#the open natural bodybuilding championship

[thefreckledgymrat]

The love of my life (on the far left) had a bodybuilding competition this past Saturday at The Open Natural Bodybuilding Championship. She competed in Women’s Bikini and Women’s Figure.

She came in 2nd in the Bikini division, BUT she won 1st in Figure, AND 1st Overall Champion!! This video shows her doing a pose off with the other competitors and her winning Overall!! She worked so fucking hard and trained nonstop; I’m so unbelievably proud of her. She has such a bright future ahead of her, even the judges said so to her and I😭💕💕💕💕

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Name: Alex

Age: 25

Position in Resurgence: Founder and Head of Research and Development

Date of Initiation: March 5, 2020

Circumstances of Admission:

Alex is one of the founding members of Resurgence. Along with Marek, the first person to undergo transformation, he shared a vision to create an organization focused on achieving superhuman abilities through scientific and physical innovation. After Marek’s successful transformation, Alex decided to follow the same path and became the second member to undergo the transformation process.

Transformation Description:

Alex underwent transformation in an improved device he helped develop. The transformation led to a dramatic increase in muscle mass, strength, and endurance. His body transformed into a model of muscular power, reaching a level that established him as a natural leader within the organization. Alex’s transformation went smoothly and without incidents, setting the standard for future members.

Measurements Before Transformation:

Weight: 78 kg

Body Fat: 13%

Bicep: 39 cm

Chest: 103 cm

Quadriceps: 58 cm

Calf: 39 cm

Bench Press: 95 kg

Deadlift: 115 kg

Squat: 105 kg

Measurements After Transformation:

Weight: 128 kg

Body Fat: 4%

Bicep: 65 cm

Chest: 148 cm

Quadriceps: 88 cm

Calf: 64 cm

Bench Press: 295 kg

Deadlift: 340 kg

Squat: 325 kg

Achievements:

Alex has achieved several notable successes in bodybuilding competitions, solidifying his status both within Resurgence and publicly. His most notable placements include:

1st place at the National Bodybuilding Championship 2021

1st place at the International Strength and Endurance Cup 2022

2nd place at the European Bodybuilding Championship 2023

Notes:

Alex’s role in Resurgence includes recruiting new talents, overseeing the transformation process, and strategizing the organization's development.

Marek returned home from work, exhausted, but as soon as he opened the door, he felt a surge of energy. Waiting for him in the hallway was Alex, leaning against the wall with his hands in the pockets of his blue sweatpants, exuding a calm strength that immediately caught Marek’s eye. Alex was smiling in that way that always captivated Marek, but this time, it was different – Alex’s body was even larger, more powerful than before.

“I’ve been waiting for you,” Alex said with a smile, his deep voice resonating with the power he now embodied.

Marek slowly approached him, fascinated by every muscle, every contour on his tense skin. Alex’s chest muscles were massive, firm, and full of energy, as if they were ready to burst with each breath. Marek reached out, touching Alex’s chest, his fingers tracing the strong, solid muscles. He couldn’t believe that his friend, with whom he had shared the same dream just days ago, had transformed into such an awe-inspiring physical force.

“This… this is incredible,” Marek whispered, as his fingers continued to explore Alex’s muscles, outlining every detail on his enormous arms. When Alex flexed slightly, Marek felt his arm harden under his touch like steel.

“Thanks to that machine, I’ve achieved something I couldn’t even imagine,” Alex replied calmly, pride evident in his voice. “And now, I want you to appreciate it.”

Without hesitation, Marek continued his admiration. He ran his hands over Alex’s shoulders, broad and solid, like a rock. His fingers slid down to Alex’s abs, which were like individual blocks of stone, perfectly sculpted and firm. Every muscle was tight, every contour of his skin revealing the strength Alex now possessed.

“I never thought you would become something like this,” Marek admitted with admiration, his eyes full of fascination and respect. Alex just smiled, allowing Marek to continue exploring his body, his muscles, his incredible transformation.

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Top Micro Bikini Competition Events

Micro Bikini Competitions; what are they?

Hey readers, today we’re going to talk about Bikini Competitions where athletes are required to wear Micro Bikini Bottoms to compete to win! Let’s recap a bit for newer athletes on what a Micro Bikini is; A Micro Bikini is one where the back bottom coverage has less glute exposure (or coverage) than your standard Bikini.

At www.competitionsuitshop.com we offer 5 styles of back bottom coverage, from full coverage (standard bikini), cheeky (which as the name suggests is starting to show more skin), then we start getting into the Micro category - Brazilian, Pro and Micro Pro. The latter coverages are ideally for pro-level athletes who are a) are very experienced and confident on stage and b) they need to maximize glute display to score the highest points for their aesthetic and athletic presentation to the judges.

The most popular bodybuilding contests these days are Micro Bikini Competitions, where pro level athletes are competing at the highest level to either win the show, earn their pro card, and above all a title such as the prestigious Ms. Olympia.

As the sport continues to grow, and athletes develop better programs in terms of nutrition, training, supplements, coaching, online presence and overall acceptance and support; the gap between pro and amateur physiques are definitely becoming less divided. Also, keep in mind that if you’re spending a good chunk of your time and money, and have set your mind to stage, you may as well commit to looking your darn best on stage. It may be your only shot (although we have it on good authority that it’s more a life changing sport than a one-off done and dusted bucket list tick) to be under the floodlights, to look your best, and to make memories that will last a lifetime! Therefore you really want to flaunt your hard-earned physique with the Micro Bikini option.

Now what are the most popular Micro Bikini Competitions?

NPC and CPA

Let’s broadly break this down into the Natural vs Non-Natural competition categories. The non-natural federations have been the dominant force in bodybuilding in general, with the National Physique Committee or NPC being the largest, most well-known Amateur organization in the world. Whilst the term Amateur is used, it is very much open to all pros and non-pros, looking to either compete as a first-timer or win a show and turn pro with a Pro Card qualification as an IFBB PRO.

