These strong women are definitely no damsels in distress.
Heck, they could even whisk you away from immediate danger--with one hand!
Here are the 10 Strongest Women who took it too far!
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You won’t believe the lengths our top 1 pick had to go to just to achieve her dream
physique!
So, keep watching ‘til the end!
Let’s get pumping!
#10: CHINTYA CANDRANAYA
People say this girl from Indonesia is the second coming of Bruce Lee, and she’s got
the receipts!
Chintya is strong enough to fight her way out of anything – wood panels, rocks, trees,
iron hammer, pillars, metal pipes, gas tanks and… a poor boy’s shin.
Ouch!
And you wouldn’t want to get on her bad side… because she can kick your butt equally
strong from both sides!
She also has her own YouTube channel where she uploads her training videos and self-defense
tutorials, which contain fighting scenes that are straight out of an action movie!
Keep watching until the end because our number 1 pick will make you feel like an absolute
wimp!
#9: GLADYS PORTUGUES
It’s a shame that Gladys is more widely known as the wife of Hollywood action star
Jean-Claude Van Damme, because with those cuts and guns, she can definitely carve a
name of her own!
The “Muscles from Brussels” sure has found his match!
Get this.
As a former professional bodybuilder, Gladys already placed twice in the top 10 of Ms.
Olympia.
Her fitness journey actually started from watching the renowned female bodybuilding
competition, and she had gone full circle by winning in it herself!
She eventually posed for fitness magazines and starred in her own TV shows and movies,
although her acting career didn’t soar as high as her husband’s.
But that didn’t stop Gladys from serving as a fit-spiration to her more than 20,000
followers on Instagram.
And now at 62 years old, it seems like she has found the fountain of youth!
#8: DEBI LASZEWSKI
Debi was 21 years old when she started lifting.
And it was all thanks to a movie character named Sarah Connors in a little movie called
“The Terminator,” played by the legendary Linda Hamilton.
At the age of 24, Debi had already won her first amateur bodybuilding contest, and had
consistently made it to the top six of Ms. International and Ms. Olympia.
But did you know that before becoming a pro bodybuilder, Debi struggled with her body
because the amateur bodybuilding judges either saw her body as either too masculine or too
defined!
One judge even marked her down for being “too pretty!”
But the criticisms only fueled Debi’s desire to enhance her physique, and she even developed
her own set of exercises to achieve a more feminine X-shaped torso!
Today she is recognized as the 3rd best female bodybuilder in the list of IFBB Pro Women's
Bodybuilding, and serves as a personal trainer for the new generation of bodybuilders in
her home state of Florida.
#7: KRISTY HAWKINS
At first glance of her ginormous guns, you wouldn’t guess that this powerlifter actually
holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering!
She has certainly found the right “PH balance” of brains and brawn!
But Kristy admits it was a tough journey to get to where she is now.
You see, during her elementary years, Kristy was on the heavier side, which led her to
starve herself out of frustration, eventually being diagnosed with anorexia nervosa.
But at the age of 15, she decided to turn her life around and started to go to the gym
every day.
At 17, she was already making the rounds of amateur bodybuilding competitions and at 27,
she has already snatched the title at the NPC Nationals and has flexed her way to Ms.
International and Ms. Olympia.
Not too shabby, Dr. Hawkins!
#6: HEBA ALI
With her super speed, strength and stamina, most people have dubbed her the real-life
Wonder Woman!
Meet Heba Ali; body builder, powerlifter, social media influencer and CEO of her own
fitness company.
Perhaps also a superhero by night, but it’s yet to be confirmed.
So what’s her origin story?
As part of her high school track team, Heba would always come last in every track meet
she competed in.
But instead of getting discouraged, she worked three times harder than her teammates and
eventually became their school’s strongest runner.
Now, Heba is known for her hybrid training - a combination of bodybuilding, powerlifting
and mobility drills… you know, the easy stuff.
Phew!
When she’s outdoors, you can see her rock climbing, flipping giant tires, and running
through deserts.
As an IG influencer with more than 600K followers, Heba wants to keep it real with her inspirational
videos and fitness tutorials by showing that anyone can achieve their fitness goals with
the right attitude, work ethic and discipline.
