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It’s finally here, the off-season. No more starving for single-digit body fat. It’s time to throw on my favorite hoodie and sweatpants and pursue a career in Mukbang. Well, ok. Not just yet. Before diving down that delicious rocky road, I have to ask myself “Do I want to be better?” Of course, I...

If you watched the prejudging round of the 2023 Classic Physique Olympia, then you knew that out of the almost 40 competitors that walked onstage, the last two men standing in front of the judges were defending champ Chris Bumstead and 2022 Olympia runner-up Ramon Rocha Querioz. At the end, it...

The second half of the 2023 Olympia Weekend Prejudging is underway. Today featured three prejudging rounds and one complete contest in the World Fitness Expo in Orlando, FL. Bodybuilding superstars and fans flooded the seats ready to see the world’s best pose down. Here’s a quick look at the...

You’re here. The promised land. The end of the diet. You’re lean. Abs popping, biceps bulging, chest striating. You’ve finally achieved the badass physique you set out to achieve. But, now what? You see, while everyone focusses on the weight loss, getting lean, shredded – whatever – part of the...

The most important decision you can make to have a successful physique transformation, and not spin your wheels for years, is to work out whether you should be gaining muscle, losing fat or utilising a body recomposition. Certainly, on the surface, it seems like a fairly obvious, if not...

By Aadam | Remember that scene in The Matrix where Neo’s having Kung Fu training uploaded directly into his brain and at the end he’s all like, “I know Kung-fu”? Well, I hate to break it to you, but he was wrong. He didn’t actually know kung-fu. He only thought he knew kung-fu: Meaning, he...

Remember that scene in The Matrix where Neo’s having Kung Fu training uploaded directly into his brain and at the end he’s all like, “I know Kung-fu”? Well, I hate to break it to you, but he was wrong. He didn’t actually know kung-fu. He only thought he knew kung-fu: Meaning, he understood kung...

What sounds good on paper doesn't always work in everyday life. The longer I've been in this game, the more clearly I've come to understand a few fundamental principles that dramatically impact the execution of a diet: Discipline is a finite and exhaustible resource. Decision fatigue is a real...

Casual bodybuilding followers already know about the Olympia and Arnold Classic, but the fans who have deep connections to the sport know that there is a third show that could be called a crown jewel of the industry – the Pittsburgh Pro. The 2023 edition of the Pittsburgh Pro took place at the...

Are you swole, jacked or yoked? Let's take a look at modern lifting lingo and see what it says about your physique. Words like meathead, yoked and swole are everyday words to us bros who lift weights. (Do you even lift?) But to the regular schmoe, or to the iron game newb, these words can make...

Keep yourself healthy mentally and physically with these 12 bodybuilding concepts By Greg Merritt Bodybuilding isn’t an easy lifestyle to follow. It’s a road that’s filled with blood, sweat, and injuries. Most dedicated bodybuilders live and breathe the heavy iron. Sometimes the results are...

Fans packed the Zappos Theater in Planet Hollywood on Friday night as the 2022 Olympia was in full force. Friday night is usually considered “ladies night,” but the Mr. Olympia prejudging also took place, and there were several big happenings throughout the evening in the other contests held in...

Bodybuilding: Competition or Lifestyle? It’s become quite lucid that many competitive physique athletes (both men and women) are merely in it for the looks and nothing else. These competitions are, after all, about how your body looks and not how it functions. But what does health really mean if...

Are you swole, jacked or yoked? Let's take a look at modern lifting lingo and see what it says about your physique. Words like meathead, yoked and swole are everyday words to us bros who lift weights. (Do you even lift?) But to the regular schmoe, or to the iron game newb, these words can make...

In the fitness game, the most common goals by far are to lose body fat or to "get in shape." The problem is these goals, and others like them, are rarely met or even seriously chased. Every January people flood commercial gyms like moths going toward the light. When a few weeks pass and that...

Do you want a great beach body? Who doesn't! But that isn't a specific goal. Learn how to change your workouts, maximize body parts, and create your dream physique. What workout is best? The above is a question I do get quite often and the answer is: " I don't know...but you do." What I mean is...

This year’s Pittsburgh Pro 2022 show was rich in bodybuilding tradition. IFBB Pro League and NPC President Jim Manion himself has won the title of Mr. Pittsburgh in his own bodybuilding career. The show has featured numerous Mr. Olympia winners showing up to guest pose from Arnold Schwarzenegger...

Justin Palionis hadn’t competed in a bodybuilding or physique show in three years. However, his brother, IFBB Pro Men’s Physique competitor Luke Palionis, inspired him to return to the stage at the 2022 NPC Wings of Strength Valley of the Sun contest. The decision to compete paid off because...

Eric Dubas just claimed a haul of medals at the NPC Valley of the Sun Championships in Arizona, but the 39-year-old credits an unusual form of cardio for helping him gain an advantage over his fellow competitors. In a post-win chat with M&F’s Chief Content Officer, Zack Zeigler, Dubas says that...