The most popular NPC contests are National Championships and State Championships that are held annually such as NPC USA Championship. The Canadian equivalent of that is the Canadian Physique Alliance, with the CPA Vancouver Open drawing huge crowds annually. There are almost 500 NPC competitions held each year, and the winners of each category earns a pro card to compete in the International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness or IFBB contests.

IFBB and OLYMPIA

There are two IFBB bodies, IFBB PRO and IFBB ELITE. Not to go into politics on the divide and licensing, but the IFBB PRO is the more popular of the two pro federations, largely because it has the rights and hosts the most prestigious Mr. Olympia event. Mr. Olympia is how the world knows and recognizes bodybuilding because of the fame and legacy of Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Olympia is the most coveted prize in bodybuilding, it is held once a year, and the participants are selected through Olympia Qualifiers, which are IFBB PRO contests featuring only professional athletes. Needless to say, these are all Micro Bikini Competitions. The most popular IFBB PRO contests are the Amatuer Olympia which are held worldwide. There were 11 of these events held in 2023.

Other organizations that are independent from the NPC and IFBB are Physical Culture Association or PCA; their largest shows are in the UK and growing more in South East Asia.

OCB and ICN

Women’s Bodybuilding has really taken off in the Natural Bodybuilding federations lately. The largest of these platforms are the OCB (Organization of Competitive Bodybuilders) in the U.S.A and the ICN (International Competition Network) in Australia. There are over a hundred OCB shows that take place across the United States annually.

It is no secret that bodybuilding and steroid supplementations are commonly used. This is not to discredit the hard-work that athletes still have to put in. However, for those wishing to compete in all-natural, anti-doping, drug-tested shows, these federations provide a great alternative for both Professional and Amateur competitors. The largest OCB event held annually is the Yorton Cup.

Read our other blogs also: Best Bikinis for Competition | Micro Bikini Competition Suits: You’re Ultimate Guide to Winning Styles

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34 Weeks til Worlds 34 in Seattle presented by KAGED 🛑 Long Post Warning - Please story & share. The INBF WNBF World Championships is always an incredible culminating event in our sport, and we are happy to share it with you all at a new amazing venue. Fly directly into SeaTac Airport and take a short taxi, lift, or uber to the town of Federal Way. The Federal Way Performing Arts & Event Center is the location of the 2 DAY event. 50 + Countries will attend. 2 host hotels - a short walk or ride from the PAEC so everything is very easy and convenient once you land. Please book hotels now as both hotels will sell out. Once hotels sell out or the booking group code expires you’re on your own to find accommodations. How do I qualify for the largest and most competitive Amateur or Pro show in the sport of natural bodybuilding? Visit our events page and choose a competition to compete in. Place in the top 3 in the Open or Masters Pro card classes. Pro Qualifications: Compete in 2023 to qualify you for Worlds. International Pro’s shall compete at Pro events near them that feature their Pro Categories. Saturday, November 18th: All Amateurs compete. Super Pro Card winners may choose to compete Sunday as new WNBF Professional. Sunday, November 19th: All WNBF Pro’s compete. Both competitions are straight through formatted so you may optimize your day and have plenty of time to spend with friends, family, your team, or to tour Seattle. Top 5 pose and Top 5 walk just like Vegas and LA Worlds. Please visit the Worlds Page now for all other pertinent information. Spread the word that Worlds will again be LiveStreamed in HD for those who can’t make it to Washington State. Best of luck to you all this year, and check your spam filters for the Upcoming Events Mailchimp email campaign just sent out. #INBF #WNBF #NaturalBodybuilding #NaturalBodybuildingIsClassicPhysique #CulturismoNatural #Bodybuilding #MensPhysique #BikiniAthlete #Fitness #Fitspo #Biceps #SeattleFitness #Lift #Bench #Squat #Deadlift #Exercise #ExerciseMotivation #RoadToinbfwnbfWorlds #wnbfWorlds #SeattleWorlds #wnbfWorldChampionships #WNBF34 #RealDrugTesting #EliteCompeteWNBF (at Federal Way Performing Arts & Event Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqA24F_L4-k/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Follow your dreams! 🌟 1 year ago, I won the Mr. Iowa 2020 Natural Bodybuilding Championships 🥳 In all of Iowa I was crowned champion! 😇💪 but believe me I’m not there yet, I still have a long way to go! I may have won first in Iowa but I ended up placing 4th overall in the show. Meaning I was beat out by some out of staters, as the show drew in lots of competitors from all across the nation. So, unfortunately I have yet to win my pro natural bodybuilding card, which has been my dream for the past decade! Ever since I first started training, only the overall winner of the show gets the honor of receiving his pro card. My dream is to win that pro card and go on to compete internationally at Worlds! Which is the equivalent of the Mr. Olympia but for natural competitors, Worlds is a pro only invitational championship, aka the super bowl of natural bodybuilding! I can not wait to take the stage again! 🤗 I’ve been working my ass off, every day I grind, improving little by little and enjoying the process this off-season! 🏋️‍♂️ I will be competing again in 1-2 more years, as it takes that long, at least a minimum of a couple years is needed to put on size and improve upon my physique weaknesses. 10 years, over 3,000 workouts, over 6,000 logged hours training… and I’m only getting started! 📈 I’ll never give up on my dream to be a PRO Natural Bodybuilder and you should never give up on your dream! No matter the odds (I’ll be going up against the best in the world), no matter your given circumstances (my genetics are absolutely garbage for bodybuilding), no matter the time it takes to get there, persist and dedicate yourself and never give up! Because what’s life if we give up on our highest aspirations 🔥 If you need fitness/diet/life coaching and personal training 👉 I am here for you! Available 24/7 for you at DrewLife.com and on my DrewLife fitness app 🤳 Also if you’re one to hate online training and want an even more personal touch then train with me in-person at my new private DrewLife training studio 🤝 I am now opening up training for my clients IN-PERSON! (Limited spots available) ♥️ Inquire by email for more details 📧: drew@drewlife.com (at Iowa) https://www.instagram.com/p/CS5qlHVr_qO/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Bodybuilder, Greg Moormann

Aging with grace and dignity as a vegan.

