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Nov 16, 2009
Posted in:
Articles by ProSource,
Andrew Oye's Muscle Report,
Gossip
The Item: Contest Postponement
The Scoop: Just Announced: Over the weekend, Iron Man Magazine Publisher and contest promoter John Balik issued a press release to announce that the Iron Man Pro Bodybuilding Championships scheduled for January 23, 2010, will be postponed until a yet-to-be-determined date.
The "So What?": The contest, ...
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Nov 9, 2009
Posted in:
Articles by ProSource,
Andrew Oye's Muscle Report,
Gossip
The Item: Contest Results
The Scoop: Just Announced: Over the weekend, IFBB Pro Toney Freeman won the IFBB Sacramento Pro
Bodybuilding Championships at the Crest Theater in Sac Town. The 6'2", 290-pound "
X-Man" was not at his sharpest, but he brought his shape and a new set of bigger ...
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Nov 4, 2009
Posted in:
Articles by ProSource,
Andrew Oye's Muscle Report,
Gossip
The Item: Magazine Contract Signing
The Scoop: IFBB Pro Dennis
Wolf signs an exclusive publishing contract with Weider Publications. "It has always been my dream, since I was an amateur, to be a Weider athlete," Wolf says. "FLEX was the first magazine to give me international exposure right after I ...
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Oct 28, 2009
Posted in:
Gossip,
Articles by ProSource
The Item: IFBB League News
The Scoop: Recently Announced: In Advisory Notice 101409 dated October 14, 2009, the
IFBB Professional League announced rule changes. The (excerpted) edict reads as follows:
"Please be advised that the following changes to the IFBB Pro Rules were adopted at the annual meeting of the ...
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Oct 20, 2009
Posted in:
Gossip
The Item: Contest Results
The Scoop: Just Announced: Over the weekend,
Zack Khan won the Super-Heavyweight Class and Overall title at the UKBFF UK
British Bodybuilding Championships in Nottingham. The 5'11", 275-pound beast battled and beat out other tough Super-Heavies like Alvin "Biggie" Small and Darren "Daz" Ball. While Khan's ...
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Oct 12, 2009
Posted in:
Gossip
The Item: Career Updates/Highlights
The Scoop: Just Announced: South African bodybuilder
Marius Dohne has been issued an IFBB Pro card by his country. At 5'11" and 250 lbs. with a nipped waist, the 28-year-old phenom has been dubbed the "Sultan of Symmetry" due to his incredible shape on a bona ...
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Sep 27, 2009
Posted in:
Articles by ProSource,
Gossip,
Featured Content
OLYMPIA WEEKEND 2009: "MAKING LEGENDS, BREAKING RECORDS"
The Item: Expanded Event Coverage/Contest Results
Sizzling Las Vegas was the scene of best-body battles as the top men and women of bodybuilding, fitness and figure competed at the
"Super Bowl of Bodybuilding" during
Olympia Weekend (September 24-27, 2009).
Along with the crowning ...
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Sep 16, 2009
Posted in:
Gossip
The Item: Contest Results
The Scoop: [Just Announced]: Over the weekend, Gustavo Badell won the Open Division at the IFBB Atlantic City Pro Bodybuilding Championships in New Jersey. The 5'8", 245-pound muscleman upped his conditioning from previous showings. Badell retained structural mass while reducing his midsection, which had been the ...
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Sep 10, 2009
Posted in:
Gossip
2009 OLYMPIA WEEKEND PRE-GAME ANALYSIS:DOES THE BIG "O" STAND FOR "OPEN-DOOR OPPORTUNITY?"
THE PRE-SHOW PREVIEW
The 2009 Olympia Weekend is quickly approaching. Driving this torpedo of competitive pro-bodybuilding is a strange excitement. Strange, because, for the first time in a long time, many fans and pundits are saying that the ...
