Entries in kultur (378)
Nicole Bass and little Lori Braun
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 at 11:51 
Photo gallery of Nicole Bass and the party
First of all, I love Herman Munster. Secondly I have know Nicole Bass for many years. She is a kind, intelligent and charming woman. A documentary of the 2002 Femalemuscle
Live! event held in New York City, featuring some of the world's best
female bodybuilders. The event was hosted by Nicole Bass and she did an amazing job as the MC of the event.
Here is the video to exciting, intimate
action shots of their routines; stage performances, lifting contests,
audience participation, and behind-the-scenes antics.
Running time One Hour, Forty-eight Minutes (1:48)
Neil Young: Chaos Is Good
Friday, August 22, 2008 at 13:34 By: Kayceman
The Mountain House is a funky old restaurant with an eclectic, well-stocked jukebox and bar, and it's a familiar, comfortable place for Neil Young. This is where part of the video for 1992's "Unknown Legend" was filmed and it served as the location for a rowdy set Young played with his incendiary garage band Crazy Horse on November 12, 1990 to celebrate his 45th birthday. But more important to us, The Mountain House is where we finally get to meet this very well known and often misunderstood legend.
Barreling down Skyline Boulevard, the stereo is blasting Young's 1979's epic double live album Rust Never Sleeps and I've got the air conditioner cranked but my hands are still sweating. I'm not late for my interview so I must be nervous. My neck is on a swivel, surveying the tiny driveways that break left and right, when out of the corner of my eye I see an old classic American car with a beat-up paint job. As I fly by the automobile I realize I'm definitely looking at Neil Young's 1950 Plymouth Special Deluxe and I've just passed The Mountain House.
Michael Phelps Returns To His Tank At Sea World
Thursday, August 21, 2008 at 22:53 
ORLANDO—Fourteen-time Olympic gold medalist and SeaWorld main attraction Michael Phelps returned to his seven-million-gallon water tank Wednesday to resume his normal schedule of performing in six shows a day for marine park crowds every day of the week.
Phelps, the 6'4", 200-pound aquatic mammal, and the first ever SeaWorld swimmer to be raised in captivity by foster swimmers (Mark Spitz and Dara Torres), was recaptured by trainer Bob Bowman in a hoop net baited with an entire Dutch apple pie following Phelps' final Olympic event last Sunday. Phelps was then tethered to the rudder of a container ship bound for St. Petersburg, guided down local waterways, and introduced back into his home habitat, the tank in SeaWorld's 5,500 seat stadium, known to park officials and visitors alike as "Phelps' Happy Harbor."
"Michael seemed really excited to be back," said Bowman, adding that the male swimmer became playful upon entering his tank, breaching the water and sounding repeatedly. "He just started swimming freestyle and backstroke, and only stopped to slide belly first onto the tank's platform so he could be fed dozens of fried egg sandwiches."
"He fell asleep at the surface of the water around midnight," Bowman added.
Melissa Dettwiller interview
Thursday, August 14, 2008 at 17:13 
Melissa Dettwiller
Originally uploaded by femalebodybuilders
Photo by Brian Moss of shemuscle new Melissa gallery
Interview by SunSeven of hubpages
See Melissa on shemsuclelive cam site
Q : Where and when were you born?
Melissa : Houma, Louisiana
Q : What is your profession?
Melissa : House Wife and mother of 3 dogs, & 2 cats!
Q : What kind of activities/sports did you do before you started lifting weights?
Summer time and concerts
Thursday, August 14, 2008 at 15:21 
This is my beach car. I have always loved Corvettes.
It is hard not to speed in this beauty. I am, you can rest easy, always prudent when I drive.
I am on my way to see three bands tonight, Live, Collective Soul and The Blues Travelers.
Great music, great show at the Capital One Theater.
Live was amazing in this small 3,0 seat venue. Sort of like a personal concert, set on a slowly spinning stage which was driving the guys in each band just a little crazy.
Collective Soul and Live performers said that they had never been on a spinning stage before and suggested to the techs that they speed it up.They did for a while. It was pretty funny. Great sound system, albeit extremely loud. My ears are still ringing. Probably not good for my hearing. Oh well.
