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Willet has won numerous state and national titles and the 2003 overall Team Universe Championship, which earned him the status of International Federation of BodyBuilders (IFBB) Pro Bodybuilder. http://www.bodybuildingweekly.com/hardbodies_news/bodybuilding/bodybuilders-flee-competition-after-drug-testers-arrive.html Bodybuilding News Mon, 18 May 2009 11:42:00 -0500 Minutes before the start of Belgian championships, before even one gleaming pose was on display, organizers had no option but to tell a few hundred fans that had come to the Arsenaal theater that there was not point in staying. http://www.bodybuildingweekly.com/hardbodies_news/bodybuilding/criminal_charges_and_enduring_sadness_years_after_joseph_baglio.html Bodybuilding News Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:30:00 -0600 For nearly two years now, the death of Joseph Baglio has been causing consternation to friends and family and to his colleagues on the bodybuilding circuit. http://www.bodybuildingweekly.com/hardbodies_news/bodybuilding/iraqi-thoughts-turn-to-matters-of-weight.html Bodybuilding News Sat, 14 Feb 2009 00:13:00 -0600 After years of avoiding violence by hunkering down at home, on a steady diet of TV, cigarettes and hearty food, many have emerged out of shape. Some are heading to the gym. http://www.bodybuildingweekly.com/hardbodies_news/bodybuilding/yvonne-edwards-pumping-iron-at-harbor-athletic.html Bodybuilding News Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:23:00 -0600 Yvonne Edmunds has lifted up to 80 pounds in a one-armed, bent-over dumbbell row. She's working up to 100 pounds, and is already starting her training for the Masters National Championships in Pittsburgh in July. http://www.bodybuildingweekly.com/hardbodies_news/bodybuilding/lee-priest-elects-surgery-withdraws-from-australian-pro.html Bodybuilding News Mon, 09 Feb 2009 12:25:00 -0600 Australia’s top bodybuilder - and best hope for a hometown win - Lee Priest will not compete in the 2009 Australian Grand Prix. http://www.bodybuildingweekly.com/hardbodies_news/bodybuilding/tamiko-shibata-female-bodybuilder-banned-from-inba.html Bodybuilding News Mon, 09 Feb 2009 04:13:00 -0600 American amateur female bodybuilder Tamiko Shibata has received a lifetime ban from the International Bodybuilding Association (INBA) after allegedly failing a drug test. http://www.bodybuildingweekly.com/hardbodies_news/bodybuilding/baseball-finances-research-on-human-growth-hormone.html Bodybuilding News Tue, 03 Feb 2009 04:04:00 -0600 What are the health benefits of HGH, and is it fair to include the substance in the largely negative societal commentary about anabolic steroids? Federal law restricts HGH to children with growth difficulties, patients in wasted states and adults who are unable to produce growth hormone naturally. Do we understand why its use was even banned in the first place? http://www.bodybuildingweekly.com/hardbodies_news/bodybuilding/anytime-fitness-opens-in-terre-haute-indiana.html Bodybuilding News Mon, 19 Jan 2009 05:31:00 -0600 We couldn't do without our 24-hour gym in Chicago (XSport Fitness), and now Terre Haute can experience the convenience with the opening of Anytime Fitness. One of the top female bodybuilders in the world, Isabelle Turell, already calls the new gym home. http://www.bodybuildingweekly.com/hardbodies_news/bodybuilding/no-arnold-classic-for-lee-priest-or-phil-heath.html Bodybuilding News Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:50:00 -0600 Two prominent IFBB pro bodybuilders, Lee Priest and Phil Heath, decided to sit out of the 2009 Arnold Classic for different reasons. Did they make the right decision? http://www.bodybuildingweekly.com/hardbodies_news/bodybuilding/pumped-to-turn-pro-vince-gumataotao-points-toward-usas.html Bodybuilding News Fri, 02 Jan 2009 07:42:00 -0600 Vince Gumataotao won the heavyweight title at Mr. Nevada, a contest which is part of the National Physique Committee of the USA, on May 12, 2007. Like most aspiring pro bodybuilders, he seeks out hard core gyms when on vacation. http://www.bodybuildingweekly.com/hardbodies_news/bodybuilding/bodybuilder-justin-rys-out-of-jail-with-big-plans.html Bodybuilding News Sun, 04 Jan 2009 04:13:00 -0600 When bodybuilder Justin Rys stood in the dock and heard the judge sentence him to 10½ years in prison, it must have seemed as though his life was