Georgina McConnell

[SnakeMcSnake]

Does anyone know what caused her sudden, abrupt and full departure from the world of female muscle? Just a few short months ago, she was 21 years old and on her way to awesome muscularity. He Insta**** feed was focused on intense workouts and muscle "gainz". Flash forward to October 2015, and she has shed most of the muscle in just a few short months. On her Insta comments, she mentions there is no chance she's going to go back to bodybuilding and doesn't even want abs in the future...just a toned bod.

Was it bullying, side effects, growing tired of working out, creep factor, a combo of all of the above, or something totally different?

Anyone have any insight? It's a pity she gave up...

[kevin1]

I'm pretty sure Joe Weider forced her to quit.

[UK_Fan]

Does anyone know what caused her sudden, abrupt and full departure from the world of female muscle? Just a few short months ago, she was 21 years old and on her way to awesome muscularity. He © Saradas feed was focused on intense workouts and muscle "gainz". Flash forward to October 2015, and she has shed most of the muscle in just a few short months. On her Insta comments, she mentions there is no chance she's going to go back to bodybuilding and doesn't even want abs in the future...just a toned bod.

Was it bullying, side effects, growing tired of working out, creep factor, a combo of all of the above, or something totally different?

Anyone have any insight? It's a pity she gave up...

See comments in 'why r=female bodybuilding is dying', but essentially she sees no future in the sport - NO top/national level FBB contests in the UK now, no chance in turning Pro, far less (and rapidly reducing) money available in the UK than elsewhere, plus she's barely in her 20s, likely without a well-paid job (and apparently no boyfriend) to go some way to financially supporting her training/competing, so what's the point?

[fredzeppelin]

I'm pretty sure Joe Weider forced her to quit.

I think you mean Jim Manion 

[UK_Fan]

I'm pretty sure Joe Weider forced her to quit.

I think you mean Jim Manion 

Maybe Joe appeared to her as the 'Ghost of Muscle Past'...   

[FemFlexUSA]

There's nothing that unusual about a person changing her mind about something. 

I am surprised it happened so publicly, so quickly, but good luck to her.

[pumpfiction]

See comments in 'why r=female bodybuilding is dying', but essentially she sees no future in the sport - NO top/national level FBB contests in the UK now, no chance in turning Pro, far less (and rapidly reducing) money available in the UK than elsewhere, plus she's barely in her 20s, likely without a well-paid job (and apparently no boyfriend) to go some way to financially supporting her training/competing, so what's the point?

This is somewhat an unfortunate trend with UK athletes, isn't it ? Would it be a structural problem within the UKBFF ? A shame, because the British fed appears more liberal in its approach towards rewarding "big" FBBs (See the link to the 1988 EFBB champs YT videos for example).

See also Michelle Jones, another great potential in the early noughties who called it quits at only 21.

[UK_Fan]

See comments in 'why r=female bodybuilding is dying', but essentially she sees no future in the sport - NO top/national level FBB contests in the UK now, no chance in turning Pro, far less (and rapidly reducing) money available in the UK than elsewhere, plus she's barely in her 20s, likely without a well-paid job (and apparently no boyfriend) to go some way to financially supporting her training/competing, so what's the point?

This is somewhat an unfortunate trend with UK athletes, isn't it ? Would it be a structural problem within the UKBFF ? A shame, because the British fed appears more liberal in its approach towards rewarding "big" FBBs (See the link to the 1988 EFBB champs YT videos for example).

See also Michelle Jones, another great potential in the early noughties who called it quits at only 21.

Not exactly sure myself, though negative publicity in the UK media/general public generally (much more so than elsewhere in Europe and beyond) towards FBBs and fans doesn't help.  The "you're gay (or worse) if you like women with big muscles" attitude is quite prevalent here and has been for a long time. Fit - fine, a bit of muscle (relatively speaking) - acceptable (just).  Olympic heptathlete Jess Ennis-Hill is about the most muscular the average Brit will accept for a woman, and that's partly because she is an exceptionally beautiful woman as well.  As such, FBBing contests (fitness/figure get more, a bit for WPD) get practically no sponsorship to fund them and the high cost of training/competing deters many given the lack of rewards (going pro [when it was possible] was expensive given 90% of the pro contests are in the US) and public profile.  I also believe that the Police take more of an interest in those dealing in PEDs than in some other countries.

[pumpfiction]

Yes, that is a satisfying explanation for this phenomenon. Speaking of Athletics, you may remind late Olympian champion-turned bodybuilding champion Donna Hartley-Wass who suprised many when she decided to have her sights towards competitive BBing in NABBA, and rather successfully. I remember a old British running thread on her (This was before her tragic death) where some - not all - were taking the vitriolic road to express their disgust at her muscular physique. Definitively left a bad taste.

[marvin]

Guess the price to be paid to develop and maintain a body like her's was to much for her.

[elma]

She's gone for Brazilian wellness look. She still wants huge legs just wants to lose arm size. I'm suspecting she had ambitions for huge arms, but
had hard time getting it.

[kevin1]

She's gone for Brazilian wellness look. She still wants huge legs just wants to lose arm size. I'm suspecting she had ambitions for huge arms, but
had hard time getting it.

I'm sure you're right because you've never met her and know nothing about her.
 

[elma]

She's gone for Brazilian wellness look. She still wants huge legs just wants to lose arm size. I'm suspecting she had ambitions for huge arms, but
had hard time getting it.

I'm sure you're right because you've never met her and know nothing about her.
 

I'm suspecting. Thanks for the sarcasm,BTW.

[SnakeMcSnake]

Still missing her and wishing she'll wake up and realize she misses her attitude and wanting to just.get.big. She could've gone down as one of the best: looks, attitude and crazy muscle.

[elma]

Still missing her and wishing she'll wake up and realize she misses her attitude and wanting to just.get.big. She could've gone down as one of the best: looks, attitude and crazy muscle.

She downsized a lot. If she's happy the way she is now, I don't think she'll ever get back.