BEYOND the chiselled physiques and unwavering dedication to fitness, there lies a deeper, darker side to female bodybuilding communities – with some willing to risk their lives to rule supreme over ...

Beth Mandyck had mostly hung around smaller bodybuilding competitions until she won the Ms. Buffalo Bodybuilding title nine months ago. That crown vaulted the Rochester, New York, nurse to two ...

Female bodybuilder portraits Critically acclaimed photographer Martin Schoeller recently released his second monograph, Female Bodybuilders - a book showcasing portraits he took of numerous female ...

LOUISVILLE – Pumped up, spray-tanned, made up and hair done, Angi Lampkin and Michelle Reynolds-Madden gazed together into the mirror of the hotel bathroom. They had wiggled into itsy-bitsy contest ...

Let’s get away from the pathological and talk about something that is today entirely normal, totally healthy, and still shunned by many women. Bodybuilding. Women think it will give them big ...

One of the final frontiers for body positivity in the fitness world: women having muscles. Society has a particular image of what it means to be feminine, and being shredded is often not included in ...

A female bodybuilder as hit out at men who criticize her muscular physique, insisting that the guys who 'sneer' and 'stare' at her in the gym are just jealous of her ripped body. Entrepreneur, Wendy ...

When you think about it, Arnold Schwarzenegger has a lot to answer for. Bad impressions of Austrian accents, cheesy "I'll be back" one-liners – and the impression of bodybuilding as being, well, for ...

Let’s get away from the pathological and talk about something that is today entirely normal, totally healthy, and still shunned by many women. Bodybuilding. Women think it will give them big ...