Enjoy!
Sunday, 23 March 2014
Gif of the Week
My latest offering from ShirtrippersX gif collection starts out well with what looks like a great pair of legs in a tight little dress and noticeable vascularity in the forearms. And then it just keeps getting better and better (turns out it a see-through dress), right up until the stunning Asian beauty of Janet Gerber looks right at you, and smiles...
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
Saturday, 22 March 2014
Sweaty Saturday
There's already #flexfriday (be warned, women AND men flexing after the jump) and even #tittytuesday (not exclusive to female muscle, of course, but Ashlee Chambers is a fan), FMS is proud to present Sweaty Saturday [actually New York got there first. There is a real Sweaty Saturday there, this year it was February 22nd - a day of fitness, health and wellness. New York City’s finest fitness studios, health brands and wellness experts will offer special classes and amazing music, and there will be plenty of nutritional advice, limited edition goodies, raffles and giveaways. A portion of the proceeds from Sweaty Saturday™ will go to Partnership for Healthier America, which is devoted to working with the private sector to ensure the health of our nation’s youth by solving the childhood obesity crisis. - ed.]
Well, what can I say? Well done New York! That really does sound like a very good cause and a lot of fun at the same time. However, it's probably not quite as much fun as I can imagine having with these sweaty six-packs... and my tongue! And I'd be happy to lick them all clean to raise money for whatever cause or charity you fancy.
I am a Crossfit woman... I sweat, grunt and curse (from the Crossfit Woman's Creed)
Seriously, I will lick Bella Falconi's abs for charity. If Bella is up for it, of course.
I'm already looking forward to taking the sponsorship form round the office...
You're doing what for charity?!
Licking clean the sweaty six-packs of muscular women. As many as I can in an hour. You can either sponsor me by the six-pack, by the litre, or, you know, you can just pop twenty quid in the envelope. What are your plans for this weekend?
You might well be thinking I am beginning to sound like one of those guys who pays top dollar for the used (and unwashed) gym attire of his favourite goddess (again, I think if you want some of that, you could do worse than follow Ashlee Chambers). And you might be right. It's not something I've ever thought about before, but one day I'll find myself needing to spend that lottery windfall somehow, and these gym heroines always seem to need to supplement their incomes, so why the hell not? Aren't you even a little bit curious to find out what these sweat-soaked tops would smell like after the workout (and a couple of days in the post following your successful bid)?
And did you know, the more muscle she has, and the heavier she gets, the more sweat she can produce? For example, gorgeous Amanda Folstad Ptak (FMS Hot and Hard 100, see #51) recently told us that she "can fill a bucket with it these days".
If I'm all alone on this one and you've all stopped reading in disgust, then FMS may be taking a large financial hit in the very near future. You see, FMS Inc. has recently invested a not inconsiderable sum in a joint business venture with Virginia Sanchez Macias. If we (and Virginia) have misjudged the market for her post-workout sweat in a bottle, and this product sells as badly as the "Holland Canter Action Girl" figure, it could mean financial ruin (for FMS that is, Virginia should be OK. She can always auction off her tiny sweat-drenched workout vest to make ends meet, after all!)
Sudor de Tora will be available in the shops by the summer.
Enjoy!
Well, what can I say? Well done New York! That really does sound like a very good cause and a lot of fun at the same time. However, it's probably not quite as much fun as I can imagine having with these sweaty six-packs... and my tongue! And I'd be happy to lick them all clean to raise money for whatever cause or charity you fancy.
I am a Crossfit woman... I sweat, grunt and curse (from the Crossfit Woman's Creed)
Seriously, I will lick Bella Falconi's abs for charity. If Bella is up for it, of course.
I'm already looking forward to taking the sponsorship form round the office...
You're doing what for charity?!
Licking clean the sweaty six-packs of muscular women. As many as I can in an hour. You can either sponsor me by the six-pack, by the litre, or, you know, you can just pop twenty quid in the envelope. What are your plans for this weekend?
You might well be thinking I am beginning to sound like one of those guys who pays top dollar for the used (and unwashed) gym attire of his favourite goddess (again, I think if you want some of that, you could do worse than follow Ashlee Chambers). And you might be right. It's not something I've ever thought about before, but one day I'll find myself needing to spend that lottery windfall somehow, and these gym heroines always seem to need to supplement their incomes, so why the hell not? Aren't you even a little bit curious to find out what these sweat-soaked tops would smell like after the workout (and a couple of days in the post following your successful bid)?
And did you know, the more muscle she has, and the heavier she gets, the more sweat she can produce? For example, gorgeous Amanda Folstad Ptak (FMS Hot and Hard 100, see #51) recently told us that she "can fill a bucket with it these days".
