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Truth be told, Bismack Biyombo wishes he was playing basketball right now. “The desire was to play,” Biyombo tells M&F. “I wanted my team [the Charlotte Hornets] to play in the bubble.” But as a vice president of the NBA Players Association, his main goal wasn’t to focus on himself or his team—...

Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images Take a look at the last decade’s worth of Olympia lineups and you’ll notice that competitors' biceps and delts aren’t the only body parts getting bigger—their guts are, too. Known as the “bubble gut,” top-tier competitors like seven-time Mr. O, Phil Heath; Kai Greene...