For me it was back in 1997, I was 8 years old and I saw a cover of WPW magazine in a newsstand in Lima, Peru. I was mesmerized by what I saw, my heart started beating fast and also got a stiffy. Since then I've been a fan.

Well, my introduction came a bit later. I remember I saw the documentary Body of Work which featured Colette Nelson and Heather Foster. my love pf female muscle could have been much earlier than that. I was  six and read a Wonder Woman comic and the idea of  a strong woman was fascinating to me. The comic I was reading she was not really large in muscle size, but decent tone in the artistic rendition. As I got older the idea of a muscular woman became more attractive to me. When I discovered Lenda Murray that was the moment I knew I loved muscular women. When I turned thirteen I was collecting many pictures and muscular women related materials. When Youtube came into existence it was the best thing ever. All you have to do now is type in muscular women and a multitude of videos appear. When I was younger, you either had to wait if ESPN broadcast a competition or showed women's sports. Prior to video streaming sites, it was a rare treat. My realization came from comics and TV. It only expanded from there.     

I noticed female muscle in high school.  They were natural muscle girls or on sports teams.
 
Next step was FBB contests on ESPN,  WPW magazine/videos. 

Watching television in the late 80's. American Gladiators and Ms.0 93

I noticed female muscle in high school.  They were natural muscle girls or on sports teams.
 
Next step was FBB contests on ESPN,  WPW magazine/videos.

I miss FBB contests on ESPN and Fox. I wish they brought it back.

It started with arousal by strong girls yet,even in primary school,when some tomboys were wrestling & pinning down
the weak boys /back then ,no muscle (FBB) girls existed back then..
Then ,beginning of the 80`s it was electified by the first BB magazins ,where was portrayed RachelMcLish,
Cory Everson,Gladys Portugues ,and from then on much more ,,,,
My obsession was growing slowly but steadyly by the expension of stuff in media ,climaxing
by the huge supply in the web ,and visting sessionettes regularly ...!

American Gladiators 1990

On a really base level I remember talking to a friend when I was really young about what our favorite part on a woman was (which for everyone else was obviously "boobs") but remember answering "stomach" AKA abs. Crush growing up was also on the tomboy who could beat the other boys (including myself) at armwrestling.

Getting into legit muscle, add another vote to American Gladiators (reruns for me). It was like female muscle "porn" you could watch without any fear of what your friends/family would think when you're watching it, because a lot of people just liked to watch the show. Zap was of course my favorite, but Diamond, Siren and Ice were right there as well.

Some other key influences were, first and foremost, Chyna from the WWE (loved her look, attitude, and the fact that she wrestled against men), the Xena TV show (don't think I ever really watched it, just caught the odd part of it and remembered really liking the character), and Kiana Tom's Flex Appeal, especially with Monica Brant on (no getting around this one, you couldn't have this on if mom walked in...).

I think the internet took care of the rest, but those were the main influences. I think most of it spiraled from Chyna TBH. Used to go on the computer to look up pictures of her exclusively.

When I was in year 5 at school there was a girl there who had biceps that were unusually large. She knew it too, which was the hard part. She would flex a lot, a few times a day during school, because she knew she had the biggest looking muscles. She loved the attention and that no one else would flex because they didn't want to be embarrassed. She wasn't the strongest, she would lose at arm wrestling, but I loved it and would stare unashamedly every time she was in my field of view. From there it was WPW, and muscle mags. then the internet

When I was a kid, just 12, I felt strangely attracted by a friend's mum who was insanely strong with muscular legs, but as being a kid I couldn't explain what it was.
Then when I was something like 16 (1988) the first FBB were shown (with bad feedbacks) for first time on muscular magazines. That was like I saw a god for the first time. Since then I never lost this passion

Seeing the contests and highlights on TV.
That began and fueled my passion. Great TV it was, too.
ESPN ran contests and Muscle shows (Muscle Sport USA, American Muscle Magazine), American Gladiators was on, Networks and news programs covered bodybuilding contests, Fitness shows were on ESPN (Bodyshaping) and so forth.

Gonna date myself here, but it was in the late 60's watching a Popeye cartoon. Olive ate some spinach and her spindly little body sprouted towering biceps. That did it for me!

For me growing up in the 80s as a kid I was always driven wild by these commercials for health clubs on TV. I remember ones especially for a placed called Ballys that would just show straight shots of these really in shape women working out and even when I got to see the Sports Illustrated swim suit edition I was always more drawn to the more atheltic and toned models it was after I accidentally caught a contest on ESPN that it all made sense and after that I knew.

I ve always wondered if the women in the contests had any idea of the spark that they started in the young men sitting at home

I was 13 and was watching the 1984 Olympics.  My mom and older sister were addicted to watching the Olympic Gymnastics coverage.  I was bored with it until I saw Mary Lou Retton for the first time.  I became obsessed with her and had to watch every minute of coverage.

Her buff shoulders and arms, and muscular legs mesmerized me!  I have been a female muscle fan from that time on!

I was drawn to muscular women even before I was officially attracted to women. I was entranced by mid 80s bodybuilding contests on ESPN. I grew up in the high-point of female physique sports in the mainstream media (mid '80s to mid '90s). Things like WPW and other magazines; ESPN and other sports channels showing contests and other things; TV workout shows; and even one Ms. Olympia shown on NBC got me more than hooked.

As far as what started it, I'm not sure. It's just always been there. I think my access to things like magazines and TV really helped it along.

I've always been turned on by their body confidence and eagerness to show off (whether real or manufactured). The pride, the revealing outfits, and the evidence of lots of hard work and dedication are big parts of my attraction. However those came about, they're at the core of my interest.