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What 2016 Olympians eat for each sport
United States’ Simone Biles performs on the balance beam during the artistic gymnastics women’s qualification at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016.
Just what does it take to power Simone Biles’ signature half-twisting double backflip or Allyson Felix’s lightning-fast sprint?
It turns out, the amount Olympians eat can vary tremendously depending not only on the events they’re competing in, but also their body type and lifestyle outside the Olympic arena. The average Olympic shooter, for instance, may have very different caloric needs than a swimmer like Michael Phelps.
“Calories really depend on the body size, so a 100-lb. [45 kilograms] gymnast needs fewer calories than a 200-lb. [90 kg] wrestler,” said Nancy Clark, a sports nutritionist and the author of “Nancy Clark’s Sports Nutrition Guidebook” (Human Kinetics, 2013).
From weightlifting to table tennis, here’s what the world’s best athletes eat to power their amazing athletic feats.
Elite shooting
Most people probably wouldn’t consider the task of aiming, pointing and shooting to be physically arduous. But it turns out that those at the highest echelons of shooting (the Rio Olympics includes rifle, pistol, shotgun and total shooting events) still need to carefully plan their diets.
The USA Shooting team is told to eat a low-fat diet with a mix of simple and complex carbohydrates and a moderate amount of protein, to prevent sugar crashes that could interfere with these competitors’ laser-like focus and cognition. Elite shooters are also told to stick to clean living and to stay away from caffeine, cigarettes and booze, again because these substances could interfere with the shooters’ thinking, according to USA Shooting’s nutritional guidelines.
However, the ideal and the practice in the sport may be very different. Three-time shooting gold medalist Kim Rhode told the New York Times that Olympic shooters are typically the ones having “caffeine and drinking stuff to be more amped up to react to the target.”
All that mental concentration could also burn a few extra calories.
“The brain is the organ in the body that uses a lot of calories,” Clark told Live Science. “When people are really thinking hard, they’re very tense or anxious, and that tension can increase calorie needs,” though the differences in calorie burn aren’t dramatic, she said.
That also means athletes may need different amounts of calories on race or game day versus during training, she added.
Gymnastics
Gymnasts like Biles and Aly Raisman launch themselves into the air and then flip and twist two or even three times before coming down to Earth.
But despite those amazing feats of prowess, these athletes aren’t usually chowing down at the dinner table. Gymnasts benefit from tiny, muscular frames to generate the explosive power of a full-twisting double layout or an Amanar vault, but every extra ounce of body weight also makes it harder to get airborne, former Junior Olympic gymnast and nutrition coach Gina Paulhus told Bodybuilding.com.
What’s more, although their routines involve explosive bursts of energy for a minute or two, there’s also a lot of standing around waiting for their turn on the equipment, both during training and during meets. For instance, a 4-hour gymnastics workout burns just 1,000 calories, far less than the 2,400 calories burned during a brisk, 4-hour jog, according to Harvard Medical School.
As a result, gymnasts have earned a reputation for having highly restrictive diets, and for sometimes struggling with eating disorders.
“It’s tough when you’re in a sport that is judged on appearance,” Clark said. “And many of those gymnasts are in bodies that it takes a lot of effort to keep.”
For instance, the former gymnast Dominique Moceanu told The New Yorker that former coaches Bela and Marta Karolyi put her on a diet of 900-calories a day.
Biles seems to have fewer restrictions, eating foods such as pork chops, chicken sandwiches and even the occasional soft drink, according to that article.
The ideal diet for a gymnast is one that contains at least 2,000 calories and is low in fat, high in complex carbohydrates and high in fiber, according to USA Gymnastics. In other words, to power those gravity-defying, tumbling passes, Biles probably isn’t eating much more than you or me. (The average woman should typically consumes no more than about 2,000 calories per day, while the average man should consume about 2,400 calories a day, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).
United States’ Simone Biles performs on the balance beam during the artistic gymnastics women’s qualification at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Marathoners, cyclists and swimmers
The typical marathon runner will need to consume thousands of calories on race day to power his or her high-intensity run. The typical marathon could consume 2,500 calories on top of what is needed to power basic metabolism, meaning some runners will need to eat 5,000 to 6,000 calories a day. And an elite cyclist might consume 8,000 calories a day or more on a long-distance ride, Clark said.