Greg Moormann has made an impressive impact on his sport of Natural Bodybuilding with numerous podium finishes in Masters categories. He is a Pro card holder with both the NGA and ANBF associations, which are only awarded after having reached elite standard.

In 2015 Greg entered the NGA Night of Champions and walked away with no less than three victories, taking first place in the Masters Physique (age 50+), first in the Novice Physique category and he also won the Open Physique Tall category.

In the same year he also won the Masters Physique category at the Florida State Natural competition. 2016 saw him enter the ABNF Florida Natural Championships where he won not only the Masters Physique 50+ but also the 40+ category. He also took first place in the Open Physique Tall category.

In May 2106 he entered NPC Suncoast Naturals and won both the 50+ and 40+ Masters Physique titles.  In August 2016 he entered the Naples Sports Festival and won first place by a large margin. Later that year he took first in the ANBF Caribbean Championships.

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Unsurprisingly, Greg’s achievements have brought him the attention of others and he has been featured in Vegan Health & Fitness magazine three times and in Natural Muscle.

For many years Greg was satisfied with his diet and had not seriously considered veganism. This all changed in the Summer of 2003 when he was influenced by an existing vegan.

“I was dating a vegan that was a few years older than me and she was the healthiest and most beautiful human that I had ever known. This made me very curious. She never pushed her choices on me but she did ask me to read The China Study and to watch Forks Over Knives. I did so and I had thought previously that I was eating super healthy. I found out I had no option but to switch to a vegan diet. I have thrived on plant based foods and am leaner and more muscular than ever before.”

The change happened overnight and Greg is now a committed vegan who achieved all of his competition successes on his current diet. He counts his Pro cards among his greatest achievements alongside winning the titles in the Florida Natural Championships.

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Veganism is now part of his lifestyle and he is entirely committed to it. Traveling poses some challenges but nothing that can’t be overcome.

“I do my best to pack all the food that I will consume. I usually try to limit trips to 4 or 5 days for this reason. I will even freeze food and pack in luggage when flying, I freeze oatmeal, vegan 6 bean chili and a few other assorted meals in bulk. I always travel with my plant based protein blend for my oatmeal (pea, hemp, and pumpkin seed) as well as flax and chia seeds and hemp hearts. Sunflower butter and Mary’s Gone Crackers. I will eat a lot of fruit when traveling.”

When at home he eats a lot of steel cut oats with either apples and cinnamon or blueberries (every morning) as well as a lot of fruit, fresh veggies, cooked and raw as well as brown rice and seitan.

“I have been steaming my own seitan and I love it. I also make shakes with assorted greens and fruits. I like to use beet leaves from fresh whole beats as well as spinach and kale.”

The attention to diet helps fuel Greg’s training, to which he is similarly committed.

“When I train together we usually start by bike riding 5 miles to the gym and then working one body part per day with glutes and abs alternated every other day. I am usually in the gym for about an hour and 20 minutes. My favorite HIIT activity follows the gym and that is riding bridge sprints over the intercoastal all up and down the east coast of South Florida. Usually after that I will play tennis for two hours. Many evenings I will go back to the tennis courts for another match.”

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Vegan Wins Bodybuilding World Championship

Vegan Wins Bodybuilding World Championship

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Massimo Brunaccioni won the Natural World Bodybuilding Championship in New York. The Nutrition coach and personal trainer earned the title “Men’s Physique World Chapion WNBF 2019. Natural body builders use no performance enhancing drugs of any kind including steroids and other substances like HGH normally used in the sport. 

He was overwhelmed by the victory saying “Beyond the enormous…

[6weeksout]

I know you all been waiting to hear this! Proud to announce and update all of you, that @nudevodkasoda is the Title Sponsor for the SASKATOON PNC 2019 😊 About We’re just a couple of local guys with one big goal: make the best alcoholic beverages. We’re done with the sugary, hangover-inducing beverages on the market, even the ones that are supposed to be “better for you”. Instead of waiting for a better option, we created it. Introducing Nude Vodka Soda, a sugar-free, sweetener-free, and gluten-free alcoholic beverage with only 100 calories per can. Nude is made with triple distilled vodka, sparkling water, and all natural fruit extracts and essences. We worked with an award-winning natural beverage developer, resulting in a crisp and refreshing beverage that we believe is the new standard in the beverage industry. Drink nude. Please follow @nudevodkasoda and remember Eat Clean, Train Clean, Drink Clean! www.nudevodkasoda.com The @saskatoonpnc is open to everyone Canada wide and we are excited to include BodyBuilding, Physique, Classic Physique, Fitness, Figure, Bikini and the NEW NOVICE category for first time competitors! Pre-Judging starts at 10am Finals start at 5pm VENUE: DAKOTA DUNES CASINO , SASKATOON, SASKATCHEWAN TITLE SPONSOR Nude Vodka Soda HOST HOTEL: Hilton Garden Inn Tan, Hair and Makeup - @absolutetouchinc Stage Photography and Back Stage Photography - @stonephotostudio Show Coverage & Video Critiquing - @6weeksout Mandatory Athletes meeting/registration will be at 6pm Friday JULY 5th 2019. REGISTER AT: www.prairienaturalchampionships.com SASKATOON PNC qualifies you for the 2019 season. Anyone who competes at the SASKATOON PNC (Prairie Natural Championships) and places top 3, will be qualified to compete at a NATURAL PRO QUALIFIER for your IFBB PRO CARD till 2020! More exciting news to come in the next few days! 🙏🏽 #cpa #canadianphsiquealliance #npc #saskatoonpnc2019 #ash2nutrition #naturalcanadaifbbproqualifier #bodybuilding #nudevodkasoda https://www.instagram.com/p/Bvx1OB-APLq/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=y76pu6m1txwc

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2018 Teen and Collegiate Nationals & South Jersey Natural Championships Results

Here are the 2018 Teen and Collegiate Nationals & South Jersey Natural Championships Results. The ANBF proudly welcomes all NATURAL competitors to our family.

