100 Biceps: Day 1

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At the risk of going too damn big, bad and beautiful too soon, the first two of the hundred biceps coming your way on FMS this week are just that. Robin "Triple" Dee has, whether you're a fan of the tats or not, got quite a package going on here, and those magnificent mounds of muscle on her arms are a big part of said package. If you can look at that beefy vein running along the base of her left bicep and keep your hands above the table, then I tip my hat to your powers of self-control.

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Arrogance. There will be plenty of it this week. And while the ever-classy Lisa Carrodus isn't overdoing it here by any means, the sparkle in her eyes and that knowing smile tell me she is far from unhappy showing off her hard and sexy peaks.

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19-year-old (!!!) Brazilian Livia Possebon, her guns, and what appear to be some rather curious nutritional choices. Don't be fooled by the slightly dorky glasses, though, Livia's an all-action muscle-hungry little beast. Not the biggest biceps we will see this week, but beautifully formed nevertheless. And GROWING.

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Attitude. Plenty of that this week as well. Muscle babe and "Hip Hop Honey" Yves "Nunu" Nunez gives it loads in (what I assume is) a snapshot from a cam show. Attitude is sexy. But attitude backed up with a pair of bulging biceps like the ones "Nunu" is so very aggressively displaying here is, well, let's just say Yves calls her fans "pups"... I don't need to tell you how bitches feed their pups, do I?!

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A look reminiscent of the (apparently) trendy "fashions" of the 1940s, of the iconic US "We Can Do It" poster, and a look (and smile) that says this lovely lady is both pleased with the progress her biceps have made so far AND inspired to work on making them bigger and better and sexier yet. FMS says, You can do it, girl!

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And here's another look of love. Online bikini fitness coach Andrea Pasutti (you'd probably recognise her better with dark hair) can't help smiling as she flexes her bodacious biceps in this 2012 shot. Andrea has more reasons than most to celebrate her hard body, reasons you might want to read about on her Facebook page.

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How hot is Margie Martin? we asked in our Toronto Pro contest review recently, before answering the question ourselves. Margie and her incredible, groin-tingling biceps are, for me anyway, the ultimate hands above the table challenge right now - you've no idea how long it has taken me to type these few sentences, nor how much mess I've made while doing it. Actually, you probably do have some idea!

More Margie coming up later in the week...

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Seeing Yeon Woo-Ji flexing her oh-so lickable biceps on a computer screen is one thing, but just imagine the intensity of "The Madness" that seeing her doing exactly that only feet away from you would set off. I wonder if the guy in the background here can tell us about it - assuming he made it out of that park alive, of course.

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Wow!!! Renata Hronova seems to be really really enjoying herself here, really really enjoying flexing her big ol' biceps. I mean really really enjoying herself. Either that or it was really really cold in that gym. One might say Renata is properly "fully armed" because she clearly has both the guns AND the bullets!!!

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And finally today, the results of the hard work and genetic gifts of modern-day Greek fitness goddess and former sprinter Anastasia Papoutsaki provide yet another "where to put my hands to put my hands to best use" type conundrum for the female muscle lover. That should keep you busy till tomorrow's bicep installment.

Enjoy!

Tube of the Week

100 biceps in 15 minutes promises the title of this excellent (and new?) compilation. Well, it is, most definitely, just over fifteen minutes long. I haven't actually counted the exact number of biceps that you see in the clip (and if I did, should I count Amelia Hernandez's two appearances, for example, as one or two biceps?) but nevertheless, there are, without question, a LOT of biceps here.

And a lot of GREAT biceps at that.

Tetaadicto's edit is, we think, worth your attention from start to finish. There's no soundtrack, so you might want to provide your own, or just enjoy it as it is. You might want to make the viewing an active experience and see if you can name all the women featured here, or you might just want to enjoy the parade of mighty old school peaks.

However you watch, get comfy first...

Ready?



Enjoy!

And inspired by this genius, next week on FMS, 100 Biceps in 7 Days!!!

O Início da Copa do Mundo

It's that time again. World Cup time!!! And as the tournament hosts are Brazil, FMS decided it would be churlish of us to ignore that fact. After all, it's Brazil! And as regular readers will know, we don't need much of an excuse to crack open the sexy Brazilian muscle babe folder, nor the sexy muscle babes in Brazilian colours folder!



And we were delighted to find that we were not the only female muscle site jumping on the football bandwagon. The Muscle Appeal's recent preview, Soccer Muscle Girls, brings us Jessica Bowman, Tonia Moore, Michele Elizabeth and (be still my beating heart) Jill Rudison flexing their sexy muscles in England shirts.



The point is, The Muscle Appeal claim, to show how hot muscle girls look in a footy kit (soccer jersey). Mission accomplished then, because hot is what they look for sure.

