Bye Bye 45-second Routine & One-Piece Swimsuit Rounds (IFBB Pro Only)
by Isaac Hinds
YAYEEEE! While I’m not a professional fitness competitor (yes, I am captain obvious at times) I do cover many of the shows. The IFBB Professional League has issued an advisory notice that has MAJOR changes for pro fitness competitors. Beginning next month [...]
Kevin English All Business Leading Up to the 202 Olympia
by Joe Pietaro
Since the 202 division has become its own entity, there has been a classic one-two punch reminiscent of the days of the Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier battles. David Henry and Kevin English are playing the parts of the pugilistic pair from a generation ago and [...]
Rick Collins’ “Leap for Life”
By Joe Pietaro
Mineola, NY, July 2009 – Rick Collins — a Long Island-based attorney, popular author and the nation’s foremost legal authority on performance-enhancing substances — has announced that he is “leaping” into new territory this summer. In honor of two close friends and a relative stricken with cancer, Collins [...]
NY Metropolitan Bodybuilding, Fitness and Figure Championships
Written in Stone
By Joe Pietaro
NY Metropolitan Bodybuilding, Fitness and Figure Championships Took on New Meaning in ‘09 – The chatter began in the area of the judge’s table and photographer’s pit as soon as he walked on the stage.
“Where is this guy from again?”
“He looks real good.”
There was [...]
A Few Surprises at Europa Show of Champions
by Joe Pietaro
Bodybuilding is not unlike any other sport. Where as any team can win on any given Sunday, so is the case in the Iron Game. Take the 2009 Europa Show of Champions as an example. Troy Alves, who finished way back of the pack (11th) at [...]
Reinstatement of Tampa Pro Good Sign for Female Bodybuilding
By Joe Pietaro
Just when things appeared bleak for the fans and competitors of female bodybuilding, a complete 180 degree turn took place to put the sport back in the thick of things. Two weeks after their portion of the IFBB Tampa Pro Bodybuilding Weekly Championships was cancelled, [...]
UPPING THE ANTE
Olympia prize money reaches an all-time high.
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American Media Inc. (AMI) and the IFBB Professional League announced today that the total prize money for the 2009 Olympia
, presented by MuscleTech and brought to you by Bodybuilding.com, will be increased to $800,000. Included in that total is a $200,000 purse for winning the Mr. Olympia, [...]
Europa Super Show – Add Denver in 2010
by Isaac Hinds
NPC Colorado Chairman, Jeff Taylor announced over the weekend that an IFBB Pro event would return to Denver, Colorado. The exact date is being worked out this month but look for the Europa Super show to be on the schedule for July of next year. [...]
New Zealand Pro Still Not Rescheduled
by Joe Pietaro
After being postponed in January, the 2009 New Zealand IFBB Pro Show still has not been rescheduled. Two possible new time frames are either July or after the Mr. Olympia, which is set for September 26, according to a report on one of New Zealand’s leading websites, GoFigure.
Moe [...]
Joe Weider’s Pro World Cup Postponed Until 2010
On Wednesday, American Media, Inc. (AMI) and the IFBB Professional League announced the debut of Joe Weider’s Pro World Cup in Berlin, Germany will be postponed until 2010.
“Since taking over Weider Publications and Joe Weider’s Olympia
Weekend in 2004, AMI has been dedicated to expanding bodybuilding not only in [...]
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