If I'm all alone on this one and you've all stopped reading in disgust, then FMS may be taking a large financial hit in the very near future. You see, FMS Inc. has recently invested a not inconsiderable sum in a joint business venture with Virginia Sanchez Macias. If we (and Virginia) have misjudged the market for her post-workout sweat in a bottle, and this product sells as badly as the "Holland Canter Action Girl" figure, it could mean financial ruin (for FMS that is, Virginia should be OK. She can always auction off her tiny sweat-drenched workout vest to make ends meet, after all!)
Sudor de Tora will be available in the shops by the summer.
Enjoy!
Friday, 21 March 2014
WOW! Dani Reardon in St. Louis
Today, FMS would like to add our own personal WOW! to the chorus of WOWs that could be heard during Danielle "lil monstar" Reardon's appearance at the IFBB St. Louis Pro on March 8th and the subsequent fan forum posting frenzy it provoked.
One fan confessed, I'm in love with Dani, and added, This is the kind of woman I would do anything for, even if she were a total bitch. Well, we might not go quite that far, but when the first images of Dani on stage started to reach the FMS office, there was more than a little public drooling and private under-desk activity.
We've seen her on stage before, and Dani has featured on FMS on more than one occasion (firstly in March 2013, and most recently in our Hot and Hard 100 at 32) but the body she brought to St. Louis was Dani at a whole new level of muscular sex appeal.
This new level body won Dani 2nd place (and a cheque for a massive $1,000) in only her second pro outing. Reardon and [eventual winner Jennifer] Robinson looked to be the duo who grabbed the judges’ attention from the outset, Steve Wennerstrom wrote in his RxMuscle contest review, reckoning that Robinson had edged it because of her superior stage experience (ten shows as opposed to Dani's two), although he does also acknowledge that the twosome showed notably different overall physical looks.
And the notable difference? Well, in a word, muscle. Not that Jennifer doesn't have any, but she doesn't have lil monstar muscles, and as said monstar is all ripped to shreds, you can see all that monstar muscle in all its monstarous glory.
And while I am fully aware she does not have the muscle of today's pro female bodybuilder, she certainly does have a look that reminds me of the first muscular women I ever fell for - the pro female bodybuilders of the 1980s. And you never forget your first love(s), do you? If the future of women's physique is going to be in this lil monstar's condition, then FMS will most definitely be paying attention.
I can't wait to do it again, an ecstatic Dani posted on her Facebook page after the show. Well, here at FMS we definitely can't wait for her to do it again, either.
STOP PRESS!
The IFBB has announced today that due to the high level of muscularity of some physique competitors at recent shows, a reshuffle of classes will take place with immediate effect. Good news is the Bodybuilding division will still exist, but the bad news is all shows are cancelled. Muscular physique competitors may now enter a new "bodybuilding80" class, the guidelines to which suggest "an Anja Langer look" most desirable. Other Physique competitors may opt for a brand new division, "Figure+". Figure is being renamed "Figure Hardbody", while Fitness is set to become "Poledancing", and Bikini will become "Topless Synchronised Poledancing in Thongs".
Ha!
Watch a lil lil monstar in action in St. Louis in this Muscular Development round-up.
Thursday, 20 March 2014
Media Watch
Back in the early days of FMS, the result of a survey for wownews.co.uk claiming that 57% of voters agreed that female bodybuilders were sexy – even adding "the bigger the better", left us "truly gobsmacked" (see Minority No Longer!).
Now, the results of another survey reported in the ever more female muscle friendly Daily Mail are suggesting, if not the very same thing, then something very similar.
The headline reads, THE WOMEN WHO'D RATHER HAVE JESSICA'S FIGURE THAN CHRISTINA'S. "Jessica", of course, is Olympic gold medal-winning heptathlete Jessica Ennis (Ennis-Hill these days), while "Christina" is Christina Hendricks of Madmen fame. And then there's the even more interesting subtitle tells us Both Sexes Prefer Athletic Bodies over Curves.
I should point out that the main focus of the article is the reduction in the size, if not the amount, of breast augmentation women are choosing these days. The survey, of 2,000 Britons, was carried out by an implant manufacturer called GC Aesthetics. Fewer patients now think that big is best, the Mail tells us. Once upon a time when plastic surgery was the preserve of the rich and famous, large breast implants were a status symbol. But now, according to one Cheshire-based surgeon, Aesthetic surgery is no longer done by just a minority. It is done by a lot of people and they don’t necessarily want the world to know what they have done.
However, amid all that there is the very very welcome news that most (it doesn't specify beyond that) women AND most (ditto) men prefer the athletic lines of the likes of Olympian Jessica Ennis-Hill over the cartoon curves of glamour models.
Picture this. You are faced with a row of boxes. The closest to your ideal is the box marked "Athletic". There is also an "Other (please specify)" box. What are you going to do? Tick "Other" and specify hardcore female bodybuilder (densely-muscled vascular physique, steroid-induced clitoral enlargement a plus)? Or are you going to tick the "Athletic" box and leave the specifying to your female muscle lovin' imagination?