2018 Teen and Collegiate Nationals & South Jersey Natural Championships Results

  2018 Teenage and Collegiate Nationals & South Jersey Natural Group photo

Men’s Bodybuilding Novice 1st Frank Schilling 2nd Adam Woolverton

Men’s Bodybuilding Masters 40+ 1st Kevin Tarangioli

Men’s Bodybuilding Open 1st Frank Schilling 2nd Adam Woolverton 3rd Kevin Tarangioli

Bikini Novice 1st Katina Loizos 2nd Alicia…

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OK, here it is. The ANBF World Championships will be held right outside Atlantic City in Mays Landing, NJ. Come be apart of this awesome event. To qualify to compete in an open class you must have placed in top 5 of an open class of any natural organization within the last 2 years. Debut, novice, and master classes are open to anybody. Also, all pros from any natural organizations are eligible to compete in our pro classes. More details to follow. #ANBF #bodybuilding #bodybuilder #naturalbodybuilding #fit #fitness #fitfam #igfitness #igfit #instafitness #instafit #pushpullgrind #physique #bikini #fitgirl #fitchick #fitguy #fitdad #DFAC #OCB #NGA

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14 Weeks Out! The 12th annual WNBF/INBF Natural Columbia Classic is the first Pro/Am in the West. The WNBF NCC features PRO classes of Bikini, Figure, Fit Body, Men’s Physique and Men & Womens Bodybuilding. The INBF NCC features AMATEUR bikini, figure, fit body, men’s physique and male & female bodybuilding. Come join promoter Katy Wayman-White at the beautiful Federal Way Performing Arts & Event Center - HOME of the 2023 World Championships #OneAndOnlyWorlds 📢 Pro’s and Amateurs can earn their way to the 2023 World Championships in Seattle 👇 Athletes placing in the Top 3 of Open & Masters Pro Qualifying categories become eligible for Worlds. All Pro's Qualify for Pro Worlds 👉 kt-productions.com NaturalColumbiaClassic #NCC⁠ #WNBF #INBF #naturalbodybuilding #bodybuilding #naturalfigure #figure #naturalbikini #bikini #mensphysique #fitbody #INBFstrong #fitspo #Fitspiration #WNBFstrong⁠ #WNBFpro #LAworlds #EliteCompeteWNBF #RealDrugTesting #WNBF33 #WNBFOfficial #WashingtonFitness (at Federal Way Performing Arts & Event Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpSm5fGLFWX/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Watch: Bonica Brown Sets Multiple World Records at 2018 IPF Powerlifting Championships

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To say that Bonica Brown dominated over the weekend at the 2018 International Powerlifting Federation World Classic Powerlifting Championships is an understatement.

The powerlifter didn’t just outlift her fellow competitors in the women's 84kg+ category—she set multiple world records in the process. Brown set four world records on the same day with her squat, bench press, deadlift, and total weight lifted. She put up a total of 671.5kg and finished more than 70kg ahead of the next closest competitor.

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Here are Brown’s final numbers:

Squat Weight: 273kg (602 lbs.) (World Record) Bench Weight: 151.5kg (334 lbs.) (World Record) Deadlift Weight: 247kg (544 lbs.) (World Record) Total Weight: 671.5kg (1480 lbs.) (World Record)

Brown, a force of nature in powerlifting, is no stranger to setting records. But setting four in one day is something that anyone would be excited about.

Here’s a look at Brown’s record-setting lifts from the competition:

1. The Deadlift:

  World Record Deadlift with 247 kg AND World Record Total with 671.5 kg by Bonica Brown @bubblypowerlifter USA in 84+ kg class @aplyft @eleikosport @sbdapparel @theworldgames @olympicchannel #squat #bench #deadlift #total #worlds #open #record #worldrecord #powerlifting #calgary #canada #worlds2018 #usa @usapowerlifting

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  2. The Bench:

  World Record Bench Press with 151.5 kg by Bonica Brown @bubblypowerlifter USA in 84+ kg class @aplyft @eleikosport @sbdapparel @theworldgames @olympicchannel #squat #bench #deadlift #total #worlds #open #record #worldrecord #powerlifting #calgary #canada #worlds2018 #usa @usapowerlifting

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  3. The Squat:

  World Record Squat with 273 kg by Bonica Brown @bubblypowerlifter USA in 84+ kg class @aplyft @eleikosport @sbdapparel @theworldgames @olympicchannel #squat #bench #deadlift #total #worlds #open #record #worldrecord #powerlifting #calgary #canada #worlds2018 #usa @usapowerlifting

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The Six Pack of Knowledge: Thought Leaders in Hypertrophy

Find Our Podcasts: iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, YouTube, Stitcher, PlayerFM, PodBean

  This is a set of interviews with a number of the main minds and thought leaders working within the business in the present day. I’m your host, Tom MacCormick, a private coach and on-line coach. A couple of issues make these podcasts distinctive, and I hope satisfying and provoking: I’m attempting to curate the best hypertrophy specialists on the planet. I feel we now have gotten off to an excellent begin with the specialists under.

    Secondly, I’m always working with purchasers within the gymnasium and on-line, individuals who face challenges which are distinctive to them however all with the frequent aim of being match, wholesome, and displaying these ends in their physiques. So, I’ve loads of questions and experiences to bear on the conversations in these podcasts.

