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Bikini power: Japan's lady bodybuilders smashing stereotypes

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By Alastair Himmer

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They are awesome! go ladies!

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Yasui is stunning.

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Better than being obese, for sure.

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"I want to create the kind of body that stops people in the street," laughed Sawada, sporting a bob hairstyle and silver nail polish. I don't care what people think"

Well you obviously care about what ppl think of you if you want to be noticed/looked at on the street.  

Gym junkies (men and women) near pathological obsession with their appearance is something i'll never understand but each to their own I guess. Wouldn't call that healthy though.

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It [silver] just means you're the best loser.

What an unfortunate way to frame the competitive experience. If someone is the biggest loser because she chooses to be that instead of among the top three winners, that seems a waste of the whole effort.

Whether you compete or not, as a woman, building a body into the best shape and strength that it can be is a splendid thing. It doesn't matter if it's in the gym, the pool, ballet class or other sport. However, I agree with goldorak that the ones at the top of the game do tend to have a "near pathological obsession" but that's true of most top-level athletes who podium. Though it's often with their sport and achievement rather than their appearance.

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I bet they all can get the lid off a glass container jar!! now us men are redundant!

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The article seemed quite condescending. I am guessing the writer isnt a fan of this look or bodybuilding as a sport.

I think its absolutely awesome to see Japanese women in the weights section at the gym. If it gives them more confidence, strength and the toned body they are looking for then i am all for it. Unfortunately most of the guys i see in the gym here are as narcissistic as they come. 3 poses in the mirror after each set, and walking around like peacocks with their barely visible biceps.

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To the writer of this article:

For someone who is concerned with "breaking stereotypes," you sure didn't seem to mind lambasting Japan with the stereotype that they all like cute ("kawaii" as you put it) things. A population of 130 million people and you generalize them? Not that there's nothing wrong with having a preference for cute things, but still what you wrote seems hypocritical.

Furthermore, "breaking stereotypes"? So what's the inverse of that? That women who don't body build are stereotypical? I think it's amazing that there are bodybuilders out there (it requires an insane amount of willpower to go through with) but in my opinion the "breaking stereotypes" bit is unneeded.

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I wholeheartedly agree with Japanese women getting tanned and having muscle tone. Makes a nice change.

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