Archive - June, 2012

Andrea Swanson: Does It All.

Post Author: Lori Braun Posted on: June 29, 2012 at 12:39 am
In: Galleries, Stuff With: 6 Comments

When it comes to fitness, Andrea Swanson seems to do it all. She is a very popular NPC figure competitor, a middle-weight bodybuilder, and obviously a fitness model. The black and white photos are fantastic – very vivid and striking. We’re partial to great photography, and beautiful fitness models like Andrea make it seem easy.

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Anni Friesinger: It’s a wonder the ice doesn’t melt.

Post Author: Lori Braun Posted on: June 28, 2012 at 12:44 am
In: Female Athletes, Galleries, Homegrown, Stuff With: 1 Comment

Anni Friesinger has won five Olympic medals; gold at the 1500 m in the 2002 Winter Olympics and the team pursuit in the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics as well as bronze at the 3000 m in the 1998 Winter Olympics and the 1000 m in the 2006 Winter Olympics. She managed to qualify for the German speed skating team in five events at the 2006 Winter Olympics: the team pursuit and the individual races at 1000 m, 1500 m, 3000 m, and 5000 meters. However, she failed to win gold in any individual events. In the team pursuit semifinal against the United States at the 2010 Olympics, she fell behind her team members and ended up sliding across the finish line on her belly, but Germany still succeeded in advancing to the final.

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Fantasy Muscle: Artist Spotlight on Lyman Dally

Post Author: Lori Braun Posted on: June 28, 2012 at 12:10 am
In: Fantasy With: 3 Comments

Lyman Dally was a skinny and bullied kid from New Jersey that liked to draw. He later began lifting weights and eventually became a competitive bodybuilder. This opened his artistic eye to anatomical structure, detail and movement – qualities that still influence his artwork today.

Lyman is best known in the bodybuilding community for his Max Rep™ Mr. Astrotitan 2206 cartoon series which ran in FLEX and Muscular Development magazines during the 1990′s. This mostly self-educated artist has taught at the prestigious Joe Kubert School of Cartoon & Graphic Art and lectured on muscular anatomy, using live female bodybuilders for examples. He has also created over 5,000 editorial illustrations, book illustrations, storyboards and created popular cartoons for MAXIM magazine.

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Oksana Grishina: Need we say more?

Post Author: Lori Braun Posted on: June 27, 2012 at 12:56 am
In: Female Bodybuilders, Galleries, Stuff With: 1 Comment


Website
IFBB Fitness Pro Oksana Grishina Official Fanpage on Facebook

Homegrown Talent: Britta Foster

Post Author: Lori Braun Posted on: June 27, 2012 at 12:15 am
In: Galleries, Health, Homegrown, Stuff, Training With: 5 Comments

Vital Stats
Name: Britta Foster
Birthday: June 16th 1979
Hometown: Ocala, Florida
Weight: 160-165
Hair: Blonde
Eyes: Blue
Favorite Food: Hmm, let me think…..I love all food :)

My family moved to Florida when I was 3, So that almost makes me a floridian.. I was raised in Orange Lake, and Reddick, and attended school at St. John Lutheran.  When I graduated High School I started college at CFCC. In the midst of that I got married and had 3 kids :).  I was involved in sports all through middle school and high school, with volleyball being my main sport.  I was a fairly active kid, yet always a little heavy..  I started working out probaly around my senior year in high school.  Weight training was always an intrest of mine.. I have weight trained on and off over 12 years.  There were few times inbetween where I gained considerabl amounts of weight, due to pregnacy, and not eating what I should.  I have now been working out hard for almost 4 years ( my son will be 4 in August).  I have enjoyed watching my body change with all the work I have put into it.. It really means a lot to me to be healthy, and physically in shape.. I want to be a role model for my children, and others, and the best way to do this it to show them.
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Christy Resendes VS Jason Pires – Armwrestling

Post Author: Lori Braun Posted on: June 26, 2012 at 7:49 pm
In: Female Bodybuilders, Video With: 0 Comments

Female bodybuilder Christy Resendes takes on boxer Jason Pires and, well, we’ll just let you watch and see what happens.

