Keeping To A South Korean Theme,

14 years ago, 

 South Korean Yeon-woo Jhi was just 20 years old, she was once a skinny, frail girl suffering from panic disorder and struggling to overcome social phobia, photograph SBS, 

but everything changed 14 years ago when she started going to a gym near her house, hoping to get stronger, photograph Yeon-woo Jhi/Instagram,

and did she get stronger! 

as you can see from these two videos,

 Yeon-woo Jhi is an IFBB Pro female bodybuilder with multiple major titles under her belt,

at first She just wanted to stop feeling weak and never imagined that she would one day compete in major bodybuilding competitions, but as her strength and stamina increased, she got more passionate about fitness and eventually decided to show off her toned up physique on stage, Jhi won the first bodybuilding competition she ever entered, and that only inspired her to work harder, She went on to win the Arnold Classic Europe Amateur in 2013, and became a pro in 2015,

 “I started lifting weights 12 years ago. At first, it was just a simple hobby, but in 2010, I was challenged to participate in the Korean National Bodybuilding Competition. I placed first, so I continued to compete,” Yeon-woo Jhi said in a 2017 interview with Oxygen Magazine, “I was very skinny and weak before I started working out, but I really wanted to have big muscles.”

 Yeon-woo Jhi’s unique look has made her very popular on Instagram, where she currently has over 130,000 followers and earned her TV appearances in her native South Korea,

 note to self, must try harder when lifting weights in the morning!