I’m currently a pharmacy student at Ball State University. I already have a bachelor degree in Dietetics. I have been lifting twelve years, competing for 8 years. During those years I competed in bodybuilding off and on for five years and figure for 3 years.

Fitness Model, Competitor
Figure is much more suitable for me since I have a natural physique with lots of soft feminine curves. In my heart, natural, healthy feminine muscles is what female bodybuilding and fitness should be about.

Always use proper form. I know, it seems stupid that I’d have to say that, but I do. I think everyone on the planet is fully aware that proper form is not only important for the purpose of increasing muscle and getting the most out of each exercise, but it’s also obviously important for safety. We all know this, right? However, despite knowing this I still see tons of people in my gym using terrible form for the sole purpose of lifting more weight.

I’m Monica Martin, and I’m a professional female bodybuilder from South America. I was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil. However, I lived most of my early life in the city of Santos. Santos is located on the coast of Brazil, about 70 kilometers from Sao Paulo.

I began bodybuilding as a teenagers, and have been training ever since. I was the first bodybuilder from my country to classify as a professional bodybuilder.

I began competing after a few years of training, and won first place in all competitions which I entered, including:

Brazilian National Championship, South American Championship, and Ibero-American Championship

I was born in Honolulu, Hawaii.
I move to San Diego,CA when i was 10,went to school and graduated, then moved back to Hawaii. Then i moved back to CA 3yrs later.

I started modeling at age 17, Mostly bikini modeling, Calendors, post cards.

I started exotic dancing when i was 21yrs old. I now work at Jaguras in Las Vegas,NV. I dance by the name “KIANA”. A lot of people tell me I kinda look like her.

Stats: 36DD-24-34 5″7 130lbs
Hair: LT Brown Eyes: brown

Bodybuilding has become a very popular sport over the past few decades. A bodybuilder trains with heavy weights to increase strength and to build large muscles for posing competitions or cosmetic purposes. While some body builders do so for competition purposes, still others simply like the look they can create for their own motivation.

Bodybuilders also learn how to perform poses that accentuate the display of different muscle groups for purposes of being rated by competition judges.

Various training methods are used by bodybuilders to get results, including training techniques like Positions of Flexion (POF), Static Contraction Training (SCT), High Intensity Training (HIT), Superslow Training, Hyper Contraction and Plyometrics.

Do you compete? Have you considered competing? Ok, so, you’ve been training and lifting in the gym for months. Why are you keeping it under wraps? Shy? Or are you afraid? Your friends all say you have a great physique. But, has a panel of physique judges judged that body and compared it side-by-side together with other physiques?

To win in bodybuilding competitions requires a certain level of physical and mental discipline. Do you have what it takes? Ok, let’s say you do, but do you know what to do to get there? Stay Tuned…

Name: Melissa Marie Dettwiller

Nick Name: Buffdoll

Personal Facts:
Birth Place: Houma, LA

Currently living in: Houston, TX area

Favorite Body Part To Train: Legs

Birthday: November 12, 1977

Favorite color: Pink

Pets: 4 dogs & 2 cats

Something you wouldn’t know about me: I love to collect cast iron banks

Favorite Cheat Foods: Cheese, Pizza, pasta, Limited Edition Reeses Big Cups, Soft Oatmeal Raisin Cookies, & Peanut butter Pie.

Physique contests for women date back to at least the 1960s, with contests like the Miss Physique and Miss Americana. However, these early “bodybuilding” contests were really not much more than bikini contests. The first U.S. Women’s National Physique Championship, promoted by Henry McGhee and held in Canton, Ohio in 1978, is generally regarded as the first true female bodybuilding contest - that is, the first contest where the entrants were judged solely on muscularity

Laurie Steele
Where and when were you born?
San Jose, CA 1970

What is your profession?
Fitness Model

Were you involved in sports or fitness prior to bodybuilding and how did you get started with weight training?
I was always involved in sports in school, basketball, volleyball, track, gymnastics, cheerleading. I was a serious tomboy as a young girl, I had three older brothers whom I played basketball with and rode dirt bikes with.

Was it a goal for you to compete in bodybuilding competitions right from the beginning or was it something that grew in your mind as time went on and you saw the progress in your body?
At first I had planned on competing, but decided to focus on the modeling aspect more.

Please tell me something about your training routine (ie: how many days per week / training split /cardio, etc.)
I train at least 5 days a week, usually an hour of weights and 30 minutes cardio. I hit each body part at least once a week. and legs sometimes twice.

What is your favorite exercise in the gym and which one you don’t like so much?
Legs and back are my favorites to train. My least favorite would be chest ans tri’s.

Which body part is your best in your opinion?
I feel my back and traps are strong and respond very fast, compared to my other body parts.

If you don’t mind would you give me some stats (best lifts and some body measurements)?
36D
28
36
Biceps 15.5
Legs 24

Amber has always excelled athletically. She earned an athletic scholarship in volleyball at Gannon University, Erie, Pennsylvania, and helped lead the team to their first national appearance. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Communications/English in 1990.