#5: DONNA MOORE
Atlas stone record holder, Britain’s strongest woman, and two-time world’s strongest woman
are just some of the titles under Donna Moore’s belt!
And as if those are not enough to prove her amazing strength, this British strong woman
can also pick up a 300-pound stone without breaking a sweat!
In fact, she broke the record for heaviest stone loaded by a woman by lifting 328 pounds
of concrete!
And, she can also pull this heavy truck with nothing but her brute force.
Need a hand to start up a 19-ton airplane?
Say no more!
She can pull it for you too!
Donna even raised her own bar in powerlifting!
Her best records to date are a 170 kilogram squat, a 195 kilogram axel deadlift, a 200
kilogram deadlift.
Well, somebody get those guns a license because they sure look deadly!
#4: VIRGINIA SANCHEZ
Big things do come in small packages, because despite her not-so-towering height of 5 feet
3 inches, Virginia’s packing some serious muscle mass.
Her biceps measure a massive 17 inches and her quads are bursting at the seams at 27
inches!
Virginia fell in love with powerlifting from the moment she first touched a dumbbell.
Now she’s an IFBB Pro female bodybuilder competitor has earned the nickname Spanish
muscles goddess!
But don’t let those gigantic guns scare you because on her Facebook page, Virginia
shows her funny side too!
#3: RENE CAMPBELL
Rene used to be a skinny teenager and a self-confessed introvert who couldn’t even engage in small
talk with a hairdresser if her life depended on it.
But it all changed the moment she went to a bodybuilding show for the first time, and
got amazed at how the women combined femininity with strength and power.
Since then, she started hitting the gym and has transformed into a burly woman
who can confidently stand on stage wearing the teeniest piece of fabric.
To maintain her Hulk-like figure, Rene consumes about 4,200 calories a day--that’s twice
the calorie intake of an average man!
Her typical diet consists of a kilo of chicken per day, which she splits into five meals.
But eventually, all the intense workout, the extreme dieting and the supplements she took
became too much to handle for her system.
Doctors have already advised her to get rid of her muscles.
But for Rene, training has been such an integral part of her life that she doesn’t see herself
quitting anytime soon.
#2: NATALIYA KUZNETSOVA
Nataliya’s husband doesn’t mind that his wife is more shredded than him.
I mean, if you’re anything like this Russian world champion who started hitting the gym
as early as 14, you’re bound to end up that ripped too, right?
And you’d be hard-pressed to find a man with bigger muscles than yours.
At 15, Natalya already bagged her first championship title and has since went on to conquer the
world of professional bodybuilding.
She has also set world records for bench pressing, arm lifting and deadlifting, and has gained
a decent amount of fame in the process.
However, Natalya admits to getting a little bit of help to achieve her world-famous frame.
She speaks openly about using performance-enhancing drugs during competitions to boost her strength.
In 2009, she tied the knot with her bodybuilding husband Vladislav, who she credits as one
of her inspirations to continue pursuing her record-breaking dreams.
As they say, the family that lifts weights together, stays together!!
#1: IRIS FLOYD KYLE
Iris is considered the most successful professional bodybuilder ever--male or female-with ten
overall Ms. Olympia wins, two heavyweight wins, seven Ms. International wins and one
heavyweight win.
Whoa, that’s absolutely insane!
Iris got into bodybuilding after moving to Orange County, California, where she saw a
lot of physically fit and healthy-looking people.
The American bodybuilder once appeared on an episode of the TV show “Wipeout”, where
she was repeatedly misgendered by one of the hosts!
“Yes she’s a woman, dude, get over it!”
She was eventually invited back to do another episode, but Iris had to decline because she
got injured in the first guesting, and found the host disrespectful.
Understandable.
Like the previous bodybuilder Nataliya, Iris also subjected her body to certain enhancements.
But she might have gone a bit too far...
In 2008, while competing in Ms. International, Iris only placed seventh
due to obvious “distortions in her physique.”
According to the judges, there were noticeable site injections on her shoulders and glutes.
Although she admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs, Iris felt that’s he would have easily
gotten away with it had she been a man.
There you have it, folks!
The 10 strongest women who took it too far!
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They’re on a whole ‘nother level I’m telling you!
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