Jodie Marsh - Bodybuilder

Nervous Wreck

She was just on This Morning there talking about her training and her new show "Brawn In The USA". She's a much more likeable person than she was a few years ago. Seems really genuine. Fair play.

Michael 09

Nervous Wreck wrote: »

She was just on This Morning there talking about her training and her new show "Brawn In The USA". She's a much more likeable person than she was a few years ago. Seems really genuine. Fair play.

Agreed. I didn't see the show but I follow her on twitter, she seems okay now compared to a few years ago.

Turbo_diesel

For anyone that has Dmax on sky Brawn In The USA is on at 9 tonight.

connollys

just watched the show. Was very interesting, she showed serious dedication, fair play to her.

christmas2012

Yeah she took it serious fair play and all that,but seeing her now she looks so different body wise with all the deep fake tan and muscles i was a bit taken aback..

The Davestator

Wouldn't have been a fan before watching the show tonight but she came across very normal, worked hard, ate right and got her rewards. Very happy for her have to say

Glitter

Just out of curiosity - why does she need the tan to be so dark that it hides / semi-covers up her tattoos for competitions? Is ink frowned up in Body Building comps?

I can see it might be conceivable that it could obscure definition on certain body parts I guess but it seems a teeny bit odd?

Am I missing something?

gymfreak

I watched the show last night with friends. And I was quite surprised at how negative my friends' reactions to her were. I was trying to plead the case of how hard she'd trained, dieted for the contest and I thought she really looked great/impressive. (NB..great for a bb show..but not 'great' in terms of how I'd like to look appearance wise). But my friends' had really negative views on the idea of girls bodybuilding..I was actually shocked.

Another thing, I was more impressed with the media coverage of her before the show. Thought she was a bit moany for someone who had no other job to do, but to train for a show and who had 2 personal trainers helping her. Like, aside from her moaning she actually argued and didn't follow her trainers instructions...I lost a bit of respect for her for those aspects.

Glitter wrote: »

Just out of curiosity - why does she need the tan to be so dark that it hides / semi-covers up her tattoos for competitions? Is ink frowned up in Body Building comps?

They mentioned in the show that she'd be docked marks if any of her tatoos were visible

O.P.H

gymfreak wrote: »

I watched the show last night with friends. And I was quite surprised at how negative my friends' reactions to her were. I was trying to plead the case of how hard she'd trained, dieted for the contest and I thought she really looked great/impressive. (NB..great for a bb show..but not 'great' in terms of how I'd like to look appearance wise). But my friends' had really negative views on the idea of girls bodybuilding..I was actually shocked.

Another thing, I was more impressed with the media coverage of her before the show. Thought she was a bit moany for someone who had no other job to do, but to train for a show and who had 2 personal trainers helping her. Like, aside from her moaning she actually argued and didn't follow her trainers instructions...I lost a bit of respect for her for those aspects.


They mentioned in the show that she'd be docked marks if any of her tatoos were visible

Ah to be fair you can totally understand how people not into bodybuilding etc could look at her and female bodybuilders alike with that opinion. They are changing their bodies to the point where they look more like men than women sure and for a lot of people thats weird and falls into the area of obsessiveness or body dismorphia etc. And I'm all for praising dedication but just because someone is dedicated and works crazy hard dosent mean I'm gonna be amazed or anythin, its all relative to what it is they are dedicated too, and if the thing they are dedicated to is something you think is odd then you're not really gonna be like full of praise etc, like what about a chess champion who spends all his time looking at chess board or thing about chess, you're probly gonna say he's weird and not that "omg he's so dedicated", its all relative.

gymfreak

O.P.H wrote: »

Ah to be fair you can totally understand how people not into bodybuilding etc could look at her and female bodybuilders alike with that opinion. They are changing their bodies to the point where they look more like men than women sure and for a lot of people thats weird and falls into the area of obsessiveness or body dismorphia etc. And I'm all for praising dedication but just because someone is dedicated and works crazy hard dosent mean I'm gonna be amazed or anythin, its all relative to what it is they are dedicated too, and if the thing they are dedicated to is something you think is odd then you're not really gonna be like full of praise etc, like what about a chess champion who spends all his time looking at chess board or thing about chess, you're probly gonna say he's weird and not that "omg he's so dedicated", its all relative.

The thing is, had the programme been about a chess player ...1. I wouldn't have bothered sitting through an hour long show about something I'd no interest in and 2. I would of thought..whatever floats your boat...and that'd be the end of my thoughts on the matter.

What I'm saying is, my friends were absolutely revolted by her transformation and thought that she was sick for ever considering something like it. When I'd mentioned that she was extremely dehydrated on stage and would soften up a bit in a day they were still overly disgusted. More so at the idea of letting people score you based on your appearance. Although I understand were they were coming from I was just a little surprised at the narrowmindedness.

