Seven times Ms International: 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013
Only three different women finished as runner-up to Iris in those seven Ms Internationals. Lightweight winner Dayana Cadeau lost the Overall posedown in 2004, and was runner-up in 2006 in what was an Open Bodybuilding class. Debi Laszewski finished 2nd in 2009, and Yaxeni Oriquen was runner-up to Iris in Colombus no fewer than four times - 2007, 2010, 2011 and 2013.
DEM QUADS DOE!
Alina kept challenging Iris in the posedown to compare legs. Alina made it apparent that she knew her legs were better and wanted the judges and audience to bear witness to that. Iris avoided her after the first challenge...
At least, that's was how one forum poster saw the finale of the 2014 Ms O. Haven't we heard "She had better legs than Iris!" before from her (many) armchair critics re:Heather Policky in 2009? And it may be true - I'm no judge, as I'll freely admit, but Iris always had the next best legs in the show, and much more besides, and a large part of her quality resided in her huge and always detailed thighs. Dem quads.
Her 2009 quad routine consisted of 4 sets, 12-15 reps of squats, leg presses and front squats, and, unusually (I believe), Iris apparently never saw extensions as the best way to develop her quad separation, instead opting for lots and lots of lunges.
Lunges are key for bringing in thigh separation, she told Flex Online. I think they’re much better than leg extensions for really bringing out the details. I end my leg routine with lunges, and then for the final weeks before a contest I’ll often end every workout with lunges, doing four sets of 20-25 reps.
Whatever she was doing, seems to me it was working...
SHE'S A LADY
And, for example, allowed the glammed-up Iris to stop traffic using legs only!
KYLED HARD FACT OF THE DAY
Iris is a fan of the private spa resort, free of all the big city lights and smog. Relaxing, sipping wine and getting deep massages every day is her idea of a perfect vacation, and Arizona her perfect hideaway spa location. So now you know, boys!
EVERYBODY LOVES IRIS
She's just a regular neighbourhood super-hero!
And always the centre of attention at parties...
IRIS SEZ...
There's no secret I train smart not hard. Tampering, changing and following a system that changes by the day isn't smart, it will ONLY allocate room for error. So I'm the queen of sticking to the basics. During the off season I train five days a week with two off, training one body part per day with three days of cardio. During contest mode, I train every day, including cardio, working two body parts per day. As the weeks expire, I simply add supersets, drop sets and increase reps...
KYLE IN MOTION
IRIS KYLE - Ms OLYMPIA, Ms INTERNATIONAL
Iris warms up and works out her upper body in this (quite old, I think) clip made, it appears as a kind of promo for Iris' website: "Get In Best Shape with Iris Kyle".
Again, more of a curiosity/rarity than a clip of the greatest quality, but it's worth a watch, if only to see how ridiculously easy Iris makes it all look!
And IK just keeps on ruling tomorrow...
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