((PKG)) FEMALE BODYBUIDER
((TRT: 05:00))
((Banner: Iron Woman))
((Reporter/Camera: Genia Dulot))
((Editors: Genia Dulot, Philip Alexiou))
((Map: Las Vegas, Nevada))
((Main characters: 1 female))
((Sub characters: 1 female))
((NATS/MUSIC))
((Gina Jones, Bodybuilder))
There was this strange phenomenon where people were like,
“You got biceps. You must be a man. You have muscles. You’re
a man.” And most of us were like, “No, we work out. We’re
strong.” And we had to learn to understand and manage this
creation of this new female.
First, we had Marilyn Monroe, Twiggy, Playboy Mansion. And
then all of the sudden, women started getting muscle and bigger
and stronger. We had a whole new breed of species of women.
((Gina Jones, Bodybuilder))
Let’s go back to the late 1970s, early 80s. This is where it
started. We were in the gym. There was few of us. Little tight-
knit group of people. A couple of girls and a lot of men. It was a
culture. We worked out, we ate and we shared knowledge that
we gained and we did what the men did because that’s all we
knew what to do.
((Gina Jones, Bodybuilder))
When we started competing, men’s bodybuilding, women’s
bodybuilding, women, one color, same colors, you know, two-
piece swimsuit, no makeup, no nothing, bag over our head. It
was about the muscle we created. End of story. Kane figure in
bikini. The crystal swimsuits, the nails, the hair,
everything. That’s what they did. They finally brought the
femininity into our sport.
We have now six divisions today for the six different levels of
muscularity that women wish to develop.
((Gina Jones, Bodybuilder))
We’re going to do lat pull downs for our backs to make them
wide. Start with 120 and then we’re going to drop to 85.
When I went over there in 1995, the USAs, the girls were already
using the drugs really heavy. Because we trained like men, we
did the same drugs, not knowing that the side-effects of the
steroids back then happened to be male transitioning, you know,
where you chemically turn into a man and you get the male side-
effects.
((Gina Jones, Bodybuilder))
The vocal cords are muscles. They’re involuntary muscles and
they are based on resonance. The thinner they are, the higher
the voice is. The thicker they are, the lower the voice is. And
because the steroids thicken all muscles in your body, your voice
goes.
((Gina Jones, Bodybuilder))
It started getting lower in the mid-1990s when I started using
more and I was getting heavier into national level shows.
Laser hair removal, all the spa techniques that we have today to
make ourselves look pretty, didn’t exist. And I was backstage at
pre-judging, watching girls shave their faces. Five o’clock
shadows before they put their makeup on at 10 o’clock in the
morning and the voices were low enough that I actually turned
around not knowing if it was a guy or not coming in. That was the
first time I was exposed to that level of the hormone use in
women. I was horrified and I’m like, if that’s what it takes to get
your pro card, I’m going to stand down and just create this,
because this is what I like. I like looking like this. I’m 56. I’ve
been doing this for 40 years. I’ve pretty much looked like this,
little bit smaller versions of me, for 40 years.
((Gina Jones, Bodybuilder))
To be able to go in and exercise and create something that you
cannot buy at the doctor’s office, that’s a lot of power. I can walk
into any room, any place, any time, and people stop. You may
have your Ferrari keys with you or your Lamborghini keys, but
when you and I walk in, guess who they’re going to look at? I
inspire so many people. I can go pick up a 100-pound [45 kg]
dumbbell and start just doing rows with it and the girls are like,
“Wow, if she can do that, I can do that.”
((Mira, Bodybuilder))
I forget how old I am because, you know, nowadays I mean
there’s 50/50: people who take care of themselves and people
who don’t take care of them. And people like me and Gina and a
couple of other women over here, we’re over 40-years old and
then, you know, if we walk in a room, we make 21-year olds look
crazy.
((Gina Jones, Bodybuilder))
We had Amazon warriors. We had women who took things to the
nth degree. We have women who are Navy Seals now. We have
women that the military finally realized we can do it too. I’m still a
woman because this is something my soul is inside of. I still feel
feminine.