Kristy Hawkins IFFB Pro
Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at 14:11 
Femalemuscle.com photo gallery
Birthdate: August 28, 1980
Birthplace: Longview, TX
Current Residence: Pasadena, CA
Height: 5’ 3-1/2”
Contest Weight: 135
Off-Season Weight: 160-170
Marital Status: Single
Education: I earned my B.S. in chemical engineering from Texas A&M University in 2002, graduating Suma Cum Laude and with University and Foundation Honors. I then went on to complete my M.S. in chemical engineering at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in the spring of 2005 and am currently working towards my Ph.D. in chemical engineering, also at Caltech.
Research interests: My thesis work is in the area of metabolic engineering in yeast with an emphasis on inducible promoter systems and other strategies for fine-tuning expression of recombinant enzymes/proteins. I am primarily working to produce benzylisoquinoline alkaloids in S. cerevisiae but have also constructed yeast strains which exhibit modified responses from the GAL promoter and am pursuing other RNA-based strategies for regulation by small molecules in vivo.
How I got started in bodybuilding: I always struggled with my weight growing up and found my way into the weight room at a young age while my mom did aerobics. At age 15, I got my own gym membership and went every day after school/work. The owners were hosting a competition and taught me the basics of training, nutrition, and posing, and I have competed every year since age 17.
Hooked: Muscle Women
Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at 12:20 
shemuscle featuring Colette Nelson
According
to the MSNBC website "“Hooked: Muscle women,” puts female bodybuilders
on the psychiatrist's couch (figuratively speaking) to get to the core
of why they push their bodies to the limit. Many of these women are
trying to overcome or overcompensate for something in their past, such
as abuse or eating disorders. And "control" means obsessing over what
they eat and manipulating furious exercise routines, sometimes on a
daily basis.
Natalie Coughlin of the United States has won the Olympic
Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at 00:37 
Natalie Coughlin of the United States has won the Olympic Natalie Coughlin of the United States has won the Olympic 100m backstroke, becoming the first woman to ever defend her title in the event.
Coughlin finished in 58.96 seconds, briefly going under world-record pace at the 50.
World record-holder Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe earned the silver in 59.19. American Margaret Hoelzer took the bronze in 59.34. Six of the eight finalists swam under 1 minute.
Coughlin earned her second medal of the Beijing Games, having won a silver in the 400 freestyle relay. Coventry was the silver medalist in the 400 individual medley.
The History of Bodybuilding
Tuesday, August 5, 2008 at 10:52 Bodybuilding is the process of maximizing muscle hypertrophy through the combination of weight training, sufficient caloric intake, and rest. Someone who engages in this activity is referred to as a bodybuilder. As a sport, called competitive bodybuilding, bodybuilders display their physiques to a panel of judges, who assign points based on their aesthetic appearance. The muscles are revealed through a combination of fat loss, oils, and tanning (or tanning lotions) which combined with lighting make the definition of the muscle group more distinct. Famous bodybuilders include Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dorian Yates, Lou Ferrigno, Franco Columbu, Frank Zane, Lee Haney, Ronnie Coleman, and Jay Cutler.
Early years
Eugen Sandow
The “Early Years” of Bodybuilding are considered to be the period between 1880 and 1930.
Bodybuilding (the art of displaying the muscles) did not really exist
prior to the late 19th century, when it was promoted by a man from
Prussia named Eugen Sandow, who is now generally referred to as “The
Father of Modern Bodybuilding”. He is credited as being a pioneer of
the sport because he allowed an audience to enjoy viewing his physique
in “muscle display performances”. Although audiences were thrilled to
see a well developed physique, those men simply displayed their bodies
as part of strength demonstrations or wrestling matches. Sandow had a
stage show built around these displays through his manager, Florenz
Ziegfeld. He became so successful at it, he later created several
businesses around his fame and was among the first to market products
branded with his name alone. As he became more popular, he was credited
with inventing and selling the first exercise equipment for the masses
(machined dumbbells, spring pulleys and tension bands). 
Sandow was a strong advocate of “the Grecian Ideal” (this was a
standard where a mathematical “ideal” was set up and the “perfect
physique” was close to the proportions of ancient Greek and Roman
statues from classical times). This is how Sandow built his own
physique and in the early years, men were judged by how closely they
matched these “ideal” proportions. Sandow organised the first
bodybuilding contest on 14 September 1901 called the “Great
Competition” and held in the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK. Judged by
himself, Sir Charles Lawes, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle the contest was
a huge success and was sold out and hundreds of physical culture
enthusiasts were turned away. The trophy presented to the winner was a
bronze statue of Sandow himself sculpted by Frederick Pomeroy. The
winner was William L. Murray of Nottingham, England. The most
prestigious bodybuilding contest today is the Mr. Olympia, and since
1977, the winner has been presented with the same bronze statue of
Sandow that he himself presented to the winner at the first contest.
