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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: Nachum

61 posted on 12/16/2010 10:50:03 AM PST by NowApproachingMidnight (purple durple lips)
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To: from occupied ga; numberonepal

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


62 posted on 12/16/2010 10:58:20 AM PST by Ro_Thunder (Nov 2nd, 2010 - The adults get home, and are back in charge)
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To: Responsibility2nd
Did somebody say Tennis player?


63 posted on 12/16/2010 11:03:59 AM PST by WVKayaker (Faith makes the discords of the present become the harmonies of the future - Robert Collyer)
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To: pogo101
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

64 posted on 12/16/2010 11:22:01 AM PST by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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To: numberonepal

Ping.


65 posted on 12/16/2010 11:28:55 AM PST by RandallFlagg (Let this chant follow BHO everywhere he goes: "You lie. You lie. You lie.")
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To: Nachum
Former Ms Olympia, Rachel Mclish is Jewish

She could Oy my Vey anytime.

66 posted on 12/16/2010 12:34:21 PM PST by hattend (The meaning of the 2010 election was rebuke, reject, and repeal. - Sarah Palin)
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To: Ro_Thunder

Muscly Hottie Ping!
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Ro_Thunder gets the nod for the ping.


67 posted on 12/16/2010 3:04:57 PM PST by numberonepal (Don't Even Think About Treading On Me)
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To: jla

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!


68 posted on 12/16/2010 3:10:25 PM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
...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.

69 posted on 12/16/2010 5:31:22 PM PST by jla
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To: 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?

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.


70 posted on 12/16/2010 5:51:45 PM PST by doc11355
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To: dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; Lent; GregB; ..
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71 posted on 12/16/2010 7:15:47 PM PST by SJackson (In wine there is wisdom, In beer there is freedom, In water there is bacteria.)
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To: SJackson

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


72 posted on 12/16/2010 11:19:41 PM PST by flaglady47 (When the gov't fears the people, liberty; When the people fear the gov't, tyranny.)
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To: 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?

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?"

73 posted on 12/17/2010 6:27:24 AM PST by 6SJ7 (atlasShruggedInd = TRUE)
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To: Lazlo in PA


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.
74 posted on 12/17/2010 11:59:32 AM PST by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: SJackson

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

Not me! :-)


75 posted on 12/17/2010 12:28:40 PM PST by Valin
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To: Nachum


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.
76 posted on 12/17/2010 2:01:56 PM PST by TheThirdRuffian (Nothing to see here. Move along.)
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To: pogo101
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?"

77 posted on 12/26/2010 5:22:00 PM PST by Tenniel2 (Crap politicians aren't the problem. Crap voters are the problem. -- FReeper FlyVet)
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