over. http://www.bodybuildingweekly.com/hardbodies_news/bodybuilding/high-schools-fight-doping-with-little-consensus.html Bodybuilding News Thu, 25 Dec 2008 06:51:00 -0600 Drug testing is expensive, scattered and full of loopholes. Some believe that education is a better preventive measure than testing, but experts question methods frequently used to inform athletes about the health hazards and ethical considerations of doping. http://www.bodybuildingweekly.com/hardbodies_news/bodybuilding/jackie-geppert-breaking-the-bodybuilding-norm.html Bodybuilding News Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:59:00 -0600 "Every time I come here, it's a challenge," said Geppert. "It's mentally challenging, physically challenging, emotionally challenging, and I guess I like the challenge. I like the drive to see if I can get another rep, heavier weight, whatever it is." http://www.bodybuildingweekly.com/hardbodies_news/bodybuilding/donna-haddon-bodybuilder-strong-arms-of-the-law.html Bodybuilding News Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:49:00 -0500 Donna, a 30-year-old mother of two competed at the inaugural National Police and Emergency Services section of the PakiPaki Bike Shop Coromandel Bodybuilding Classic at Thames. http://www.bodybuildingweekly.com/hardbodies_news/bodybuilding/scott-foster-sculpting-a-bantamweight-national-champion.html Bodybuilding News Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:06:00 -0600 Scott Foster placed first in the bantamweight division at the 2008 NPC Nationals Bodybuilding, Fitness and Figure Championships in Atlanta on Nov. 21-22. http://www.bodybuildingweekly.com/hardbodies_news/bodybuilding/gaulin-taylor-an-edmonton-marriage-with-muscles.html Bodybuilding News Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:53:00 -0600 Michelle Gaulin (51) and Jack Taylor's (56) secret to their ageless look is a clean diet, rich in iron, which they pump most days of the week. http://www.bodybuildingweekly.com/hardbodies_news/bodybuilding/danny-padilla-elected-to-bodybuilding-hall-of-fame.html Bodybuilding News Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:40:00 -0600 The 5-foot-2 ½-inch Danny Padilla was called "The Giant Killer" because he defied the odds and defeated taller elite bodybuilders of his era. http://www.bodybuildingweekly.com/hardbodies_news/bodybuilding/new-process-detects-human-growth-hormone-hgh-in-urine.html Bodybuilding News Tue, 09 Dec 2008 08:21:00 -0600 Researchers have found a process that is the first to capture "a reliable detectable concentration" of human growth hormone ("HGH") from urine, something that may have major implications for the sport of bodybuilding. http://www.bodybuildingweekly.com/hardbodies_news/bodybuilding/world-champ-karen-flaherty-takes-break-after-stellar-year.html Bodybuilding News Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:32:00 -0600 The former amateur jockey, who snared Racing Victoria’s leading female rider award three years running in the late ‘90s, defended her world title at the International Bodybuilding Association competition in San Francisco. http://www.bodybuildingweekly.com/hardbodies_news/bodybuilding/vicky-thomas-brisbane-bodybuilder-body-beautiful.html Bodybuilding News Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:22:00 -0600 Vicky Thomas was crowned last month as Ms. Fitbody at the International Natural BodyBuilding Federation (INBF) titles in America, a totally drug-free competition. http://www.bodybuildingweekly.com/hardbodies_news/bodybuilding/from-coach-potato-to-bodybuilder-to-national-guard.html Bodybuilding News Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:19:00 -0600 Bodybuilder Janet Seay flexed her muscles at a bodybuilding competition on October 25th in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, when she weighed 133 pounds. http://www.bodybuildingweekly.com/hardbodies_news/bodybuilding/pure-power-great-form-auburn-woman-finds-strength-on-stage.html Bodybuilding News Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:03:00 -0600 After discovering free weights by her trainer three years ago at the Auburn Valley (WA) YMCA, Jill Joiner-Wong gradually emerged as a national-caliber powerlifter with plenty of more muscle to flex in the months ahead. http://www.bodybuildingweekly.com/hardbodies_news/bodybuilding/brookings-bodybuilder-jackie-geppert-takes-top-spots.html Bodybuilding News Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:33:00 -0600 Jackie