((NATS/MUSIC))
((TRT: 05:00))
((Banner: Iron Woman))
((Reporter/Camera: Genia Dulot))
((Editors: Genia Dulot, Philip Alexiou))
((Map: Las Vegas, Nevada))
((Main characters: 1 female))
((Sub characters: 1 female))
((NATS/MUSIC))
((Gina Jones, Bodybuilder))
There was this strange phenomenon where people were like,
“You got biceps. You must be a man. You have muscles. You’re
a man.” And most of us were like, “No, we work out. We’re
strong.” And we had to learn to understand and manage this
creation of this new female.
First, we had Marilyn Monroe, Twiggy, Playboy Mansion. And
then all of the sudden, women started getting muscle and bigger
and stronger. We had a whole new breed of species of women.
((Gina Jones, Bodybuilder))
Let’s go back to the late 1970s, early 80s. This is where it
started. We were in the gym. There was few of us. Little tight-
knit group of people. A couple of girls and a lot of men. It was a
culture. We worked out, we ate and we shared knowledge that
we gained and we did what the men did because that’s all we
knew what to do.
((Gina Jones, Bodybuilder))
When we started competing, men’s bodybuilding, women’s
bodybuilding, women, one color, same colors, you know, two-
piece swimsuit, no makeup, no nothing, bag over our head. It
was about the muscle we created. End of story. Kane figure in
bikini. The crystal swimsuits, the nails, the hair,
everything. That’s what they did. They finally brought the
femininity into our sport.
We have now six divisions today for the six different levels of
muscularity that women wish to develop.
((Gina Jones, Bodybuilder))
We’re going to do lat pull downs for our backs to make them
wide. Start with 120 and then we’re going to drop to 85.
When I went over there in 1995, the USAs, the girls were already
using the drugs really heavy. Because we trained like men, we
did the same drugs, not knowing that the side-effects of the
steroids back then happened to be male transitioning, you know,
where you chemically turn into a man and you get the male side-
effects.
((Gina Jones, Bodybuilder))
The vocal cords are muscles. They’re involuntary muscles and
they are based on resonance. The thinner they are, the higher
the voice is. The thicker they are, the lower the voice is. And
because the steroids thicken all muscles in your body, your voice
goes.
((Gina Jones, Bodybuilder))
It started getting lower in the mid-1990s when I started using
more and I was getting heavier into national level shows.
Laser hair removal, all the spa techniques that we have today to
make ourselves look pretty, didn’t exist. And I was backstage at
pre-judging, watching girls shave their faces. Five o’clock
shadows before they put their makeup on at 10 o’clock in the
morning and the voices were low enough that I actually turned
around not knowing if it was a guy or not coming in. That was the
first time I was exposed to that level of the hormone use in
women. I was horrified and I’m like, if that’s what it takes to get
your pro card, I’m going to stand down and just create this,
because this is what I like. I like looking like this. I’m 56. I’ve
been doing this for 40 years. I’ve pretty much looked like this,
little bit smaller versions of me, for 40 years.
((Gina Jones, Bodybuilder))
To be able to go in and exercise and create something that you
cannot buy at the doctor’s office, that’s a lot of power. I can walk
into any room, any place, any time, and people stop. You may
have your Ferrari keys with you or your Lamborghini keys, but
when you and I walk in, guess who they’re going to look at? I
inspire so many people. I can go pick up a 100-pound [45 kg]
dumbbell and start just doing rows with it and the girls are like,
“Wow, if she can do that, I can do that.”
((Mira, Bodybuilder))
I forget how old I am because, you know, nowadays I mean
there’s 50/50: people who take care of themselves and people
who don’t take care of them. And people like me and Gina and a
couple of other women over here, we’re over 40-years old and
then, you know, if we walk in a room, we make 21-year olds look
crazy.
((Gina Jones, Bodybuilder))
We had Amazon warriors. We had women who took things to the
nth degree. We have women who are Navy Seals now. We have
women that the military finally realized we can do it too. I’m still a
woman because this is something my soul is inside of. I still feel
feminine.
((NATS/MUSIC))
