Gidget Migliaccio remembers being 16 years old and looking at posters of bodybuilders in her dingy Zimbabwe gym for inspiration.

“It was all guys. There was no women … It was in a basement, and it was very dark and very grungy, and they thought it was funny to teach me how to drink egg whites,” she said.

Forty years later, Migliaccio has built a physique that is poster-worthy. And she wants to help others do the same.

“I take on a lot of clients that have never ever even stepped into the gym, let alone on a bodybuilding stage, and I’ll take them through the whole process from training, nutrition, supplements,” Migliaccio said.

The 56-year-old bodybuilder recently opened up a storefront in RiNo at 3611 Chestnut Place, formerly the home and art studio of RiNo Art District founder Tracy W

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