Geppert took home a huge trophy in her first bodybuilding competition, the NPC North Star Bodybuilding, Fitness & Figure Championships on November 1st in St. Paul, Minnesota. http://www.bodybuildingweekly.com/hardbodies_news/bodybuilding/mary-lynch-goes-from-overweight-to-bodybuilding-competition.html Bodybuilding News Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 Mary Lynch is a Colorado mother of five who went from being overweight to being one of the fittest moms around, fit enough to enter her first bodybuilding competition. http://www.bodybuildingweekly.com/hardbodies_news/bodybuilding/cee-british-bodybuilding-mum-from-arnold.html Bodybuilding News Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:21:00 -0600 Caroline Oliver, 33, came second in the Best Presentation in British Trained Figure Title in Leamington Spa on October 26th. http://www.bodybuildingweekly.com/hardbodies_news/bodybuilding/cindy-popowich-bodybuilder-eager-and-able.html Bodybuilding News Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:40:00 -0600 Cindy Popowich, 40, finished second in the fitness model, 40- plus category at the world federation of bodybuilding and fitness (WBFF) event in Mississauga in September and added two more silvers in the masters 35-plus and open divisions at the Ultimate Fitness Experience event in Hamilton in October. http://www.bodybuildingweekly.com/hardbodies_news/bodybuilding/next_generation_of_soy_proteins_now_in_development.html Bodybuilding News Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:39:00 -0500 Among the major protein types in the food chain, soy protein is probably at or near the bottom when to comes to benefits to bodybuilders and athletes. New research may be changing that. http://www.bodybuildingweekly.com/hardbodies_news/bodybuilding/jamaicans_marcus_white_and_shernett_falconer_strike_winning_pose.html Bodybuilding News Tue, 16 Sep 2008 06:51:00 -0500 Marcus White and Shernett Falconer captured the Mr Jamaica and Miss Jamaica titles at the 2008 National Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships before an appreciative crowd, at the Holy Childhood High School auditorium on Saturday night. http://www.bodybuildingweekly.com/hardbodies_news/bodybuilding/heather_armbrust_expects_to_win_ms_olympia_title.html Bodybuilding News Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:33:00 -0500 Heather Armbrust has laid down the gauntlet for her Olympia competition, claiming that she expects to take the Ms. Olympia title this year. http://www.bodybuildingweekly.com/hardbodies_news/bodybuilding/stephanie_hancock_womans_muscles_spirit_strengthened.html Bodybuilding News Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:17:00 -0500 Stephanie Hancock has a shiny, new statuette after claiming top spot in the women's open bodybuilding competition at the Toronto Classic International Drug Free Athletics bodybuilding, fitness and figure show earlier this summer. http://www.bodybuildingweekly.com/hardbodies_news/bodybuilding/nfl_earmarks_millions_for_anti_steroid_message_to_youths.html Bodybuilding News Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:16:00 -0500 ATLAS is aimed at male student athletes, while ATHENA is targeted at females. Each consists of several 45-minute interactive sessions (10 for ATLAS, eight for ATHENA) using a "squad leader," a student athlete tapped to run each session. http://www.bodybuildingweekly.com/hardbodies_news/bodybuilding/lee_priest_out_for_atlantic_city_pro.html Bodybuilding News Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:11:00 -0500 The much anticipated return of Australian IFBB pro bodybuilder Lee Priest has been delayed until the 2009 Arnold Classic, as he is not doing the Atlantic City Pro and therefore cannot qualify for the Olympia this year. http://www.bodybuildingweekly.com/hardbodies_news/bodybuilding/nicole_simien_first_time_is_a_charm_for_female_bodybuilder.html Bodybuilding News Fri, 08 Aug 2008 02:43:00 -0500 Dental hygeniest's winning smile, killer guns take first place at the Annual Far East Bodybuilding Competition. http://www.bodybuildingweekly.com/hardbodies_news/bodybuilding/ten_next_generation_doping_methods.html Bodybuilding News Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:36:00 -0500 While the International Olympic Committee is busy trying to catch today's performance enhancers, athletes are already looking for the next big boost that will give them the edge in 