This incredible photo is of Robyn Mentgen who placed 4th in the 2007 NPC Jr. Nationals. There's little information about her, but for Google references to a Robyn Mentgen who's working to help dogs. Perhaps that's the same person?
The arresting photo's about Tracy Beckham. I don't know if she's related to the famoud soccer guy, but here's more about her from Andy Vogel:
Where and when were you born? Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; 11/11/1961
What is your profession? Certified Personal Trainer and Owner of Tracy Beckham’s Unique Physiques.
What kind of activities/sports did you do before you started lifting weights? This is on website – BIO area.
How and when did you get involved into lifting weights? I started lifting weights in 1985 in an “all female” gym just to get into better shape. As like most women, I was bottom heavy and wanted to balance out my shape. Lifting weights did that for me with amazing results and quickly. I joined Gold’s gym in Canada early 1986; hired Mr. Canada to train me and won my first show that year.
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? I had the bodybuilding bug from the start, especially winning my first show.
What was your first competition and how did you place? 1986 Alberta Body Building Championships – 1st Middleweight
And which contest has been the biggest success for you yet? The 2004 Masters National Light Heavyweight Champion. I think each contest for me has been a stepping stone to a successful career.
Could you please add a history of all contests that you have entered so far?
Contest History:
2005 4th Masters National Light Heavyweight
2004 1st Masters National Light Heavyweight – over 35
2004 10th Junior Nationals – Light Heavyweight
2003 Overall, Masters Overall and Middleweight winner - Caveman Classics - National Qualifier
2002 1st Kentucky Bodybuilding Championships – Masters Overall
2002 2nd Kentucky Bodybuilding Championships – Heavyweight
1999 2nd Kentucky Bodybuilding Championships – Heavyweight
1996 2nd Battle of the Champions – Heavyweight
1996 Overall, and 1st Middleweight – Derby Classics Bodybuilding Championships
1987 4th IFBB Hawaiian International Championships (one of four on Canadian Team) - Heavyweight
1986 6th Western Canadian Championships – Middleweight
1986 1st Alberta Bodybuilding Championships – Middleweight
Please describe a typical day in the life of Tracy Beckham. I’m up at 6:30 am, as I personal train clients 6 days a week from 8 AM to 7:30 PM. I train between 4:30 and 7 PM depending on the day.
Please tell me something about your daily training routine. How often do you train in a week? I train 5 days a week in the off-season with maybe 3 days of light cardio a week.
What are the main differences when you train for a competition and in off-season? I train 6 days a week at contest time; more cardio at contest time – 5 days a week if needed.
Which bodypart is your best in your opinion? My Back and Delts
What is your favorite exercise in the gym and which one you don’t like so much? I love DB pullovers for Back; I don’t love doing biceps – such pain for a small muscle group!
Judging in Women’s Bodybuilding has always been criticised in one or the other way. Please tell me your honest thoughts about today’s judging in Women’s Bodybuilding. As an NPC body building, fitness/fiqure judge, I understand body building is about building muscle, etc. but females should not look like men and should try to maintain a feminine look from head to toe.
Please tell me about what else you are doing when you don’t work out (profession, hobbies, etc.) I enjoy movies, dinners out, dancing, travelling and spending time with friends.
What are your future plans for 2005/2006? I am competing in the 2005 NPC Masters National Body Building Championships July 23. I was the Light Heavyweight winner of this show last year and I am going back again, as the Overall winner can turn Pro!!
Please note:
Tracy does not do sessions or wrestling of any kind. Please don't ask!!
