Here's another great video showing the final posedown of the top 6 female bodybuilders at the IFBB 2009 Ms International Contest at the Arnold Classic in Columbus Ohio.
Full Results
1. Iris Kyle
2. Debi Laszewski
3. Yaxeni Oriquen
4. Heather Armbrust
5. Dayana Cadeau
6. Betty Adkins
7. Cathy LeFrancois
8. Rosemary Jennings
9. Maria Carmen-Gomez
10. Brenda Raganot
11. Isabelle Turell
12. Dena Westerfield
13. Mah Ann Mendoza
Showing posts with label female bodybuilders. Show all posts
Showing posts with label female bodybuilders. Show all posts
Sunday, 8 March 2009
Sunday, 8 February 2009
Insulin-like growth factor: the sci-fi future of bodybuilding?
IGF or 'Insulin-like growth factor' (IGF-1) is a naturally occurring muscle-mass promoter. It is often speculated that serious bodybuilders inject this directly into their muscles to improve mass and size. The only problem is that it works locally and quickly wears off.
A wired article reports: "Enter biotech, which can not only synthesize the protein from scratch but also package it in the form of engineered viruses that insert IGF-1 genes directly into muscle cells, allowing them to produce their own growth factor indefinitely."
Genetically engineered viruses delivering hormones directly into your muscles? Sounds like the beginning of the bionic female bodybuilder. And all this time you've been relying on protein shakes....
A wired article reports: "Enter biotech, which can not only synthesize the protein from scratch but also package it in the form of engineered viruses that insert IGF-1 genes directly into muscle cells, allowing them to produce their own growth factor indefinitely."
Genetically engineered viruses delivering hormones directly into your muscles? Sounds like the beginning of the bionic female bodybuilder. And all this time you've been relying on protein shakes....
Saturday, 7 February 2009
Arnold Classic 2009: official line-up
I received the official press release for the competition.
The Ms International, Figure & Fitness invitees are all detailed below. There are some top names on the list - this should be a great year!
Here it is: the official line up for the 2009 Arnold Classic in Ohio. Just click on the image to see it full-size.
The Ms International, Figure & Fitness invitees are all detailed below. There are some top names on the list - this should be a great year!
Here it is: the official line up for the 2009 Arnold Classic in Ohio. Just click on the image to see it full-size.
Tuesday, 3 February 2009
The difference between bodybuilding, figure & fitness (or why we should all get along)
I've spent a long time trying to understand where, why and how people draw the lines between bodybuilding, figure & fitness. Indeed, do we need to draw a line?
The term aesthetic is, by it's very nature, subjective. One person's rose can be another's thorn; and there lies the rub: we all have our own interpretation of beauty. When it comes to crafting an aesthetic physique, beauty really is in the eye of the beholder: size, symmetry and shape all play their part; so why are we obsessed about categorizing this into the simple classes of big, medium and small?
In many respects, there really is no line between bodybuilding, figure & fitness - they each represent various points on a spectrum. Try thinking about it another way; look at the image below:
Where does the red end and orange begin, or the green turn into blue? There really is no absolute difference, no place to draw a line. And yet when it comes to bodybuilding in it's various forms, we seem compelled to break it down into simple groups.
Much of this is driven by the shows and competitions, after all, it's difficult to judge between a bodybuilder and fitness competitor as they each have a very different personal preference for their own physique, not to mention how they may or may not temper this in order to please the judges depending on whatever the official 'flavor of the month' is at a given moment in time.
People have written and blogged about this a thousand times - here's a great example. So, back in the real world, the one we all inhabit when not competing or viewing a show: does it really matter?
Of course not. As TC writes in this post: Believing that.."anyone with a different philosophy or goal is an asshole, is misguided... The truth is, we're all freaks and there's plenty of room in our circus."
See what I mean?
Be who you are, do what you enjoy and cut the others a little slack. We spend enough time dealing with the haters out there who don't like the sport at all to waste it by fighting amongst ourselves.
The term aesthetic is, by it's very nature, subjective. One person's rose can be another's thorn; and there lies the rub: we all have our own interpretation of beauty. When it comes to crafting an aesthetic physique, beauty really is in the eye of the beholder: size, symmetry and shape all play their part; so why are we obsessed about categorizing this into the simple classes of big, medium and small?
In many respects, there really is no line between bodybuilding, figure & fitness - they each represent various points on a spectrum. Try thinking about it another way; look at the image below:
Where does the red end and orange begin, or the green turn into blue? There really is no absolute difference, no place to draw a line. And yet when it comes to bodybuilding in it's various forms, we seem compelled to break it down into simple groups.
Much of this is driven by the shows and competitions, after all, it's difficult to judge between a bodybuilder and fitness competitor as they each have a very different personal preference for their own physique, not to mention how they may or may not temper this in order to please the judges depending on whatever the official 'flavor of the month' is at a given moment in time.
People have written and blogged about this a thousand times - here's a great example. So, back in the real world, the one we all inhabit when not competing or viewing a show: does it really matter?
Of course not. As TC writes in this post: Believing that.."anyone with a different philosophy or goal is an asshole, is misguided... The truth is, we're all freaks and there's plenty of room in our circus."
See what I mean?
Be who you are, do what you enjoy and cut the others a little slack. We spend enough time dealing with the haters out there who don't like the sport at all to waste it by fighting amongst ourselves.
Female Muscle & Fitness Blog
Welcome to the Female Muscle & Fitness blog.
Female Muscle & Fitness promotes the sport of female bodybuilding, figure and fitness.
As we all know, it takes a lot of hard work, dedication and focus to be a bodybuilder; particularly at competition level. Although bodybuilding itself has moved into the main-stream, female bodybuilding is still some way behind in terms of public acceptance and support.
To help change this, Female Muscle & Fitness has been set up as a central hub of all things related to the sport. It has listings of the home pages of female bodybuilders, figure and fitness competitors (as well as information on other female muscle related sites) and works hard to promote the sport in an honest and favorable light. The site helps raise awareness of the sport and provides web-traffic and exposure to the individuals themselves.
fbblinks is young and growing faster every day, so if you are a female bodybuilder, figure or fitness competitor, own a site that is directly related to female bodybuilding or you are an aspiring competitor with a web presence, please get in contact with me and I'll be only too happy to help promote you by listing your own website in the directory.
Female Muscle & Fitness promotes the sport of female bodybuilding, figure and fitness.
As we all know, it takes a lot of hard work, dedication and focus to be a bodybuilder; particularly at competition level. Although bodybuilding itself has moved into the main-stream, female bodybuilding is still some way behind in terms of public acceptance and support.
To help change this, Female Muscle & Fitness has been set up as a central hub of all things related to the sport. It has listings of the home pages of female bodybuilders, figure and fitness competitors (as well as information on other female muscle related sites) and works hard to promote the sport in an honest and favorable light. The site helps raise awareness of the sport and provides web-traffic and exposure to the individuals themselves.
fbblinks is young and growing faster every day, so if you are a female bodybuilder, figure or fitness competitor, own a site that is directly related to female bodybuilding or you are an aspiring competitor with a web presence, please get in contact with me and I'll be only too happy to help promote you by listing your own website in the directory.
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