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Would You Ever Guess This Woman Is FORTY With Two Teenagers?
While many women commit to an exercise regime after having children, one Queensland mother-of-two has taken her determination one step further. Kelli Blanchfield, 40, started weight training six years...
View ArticleKamiakin’s Polanik Conquers Diving, Powerlifting Worlds
When injuries led Saige Polanik to quit club gymnastics, she found plenty of other ways to stay active. “Most of my life, I was a competitive gymnast,” Polanik said. “That took up my whole life. When I...
View ArticleOn The Record With NZ’s World Champion Lifter Trish Muldrock
Kaikohe’s Trish Muldrock, 60, is not afraid to roll up her sleeves and take on some heavy tasks. The personal trainer and powerlifter has just returned from World Masters powerlifting in Denver, US,...
View ArticleShweta Rathore Is First Indian Female Bodybuilder To Win Asian Silver
Shweta Rathore became the first Indian female bodybuilder to win a silver medal at the 49th Asian Championship, recently held in Uzbekistan. Shweta, an engineer by qualification, won silver in the...
View ArticlePumping Iron II: The Women
Let’s Throwback Thursday 30 years to 1985. “Pumping Iron,” the film that turned the obscure sport of male bodybuilding into an overnight phenomenon and made Arnold Schwarzenegger a star, broke the...
View ArticleWomen’s Wrestling Starts At SOU
Wrestling season is highly anticipated at Southern Oregon University, every year. The wrestling squad is frequently among the top teams in the country. And now we have to say that’s the MEN’s squad,...
View ArticleTampa Woman, 94, Competes As Powerlifter
elieve it or not, 94-year-old Edith Traina is a powerlifter. “I’m looking forward to doing at least 200 pounds by the time I’m 100 so I can celebrate my centennial,” Traina said. Traina lives in...
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Woman Born After Exposure To Chernobyl Radiation While In The Womb Defies The...
Tatsiana Khvitsko was born with no legs and only four fingers after being exposed to radiation from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster as an unborn baby. Like many children born with deformities in the...
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Meet India’s Child Bride Turned Wrestling Champ
When the biggest female star in US martial arts, Ronda Rousey, announced that she was taking the fight to Hollywood this month, India’s latest wrestling heroine was most likely working in the fields or...
View ArticleIritano Among The Best Amateur Bodybuilders In The Country
Jennifer Iritano has learned that confidence can get you anywhere. Iritano, a Tewksbury-resident, has in recent years discovered great success as an amateur competitive bodybuilder. On the competitive...
View ArticleWeight Loss Leads To Modeling, Bodybuilding For Las Vegas Strip Resident
Not long after she reached her 40s, graphic designer and mother of three Shawn Towne realized that with her children getting older and becoming more independent, she had some free time. Rather than...
View ArticleFemale Bodybuilding Takes A New Form
According to Paul Dillet, founder of the World Beauty Fitness and Fashion competition circuit, pure bodybuilding is dead. There are at least 12 bodybuilding organizations, such as the IFBB...
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From Life’s Hurdles To World Armwrestling Champion
No. 1 on the list of “things not a good idea” would be arm-wrestling with Lisa Wolfley. Because you’d probably lose. Wolfley, 47, recently traveled to Malaysia to compete in the “37th World...
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Behind The Scenes Of A ‘Natural’ Bodybuilding Championship
A collection of some of Australia’s most buff and bronzed women have flexed their stuff at the recent Australasian Natural Bodybuilding championships. The chiseled competitors duked it out in the...
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Ripped Grandma Becomes Pro Bodybuilder And Fitness Guru
With washboard abs and rock-hard glutes it’s safe to say Carmen Knights is not your average grandmother. There isn’t a knitting needle in sight for the ripped 41-year-old, who has become a competitive...
View ArticleDoncaster Model Bidding For Miss Universe Crown
A Doncaster model and bodybuilder is bidding to be crowned Miss Universe after landing a place in the final of the contest. Ilze Kacere, 29, will be going head to head with competitors from across the...
View ArticleIt’s My Body Of Armour: My Life As A Female Bodybuilder
Pro-bodybuilder Rene Campbell, 38, is ‘bigorexic’ – devoted to making herself as large as possible by cooking the right kind of food and training as much as she can. Her relentless pursuit of an...
View ArticleYeovil Bodybuilder Jane Carter Caps Off Great Year With Bronze Medal
Bodybuilder Jane Carter has enjoyed more success in what was already a bumper 2015. The 44-year-old, who co-owns Yeovil’s Tonezone Fitness Centre, had competed in two local and one national show this...
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Gaylord Bodybuilder Hornacek Earns Pro Card After Strong Showing In New York...
Kristin Hornacek’s haven is inside the gym. There the Gaylord native can put in her earbuds, get lost in her music and do what she loves most: lift weights and perfect her body. Well, it’s at least a...
View ArticlePleasant View Competitor:”Bodybuilding Is The Foundation Of All Sports”
Stacie Gladwell, from Pleasant View, began bodybuilding four years ago after she fractured her hip and was diagnosed with osteopenia, a condition characterized by low bone density, which may be a...
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