  All these podcasts, taken individually or collectively, characterize the leading edge in human efficiency and hypertrophy coaching. It’s primarily based on strong analysis, in depth experience, and information gained by real-world coaching practices.

  Keystone Habits of a Lean Physique

  Our visitor for this episode is Abel Csabai. Abel obtained into the diet and coaching recreation as part of his quest for private progress. He began the Sustainable Self-Development podcast. Through lots of of hours of podcasting and his personal health journey, Abel obtained the prospect to be mentored and educated by a number of the better of the business which has allowed him to collate all these philosophies to create his distinctive tackle issues.

  In this episode we focus on:

  The harsh classes he has realized while attempting to get large and shredded

The keystone habits for sustaining a lean physique

The energy of mindfulness

And real looking physique fats percentages for reducing and bulking

    Building Muscle Whether You Have Elite Genetics or Not

  Our visitor for this episode is Menno Henselmans. Menno is a web based physique coach, scientific researcher, and health educator who traded his firm automobile to observe his ardour for health.

In this episode, go in-depth on:

If onerous gainers actually exist

How to foretell your genetic potential for muscle progress

Realistic charges of muscle achieve

How to determine your supreme coaching volumes and frequencies

The incontrovertible fact that Menno stopped counting what number of nations he’d lived in at 50! Yes, 50!

      Getting Your Head within the Game for Muscle Gain

  Our visitor for this episode is Valentin Tambosi. Valentin is a Natural Pro Bodybuilder, Prep Coach, and Educator by the Intelligent Strength Coach Program.

  His ardour for coaching shines by on this episode and you’ll actually really feel that he will get a kick out of serving to folks to succeed in their health targets.

  In this episode, we go in-depth on:

The required mindset for muscle achieve

The depth of effort required

Creating the best coaching setting

The energy of visualization

And we go into element on the nitty-gritty of programming coaching to maximise progress. Specifically, figuring out the three key pillars of muscle achieve

  We then around the showcase with some key coaching methods for the chest, biceps, and again.

    Maximizing Your Return on Investment within the Gym

  Borge Fagerli’s background as an engineer and afterward as an entrepreneur and CEO has enabled him to place his strategies right into a step-by-step system that may remodel your well being, look and your efficiency – each mentally and bodily.

  Borge has been within the business for over 20 years and is the creator of “Myo-reps” – probably the most time-efficient and efficient coaching methods to construct muscle.

  As a 45-year-old father and enterprise proprietor, Borge is an knowledgeable on how busy guys can obtain distinctive outcomes with out having to sacrifice their life-style.

  In this episode, we go in-depth on:

What causes muscle to develop

Effective reps

Junk quantity

Maximizing your return on funding with coaching

Myo-reps

  And a surprising revelation about him!

    Staying Open-Minded however, Sceptical to Achieve Elite Performance

  Our visitor for this episode is Dr. Andy Galpin. Andy is a tenured Professor within the Center for Sports Performance at CSU Fullerton. He is a pioneer within the discipline of human efficiency schooling and has his finger on the heartbeat of all of the cutting-edge modalities you need to use to degree up in your athletic pursuits.

  In this episode, we dive deep on all issues muscle constructing. Andy channels each his inner-bro and inner-nerd to present you a bunch of golden nuggets you may take away and apply to enhance your outcomes.

    The Number 1 Factor That Dictates If You Build Muscle, Strength, and Power

  Dr. John Rusin is without doubt one of the health and sports activities efficiency business’s main specialists within the pain-free efficiency coaching mannequin that blends the world of energy and conditioning with scientific motion primarily based diagnostic medication to supply the final word outcomes primarily based strategies.

  In this episode, we focus on, pink flags that is perhaps holding you again, the 6 foundational motion patterns and tips on how to develop energy in them, tips on how to bulletproof your physique, and why energy isn’t a weak point.

    The Difference between Discipline and Motivation with JC Deen

  Our visitor for this episode is JC Deen. JC has been concerned in athletics for over a decade, and now works as a health marketing consultant to health fanatics and athletes all throughout the globe.

  He whips folks into form and helps them discover ways to make health complement their lives, versus ruling it.

  In this episode, we focus on the significance of getting a mentor. The psychology of reaching your targets. The classes he realized getting ripped for the primary time. How to develop optimistic habits and rituals, a stunning truth about his previous, and an entire lot extra.

    Increasing the ROI on Your Diet and Training with Eric Bach

  Eric Bach describes himself as a bacon, bourbon, espresso connoisseur, and overly invested sports activities fan. For a decade has helped highschool, faculty, and professional athletes. Helps guys to construct assured, robust, athletic our bodies. Works each in-person and on-line.

  Eric has tried all of the business BS gimmicks. Discovered they didn’t work and has boiled his coaching all the way down to the next motto… “Success lies in the relentless pursuit of the basics.”

  In the episode, we focus on the fundamentals of constructing an athletic and aesthetic physique, the important thing muscle constructing habits you could know, frequent errors most lifters are making, how briskly you may realistically construct muscle, and an entire bunch extra.

    The Skinny Advantage with Brad Borland

  Starting out as a scrawny 125lb child at six ft, two inches, Brad Borland took up weight coaching on the tender age of fourteen and ended up a 220lb aggressive, drug-free, pure bodybuilder a number of years later. Now, armed with each information and muscle, he has helped numerous people domestically and overseas.

  Brad can be a University Lecturer with a Master’s diploma in Kinesiology and a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) with the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA).

  We focus on a variety of topics together with, why folks use genetics as an excuse, real looking charges of achieve for a pure lifter, tips on how to filter the knowledge overload the trendy lifter is bombarded with, and Brad’s favourite technique to prepare if you wish to construct muscle as rapidly as potential.

