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Monday, 15 August 2016

Picture Perfect

Having gone into a bit more detail than originally intended with last week's Summer Break @NPC USAs posts, I find myself playing catch-up. No time for very much at all, I'm afraid, so this week I'm having to go a bit PumpItUp - one picture every day.

One perfect picture.

NATASHA AUGHEY

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And shorts are never too short. Nor too tight!

Natasha knows this only too well.

Monday, 7 March 2016

A Week of Favourites: Images of 2011-2014

Inspired by a post of "all-time favourite pics" at BIG Female Bodybuilders, I thought I might try something similar. However, having reasoned that it would take me the best part of, well, a YEAR to actually review all of the images I've collected during the internet phase of my female muscle lovin' life, the original idea of picking some "all-time favourites" has morphed into something just a little bit different.

Today's selection of favourites comes from previous end-of-year posts on FMS every year from 2011 to 2014. And as with all the posts this week, it's a Top Ten. If you want to see the complete posts the selections are made from, the links are below.

A bit of beauty, a bit of beast...

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Leg Shot of the Year runner-up in 2011, the beautiful Cindy Landolt (before the add-ons, you will note), and Margie Martin, bulging out all over the damn place in what I called probably the most swoon-worthy image we have seen all year in 2014.

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From 2012, Tina Chandler enters stage right for a guest posing routine.

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Back in 2011 again with Simone Oliveira and her abs - all muscles and tan, all touchable - I thought at the time. Next to her, more muscles and tan with our co-Rear of the Year from 2012, Northern Ireland's Lesley-Ann Armstrong.

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In case you'd been wondering just how Cindy had finished runner-up in the legs department in 2011, here's the winner that year, Brazilian muscle bomba Mara Dalila. The heat coming off her melted the lens of the camera seconds after this shot was taken, I claimed. The last shot that lens will ever take. What a way to go!

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Rebecca Andrews's image of Rene Campbell au naturel caught my attention in 2012 as I bemoaned how little variety there seemed to be in the work of other female muscle photographers, praising it for being both more artistic and more textured (whatever did I mean by "textured"?!) than just about anything else I'd seen that year. But being a bit of an aesthete doesn't stop me falling for the more obvious charms of a "Kiss My Abs" T-shirt. Nor wanting so very very much to hear exactly those words from the divine Asha Hadley, here in one example from my Best Photoset of 2014.

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And finally, from 2013, Mmmmmonique's awe-inspiring rivers of blood.

What a way to go!

The links:

Images of 2011
Images of 2012
Images of 2013
Images of 2014

More favourite things tomorrow.

Why not drop by BIG Female Bodybuilders - posting regularly again - in the meantime?

Monday, 15 February 2016

Cathy: Go Fund Her

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What can I do as a fan to support female bodybuilding?

It's a question that occurs to everyone, I would guess, at one time or another, especially now given the fragile state of the sport, and recently a brave soul on a forum (whose first rule is...) put their head above the parapet and asked for suggestions.

Predictably this fan received some less than helpful (or indeed polite) answers. There was abuse (eg. "If you have to ask you're a ...") and there was stupidity (eg. "Go to a show and leave when the men come on - that will send a message to the promoters").

Now I'm not as brave as that poor soul who asked the question. I ain't sticking my head above the parapet there. No sir! But I will give you (and him) my answer to the question of how to support female bodybuilding. It's very simple: Do what you can.

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Now, coincidentally, a great of the sport is looking to make a comeback to competition. Last seen at the 2013 Ms Olympia, Cathy LeFrançois (apparently there's no space after "Le" - who knew?!) has put out an appeal for financial contributions to get her to the 2016 Puerto Rico Pro (this year with Women's Bodybuilding) at the end of May.

Cathy's Go Fund Me page

For those that have been asking what I want for my birthday, here you go.
All your gift cards and best wishes have been amazing! Thank you so much! However, what I truly need most right now is a little help funding my journey to Puerto Rico for my first event in my comeback. Donations of any size will be most appreciated.


Sounds like something (almost) all of us can do to support female bodybuilding.

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Coincidentally, another great of the sport has threatened a comeback this year. Iris, though, doesn't need any financial help, and news of her return has been met with, let's say, a somewhat "muted" response from the brethren. Not so Cathy's return.

A celebration of Cathy's career so far all week on FMS.

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I couldn't find a clip of Cathy at the 2013 Olympia online, but here she is at her last but one show before her retirement, the 2013 Ms International, courtesy of Watatiwatatio. Just in case you were in any doubt what you were going to get for your money!



Enjoy!

