Tania Pitt-Guthrie is one strong figure.  While most athletes would cut back on their load a couple of weeks before a show, Tania who only weighed around 42kg, was still squatting 90kg for 4-5 reps while on their pre contest diet. 

But Tania is no ordinary bodybuilder as she is first and foremost a powerlifter and a pretty good one too!

 


Her remarkable feats include best ever squat lift at a previous body weight of 67kg, which was 147kg; the bench press at the same weight of 110kg and a dead lift just to the waist at 132.5kg.  Tania, weighing 47kg, placed third at the World Masters Champs in 2012 which was a great effort.

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  Toia McDonald is one of a gorgeous lineup of great figures competing at the Go Figure Women's Figure Showdown at the NZ Fitness Expo on 14 July. 

However, if you asked her 5 years ago if she'd consider getting on stage in a skimpy bikini showing off her muscles, she'd probably laugh in your face.  But how things have changed and so has Toia!
In this article, Toia tells us how the gym changed her life from being a regular gym goer to her transition as Bodypump and Fitness Instructor and now a Figure Athlete.  Not bad for a Mum of 2 who weighed almost 100kg 12 years ago! 

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On a recent to Christchurch I thought I'd pop into see IFBB Physique Pro Taylor Smith to see what she was up to and how she was looking.  As you can see she's managing to stay lean while slowly increaing her muscle mass.  At 5'2" (ish), Taylor currently weighs 57kg and is about 10kg over her contest weight.


Taylor and Lisa



In my interview with Taylor, what kind of training style she's doing to help increase her mass and when she hopes to make her Pro debut. Watch her super muscles in action below!

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  The next time you have a bad day complaining about your aches and pains, read this story on the amazing Mary Rahiti and it'll give you perspective on how bad things could really be.
Mary and Lisa
Today Mary weighs 64kg but unbelievably Mary Rahiti weighed 136kg in 2001.  As if being overweight wasn't an inconvenience enough, she was diagnosed with a brain tumour which was around the same time she started divorce proceedings from her husband.  Not only that, she had 2 young children to look after as she was now a single mum!

Mary Rahiti Training and Posing Video!  You can also watch Mary and see what great shape she's in ahead of her Melbourne comp this weekend. Thanks to Fitness 247 Gym for letting us film in their gym. You'll find the video mid way down the page.

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