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[MorningLover]

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@lulu1 wrote:

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@MorningLover wrote:

Teresa Giudice showed off the fruits of her fitness

labor, competing in the bikini division of a bodybuilding

competition at the NPC South Jersey Bodybuilding

Championships on Saturday. She won third place.

Since serving an 11-month jail sentence in 2015 for

multiple charges related to bankruptcy fraud, Giudice has

dedicated herself to working out.

During her time in prison, she discovered a love of yoga. 

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She didn't get like that doing yoga!

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Correct !  Giudice  started doing yoga while in prison. But in the year that she’s been out of prison, she hasn’t quit her workout routine. She picked up weight lifting as part of her fitness routine. She decided to start training for this bodybuilding competition.

[missy1]

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@Big Sister wrote:

I don't think she looks pretty or feminine; she looks like a man with very long hair extensions.

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I have read that she is one.(like many of the housewives)

[Rockycoast]

Gross!  Don't like body building on men. It especially looks horrid on women.  If there was a green faced emoji tossing her cookies here, I would use it.

[MorningLover]

I Don't watch Housewives, but I read Giudice’s

appearance at the competition was filmed

for an upcoming episode of Real Housewives.

[Lila4Now]

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@SahmIam wrote:

@Lila4Now If that's a bikini class competition, 6 packs are not wanted. Having them will take points away from you in the judging. Fitness competition depends on the specifics of EACH competition: some allow 6 packs, some don't.

I think she looks FANTASTIC!!  That is a LOT of work and dedication right there. Bravo, Teresa!!!

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In my eyes, she looks deformed, quite ugly.  Being in shape is one thing, what I see is a person who has a deformed looking body.  To each their own.  Why would anyone do that on purpose to themselves?  That is not something I would ever want to look like!

[pommom]

I believe that a woman can be toned without going to these extremes.  

[MarthaStewardess]

I appreciate that it takes a lot of work and self discipline to look like that, but I don't think it's attractive at all from head to toe.

[KaeKae]

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@QueenDanceALot wrote:

I think many people don't understand that the competitive bodybuilder in competition has dieted down to an extremely low bodyfat percentage (women typically between 6 and 10%) to show every muscle in detail and also dehydrated to show vascularity.  I have never seen a female competitor walking around in the off season looking like what Teresa (or the others) look like in these photos.  Plus, they get that awful fake tan to show the muscle even more.  

When they are not in competition they up their bodyfat level to a healthy and normal percentage which softens their appearance greatly and I don't think most keep up with the tan.  

The average body fat percentage for a female ATHLETE is 16%, a much higher percentage than the physique competitior.

Very fit women carry maybe 20-24%, and average women 25-29%.  AT 30% bodyfat you're looking at obesity.

Also, no one gains muscle by taking steroids.  They have to put the work in at the gym.  So to say that someone is "roided up" is just not looking at the actual process of getting to this level of muscular hypertrophy and definition.

I have no feeling about Teresa one way or the other and don't care to denigrate her looks (or praise them) any more than I want to denigrate the looks of anyone.

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Very good information.  I knew that leading up to a competition, particiants go through a very strict regimen but not the details.  Thank you.  

[Shanus]

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@Lisa Y wrote:

I remember Tamra Barney of RHOC entering and winning a body building contest. Must be a Real Housewives thing.

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@Lisa Y  I’m wondering if BRAVO gives them a monetary incentive to work out that hard for a storyline for the show.

[Katcat1]

I personally think her body is ugly looking and that tan so dark has got to go!  I don't like the body building look on men either.  Most of those people are doing steroids.