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A couple of months ago I was watching TLC. One of the programs that came on was "Supersize She." I thought it would be interesting to watch it so I did. It was about this woman named Joanna Thomas, a female body builder, from the UK getting ready for a competition called Miss Olympia. Her nickname is "Buff Barbie." She is the youngest woman to turn professional in 10,000 women that compete worldwide. This program follows her through her training over about 4-5 months. It is intense physically and emotionally. She is thousands of miles away from home. She has been lifting weights since she was fourteen! She had to deal with the stress that only a couple of people get medals. As the competition approaches, she only eats proteins to build her strength and she is always in the gym. On the day of competition, she and many others eat nothing but sugar to make their veins pop out! She made it to the final round but only got 2nd place. This is a huge goal and now she can go onto the global competition.
I watched this program because I was captivated by something I knew nothing about. It was scary about how they eat and train. Its always never ending and she hardly gets enough rest. When most people have body fat of 18% she had a body fat of 2-3% which is not healthy. I don't like bodybuilding because it stresses the person out, it changes them physically, and they don't diet right.
Visit this website to see some info about Joanna Thomas including some pictures!
http://www.musclewomen.net/Joanna/Thomas.htm |
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