Bodybuilding
Overall: Cindy Johnson
Lightweight:
1. Kelly Dobbins
2. Genevieve Moreno
3. E.Q. Pruitt
4. Cindy Goodrich
5. Suzanne Moran
6. Gina Parise
Middleweight:
1. Cindy Johnson
2. Leann George
3. Marga Martin
4. Peggy Willis
5. Vicki Combest
Heavyweight:
1. Becky West
2. Shawna Walker
3. Teresa Knoll
4. Shawn Tan
5. Merry Harris
6. Susan Stone
Masters Bodybuilding
Overall: Janet Guenther
Over 50:
1. Janet Guenther
2. Denise Rathwick
3. Ann Gannon
4. Jeanne Morris
5) Sherry Chambers
Over 35:
1. Nancy Lublink
2. Heidi Young
3. Janice Cook
4. Teresa Maine
5. Diana Frankowiak
Fitness
Overall: Michelle Mayberry
Short
1) Chandra Young
2) Safiya Johnson
3) Genie Markwell
4) Mia Phillips
5) Haleina Desrosier
Tall
1) Michelle Mayberry
2) Vikko Newman
3) Erica Hamilton
4) Kolbie Best
5) Kristina Lum
6) Melissa Mitchell
Figure
Overall: Erin Heath
5'2" and under
1) Shelly Rego-Vega
2) Sherry Smith
3) Hong Arcedas
4) Claire Taubman
5) Julie Ann Lee
6. Tiffany Joe
7. Jessica Nabinger
8. Kari Keenan
9. Diana Kelly
10. Kimberly Lawson
11. Christine Moorman
12. Genevieve Moreno
13. Genie Markwell
14. Jen Turnbull
15. Heidi Riegsecker
16. Danielle Davis
17. Sherill Taduran
18. Melody Miles
19. Darlene Carrigan
20. Desiree Ponsness
5'2" - 5'3"
1) Gale Elie
2) Tara Chandler
3) Lisa Lattery
4) Nicole Weston
5) Sheila Bratten
6. Dion Blackburn
7. Mari Willhite
8. Kathy Fehringer
9. Karen Mayo
10. Kori Byers
5'3" - 5'4"
1) Erin Heath
2) Elsie Huxtable
3) Reagen Brenner
4) Vikko Newman
5) Susanna Backman
6. Ashli Liljenquist
7. Leah Bacon
8. Karla Coe-Specker
9. Allison Malone
10. Elisabeth Yu
5'4" - 5'5"
1) Karin Kimura
2) Austine Powell
3) Danyell Leavitt
4) Kimberly Agnew
5) Kris Isakson
6. Katheryn Stewart
7. Hope Bellar
8. Molly Gillespie
9. Stacy Leith
10. Atiya Olmstead
11. Dionne Burden
5'5" - 5'6"
1) Erica Hamilton
2) Ilona Maj
3) Kari Lege
4) Felicia O'Neal
5) Suzanna Barlas
6. Jodi Beard
7. Joanna Wilson
8. Sanne Moelgaard
9. Rose Fries
10. Amanda Smith
11. Nicole Christy
12. Nicole Shultz
13. Allyson Watts
14. Beth Markham
5'6" - 5'8"
1) Michelle Mayberry
2) Jeanne Nimmer
3) Angela Myers
4) Julie Alves
5) Tonia Francis
6. Linda Nelson
7. Jennifer Rogers
8. Tracy Royer
9. Kelly Weatherman
10. Sheila Salinas
11. Heather Skaar
12. Christine Moore
13. Stephanie Bishop
5'8" and over
1) Christine Aguilar
2) Mary Hallman
3) Mindy Shaneman
4) Emma Callaghan
5) Beth Lay
6. Erica Aydelotte
7. Shanna Tuthill
8. Ainsley Krone
9. Lauren Beckham
10. Nancy Novak
Masters Figure Overall: Tracy Chenault
Masters Figure Over 35
1) Tracy Chenault
2) Shannon O'Day
3) Heidi Hansen-Carlin
4) Heidi Young
5) Paula Williams-Gulman
6) Monica Varrasso
7) Evelynn Johnston
8) Sharyn Sullivan
9) Amy Weimer
10) Rhonda Downing
11) Catalina Illades
Masters Figure Over 40
1) Roberta Orth
2) Shawna Charboneau
3) Laura Kathryn
4) Lori Pliska
5) Lori Baggerly
6) Eileen Quenin
7) Diesta Goldsmith
8) Diane Green
9) Debra McMahon
10) Sherry Christopherso
Masters Figure Over 50
1) EQ Pruitt
2) Robin Gizzi
3) Kathryn Moore
4) Peggy Goldman
5) Staphanie Bonneau-Meece
6) Maureen O'Connell
7) Deanna Benson-Eder
8) Pattie Meyers
This is FBB Collin Fischer, apparently at one of the many parties along the route of the San Francisco Bay to Breakers run, which annually draws between 50,000 and 70,000 people. Her bio says she lives in New York, so she must have flown out for the event.