Point is, if "most" men say they prefer Jessica's figure over a more traditionally "curvy" one (we'll leave the muscular women have the most curves of all argument for now) then there are bound to be more than a few of the "MOST" (56% according to the 2011 article, remember) for whom "athletic" isn't quite the full story.
Back in 2011, I said that the idea that I was no longer a member of a female muscle lovin' minority would require some adjustment. Now, two years later, I'm quite enjoying getting used to the idea that the freaks are the ones who don't think muscular, or at least "athletic", women are sexier. Bloody freaks.
Mila Kunis, FHM Sexiest Woman Alive 2013 v Alina Popa, FMS Hottest Hard Woman in the World 2013
Maybe us Brits should just start ticking those "Other" boxes and specifying the shit out of it. All signs indicate there might be more of us than even we suspect there are!
Dedicated to Aiden, with thanks
Now, the results of another survey reported in the ever more female muscle friendly Daily Mail are suggesting, if not the very same thing, then something very similar.
The headline reads, THE WOMEN WHO'D RATHER HAVE JESSICA'S FIGURE THAN CHRISTINA'S. "Jessica", of course, is Olympic gold medal-winning heptathlete Jessica Ennis (Ennis-Hill these days), while "Christina" is Christina Hendricks of Madmen fame. And then there's the even more interesting subtitle tells us Both Sexes Prefer Athletic Bodies over Curves.
I should point out that the main focus of the article is the reduction in the size, if not the amount, of breast augmentation women are choosing these days. The survey, of 2,000 Britons, was carried out by an implant manufacturer called GC Aesthetics. Fewer patients now think that big is best, the Mail tells us. Once upon a time when plastic surgery was the preserve of the rich and famous, large breast implants were a status symbol. But now, according to one Cheshire-based surgeon, Aesthetic surgery is no longer done by just a minority. It is done by a lot of people and they don’t necessarily want the world to know what they have done.
However, amid all that there is the very very welcome news that most (it doesn't specify beyond that) women AND most (ditto) men prefer the athletic lines of the likes of Olympian Jessica Ennis-Hill over the cartoon curves of glamour models.
Picture this. You are faced with a row of boxes. The closest to your ideal is the box marked "Athletic". There is also an "Other (please specify)" box. What are you going to do? Tick "Other" and specify hardcore female bodybuilder (densely-muscled vascular physique, steroid-induced clitoral enlargement a plus)? Or are you going to tick the "Athletic" box and leave the specifying to your female muscle lovin' imagination?
Point is, if "most" men say they prefer Jessica's figure over a more traditionally "curvy" one (we'll leave the muscular women have the most curves of all argument for now) then there are bound to be more than a few of the "MOST" (56% according to the 2011 article, remember) for whom "athletic" isn't quite the full story.
Back in 2011, I said that the idea that I was no longer a member of a female muscle lovin' minority would require some adjustment. Now, two years later, I'm quite enjoying getting used to the idea that the freaks are the ones who don't think muscular, or at least "athletic", women are sexier. Bloody freaks.
Mila Kunis, FHM Sexiest Woman Alive 2013 v Alina Popa, FMS Hottest Hard Woman in the World 2013
Maybe us Brits should just start ticking those "Other" boxes and specifying the shit out of it. All signs indicate there might be more of us than even we suspect there are!
Dedicated to Aiden, with thanks
Wednesday, 19 March 2014
FBBUK: Lisa Cross, IFBB Pro
I am happy to announce that I have been awarded IFBB Pro Status by Mr Jim Manion President of the IFBB after... http://t.co/aanvNS3rK9
— Lisa Cross (@bblisacross) March 18, 2014Britain has a new IFBB pro female bodybuilder: the one and only Lisa Cross.
The full message: I am happy to announce that I have been awarded IFBB Pro Status by Mr Jim Manion President of the IFBB after being recommended by Mr William Tierney President of the UKBFF. To say I am over the moon is an understatement. Dream Big Dare to Fail IFBB Pro Lisa Cross (how good does that sound) xxx
If you are a regular on the blog you will know that Swell has a soft spot ("a soft hard spot" as one reader put it) for the UK's golden muscle girl (see FMS passim), so I, for one, am (as Lisa might say) chuffed to bits for her, and can't wait to see her line up on stage with her peers. Well done, Lisa! And well done Mr Tierney! And (I never thought I'd say this, but I guess it just goes to show if you wait long enough then sooner or later the IFBB will make a decision you agree with) well done the IFBB!
I'm inspired!
Dear Mr Cameron,
I know you've been trying to give us an extra bank holiday for some time now, but have found it difficult to reach a consensus on what day it should fall on.
We, the undersigned, would be very grateful if you would consider - for reasons set out below - 18th March, "Lisa Cross Day", in any further deliberations on the matter...
It's worth a try!
Congratulate Lisa yourself at the MuscleTalk stand at the Body Power UK Expo (16th-18th May at the NEC Birmingham) or on Twitter, Facebook and her website.
Go Lisa!
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