TBH..the idea of bodybuilding kinda freaks me out a bit. I've read far too many blogs at this stage from female competitors who end up with serious body image issues after training for a show like that. It just seems a pity that they trained hard, competed at their best and then ended up with negative results (re: body image).

ferike1

I don't think the condition women are in on stage is indicative of how they look year long.

I think she looks great here, fit and healthy (minus all the tat's, not my thing:D).

Glitter

gymfreak wrote: »

They mentioned in the show that she'd be docked marks if any of her tatoos were visible

Weirdness! Why on earth would they dock a girl marks for having tats?
Does the same apply to blokes?

The Davestator

Glitter wrote: »

Weirdness! Why on earth would they dock a girl marks for having tats?
Does the same apply to blokes?

The amountof tats she has on her arms actually do nothing for the definition of her muscles - not as many lines.

Zamboni

gymfreak wrote: »

I watched the show last night with friends. And I was quite surprised at how negative my friends' reactions to her were. I was trying to plead the case of how hard she'd trained, dieted for the contest and I thought she really looked great/impressive. (NB..great for a bb show..but not 'great' in terms of how I'd like to look appearance wise). But my friends' had really negative views on the idea of girls bodybuilding..I was actually shocked.

I had a similar conversation with work colleagues and had the same reaction.
I think if bodybuilding was purely natural and there was none of the ronseal fake tan malarkey it wouldn't be considered as grotesque by the public.

Dr.Tom

gymfreak wrote: »

I watched the show last night with friends. And I was quite surprised at how negative my friends' reactions to her were. I was trying to plead the case of how hard she'd trained, dieted for the contest and I thought she really looked great/impressive. (NB..great for a bb show..but not 'great' in terms of how I'd like to look appearance wise). But my friends' had really negative views on the idea of girls bodybuilding..I was actually shocked

I watched it last night with my girlfriend and her opinion of Jodie changed a lot as we both watched her first show and last nights new show. My missus always referred to her as a bit of a "gowl" but now she has total respect for her and understands the amount of hard work and dedication she put into getting where she is today plus the fact she comes across as a totally different person to the one she was at the height of her glamour modeling career a few years back as well as looking a lot hotter (minus the ronseal of course). Strange thing is though my girlfriend found Carmen Knights a total turn-off

gymfreak

Dr.Tom wrote: »

I watched it last night with my girlfriend and her opinion of Jodie changed a lot as we both watched her first show and last nights new show. My missus always referred to her as a bit of a "gowl" but now she has total respect for her and understands the amount of hard work and dedication she put into getting where she is today plus the fact she comes across as a totally different person to the one she was at the height of her glamour modeling career a few years back as well as looking a lot hotter (minus the ronseal of course). Strange thing is though my girlfriend found Carmen Knights a total turn-off

I'm not going to lie, I thought Carmen looked a wee bit 'butch' myself. Her arms lacked any definition, they just looked bulky. I'd say she's trying to add muscle mass at the moment or something.

KingK

Have to be honest I think she look's amazing, amazing shape and the baps are right up my street, also love tattoo's on girls . But on a more serious note great dedication from her, watched both programmes and for someone who came across as a tool at the best of time's she actually seem's like her head is screwed on.

Dr.Tom

gymfreak wrote: »

I'm not going to lie, I thought Carmen looked a wee bit 'butch' myself. Her arms lacked any definition, they just looked bulky. I'd say she's trying to add muscle mass at the moment or something.

Your probably right but in fairness Carmen does look well when she is in or around competition time/weight :cool:

jive

Zamboni wrote: »

I had a similar conversation with work colleagues and had the same reaction.
I think if bodybuilding was purely natural and there was none of the ronseal fake tan malarkey it wouldn't be considered as grotesque by the public.

It will never be purely natural though. All things considered, in comparison to other sports, bodybuilding is one of the worst out there. While I can admire the dedication because I am by definition a bodybuilder, it's ridiculous as a 'sport'. All pro bodybuilders are drugged up to the gills, natural just less-so. Then again, I have the same opinion for many olympic level sports so bodybuilding is not alone in my negativity! At least it is commonly known that all bodybuilders are druggies even if it is swept under the rug lazily. The tan is just what people notice initially but isn't necessarily what makes it so odd to them, it's just a small part of a multitude of things.

KingK

So are 'natural' body builders also taking something??? There's alot of them who look in no way 100% natural i'm just not that up to speed on this type of thing

JJayoo

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jive

KingK wrote: »

So are 'natural' body builders also taking something??? There's alot of them who look in no way 100% natural i'm just not that up to speed on this type of thing

Yes. The drug tests are notoriously 'piss' easy to pass :P There's basically no way to know whether or not they are natural, but the same can be said for a lot of sports.