Here's more about her, from Andy's website:
"I have only done 3 shows I won the NPC New York City Championship Overall in 95, The NPC Atlantic States (Bev Francis) Overall in 96, and then 1st place middleweight in Dallas 97 Nationals. I have been holding out since then for an invitation to the Ms. International which I finally got this year, but l thought with only 7 weeks notice I was unable to participate. I wrote back to Mr. Demilia in hopes of an invitation for this next year but as yet have received no reply. I am currently pursuing my undergrad in Biology and perhaps a minor in Chemistry or Biochemistry at Queens College.
With regard to my training routine, I try to get to the gym at least 5 days a week (unless I have an exam in Organic Chem). Before a contest I often train 7 days a week. It would be rather difficult for me to give you an exact schedule because my strategy is one of constant change. Variety in ones routine is truly the key to success, once your muscles have adapted to something change comes slowly if it comes at all. I recommend changing the exercises each time you train a body part. I also believe strongly that one should train each and every body part with equal intensity (and love), this includes calves forearms neck and lower back which seem often to be overlooked by many enthusiasts. Further, I prefer to train quads ,and then hamstrings and hips with a day break from legs in between. Otherwise you will lose the intensity that these groups demand toward the end of your training session and these groups will lag behind the rest. Finally, it is very important to train hips consistently and properly, I often see many professional bodybuilders who seem to be deficient in these areas. THERE ARE FOUR WAYS TO TRAIN HIPS adduction, abduction, flexion, and extension, it is essential to perform each of these exercises regularly.
I am now bartending at a club called "Infinity" in Long Island City, New York on Thursday and Saturday nights."
This is a photo from the video in the previous post on BLOWW. Here, the "nurse girl"s got her opponent -- I'm not up on the character names -- up in the air and is spinning her around.
I somehow ran accross this crazy photo and had to stop in my Internet tracks. If you look at this, the very scene implies an episode that's both brutal and somehow attractive as they're a couple of women who look fine depending on one's taste and are really going at it. It seems like the woman who has the girl-with-fishnets foot in her hands is getting the best of her, and if one goes through the entire photo shoot, they find this to be true.
I then learned this was caled The Boston League Of Women Wrestlers , or BLOWW.
So I decided to see if there was a video of BLOWW action on YouTube and -- YouTube seldom disappoints -- there was. I have to tell you this video you're about to see shows two women just going at it like the most action-packed WWE events, accept it doesn't look fake at all. They fiercely go at each other, picking each other up, spinning the other around and bodyslamming each other. And for guys -- ok it's a turn on to watch it, I gotta admit that openly.
This is the man who started it all. Steve Wennerstrom talking to pros Amanda Dunbar and Mimi Jabalee and Genex in the picture popularized female bodybuilding with his Women's Physique World Magazine. It was the first publication exclusively devoted to women's bodybuilding.
Tamela Jackson Wins The 2007 California Bodybuilding Championship in Culver City, CA.
Tamela posted this about her at GeneX forums; there's no website for her as of this writing.
I started looking at others & thought I would share a brief bit of info about me. I love to train hard in the gym- was brought up in the bodybuilding world training with guys (especially my husband) & still can hang with the guys in the gym today! I have always been into sports- basketball, gymnastics, dancing, etc.
If you see me in the gym don't be offended if I do not say much- I come there to train- & train hard! I am from West Virginia & have always dreamed of moving to California! I am living my dream & loving every minute of it. I am currently training at Milos Sarcev's gym in Fullerton, CA & he has been guiding me in prepping for the California State Championships. I have trained with many IFBB pro men- Hidetada Yamigishi, Silvio Saviour & train with Oscar Urbina- aka Big O who is a crazy fun guy who has been also giving me advice for the upcoming show! What a crazy group of guys that is called Team Milos. Great fun there & so much I have learned. I am soooo glad I moved out here & am dedicated to kicking some butt at the Cal States!
So thank you for your support & hopefully James & I will plan some action shots in the gym! Where the real work happens!!! xoxox Tammy
