Shannon Courtney: In Silhouette

Just the two images of Shannon today, or more accurately, Shannon's silhouette, but I hope you'll agree that they are worth their own post. Both of them are wonderful examples of just how unique the body shape of a hypermuscular woman is.



And in my opinion, the image below is even more remarkable for being absolutely unmistakably Shannon. That hair, that nose, that arm... Who else could it be?



Enjoy!

Shannon Courtney: The Gym Bod

When I do go out, I try and cover up a little bit. But in the gym, my gym clothes are tighter. So it's a little hard to cover up sometimes. I get a lot of stares. People don't see it [a woman with muscles like mine] that often.



Shannon, in her little tight shorts and her little gym top with her muscles bulging and her veins pumping, gets a lot of attention at the gym. I am shocked! I mean, what's to look at? Shannon, tell us, do you really really get a lot of stares?



It is a little ridiculous. At first, I'm not gonna lie, I kind of enjoyed it. Sometimes it is to the point you don't know what they are thinking, you always wonder. People remind me they are always thinking the best, but of course everyone has their own opinions.



I'm not sure if I would be technically 'thinking' if Shannon was powering across the floor of my gym from the free weights to the cables, but I very much doubt I'd be able to stop myself staring. It would be, I imagine, the equivalent of the strongest dose of 'The Madness' I've ever had times about 100. I probably wouldn't survive it.

Good job I'm nowhere near California!



Here's Shannon in her gym clothes from her husband's YouTube channel. Mr Courtney does an excellent job of focusing on his wife's muscular assets, and the gym's pretty empty, but every person (male or female) in the clip reacts in some way to her.
I wonder how he feels about that...



Read the full interview with Shannon from July 2012 at Promoting Real Women

Enjoy!

Shannon Courtney: Woman vs Food

Shannon's top tip to budding muscle goddesses is ALWAYS be prepared! Getting all your meals in and on time is the key. So we imagine she'd approve of today's post: Woman vs Food Shannon Courtney Special



As we've noted here before at FMS, while the majority of women who want to lose their extra pounds choose salads, skip meals and generally try to eat less, muscle goddesses like Shannon not only eat more, but also more often. Female bodybuilders are not only great athletes, they're also great eaters. Those muscles that we love so much are just as much the result of her diet as they are of her efforts in the gym. If she wants to grow (and Shannon obviously does), she’s got to eat, and she's got to eat a lot.



It may seem counter-intuitive, mainly because most women have fallen for the 'eat less diet myth', but female bodybuilders are living proof that if you eat the right things in the right amounts, you can eat five, six, seven, even eight times a day and have hardly any excess fat. But you've got to eat right. Muscle women know what to eat and crucially when to eat it. So, again, they're more than just great athletes, they're also expert nutritionists. And no mean cooks.

(left) Shannon describes her homemade Pumpkin Protein Bars as 'effing amazing'. The recipe, inspired by Jamie Eason, can be found on Shannon's Facebook page.

(right) Shannon displays an off-season treat, homemade chocolate chip cookie dough chocolate bonbons. And one of her lovely biceps.


After all the nutritional discipline of her contest prep diet, the new pro and her burger. The moment I've been waiting for! My PB&J burger from 26Beach. I've been thinking about this burger since the USAs and we are finally reunited.


Shannon's 'favourite time of the month' is when her order arrives from Michelle's Magic Morsels. The Michelle on the label is, that's right, none other than Michelle Brent, and Michelle is canny enough to be using Shannon (specifically the picture above right) to promote her product. Shannon says, OMG! These protein cookies are freakin' amazing! Perfect for traveling and on the go - super healthy and CRAZY delicious!!! And so are the muffins! TRY THEM!!! THEY WON'T LET YOU DOWN!

Who's hungry?

Shannon Courtney: Hallelujah!

AUGUST 10th
Shannon Courtney makes her pro debut in Tampa, finishing 7th out of 30.



She is the new poster girl of female muscle, but more than that her youth and beauty make her the great hope for the future of female bodybuilding, a future that the demise of the Ms International has cast doubt upon. Fans dub her 'THE GEM of the sport'.


SEPTEMBER 9th
While seemingly pledging her future to bodybuilding, Shannon says the 'P' word...



Once FBB is gone I will be switching into the WPD, Shannon writes on Facebook. But until that time comes... I will be destroying the weights as the female BODYBUILDER I AM. THIS IS WHAT I LOVE.


