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Title: Lori Okami
Post by: crazedvole on September 14, 2009, 08:12:02 am
She was "my first one"

You have to be kinda old to know who she is. But she won the lightweight class of the 1986 nationals and basically dropped out after that.  BTW that is the one that Cathy Palyo won in the hW and Valerie Basilone won the MW. Funny thing about her is that I tried to look for her a few years back and could not find anything.  Now she is on Facebook and has a blog. I'm sure she has had them for a while I just have not been looking. On the other hand the few pictures of her that were on the web are pretty much gone Oh well

She had a good set of biceps for that time too(baseballs)


Lori Okami is a mother of three, past national bodybuilding champion and powerlifting world record holder. She holds a MBA degree and is an ACE-certified personal trainer.


More pics. Still has nice arms
(http://lh4.ggpht.com/_XGVfvZuCPaY/SnLge1rmjLI/AAAAAAAAJOU/2c1G24DFksM/s640/DSC04444.JPG)

(http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f373/kaleookalihi/IMG_0677.jpg)


I'm glad to see she is doing OK
Title: Re: Lori Okami
Post by: OdoHerr on September 14, 2009, 11:25:08 am
Here is what I have got about her:

Lori Okami / Contest history

1984
Nationals - NPC, LightWeight, 5th

1986
Nationals - NPC, LightWeight, 1st
Title: Re: Lori Okami
Post by: Ro Ba on June 16, 2010, 12:12:56 am
She was almso the winner of the lightweight division at the 1983 Gold's Classic.
Title: Re: Lori Okami
Post by: sione1 on June 16, 2010, 06:14:51 am
She had been writing a column for The Honolulu Advertiser, which was recently bought out by the other major newspaper in Hawaii, the Star Bulletin. Her's was one of the culumns which were continued in the "merged" paper called The Honolulu Star Advertiser.

It's really pretty good. Check it out.
Title: Re: Lori Okami
Post by: jadefoot on January 31, 2012, 04:27:52 am
A few recent shots of her, still in good shape:


  (http://img23.imagevenue.com/loc134/th_980012702_Lori_122_134lo.jpeg) (http://img23.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=980012702_Lori_122_134lo.jpeg) (http://img196.imagevenue.com/loc537/th_980013164_Lori1_122_537lo.jpeg) (http://img196.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=980013164_Lori1_122_537lo.jpeg) (http://img221.imagevenue.com/loc1009/th_980015869_Lori2_122_1009lo.jpeg) (http://img221.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=980015869_Lori2_122_1009lo.jpeg)

     

Title: Re: Lori Okami
Post by: phy911 on February 26, 2012, 12:09:44 am
lightweight and overall with Lori. Unfortunately this is all I have from the show
(http://i.imgur.com/TGeFQ.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/SWbwe.jpg)
http://www.mirrorcreator.com/files/01CVLRXE/lori.zip_links
Title: Re: Lori Okami
Post by: ihcoyc on February 24, 2013, 05:59:14 am
This is what I was able to find of her, which isn't much. 

(http://thumbnails104.imagebam.com/23899/8476d7238982052.jpg) (http://www.imagebam.com/image/8476d7238982052) (http://thumbnails108.imagebam.com/23899/bc25c2238982055.jpg) (http://www.imagebam.com/image/bc25c2238982055) (http://thumbnails103.imagebam.com/23899/07c2df238982057.jpg) (http://www.imagebam.com/image/07c2df238982057) (http://thumbnails101.imagebam.com/23899/3f527c238982060.jpg) (http://www.imagebam.com/image/3f527c238982060) (http://thumbnails101.imagebam.com/23899/49e24f238982062.jpg) (http://www.imagebam.com/image/49e24f238982062) (http://thumbnails104.imagebam.com/23899/e640b8238982066.jpg) (http://www.imagebam.com/image/e640b8238982066) (http://thumbnails104.imagebam.com/23899/371a1c238982068.jpg) (http://www.imagebam.com/image/371a1c238982068) (http://thumbnails104.imagebam.com/23899/cf4872238982070.jpg) (http://www.imagebam.com/image/cf4872238982070) (http://thumbnails103.imagebam.com/23899/f9f8eb238982073.jpg) (http://www.imagebam.com/image/f9f8eb238982073) (http://thumbnails103.imagebam.com/23899/ec619d238982077.jpg) (http://www.imagebam.com/image/ec619d238982077)
Title: Re: Lori Okami
Post by: alison brundage on February 24, 2013, 10:16:40 pm
(http://imageshack.us/a/img825/3964/bbodybuilding155.jpg)
Title: Re: Lori Okami
Post by: alison brundage on February 24, 2013, 10:19:12 pm
Lori was as cute as a button.....and a real athlete !  No doubt she's both to this day.  She was fun to be around ....just plain sweet.  A friend back in the day...in Hawaii.  We both had our brief claims to fame....in and out.  The Gold's Classic was by far (for me) one of the best times of my life.  Lori won the LWs , I won the MW and Ernie Santiago also from Hawaii won the men's.   Hawaii's moment in the sun.
Alison
Title: Re: Lori Okami
Post by: alison brundage on February 24, 2013, 11:36:11 pm
" Cute as a button"........yup.