And, yes, this clip totally makes me wish I had a bunch of sexy muscle babes in footy shirts images, but sadly I don't. Now, if anybody at The Muscle Appeal (which is an absolutely GOLD female muscle site by the way, you should join this minute) would like to donate a few of them in order to remedy that gaping hole in my collection, I'd be forever grateful, but pending such an act of generosity, FMS will just have to find another way to commemorate the big kick-off through the medium of female muscle.

One option that we considered was an illustration of the group stage draw using a female bodybuilder from each of the thirty-two qualifiers as representatives of their countries. England's group, for example, would look something like this...

GROUP D
Uruguay, Laura Carrara; Costa Rica, Cindy Garcia-Lister


England, Lisa Cross; Italy, Mavi Gioia

I've always thought that football, for all its problems, is a force for good on a global scale, and if football is what it takes for FMS to mention a female bodybuilder from Costa Rica (living in the UK!), or a female bodybuilder from Uruguay for that matter, then that's just one more instance of the game of football working its magic!

Similarly, anything that gives me a reason to put Virginia Sanchez, Juliette Bergmann, Geraldine Morgan and Bev Francis side by side in the same post has just got to be a good thing, wouldn't you agree? And as chance would have it, that's just what the group containing current World Cup holders Spain does!

GROUP B
Spain, The Netherlands, Chile, Australia



Quite honestly, I really would have liked to run with this, but finding female muscle from some of the countries did prove time-consuming at best, and futile at worst.

So, in the end, and in time-honoured FMS tradition, we decided that we should just give you more of what we know you like. The World Cup is being hosted by Brazil, and there are 11 players in a team. What about a Brazil Female Muscle XI? What about a Brazil Female Muscle XI consisting of the top eleven Brazilians you lovely lovely readers voted for earlier this year in The Hot and Hard 100 poll?

Picture yourself carrying towels for this team...

DENISE RODRIGUES (Goalkeeper)

Manage to get past the defence, and goalie Denise has the kind of body that the sight of would make just about any striker scuff his shot in a one-on-one situation.

ANNE FREITAS, SELMA LABAT (Centre-halves)

Fancy being woman-marked by either of these muscle goddesses? Considerably shorter than traditional centre-halves, what Anne and Selma lack in that department, they more than make up for with their power. And those mighty thighs of theirs ensure that when they clear the ball from their own penalty area, it stays cleared.

BELLA FALCONI (Right Wing-back), ANDREIA BRAZIER (Left Wing-back)

This may be an imaginary football team of female bodybuilders, but that's no reason not to stick with the Brazilian attacking wing-back tradition. Bella and Andreia possess boundless energy. They can run all day, and, playing or not, frequently do.

GRACYANNE BARBOSA (Holding Midfielder)

Shielding the defence and initiating attacks is very much like leading the carnaval, according to Gracyanne. You are the first line, and the rhythm of the team follows your lead. Unsurprising then that this samba queen has made this position her own.

KARINA NASCIMENTO, ANDRESSA VIEIRA (Central Midfield)

The blend of experience and youth in this midfield duo makes them a formidable pairing. Karina, once famed for her late runs into the box, plays a more circumspect game these days, but can still split a defence with a well-directed and perfectly-weighted pass. This enables her more youthful teammate to lend support to the strikers with much more conviction. Andressa galloping forwards, with or without the ball, is one of the great sights in the world of imaginary female muscle football.

JULIANA MALACARNE (Attacking Midfield, Captain)

One of the all-time greats, and the undisputed leader of the team, both on and off the field. Juliana's performances can be so good they can cause whole stadiums to be upstanding. And, more than ten years after she began her competitive career, she remains the poster girl of the sport for female muscle footy fans the world over.

LOANA MUTTONI, LARISSA REIS (Strikers)

This partnership, known as "Lo-La", have busted more nets than I've had hot dinners, and a defensive strategy that can keep them out has yet to be developed. It's almost as if they can score at will. Like that song. "Whatever Lo-La wants... Lo-La gets..."

Brazil's opening match, tonight at 9 (UK time) is against Branka Njegovec's Croatia.

Enjoy! And Come on England!!!

The Curse of FMS...?

We are pretty close to sacrificing the first goat we can find here. So far this year, 50% of the wonderful women we have written about as they prepared for the recent Toronto and very recent Omaha pro shows didn't even make it onto the stage.

Is FMS cursed?!

Granted, Anne "Freaky" Freitas had FMS salivating over her beastly pre-contest muscularity (see last Thursday) and Brazil's finest duly went ahead and carried first prize home from Omaha. And, also in our defence, Lisa Giesbrecht (featured on Toronto Bound) had come 5th in Toronto the week before Anne's victory.

However, neither of the other two goddesses we featured, the two who we were most excited about seeing in competition again, competed at all. We'd hate to think appearing on FMS had anything to do with that, but now it's happened twice...

