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Who says a nice Jewish girl can't be a bodybuilder?
haaretz ^ | 12/16/10 | Jewish Journal

Posted on 12/16/2010 9:16:43 AM PST by Nachum

If you imagined the typical Jewish physique, bodybuilder is probably not what would come to mind. In pop culture, Jews are skinny and bespectacled like Woody Allen, or chubby and unshaven like Seth Rogen and Jonah Hill. Sometimes the rare tough and rugged Israeli shows up, fighting terror and being macho. But big, buff and tan — that’s something you rarely see. So how did a nice Jewish girl end up becoming a champion in the sport of hulking supermen like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Ronnie Coleman?

In Erin Stern’s case, it all started with three centimeters.

Three centimeters is not a long distance to travel. It’s barely more than an inch. Take one footstep and you’d blow right by it. But for Stern, the three centimeters she couldn’t travel changed her life forever.

A Junior All-American at the University of Florida, Stern had been competing in events like the pentathlon and heptathlon since high school. Her high-jump numbers were good enough that she set her sights on the Beijing Olympics. All that stood between her and the team trials were a few short centimeters. She kicked her training into overdrive, and her numbers improved, but she was falling just shy of what she needed.

“I’m a little short for a high-jumper,” says the statuesque 5-foot-8 Stern, chuckling. “I gave it my all, but I couldn’t make the last three centimeters.”

Dejected, Stern was forced to give up on Olympic high jumping.

“I was extremely bummed,” she said.

(Excerpt) Read more at haaretz.com ...


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To: Gondring

Uber mega not guilty


21 posted on 12/16/2010 9:33:44 AM PST by Hegewisch Dupa
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To: Nachum

I bet you could crack a walnut on her backside..


22 posted on 12/16/2010 9:33:59 AM PST by IamConservative (Never kick a fresh turd on a hot day. - Truman)
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To: Nachum

That is exactly why I left off Bull-Dyke Neo-Paganism.


23 posted on 12/16/2010 9:34:52 AM PST by Rebelbase
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It appears that she also has breast implants.


24 posted on 12/16/2010 9:35:39 AM PST by jla
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To: jla

The best physique for a gal is that of a tennis player. By that I mean Amanda Coetzer, Gabriela Sabatini and Maria Sharapova.

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Your forgot Simona Halep.

http://www.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&biw=1003&bih=597&tbs=isch:1&aq=f&aqi=&oq=&gs_rfai=&q=Simona%20Halep


25 posted on 12/16/2010 9:35:51 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (Yes, as a matter of fact, what you do in your bedroom IS my business.)
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To: Nachum

I’d Lazamataz it.


26 posted on 12/16/2010 9:35:59 AM PST by OB1kNOb (China is now the world's ant. America has become the world's grasshopper. Fear the coming winter.)
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To: Nachum
Oye vey


27 posted on 12/16/2010 9:36:43 AM PST by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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To: pogo101
I watched that movie again recently (Aliens), and was thinking, “Did the actress who played Vasquez ever get much work after that (Jenette Goldstein)? Because her CHARACTER has been in a dozen movies after that!” (most recently Avatar).
28 posted on 12/16/2010 9:37:11 AM PST by allmendream (Tea Party did not send the GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Too much. It’s just too much. LOL


29 posted on 12/16/2010 9:38:05 AM PST by jla
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To: Lazlo in PA

Thinking of the Frank Zappa song “Jewish Princess”.


30 posted on 12/16/2010 9:39:23 AM PST by hoagy62 (.)
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To: andy58-in-nh

Now THAT’S a Mitzvah!


31 posted on 12/16/2010 9:40:02 AM PST by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: Lazamataz
I’d Lazamataz it.

You've been summoned.

32 posted on 12/16/2010 9:40:33 AM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: Nachum
Dina Al Sabah, muslim body builder:


33 posted on 12/16/2010 9:43:18 AM PST by Rebelbase
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Enough already! Think I'll class this thread up a bit, and who better to illustrate this than Rosie O!


34 posted on 12/16/2010 9:43:29 AM PST by jla
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To: jla

That can’t be Rosie, the boat is obviously floating!


35 posted on 12/16/2010 9:48:38 AM PST by thulldud (Is it "alter or abolish" time yet?)
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To: from occupied ga

May be better if she had some hips on her. Yikes.


36 posted on 12/16/2010 9:49:49 AM PST by bolobaby
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To: pogo101
“Hey Vasquez. Have you ever been mistaken for a man?”

“No. Have YOU?”

(One of my favorite lines from the Movie "Aliens")

37 posted on 12/16/2010 9:49:55 AM PST by 6SJ7 (atlasShruggedInd = TRUE)
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To: Rebelbase

‘Dina Al Sabah, muslim body builder:’

I rule this offering as NOT GUILTY


38 posted on 12/16/2010 9:50:00 AM PST by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: jla

Rosie just got a part in the new Three Stooges movie! They’re gonna shave her head so she can play Curly! Madonna is getting a bowl cut, and will play Moe. Lindsey Lohan will be Larry.


39 posted on 12/16/2010 9:50:01 AM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: massgopguy
Now THAT’S a Mitzvah!

"Bar" none. ;-)

40 posted on 12/16/2010 9:51:32 AM PST by andy58-in-nh (America does not need to be organized: it needs to be liberated.)
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