Jocelyn Jean – Perseverance Pays Off For IFBB Pro

Getting up on stage for the first time in a bodybuilding competition is certainly not an easy task, to say the least. Sometimes a possible contestant needs that little extra nudging to go through with it and that was the case with Jocelyn Jean.
“A co-worker at Bally’s Total Fitness, Jimmy Amalino, encouraged me to [...]

Kevin English – King of the 202 Division

Why bodybuilding took so long to bring back a second division for the smaller framed competitors may be questionable, but now that it is here to stay it appears that Kevin English has established himself as the one to beat. The back and forth battle between the Great Neck, New York native and David Henry [...]

Big Sean Allen Needs to Prove Himself at IFBB North American

After a disappointing showing at the USAs last month, Sean Allen will get another opportunity to earn his pro card this weekend in Cleveland at the GNC IFBB North American Championships. Three consecutive ninth place finishes in shows that could have propelled him to the next level have derailed a once-promising career for the New [...]

Big Sean Allen Ready for the USAs

You could tell a few months back that Sean Allen was going to be a force come the USAs. At the Muscular Development Block Party at Bob Bonham’s Strong and Shapely Gym in New Jersey, the 6′4″ behemoth was looking as if he could have donned the posing trunks right then and there and earn [...]

Breaking News: Coleman Comeback Confirmed for 2010

As heard first on today’s episode of MuscleSport Radio, Ronnie Coleman will make his comeback at the 2010 Mr. Olympia. The eight-time Sandow winner said in a live interview that he just made up his mind “a few days ago.”
Coleman originally intended on competing in this year’s Olympia but his travel commitments with BSN proved [...]

NPC Bill Grant Spotlight: Doug Beadle

Come this time next week, the latest installment of the NPC Bill Grant Classic will be behind us. For the fourth consecutive summer, the legendary bodybuilder will have brought a little bit of that good old fashioned outdoor bodybuilding contest that was the norm in California over to Pennsylvania.
Last time around, Doug Beadle of Harrisburg, [...]

NPC Empire States Spotlight: P.J. Braun

Fairfield, Connecticut native Philip Drew Braun Jr. grew up with the dream of playing in the NFL but came to the realization at an early age that he didn’t have the size for it. Once high school and those ‘Friday Night Lights’ were put out, Braun may have given up the helmet and pads but [...]

Maria Penteado – The Queen of New York

Talk about prolonging your peak for two months. Back on April 11, Maria-Rita Penteado ran away with the female bodybuilding open class at the New York Metropolitan Championship. The gorgeous blonde was tight and proportioned and looked, from an outsider’s point of view, the best she has ever been.
Fast forward to May 6 at the [...]

Cutler, Dexter & Ronnie All Huge at Atlantic States

Having three Mr. Olympias all together on one stage is quite an evening and that was the case on Saturday in Manhattan at the Atlantic States. The current title holder Dexter Jackson was joined by his last two predecessors, Jay Cutler and Ronnie Coleman, as guest posers in the city that never sleeps. 
Although this is [...]

Jay Cutler Looking A Bit Off at Atlantic States

Two-Time Defending Mr. Olympia Guest Posing Shows Work to Be Done

The official flyer for the 2008 NPC Bev Francis Atlantic States Bodybuilding, Fitness and Figure Championships shows a grimacing Jay Cutler busting out a chest pose at what appears to be last year’s Mr. Olympia contest. He is huge and shredded, but still was not [...]

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