People Think I'm A Circus Freak | MIAMI MUSCLE

MIAMI based architect Caridad Sola has transformed her body from bikini model to professional bodybuilder. The 40-year-old started training in 2013 and after seven years of hard work, she has recently gained her IFBB Pro card, becoming a professional bodybuilder. Whilst at university Caridad was told she would never look like the women in fitness magazines, a decade later she proved the opposite, competing as a bikini model. However, her journey had only just begun, becoming more and more muscular, she explains body building slowly transformed every part of her body. And where Caridad would get a lot of positive reactions when she first started working out, these days she also receives a lot of negative comments, both online and in public. She told Truly: “Bodybuilding challenges people’s perceptions of beauty, you get looked at like you’re a circus freak, everywhere you go people stare at you.” Yet, the hard work and tremendous discipline that goes into becoming a professional bodybuilder, makes it undeniable that Caridad is setting her fitness goals for no one, but herself. “Some people would say they prefer the way I looked before, I honestly don’t care what they think, I am doing this for myself, and no one else," Caridad added. To celebrate her hard work, the bodybuilder has arranged a professional photoshoot, to capture her physique at its very best.