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Nataliya Kuznetsova, also spelled Natalia (née Trukhina; born July 1, 1991), is a Russian professional female bodybuilder and powerlifter. Kuznetsova began powerlifting at fourteen years of age in an attempt to gain muscle mass. [2] [3]
This is a list of female professional bodybuilders. All people listed here have an IFBB pro card. This list is incomplete; you can ...
Prior to 1977, bodybuilding had been considered strictly a male-oriented sport. Henry McGhee, described as the "primary architect of competitive female bodybuilding", was an employee of the Downtown Canton YMCA, carried a strong belief that women should share the opportunity to display their physiques and the results of their weight training the way men had done for years.
However, her body began responding quickly to resistance training and once she started intense weight training, soon people were asking her if she competed in muscle competitions. She didn't see herself as having enough size and development to compete as a bodybuilder, but liked the way the figure competitors looked in the magazines.
Over the next three years she moved from the local/regional to the national level to get her pro card and gain entry into the IFBB Professional League. In July 2007, Wilkins participated in the NPC Team Universe Championships held in New York City, where she competed in both the Fitness and Figure categories—a practice which was last allowed ...
She took off 2009 off so she could eat and grow. This different style of training and nutrition was addicting. In January 2010, she entered her first bodybuilding show, the 2010 NPC Pittsburgh. She also took her 83-year-old grandfather, Pete Ivancik, with her to compete for the first time in Mr. Pittsburgh masters over 80 class, which he won.
Height: 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) [1] Weight (On season): 130–158.733 lb (9–11 st; 59–72 kg) ... At her gym, a lot of men and one female were entering bodybuilding ...
Tazzie Colomb (born August 20, 1966) is an American professional female bodybuilder and powerlifter. She is one of the longest-competing IFBB female professional body builders of all time. [ 9 ] She is one of the strongest female powerlifters in the world: she can lift 75 kg in each arm, and on a TV show easily lifted four girls (weighing 42 ...