SEPTEMBER 17th
A lot of things on my mind..., she writes, like should I start down sizing to Physique??? Hmm would that mean no leg day for a year?

Seemingly a joke, but I can feel the tension on the fan forums. She said the 'P' word again, the second time in just over a week.

And then the very same day, exactly what I and so many others around the world had been absolutely dreading...

Okay... LET THE DOWN SIZING BEGIN!!! MY FINAL DECISION.






You can almost hear the weeping coming from female muscle lovin' bedrooms all over the planet as the brethren pay their respects. I gaze at the magnificence of Shannon the bodybuilder and my heart sinks at the thought we will not see her like again.


SEPTEMBER 28th
Well, on the plus side she doesn't seem to have lost much size... yet. But neither, it seems, has she changed her mind...



Just heard DLB won Ms Physique [Olympia], she writes. Hmmmm okay... Time to get super small lol... ugh.

I may be clutching at straws, but I wonder if I'm the only fan who has just found a little solace in that 'ugh'. Doesn't sound very gung-ho, does it? Perhaps she's having second thoughts. Or perhaps I just need to stop obsessing over this. Frankly, the whole thing is just upsetting me and I should just forget about Shannon and let her get on with her 'downsizing'.


A month goes by... And for a change the IFBB has some good news for female bodybuilding fans. A new pro show has been added to the 2014 calendar, to take place in Omaha, Nebraska. Sponsors of the show are the mighty Wings of Strength (already sponsors of the Chicago Pro), who, even if they didn't have such wonderful photography and video clips on the site, would still be worth joining to help them in their avowed aim 'to support women bodybuilders'.

And then, from Shannon...


OCTOBER 28th
Sooo I received the new schedule today for IFBB Women's Bodybuilding... not going to lie, has me confused on what I'm doing now...



Yes? YES?


OCTOBER 29th
Enough is enough... Screw this Physique transformation... I Can't Hide the BODYBUILDER inside. #fbb #forlife Back to real training!




And since then, it's been nothing but...

Guess what day it is today!?!?!? LEG DAY!!!!!!!! You guys have no idea how excited I am! [Oh, I think YOU have no idea how excited I am about the prospect of following your BODYBUILDING progress through the off-season, Shannon...] Haven't been able to train them in 6 weeks!!! I feel like a little kid Christmas morning haha!



Love off-season training heavy and hard with some good foods to follow. Happy Sunday everyone! #backtobodybuilding #growmfergrow

Welcome to a week of posts dedicated to Shannon Courtney. BODYBUILDER!

gif by The Ankle

C. Moore Glootz's Fun from Rear

All different now. ALL GOOD! Muscle butt babes snapping theirselves on their phones and sending to C. Moore all day every day. I don't get out of bed 'cept for turning the wifi off and on again after thirty seconds. So much muscle butt talent out there and the world is waking up to wot C. Moore's known all along...



Muscle butts women are man's TRUE DREAM.



The pros doing selfies is the BOMB! Mmmmmajor glooooootage!



Dat pic of Shannon. Hospitalised me. For real.

C. Moore

Gym Bodz: Shannon Courtney, Beautiful Beast

Genius gifs from ShirtRippersX on Tumblr starring one of the newest brightest stars 

in the female muscle firmament, the beautiful beast that is Shannon Courtney.

And now the money shot...

Tell me you don't LOVE that!

Shannon Courtney

I don't think there is any other woman, with the (possible) exception of the woman who I actually share my bed with, who has raised Swell's heart rate this year as much as Shannon Courtney. This divine 22-year-old wife and mother(!) from California is going to be featuring A LOT in the coming weeks and months on FMS, so consider this little post focusing on her mouth-watering legs as a taster of what's to come.



Favourite exercise? BACK SQUATS! Love leg day, she says. And when Shannon posts images of herself and her pumped up vascular legs to her Instagram (shacourtneyx) on leg day, well, I love it too.



Scheduled posting is like a time warp. I'm writing this some time before the Tampa Pro, when the lovely Shannon will be making her pro debut. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say I don't think she'll finish very highly, simply because her focus was on the NPC USAs, so it'll be hard for her to repeat the sensational condition she was in for that show when she arrives in Tampa. However, I do hope I'm wrong.



Now wipe that saliva away from your mouth. Or something.