{"id":4414,"date":"2025-01-17T09:43:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T09:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/?p=4414"},"modified":"2025-01-17T09:43:01","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T09:43:01","slug":"worlds-most-muscular-woman-shares-how-she-looked-before-and-everyone-is-saying-the-same-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/?p=4414","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s most muscular woman shares how she looked before, and everyone is saying the same thing"},"content":{"rendered":"

33-year-old female bodybuilder Nataliya Kuznetsova, a world champion in arm lifting, bench press, and deadlift, is dubbed the world\u2019s most muscular woman.<\/p>\n

This Russian \u201cshe-Hulk\u201d was once a skinny teenager. What\u2019s most, she used to be bullied because of it. At the age of 14, she only weighted 40kg.<\/p>\n

Her father believed that hitting the gym could help her boost her self-confidence, and that\u2019s when her journey in the world of bodybuilding started.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was a timid little mouse when I was growing up,\u201d she recalls.<\/p>\n

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These days, the world\u2019s most muscular woman weighs between 246 and 275 pounds.<\/h2>\n

At 15, Nataliya became a champion in bodybuilding in her region of Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust like everyone else I first went to the gym without a goal but after three months my trainer asked me if I wanted to take part in a bodybuilding competition.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

That marked the start of her powerlifting career.<\/p>\n