“They ride, and they just eat,” Clark.
Although the ideal diet is one full of minimally processed foods, healthy whole grains, fruits and veggies, not all elite athletes are consuming such healthful fare.
In his book “Faster than Lightning: My Autobiography,” (HarperSport, 2014) Usain Bolt, the “world’s fastest man,” said he subsisted at the 2008 Beijing Olympics almost exclusively on chicken nuggets, French fries and McDonald’s apple pies, gobbling up about 1,000 nuggets during his 10-day stay.Of course, not every elite athlete is nugget-powered: The nine-time medal winner Carl Lewis said he won most of his Olympic medals while sticking to a vegan or vegetarian diet.
Table tennis
Moving a tiny paddle to fling a feather-light ball across a miniature table — what could be hard about that?
It turns out that at the highest levels, table tennis is quite physically demanding.
The average pro can burn anywhere from 300 to 800 calories per hour during training, and athletes may undergo two training sessions daily, of 2 or 3 hours each, said Richard McAfee, the USA Table Tennis national coach, and hall of fame inductee.
Plus, most of these pros will do additional physical training at least twice a week for an hour to an hour and a half, McAfee told Live Science in an email. Typical male table tennis players burn about 3,500 calories a day, and typical female players burn about 2,500 calories.
On match days, players typically burn between 300 and 500 calories per match, and play two or three matches per day, McAfee told Live Science in an email.
Because the play for each point lasts just 3 to 5 seconds, players rely mostly on a kind of high-intensity energy-generation system called the alactic anaerobic system.
“So it is best described as playing a chess match while running a serious of 40 yard dashes,” McAfee said.
According to the International Table Tennis Foundation’s nutritional guidelines, players should eat about twice as many grams of carbohydrates as fat and protein, he said.
Swimming
Three fried-egg sandwiches, a five-egg omelet, one bowl of grits, maize porridge, three slices of French toast with powdered sugar and three chocolate chip pancakes on the side.
And that’s just breakfast.
Though it sounds like such a feast could feed several people, this was a typical training breakfast for just one person: the now 22-time Olympic swimming medalist Phelps, during the 2008 games, according to his fan site.
Throughout the day, Phelps powers his workouts by drinking energy-dense nutritional shakes and mind-boggling quantities of food. Based on his self-reports, his diet racks up about 12,000 calories a day, to power his 5-hours-a-day, six-day-a-week training regimen.
Clark said, “I don’t think Michael Phelps really eats 12,000 calories,” a day.
But whether it’s 6,000 or 12,000 calories, there’s no doubt that the intense aerobic activity required for swimming burns a lot of calories, she said.
“Like a candle needs oxygen to burn, the body needs oxygen to burn calories,” Clark said. “So if a person is breathing heavy and using a lot of oxygen, they’re burning a lot of calories.”
Personal variation
Ultimately, the diets of Olympians are affected not only by the demands of their sports, but by everything else in their lives: Do they have a part-time job where they surf the web all day? If so, their caloric intake may not be much higher than the average person’s, Clark said.
Are they tiny or humongous? Are they at their natural size, or are they trying to lose weight to qualify for a lower weight class?
“Runners and triathletes might be dropping weight and being really strict with calorie intake, whereas other people are just eating it and burning it.” Clark said. “There are so many variables that it’s hard to say how many calories people need.”
Ultimately, athletes will do best if they listen to their bodies, she said.
“The body is the best calorie counter, and these top athletes, they’re able to listen to their body,” Clark said.
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Kayla Harrison makes judo history with another gold at Rio Olympics 2016
RIO DE JANEIRO — She is a commodity now, armed with star power and charisma, toughness and talent. She has survived sexual abuse and devastating injuries, bouts of depression and wavering motivation.
But everything that was possible for Kayla Harrisonin judo has now been fulfilled; that much was assured Thursday night when she won her second gold medal and made American history. Now it’s time to become a star.
“I’m happy, I’m retiring,” she said moments after defeating No. 2-ranked Audrey Tcheumeo of France in the gold medal round of the 78-kilogram weight class. “Two-time Olympic champion. That’s it.”
