Never Better: Skadi Frei-Seifert - Essen 2011

SKADI FREI-SEIFERT
Runner-up, 2011 FIBO Power Pro Championships



Once upon a time, the best female bodybuilders in Europe could strut their stuff in a pro show on a European stage. Six years and one month ago, ten of them - including a returning-from-career-threatening-injury Helle Nielsen, Italians Giusy Caputo and Claudia Partenza, big beasts Daniela Sell and Roberta Tuor Zazzaron, and Greek beauty Elena Kavva (plus Cathy Lefrançois, whose name is kind of European anyway) went glute to glute at FIBO Power. Just six years ago.




It was a triumphant return for Helle, but she has gone on to bigger and better things (and a name change). However, for Skadi Frei-Seifert, ex-basketball player, Sports Science graduate, former manager of the Swiss national cycling team, mother, PE teacher, and namesake of a Norse goddess, this was by far her finest hour.




Pretty beefy in pink for the prejudging, Skadi seemed to have had several more applications of Pro Tan before the night show, where she was absolutely spell-binding with a flower in her hair, showcasing her her beautiful body with a routine that lives long in the memory - for me, one of the best of the decade. Let's remind ourselves...



An edit (albeit a skillful one from friend-of-the-blog jlelmariachi), and obviously not the original music, but you get the idea. Reminiscent of the down-and-dirty posing routines of the late '80s and early '90s, before the IFBB (in their infinite wisdom) told the ladies off and ordered them to downplay the sexy. Skadi's not for that though, her finger to her lips, those legs-across-the-body moves on the floor (I'm so jealous of a judge's POV sometimes), gyrating hips, the steamy looks over the shoulder...




She'd started out in Bodyfitness seven or eight years before this, graduating to Female Bodybuilding around 2007. By 2010 she was a German champion and competing in pro shows in the US, her best result a top 6 finish (in a field of 19) at the Europa Battle of Champions in Hartford. Her runner-up spot at this show qualified her for her one and only Olympia appearance. She briefly returned as a Physique competitor in 2013, reviving the same routine as she had performed here, the same gorgeous, sexy woman, but wearing a lot less muscle (and Pro Tan). Something of a forgotten woman, I would say, she's now Skadi Töpken, but she's still the same damn fine-looking woman.



Tomorrow, Rene Marven. Can you guess which contest?

Enjoy!

Inspired by... Anonymoouse

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.

First up, Anonymoouse, who probably wishes to remain so, so even if I knew anything about him(?) - which I don't - I wouldn't be telling. Anyway, one of his (many) comments this year, one that was especially memorable, related to a clip of Colette Nelson doing some cooking during Domestic Muscle Goddess week back in June.

I love watching big muscle girls doing normal stuff (like cooking for instance) instead of the usual poses (as great as they are, it can get a little stale and repetitive)!

And so, especially for Anonymoouse...

BIG MUSCLE GIRLS DOING NORMAL STUFF

Like shopping, for instance - I told Tina not to flex, 'Great as your biceps are,' I said, 'It can get a little stale,' but she insisted. Sorry chief, it won't happen again, I promise!



Or waiting for your late ass...



Normal stuff like having a snack while catching up on some emails, not forgetting to make sure everyone can see your trophy. Or your arms. The SIZE of her ARM!



Normal stuff, the kind of stuff you do ALL THE TIME. Like feeding a giraffe.

More shopping, well, a possible purchase anyway. A girl like Christmas (how apt!) Abbott needs to know what she's putting in that beautiful body of hers, doesn't she?



Rene smiling sweetly at you across the table. Like I said, normal stuff.



Getting those fluids in.



And more shopping. Do you think Brazilian bomb Larissa Reis really dresses like this when she goes shopping? I know I would LIKE to think she does...

Jay Fuchs (on the right) and Skadi Frei (on the back) arriving at the club.



And having that morning espresso. Nude. Is it just me or does anyone else sincerely believe that sexy muscle women like Monica really do walk around in the nuddy whenever they are at home? I, for one, am absolutely CONVINCED it's true.



And finally, as Anonymoouse enjoyed Colette cooking so much back in June, I thought he(?) would like another cooking lesson. This time, a full fourteen plus minutes of the very very sexy Shawna Strong making some special wraps.



