Shawna Walker at FTVideo.com

Shawna Walker at FTVideo.com, originally uploaded by genexmagazine.

From her website:

Introduction:

My name is Shawna Walker. I was born on April 20,1977 and raised in the San Francisco Bay area. I am currently living in central CA. I received my BS Degree in Kinesiology, with a minor in Nutrition for Athletic Performance from San Jose State University in 2001. I am currently working as a Nationally Certified Personal Fitness Expert/Nutritionist in Stockton, CA. In addition, I provide private training and nutritional counseling.

Tracy Chenault-Shank - FBB

Tracy Chenault-Shank, originally uploaded by genexmagazine.

CONTEST HISTORY
2008 North American Championships
Figure: Figure 35+
2006 Europa NPC Super Show
Figure: Class A (Place: 10)
Figure: Masters (Place: 13)

New TV Show by Zennie62's On BART and Oscar Grant

On Saturday, May 2nd, my new television show starts. It's called "The Blog Report With Zennie62" and features the use of my video blogs in a weekly 30-minute format broadcast and co-produced by CoLoursTV in Denver. The start time is 3:30 PM Pacific Time, 6:30 PM Eastern Time and the show is replayed at 11:30 PM and 2:30 PM respecfully.

If you don't have a TV you can see the live stream at CoLoursTV.org. or Zennie62.com

The first show focused on selected events that occured after the shooting of Oscar Grant by BART Officer Johannes Mesherle on New Year's Day. It opens with my walk through a riot-ravaged downtown Oakland where I talked with many people about what happened, including a group of kids who were some of the rioters. Then we focus on the words of "DaveyD", America's foremost hiphop reporter and voice of the street, who shares his observations of how Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums handled the situation. And finally we hear from Dellums himself. This is not the last time I will visit this issue, but it's a good place to start the show.

The standard format is to present politics, news, sports, and tech in some combination for each show. Sometimes it's me talking about an issue; other times it's me talking to someone else, and with this show we will feature the work of other video-bloggers. It's a vloggers' playground.

The show will have a deliberate vlogger feel. Videos that you see on my channels at YouTube, Blip.tv, and other places make up the show. There's no studio; the camcorder is the star instrument. That means we can go anywhere at anytime and quickly make a video. It also means I can share what's happening in the news on the blogsphere in video form and show it on "The Blog Report". A lot of ground we can cover considering I never dreamed of having my own television show, but this whole road I've taken has been totally unplanned by me.

"The Blog Report" all started last year when I met Art Thomas who's the Executive Vice President with CoLoursTV at a media walk-through for the Democratic National Convention in Denver. He lived in Oakland before moving to Denver and so we had a lot to talk about. I was looking for a sponsor for our show at the time, so I sent a proposal to Thomas. That exchange turned into an idea for placing our videos on CoLoursTV and that became the concept called "The Blog Report With Zennie62".

Our first concern was how to get the videos up on television without a loss of at least the quality that is seen on Blip.tv and Viddler, which have the sharpest video uploads (that written, I love YouTube and the quality's really improved over time such that it's competitive with the two, but YouTube's best system is the website design and its "viral" nature as well as The YouTube Partner program.) I think we solved that problem and I understand the TV version looks even better than what you're going to see here.

I look forward to your feedback and questions. We're seeking sponsors and there are some organizations we simply want to establish strategic partnerships with, so please contact me. The possibilities for this are many and should serve as an example for a possble future for newspapers as well.

If you're a video-blogger located anywhere in the World and have material that's not longer than 4 minutes tops, notify me via email at zennie@sportsbusinesssims.com and we'll go from there. I prefer the video is already uploaded on some site, Brightcove, Blip.tv, YouTube, etc, so I can see it.

I wish to thank Art Thomas, Damon Purdy, and Tracy Winchester of CoLours TV, as well as Steve and Bernard who made me look good in the promo. I also wish to thank Google / YouTube for their support and encouragement and specifically Chad, Emily, and Hunter. A big loud shot-out to the iReport team at CNN: Lila, Henry, Rachel, David, Nicole Saldi, and the rest. And thanks to the team at CNN Special Projects, Errol and Jessica, and to Roland Martin and his staff at CNN for discovering me. Finally, thanks to the San Francisco Chronicle for seeing the value in how I do what I'm doing and providing a platform. To the National Football League and Commissioner Roger Goodell, Greg Aiello, and Frank Supovitz ("Mr. Super Bowl") And of course, thanks to my Mom and my relatives in Chicago and Tennessee.