Female bodybuilding
In the 1970s, women began to take part in bodybuilding competitions,
and was extremely popular for a time. More than ever women are training
with weights for exercise purposes with desire for a more attractive
body and to prevent bone loss. Many women however still fear that
weight training will make them “bulky” and believe weight training is
only for men. However strength training has many benefits for women
including increased bone mass and prevention of bone loss as well as
increased muscle strength and balance. In recent years, the related
areas of fitness and figure competition have gained in popularity,
providing an alternative for women who choose not to develop the level
of muscularity necessary for bodybuilding. The first Ms. Olympia
contest in 1980, won by Rachel McLish, would resemble closely what is
thought of today as a fitness and figure competition.
On 16 January, 1904, the first large-scale bodybuilding competition in America took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The winner was Al Treloar and he was declared “The Most Perfectly Developed Man in the World”. Treloar won a $1,000 cash prize, a substantial sum at that time. Two weeks later, Thomas Edison made a film of Al Treloar’s posing routine. Edison also made two films of Sandow a few years before, making him the man who made the first three motion pictures featuring a bodybuilder. In the early 20th century, Bernarr Macfadden and Charles Atlas, continued to promote bodybuilding across the world. Alois P. Swoboda was an early pioneer in America and the man whom Charles Atlas credited with his success in his statement: “Everything that I know I learned from A. P. (Alois) Swoboda.”
Other important bodybuilders in the early history of bodybuilding prior to 1930 include: Earle Liederman (writer of some of the earliest bodybuilding instruction books), Seigmund Breitbart (famous Jewish bodybuilder), Georg Hackenschmidt, George F. Jowett, Maxick (a pioneer in the art of posing), Monte Saldo, Launceston Elliot, Sig Klein, Sgt. Alfred Moss, Joe Nordquist, Lionel Strongfort (Strongfortism), Gustav Fristensky (the Czech champion), and Alan C. Mead, who became an impressive muscle champion despite the fact that he lost a leg in World War I.
The “Golden Age”
The period of around 1940 to 1970 is often referred to as the “Golden
Age” of bodybuilding because of changes in the aesthetic for more mass,
as well as muscular symmetry and definition, which characterised the
“early years”. This was due in large part to the advent of World War
II, which inspired many young men to be bigger, stronger and more
aggressive in their attitudes. This was accomplished by improved
training techniques, better nutrition and more effective equipment.
Several important publications came into being, as well, and new
contests emerged as the popularity of the sport grew.
Gotham City
Friday, August 1, 2008 at 01:09 
Lori Braun femalemuscle.com
Originally uploaded by femalebodybuilders
Just flexing after seeing Dark Knight.
Great movie. The Joker is quite amazing.
If you have not seen it, see it this weekend.
It's long, so use the bathroom before the movie starts.
About halfway through The Dark Knight, I realized what was going on and why it looked the way it does. This is perhaps the cleanest looking film I’ve ever seen. When games nowadays try to be graphically gritty to merit the buzzword (Mass Effects applies a “film grain” filter to make the experience more cinematic), The Dark Knight thrives in cleanliness. It is, however, realistic cleanliness. The film is gritty, but not in the visual sense. Nor is it completely realistic. It is a world very much grounded in Chicago as it is in Gotham City, and as such it becomes a fantastic, realistic world.
What I realized was that this film is a realistic depiction of a fantasy world. The grittiness comes through the plot. From the first minute to the last 152nd, Christopher Nolan fleshes out the events of so many plot lines that could merit films on their own, that it is not for nothing some might find the film exhausting. The Dark Knight resembles perhaps more Infernal Affairs (subsequently The Departed) and Heat than Batman Begins, and this is what I found troubling at first. What Nolan does with this film, however, plot wise, visually and musically, is introducing an incredible suspense throughout the first hour and 45 minutes that ascends The Dark Knight into being something short of a masterpiece, if not for all of its, sometimes, fatal flaws.
For Complete review: Great review by Jesper Sellerberg
