Zoa was expected to do well, after placing second in the heavyweight category to eventual overall winner Lyris Cappelle at the 2009 Canadian CBBF National Bodybuilding Championships held on Aug 22nd.

The Vancouver born bodybuilder presently resides in Japan with her husband where she works as a personal trainer. At 5′ 9 1/2″, Zoa competes at around 170lbs, and gets up to just over 200lbs in the offseason.

Photos of Zoa from this event, click to enlarge;

Images via MD

See Zoa’s website for more on her…

TV clip (non-english)

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As we see in the video below – Renne puts them to work bench pressing Linda – after doing squats with Linda as bodyweight.

Renee Toney is one the largest female bodybuilders in history. At a competition weight of over 200lbs [yes I typed that correctly] she boasts arm measurements of just over 20 inches.

For anyone who isn’t a hardcore bodybuilding aficionado, claims of 20 inch arms are regularly disbelieved from male bodybuilders.

Don’t believe me? Hop onto a bodybuilding forum and post you have 20″ guns and wait for the onslaught of “STFU/LOL/WTF/Liar/Bullshit etc“. Despite outlandish claims made by many, 20″ arms are pretty hard to obtain and very rare…for males.

That measurement is generally thought to be not even feasible for females [discounting the obese of course].

Well Renee had her arms measured proving her claims of 20 inchers, and with the wonders of modern technology shared it with the world. Watch below…

If anyone cares, my arms are 10.5″, however in my defence my quads are 20″ so please take that into consideration.

2008 NPC USA Bodybuilding and Figure Championships
July 25-26, 2008
Las Vegas, Nevada