2012. http://www.bodybuildingweekly.com/hardbodies_news/bodybuilding/leslie_crook_npc_amateur_bodybuilder_draws_on_her_strength.html Bodybuilding News Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:58:00 -0500 Amateur NPC bodybuilder Leslie Crook uses training to move through the grief of her husband's death. http://www.bodybuildingweekly.com/hardbodies_news/bodybuilding/bodybuilder_branch_warren_out_of_the_2008_olympia.html Bodybuilding News Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:41:00 -0500 Texan Branch Warren, husband of IFBB fitness pro Trish Warren, has joined Kai Greene and Victor Martinez on the sidelines for the 2008 Mr. Olympia. http://www.bodybuildingweekly.com/hardbodies_news/bodybuilding/gale_frankie_first_female_bodybuilder_trinidad_tobago_to_get_pro.html Bodybuilding News Sun, 10 Aug 2008 22:25:00 -0500 Gale Hamlet-Frankie has become Trinidad and Tobago's first professional female bodybuilder after receiving her International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness (IFBB) pro licence recently. http://www.bodybuildingweekly.com/hardbodies_news/bodybuilding/testerone_and_body_fat_are_controlled_by_the_same_genes.html Bodybuilding News Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:38:00 -0500 Research shows a 23% overlap between the genes that control testosterone and those that regulate body fat composition, suggesting that these two variables are partly controlled by the same set of genes. http://www.bodybuildingweekly.com/hardbodies_news/bodybuilding/arab_woman_dorra_zaier_storms_male_bodybuilding_bastion.html Bodybuilding News Tue, 05 Aug 2008 08:55:00 -0500 Dorra Zaier thinks women in her country should follow her example by getting off their sofas and pumping iron, not only for their health but also to tackle gender inequality. http://www.bodybuildingweekly.com/hardbodies_news/bodybuilding/lee_priest_is_master_of_his_universe.html Bodybuilding News Sun, 03 Aug 2008 01:55:00 -0500 Priest maintains he “never wanted to be a body builder, I just wanted to look like the He-Man character.” http://www.bodybuildingweekly.com/hardbodies_news/bodybuilding/lee_priest_reinstated_and_will_be_competing_in_atlantic_city.html Bodybuilding News Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:39:00 -0500 In an 11-5 vote, Lee Priest has been reinstated to full status in the IFBB and will be competing at the Atlantic City Pro in September. http://www.bodybuildingweekly.com/hardbodies_news/bodybuilding/victor_martinez_kai_greene_out_of_2008_olympia.html Bodybuilding News Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:00:00 -0500 Two of the top contenders for the 2008 Mr. Olympia men's bodybuilding title will be sitting out the show. http://www.bodybuildingweekly.com/hardbodies_news/bodybuilding/vietnam_top_female-bodybuilder_tests_positive_for_doping.html Bodybuilding News Mon, 14 Jul 2008 02:46:00 -0500 Vietnam’s top female body builder Nguyen Thi My Linh has tested positive for doping, a big setback for the national team as it prepares for the Asian Bodybuilding Championship slated for next Wednesday in Hong Kong. http://www.bodybuildingweekly.com/hardbodies_news/bodybuilding/exercise_pill_now_closer_to_development.html Bodybuilding News Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:21:00 -0500 Astonishing test results for the pill that'll get you fit...and you won't have to move a muscle. http://www.bodybuildingweekly.com/hardbodies_news/bodybuilding/post_exercise_caffeine_helps_muscles_refuel.html Bodybuilding News Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:22:00 -0500 Glycogen, the muscle's primary fuel source during exercise, is replenished more rapidly when athletes ingest both carbohydrate and caffeine following exhaustive exercise, new research shows. http://www.bodybuildingweekly.com/hardbodies_news/bodybuilding/2008-npc-junior-nationals-bodybuilding-contest_report.html Bodybuilding News Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:16:00 -0500 FigureRX Magazine has released an in-depth contest report for the 2008 NPC Junior Nationals Women's Bodybuilding Division. http://www.bodybuildingweekly.com/hardbodies_news/bodybuilding/steroids_probe_linked_to_james_abernathy.html Bodybuilding News Sun, 04 May 2008 17:35:00 -0500 The federal steroid investigation involving Applied Pharmacy Services has been linked to self-proclaimed anti-aging expert James Abernathy. 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