Saturday, 26 September 2015

Marthe in the USA: Final Prep

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We last saw the magnificent piece of muscular womanhood that is Norway's Marthe Sundby just over a month ago here on FMS (see While the Slave's Away: She's So Shredded). We reported that she'd received her IFBB pro card, and was preparing for her first pro contest. We didn't know what that contest was at the time, but we were blown away by the freaky detail and separation already evident in every muscle on her beautiful body even though her competition was still a couple of weeks away.

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OMFG! one of our favourite readers was moved to comment in response to the post. That's just insane condition. Must be hard as a rock. So freakin' hot and sexy!!!

And Marthe was clearly feeling it too as she entered the last week before the show. Just imagine walking into your equivalent of whatever the Norwegian equivalent of M&S is and being greeted by a real bronzed and ripped "Wonder Woman"! And she's flexing!

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6 days out and her gorgeous pumped and veiny legs were worth a selfie just sitting in the car. Yes, I think it's safe to say that Marthe was getting almost as excited as our reader. On my way soooooon, she told her Instagram followers the following day as she dolled herself up for the first of many photo shoots she would be doing over the next couple of weeks. [I am] aiming high! she added. The sky is not the limit.

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Now I had assumed that Marthe would be competing in some obscure European show when I'd put the "So Shredded" post together in August, and as I was rushing to get the thing done before I went off on my holidays, I hadn't had time to check it out. It was a dumb guess. What "European show" exactly would an IFBB pro be turning up at?!

In fact, Marthe was heading Stateside. And all week this week on FMS we'll be following her adventures while she was there. It's about time we had a Marthe week, after all.

And we'll leave you today with a glimpse of what must have been one of her final workouts before she left. It's not what you'd call a long clip, but as our old friend C. Moore Glootz might say, it is like seeing the face of God - 7 times in 15 seconds!

CAUTION! DANGER OF HYPNOSIS
If, like me, you have a penchant for looping these mini-clips, then I strongly advise you don't attempt that with this one. If the cat hadn't jumped on me, I would - sleep-deprived and dehydrated and with about six days' worth of beard on me - probably still be watching it right now, and you would be wondering why FMS didn't post today.



Enjoy!

Friday, 30 May 2014

Ts of the Day: Faves

You Can't Buy These Pythons At A Pet Store
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And you can't buy a split bicep like that full stop.

(left): Love My Fans Kiss Me Abs
Not the best bit of English you'll ever read, but hey, if Victoria Lomba's T was in her own mother tongue, I'm guessing not too many of you would be able to understand it. Here, though the grammar might be iffy, the message is crystal clear: she loves it when her fans kiss her abs. Or perhaps she's telling us her fans love it when she kisses her own abs? Mmmm. I can see how both scenarios would be winners.
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(right): I Am Only Helpless While My Nail Polish Is Wet
FMS readers' favourite Singaporean Melissa Wee reminds us that the fact that she is dripping in juicy sexy muscle these days, doesn't mean that she isn't still a girly-girl deep down. However, although to me and you there is nothing unfeminine about her, Melissa says, I get a lot of persecution because of how I look and my physique is considered somewhat unacceptable by my country's society. Melissa confided recently on her Instagram that consequently she's seriously thinking about moving away from her beloved home. I am thinking of going to France next year as my younger sister is doing her Master's there, she says. Chanceux France!

Built Stronger To Last Longer
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Magic! A slogan intended for something else altogether proves wonderfully apt for a lean and sexy muscle babe. One of my first cars was an old metallic blue Ford Fiesta. If the temperature was a few degrees above freezing or colder, you had as much chance of making it start as England have of winning the World Cup. I imagine the muscular marvel modelling this T would be A LOT more reliable in the cold.

Squats Make It Hot!
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This is probably my favourite of all from this week's selection, although I have to admit, it did take me a while to realise there was more than one mantra in this pic. Just me or were you also drawn to that hot hard bicep, the "Stay Strong" tat and, wonderful though they both are, hypnotised by the way she's looking at it and that arrogant hint of a smile? ID of this stunning woman required. URGENTLY!

Earned
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Finally, a little plug for a new line brought to you in part and modelled here by Swell's crush of the month, Quebec's Emmanuelle Ethier. According to her Instagram last week the line "will be launching in a few days". Want one for the wife. And I really want her to look as good in it as EE does. Hey, why not? A man can dream...

Enjoy!

Thursday, 29 May 2014

Ts of the Day: Dos and Don'ts

KA-BOAM! Train Past The Pain
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Fitness pro, "professional dork" (her words, not mine) and total dreamgirl (my words, not hers), Jodi Boam will (if all goes to plan) return to the stage in 2014, determined that her one and only Olympia appearance (2012) won't be her last. Follow her ever-impressive progress on her website, her Instagram or her Facebook page.

