If the AMI (American Media, Inc.), the company that’s behind Mr. Olympia, doesn’t revoke its decision, Shawn Rhoden won’t compete in Las Vegas this year or within the next years. The aftermath of Shawn’s implication in a case of rape, unexpectedly brings some of his biggest rivals back into the game. Amongst others, speculations around […]
The Vancouver Pro is an important bodybuilding event that has been attracting a lot of excellent athletes every year since its establishment in 2015. It not only serves as IFBB pro qualifier event where amateurs can obtain their pro card with a successful appearance, but more importantly, the pros fight for their much-needed qualification points […]
When a celebrity is accused of a serious crime, speculations about the particular circumstances, guilt or innocence of the accused and integrity or malice of the accuser often run wild. Quite frequently, many people judge hastily and primarily based on emotions in such cases. They quickly defend or attack one of the involved parties because […]
It seemed as if Shawn Rhoden’s career really took off last year after he won the most important bodybuilding competition and was crowned Mr. Olympia. Nobody had expected the Jamaican-American to prevail against the back then actual title holder and sevenfold winner Phil Heath. But now Rhoden is confronted with serious problems against whose backdrop […]
Although Kai Greene never succeeded in beating Phil Heath at Mr. Olympia, one has to admit that, contrary to other bodybuilders, he knows how to market himself. Proof of this is his success in the movie industry: He was a main actor in the action movie “Crazy Fist” and also part of the SciFi-Mystery show […]
It feels like it was just yesterday that Shawn Rhoden beat Phil Heath at Mr Olympia 2018 and thereby made the world of bodybuilding tremble. This transition of power proved impressively that in just one day a big surprise can happen, though almost everyone had viewed the competition as predetermined. But before one can pull […]
With the fitness and health industry having grown significantly over the past 20 years, a corresponding explosion of the supplement market is a phenomenon that cannot really surprise. Mainstream’s awareness of nutrition and supps has risen accordingly. In principle, this is a positive development, given the increase of the typical diseases – diabetes and obesity […]
Have you ever imagined a big guy like Brian Shaw doing pull-ups? Since his fans repeatedly asked him to do it, and because Brian has always been promising it, you probably actually did try to visualize this bizarre picture. You may have been wondering if this unlikely and almost perverse image could ever be more […]
At least in many parts of the world, we nowadays fortunately live under circumstances where each individual can live freely the way they want. Due to this fact, for persons who feel that they live in the wrong body the possibilities to determine their sexual identity have become more and more flexible. An ever-growing transgender […]
In bodybuilding and fitness, your goal is always a fundamental transformation of your body. But it is an oft-neglected fact that we also change our minds on a deep level! We usually think of our mind as something that had preexisted within each of us, governing our body from its hidden and impalpable place like […]
While strongmen of earlier times had a lower body fat percentage on the average with exceptionally well-defined athletes like Mariusz Pudzianowski standing out, the big names of today generally aren’t perceived as overly athletic by the broader public. But while these strength monsters don’t appear as muscular on pictures as bodybuilders – at least to […]
If you look at the lifters in some gyms, you will recognize that they come from all kinds of social milieus. The average population is a pretty heterogeneous mix ranging from students, businessmen or -women to retirees and kids that just hit puberty. Consequentially, the behavior of the different gym-goers differs a lot. For that […]