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This is a list of female professional bodybuilders. All people listed here have an IFBB pro card. This list is incomplete; you can ...
Now, women make up around 50% of exercise club members. That wasn’t always the case, especially in the 80s. What actually motivated women to work out more was the rise in new types of fitness ...
Bowen's and Roberts' placings were seen as a sign that size would be rewarded by women's bodybuilding judging more than it had been in the sport's infant years. When the 1984 Ms. Olympia continued this trend—winner Cory Everson was the tallest (5-8) and heaviest (148 pounds) competitor, brought very broad shoulders and large thighs—Roberts ...
She was a groundbreaker in making wrestling videos and short action movies that catered to fans of women's bodybuilding. Many believed that Baxter was the female bodybuilder in the 1985 Billboard top 3 song "California Girls", by David Lee Roth whom she trained at Gold's Gym in Venice, CA, but this was actually Teagan Clive.
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.
Pillow was among the first muscular female bodybuilders. She won the 1983 Gold's Classic as a heavyweight, beating lightweight winner Lori Okami, middleweight Alison Brundage and other weight class entrants Reggie Bennett and Sue Ann McKean. Pillow was a non-competing guest performer in many bodybuilding shows up until 1993, and was the first ...
Women 60 years old and over share their workout tips for building strength and muscle in the gym.
Stacey Bentley (July 1, 1957 – December 31, 2019) was a registered nurse and former professional female bodybuilder of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Along with Claudia Wilbourn and Rachel McLish, Bentley was among the first role models of bodybuilding for women and the benefits that it can bring to them. She died on December 31, 2019.