Joni Nielsen By GeneX

the awesome Joni Nielsen, originally uploaded by genexmagazine.

GeneX does another fantastic job of creating amazing images of female bodybuilders. This one of Joni Nielsen is no exception. Here's her contest history, courtesy of Body Building Weekly :

2008 NPC USA Figure Contest Preview
2008 NPC Oregan Ironman Contest Report
2008 NPC Emerald Cup Contest Report
2008 NPC Emerald Cup Contest Preview

Contest History:

2008 NPC USA Championships
Figure: Class D

2008 NPC Oregon Ironman
Figure: 5'5" to under 5'6" (1st)

2008 NPC Emerald Cup
Figure: Class D (5th)

2007 NPC Northern Classic
Figure: Medium (3rd)

2007 NPC Washington Ironman
Figure: Class C (1st)

Blast from the early '90's...Carey Hensley

Mavi Gioia is Female Muscle In Italian Package

mavi_gioia_female_muscle_very_sexy, originally uploaded by girl_lover300.

Mavi Giola is a famous Italian female bodybuilder featured in this video by HD Physiques:

Fox News' Female Short Skirts Get Ratings Over CNN

For the first time, according to Nielsen, CNN came in third place in cable news program ratings behind Fox and MSNBC. CNN had 1.14 million viewers in March, compared with 1.16 million for MSNBC and 2.3 million for Fox News. Some say the reason is Fox is conservative; it's really their focus on women anchors with short skirts.

So Fox could be liberal as heck and still have the same ratings if they had the same "sex sells" strategy. There have been a lot of Fox female anchors doing the showing of a lot of leg: E.D. Hill, Ainsley Earhardt , Linda Vester, Gretchen Carlson, and Catherine Herridge to name some of them.

That's a lot of women, and I'm sure I've left someone's name off the list without intention. The point is, it's too much of a habit to ignore, thus it's part of the high ratings, because it builds expectations that a viewer will see women in short skirts, especially in the morning.

Is this a bad thing? Well, yes and no. Look, we can't deny that above all else, television is a visual medium. It's not radio at all. So people react to what they see. Moreover, we're wired to reproduce -- people forget that -- so visual cues that appeal to our sexual nature will get more attention than those that don't.

That's a fact.

I can't blame Fox for this. But I can blame Fox for coupling it with some lame reporting. Much of it's so biased I don't watch it at all. I flip between CNN and MSNBC. And CNN has some attractive female anchors, but they don't present them like Fox does. If they did, I hate to write this, but CNN would overtake Fox for the ratings lead.

The question is will they do this?

Alina Popa Leg Lift

Alina Popa leg presses a man. You can hear her talking with that slavic accent as she lifts him up and down with ease. Funny in a way.

The Evolution Of Female Muscle

An interesting video. Here's the description: Females are made a dramatic change by gaining muscle and losing the body fat.In past people believed that female muscle was ugly and that women could not build strong bodys , but now they are indeed becoming bigger and physically stronger with last 3 passing decade, more than that ,fit and strong females are generally considered more attractive. Wider shoulders, stronger arms hips ,legs, larger rib cage Amazing how far they have come in such a short time.

Tre Scott Shows Us How To Be A Schmoe

Female bodybuilder photographer and businessman Tre Scott shows us what being a Schmoe is all about in this video series. Now, what a Schmoe is, I have no idea. You have to ask Tre.

Katka Kyptova - New Female Bodybuilder added to HDPhysiques!

This is Katka Kyptova at http://www.katkakyptova.com/ and the video was made at the 2009 Arnold Classic. But I have to ask, was she paid for this? What's the rate? I'd prefer some talking -- you know, an interview. The music is cool, however.

Teresa O'Brien flexing her muscular legs - Where is She Now?

Female bodybuilder Teresa O'Brien shows off her outstanding leg development. This was created several years ago. Where is she now? Does anyone know?