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Sep 4, 2009
Posted in:
Gossip
The Item: Career Updates
The Scoop: Athlete to Andrew: I caught up with IFBB Pro Aiman Faour, who I first met at the 2009 Los Angeles FitExpo in January. He competed that weekend at the Iron Man Pro. Faour recently released two training DVDs, "Aiman Faour's Mass Control" and "Aiman's ...
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Sep 4, 2009
Posted in:
Gossip
The Item: Contest Results
The Scoop:
Just Announced: Over the weekend, Shawn Rhoden won the 2009 IFBB North American Bodybuilding and Figure Championships in Cleveland, OH, along with a shiny new pro card. In the Open Division's overall posedown, Heavyweight Class Winner Rhoden used a well-balanced X-frame and outstanding shape ...
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Aug 6, 2009
Posted in:
Gossip
The Item: Contest Preparation
The Scoop:
Recently reported: IFBB Pro Jason Arntz has teamed up with 6-time Mr.
Olympia Dorian "The Shadow" Yates for his 2009 Olympia contest
preparation. "I usually do my own dieting and contest preparation for
the past 10 or 11 years," says Arntz. "Now I'm working ...
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Aug 3, 2009
Posted in:
Gossip
The Item: Contest Results
The Scoop:
Just announced: Over the weekend in Florida, IFBB Pro Stan McQuay made
a splash with a 1st place finish at the 2009 Jacksonville 202 &
Under Pro Bodybuilding Championships, part of the Dexter Jackson
Classic. In a pro debut that has been nearly three ...
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Jul 28, 2009
Posted in:
Gossip
The Item: Career Updates/Contest Preparation
The Scoop:
Athlete to Andrew: My buddy IFBB Pro Richard "Tricky" Jackson, checked
in with me to give me the lowdown on his contest prep. Tricky Jackson
is getting jacked for the 2009 Dexter Jackson Classic, a.k.a the IFBB
Jacksonville Pro Bodybuilding Championships for 202 ...
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Jul 27, 2009
Posted in:
Gossip
The Item: Contest Results
The Scoop:
Just announced: Over the weekend in Las Vegas, Mark Alvisi won both the
Heavyweight Class and the Overall Title of Mr. USA at the 2009 NPC USA
Bodybuilding Championships. The 5'9?, 215-pounder rolled out west from
Florida on well-sized wheels complete with quad cuts. ...
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Jul 22, 2009
Posted in:
Gossip
The Item: Career Updates
The Scoop: Recently overheard:
IFBB Pro Chris "Real Deal" Cormier plans to make a comeback to the competitive Muscle Stage. Over the weekend, the rumblings of this rumor were overheard at the
LA Bodybuilding Championships. Cormier promises that he will again don his posing trunks at ...
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Jul 20, 2009
Posted in:
Gossip
The Item: Career Update/Supplement Co. Contract Signing
The Scoop:
Just Announced: Retired IFBB Pro and Hall of Famer Shawn Ray joins
GENr8, Inc., as a Chief Consultant and Strategist in the areas of
marketing and promotions related to bodybuilding and its athletes, both
professional and amateur, creating opportunities for charity ...
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Jun 4, 2009
Posted in:
Gossip
The Item: Guest Posing Appearance
The Scoop: Recently Announced:
The 2009 NPC Atlantic States Bodybuilding, Fitness, Figure & Bikini Championships
goes down this weekend on June 6th at the Tribecca Performing Arts
Center at the Borough of Manhattan Community College in New York City.
Promoted by Bev Francis and Steve ...
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May 21, 2009
Posted in:
Gossip
The Item: Supplement Co. Contract Signing
The Scoop:
Just announced: IFBB Pro Charles Dixon signs a deal with American Body
Building, joining its roster of sponsored athletes. "Charles brings a
long history of contest success to the ABB Team," says Bob Corbett,
Tradeshow & Athletes Manager for American Body Building. ...