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MY TWITTER https://twitter.com/christyresendes
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STORE http://www.christyresendes.com/store.htm
WEBSITE http://christyresendes.com

IFBB Bodybuilder Nicole Ball

Post Author: Lori Braun Posted on: June 26, 2012 at 12:30 am
In: Female Bodybuilders, Galleries With: 3 Comments

I am no longer a small town girl of a population of 500 people. I have recently made the move to the city!!! Well a city to me. I went from 500 to 12,0000. See what did I tell ya. Kinda scary at first but hey I am tuff. Adjusting to working out in public is kina weird. Until now I did all my training in the garage. But all that equipment got sold in the move and well here I am a city chick working out in a public gym talk about adjustments. As for my restaurant it is up for sale and I am working for a oilfield company. 

Still all the family history is the same. I am the youngest girl of five children. I have a older sister and three brothers. So yes you guessed it life growing up was rough. It was like having four fathers following me around everywhere!!. Hey besides not allowing me to go to the parties or to my own grad without them there to chaperone and a 11:00 curfew at 18 years old what fun would life have been. (I just keep telling myself that!) In the long run I knew they did it because they loved me so all is good. I have seven dogs. One English Setter and six English Pointers. They are a whole lot of fun. Each year we head down to southern United States and trial with them  on wild birds. Generally quail. It is amazing to watch them at work! Just lost the only girl we had a couple months ago…my rottweiler. Broke my heart – she was eleven and well, I just say that Heaven has a new Angel.
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Shelley Stokes: Fitness Trainer, Author and Entrepreneur

Post Author: Lori Braun Posted on: June 26, 2012 at 12:13 am
In: Female Bodybuilders, Galleries, Stuff With: Comments Off

Since my early 20′s I have been involved in the fitness industry. In the early years I mainly worked as a freelance fitness instructor at various Sports clubs, fitness centres and school hall’s. The classes ranged from, Step, Yoga, Body Combat, Body Pump and every other trend that came and went along the way!! In recent years I mainly concentrated on personal training. I am fully qualified in exercise to music, gym instruction and personal training.

Our company is based on the belief that our customers’ needs are of the utmost importance. Our entire team is committed to meeting those needs. As a result, a high percentage of our business is from repeat customers and referrals.

We would welcome the opportunity to earn your trust and deliver you the best service in the industry.
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7 Golden Rules for Building Muscle Fast

Post Author: Lori Braun Posted on: June 25, 2012 at 1:49 pm
In: Female Bodybuilders, Health, Stuff, Training With: 6 Comments


Full Article (via Tumblr)

#1 Never weight train longer than 1.5 hours at a stretch.

#2. Never train more than 2 days in a row, ever

#3. Never train more than 4-5 days a week, ever.

#4. Thou must goeth ass to the floor when doing squats
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Female Bodybuilder Irene Anderson Gallery

Post Author: Lori Braun Posted on: June 25, 2012 at 1:12 pm
In: Female Bodybuilders, Galleries, Stuff With: 0 Comments

Irene was born in Denmark in 1966, she moved to Sweden at the age of 2 with her parents. She was raised in Malmo but moved to Gothenburg when she was 20. Irene spent years in the gym and has worked hard to build this wonderful body.

IFBB Pro Greater Gulf Bikini, Men’s and Women’s Physique

Post Author: Lori Braun Posted on: June 21, 2012 at 3:22 pm
In: New News, Stuff With: 1 Comment

The IFBB Bikini and Physique divisions come to New Orleans this weekend for the IFBB Pro Greater Gulf Bikini, Men’s and Women’s Physique Championships.

WHAT: IFBB Greater Gulf Bikini, Men’s and Women’s Physique Championships
WHEN: June 22-23
WHERE: Metaire, Louisiana
TIMES: Friday: Bikini and Women’s Physique prejudging at 7pm; Saturday: Men’s Physique Prejudging at 9 am; Finals at 6:30 pm
FOR MORE INFO: Go here

Venice Beach or Silicon Beach?

Post Author: Lori Braun Posted on: June 21, 2012 at 2:47 pm
In: New News, Stuff With: 0 Comments

Original source: New York Times

A painting for sale along the boardwalk in Venice, Calif. The Los Angeles boardwalk community of Venice has long celebrated its seediness, accepting — embracing, really — the kind of sensory assaults that would faze more conventional places: beachfront bodybuilders, ragamuffin street vendors, tattoo artists, Hare Krishna chanters, skateboarders, drug dealers, gangs, homeless encampments, rowdy tourists, film crews and, more recently, a colony of medical marijuana dispensaries.
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