Of course, retirement for Harrison only means from judo, the sport to which she has devoted the first 26 years of her life. What almost certainly awaits her is a lucrative career in mixed-martial arts following in the footsteps of her former sparring partnerRonda Rousey, who didn’t achieve a fraction of Harrison’s success in judo but has become an international icon.
Harrison, it would seem, has similar potential. And though she didn’t want to talk about her future in specific terms, she might have been hinting something when asked whether she has been offered a contract by the UFC.
“I’m sure they were watching,” Harrison said. “If they weren’t, they missed out.”
What anyone who didn’t watch Harrison here missed was how she annihilated the field, winning all four matches by ippon, which is essentially the judo version of a knockout. Three of her bouts lasted fewer than two minutes, and she finished the championship by getting Tcheumeo in an armlock, flipping her over and forcing her to tap out with six seconds left.
“She didn’t come into these Games as a reigning Olympic champion, she came in as somebody who never did it before,” said national team coach Jimmy Pedro, the only other American judoku to win two Olympic medals (both bronze). “We put her through hell (in training). She went to places she didn’t want to go. She went to camps, fought in competitions, fought injured. We told her if you can win these events not at your best and not wanting to be there, wait until the Olympics come because they’re going to feel a different Kayla.
“She peaked for this event.”
It wasn’t easy.
Harrison admitted these were a long four years since her breakthrough in London, filled with various injuries and moments where she didn’t want to go globetrotting and take on the workload of someone with far fewer accomplishments. She has also spent a lot of time launching her Fearless Foundation to raise awareness of sexual abuse, which she suffered as a teenager at the hands of her former coach.
But as marketable as Harrison was already, two gold medals sounds a lot better than one when it comes time to cash in.
“There were more than a lot of moments I didn’t want to get up for practice, didn’t want to do more lineups, didn’t want to get the crap kicked out of me,” she said. “But with (Pedro), it’s all in or nothing. And they pushed me to the point where when I showed up today I knew that I had worked harder than everyone. No one was going to take it away from me. The misery and the pain, I had to have done it for something. It had to be worth it.”
It was, finally, when the match ended and she slapped the mat in celebration. Then, she embraced her coach, who marveled that the U.S. — which devotes only a fraction of resources to judo compared to the traditional powerhouses like Russia — has produced such a champion.
“I think no matter what my judo legacy is fulfilled and I’m happy and happy with my career,” she said. “Now it’s time to go and continue to have a legacy off the mat and try to change the world.”
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10 steps to control high blood pressure without medication
By making these 10 lifestyle changes, you can lower your blood pressure and reduce your risk of heart disease.
If you’ve been diagnosed with high blood pressure, you might be worried about taking medication to bring your numbers down.
Lifestyle plays an important role in treating your high blood pressure. If you successfully control your blood pressure with a healthy lifestyle, you might avoid, delay or reduce the need for medication.
Here are 10 lifestyle changes you can make to lower your blood pressure and keep it down.
1. Lose extra pounds and watch your waistline
Blood pressure often increases as weight increases. Being overweight also can cause disrupted breathing while you sleep (sleep apnea), which further raises your blood pressure.
Weight loss is one of the most effective lifestyle changes for controlling blood pressure. Losing just 10 pounds (4.5 kilograms) can help reduce your blood pressure.
Besides shedding pounds, you generally should also keep an eye on your waistline. Carrying too much weight around your waist can put you at greater risk of high blood pressure.
In general:
- Men are at risk if their waist measurement is greater than 40 inches (102 centimeters).
- Women are at risk if their waist measurement is greater than 35 inches (89 centimeters).
These numbers vary among ethnic groups. Ask your doctor about a healthy waist measurement for you.
2. Exercise regularly
Regular physical activity — at least 30 minutes most days of the week — can lower your blood pressure by 4 to 9 millimeters of mercury (mm Hg). It’s important to be consistent because if you stop exercising, your blood pressure can rise again.
If you have slightly high blood pressure (prehypertension), exercise can help you avoid developing full-blown hypertension. If you already have hypertension, regular physical activity can bring your blood pressure down to safer levels.
