Fiona Branker

In American continent there are two islands that form a nation, its name is Trinidad and Tobago. This country is located at Caribbean Sea, exactly at extreme south side of Antilles. It has neighborhood with Caribbean Sea and Grenada at West and North, Venezuela at South and West side, and Atlantic Ocean at East. The story of both islands are come from 7000 years ago, and with it many cultures have appeared like Orthoid, Saladoid, Barrancoid, Arawaks (they were divided in subtribes like nepoya, suppoyo and yao) and Caribs, the first three tribes dissapeared many years ago, and the last two tribes were exterminated when English people arrived, and now, both islands have descendants from African and East Indian slaves, mainly, whereas white people has a minority population in both islands. Trinidad and Tobago has an important mix of cultures that made it a very diverse country in ethnics and customs. Trinidad and Tobago are the home of Soca (Soul Calypso), that is the most known musical genre worldwide. In sports subject, Trinidad and Tobago has many athletes that have been successful in many disciplines, beings Football (soccer) and cricket the most practiced sports in teams, and athletics in track & field events in solo and teams, among others. In Bodybuilding, this discipline has been winning more competitors over the years and it's obtaining many representatives in all its areas. This country has one of their most competitive athletes that has been born in its soil. Her name is Fiona Branker, and you will know thorougly to this powerful muscle warrior.

Musculator Girl Profile

Name: Fiona Branker

 

Date of birth: May 15th

 

Birthplace (City, State and Country): Port Of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago

 

Present Hometown (City, State and Country): Port Of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago.

 

Age: Confidential Information.

 

Profession: Personal trainer, spin instructor.

 

Years of training: 20.

 

Please give us a little introduction of yourself: I am a professional bodybuilder, women's fitness specialist & spin instructor. My passion in life, apart from fitness, is to encourage women to express their awesome. I want women to strive for greatness while finding balance, peace, happiness and financial stability.

 

Story: I've always been fascinated with bodybuilding, my mom had a lot of bodybuilding magazines around. I've always been quite strong as well and competitive. One day I decided to put it all together and hit the stage. I've never turned back.

 

Contest History: BODY FITNESS

2008 TTBBFF National Junior’s Championships 2nd

2009 Eastern Caribbean & Southern Championships 4th

2009 TTBBFF National Senior’s Championship 3rd

2010 TTBBFF National Senior’s Championship 3rd

2012 TTBBFF National Senior’s Championship 2nd /Most Improved Athlete Award

2013 Sportsworld Classic 3rd

2013 TTBBFF National Senior’s Championship 3rd

WOMEN’S PHYSIQUE

2014 TTBBFF National Senior’s Championship 1st

2014 Central American & Caribbean Games (CAC) 5th

2015 TTBBFF National Senior’s Championship 2nd

2016 Central American & Caribbean Games (CAC) top 10 finish

2017 TTBBFF National Senior’s Championship 1st

2017 Kelton Thomas Invitational 1st

2017 Darcy Beckles Classic Invitational 2nd

2019 Darcy Beckles Diamond Cup 1st

2019 IFBB Elite Pro Status

 

 

 

EDUCATION & ACHIEVEMENTS

Certifications

• Women’s Fitness Specialist (NASM)

• Certification of Distinction Exercise Physiology

 

fionabranker@gmail.com

• Sport Nutritionist

• Sport Specific Trainer

• CPR Certification

• Sport and Performance Psychology (phase 1 and 2)

• Indoor cycling certification

• Massage Therapy level 1(UWI)

Professional Enhancement

▪ Certificate in Supervisory Management Skills

▪ Service Excellence

▪ Writing for Success

▪ Events Management level 1(UWI)

▪ Following the functional path

▪ Sport and Recreation for Community Development 

 

Training Routine: Is divided in the next form.

Sunday - Legs

Monday - Chest, triceps and shoulders

Tuesday - Back & biceps

Wednesday - Legs

Thursday - Shoulders

Friday - Back

 

Best bodypart: I get the most compliments on my legs.

