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Chris Bumstead

2023 Classic Physique Olympia Preview

The eighth edition of the Classic Physique Olympia will occur on the 2023 Olympia weekend in Orlando, FL on Nov. 2-5, 2023. It will feature 39 athletes and might be the most anticipated contest outside of ... Continue Reading

Lisa Christin Meiswinkel

2023 Fashion Street Fitparade Hungary Pro Show Results

The 2023 Fashion Street Fitparade Hungary Pro was held on the weekend of Oct. 14-15, 2023, in Budapest, Hungary, and it was an all-women’s show. IFBB Pro League Figure, Bikini, and Wellness athletes took ... Continue Reading

Weightlifting Event Held at 2028 Olympics

Weightlifting Will Officially Be Held at 2028 Olympic Games

Californians will feel a very different earth-shattering sensation than they're used to in the summer of 2028; that of barbells hitting the platform in the Olympic stadium. On Monday, Oct. 16, 2023, news ... Continue Reading

Chen

Xinyi Chen Wins 2023 Musclecontest International Vietnam Pro Bikini Division Show

The 2024 Olympia qualification season has begun, and one of the first shows for the IFBB Pro League Bikini division was the 2023 Musclecontest International Vietnam Pro show in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, ... Continue Reading

Riccardo Croci

Riccardo Croci Wins 2023 British Championships Pro Men’s Physique Show

The 2023 British Championships Pro Men’s Physique show was held on Saturday, Oct. 14, in Manchester, UK, and it featured 11 IFBB Pro League athletes from six countries. The winner of the contest was ... Continue Reading

Victoria Reyes Villa

Victoria Reyes Villa Wins 2023 Ms. Lions Grand Battle Mexico Wellness Show

Victoria Reyes Villa has won the 2023 Ms. Lions Grand Battle Mexico Wellness show. The contest was held on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, in Guadalajara, Mexico. Reyes, representing the host country, was one of ... Continue Reading

Thor The Mountain

Hafthor Björnsson Will Return to Strongman in Three Contests in 2024

In September 2023, three-time Arnold Strongman Classic champion and 2018 World’s Strongest Man winner Hafthor Björnsson announced he was coming back to strongman. And now we know the details of when it ... Continue Reading

Emile Walker

2023 British Championships Pro Men’s Physique Show Preview

The first qualification position for the 2024 Men’s Physique Olympia will be awarded to the winner of the 2023 British Championships Pro in Manchester, England on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023. Eleven IFBB Pro ... Continue Reading

Vic Reyes

2023 Miss Lions Classic Mexico Grand Battle Pro Preview

Seven IFBB Pro League Wellness competitors will gather in Guadalajara, Mexico, to compete in the 2023 Miss Lions Classic Mexico Grand Battle Pro on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023. The winner of this competition ... Continue Reading

Heather Connor

Heather Connor (47KG) Deadlifts 7.5 Kilograms More Than Current World Record In Training

Two-time International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) world champion Heather Connor is a deadlifting powerhouse in the 47-kilogram class. She has broken the IPF raw deadlift world record in ... Continue Reading

Zac Efron Physique Transformation The Iron Claw

Zac Efron Is Looking Way Too Jacked in New Trailer for “The Iron Claw”

Actor Zac Efron has clearly been busting a move in the weight room. The former High School Musical superstar debuted his biggest physique transformation yet on Oct. 11, 2023, when the trailer for his ... Continue Reading

Tennyson

Will Tennyson Delves Into the Impact of Body Dysmorphia

According to the Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience, body dysmorphia is "a relatively common disorder that consists of a distressing or impairing preoccupation with imagined or slight defects in ... Continue Reading

Crawley

Fergus Crawley’s 6 Tips For Building a Better Aerobic Base

Hybrid athlete Fergus Crawley is known for his strength and endurance feats, such as running a 4:58 mile after squatting 500 pounds and completing a double triathlon in under 41 hours. Crawley is currently ... Continue Reading

Dana Linn Bailey

Everything In Dana Linn Bailey’s Gym Bag

A gym bag is like an athlete’s training partner — workouts aren’t the same without it. Many athletes have handpicked training tools in their gym bags that help improve their training performance with the ... Continue Reading

Hadi Choopan

2023 Mr. Olympia Preview

The Olympia Weekend is recognized as the most significant show in bodybuilding. The main event is the Mr. Olympia (Men’s Open) contest. The 59th edition of the Mr. Olympia takes place Nov. 3-4 at the ... Continue Reading

Evan Singleton

2023 Rogue Strongman Invitational Events Revealed

The 2023 Rogue Strongman Invitational will take place on Oct. 27-28, 2023, at the Dell Diamond Stadium in Round Rock, TX. Similar to the 2022 edition of the contest, the 2023 Rogue Strongman Invitational ... Continue Reading

Chloe Esperence

2023 WRPF Femme Fatale Ladies of Strength Results

The 2023 WRPF Femme Fatale Ladies of Strength meet was held on the weekend of Oct. 7-8, 2023, at Liberty Performance Training in Phoenix, AZ. This all-women’s meet included 20 lifters, ranging from ... Continue Reading

Russel Orhii

Russel Orhii (83KG) Squats 322.5 Kilograms, More Than His World Record, for 3 Reps

Russel Orhii, the 2019 and 2021 International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) world champion in the raw 83-kilogram class, holds the IPF worlds for the raw squat and total — 320.5 kilograms (706.6 pounds) ... Continue Reading

Samson Dauda

How Samson Dauda Eats One Month From the 2023 Olympia

Professional bodybuilders typically follow a regimented diet throughout the year. Their meals are meticulously measured even further during their contest prep as they trim calories to dial in their ... Continue Reading

Missy Truscott

6 Exercises Reigning Figure Olympia Champion Missy Truscott Uses To Train Shoulders and Triceps

Reigning Figure Olympia champion Missy Truscott recently filmed a shoulder and triceps workout deep into her prep to defend her title at the 2023 Olympia, scheduled for Nov. 2-5, 2023. Truscott ... Continue Reading

Hagan and Delgado

2 Top-10 Bikini Bodybuilders Reveal Their Glute Training

According to NPC News Online, Bikini bodybuilders are judged on a balance of muscularity that "gives shape to the female body," including slight roundness of the delts and "full round glutes with a slight ... Continue Reading

Buendia

What’s In Jeremy Buendia’s 800-Carb, Nearly 6,000-Calorie Refeed?

Professional bodybuilders enter a calorie deficit in the weeks leading up to a show to cut fat to improve their muscle conditioning and definition. However, a side effect of the cutting phase is hampering ... Continue Reading

Hagan

How Bikini Bodybuilder Phoebe Hagan Trains Shoulders For the 2023 Olympia

British pro bodybuilder Phoebe Hagan entered the upper echelons of the pro-Bikini circuit by finishing seventh at her debut Olympia in 2022. She qualified for the 2023 Olympia by winning the 2022 Battle of ... Continue Reading

Ruffin

Terrence Ruffin’s 2023 Olympia Back Training with Fellow Classic Physique Competitor Mike Sommerfeld

Bodybuilder Terrence Ruffin is a two-time Arnold Classic Physique champion looking to make a run at the 2023 Classic Physique Olympia title on Nov. 2-5, 2023, in Orlando, FL. He’s training with last ... Continue Reading

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