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May 18, 2009
Posted in:
Gossip
The Item: Contest Results
The Scoop:
Just announced: Big muscle took a bite out of the Big Apple over the
weekend, as the IFBB New York Pro Bodybuilding Championships witnessed
the crowning of a first-timer and a repeater. Rookie IFBB Pro Evan
Centopani snagged 1st place in the Open Division, ...
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May 16, 2009
Posted in:
Gossip
The Item: Radio Show Highlights
The Scoop:
I will occasionally post reviews on the content and guests on "Pro
Muscle Radio," the new program hosted by IFBB Pros Richard "Tricky"
Jackson and Jose Raymond. In recent weeks, highlights include the
following: IFBB Pro Jonathan Rowe chats about his experience at ...
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May 8, 2009
Posted in:
Gossip
The Item: Supplement Co. Contract Signing
The Scoop:
Just announced: Just Announced: IFBB Pro Peter Putnam signs a
supplement endorsement contract with Champion Nutrition. "Team Champion
welcomes Peter to be a member of our athlete team," says Mark Post,
President of Champion Nutrition. "He is not only a highly acclaimed ...
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May 7, 2009
Posted in:
Gossip
The Item: Contest Results
The Scoop:
Just announced: Over the weekend, IFBB Pro Eduardo Correa claimed his
first pro contest victory in the Under 202 Division at the 2009
Pittsburgh Pro Bodybuilding Championships. In the last year, Correa has
packed on noticeable mass while maintaining a decent V-taper. He used ...
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Apr 28, 2009
Posted in:
Gossip
The Item: Career Updates/Highlights/Radio Show
The Scoop:
Athlete to Andrew: I caught up with my buddy IFBB Pro Richard "Tricky"
Jackson, fresh off his Easter weekend guest-posing stint in Birmingham,
AL, to get the scoop on his latest venture �" an online radio chat fest
called "Pro Muscle Radio." With ...
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Mar 15, 2009
Posted in:
Gossip
The Item: Contest Results
The Scoop: Just announced: As anticipated, expected and suspected, USA's
Kai Greene was named the winner of the
2009 Australian Pro Grand Prix
over the weekend. In his first trip to "kangaroo country," Kai brought
nearly the same package that had won the Arnold Classic a ...
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Mar 10, 2009
Posted in:
Gossip
The Item: Illness Updates/Contest Lineup
The Scoop: Just Announced: IFBB Pro
Dennis James has withdrawn his name from the list of competitors in the
2009 Australia Grand Prix
(March 14). The 5'8" 260-pound German cites illness, specifically
pneumonia, as the reason for the withdrawal from the contest "down
under" in ...
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Mar 9, 2009
Posted in:
Gossip
The current posing king gets another crown.
Kai "Lion Slayer" Greene was crowned the overall winner of the
21st Annual Arnold Classic Bodybuilding Championships
in Columbus, OH, this past weekend. The Veterans Memorial Auditorium
was the scene of a stacked lineup '" a roster stacked with mountains
upon mountains of ...
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Mar 7, 2009
Posted in:
Gossip
The Item: Contest Results Bulletin
The Scoop: Just Announced: On March 7, 2009, at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Columbus, OH,
Kai "Lion Slayer" Greene was crowned the overall winner of the
21st Annual Arnold Classic Bodybuilding Championships. Fan favorite
Victor Martinez placed 2nd in the big show.
Big Branch ...
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Mar 6, 2009
Posted in:
Gossip
The Item: Magazine Contract Signing
The Scoop: Just Announced: Just Announced: IFBB Pro Moe
El Moussawi inks a contract with
Weider Publications.
"Being a Weider athlete means I'm one of the top guys," says El
Moussawi. "It gives me positive energy to go all the way to the top."
The ...
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Mar 5, 2009
Posted in:
Gossip
The Item: Supplement Co. Contract Signing
The Scoop: Just Announced: IFBB Pro
Troy Brown signs a supplement endorsement contract with Allmax Nutrition.
I contacted my buddy Troy for the scoop on how the deal went down. "I
just kept on the [Allmax reps]," says the determined Englishman. "I
approached them ...