The best types of exercise for lowering blood pressure include walking, jogging, cycling, swimming or dancing. Strength training also can help reduce blood pressure. Talk to your doctor about developing an exercise program.
3. Eat a healthy diet
Eating a diet that is rich in whole grains, fruits, vegetables and low-fat dairy products and skimps on saturated fat and cholesterol can lower your blood pressure by up to 14 mm Hg. This eating plan is known as the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet.
It isn’t easy to change your eating habits, but with these tips, you can adopt a healthy diet:
- Keep a food diary. Writing down what you eat, even for just a week, can shed surprising light on your true eating habits. Monitor what you eat, how much, when and why.
- Consider boosting potassium. Potassium can lessen the effects of sodium on blood pressure. The best source of potassium is food, such as fruits and vegetables, rather than supplements. Talk to your doctor about the potassium level that’s best for you.
- Be a smart shopper. Read food labels when you shop and stick to your healthy-eating plan when you’re dining out, too.
4. Reduce sodium in your diet
Even a small reduction in the sodium in your diet can reduce blood pressure by 2 to 8 mm Hg.
The effect of sodium intake on blood pressure varies among groups of people. In general, limit sodium to less than 2,300 milligrams (mg) a day or less. However, a lower sodium intake — 1,500 mg a day or less — is appropriate for people with greater salt sensitivity, including:
- African-Americans
- Anyone age 51 or older
- Anyone diagnosed with high blood pressure, diabetes or chronic kidney disease
To decrease sodium in your diet, consider these tips:
- Read food labels. If possible, choose low-sodium alternatives of the foods and beverages you normally buy.
- Eat fewer processed foods. Only a small amount of sodium occurs naturally in foods. Most sodium is added during processing.
- Don’t add salt. Just 1 level teaspoon of salt has 2,300 mg of sodium. Use herbs or spices to add flavor to your food.
- Ease into it. If you don’t feel you can drastically reduce the sodium in your diet suddenly, cut back gradually. Your palate will adjust over time.
5. Limit the amount of alcohol you drink
Alcohol can be both good and bad for your health. In small amounts, it can potentially lower your blood pressure by 2 to 4 mm Hg.
But that protective effect is lost if you drink too much alcohol — generally more than one drink a day for women and for men older than age 65, or more than two a day for men age 65 and younger. One drink equals 12 ounces of beer, five ounces of wine or 1.5 ounces of 80-proof liquor.
Drinking more than moderate amounts of alcohol can actually raise blood pressure by several points. It can also reduce the effectiveness of blood pressure medications.
6. Quit smoking
Each cigarette you smoke increases your blood pressure for many minutes after you finish. Quitting smoking helps your blood pressure return to normal. People who quit smoking, regardless of age, have substantial increases in life expectancy.
7. Cut back on caffeine
The role caffeine plays in blood pressure is still debated. Caffeine can raise blood pressure by as much as 10 mm Hg in people who rarely consume it, but there is little to no strong effect on blood pressure in habitual coffee drinkers.
Although the effects of chronic caffeine ingestion on blood pressure aren’t clear, the possibility of a slight increase in blood pressure exists.
To see if caffeine raises your blood pressure, check your pressure within 30 minutes of drinking a caffeinated beverage. If your blood pressure increases by 5 to 10 mm Hg, you may be sensitive to the blood pressure raising effects of caffeine. Talk to your doctor about the effects of caffeine on your blood pressure.
8. Reduce your stress
Chronic stress is an important contributor to high blood pressure. Occasional stress also can contribute to high blood pressure if you react to stress by eating unhealthy food, drinking alcohol or smoking.
Take some time to think about what causes you to feel stressed, such as work, family, finances or illness. Once you know what’s causing your stress, consider how you can eliminate or reduce stress.
If you can’t eliminate all of your stressors, you can at least cope with them in a healthier way. Try to:
- Change your expectations. Give yourself time to get things done. Learn to say no and to live within manageable limits. Try to learn to accept things you can’t change.
- Think about problems under your control and make a plan to solve them. You could talk to your boss about difficulties at work or to family members about problems at home.
- Know your stress triggers. Avoid whatever triggers you can. For example, spend less time with people who bother you or avoid driving in rush-hour traffic.