    Strategies That Can Take You from Good to Great within the Gym

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  In this episode, we take a deep dive into all issues train mechanics. Within the dialog we focus on:

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Twenty-six-year-old Ashley Kaltwasser is the reigning world champion of a polarizing new bodybuilding competition that raises questions about attainable female body image while cultivating a massive following on social media. But the LeBron James of #BikiniCompetitor culture doesn’t have the answers — she’s busy trying to make history.

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“Bodybuilder” is not the first word that comes to mind when you see Ashley Kaltwasser. She has a sprinter’s body and a pageant girl’s good looks. Her teeth are bleach-white, nails French-manicured, hair dyed black and Keratin-treated so it falls in a glossy curtain down her back. When we meet in her fifth-floor room at The Orleans Hotel in Las Vegas, she’s in her stage makeup — fake lashes, heavy powder. It’s a late September afternoon, the day before the 2014 Bikini Olympia competition, and Kaltwasser is already dark from her first layer of spray tan. She’ll get another layer before bed and one more the next morning. The contest rules call for “a natural and healthy tan,” but Kaltwasser always goes for Boehner orange because it looks better onstage. The table, the bed, and the bathroom are strewn with what can best be described as product: bottles of serums, sprays, powders, glosses, and scrubs.

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The Orleans is about a mile from the Strip, near a Déjà Vu adult emporium and a Budget car rental. This weekend it’s the site of Joe Weider’s Olympia, the biggest bodybuilding event of the year. The place teems with thousands of bodybuilding fans: men with arms like vine-choked tree trunks, women whose skirts reveal remarkable quads. They come from Southern California and Florida, the coastal epicenters of the sport, but also from Sydney, Seoul, Oslo, and all across the midsection of America. To them, Kaltwasser is something of a celebrity. Whenever she walks through the lobby, at least three people ask to take her picture. Sometimes it’s gawking men who smell like Axe body spray, but more often it’s those guys’ girlfriends. “My coach says I have the same body type as you,” says one starry-eyed woman. The elevators are decorated with life-size photos of the top competitors. Kaltwasser is thrilled when she discovers this. For the rest of the weekend, she takes “her” elevator almost every time.

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Kaltwasser is quickly becoming the LeBron James of the bikini division, a new, more accessible and relatable category of bodybuilding. Long the provenance of MTV Spring Breakers and a close relative of the wet T-shirt contest, these competitions are gaining legitimacy as a sport and attracting legions of participants and fans. The number of professional competitions has more than doubled since 2010, when the professional arm of the International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness added bikini to its roster of female divisions. (Those divisions, in order from most to least jacked: bodybuilding, physique, fitness, figure, and now bikini).

The addition is part of the IFBB’s effort to change bodybuilding’s image from freakishly strapped ectomorphs to something sleeker, more modern, and, well, sexier. On a broader scale, bikini competition culture is changing the conversation about what health and fitness should look like. It’s a conversation that’s taking place largely on Instagram, where women like Kaltwasser — and women who want to be like Kaltwasser — get advice, give support, and pose in their underwear.

Advocates of this “bikini body” say it’s opening up the world of weightlifting to women who wouldn’t otherwise think of approaching a squat rack. “They’ll come and they don’t even know how to pick up a weight,” says Shannon Dey, who goes by Momma Bombshell. Her company, Bombshell Fitness, is one of the largest professional fitness coaching businesses in the country, and 80% of her competing clients are in the bikini division. “This type of body is gorgeous and fit, yet it’s attainable,” she says.

That word “attainable” comes up a lot when people in the industry talk about the bikini fitness trend. It’s being offered up as an antidote to thinspo culture — instead of thigh gaps, it’s “strong not skinny”; instead of pro-ana, it’s “eat to grow.” Kaltwasser, a former all-state athlete who professes her love for steak and pizza, is the poster woman for this trend.

But another story is playing out on social media. A search for #BikiniCompetitor on Instagram brings up endless reels of selfies at the gym, food weighed to the gram, quotes like “fail to plan, plan to fail,” and memes about not being able to walk after “leg day.” They chant their mantras in hashtags: #BeastMode, #NoExcuses, #RiseAndGrind. In profile after profile, women describe themselves as “recovered” from disorders like bulimia and compulsive exercising. All of it raises the question: Is the lifestyle that Kaltwasser literally embodies really a new and healthier attitude toward the female body, or is it a new expression of sexist old ideas and dangerous standards of beauty?

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Bikini competitors are quick to say that they aren’t just girls who go to the gym; they’re athletes who train. Or, as Kaltwasser says on more than one occasion, “This isn’t just some bar contest. It’s a sport.” The 26-year-old from Akron, Ohio, has always competed in sports that were about individual performance — gymnastics, swimming, running. In high school they called her AK-47; she broke six track and cross-country records and qualified for state championships in both sports. Another thing she likes to say to reporters: “I worked for this body my whole life.”

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She started training for the brand-new bikini division in 2010 after deciding that college wasn’t for her. She found Summer Montabone, a personal trainer and the owner of a local gym who runs Team VIP (Very Impressive Physique), a coaching group for bikini competitors. “You knew she was an athlete,” says Montabone, who is still Kaltwasser’s competition coach. These days Kaltwasser works out six days a week, doing an hour of weightlifting and a half-hour on a cardio machine when she’s preparing for a show. Sometimes she’ll do another session of cardio in the evenings.

Kaltwasser doesn’t have a boyfriend. In high school, boys were intimidated by her. “You could just feel the atmosphere change when she was around,” her former running coach tells me. “She’s so hardworking and so dominant in whatever she does.” This is the part of Kaltwasser that made her a track star, and it’s what makes her a bikini competitor now.

Even on the amateur level, a lot of competitors are like Kaltwasser. They have the mind-sets of CEOs; they push themselves to extremes in all aspects of their lives. Bikini competitions are seductive to these kinds of women: They seem to promise that perfection is possible if you put in the work. As Liz Ortiz, an Army soldier, bikini competitor, and mother of three told me, “I set my standards so high, and [competing] is just part of that.”

