Bodybuilding and More

There is an old joke that goes, Doctor my arm hurts when I do this—and the doctor goes—well then don’t do it. O.K. I might have gotten the joke wrong. And my joke telling skills could use some work, but the point remains, if an exercise hurts—don’t do it anymore. Or, figure out why it [...]

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I know some people might suggest to Dexter that he should retire; after all, he only got sixth this year. To me this is crazy—Dexter is still the sixth best bodybuilder in the world. This reminds me of Andre Agassi, people were wondering if he was going to retire because he was thirty-five. But the [...]

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So you have decided to become a bodybuilder. So people take up bodybuilding because of a movie super hero, others because of an older brother. Still others do it to get better at sports. The reasons do not matter—what does matter is how you start. Yes, I am aware that you can always correct things [...]

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O.K. Wanted to check out some photos of Phil, seeing as how he won the Mr. O. Granted these were just photos as I was not at the contest, but at first glance I thought, has hasn’t added much to his shoulders, but after looking at some other pics, I can see that he has. [...]

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First, I would like to congratulate Phil Heath on becoming Mr. Olympia, as it is quite an accomplishment. Congrats Phil! I know, a lot of people point to the special sauce that the professionals take as the reason they are as big as they are—failing to recognize that tons of people take the same stuff—and [...]

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With the 2011 Mr. O fast approaching, I thought I would give my comments on the contest. In all my twenty plus years of following bodybuilding there have basically been dynasties. The Lee Haney era, the Dorian Yates, and the Ronnie Coleman era. Right now we are presently in the Jay Cutler era. I mention [...]

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It seems like only a little time has past–certainly not the over twenty years since a young kid picked up his first copy of Muscle and Fitness and fell in love with bodybuilding. Certainly no time has passed. Well, of course time has passed, but it does not feel like it to me. Perhaps, time [...]

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