Well, the search for the Holy Grail has ended. Finding all your favorite name brands at that economy-friendly price has been solved with Best Price Nutrition. Yes, they have it all and can satisfy even the most fussiest of fitness enthusiasts. For example, let’s take a look at one of the hottest products on the market today, Gaspari Nutrition’s MyoFusion.

A two pound can is a mere $18.99, quite a drop from the MSRP of $34.50. Not enough powder for your multiple shakes per day? No problem, then. Go for the huge five pounder and laugh at the $37.99 price tag when comparing it to the usual $67.50 that greets you on it.

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Part III Showtime

To hit the vacuum on stage, set your legs by lifting your knee to flex your inner psoas muscle. DO NOT LET GO OF THIS FLEX. Look down and bring your hands together making 2 fists.  These fists will flex your biceps automatically for you. Exhale all the air OUT of your lungs. Suck your diaphragm in and up into the back of your neck as your arms go overhead.

Jam your fists down as far as possible down your back, keeping your biceps to the sides of your head.  It will make you look thicker with less space showing next to your head. Push your fists into your back while they’re down there, and learn to use this push to pop your lats out.

Learn to flex your upper pecs by bringing your elbows slightly towards center.  It’s an impressive shot to see striated pecs , flexed biceps, and your psoas in this shot.

And most importantly SMILE AND MAKE IT LOOK LIKE IT DOESN’T HURT!

Known as the bodybuilding/golf pro, Michael Manavian works on improving peoples health and fitness as well as their golf game. He is the author of Atomic Golf, The Alternative to Swing Gurus, Pie-in-the-Sky Theories, Perfect Greens, and Everything Else That’s Failed and is available for fitness consultations as well as golf instruction.

Be sure to visit his website, www.atomic-golf.com.

This agreement comes with the recent changes made at MuscleSport Mag that have put us more in line with a natural sports environment.

In the next few months, the tour will be making stops in South Africa, Quebec, Alberta, Vancouver, Czech Republic and Florida. In 2010, the FAME schedule includes East Africa, Philadelphia, Vancouver, the Philippines, Toronto, Calgary, Montreal, North Carolina, Saskatchewan, Florida, Atlantic City, England, Iceland, South Africa and Czech Republic.

Needless to say, there will be a lot of new fans of MuscleSport Mag due to this alliance. Our banner will be on competition stages all over the globe and the fans of our website, online magazine and weekly radio show will be kept up to date on all the happenings of the FAME World Tour.

“I would personally like to thank Jeffrey Kippel (President and Founder) for this opportunity,” said MuscleSport Mag Founding Editor Joe Pietaro. “We have been looking for the right formula to market our product and get the word out there about MSM and this is exactly what we needed. We are also really excited to get out there and cover their events. Expect to be hearing a lot of FAME guests on MuscleSport Radio and seeing many of their athletes in our online magazine and website.”

Be sure to visit their website, www.bodyproud.org and do not forget to register in the “I Am BodyProud” profile section. Upload photos of yourself and join their community.

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That isn’t a concern when you purchase quality instead of something from Sam Sam the Discount Man. The guys over at Strength, Inc. know their business and their equipment is ready for everything from ‘racking it’ to super sets.

One of the staples of every gym big and small is the cable crossover machine. If you’re hitting your pecs, tris, bis, shoulders, back, abs or even hamstrings, you know this piece of equipment all too well. Hundreds of reps performed over the years on the cables are merely part of the program so why not set yourself up with one that is going to do the job the right way and last?

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*New design takes up less room  (96″ width X 36″ depth X 80″ height)

*The 96″ width allows you to put a flat bench in the middle and pull direct from the side for cable chest flyes instead of from over the shoulders as in the new narrow versions that are on the market today

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*Comes with one pair os stirrup handles, one v-shaped tricep pushdown handle and one campered cable bicep curl handle.

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Stateside, Brown has placed 10th at the 2007 IFBB Montreal Pro Classic, 6th at the IFBB Santa Susanna Bodybuilding and Figure Contest, 17th at the 2008 IFBB Iron Man Pro and 17th at the 2008 IFBB Europa Super Show.

Known as ‘Zap,’ Holitt was one of the more popular Gladiators over the six years she was a member of the cast. She also was the host of the Radiant Pro Women’s Strength Show.

Be sure to visit her official website, www.rayehollitt.com.

