Category: Bodybuilding



World’s Oldest Female Bodybuilder & Yogi: Edith Wilma Connor & Tao Porchon-Lynch
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World’s Oldest Female Bodybuilder & Yogi: Edith Wilma Connor & Tao Porchon-Lynch

Need to drum up a little motivation to go to the gym today? Look no further than these two ladies. Edith Wilma Connor is a 77-year-old bodybuilder – and a record-holding one at that. The Denver resident has earned the title of Oldest Living Female Bodybuilder from Guinness World Records. Connor, who calls bodybuilding her [...]


Tahmoor’s Sharon Horner Wins Bodybuilding Title
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Tahmoor’s Sharon Horner Wins Bodybuilding Title

After 18 weeks of eating green, training and saying no to cake, Sharon Horner has been crowned South Coast Natural Physique Champion. Mrs Horner, who runs Tahmoor’s Gym UFO with husband Jamie, placed first in the women’s short figure category on May 6 and claimed the overall title against 20 other female competitors. “This is [...]


Female Bodybuilding Now a Big Hit
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Female Bodybuilding Now a Big Hit

Male bodybuilding competitions can be traced back all the way to the early 1900s, but female competitions have only gained recognition in the past 35 years. The first U.S. Women’s National Physique Championship, held in Ohio in 1978, is often referred to as the first “true” bodybuilding contest for females. In the 1980s, the sport [...]


John Gallagher, bodybuilder from Napoleon, earns coveted title of Mr. Michigan
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John Gallagher, bodybuilder from Napoleon, earns coveted title of Mr. Michigan

When you see John Gallagher, call him Mr. Michigan. He might need the reminder that he actually won that title, since even two days after he earned it, he remained in disbelief. “Still, right now, I can’t believe it,” said Gallagher, 41, of Napoleon. “When you’re working for something for so long and you finally [...]


Craig Don Bodybuilding Champ Does it All
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Craig Don Bodybuilding Champ Does it All

From beer pumps to pumping iron, Craig Don does it all. The 31-year-old juggles running one of Sunderland’s most popular pubs with his hobby as a bodybuilder. Now, the landlord of The Grange Hotel, in Newcastle Road, and has claimed first prize in a body-building competition. Craig took time out from behind the bar to [...]


Jodie Marsh on Beach filming Bodybuilding Movie
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Jodie Marsh on Beach filming Bodybuilding Movie

Muscle Marsh on Muscle Beach: Jodie Marsh hangs upside down in a bikini in LA as she films her new bodybuilder movie She hits the famous spot in LA to work out her boydbuilders’ physique If we were in LA right now, we’d be doing a number of things. 1. Staring at celebrities 2. Drinking [...]


Mr Muscles – Eight-times Mr Olympia winner Ronnie Coleman
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Mr Muscles – Eight-times Mr Olympia winner Ronnie Coleman

Palmerston North bodybuilders have been treated to an audience with one of the biggest names in world bodybuilding – eight-times Mr Olympia winner Ronnie Coleman. More than 100 people lined up outside ASN Nutrition on Church St to see Mr Coleman, who is in New Zealand to promote a new bodybuilding supplement. He holds the [...]


Olympic flame sparks relay to London
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Olympic flame sparks relay to London

Need to know: Actresses portraying priestesses will use the sun’s rays and a mirror today to light the Olympic flame in Olympia, Greece. Well, where else would you do such a thing? OK, specifically, the ceremony is at the 2,600-year-old Temple of Hera. The priestesses will then pass the flame to the first of 490 [...]


Fitness Leader Muscling in on Bodybuilding Contests
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Fitness Leader Muscling in on Bodybuilding Contests

Female body building conjures up images of fearsome looking women flexing glistening, super-human muscles. So it was with some surprise when I first shook hands with Amington resident Kelly Davis, who is entering her first body building competitions this month. A gentle greeting with the hand and a warm, friendly, engaging smile shredded my preconceptions. [...]


Sylvester Mwila, The New Mr Ironman 2012
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Sylvester Mwila, The New Mr Ironman 2012

Sylvester Mwila was on Saturday night crowned Mr Ironman 2012 after he out-muscled over 40 other contestants that took part in the highly-contested competition sponsored by Mad Max at Taj Pamodzi Hotel in Lusaka. Mwila, from Kabwata Gymnasium and the reigning Mr Zambia, flexed his well-built muscles before a capacity crowd that cheered every move [...]


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