 

Favorite exercise: Push Ups.

 

Favorite music: Soca (Music from Trinidad)

 

Favorite color: Pink/black.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Favorite Quote: Through she be but little she is fierce. From William Shakespeare.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Favorite bodybuilder (man and woman): Shanique Grant, Arnold Schwarzenegger.

 

Hobbies: Reading, training, napping.

 

A typical day in your life: 

3am wake up, meal prep.

5am train outdoor clients

6am train online clients

7:30am my training

9am teach spin class

11am eat, nap

3pm cardio and abs

4pm train clients

6:30pm teach spin class

8:30 pm dinner

9:30 pm bed

 

Sponsors: None yet, but looking.

 

What do you enjoy most about the bodybuilding/fitness lifestyle?

Breaking the stereotype of what female beauty is.

 

What do you enjoy about training for competition?

The discipline & sacrifice it takes to achieve a goal.

 

Curiosities about yourself: I am quite introverted and somewhat asocial, although my career calls for an outgoing personality.

 

What has left in your life the practice of the sport?

For me as sense of discipline and focus. Over the years I've learned that no matter the setback, you can always come out on top if you simply don't give up.

 

Which are your most appraised values like athlete and person?

My view of this has changed over the years but respect and non judgement is extremely important to me. Even above than honesty and integrity.

 

Which is the difference between the Offseason and On Season in your own words?

For me offseason means focusing on recovery from competition. It is also a time to rebuild muscle, relax somewhat, focus on my business and eat some forbidden food. On season means stating focused on presenting the best physical package on the stage. Whether on or off season though my aim is to stay healthy.

 

Which is the greatest satisfaction in your sport career?

Letting women know they can pursue and achieve their goals.

 

The woman in the present world has shown their capacity for take challenges in all society fields and the sport is not the exception. What do you think about the female sport on the future?

The future for women in sports is bright.

 

Website and e-mail contact: fionabranker@gmail.com.

IG: fitdivafi

FB: Fiona Branker

Twitter: fitdivafi

 

Do you want to say something else to the Female Muscle Fans, as well as the female amateur athletes?

Ladies please don't give up regardless of the obstacles you may face. If you're passionate about your sport, don't give up. Break barriers, break stereotypes, let your voice be heard.

Photographies

Fiona knows how to take advantage for every camera angles. Even her smile is looking great with her great angle handle.

Fiona is making a training with black & white photo sessions. She is a beautiful and powerful woman with a lot of triumph desires.

Now is time to color photographs with Fiona Branker. Her training sessions are always intense and hard, just the way she likes to improve her skills.

Fiona is making a back training session. She's got an incredible strength and a sensational agility to reach great performances.

Fiona always gives her dedication and effort to the top, and her competitive spirit leads her to go higher.

Now is time for a location photo session. Fiona looks so fine in every shoot, and she knows how to master the best angles.

Fiona looks so sexy and beautiful with her afro hair. And her brown sugar skin gives the big touch to fall in love with her.

An authentic Caribbean Goddess has appeared on Earth. Fiona is tremendously sensual and daring. Her smile is enchanting and seductive.

A sensational look has Fiona in this picture. Undoubtedly, the afro style hair looks so great in her, with her cool way.

Fiona has a lot of style and sensuality well combined. Casual is the look that she's got in this picture. A great pose indeed is very well appreciated.

Fiona belongs to a new generation of athletes that want to success in every competition in which they are participating. She is a very competitive, disciplined, determined and passionate woman. Every thing she does, she always makes her effort to the maximum for being the best in anything she wants to do. Although she is introverted, she has a big transformation when she goes to stage, where she makes the best posing performances with a sensatonal physique form that captivates to the crowd since the first instant. There is no doubt about one thing, Trinidad and Tobago has in Fiona one of their most extraordinary ambassadors in this sports. So keep an eye to her, because she has many surprises to offer in her great competitive level. For that and more, Fiona is a powerful Musculator Woman who wants to inspire women to be strong and beautiful at the same time. An authentic Caribbean queen has come, and that is Fiona.

