Our eyes nearly popped out of our head when we recently saw multi titled senior figure 35 athlete Vanessa Bartley training shoulders at Fitness Plus. 

Although she's not competing till later in the year, we were surprised and impressed with how much muscle density she has gained while still remaining lean.  Jason isn't looking too shabby either lol.

As you can see by the video below Vanessa is super focused while training her shoulders and goes about her reps in good form. 

We would've loved to have shot more video but unfortunately we ran out of time but you get the idea of Vanessa's training regime.

Check out how Vanessa looked before she started bodybuilding.  It will surprise and inspire you!  Vanessa Bartley wonder woman story here

Entrepreneur and all round sport woman Mere Takoko of Gisborne is on a mission, not only to build a better body for herself, but also to raise the profile and funds for breast cancer research through bodybuilding.

Such is her passion for the cause, Mere has given up her job as writer for The Gisborne paper to dedicate her time and effort into bodybuilding and volunteering her time to the ChumpChange team. 

Mere and her Chump Change Team include: Trudz Houkamau, Andy Chapman, Chrissy Bevan, Peter Haenga, Steve Norris and Jo Lewis hope to raise around $30K by Pink Ribbon day on October 14th.  To achieve this goal the team will be doing activities such as a Pink Breakfast on 20th May (after the NABBA Manawatu Champs on 19 May where they will be competing), auctioning off supplements and a myriad of other activities to reach their goal.

In this update Mere tell us why she chose bodybuilding as a vehicle to reach her goal and how did the 'Chump Change' name came about!