WPW 255 - Paula Suzuki (1 1/4 hours)
This video can be summarized with two words - "back" and "biceps". Paula was actually pretty well developed overall, but the focus here is on her incredible upper body development - the type of size and thickness you'd expect from a woman who has officially benched 352 lbs. There is a gym segment featuring rep-oriented work, then several posing sequences, all with Paula in contest shape: indoors in a one-piece swimsuit, then outdoors in dresses, shorts / tight short-sleeve top (my favorite part of the tape), and leotard. Paula is a very good poser, and does a great job of working with the camera. This tape would *not* be a good choice if you prefer a lot of leg shots - Paula's legs are good, but that's not the emphasis here. But if you like extreme upper body development, this tape is a gem.
This tape starts with the interview, which begins with a close-up of Paula flexing a huge bicep in a short, tight-sleeve top - a preview of coming attractions. A substantial portion of the interview was spent discussing Paula's powerlifting career (she is one of the best bench pressers in the world). At the time this tape was shot, her best bench in competition was 325. I think it's interesting that when the interviewer asked if she thought she could ever hit 400, she thought that was out of reach; now, it looks like it's not a question of "if", but "when". The interview is followed by pump-oriented gym work, with Paula wearing a black leotard. With her powerlifting background, I'm sure WPW would love a chance to shoot her lifting heavy in off-season shape.
All of the posing that follows shows Paula in contest shape. First, she poses indoors in an olive green swimsuit. For some reason, WPW chose to leave the natural sound intact here, but I think this is a case where dubbing in music would have been wise - there's too much background noise. Following this, she poses outdoors in a gold dress, a black dress, white shorts with a very tight, short sleeve blue top (the same outfit worn during the interview), and a white leotard. For some reason, she wore flat shoes rather than heels while posing in the dresses, but this isn't a big problem because there's a heavy focus on upper body shots. Also, I thought that the black dress was a poor choice - the cut makes her look too blocky. However, the gold dress and the blue top were extremely good choices. As you probably know, Paula is well known for her incredible back, and these two outfits were very well-suited for back poses - both outfits conform nicely when she hits her lat spreads. She also hits some excellent close-up arm shots using an outdoor light fixture as a prop, and there are some great close-up chest shots (all that benching has built incredible pec thickness). One of the best parts of the tape is the closing scene in the blue top - they zoom in so close that her right bicep fills up almost the entire screen.
If you like women with extreme upper body development, this tape is for you. Paula's legs aren't bad, actually; there are probably many women who would be quite happy with legs as good as hers. However, her upper body is so overwhelming that her legs seem a bit underdeveloped by comparison. There's not a lot of leg posing here anyway, so if that's what you want to see, you'll be better off with someone like Joanne McCartney. I've heard some people criticize Paula's looks, but I actually found her to be reasonably attractive. She smiles a lot, and seems quite comfortable posing on camera. As I mentioned above, I thought the gold dress and the outfit with the tight top were particularly nice, and I'd recommend getting the tape just for those (there's probably at least ten minutes of posing in each of these outfits).
