Chubby Kendall suffers from self-esteem issues due to her weight. She decides to take up female bodybuilding and ends up competing with the pros for the championship. However, her boyfriend and dad don't like her new tough look.
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| Alexandra Paul | ... | Kendall Gibley | |
| Sandahl Bergman | ... | Nadine Cawley | |
| David Naughton | ... | Mickey Ritter | |
| John Aprea | ... | Craig Cawley | |
| Janet Carroll | ... | Myra Gibley | |
| Sydney Penny | ... | Ramona | |
| Franco Columbu | ... | Himself | |
| Robert Webber | ... | Hugh Gibley | |
| Reuven Bar-Yotam | ... | Jorgen | |
| Earl Boen | ... | Byron Waldo | |
| Thomas F. Duffy | ... | Killer | |
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Phil Rubenstein | ... | Maury |
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Candy Csencsits | ... | Janine Daley |
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Vicki Kibler-Silengo | ... | Vicki |
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Lisa Lyon | ... | Pilar Jones |
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Chubby Kendall suffers from self-esteem issues due to her weight. She decides to take up female bodybuilding and ends up competing with the pros for the championship. However, her boyfriend and dad don't like her new tough look.
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bodybuilding | self esteem | championship | female bodybuilding | montage with pop song |Certificate:
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20 March 1984 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Fit fürs Leben See more »Company Credits
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Words & Music by William Goldstein & Carol Connors
Sung by Billy Davis Jr. & Marilyn McCoo
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GETTIN' PHYSICALWords & Music by William Goldstein & Carol Connors
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We have already seen such topics, man times, during the eighties, movies destined to housewives, describing some of them, women with flabby physiques who suddenly decide to become some kind of super women thru sport. That can be marathon, triathlon, rowing, soccer, or - like this one - bodybuilding. The scheme is always the same, not even realistic, unlike most of TV popular stuff. products which most audiences can feel some self resemblance with.