Who says a nice Jewish girl can't be a bodybuilder?

haaretz ^ | 12/16/10 | Jewish Journal

[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.

[NowApproachingMidnight]

[Ro_Thunder]

Jewish bodybuilder who can (and will) kick your butt hottie ping!

[WVKayaker]

Did somebody say Tennis player?

[MarkL]

Anyone remember space marine Vasquez from “Aliens”? That actress was Jenette Goldstein from Beverly Hills!

My first thought too.

She was also in "The Presidio" for about 30 seconds. She played the female MP that was shot and killed in the opening scenes.

Mark

[RandallFlagg]

Ping.

[hattend]

Former Ms Olympia, Rachel Mclish is Jewish

She could Oy my Vey anytime.

[numberonepal]

Muscly Hottie Ping!
TO be on or off the Hottie Ping List please FReepmail me.
Ro_Thunder gets the nod for the ping.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

Just found out the movie’s plot! The Stooges are put in charge of a 50 man janitorial crew at an nuclear power plant. The crew is made up of illegal aliens from Mexico, China, and Somalia. None of them speak a word of English. Hilarious mayhem ensues as the Stooges try to control the crew with their fully automatic AK-47s. Sure bet to win at the Cannes Film Festival!

[jla]

...the Stooges try to control the crew with their fully automatic AK-47s.

Good thing it's AK-47s and not pies. "Curly" O'Donnell would eat all their weapons.

[doc11355]

It’s a little off topic, but did you find it curious like I did that futuristic, space-travelling Marines hadn’t yet developed a personal weapon that had more stopping power than the current M-16?

Time after time, it would take multiple Marines emptying clip after clip into a “bug” to kill it.

Found that unlikely and really annoying after a while.

[SJackson]

Middle East and terrorism, occasional political and Jewish issues Ping List. High Volume

If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.

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[flaglady47]

That is one very pretty woman, with a fantastique physique. She worked on perfecting herself and succeeded admirably, IMHO.

[6SJ7]

It’s a little off topic, but did you find it curious like I did that futuristic, space-travelling Marines hadn’t yet developed a personal weapon that had more stopping power than the current M-16?

Ha! Well, I guess it would not have been much fun as a movie if they had effective weapons.   ;-)

"Hey, Vasquez, hit 'em with your null-field rifle."
ZZZZZZAAAPPP!!
"OK. We're done here. What's for lunch?"

[Jewbacca]

For the Freeper ladies, if you ever want to develop a body that will make men wreck their cars, ruin their lives, and give you all their money, then this is pretty much what you shoud aim for.

Perfect legs, great abs, awesome arms, great neck, still feminine.

[Valin]

“Who says a nice Jewish girl can’t be a bodybuilder?”

Not me! :-)

[TheThirdRuffian]

Because I remain active in the fitness community (I worked (not played) in the NFL), I've met Erin on a number of occassions. She's a nice girl, a lot smarter than the typical fitness bunny.

Short. Comes up to my sternum.

[Tenniel2]

The Aliens scriptwriter knew his social history. First time around, back in the fifties or thereabouts, it was squeaky lithping novelist Truman Capote to smoky-voiced stage actress Tallulah Bankhead: "Have you ever been mistaken for a man?"

Bankhead, without missing a beat: "No, have you?"