Don't Wish For It Work For It
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I think it is fair to say, on the evidence before us, that this (almost inconceivably) unknown vision of muscular beauty has been working for it. Hard. And for some considerable time. Hard work has, as they say, its rewards. In this case one split, lean, rock hard and oh so very very sexy bicep - the other one's probably not too shabby either. And whoever she is, she looks to be (quite rightly) rather proud of what all her hard work has achieved. Calling all ID specialists. We need to know!

Don't Just Win Dominate
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OK OK, I know this is not a T-shirt, and nor is it a vest, but Shayla "The Specimen" Turcotte's cap is surely available as a T/vest, it's just we can't find a picture of it! And anyway, look at her. Look at that arm, that shoulder, that pout! Still want to pick hairs? No, didn't think so. Shayla will be competing in Physique at the Canadian Nationals in July. You probably want to follow her progress on her Instagram (where she posts plenty of bare back selfies - just thought I'd throw that in there in case you were wavering). I've never really wanted to be on the receiving end of some female muscle domination, but Shayla might be able to change my mind...

Enjoy!

Wednesday, 28 May 2014

Ts of the Day: On Her Back(side)

Crossfit women wear their slogans on their backs. Probably because they've just run (or walked on their hands) past you, so a front-facing slogan would be a waste of time.

(left): Tracy O'Donnell did qualify for the North East Regional (she finished joint 18th place after The Open), but she isn't listed among the starters on the leaderboard, so I guess this 27-year-old Bad Ass Beauty from Massachusetts won't be competing. Shame, because she really is bad ass. And she really really is a beauty.
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(right): Most definitely competing in her Regional, 20-year-old Lauren Fisher must have Grown Strong, because she finished 3rd overall and has therefore qualified for The Games later in the year. It's impressive enough that she is still very young to have achieved that feat, even more so when you consider her Southern California region is one of the most competitive of all. But on top of that, her Regional was her very first experience of Crossfit competition as an individual athlete. Definitely one to watch for the future (and it won't be a chore to do so). Why not join me at her Instagram?

This Is Why I Squat
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Not a Crossfitter, but physique pro Cydney Gillon was a collegiate sprint hurdler, so it's hardly surprising her message for you is on her back. Or her backside, to be exact. And given that it's the kind of backside that one reader called "unnaturally small, petite and muscular", what we have here is a walking, talking, flexing advertisement for the beloved squat. But I wonder, dear reader, if you're thinking what I'm thinking: if only that vest were a touch shorter, and those shorts were a touch tighter, then it would be the best possible advertisement of all!

Enjoy!

Tuesday, 27 May 2014

Ts of the Day: Phone Girls

They don't all come with messages on their Ts and vests, but the women you can find on the regularly-updated Phone Muscle Girls certainly have got muscles. And phones.

You Can't Flex Cardio
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Indeed you can't. But you can flex that peak you are so proud of. You can flex it, get a good pic, and upload it. Get yourself some admirers. Who knows? It might even end up on one of those female muscle forums, or better still, one of those great female muscle blogs. Fan boys and girls all over will be dying to know who you are, dying to connect with you and tell you how sexy you and your peaks are. That you can do.

Like A Boss
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Perhaps like "a" boss, but not much like any boss I've ever had. More's the pity because I can feel my productivity rising just looking at this future muscle goddess. I'd be employee of the week every week if the reward was a little of this.

This Is My Gym Shirt
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An ingenious solution to the modern woman's problem of arriving at the gym with her best work top accidentally packed in her bag. The company makes a whole range of similarly easily identifiable fashion items, ranging from "These Are My Jim Jams" to "This Is The Dress I Wear When I Want Everybody To Look At My Muscles".

Booo I'm A Scary F*cking Ghost
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The FMS jury is still out about whether this vest is nothing more than a Halloween leftover rescued and put to good use as a sweat receptacle, or whether this really is as surreal (and therefore as genius) as it appears at first glance. Either way, that is one very lickable bicep she has got for herself there. Just imagine that she is a ghost, imagine she comes a-haunting you, demanding you worship her young muscle body. Trouble is, when you reach out to touch her muscles, you feel nothing. Torture!

Enjoy! And don't forget to send your favourite muscle girl T-shirt and vest shots in to 6ft1swell@gmail.com. We will publish them along with all our faves on Friday.

Monday, 26 May 2014

Ts of the Day: (A) MuscleMaria

If you're looking for "fitness friendship" in Texas, you'll be wanting another Musclemaria, but if it's big and sexy Jamaican-Canadian amateur female muscle you're after, then this is the only MuscleMaria for you. An exceptionally beautiful physique competitor from Calgary, Maria attended, according to her Facebook profile, a high school with the ridiculously appropriate name of Push Iron (I kid you not!).

