Domestic (Muscle) Goddess of the Day

MMMARTHE SUNDBY: A Passion for Life

You’ve probably had enough of muscle women doing nothing but standing in their kitchen this week, so as a reward for all your patience, a bit more variety today as FMS features one of its current female muscle favourites, former speedskater and national bodybuilding champion of Norway, the mouth-watering Marthe Sundby.

But first, the food. Pre-contest diet for Marthe consists, pretty much, of chicken and rice: Chicken and rice all the time. Oatmeal with protein for breakfast. Chicken and rice rest of the day. Seven meals of chicken and rice, and maybe some vegetables! When I get sick of chicken and rice, sometimes I vary with a little roast cod.

Not that she’s complaining though. This is my ‘passion in life’. I love to exercise, love to be in motion. I am very fond of muscles, she says. And I am very very fond of Marthe’s muscles. Probably a bit too fond.

To be honest, I could look at pictures of Marthe watching paint dry and I’d be happy, but I couldn’t find any of those while researching this post. What I did find though, was the rather surprising news that Marthe is single (well, she was according to an article on a Norweigian website in October 2012 anyway).

I also discovered less happy news. Having been Norweigian champ in 2006, Marthe was diagnosed with cancer the following year. I had one foot in the grave, she says, but I fought back. Her win at the National Championships of Norway in 2012 was her first contest back after the battle. And she won.

She’s living proof of the benefits of exercise (and proper EATING). Now 38, Marthe shows no signs of giving up her ‘passion for life’ anytime soon. And that, I think, is VERY good news.

I couldn’t find a clip of Marthe cooking, so here’s an understandably shaky clip (I’d be bloody shaking if I was watching her on stage) of pre-cancer Marthe winning the Norweigian championships in 2006…

And a clip of Marthe training from last year…

What a woman! And a single woman…

Enjoy!

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After a hard day at work, I like to treat my man to something sweet and delicious when he comes home, says domestic muscle goddess Angie Salvagno.

And I like to have an apple pie ready for him too!

You’re probably wondering how this photo set turns out in the end. Well, you won’t be surprised to learn those eclairs get used up…

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MISTRESS TREASURE’s KITCHEN COOLS and KITCHEN FOOLS

Listen up! Kitchen fools end up in the ER. Or dead. Pay attention to your Mistress now.

Lacerations and cuts to the hand caused by knife accidents in the kitchen is the fifth most common reason why kitchen fools end up in the ER. Many of these fools have severed tendons and nerves, crippling themselves for life. Fool on the left is about to sever her tongue from her mouth. And worse, she’s actually doing it on the cooker. 5,000+ injuries and 400+ deaths in kitchen fires last year in the US and she’s climbing where the fire happens. She’s about to be bald at best. Fool squared.

My dominant sister Rene Campbell ain’t about to run the risk of injury to keep her off training. Sharp scissors in the hand are 3000% safer than a blunt knife in the mouth of a fool. And let me tell you, Rene really likes her chicken, but do you see Rene climbing into the pot with the chicken? No! No fool. She’s cool.

Hot oil is HOT. Clue is in the name. We’re talking blisters, burns and lifelong scars. So why are you frying up some hot oil in a bikini? FOOL! She must have as little brains as she has muscles. Skinny and dumb. She’s going to get even fewer men when she’s all burned and scarred and still skinny.

Now, this lady is all kitchen cool. Like the fool, she’s not wearing much, but she’s got some gains to show off. And mixing up a tasty treat from the fridge, with no frying necessary, there’s no hot oil around to injure her. She’s got the muscles and the smarts. Going to keep all kinds of men happy. Kitchen cool.

Me? I have someone to fix my meals, so you don’t find me there except when I need to dish out some punishment. Thinking of hiring a new Chef Slave to replace the current one. But if you want the job, you have just got to be cool in the kitchen…

…and you’ve got to pass the rolling pin test.

‘Mistress Treasure’s Kitchen Fools’ premieres in the UK tonight at 8pm on DMAX.

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I don’t know about you, but I’m bored of TV chefs, including female TV chefs. Neither they nor their food can hold Swell’s attention. However, there is one woman I could watch cook all day. And fortunately, she’s got a whole bunch of youtube clips on her channel that show her doing just that. The beauty of it is that even if you’re not interested in the food, well, you can just look at her SHOULDERS!