Nope.  I went to California by myself.  I had no-one to take pics for me at the Gold's contest.   What I have is what I've published here...snapshots that were given to me.  Sorry
Alison
Title: Re: Lori Okami
Post by: lyle918 on February 25, 2013, 11:55:07 pm
I used to have her contest on video.  I think it was on ESPN (they used to telecast)...Too bad there wasn't  some way to get them to restart showing again.  Maybe a letter writing campaign (something maybe Saradas can look into)?
Title: Re: Lori Okami...videos
Post by: alison brundage on February 26, 2013, 02:06:26 pm
http://www.wpwmagazineonline.com/store799.html?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WPW+Magazine+Online+-+February+2013+Newsletter&utm_content=WPW+Magazine+Online+-+February+2013+Newsletter+CID_9ce75dffa404f7146334fb4e68af956d&utm_source=Email%20Campaign%20Monitor&utm_term=WPW-767%20Kathy%20Connors%20Compilation#WPW767

On videos of the stars of yesteryear.  WPWmagazineinline is slowly slowly taking all the old tapes they took so many years ago and getting them onto DVD format.  Entiore compilations that include posing routines.  They are working their way backwards in time, so slowly slowly there will be more and more available through them. 

I've said this before as well.  WSP ( same guys) did publish the stories behind these first muscular women....biographies that you will find probably nowhere else as complete as they presented.   This team of guys (Jentz & Wennerstrom) were on the hunt for massively natural muscular women in those early years.  Back issues of WSP can be gotten for as little as $5.00 on-line.

Alison
Title: Re: Lori Okami
Post by: Timmon on March 27, 2015, 07:38:09 pm
Lori's pictures are rarer than gold dust, but this one seems to be unposted here

(http://thumbnails112.imagebam.com/40004/ce8975400038024.jpg) (http://www.imagebam.com/image/ce8975400038024)

If she was on stage today, there would surely be gigabites of data on her.
Title: Re: Lori Okami
Post by: alison brundage on March 27, 2015, 08:10:24 pm
Lori's pictures are rarer than gold dust, but this one seems to be unposted here

(http://thumbnails112.imagebam.com/40004/ce8975400038024.jpg) (http://www.imagebam.com/image/ce8975400038024)

If she was on stage today, there would surely be gigabites of data on her.

I agree.  AND she is as sweet as her dimples !   Good friend and fellow competitor back in the day. 
Title: Re: Lori Okami
Post by: phy911 on March 28, 2015, 03:15:51 am
(http://i.imgur.com/5Bly24c.jpg)
My attempt at a photo restoration


