The inspirational mother who lost her arms as a child but is now a BODYBUILDER

A mother who lost both her arms from an electric shock as a toddler has found a love of bodybuilding.
Barbie Thomas, 37, has been competing against able bodied women in bodybuilding for over a decade after a youth crammed full of dance, soccer and swimming competitions.

The mother of two says there is little she cannot do. She shrugs off the amount of effort it takes to compete as a body builder and just like any other family, she says raising her two teenage sons is hard work.
 

Mrs Thomas, pictured in the 2012 Natural Western Regional Championships, says she has only ever won when she was the only person in the competition

Mrs Thomas lost both her arms when they were burnt to the bone by an electric shock when she climbed up onto a transformer and grabbed the wires with both hands.

She was aged just two and her mother was distraught, but almost immediately young Mrs Thomas learnt to adapt, holding out her legs to hug her mother