Kaltwasser’s competitive drive has propelled her to the top in very little time. She was a rookie when she won last year’s Olympia, an event that has grown from a three-man competition at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 1965 to become the fitness industry’s Super Bowl, a four-day event in Las Vegas that draws more than 55,000 fans. Since last year’s Olympia, Kaltwasser has entered six shows and won five. She estimates that she’s earned over $100,000 in prize money, along with endorsement deals, modeling gigs, and paid appearances. She has the forgivable egotism of a small-town girl who’s still a little starstruck by her own life. “Winning the Olympia changed everything for me,” she says. “Who goes to seven countries in a year?” She liked Sweden the most because there were no “trashy areas, no homeless people.” She’s still learning how to talk to the press. “When I don’t know what else to do, I smile,” she says.

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This year she’s trying for something that no bikini competitor has done yet: win the Olympia twice. Her biggest threat is Yeshaira Robles, another relative newcomer. On paper, the two women couldn’t be more different. Kaltwasser curls her eyelashes and wears matching workout clothes. She loves cats and calls her father “Daddy.” She doesn’t curse and she only likes the kind of rap that plays on the radio. Robles is a 35-year-old Puerto Rican from the Bronx. She’s got a husband and a daughter and a smoldering gaze that makes her opponents look like they’re posing for elementary school portraits. If Kaltwasser is Hannah Montana, Robles is Miley with a sledgehammer in hand.

Kaltwasser (@ashleykfit) is starting the weekend with 80,000 followers on Instagram, the majority of whom came after last year’s Olympia. She’s hoping to break 100,000 this time, which will likely only happen if she wins. Many bikini competitors use Instagram like a high school cafeteria, chatting, bragging, stirring up drama, gushing about their “swolemates,” all with plenty of emojis and exclamation points. But Kaltwasser and her fellow Olympia competitors are pros. They’re building brands, not making friends. Their images are more polished, the self-promotion more blatant. They have endorsement deals that require them to post about their sponsors. Kaltwasser, for example, has agreements with Gaspari supplements, Muscle Egg liquid egg whites, Liquid Sun Rayz spray tanning, FitnessRx for Women magazine, and Better Bodies fitness apparel.

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For Kaltwasser, social media outlets like Instagram have brought exposure, but they’ve brought critics too. Those followers can determine whether she gets a sponsorship or modeling gig; they can determine the future of her career. “I try not to go out in public without my makeup on because you never know when someone’s going to ask for a picture, and then it’ll be on Instagram,” she says. Her Instagram has plenty of beauty shots, most of which feature her prominent glutes. Recently she’s been hard-selling Fuel Meals, a food service that ships premade meals tailored to bodybuilders’ diets. Still she tries not to come across as an adbot in a bikini. Her account also features dogs in sweaters and a photo of herself in a pepperoni-pizza-print onesie.

It makes sense that bikini competitors and wannabes would flock to Instagram, a female-dominated social media platform where image matters most. Their presence there is hard to ignore; it’s turned the site into a 24-7 forum for tips and tricks. Competitors’ accounts are littered with questions, some from girls as young as 14: “How many calories and carbs do you eat and stay this lean?” “How can you get veins on your abs?” “What does your typical diet consist of?” “What moves are you doing to get all that hammie definition?” “How do you dry ure stomache out like that????” “What sorts of things do you eat? And how many meals a day?” “What are your butt workouts??”

In her hotel room that afternoon, Kaltwasser opens the mini-fridge and plucks a doggie bag of mush from a mound of other bags. She brought enough meals for the whole trip, divided and frozen. There’s little variation: chicken, sweet potato, asparagus, broccoli. Ground oats and egg whites cooked into patties. She often eats things cold right out of the bag. “I like the taste of simple food,” she says. “I never really want to eat crap.”

“Abs are made in the kitchen” is another much-repeated Instagram line. Bikini competitors’ feeds showcase elaborate meal preps, and debates rage on about the etiquette of taking your food scale to a restaurant. Some competitors stick to strict quantities of protein, fats, and carbohydrates, which they tweak obsessively in the weeks leading up to a show. Kaltwasser doesn’t track her calories or grams. She follows a meal plan that she writes herself with Montabone’s help. She eats six or seven small meals a day and drinks two gallons of water. She cuts out sodium the week before her shows and drinks cups of dandelion root tea, a natural diuretic. She “eats clean” but doesn’t worry about things like pesticides or artificial sweeteners. She likes the blue packets more than the pink. The yellow ones are just OK. Real sugar is not a concept she knows. After every show, she allows herself to have a cheat meal. Right now she’s craving salad, one with the works: apples, cranberries, walnuts, and blue cheese dressing. “A real salad,” she says.

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Kaltwasser doesn’t measure her body-fat percentage, but she estimates that it’s between 10 and 12% — well below the 21 to 32% that experts recommend for women her age, though not unheard of for a competitive athlete. She gains a few pounds in the off-season but emphasizes that the bikini body is supposed to be maintainable. “It’s a livable lifestyle,” she likes to say.

Not everyone agrees. “People see photos of competitors and think that’s how they look year-round,” says Layne Norton, a bodybuilding coach in Florida. Norton has a Ph.D. in nutritional sciences and considers himself a renegade for his less restrictive approach to dieting. According to him, “stage-lean” is a fleeting state, one that women peak for just like any athlete peaks for a competition. The idea that anyone can maintain that kind of physique has created a black market of sorts in the coaching industry. It can seem like every bikini competitor on Instagram sells a “bikini body” diet and workout plan. Some of these women have certifications but most probably don’t. “It’s gotten really terrible,” says Norton. “A girl goes and wins a show and has abs and so now she’s a coach to make money.”