- Make time to relax and to do activities you enjoy. Take 15 to 20 minutes a day to sit quietly and breathe deeply. Try to intentionally enjoy what you do rather than hurrying through your “relaxing activities” at a stressful pace.
- Practice gratitude. Expressing gratitude to others can help reduce stressful thoughts.
9. Monitor your blood pressure at home and see your doctor regularly
Home monitoring can help you keep tabs on your blood pressure, make certain your lifestyle changes are working, and alert you and your doctor to potential health complications. Blood pressure monitors are available widely and without a prescription. Talk to your doctor about home monitoring before you get started.
Regular visits with your doctor are also key to controlling your blood pressure. If your blood pressure is under control, you might need to visit your doctor only every six to 12 months, depending on other conditions you might have. If your blood pressure isn’t well-controlled, your doctor will likely want to see you more frequently.
10. Get support
Supportive family and friends can help improve your health. They may encourage you to take care of yourself, drive you to the doctor’s office or embark on an exercise program with you to keep your blood pressure low.
If you find you need support beyond your family and friends, consider joining a support group. This may put you in touch with people who can give you an emotional or morale boost and who can offer practical tips to cope with your condition.
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The Mysterious Death of Joanna Wilson
As seen in the following photos and videos, Joanna Wilson was a woman who was dedicated to bodybuilding. Now, the world of bodybuilding is buzzing about the death of the NPC bodybuilding competitor, and Wilson’s Facebook page is collecting condolences.
As noted by the GoFundMe page set up for Joanna, Wilson died in Las Vegas. Thus far, $2,445 of the $20,000 goal has been raised.
“Joanna Wilson was a huge inspiration to many in our community as well as others across the world. She genuinely believed in you, encouraging you to believe in yourself. She pushed you to strive to your full potential both in the gym as well as outside the gym. She was an amazing wife as well as mother to two kids. While in Las Vegas with her family and friends, she passed away due to health complications. This campaign was set up to support the heartbroken family. All proceeds will go directly to the family. Thank you.”
Folks are reacting to Wilson’s death on forums like Get Big and on social media. There are also several videos about the popular bodybuilder now available on YouTube.
Warning: The below videos contains explicit language that might be offensive to some viewers.
As reported by the Evolution of Bodybuilding, Joanna died Friday, July 29. The publication published the last photo that Wilson posted to social media. She was photographed with her husband, Jay Wilson, as they were on their way to Las Vegas. According to the report, Wilson was preparing for the 2016 NPC USA Bodybuilding Championships and IFBB Pro Qualifier, which was held Friday, July 29, and Saturday, July 30, in Las Vegas.
Indeed, as most bodybuilding participants know, the week prior to a big competition is called “peak week. This is the week that competitors’ bodies are expected to go through the most changes in a process that sometimes involves 12 or 16 weeks worth of previous preparations for a show.
It is not known if there were any existing heart conditions that may have exacerbated Joanna’s death, or if diuretics, insulin or steroids were involved. Speculation is rampant online about what Wilson’s cause of death may have been.
Trainers and fitness experts around the country are also using her passing as an opportunity to teach others to avoid dangerous habits when preparing for a bodybuilding contest. For example, Adam Atkinson, owner of SeeYouLaterLeaner™ LLC, warned against using the unsafe and harmful methods that some bodybuilders have used for years to “dry out” and make their muscles “pop” on the stage.
As seen in Adam’s below Instagram post, which was also posted to Atkinson’s Facebook page, he warned fitness competitors not to cut out water and sodium during the final week of their contest prep; calling water and sodium depletion, coupled with raising potassium levels, a dangerous cocktail that is reminiscent of the lethal injection process.
Other bodybuilding experts are echoing those sentiments, including those who might speculate about what substances may have contributed to Joanna’s death. As seen in the video below from the “Tiger Fitness” YouTube channel, the theory is posited that dangerous extremes in bodybuilding are not worth dying over for a trophy or in the hunt for a sometimes elusive sponsorship deal.
