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When I first saw that quote from one of Dawn Allison's forum pages my first thought was that it looked very much like something Mae West would have said (along the lines of "when I'm good I'm really good but when I'm bad I'm even better!"). There is something very honest and true about it though...I mean we are always going to remember Madonna!
Both as Dawn Alison and her alter ego ‘Fit Body' this is one woman who has certainly been a leading light on the RX forums and someone I just had to get to know better. Her story is one of triumph over adversity and her willingness to present herself as an open book very refreshing.
Welcome to another installment in my "Marked Personal" series where I take a closer look at the ‘mind behind the muscle' of some of our favorite female athletes.
This time around I will be talking to Zoa Linsey, who apart from being one of our most loved and respected female bodybuilders also has a very valuable and inspiring story to share with readers of RX Muscle.
Zoa, like so many women, has battled an eating disorder in the past. The fact that she has not only put that demon to rest but also proceeded to become a professional bodybuilder, speaks volumes in terms of her personal willpower and determination.
Now let's be honest here...when the ‘powers that be' introduced the new bikini division to the women's competition last year it was hardly greeted with praise and enthusiasm from seasoned physique, figure and fitness competitors.
However, slowly but surely it does seem to be gaining more credibility and, with athletes like Alea Suarez stepping into the bikini ranks, it is likely to gain even more acceptance this year.
One of our first guests on the recently re-vamped ‘Sex and Muscle’ radio show was a relative newcomer called Kortney Olsen (better known as KO) and her straight talking honesty won her an instant fan base on RX.
I recently decided to follow up on some of the subjects discussed on the show in order to find out a little more about this eternal free spirit… her life, loves and where she sees the future taking her…..
Suffice it to say Celeste Bonin is an animal lover. We scheduled this interview a few different time, but I kept missing her. When she finally got back to me, she explained that she couldn't answer her phone because she was busy rescuing a pit bull from the side of the highway. Since the local SPCA didn't take pits, Celeste brought it home and is now nursing her fourth dog back to health. Compassionate and beautiful; a undeniably great combination! This is where our conversation begins.....
Looking at Stacey Pillari it is hard to believe that she is not only the mother of two children but also Grandmother to a 22-month old grandson. She has one of those classic physiques that takes me back to the days when I used to leaf through the pages of Women's Physique World (beautiful woman bodybuilders displayed in glamorous poses).
Another hard-to-believe fact is that she's only 5' 1"! Photographically, she appears Amazonian!
Ever since I became involved in the sport of bodybuilding (and, check your calendars, that wasn't yesterday...) It has always been ‘accepted logic' that in order to gain any significant muscle in the off-season you had to also gain a substantial amount of fat. Now, for most guys, adding extra weight in the off-season is not usually something to lose sleep over. However, for the female athlete, it can be both uncomfortable and distressing. I mean, society programmed women to have a certain ‘look' and that ‘look' didn't involve gaining 20, 30 or even 40lbs of extra weight in order to add a few pounds of extra muscle to their fram
Over the last few months we have had many interesting and provocative guests on our ever popular ‘Sex and Muscle' radio show. However, one guest in particular set a whole new standard for the show, raising the bar to a level that is going to be hard to beat!
Regular listeners are still talking about the night that RhondaLee Quaresma came into the RX studio and gave a performance that lit up the forums for days afterwards. Her lap dance with John Romano will go down in RX Radio history!
"Athleticism and eroticism are two sides of the same coin. The original Olympics in 776BC were held in the nude."
"Naked doesn't always mean erotic. Erotic doesn't always mean naked."
"Posing nude is an issue of choice...you choose to expose and you choose to view."
"Many women on She Muscle explore/expose their sexuality through strength and dominance; not weakness and submission."
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