gif created from the video from Sar-Net.
(http://i.imgur.com/3vnN3Xg.gif)
Title: Re: Lori Okami
Post by: phy911 on March 28, 2015, 03:37:09 am
One more rare pic. I believe this scan is from the legendary jdm022 (http://saradas.org/index.php?action=profile;u=6813)
(http://i.imgur.com/TSoNyto.jpg)
Title: Re: Lori Okami
Post by: phy911 on March 28, 2015, 04:25:25 am
Another jdm022 (http://saradas.org/index.php?action=profile;u=6813) scan
 (http://img171.imagevenue.com/loc932/th_370028707_imggg108_122_932lo.jpg) (http://img171.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=370028707_imggg108_122_932lo.jpg)
Title: Re: Lori Okami
Post by: mooveeguy on March 28, 2015, 07:15:36 am
No longer have the issue but long ago in an issue of Muscle Training Illustrated, there was a picture of Okami alongside Nicole Bass. Okami was wearing a jacket, Bass was wearing a tube top.
Title: Re: Lori Okami
Post by: Timmon on March 28, 2015, 01:42:16 pm
Thanks SteetFighter, nice photo addage and work on the restored pic.
If you only had a picture of her flexed bicep to look at, and use to identify the owner, it would be a forgiveable mistake to say that is Heather Foster's fully flexed muscle. The definition is very similar, only the skin tone might cast a doubt.
(http://thumbnails110.imagebam.com/40022/5e2c67400217117.jpg) (http://www.imagebam.com/image/5e2c67400217117) (http://i.imgur.com/5Bly24c.jpg)
Heather Vs Lor1!                                                                                  Wonderful development, beautiful feminine muscle at it's best.
Title: Re: Lori Okami
Post by: mooveeguy on March 28, 2015, 04:33:59 pm
Man she really put on some size since the Gold's Classic.
Title: Re: Lori Okami
Post by: phy911 on March 29, 2015, 01:22:45 am
(http://i.imgur.com/RVKCQB8.gif)
I totally agree agree with you timmon.


Man she really put on some size since the Gold's Classic.
This was contest was in 1986 nearly 30 years ago. Where have you been mooveeguy?
Title: Re: Lori Okami
Post by: mooveeguy on March 29, 2015, 04:13:22 am
I meant between the Gold's Classic and the 1986 event.
Title: Re: Lori Okami
Post by: OdoHerr on March 29, 2015, 10:29:02 am
Hereunder: together with Mae Mollica

(http://img234.imagevenue.com/loc81/th_631624447_Okami_LC0103_123_81lo.JPG) (http://img234.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=631624447_Okami_LC0103_123_81lo.JPG)  (http://img43.imagevenue.com/loc133/th_763163358_Okami_LC0104_123_133lo.JPG) (http://img43.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=763163358_Okami_LC0104_123_133lo.JPG)

OdoHerr
Title: Re: Lori Okami
Post by: Sgt.Baker on June 09, 2016, 09:40:03 pm
(http://thumbnails116.imagebam.com/48855/72570c488540133.jpg) (http://www.imagebam.com/image/72570c488540133)
Title: Re: Lori Okami
Post by: Unicron on August 16, 2017, 02:35:52 am
(https://s7d4.turboimg.net/t1/35891521_858868183.jpg) (https://www.turboimagehost.com/p/35891521/858868183.jpg.html) (https://s7d4.turboimg.net/t1/35891520_210223501.jpg) (https://www.turboimagehost.com/p/35891520/210223501.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Lori Okami
Post by: Unicron on August 16, 2017, 02:41:56 am
The one and only, Alison Brundage with good friend Lori.

(https://s7d4.turboimg.net/t1/35891522_152569329.jpg) (https://www.turboimagehost.com/p/35891522/152569329.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Lori Okami
Post by: Unicron on August 16, 2017, 03:44:17 am
 (https://s7d7.turboimg.net/t1/35891612_210223501-2.png) (https://www.turboimagehost.com/p/35891612/210223501-2.png.html) (https://s7d7.turboimg.net/t1/35891613_858868183-2.jpg) (https://www.turboimagehost.com/p/35891613/858868183-2.jpg.html) (https://s7d7.turboimg.net/t1/35891614_858868183-3.jpg) (https://www.turboimagehost.com/p/35891614/858868183-3.jpg.html) (https://s7d7.turboimg.net/t1/35891615_858868183-4.jpg) (https://www.turboimagehost.com/p/35891615/858868183-4.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Lori Okami
Post by: alison brundage on August 19, 2017, 11:40:57 pm
The expression: "Cute as a button?"    That's Lori.   She was a serious lifter out of the old school train hard and serious ilk.  I personally believe Lori was 100% natural.
ALISON
Title: Re: Lori Okami
Post by: Unicron on August 25, 2017, 03:15:08 am
The expression: "Cute as a button?"    That's Lori.   She was a serious lifter out of the old school train hard and serious ilk.  I personally believe Lori was 100% natural.
ALISON

