online has pretty extensive galleries of all the shows mentioned above, and we especially recommend their (particularly extensive) galleries from the Veronica Gallego Classic. FTVideo were also in Toronto if you want to check out the (many) pro Physique dreams at that show who didn't make it into today's (necessarily condensed) review, plus the Toronto amateurs, including (one of) Lauren Martin Stow's first foray(s) into the Physique division - well worth some female muscle lovin' time!



Enjoy!