Pumping Iron with female touch
Published 16 December, 2007, 08:10
Lyudmila Tuboltseva holds the title of World Champion in Female Bodybuilding. She's dedicated her world to a daily grind of training, dieting and supplements. But there's one thing that she's now become more dedicated to – her family.
Almost every day for the past thirteen years has been spent in the gym for Ludmilla. A grueling regime of training was designed to hone the perfect body.
She was lifting heavier weights than many men, but also combined the femininity needed to impress the judges and become the woman dominating her sport.
More than a decade of dedication that this year culminated in a moment at the World championships that still burns brightly in her memory.
“When I was a child I often watched the World Championships on TV. When I saw Russia win, and how they stood proudly on the pedestal as the flag was raised and the anthem played I dreamt I would one day be there. So when I won in Athens my dream came true and I wept with joy on the pedestal as the anthem began,” Lyudmila Tuboltseva said.
But at the pinnacle of her career she's decided to quit…
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