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The profile also tells us that she's married (sorry to break that to you). Surely the least the lucky fella can do is to make sure Maria's fed appropriately and promptly, although her gym vest in the black & whites above suggest that might not always be the case.

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As well as her own Facebook, she has a Facebook fan page. You can also gorge yourself on Maria's curvy muscular beauty via her Instagram, and if that isn't enough for you (and I wouldn't at all be surprised if that were the case) you can find her camming on MuscleGirlzLive, where (no surprise again) she is a Top Ten performer.

Maria says, Bodybuilding Has Me On Fire, Baby!!! I Feel Soooo Sexy!!!

Enjoy!

Sunday, 25 May 2014

Ts of the Day: Toronto Bound

Like London buses, these days you have to wait forever for an IFBB pro female bodybuilding contest and then two come along at once. On the first weekend in June the brand new Omaha Pro will take place (Shannon Courtney fellas!) but before that, next weekend the big girls will be back at the Toronto Pro Show.

Two of the women who'll be pumping up in Toronto model today's Ts.


left: FMS fave Gillian Kovack posted this to her Facebook back at the end of March, calling it her "badder ass look". She has also revealed she's pretty pleased with "the roundness/shape my shoulders & overall frame is taking this year." Hard to disagree on this evidence. I am curious about whether there used to be a question mark under the WHAT, but the thought of seeing Gillian flexing on stage again all ripped and oiled somehow makes that seem, well, rather an unimportant issue right now.

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right: Lisa Giesbrecht was a deserved winner in Toronto back in 2012, and consequently qualified for the Olympia, but she took a break from competing last year, so her return is another welcome one. Meanwhile, it seems Lisa has been gaining quite a reputation for her coaching techniques in her native British Columbia...

And if Gillian and Lisa don't whet your appetite for Toronto, other confirmed competitors as of May 21st were Nancy Clark, Roxanne Edwards, Aurelia Grozajova, Margie Martin, Britain's Wendy McCready, Tananarive McGowan, Joanne Williams, Melody Spetko, Alana Shipp, Sherri Gray, Christine Envall, Tonia Moore, Simone Oliveira and Virginia Sanchez. It's gonna be BIG!!! Just seven days to go...

Saturday, 24 May 2014

Ts of the Day: It's Christmas!

This week, FMS' always popular Ts of the Day theme returns. Send in your favourite pics of muscle women in their T-shirts or vests and we'll post the lot of them at the end of the week. You can use the comment box below or just email 6ft1swell@gmail.com.

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And we begin the week with our readers' favourite (see Hot and Hard 100, #48) Crossfitter/NASCAR pit crew member, and top predator: Christmas Abbott.

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Enjoy!

Sunday, 9 February 2014

Gif of the Week

From Shirtrippers2.0, FMS fave Lisa Cross, er, ripping her shirt.


Yeah!

Lisa's website. Contains 'Hot Muscle Packed Raw Sex Power', according to Lisa.

Shirtrippers2.0. Does exactly what it says in the tin.

Enjoy!

Friday, 24 May 2013

Ts of the Day

WHOLE LOTTA LOVE

Even more love in the room than normal with this final selection of the week...

She loves...

Protein! And judging by those legs, she's been getting through a lot of it.
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Herself! Just in case the fact that she's one of the most prolific uploaders of her own snaps had left you wondering, Frida Palmell makes it absolutely clear.

Skateboys!
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Sensational Sophie Arvebrink might know what she loves, but she doesn't know whether to flex her bicep or her chest. And I don't know whether to dig out my old skateboard from the deep dark depths of the back of the shed or admit I'm never going to be described as a 'boy' again, and dig out my 'Sophie Favourites' folder instead. Either course might result in serious injury.


FMS loves...

Top T Runner-up
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So much to love about this, not least the spectacular shoulders on this lady. But this makes our top two on attitude rather than appearance. I don't think I've ever seen a woman making it clearer that she doesn't want to be disturbed while she's working on her fantastic physique. Not only is there the explicit threat of a butt-kicking for would-be botherers, there's also the fact she's kind of hiding under the cap as well, which just makes her all the more mysterious and consequently all the more attractive.

Top T Winner
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Love this! And if a pretty muscle babe like this is going to wear 'Squats will make you a goddamn sexual Tyrannosaurus' on her T-shirt, you have to suspect that she's up for proving it's true. I just can't help imagining her wearing this T-shirt, flexing her bicep and grinning from ear to ear having just pushed me down onto the bed... Gulp.
It's going to be a LONG (but beautiful) night...