Enjoy! Another reader-inspired treat tomorrow...

Saint Valentina: Slave Loves...

We continue our week of female muscle love with a selection of women currently residing in our favourites folder. Women who have not only built exceptional physiques, but are also strikingly (if unconventionally) beautiful. These women come from all over the world. Some will be familiar, some perhaps less so. Some are at the peak of their careers, others approaching theirs. But every single one of them will make your heart skip a beat.

Prepare to fall in love (or perhaps fall in love again) with…

MICHAELA SCHAAR
Deep in the Black Forest of southern Germany is the lair of The Iron Witch, a woman of legendary strength and mythical beauty. Many suitors have entered her domain, but as yet none have returned to tell the tale…


Seriously, she calls herself The Iron Witch, it is in fact the name of her website. Check it out and see if you don’t fall for her 15-inch biceps and those big dark eyes.


VIRGINIA SANCHEZ MASIAS


We know that this is not only not a real word, but also not actually biologically possible, but with so much prime Spanish beef and so much power inside that sensational body, we have our own nickname for VSM here at FMS, La Tora, the female bull. The matador who takes her on had better be at the top of his game. Olé!


JUANITA BLAINO
Pros beware. Juanita is coming!

The 2012 NPC Nationals Heavyweight and Overall Champion says, I love posing. We’re not surprised. How many 43-year-olds get to show off a body like that. Without question, Juanita will be a star of the future. In all probability, the very near future.


ALEESHA
Like Elvis, no surname necessary.


You can say all you want about her ‘enhancements’, about how it’s spoilt her for you, about how you prefer ‘the natural look’. We ain’t listening, we're not going to debate you, we’re looking at Aleesha. And what we see is a whole lot of woman. Beautiful, curvaceous, muscular woman. She just looks so… well, juicy.


JESSICA SCOFIELD
Princess of Power


Like most readers of the blog (I imagine) I tend to seek my female muscle from within the bodybuilding and fitness scene, paying little or no attention to the sport of powerlifting. Well, thanks to Jessica, it’s got my attention now. Don’t be fooled by the cute smile, this woman could throw you out of your county… in your car. And she’s not just gorgeous, muscular and incredibly strong. Check out her website for more.


SUSANNA TIRPAK

Stunningly beautiful, Susanna came to our attention last year at the Arnold Classic Europe. I’m quite shy in real life, says Susanna, but once I’m on stage I open up, I feel great. I love presenting my routine. If that means this stunning beauty will be showing off her genetic gifts again soon, that’s great news. Until then, there's plenty more of this Hungarian goddess and her sizzling bod on YouTube.


SKADI FREI


When FMS was compiling our list of favourite examples of German womanhood last year, this prime specimen was, naturally on the list. And when the researchers started to find out about Skadi’s life outside the sport, our admiration grew exponentially. It’s uncanny how often this happens when we research these fabulous women. We find there is so much more to them than their perfect bodies, that invariably they have achieved amazing things in other parts of their lives. Which brings us to…


MARTHE SUNDBY
Ever watched the Winter Olympics and admired the speed skaters’ legs? Well…

Marthe swapped her blades for barbells in the mid-90s, and became national champion in 2006. She disappeared off the radar for a few years, so FMS were delighted when she returned to the stage last year to again clean up at the Norwegian championships. An exceptional sportswoman, and achingly beautiful with it. And those legs...


NANCY RICHARD

40 this year, Nancy has three kids, and the kind of Amazonian body that can take your breath away, and that’s exactly what she’s been doing since we first saw her in a backstage contest-shape interview clip last year. Dark, beautiful looks, tanned and oiled, her pumped up muscles glistening, we all fell in love right then and there. But then she spoke... French! Je suis Nancy Richard… [je swee non-see ree-shar] she said. Oh my.


KAROLINA HOLUBCOVA


The latest red hot muscle babe to emerge from the Czech Republic, she’s known as ‘Cute Karolina’ and it would be churlish to say that nickname wasn’t appropriate. Five foot tall, five per cent body fat, the kind of beautiful muscle-packed girl you always wished you lived next door to. Follow her on Facebook and/or Bodyspace.


More slushy heart-shaped muscle love tomorrow.

Enjoy!