Warning: The below video contains explicit language that might be offensive to some viewers.Read more at http://www.inquisitr.com/3382970/joanna-wilson-death-of-npc-bodybuilding-physique-competitor-spurs-20000-gofundme-goal/#O80EceEiMyTcDoBe.99
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“Hard to meet men” says UK’s Biggest Female bodybuilder
The way I look makes it hard to meet men’: UK’s biggest female bodybuilder reveals why she’s still single after nine years
She’s spent years bulking up in a bid to be a world champion bodybuilder.
But now Rene Campbell, 35, claims that her muscular physique has stopped her from finding love, and for the past nine years she has remained single.
The self-confessed ‘Bigorexic’ from Brighton, who has two children from a previous marriage, says that most men are turned off by her stacked 13.st 5lb appearance and find it difficult to cope with her regimented lifestyle.
Looking for love: Rene Campbell has spent years perfecting her body in a bid to be a top bodybuilder
Ms Campbell, who boasts 26 inch thighs and size 18 shoulders, works out intensively for two hours a day and sticks to a strict meal plan, which sees her eating seven chicken breasts and consuming 4,200 calories in the space of little more than 12 hours.
While she is proud of the way she looks, the divorcee says her appearance also has its downfalls.
‘I’m single at the moment after splitting with my ex-husband – dad to my two sons – nine years ago.
While she is proud of the way she looks, the divorced mother says her appearance also has its downfalls
Rene, pictured five years ago in Brighton, when she was a UK size eight
‘I’d love a boyfriend who could cheer me on at competitions and cook my chicken for me, but the way I look does make it harder to meet men.
‘But what makes having a relationship even harder is finding someone who can put up with my regimented lifestyle.
‘I was dating two years ago, but the guy struggled with the fact that I had to put my training first,’ she told Now Magazine:
Ms Campbell describes that she now feels ‘married’ to the bodybuilding industry.
The British national champion, who was no stranger to sports after years of long distance running and triathlons, first started bodybuilding in 2008, as she began to idolise women with muscular strength.
She set her self the task of becoming Britain’s biggest female bodybuilder and gradually her slender frame transformed as she tripled her calorie intake and sought the help of a personal trainer.
She now loves exhibiting her strong body and feels more confident than when she was a slender size 8.
She adds: ‘For the first time in my life, I feel comfortable in my own skin.
‘I can’t ever imagine being thin again – I’m so much happier this way.
‘For now, I guess I’m married to
the industry.’
Article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2128219/The-way-I-look-makes-hard-meet-men-UKs-biggest-female-bodybuilder-reveals-shes-single-years.html
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Female bodybuilder Cheyann Clark fighting cancer.
Please pray for Female bodybuilder Cheyann Clark fighting cancer, as she inspires millions.
A female body builder in Washington State is showing her strength in the face of cancer. The young woman wants to show others how to take on the disease.
Cheyann Clark wanted to inspire, so she posted pictures of her in the gym when she got into the best shape of her life. “It’s the most amazing feeling,” she says of being fit.
She started her fitness Instagram page. She had a pretty good following. But her page blew up when she posted a picture of what cancer and its treatments had done to her body. “Oh my gosh, it’s insane. I’m almost at 200k followers… I’m used to looking in the mirror and seeing muscle and all my hard work… and it disappeared literally overnight.”
Four months ago, Cheyann was diagnosed with a rare form of ovarian cancer. She’s had multiple surgeries and chemotherapy. “It’s still hard. but um, sorry (wipes tears away). I just have a really good support system but finding out I have cancer was pretty hard,” says Cheyann.
Cancer was hard on her emotionally and hard on her body. She lost 28 pounds. She lost her hair. But she didn’t lose her spirit. “I could either let this rule my life and take over and die. Or I could put my gloves on, face it and get in the ring and kick its butt. And that’s what I decided to do.”
Cheyann’s revealing selfies went from lean muscle – to skin and bones and a surgery scar. She still uses her Instagram page to inspire, but she hope you see what she sees when she looks in the mirror now. “I see a warrior and somebody who’s ready to battle,” she says. “Everybody’s beautiful, no matter what their body looks like.”
