Expect Fireworks On ECCW Halloween Card
There is a nice lull in the mixed-martial arts schedule before we see some big UFC pay-per-views in November and December. So it’s totally appropriate to switch gears and focus on a different type of...
View ArticleMaine Teen Beats Anorexia, Becomes Dedicated Powerlifter
“I felt like I was controlling what I was eating and it was the only thing I could control. I couldn’t stand up and walk, I was so dizzy all the time,” Antonia said as she described how weak she became...
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Lions Weightlifting Club Competes At Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship
Snimerdeep Sanghera and Jeenat Billen of Surrey’s Lions Weightlifting Club made Canada proud as they bagged silver and bronze medals at the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship held at Pune, India,...
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Long Beach Woman Competes As Professional Bodybuilder After 4 Surgeries
Even after undergoing four surgeries that left her bedridden for half a year, Long Beach local Sunny Daye used prayer and affirmation to keep her dreams of being a professional bodybuilder alive. Due...
View ArticleLifting To The Next Level
A Medicine Hat weightlifter is taking her game to the next level. Lisa Gervais, 28, will be in Virginia Friday for the Raw Powerlifting women’s world championships. Not only is she aiming to win, she’s...
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Donegal’s Lisa Impresses In World Bodybuilding And Fitness Finals In Italy
A Donegal fitness fanatic and instructor has clinched a top ten place at the International Bodybuilding and Fitness Association World Championships in Italy. Stunning Lisa McDeviitt, who hails from...
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Franklin Lifters Flex Strength At Global Competition
The work that goes on in the Franklin Community High School weight room is starting to gain notice on a national scale. Next up: Attempting to take it global. Seniors Shelby Miles and Brittany Hammond,...
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I’m 200 Pounds And Fitter Than Ever
Katelyn O’Donnell is living proof that strong is the new skinny. Haven’t heard of her? This 25-year old New York native is on her way to becoming the next big name in powerlifting. And, at a current...
View ArticleThe Dating Struggles Of Being An Alpha Female
Being an alpha female is, for the most part, pretty awesome. I know this because I am one. We’re wildly independent, ferociously driven and we favor passion over tender romanticizing. We’re also...
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Marilyn Monroe
“Frankly, I’ve never considered my own figure so exceptional; until quite recently, I seldom gave it any thought at all. My biggest single concern used to be getting enough to eat. Now I have to worry...
View ArticleZephyrhills Woman Competes In ‘The Super Bowl Of Bodybuilding’
In 2009, Jennifer Taylor paid $250 to a kickboxing gym — the entry fee for its body transformation contest. “I was unhappy with the way I looked,” Taylor said. Taylor, 42, thought if she paid to be...
View ArticleBlake’s Spirit Towers For All To See
Never judge a book by its cover, they say, and that is especially true in Agueda Blake’s case. The grandmother, who stands at just 5 feet tall, is involved in many sports and is super-competitive. She...
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My Dubai: Rhian Adams
Rhian Adams – rugby star, bodybuilding champ and all-round athletic machine talks about how she witnesses the fitness and why she’ll never leave Dubai. Where are you from? Wales. When did you come to...
View ArticleKeighley Trio Enjoys Bodybuilding Success
Three women from a Keighley gym have enjoyed success in national bodybuilding contests. Brittany Rhodes won the National Amateur Body-Builders’ Association first-timers toned figure class, while Fiona...
View ArticleBodybuilding Mom To Flex Muscles At International Competition
A 36-year-old mom of two, Chantal van Loggenberg, from Roodepoort, on the West Rand, will be representing South Africa at Natural Amateur Bodybuilding Association (Mabba)-World Fitness Federation (WFF)...
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Gold Sisters Claim A Pair Of Gold Medals At Nutmeg State Open Olympic...
When last we checked in with the Gold sisters, they were waking up in the wee hours of the morning on a regular basis to hit the gym when most high-schoolers were still catching Z’s. Fast forward a few...
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Stoney Creek’s Lacey Van Der Marel A Hardcore Athlete With Olympic Dreams
Her first trip to the weight room wasn’t exactly a case of love at first sight. In fact, as a burgeoning track star back in high school, time spent there was about as much fun as detention with a...
View ArticleIn Preparation For State, Evanston Swimmers Start Weight Lifting
The Evanston girls swimming team is trying something different this year. Specifically, weight training. The adjustment was a surprise to senior Paige Haden, who has qualified for the state meet in the...
View ArticleSanjita Chanu
She is shy and shows none of it in the weightlifting arena. Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu is India’s biggest medal hope among women weightlifters for the upcoming World Weightlifting Championship, which...
View ArticlePowerlifting Gold Medalist
Alma Kimura recently won a gold medal in the world powerlifting championships Sept. 28. On Sept. 16, she won another gold medal, this time in the “raw nationals” in Scranton, Pa. Kimura, a Georgetown...
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