First, Gillian Kovack, featured in Toronto Bound with Lisa G, was sorely missed from the line-up in Toronto. Well, she was missed by me, anyway. I was soooo looking forward to seeing Gillian all ripped, oiled and tanned again. Still, at least she attended the show, hanging out with new and old friends, according to her Facebook.



Change of plan! Gillian announced on May 26th, explaining that she did not feel quite ready for the Toronto/Omaha shows... Nooooo!!! Such a disappointment for a boy.

But, thankfully, Gillian went on to add that a couple more weeks though and I'll be right on point for the Wings of Strength Chicago Pro on July 5th. Hurrah!!!

Whisper it, but July 5th is approaching fast...

Whisper, because after Gillian's change of plan, Omaha came and went and the woman formerly known as Shannon Courtney was nowhere to be seen. As we scanned the results for news of her placing only to find no mention of her whatsoever... That's when we began to wonder whether FMS should just keep quiet about who we couldn't wait to see on stage the following weekend. Lightning had struck twice. And it crossed our minds that perhaps we do need a bit of voodoo around here to clear the air.



Of course we are not actually going to sacrifice a goat. Of course the lovely Shannon (now Peters again) has been going through a tough time. A weekend getting back to her roots in the country, riding her beautiful beast, doing what she loves in what she calls her happy place surrounded by family was, she understandably felt, the best way to spend the Omaha weekend. And she really does look happy there, doesn't she?



Pleased to report Shannon is back. It was leg day yesterday. Her favourite.



Only joking about being cursed. Really, no goats were harmed. But we are most definitely going to think twice about who we start bigging up as the Chicago and Tampa Pro shows approach. You know, just in case lightning strikes for a third time...

Big big love and our very best wishes to both Gillian and Shannon. We miss you.

Hall of Fame #1

There are some images, some photo sets of female bodybuilders that you never forget. The images in these sets stay with you. You may not have seen them for years, but when you do see them again the excitement is just as great as it was the first time.

For example, seeing these images of the gorgeous Michelle Baker again recently was as exciting as it had been to see them for the first time the best part of ten years ago.



Her smouldering looks, her beautiful dark skin. Feminine in her dress, yet she's covered in ripped and powerful muscle. But it's her perfect pecs that steal the show. Whether Michelle is flexing them or not, my eye is always drawn to these deep, rippling mounds of female muscle because, I think, the dress seems to have been designed with the sole intention of showing these wonders off to their fullest advantage.

The images are, for me, representative of what I most love about female bodybuilders, of the essence of my sthenolagnia. They provide this viewer with an intoxicating combination (and juxtaposition) of glamorous feminine beauty and hard, powerful female muscle. They are a triumph both for the photographer and for the model. I was utterly smitten when I first saw them, and equally smitten upon seeing them again.



Of course, there are many many other images and photo sets that are what you might call "favourites". There are many images or photo sets that combine the feminine with the muscle in a similarly exciting way, and there are many other images that are just as exciting for quite different reasons. But this week, the excitement of rediscovering Michelle and the perfect dress for her perfect pecs got me thinking...

Yes, once again, FMS is asking for you lovely readers to give us your input. Which pictures, which photo sets, which clips even, would be your nominations for the Female Muscle Lovin' Hall of Fame? Which would be your Desert Island female muscle selection? Which would you save if your house was on fire? If you were curating an exhibition of female muscle art, what would you be hanging on the gallery wall?



Get the idea?

Get in touch via the comment box below or email 6ft1swell@gmail.com

Thanks to sexyfemalemusclefan on Tumblr for the inspiration for today's post

Enjoy!

Haters Gonna Hate (But If They Are Gonna Hate Melissa Wee, They Should Learn to Spell)

True story. Recently made a very cool female muscle lovin' contact through a forum which is not a female muscle forum. He started up a thread called 'Girls with Muscle' which we have both been adding to, posting pics of Zsuzsanna Toldi, Chelsea Hagan, Cindy Landolt, Megan Avalon etc. Busty types. Not the hugest most shocking kind of muscle women by any means. And guess what? Thousands of views, but only the odd comment of support/suggestion, although two other guys have posted some muscle. By far the most popular type of comment bemoans the "horrific" amount of muscle on these women that "cross into butch", whose "faces look weird".

Now, if you are reading this blog you probably don't agree that Chelsea Hagan has a "weird" face, and nor would you use a word like "butch" if you were describing Cindy Landolt. However, if by the off chance you are reading this blog and you actually do think that Zsuzsanna Toldi's body is "horrific", then my question to you is this:

WHY ARE YOU HERE?