She had great muscle development. Pretty too. Would've loved to see her stick around longer.
Title: Re: Lori Okami
Post by: Female Bodybuilding on February 17, 2024, 01:28:07 pm
Lori Okami

(https://s8d6.turboimg.net/t1/98377882_178200.jpg) (https://www.turboimagehost.com/p/98377882/178200.jpg.html) (https://s8d6.turboimg.net/t1/98377883_178201.jpg) (https://www.turboimagehost.com/p/98377883/178201.jpg.html) (https://s8d6.turboimg.net/t1/98377884_179814.jpg) (https://www.turboimagehost.com/p/98377884/179814.jpg.html) (https://s8d6.turboimg.net/t1/98377885_179815.jpg) (https://www.turboimagehost.com/p/98377885/179815.jpg.html) (https://s8d6.turboimg.net/t1/98377886_247739.jpg) (https://www.turboimagehost.com/p/98377886/247739.jpg.html) (https://s8d6.turboimg.net/t1/98377887_252108.jpg) (https://www.turboimagehost.com/p/98377887/252108.jpg.html) (https://s8d6.turboimg.net/t1/98377888_252109.jpg) (https://www.turboimagehost.com/p/98377888/252109.jpg.html) (https://s8d6.turboimg.net/t1/98377889_258956.jpg) (https://www.turboimagehost.com/p/98377889/258956.jpg.html) (https://s8d6.turboimg.net/t1/98377890_336798.jpg) (https://www.turboimagehost.com/p/98377890/336798.jpg.html) (https://s8d6.turboimg.net/t1/98377891_509832.jpg) (https://www.turboimagehost.com/p/98377891/509832.jpg.html) (https://s8d6.turboimg.net/t1/98377892_516538.jpg) (https://www.turboimagehost.com/p/98377892/516538.jpg.html) (https://s8d6.turboimg.net/t1/98377893_687373.jpg) (https://www.turboimagehost.com/p/98377893/687373.jpg.html) (https://s8d6.turboimg.net/t1/98377894_798395.jpg) (https://www.turboimagehost.com/p/98377894/798395.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Lori Okami
Post by: alison brundage on February 17, 2024, 01:45:25 pm
Lori Okami

(https://s8d6.turboimg.net/t1/98377882_178200.jpg) (https://www.turboimagehost.com/p/98377882/178200.jpg.html) (https://s8d6.turboimg.net/t1/98377883_178201.jpg) (https://www.turboimagehost.com/p/98377883/178201.jpg.html) (https://s8d6.turboimg.net/t1/98377884_179814.jpg) (https://www.turboimagehost.com/p/98377884/179814.jpg.html) (https://s8d6.turboimg.net/t1/98377885_179815.jpg) (https://www.turboimagehost.com/p/98377885/179815.jpg.html) (https://s8d6.turboimg.net/t1/98377886_247739.jpg) (https://www.turboimagehost.com/p/98377886/247739.jpg.html) (https://s8d6.turboimg.net/t1/98377887_252108.jpg) (https://www.turboimagehost.com/p/98377887/252108.jpg.html) (https://s8d6.turboimg.net/t1/98377888_252109.jpg) (https://www.turboimagehost.com/p/98377888/252109.jpg.html) (https://s8d6.turboimg.net/t1/98377889_258956.jpg) (https://www.turboimagehost.com/p/98377889/258956.jpg.html) (https://s8d6.turboimg.net/t1/98377890_336798.jpg) (https://www.turboimagehost.com/p/98377890/336798.jpg.html) (https://s8d6.turboimg.net/t1/98377891_509832.jpg) (https://www.turboimagehost.com/p/98377891/509832.jpg.html) (https://s8d6.turboimg.net/t1/98377892_516538.jpg) (https://www.turboimagehost.com/p/98377892/516538.jpg.html) (https://s8d6.turboimg.net/t1/98377893_687373.jpg) (https://www.turboimagehost.com/p/98377893/687373.jpg.html) (https://s8d6.turboimg.net/t1/98377894_798395.jpg) (https://www.turboimagehost.com/p/98377894/798395.jpg.html)
Lori was a good friend and one of the sweetest gals I have ever met.  Here you see a natural in all her glory.  She won the lightweight and I won the middleweight and Pillow won the heavyweight at the last Golds.  Ernie Santiago won the mens.  There were 3 finalists from Hawaii in the last Golds
ALISON