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Happy Holidays to all Muscleheads and Fans everywhere
Happy Holidays to all muscleheads and fans everywhere,
As the 2016 draws to a close I always look forward to the coming year with excitement. I know that I have some great ideas and with your support we will make this an incredible year for Femalemuscle. My main focus in the coming months will be on the web cam sites for both the female and male bodybuilders. This will add a new dimension to our site and provide some real excitement for all our muscle fans and athletes. Big plans and even bigger muscles are what it is all about for next year. You are going to love what you see.
I hope all of you have a happy and healthy 2017. Make sure you drink mugs of coffee and stay up all night on our site. Seriously, eat right and stay in the fight. Make sure to hit the gym often, it pays off in so many ways. As Ronnie says “Ain’t nothing to it but to do it”.
Peace, love and muscles,
Lori Braun and FemaleMuscle
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Happy New Year! 2017 will be great for you!!!
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I hope 2017 brings all friends and family health, peace, love, happiness and prosperity. It has been a tough and strange year for so many people. Make positive resolutions and make them happen. Maybe time to focus on yourself. That’s my plan.
I hope 2017 brings all friends and family health, peace, love, happiness and prosperity. It has been a tough and strange year for so many people. Make positive resolutions and make them happen. Maybe time to focus on yourself. That’s my plan.Here is to a new year filled with cool and exciting changes.
Lots of love,
Lori Braun
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Femalemuscle
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Iranian Female Bodybuilder Jailed over nude selfies
A participant poses during the European Bodybuilding Competition in Zagreb. (Reuters)
Iran’s social media police have struck again.
The Islamic Republic arrested and jailed a female bodybuilder after she published revealing photos of herself online, Iranian media reported Wednesday.
“One of the female bodybuilders who recently published nude photographs on social networks has been arrested,” the Mizanonline news agency reported.
But in Iran, “nude” can refer to women who are not wearing headscarves or showing parts of their arms and legs, according to AFP.
The bodybuilder – who hasn’t been named – was sent to prison because she wasn’t able to post a $50,000 bail.
Her current status is unclear.
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Are muscular women too manly?
A New York photographer wants to break the stereotype that muscular, fit models are manly.
Kai York captures fit models in a way that shows their feminine beauty — not just their strength.
“What a lot of people don’t understand is that most of these women are not cut, shredded, year-round,” York told The Post.
The models spend weeks and months planning a fitness regime so that they can look good for one specific day, York explained.
“And that’s usually, of course, also when they like to book a photoshoot,” he said.
While the work requires women to flaunt their bodies, York insists he doesn’t want to sexually objectify them during his photoshoots. For instance, he instructs models not to touch their breasts or “tease” during his shoots so that they won’t be seen as overtly sexual.
“I think it’s about empowerment. And I think it’s about feeling confident,” York told The Post.
One of York’s models is Serbian fitness competitor and coach Yanyah Milutinovic, who told The Post last month about her struggles with the bodybuilding industry and online trolls who tease her for her toned physique.
Article Source: New York Post
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Different Training Needed for Different Body Types. What body type are you?
It is important for you to stick to the basics until you get to know how your body responds to weight training. People do not respond the same exact way to training and what works for one type will not necessarily work for another. One method of categorizing body types recognizes three different physical types and it is called “somatotypes”.
The ectomorph: short upper body, long arms and legs, long narrow feet and hands, and very little fat storage. This body type has a narrow chest and narrow shoulders and long, thin muscles.
The mesomorph: large chest, long torso, solid muscle structure and very strong.
The endomorph: short musculature, round face, short neck , wide hips, and heavy fat storage.
No one is totally one type but a combination of all three types. Any body type can be developed with the correct training and nutrition however people with different body types will need to approach their training with different objectives, even though they may all have the same goals.
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Ectomorph Training
The ectomorph’s first objective is gaining weight and muscle mass.Strength and endurance will need to be developed and muscle mass develops very slowly. Stay with the basic exercises and include power moves that build maximum mass. Do an entire training workout, but take longer rest periods if you need to. Take in more calories than you are accustomed to and use weight-gaining and protein drinks to supplement your food intake. Try not to expend to many calories by keeping cardio to a minimum saving them for muscle building.
