“During my career in track and field I already noticed my skill and speed probably are somewhat above the average. In addition I’m not actually what you would call a small person, since I measure 6′ 3″ body size straight. This is also why I really enjoy kicking some feable guys’ tender little butt once in a while.”
“Fighting is one of my favourite pastimes. I consider rolling around on the mats with an opponent one of the most diverse physical activities there is. It requires lots of skill, endurance and strength. From experience I gathered in fights with men so far I figured that I am pretty tough to beat. That of course sparked my fighting spirit. These pictures illustrate which kind of awkward positions those who take me on can find themselves in rather quickly.”

Mixedfight.de

Posted on July 31st, 2008 by Christopher M
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Brian Moss, our Shemuscle colleague, has published an amazing photographic retrospective of his wildly famous, popular, and groundbreaking New York City Gym at betterbodies1982.com

Posted on July 24th, 2008 by Christopher M
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Přijd´ ke mně, když máš problémy a já ti poradím. Jestliže tě budou ostatní ponižovat, zastanu se tě. Když tě všichni opustí, já zůstanu s tebou. Rozveselím tě, když ti bude smutno. Pokud uroníš slzu, začnu plakat. Jestliže tě budou ostatní nenávidět, já tě budu mít ráda. Já budu mluvit pravdu, když ostatní budou lhát. Přijď za mnou, jestliže ti okolí nebude rozumnět, a já tě pochopím. Navštiv mě v nesnázích a podám ti pomocnou ruku, protože opravdoví přátelé zůstanou vždy spolu a nikdy jeden druhého nezradí…

katkakyptova.blogspot.com/

via amaz0ns bookmarks

Posted on July 20th, 2008 by Christopher M
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Je suis née à Montréal le 8 Août 1966 et j’ai grandi à Laprairie sur la rive sud de Montréal. J’ai fait mes étude secondaire au Collège De La Mennais et à la Polyvalente de la Magdeleine où j’ai obtenue un diplôme d’étude secondaire et un diplôme en coiffure. En 1995, je suis déménagé en Estrie.

Toute jeune, j’étais déjà très active. À l’âge de deux ans, je courais et grimpais partout. Mes parents avaient quoi devenir fou! Quand j’ai eu 4 ans, ils m’ont inscrit à des cours de ballet classique. À 5 ans, c’était le patinage artistique et, à 8 ans, le ballet jazz que j’ai d’ailleurs poursuivie près de 8 ans.

Au secondaire, j’étais très timide. Pour passer le temps, je faisais beaucoup de sport, surtout de la natation et je faisais un peu de gymnastique dans le cadre des cours d’éducation physiques. Ce sport me passionnait et j’aurais voulu poursuivre pour faire de la compétition, mais les écoles de gymnastique étaient rares à l’époque. Après le secondaire, je suis entrée sur le marché du travail et j’ai laissé de côté toutes mais activités.

Ms. Fitness Canada 2004, Ottawa 1ère place

via sylviatrembley.com

Posted on July 20th, 2008 by Christopher M
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image via coedmagazine

Swintayla Marie Cash (born on September 22, 1979), better known as Swin Cash is an American WNBA player who plays for the Seattle Storm. A prolific scorer and rebounder, as well as a capable ball handler and defender, she helped lead the University of Connecticut women’s basketball team to national titles in 2000 and 2002. In her second WNBA season, she led the Detroit Shock to their first ever WNBA title.

Cash was an All-American at the University of Connecticut (UConn). She won the NCAA Women’s Division I Basketball Championship with the UConn Huskies in 2000 and 2002. She also helped lead UConn to an undefeated 39-0 season in 2002.

Cash was selected by the Detroit Shock in the 2002 WNBA Draft, second overall. After leading the Shock’s resurgence in the second half of her rookie season, she then led the Detroit Shock to their first WNBA Championship title in 2003. She played in the 2003 WNBA All-Star Game and won the gold medal with the U.S. women’s basketball team at the 2004 Olympic Games.

In the off-season, Cash has appeared as a studio analyst on ESPN’s NBA Fastbreak, according to ESPN.com.

via wikipedia

Posted on July 20th, 2008 by Christopher M
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Originally uploaded by femalebodybuilders

Nikki Jackson
Roxie Rain
2008 NPC USA Bodybuilding and Figure Championships
Las Vegas, Nevada
Photos by Brian Moss

Nikki Jackson.com
Roxie Rain.com

Posted on July 20th, 2008 by Adam Lea
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via thedawnchrous (july 18):

Maughan Wellham, of Thornton, NSW, is 10 and competed last weekend in the Ms Fitness Australia category of the International Natural Bodybuilding Association’s All Female Classic competition, held in Melbourne. She was the only child in the event, so they had to invent a new category for her, “Ms Fitness Kidz”. (Note the wacky zpelling.)

She’s nowhere near as creepy as the terrifying and notorious child bodybuilder Richard Sandrak, but child bodybuilders are always creepy because they superimpose an ‘adult’ conception of the body - deliberately honed, trained, hardened - onto a child’s body that we prefer to think of as innocent, unformed and in flux.

Posted on July 18th, 2008 by Christopher M
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excerpt from latimesblogs, jun 2008

France’s new first lady, Carla Bruni Sarkozy, has shocked her nation by singing about having 30 lovers on her brand new album, “Comme si de rien n’etait” (”As if nothing had happened”).

Only 30? Quelle disgrace!

But, according to Reuters, the former high fashion model insists her new songs — even the ones mentioning cocaine and heroin — were not inspired by her whirlwind marriage to President Nicolas Sarkozy and were all written before they met. Well, one can only hope.

Posted on July 17th, 2008 by Christopher M
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source: this morning’s New York Times

By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS
Published: July 17, 2008

BEACH volleyball has sand, sun, skimpy clothing, sea spray and spirited, two-against-two action to recommend it. But not every would-be volleyball player has access to a beach. That’s O.K.
“Volleyball is a game you can take anywhere,” said Misty May-Treanor, 30, a 2004 Olympic gold medalist in beach volleyball who, with her partner Kerri Walsh, will represent America in Beijing next month.

Posted on July 17th, 2008 by Christopher M
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