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Feb 23, 2009
Posted in:
Gossip
The Item: Supplement Co. Contract Signing
The Scoop: Just Announced: IFBB Pro Ben White signs a multi-year exclusive supplement endorsement contract with
Team Nutrabolics. "We are thrilled to welcome Ben White to the
Nutrabolics
family," says Rodney Dupont, President of Nutrabolics. "He is an
exceptional individual with unparalleled athletic abilities ...
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Feb 19, 2009
Posted in:
Gossip
The Item: Career Updates/Highlights
The Scoop: Athlete to Andrew: I saw rookie IFBB Pro Ben Pakulski
at the 2008 Olympia Weekend. The 5'10", 254-pound, platinum-haired tank
had just earned his pro card earlier that month by winning the
Super-Heavyweight Class and Overall title at the Canadian Bodybuilding Championships.
I thought ...
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Feb 11, 2009
Posted in:
Gossip
The Item: Injury Updates/Contest Lineup
The Item: Injury Updates/Contest Lineup
The Scoop:
Just announced: IFBB Pro Lee Priest has announced that he will not be
competing at the 2009 IFBB Australian Pro Grand Prix (March 14). This
news comes on the heels of his decision to skip the upcoming Arnold ...
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Jan 26, 2009
Posted in:
Gossip
The Item: Contest Results
The Scoop: Just announced: Over the weekend, rain wet the streets of L.A., but it didn't dampen
Silvio Samuel's path to a first place finish at the
2009 Ironman Pro Invitational. By day, the Los Angeles Convention Center played host to the L.A. Fitness Expo, which ...
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Apr 28, 2008
Posted in:
Gossip
The Item: Career Updates/Highlights
The Scoop: Athlete to Andrew: The May 2008 issue marks the second time the pecs and biceps of Musclemania Pro Morris "Mo" Mendez have emblazoned the cover of Muscle & Fitness Magazine. I hit up Mo for his reaction. "The new cover is hot! I look ...
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Apr 24, 2008
Posted in:
Gossip
The Item: Magazine Contract Signing
The Scoop: Just announced: IFBB Pro Kai Greene inks a multi-year contract with Team MD. This week on "No Bull" Radio, Kai said he signed with Muscular Development over other suitors, because "MD has gone a long way from the beginning to extend a wonderful ...
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Apr 21, 2008
Posted in:
Gossip
The Item: TV Appearance/Philanthropy
The Scoop: Just Announced: Muscle-heads meet gear-heads when 8-time Mr. Olympia and retired IFBB Pro Ronnie Coleman and Bio-Engineered Supplements and Nutrition Inc. (BSN) make an exclusive appearance on the popular cable TV show American Chopper. The episode will document the building of a custom fabrication, ...
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Apr 17, 2008
Posted in:
Gossip
The Item: Endorsement Deal/Contest Promotions
The Scoop: Recently Announced: Retired IFBB Pro Kenneth "Flex" Wheeler inked a deal with HeadBlade, Inc. One of the most impressive bodies to grace a muscle stage lends his head as an endorser of the sportily designed skull-scraping razor. He joins a smooth-domed fraternity that ...
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Apr 14, 2008
Posted in:
Gossip
The Item: Career Updates/Highlights
The Scoop: Athlete to Andrew: I scored scoop from IFBB Pro Andy Haman, who appeared at WFC Fight Night at the Denver Coliseum for an autograph signing on Saturday. Next up, guest-posing stops at the Southern Colorado Championships (May 10th) and the Carla Sanchez Fitness Fiesta ...
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Apr 11, 2008
Posted in:
Gossip
The Item: Career Updates/Highlights
The Scoop: Athlete to Andrew: IFBB Pro Troy Brown hit me up with the latest in his camp. Flexing on the cover of the February 2008 issue of FLEX Magazine (US edition), the UK-born muscleman is featured inside sharing his experiences in the rookie year of ...
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