The new superstars in sports are women, and pro beach volleyball player Gabrielle Reece is the hottest of them all. At six-foot-three, 170 pounds, Gabby Reece is at once beautiful and brutish, feminine and rowdy, accessible and intimidating--a woman who is exploding female stereotypes and redefining our image of the female athlete.
"A young girl doesn't get many chances to exercise the character muscle via sports, whereas for young boys, it's part of their everyday lives. For girls, it's especially good for them to be forced to work as a team with other girls, to work together under every possible condition--winning, losing, tired, grumpy, happy. It forces them to deal with unpleasant, ungracious emotions and get over it. It forces girls to rely on each other. It gives them confidence in other girls, which ultimately gives them confidence in themselves."
"Everyth! ing a woman does has an emotional component. Paying attention to my emotional side without surrendering to it is one of the toughest parts of playing professional sports."
"I don't like this 'Fear of Being Big' thing because it feeds into the general female thing of wanting to be less--less powerful, less assertive, less demanding, less opinionated, less present, less big."An odd hybrid of a book,
Big Girl in the Middle is part model/volleyball player Gabrielle Reece's autobiography and part third-person chronicle of the misadventures of Team Nike across the 1996 professional beach volleyball circuit, for which Reece captained and played middle blocker. At 6'3" and 170 pounds, Reece cuts an imposing figure, as commanding on a magazine or book cover as she is on the court. She has a unique perspective on both of the public arenas in which she's played: as a top-flight athlete and accepted beauty, she smashes several stereotypes; how she's coped with tho! se stereotypes, successfully spiking most of them, makes Reec! e an ad mirable role model. Her observations in this area serve up
Big Girl's best attributes.Pregnant with her second child, Gabby worked with a doctor and trainer to film 15 minute workouts from each month of her pregnancy as well as three months after her pregnancy. This DVD covers all 3 trimesters consisting of nine 15 minute exercises that are safe for women during their pregnancy as well as a warm up and cool down As a bonus, three- 15 minute exercises for women post- pregnancy complete with warm up and cool down have been included.
Selected as one of The Best Workout DVDS by Us Weekly â€" January 12, 2009 ed.Examines the life and achievements of the award-winning professional beach volleyball player who is also a fashion model and television personality.Playboy Magazine January 2001 Table of Contents COVER STORY Gabrielle Reece is a lanky goddess and our favorite volleyball star. She has tackled extreme sports for MTV, swings a mean five iron on the fairway, leg-presses 500 pounds and writes smart magazine columns. Thanks to Phillip Dixon for shooting the superjock. Our athletically inclined Rabbit is awfully hip. FEATURES 88 2001, HELLO The writer of the original space odyssey believes that life exists beyond earth and predicts it will be found this century. BY ARTHUR C. CLARKE 90 PENELOPE CRUZ Knockout gorgeous and co-starring with five Hollywood hunks in four separate movies, the woman is definitely on top. We like her from every angle. 120 IN PRAISE OF REGIS PHILBIN Quiz show lightweight? Kathie Lee foil? Never sell the man short, advises one old friend. And never challenge his knowledge of Notre Dame football trivia. BY DAVID HALBERSTAM 143 LUST AND FOUND Come January 20, Bill and Hillary will be giving up their prime digs. The cleaning staff should have plenty to snicker about. HUMOR BY CHRISTOPHER BUCKLEY 169 CENTERFOLDS ON SEX: BARBARA MOORE The girl has an active mouth-in every way you can think of INTERVIEWED BY BRENDA VENUS 182 20Q CAROL ALT The very sexy supermodel would like to set the record straight. She is not a hockey hag. She doesn't like walking around naked. She hails a cab by hiking up her skirt. We hung on every word. BY ROBERT CRANE PICTORIALS 92 GABRIELLE REECE She's got game-but no clothes. Gabby serves up an ace for PLAYBOY. 126 RUSSIAN DELIGHT Irina is an art school grad. Let our exhibition be your canvas. 144 THE YEAR IN SEX Versace ruled, Rudy rutted, everyone sued-and it made for fabulous entertainment. 170 PLAYMATE REVIEW 26 LIMP BIZKIT ROCKS THE MANSION Courtney Love butters Fred's biscuit. REVIEWS 48 VIDEO James Woods. 50 MUSIC Green Day and Merle Haggard 56 BOOKS Martin Luther King Jr. in photos; the great Herb Ritts.