Gentlemen, today we are Cooking with Colette.

First up, Secret Sauce

And to follow, Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Protein

Yummy!

More of Colette heating up her kitchen here

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I made it for you…

Whether you fancy a little sweet treat, something more sultry, er… I mean savoury, or you just want a beautiful muscular woman to make your packed lunches for the week, we’re here to help stimulate your imagination and get you licking your lips today.

Bet that made your mouth water.

Enjoy!

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Sunday is Muscle Barbie Day

[That’s ‘barbie’ as in Australian English for ‘barbecue’, not as in ‘Barbie and Ken’.]

My kind of Sunday. Amanda Folstad cooks up some good-looking meat as a reward for me mowing the lawn, but it’s not nearly as appetising as her beefy arm. I, for one, would love to give that a squeeze before sinking my teeth into it.

You’d think Kortney Olson would know a thing or two about a good ‘barbie’ as she’s now based down in Oz. But judging by this pic, she doesn’t seem to have realised you’re supposed to actually cook something on it. Hard to be critical though when she’s dressed like that. Thighs and heels specially for you, Aiden. Enjoy!

More sizzling (literally) female muscle tomorrow.

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Consider this…

… because if it’s true (and everyone seems to say it is) then I’ve been getting it all wrong by posting pictures of pumped-up, sweaty muscle babes doing their thing in the gym but completely ignoring their work in their own kitchens pushing chicken breasts around with their spatulas.

So, this week on FMS, a light-hearted antidote to last week’s relentless soap box, and an attempt by the editor to redress the balance of gym/kitchen images on the blog.

And we begin with the very lovely Ana Delia De Iturrondo. And her fridge.

Ana won a fitness model search last year and is now working towards her pro card in the bikini division. And before you start scoffing (I mean with contempt at the fact we’re featuring a bikini competitor, not scoffing as in eating), consider what we’ve already learned about the gym v. kitchen ratio and then consider what Ana eats on a daily basis.

Normally I drink a gallon of water and eat 6 decently portioned meals a day (no starving crazy diets). I eat lots of lean protein (fish, flank steak, chicken, turkey), complex carbs (brown rice, old-fashioned oats, sweet potatoes, wholegrain wheat bread/pasta), lots of veggies (Romaine lettuce, carrots, green beans, asparagus, zucchini), fresh fruit (limited for its sugar content) and healthy fats (flax seed, olive oil).

Could you come up with six meals a day from that list, making sure of course that your menu is varied and interesting enough to stop you going insane with cravings? That’s what these domestic muscle goddesses do. In any division.

And Ana eats that with no cheat foods at all. Nada.

I just don’t buy them. ‘You won’t eat what you don’t have’! I prepare my meals in advance and carry them with me at all times, that way there’s no excuse for reaching out for the ‘bad stuff’. I drink lots of water during the day which helps calm the ‘cookie monster’ in my stomach, plus it doesn’t add any extra calories. I do have one cheat meal (NOT a cheat day) on weekends and then it’s right back on to my meal plan. A healthy treat I like and it calms my cravings for sweets is a bit of mashed sweet potato with cinnamon, olive oil and whey protein powder. I blend it all together and put in the fridge and it’s like a pudding to me… yummy!

Now, dear reader, I want you to know that there are literally no lengths we at FMS are prepared to go to for you. So we tried Ana’s treat. Now, I like sweet potatoes, cinnamon, olive oil AND whey protein shakes, but was, quite frankly, suspicious of what they would all taste like together from the fridge.

Well, pleasingly, I can report it’s not bad at all. I think the cinnamon is the real star. Everything tastes better with cinnamon in it. But it’s Ana’s recipe, Ana’s trick. There you are. Domestic goddess!

Ana reminds us, Nutrition is key… You HAVE to EAT and eat LEAN; you can’t run a Lamborghini on an empty tank!

The point is, the discipline it takes to follow the kind of diet necessary in any type of bodybuilding or fitness endeavour is just as difficult, if not more difficult, than the work it takes in the gym. In order to run their own personal Lamborghinis, muscle women have arguably created their own cuisine. And looked sexy as hell in their pinnies while doing so.

Welcome to their week!