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Mesomorph Training
The mesomorph will find it easy to build muscle mass but will have to include a variety of exercises in their program so that the muscles develop proportionately and shapely rather than bulky. A combination of heavy power moves and a variety of shaping exercises and a more varied for better quality, proportion and symmetry of the physique. Long workouts and short rest time. The mesomorphic type responds well to training so super-long sessions are not needed. A balanced diet with a good amount of protein and maintain an even calorie level all time.
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Endomorph Training
The endomorph will not have much difficulty building muscle but will have to be concerned with losing fat weight and be careful not to gain the weight back. High-set, high-repetition training with short rest periods to burn off as much fat as possible. Additional aerobic exercise for calorie consumption. A low-calorie diet that contains the necessary nutritional balance with the minimum amount of protein, carbohydrates and fats. Make sure that you are getting the right amount of vitamins and mineral supplements the body needs.
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Save Women’s Bodybuilding!!!
The IFBB talks about plans to eliminate its female bodybuilding division. We are shocked by this attitude, and demand its immediate reversal. We need the IFBB to firmly stand by and support this important sport well into the 21st century.
Not just a sport, female bodybuilding is also a form of self-expression and key to an active lifestyle for thousands of women of all ages worldwide. Just like their male counterparts, these athetes have been exploring the very limits of the human physique, turning their bodies into spectacular works of art.
Reaching way beyond a small yet dedicated fan base, female bodybuilding has helped drive the ideal of a strong, fit, healthy physique. Women bodybuilders also successfully challenge gender stereotypes, fight sexist discrimination, and help create a sense of empowerment for women.
For women’s bodybuilding to fulfill its several important missions, it is vitally important that its athletes continue to have venues to compete. What venue would be more important than the prestigeous worldwide federation that has been the home of women bodybuilding superstars for all these decades?
We commend the efforts of the IFBB in creating new divisions (Fitness, Figure, Bikini and now Physique) for reaching more women athletes and their fans. However, the sport that started it all, bodybuilding, must not go away. As long as there is an IFBB, we feel it must support female bodybuilding wholeheartedly, pledging to organize pro contests, and to judge them by true bodybuilding standards.
Dear IFBB Officials: please do not wish female bodybuilding away. Instead, affirm your dedication to the sport, and start promoting it aggressively. Who else could drive the acceptance of bodybuilding, regardless of gender, if not you? It should really be a labor of love.
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Ursula Domingues, I think we want to marry you
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Cristiana Casoni Pre-Arnold Photo Shoot Video
IFBB Pro Figure Cristiana Casoni looks amazing in this photo shoot earlier this month. She looks primed and ready for the big stage in Columbus on Friday! Stay tuned to Female Muscle to see if she keeps the same cool, confident composure she does in this shoot!
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Too Hot For Social
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Iris Kyle Pump Up Video
Iris Kyle pumps up before her first big win of the season in an exclusive Female Muscle video. Check her out doing push-ups…not sure I have ever seen anyone doing push-ups in flip-flops and make it look so hard core. And, did you notice her glutes? Amazing!
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Female Bodybuilding pioneer IFBB Pro Jackie Paisley dies after long battle with illness
Former Women’s IFBB Pro Jackie Paisley dies after long battle with illnessSad news today in the bodybuilding and fitness industry with some shocking news.
Former Women’s IFBB Pro Jackie Paisley has passed away.
Jackie was much respected and loved in the industry and messages of condolences have been flooding popular forums and social media all over the web.
Jackie has had to battle life on and off stage. In a article published by Ironmanmagazine.com, it was reported that Paisley suffered from life threatening complications because of Silicone Toxicity, she had to have some major operations to remove the threat.
Read the full article here: Former Bodybuilding Great Jackie Paisley’s Tough Road to Recovery
We at Evolution of Bodybuilding.net send our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Jackie Paisley. May she Rest in Peace.
Contest History
1985 NPC Nationals – 10th (LHW)
1986 NPC Nationals – 6th (HW)
1987 NPC USA Championship – 1st (HW & Overall)
1988 Ms. International – 3rd
1988 Pro World Championship – 8th
1989 Ms. International – 1st
1989 Pro World Championship – 2nd
1989 IFBB Ms. Olympia – 4th
1990 Ms. International – 2nd
1990 IFBB Ms. Olympia – 5th
1991 IFBB Ms. Olympia – 11th
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