That's all for this profile, and we hope you have enjoyed this work whose purpose is know and understand all the stories, reasons and other things related to the female muscle representatives. The female muscle is a great passion that deserves to be followed so close and this is a tribute for the women that fight everyday for achieving the best physique form in order to reach the wellbeing with themselves and the rewards to all their efforts. See you next time Female Muscle Fans.

Important Notes: All the photographies are used by Fiona Branker's courtesy and personal authorization, so contact her if you want to use her pictures.

Fiona doesn't do sessions or wrestling of any kind. Please respect her because first than nothing she's a woman that needs a treatment just like all the human beings.

It is strictly forbidden to reproduce any part of this journalistic work in all aspects.

Introducing Powerlifting

Hi again Female Muscle Fans. Now we want to focus Female Strenght in a new point. In this case is powerlifting that we are going to talk about as a new proposal  All strong women have this page as a space in which they can share with fans and all users their experiences in this sports practice. So let's begin with the subject.

Powerlifting

Powerlifting is considered a sports based in strenght, according with data gathered from Stone Age, dead weight already had been lifted in those times, with objects like logs and stones. The practices of this sports began in the end of 50´s decade of 20th century, in bodybuilding gyms of the United States. At the start of this discipline, it was a way to show the evolution of strength without carrying out the complicated movements of weightlifting, because it was comfortable to do the three movements of this sports that are squats, bench press and deadweight. In powerlifting is necessary to work out all muscular groups, which meant that the athletes were every time stronger and a more muscular aspect. Later, small tournaments begin to emerge various gyms to compete with each other, until the mid-sixties begins the first national competition of the United States. In that time, powerlifting arrives to Europe, but exclusively to some gyms in England, that thing led to the first world championship in 1971. The tournament had the participation of athletes from the USA and England, being the start of the championship. A year later, at November 11th of 1972 is founded the International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) in Pennsylvania. The evolution was slow, but it had an expansion for Europe, and in May 14th of 1977 is founded the European Powerlifting Federation. In Birmingham, England is celebrated the first European championship, and later in April of 1978 is expanding to the remaining continents. The IPF has with more of 75 subscribed countries.

Weight Category

In women: 44 kgs, 46 kgs, 52 kgs, 56 kgs, 60 kgs, 67.5 kgs, 75 kgs, 82.5 kgs and 90 kgs.

In men: 52 kgs, 56 kgs, 60 kgs, 67.5 kgs, 75 kgs, 82.5 kgs, 90 kgs, 100 kgs, 110 kgs and 125 kgs.

Powerlifting Characteristics

Powerlifting is a strength sports consisting of three events: Bench Press, Dead Weight and squats. The first competitions of modern powerlifting began in 1960's decade, and is for both sexes. Unlike weightlifting, where the movements are performed from the floor towards the head, the power movements are much shorter, although both sports require great physical strength. Weightlifting is a sports where technique and force-speed are used much more, and in powerlifting maximum force is used more.

Powerlifting is recognized by International Olympic Committee (IOC), although it has not been recognized inside the Olympic Games competitions, but it already has participated in Paralympic Games.

Powerlifting competitive exercises

Squats: High bar squats, 1/2 squats, press, quadriceps extension, femoral curl, leg scissors with push-ups and squat plus calves.

Bench Press: Inclined press, parallel funds, nape or military press, closed press, inverted press, dumbbell press (chest) and biceps-triceps and rowing.

Deadweight: Hyperextensions, shoulder shrugs, dominations, rowing bar, bicep curl, straight leg deadlift and gluteal hyperextensions.

There are also other training methods that are usually used, such as negative series, which consists of supporting the weight during the eccentric phase of the exercise for a certain time. The isometric system is done with an immobile bar that is placed at a certain height and is attempted to be lifted. The best thing for this system is to use a training cage.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now here are images to show each one of the 3 moves.