MuscleSport Radio can be heard live every Tuesday from 1:00 to 2:00 PM Eastern time onwww.blogtalkradio.com and all episodes are archived on Blog Talk Radio, MuscleSport Mag and iTunes.

Please feel free to join us and give us your opinion, ask a question or make a comment. Our call-in number is 347-884-8157.

UPCOMING GUESTS

July 21 – IFBB Figure Pro & Lingerie Football League player Heather Mae French

P.J. initially started out in powerlifting and was successful, but decided that his ultimate goal was standing in the winner’s circle on the bodybuilding stage. At 22, he entered his first competition and placed fifth as a novice light heavyweight at the 2003 Atlantic States.

“I was the youngest in the class,” Braun wrote on his official website, www.pjbraun.com. “Success. This felt amazing and I was now addicted to the sport for life.”

Two top-three finishes in a row gave Braun the confidence that he needed to make the commitment to take it to the next step. He took off nearly two years to add some size to his frame and came back at 220 pounds for the 2006 Junior USA, where he finished what he described as a “controversial” fourth. A week later, Braun won the New England Bodybuilding Championships with a heavy heart. “Two days prior to the show, John Stavidris, one of my best friends, had passed away,” wrote Braun. “That winning moment was so surreal. It will live with me forever.”

Since then, Braun has finished 11th at the 2007 IFBB North American Championships and 9th at the same show a year later. He then was victorious at the 2008 NPC Atlantic City Amateur as the super-heavyweight and overall champion.

Braun is also one third of the famous Brat Pack along with Evan Centopani and Guy Cisternino. P.J. is the last one without a pro card, so he is keeping good company and on his way to joining his mates before too long.

This is part of an exclusive series by MuscleSport Mag on the 2009 NPC Empire States for which we are one of the show’s official sponsors. The show will take place on Saturday, July 18 in Suffern, New York.

Taylor Boyd looks like a mixture between a heel professional wrestler and the guy chasing teenagers through the woods in a slasher movie. The 6’3″, 300-pound New Jersey native put on a show with make-up and costume props. The NPC competitor has three contest wins so far in his young career, the last being the 2008 NPC New Jersey Suburban in the super heavyweight division.

It came as no surprise when Boyd said that his favorite body part to train were his 31-inch legs. “During them (leg workouts), you get so much overall muscle growth it’s incredible,” he said on his official website, www.taylorboyd.net. The mass monster further stated that he doesn’t change things up too much when it comes time to get ready for a show.

“My training style is heavy compound movements for offseason and contest prep.”

He does drop down to approximately 260 pounds for a competition, still nothing to sneeze at. In an era of bodybuilding where freaky size is the ‘in’ thing, Boyd fits the bill and surely made an impression in Pennsylvania last summer.

This is part of an exclusive series by MuscleSport Mag on the 2009 NPC Bill Grant Classic, for which we are one of the show’s official sponsors. The show will take place on Saturday July 18 in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

MuscleSport Radio can be heard live every Tuesday from 1:00 to 2:00 PM Eastern time on www.blogtalkradio.com and all episodes are archived on Blog Talk Radio, MuscleSport Mag and iTunes. 

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 Levrone  

Claiming her innocence while her lawyer states the positive test for Clenbuterol contained only “low amounts” of the drug, swimmer Jessica Hardy ‘s dreams of winning Olympic gold in Beijing this summer are in doubt. After testing positive in both her “A” and “B” tests following meets during Olympic trials on July 4, the 21 year-old began spinning damage control.

For her to fail a ‘sandwich’ unrinalysis after testing negative on July 1 and 6, Hardy is going to try to use them as leverage against the middle test. How far that will go remains to be seen, especially with the back-up ‘B’ test coming out the same. Her fate will be determined by proceedings that will begin in the near future.

Clen can clear the body and is not usually detected through the urine 72 hours later. That would make it appear that Hardy used the substance right after her July 1 test, or sometime the next day. It appeared to be out of her system on July 6 with the negative test, so that leaves a small window of when she could have used it.

“I’m innocent,” Hardy told reporters via telephone in the company of her attorney, Howard Jacobs. “That’s all I can say to everybody. Whether or not people choose to believe me, I’m innocent.” Not the easiest sell, especially with Howard basically admitting that the positive test was correct by claiming the low amounts. Low or high, Clen is a banned substance and if Hardy was caught using it, she is wrong. Only making it worse on herself by denying the obvious, Hardy should also look into finding more convincing counsel.

A check of her official website, www.jessicahardy.net showed that the page was ‘not found.’

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