In bodybuilding, Joe Weider’s Olympia is the ultimate proving ground. With the Mr. Olympia bodybuilding competition looming on the horizon, we look at 13 legendary bodybuilders. Men who seized the opportunity of a lifetime, immortalized their names, and in the process, helped us remember that...
Illia ‘Golem’ Yefimchyk, a Belarusian bodybuilder who was first inspired to lift weights by the physiques of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone, has sadly passed away at the age of 36.
“Close sources confirm the death of Illia Golem, the 340 LBS beast” announced the @whoisthebestbb...
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She claimed that meeting other survivors of domestic violence at the refuge the previous year opened her eyes to the severity of the problem.
The women at the Women's Refuge informed me that "there are so many stories of the abuse that so many women suffer every day, and some of them get out,"...
Brad Jensen made good on an important decision more than ten years ago to get sober and become the best version of himself. Since then, “The Sober Bodybuilder” has grown a successful coaching business and has amassed more than 185,000 Instagram followers thanks to his handy tips for keeping...
“Some gyms are more inspirational than others,” says Mark Rhino Smith. American Gladiators was a big success on television in the US. But many Americans are not aware that versions of this program were produced in a variety of other countries, also with great success and producing several stars...
The “bodybuilder look” has come to be identified as a very specific thing. Comments are often made about the physiques of boxers, wrestlers, sprinters, and all sorts of other athletes to the effect of “he looks like a bodybuilder.” What does this mean?
There have been big and muscular men...
Johnnie O. Jackson shares the hardcore truth on the importance of focus – calling it the single most determining factor in bodybuilding success.
What separates a pro bodybuilder from everyone else? Genetics? Certainly to some degree. Drugs like steroids? This is a misleading factor in the true...
Bodybuilding is an art form and also one of the hardest sports in existence. It is not easy to excel in bodybuilding and only a rare group of people ever can.
Life of a Bodybuilder - Some Interesting Facts
By Charles T Freeman
Did you know that bodybuilders have to ingest over 1g of protein...
We all have a vision in our heads of what we would ultimately like to look like. Maybe you want to have an athletic, streamlined look with nice abs and just enough muscle to turn heads at a Vegas pool party. Or…maybe you aspire to be massive, with slabs of thick, dense muscle. You want people to...
Bodybuilding is an art form and also one of the hardest sports in existence. It is not easy to excel in bodybuilding and only a rare group of people ever can.
Life of a Bodybuilder - Some Interesting Facts
By Charles T Freeman
Did you know that bodybuilders have to ingest over 1g of protein...
The second season of “Monday Night Muscle” has been featuring some of the biggest names in the world of bodybuilding and fitness. This week was no exception as the episode featured two-time Olympia men’s physique champion Brandon Hendrickson.
Hendrickson spoke with hosts Bob Cicherillo and...
A photographer friend of mine told me about Lenda Murray and when I met her at a contest I was impressed and invited her to Los Angeles for a photoshoot for the Weider magazines. I think I began to realize how good she was when we were shooting at Gold’s Gym in Venice. Lenda was sitting on a...
The “bodybuilder physique” has been defined as a very specific thing. Comments are often made about the physiques of boxers, wrestlers, sprinters and all sorts of other athletes to the effect of “he looks like a bodybuilder.” What does this mean?
There have been big and muscular men throughout...
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Luke was a great inspiration. He had a great personality a fun guy. He placed 3rd at last years Arnold Classic. He had great potential at only 30 years of age. He had a YouTube channel and did weekly podcasts. He will be missed. My prayers go to his family, kids his girlfriend and dog Wicket! R.I.P.
Bad guys, take note: Here’s even more proof you need to be careful who you mess with—and it comes in the form of an 82-year-old bodybuilder.
Willie Murphy, a grandmother who lives in Rochester, New York, recently found herself in danger when an intruder broke into her home. However, instead of...
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Update, as confirmed on the Mr. Olympia Facebook page:
Iranian bodybuilding sensation [Hadi Choopan] has arrived in the U.S. to finish preparations for bodybuilding’s biggest competition. It’s still unknown whether he will compete for the title of 212 Olympia or Mr. Olympia...