Squats

Bench Press

Deadlift

Regulation

Although in the powerlifting events are always competed in squats, bench presses and deadlifts, federations have different rules and interpretations of them, resulting in a great deal of variations. The ADAU and the 100% RAW Federation don't allow to use help attire to lifters whereas the IPF and the Amateur Athletic Union, only allow a tight-fitting one-fold squat shirt, deadlift or bench, wristbands and kneepads, and a belt. Other federations, such as IPA and WPO, allow open-back or closed-back bench shirts, multi-pleated clothing, and a host of equipment. In a bench press in the IPF, the bar can be lowered as low as possible to the lower part of the sternum, while in other federations the bar can touch the abdomen. This shortens the distance, making lifting easier.

Squat regulation

Null movement causes

1.- Don't following the central judge signals to begin or end a lifting.

2.- Bouncing or making more than one attempt to recover the position from the lowest part of lifting.

3.- Not achieving an upright position, with knees straight, both at the beginning and at the end of the lift.

4.- Any movement of the feet laterally, backward or forward during the execution of the lift.

5.- Do not bend the knees and lower the body until the hips, are below the highest part of the knees.

6.- Change the position of the bar, over the shoulders, after starting the lift.

7.- Contact of the bar with the auxiliaries during the movement.

8.- Contact of the arms or elbows with the legs, during the movement.

9.- Failure to make a good faith attempt to return the bar to the supports after the lift.

10.- Any drop from the bar before, during or after the move.

Bench Press regulation

Null movement causes

1.- Don't following the central judge signals to begin or end a lifting.

2.- Weighing or bouncing the bar over the chest.

3.- Don't stop the bar on the chest.

4.- Any lowering of the bar during the course of the lift.

5.- Not achieving full extension of the arms at the end of the lift.

6.- Lifting shoulders or glutes of the bench during the movement.

7.- Contact of the bar with auxiliaries during the movement.

8.- Any contact with of lifter's feet with the bench.

9.- Deliberate contact of bar with supports to make easier the lift.

Dead weight regulation

Null movement causes

1.- Any downward movement of the bar before reaching the final position.

2.- Don't lock the knees at the end of the movement.

3.- Support the bar with thighs during the lift.

4.- Making a step backward or forward once the movement has started.

5.- Lowing the bar before receiving the central judge signal.

6.- Returning the bar to the platform without keeping it controlled with both hands.

That's all for this subject, and this is your space for all female powerlifters who want to appear in this page. Any idea, comment or suggestions you can write to the next e-mail address: femalemusclefanforever@gmail.com. See you next time Female Muscle Fans.

Female Muscle Universe 14th Anniversary

Hi again Female Muscle Fans. Another year begins, and is the moment in which we must be better than yesterday. Our passion for Female Muscle is stronger as if were the first day and this site is for you, because any user who shares the same passion as us, finds a community here and is a privilege that many users can share the same passion and we can walk together. This site is for you, all Female Muscle Admirers.

As usual, is important to review the things we have done on the road, and the next report is for making our count of actions in our site.

FMU File (All the done activity in 2021)

1.- Female Muscle Universe 13th Anniversary: Celebration of 13 years online.

2.- Day Of Woman: Article in which the site recognizes for the first time the importance of women in all fields of life, and sports are not the exception.

Besides, we have a new Steel Goodess that has been interviewed. In this time is Vivienne Louise Tatnell who is adorn us with her presence. The Australian fitness princess is here and you can enjoy of this this journalistic work here in our site.

One more time, we want to thank you for being part of this journey with us, and with this in mind, we are prepared for continuing with you, we want to keep your preference whereas we are adding more and more users that want to take part of the community in which our Steel Goddesses are admired and respected for being who they are. Besides, remember the pandemic has not gone yet, so you must take care with all health protocols and keep pushing forward. Any new ideas, comments and suggestions you can write to the next email address: femalemusclefanforever@gmail.com. One more time, thanks for being with us.