Winning Women's Bodybuilding

Winning Women's Bodybuilding
Author: Laura Combes
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary
Total Pages: 174
Release: 1983-01-01
Genre: Bodybuilding for women
ISBN: 9780809256167

The Weider Book of Bodybuilding for Women

The Weider Book of Bodybuilding for Women
Author: Betty Weider
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary
Total Pages: 129
Release: 1981
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 9780809259069

A comprehensive manual for women bodybuilders gives exercise programs from beginning training to competition

Strong and Hard Women

Strong and Hard Women
Author: Tanya Bunsell
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2013-04-12
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1136250859

Females with large muscles evoke strong reactions from men and women, often involving disgust, discomfort, anger and threat. The controversial nature of female bodybuilding has caused a significant rupture on feminist ground. Whilst proponents claim that female bodybuilding is a way of empowering and liberating women, others see it as a form of corporeal entrapment. This book investigates the controversy. Do women who pump iron resist physical restrictions of imposed femininity, or are they engaged in an ultimately oppressive quest for ‘perfect bodies’? In an original two year ethnographic study based in the South of England, Tanya Bunsell immersed herself into the world of female bodybuilders. By mapping these extraordinary women’s lives, the research illuminates the pivotal spaces and essential lived experiences that make up the female bodybuilder. Whilst the women appear to be embarking on an ‘empowering’ radical body project for themselves, the consequences of their activity remains culturally ambivalent. This research exposes the ‘Janus-faced’ nature of female bodybuilding, exploring the ways in which the women negotiate, accommodate and resist pressures to engage in more orthodox and feminine activities and appearances. This book will be of interest to academics and students in the fields of gender studies, the sociology of sport, the body and research methodology.

Bodymakers

Bodymakers
Author: Leslie Heywood
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Total Pages: 244
Release: 1998
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780813524801

Women with muscles are a recent phenomenon. While generating a good deal of interest, both positive and negative, their importance to the cultural landscape has yet to be acknowledged. Leslie Heywood looks at female body building as a metaphor for how women fare in our current political and cultural climate. BODYMAKERS reveals how female bodybuilders find themselves both trapped and empowered by their sport. 14 illustrations.

Female Bodybuilders

Female Bodybuilders
Author: Martin Schoeller
Publisher:
Total Pages: 104
Release: 2008
Genre: Photography of women
ISBN:

An extraordinary series of portraits of female body builders by renowned photographer and artist Martin Schoeller.

Strong and Hard Women

Strong and Hard Women
Author: Tanya Bunsell
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2013-04-12
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1136250867

Females with large muscles evoke strong reactions from men and women, often involving disgust, discomfort, anger and threat. The controversial nature of female bodybuilding has caused a significant rupture on feminist ground. Whilst proponents claim that female bodybuilding is a way of empowering and liberating women, others see it as a form of corporeal entrapment. This book investigates the controversy. Do women who pump iron resist physical restrictions of imposed femininity, or are they engaged in an ultimately oppressive quest for ‘perfect bodies’? In an original two year ethnographic study based in the South of England, Tanya Bunsell immersed herself into the world of female bodybuilders. By mapping these extraordinary women’s lives, the research illuminates the pivotal spaces and essential lived experiences that make up the female bodybuilder. Whilst the women appear to be embarking on an ‘empowering’ radical body project for themselves, the consequences of their activity remains culturally ambivalent. This research exposes the ‘Janus-faced’ nature of female bodybuilding, exploring the ways in which the women negotiate, accommodate and resist pressures to engage in more orthodox and feminine activities and appearances. This book will be of interest to academics and students in the fields of gender studies, the sociology of sport, the body and research methodology.

Critical Readings in Bodybuilding

Critical Readings in Bodybuilding
Author: Adam Locks
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2013-03-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1136675434

In recent years the ‘body’ has become one of the most popular areas of study in the arts, humanities and social sciences. Bodybuilding, in particular, continues to be of interest to scholars of gender, media, film, cultural studies and sociology. However, there is surprisingly little scholarship available on contemporary bodybuilding. Critical Readings in Bodybuilding is the first collection to address the contemporary practice of bodybuilding, especially the way in which the activity has become increasingly more extreme and to consider much neglected debates of gender, eroticism, and sexuality related to the activity. Featuring the leading scholars of bodybuilding and the body as well as emerging voices, this volume will be a key addition to the fields of Sociology, Sport Studies, and Cultural Studies.

The Origin & Decline of Female Body Building

The Origin & Decline of Female Body Building
Author: Kellie Everts
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2009-05-01
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 0557068509

Kellie Everts brought forth Female Bodybuilding by taking the idea to the mainstream media, where it entered into our culture permanently; women will never be the same. Kellie Everts was honored in 2007 as The Progenitor of Female Body Building, the one who got Modern Competitive Female Body Building started, by the World Body Building Guild, (founded by Dan Lurie.)

The New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding

The New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding
Author: Arnold Schwarzenegger
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 1443
Release: 2012-07-03
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1451697139

From elite bodybuilding competitors to gymnasts, from golfers to fitness gurus, anyone who works out with weights must own this book -- a book that only Arnold Schwarzenegger could write, a book that has earned its reputation as "the bible of bodybuilding." Inside, Arnold covers the very latest advances in both weight training and bodybuilding competition, with new sections on diet and nutrition, sports psychology, the treatment and prevention of injuries, and methods of training, each illustrated with detailed photos of some of bodybuilding's newest stars. Plus, all the features that have made this book a classic are here: Arnold's tried-and-true tips for sculpting, strengthening, and defining each and every muscle to create the ultimate buff physique The most effective methods of strength training to stilt your needs, whether you're an amateur athlete or a pro bodybuilder preparing for a competition Comprehensive information on health, nutrition, and dietary supplements to help you build muscle, lose fat, and maintain optimum energy Expert advice on the prevention and treatment of sports-related injuries Strategies and tactics for competitive bodybuilders from selecting poses to handling publicity The fascinating history and growth of' bodybuilding as a sport, with a photographic "Bodybuilding Hall of Fame" And, of course, Arnold's individual brand of inspiration and motivation throughout Covering every level of expertise and experience, The New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding will help you achieve your personal best. With his unique perspective as a seven-time winner of the Mr. Olympia title and all international film star, Arnold shares his secrets to dedication, training, and commitment, and shows you how to take control of your body and realize your own potential for greatness.