I don't mean "Why are you here?" in the philosophical, cosmic sense. I'm not asking for an explanation of your existence. What I mean is "Why, if you don't like female muscle, are you here, at a blog about female muscle?" Why visit a forum thread clearly labelled "Girls with Muscle" if you don't like girls with muscle? And why look at pictures of Melissa Wee on her Instagram or Facebook pages if you find her repulsive?

Melissa says: And this is why I deadlift.


Yes, Singapore's sexiest gets her fair share of abuse, possibly more than her fair share, and these haters are all very keen to spell out exactly why they find her so abhorrent. And that's another thing I don't understand about these types, why do they bother commenting? Why do they feel so compelled to spend their precious time sharing their negative opinions with people who quite obviously have another point of view?

It seems to me that you must really have a lot of time on your hands if you can afford to pass your time being so totally and uselessly negative. Really a LOT of time.

Posting a bigger picture because I LUB the rainbow bandage skirt!


Melissa doesn't have much time to waste. And she is certainly not going to be wasting any precious free time she does have on answering her critics, but occasionally it is satisfying to see her hit back at a particularly nasty hater. She hits back and in the process mobilises those of us who do appreciate her to send her more messages of support. The net result of Melissa being hated is Melissa getting some love.

Perhaps the negativity isn't completely useless after all!

I have about 3 and a half months to go before I step on stage. The closer I get to the date, the more excited and nervous I get. I just got home from a chesticles/ bicepraptors session followed by a 6km run. I'm pretty much too damn tired now to say anything inspiring. In fact I don't even feel very motivated today but I know that I got to do what I got to do if I want to present my very best physique come September 6th. So guess what princess, even if I don't feel like training or sticking to my diet, I still gotta suck it up and do it. Because if I don't, I can't expect to get the results that I want. I have no one to blame but myself.


Melissa's most recent response to some pointless hating was a little bit different though. You may recall that Melissa was (or is?) a primary school teacher. Well, once a teacher, always a teacher is, I believe, how the saying goes, and the poor fool who wasted his time insulting Melissa on this occasion fell foul of that teacher within her.

Someone spammed my Instagram account on more than 30 photos telling me my muscles are "descussting" and "you loose your boobs". Omg. The horror! Melissa wrote. Can you see where this is going yet, where the teacher in Melissa is taking us?

Because sometimes we need a midweek night out.


Of course, as Teacher Ms Wee points out, it's "disgusting", not "descussting" (unless they meant "discussing" - surely not?!), and although you might "loosen" something (probably not your boobs, but anyway), you don't "loose" anything, you "lose" it.

With all that time on their hands - I mean, scrawling your borderline illiterate views all over thirty pictures must take a good hour at least - you'd think that they could spend just a moment of that time checking how to spell the odd difficult or confusing word.

Spamming your feed with more progress pictures I took today. 14 weeks out. 3 and a half months. I think I'm going to freak out. I HAVE to bring a much tighter package to stage in 14 weeks. It's not a matter of whether I can but rather I MUST.


Help is at hand, however. Female Muscle Slave, in association with Melissa Wee, is delighted to invite entries for the first annual HATERS ONLY SPELLING BWEE.

Rounds will include straight up spelling, homophones and homonyms, and a freestyle round where contestants are given a microphone and get sixty seconds to score points with some grammatical, well-structured, and witty abuse while Melissa (bikini-clad, ripped and oiled) flexes her descussting muscles right in front of their faces.

GunShow


Contact 6ft1swell@gmail.com for an entry form. What have you got to loose?

Oh, and I nearly forgot. If, and only if, the idea of Melissa Wee doing a few topless pull-ups (because you make the most gains doing pull ups topless, according to Melissa) appeals to you, then make yourself comfortable before clicking here.

Please, enjoy!

Pic(s) of the Week: The Kiss

Mwaaaaa! It's Musclemaria again, doing what pretty much the whole of the FMS team would like to be doing to her beautiful bicep (morning, noon and night...)



Yes, Maria has made quite an impression on us since last month, when we came across her while we were putting together our Ts of the Day week. So much of an impression in fact that the research team have been working overtime to find out more about this stunningly beautiful Jamaican-Canadian physique competitor from Calgary.

Maria Antolini competed last year at the ABBA (Alberta Bodybuilding Association) Provincial Championships and finished 2nd. This qualified her for the Canadian Nationals but we haven't been able to find any evidence of her having competed at that show. However, according to the Facebook page of Advantage Fitness Ltd, she is currently preparing to compete at the 2014 Canadian National Championships.

Happily, the research team have also discovered that I am far from alone in going a bit weak at the knees when faced with Maria's obvious charms. Her Facebook and Facebook fan page are littered with the breaking hearts of middle-aged men, and, as reported last month, Maria's popularity has made her a Top 10 performer on MuscleGirlzLive - not bad for a relatively unknown provincial competitor.



MWAAAAA! Nice.

Check out the Twixpix gallery of Maria on stage last year for more thrills.

Enjoy!