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These coaches can wreak havoc on their clients’ lives. Ruthie Harrison is 5-foot-10, blonde-haired and blue-eyed with a disturbingly symmetrical face. She looks like a fitness model because she is. For nearly a year and a half, she was also a client of Momma Bombshell, aka Shannon Dey of Bombshell Fitness. Harrison, who is 25 now and works as a mechanical engineer, signed up with Team Bombshell in 2011. “I saw all these photos of women in bikinis on her website and thought, Wow, if I could be a part of that, that would be really cool.”

The meal plan took some getting used to — she had never measured cups of rice or counted asparagus spears before, and she didn’t understand why salt and seasonings were forbidden (spices cause cravings, she was later told). “[Dey] would always tell everyone, ‘Follow the plan, stick to the plan,’ and if you asked why she’d say, ‘Why are you asking why; just do it. Your mind’s in the wrong place if you’re asking why.’”

Harrison’s training plan had her doing an hour and a half of cardio six days a week on top of weight training five days a week. All told, each day she was spending three to five hours at the gym and eating an estimated 1,500 calories. Sometimes she’d fall asleep at the table in front of her last meal of the night — a tiny steak and salad greens.

Harrison says Dey had her clients wear rubber corsets called Squeems, meant to narrow women’s waists. “We wore them all day,” she says.

Dey says that if Harrison was spending that much time in the gym, it was “due to her own physical limitations, not our recommended plans.” (The Bombshell website refers to a workout program of one and a half to three hours a day of gym time, five to six days per week.) Dey doesn’t recall Harrison’s meal plan, but says that a 1,500-calorie-a-day diet was not uncommon during prep. She recommends Squeems to clients, she says, because “they have proven very effective in creating the hourglass shape competitors desire.”

Harrison went pro within a year of joining Dey’s team. She lived for the trophies and for Dey’s positive feedback week after week. But she also developed a secret habit of binging and purging, which only got worse the better she performed. After one show, she spent a week in total isolation, eating and throwing up seven times a day. When Harrison qualified for the Olympia in 2012, she realized she couldn’t survive another prep. She confessed everything to Dey, who told her she was having a reaction to “a self-imagined stress.” Harrison competed in the 2012 Olympia in the midst of a full-blown eating disorder and didn’t place.

Layne Norton, the coach from Florida, says he’s seen “an enormous amount of women who had normal relationships with food before fitness start to have eating disorders.”

Dey confirms that she and Harrison spoke “at length” about Harrison’s eating disorder, and that she may have told Harrison that she was putting too much pressure on herself. When asked about the prevalence of eating disorders among her other clients, Dey wrote: “Several studies have shown that eating disorders are not a result of calorie restriction, rather they are often triggered by trauma and stress … In a sport where much of the emphasis is on food manipulation, individuals who have such issues to begin with may find dealing with these issues while manipulating food to prove difficult.” But Layne Norton, the coach from Florida, says he’s seen “an enormous amount of women who had normal relationships with food before fitness start to have eating disorders.” He estimates that up to 70% of the women who come to him have had an eating disorder in the past.

Harrison stopped competing after the 2012 Olympia, and things got worse for a while. “I had no idea how to eat on my own,” she says. Eventually she found a therapist who helped her see how much she’d let competing affect her self-image. Last year she wrote a blog post about her experience on Team Bombshell. “Competing brought out a savage underlying weakness,” she wrote, “to sacrifice all happiness and reason for the sake of succeeding.” According to Harrison, Dey asked her to take it down. Harrison refused, though she did remove some details about her time as a Bombshell.

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Many bodybuilders, whether they realize it or not, share this idea that their physiques reflect their morals, their work ethic, and ultimately their self-worth. It’s a notion that’s as old as the Greeks and that crops up everywhere from Bible verses to Renaissance philosophy to the weight room — and now social media. The semi-naked selfies on Instagram mean more than “Look at my body.” They mean, “Look at my dedication. Look at my discipline. I am a better person for this.” It’s common for these women to testify about booze, partying, and bad relationships forsaken for the morality of the gym. “The only bar I’m hitting,” says the caption under a photo of a squat rack. “Getting wheysted,” says the label on the protein shake.

Kaltwasser’s physique is her product and her livelihood, and she’s under enormous pressure to maintain it. Despite this, she says she doesn’t have a history of eating disorders and that she’s indebted to her coach for all she’s done. She talks about starting her own training and nutrition business when her career on the stage is over. “Right now I feel like I’m building up credentials,” she says. “When the time comes and I can’t compete anymore, they’ll look at my resume and it will make me seem more credible.”

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Kaltwasser eats her second-to-last meal of the night before the final at a “Meet the Olympians” event — four ounces of chicken and half an avocado mashed together. There’s a steady flow of visitors to her table, but nothing like the crowds who line up to meet reigning Mr. Olympia Phil “The Gift” Heath and his rival Kai Greene. The hours wear on and Kaltwasser is clearly ready to go. Still, she smiles, signs photos, applies and reapplies lip gloss.

It’s past 10 at night by the time she gets to the ninth-floor hotel room, where the illicit spray tanners have set up shop. Kaltwasser’s face is bare and freckled, and in her track suit she looks like the high-school runner she once was. Hotel management strictly forbids tanning in the rooms, so one woman keeps her eye on the peephole while another hoses a naked Kaltwasser with a spray gun attached to a turbine while she stands in a tent-like pod. In the room next door, a half-dozen women in bathrobes wait their turn. They eat out of Tupperwares and scroll on their phones. The Biggest Loser blares on TV, and it’s hard not to see a parallel world: the dieting, their exercise regimens, the obsession we seem to have with watching bodies transform.

Bodybuilding forums are full of complaints about “protein farts,” and, in the crush of the expo floor, the problem is clear. 

To walk through the Olympia Expo, which sprawls across the South Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center, is to do battle with an army of broad shoulders, tens of thousands strong. Women in tight-fitting fitness garb stand with trays of protein bites. Ice cream machines churn out protein soft-serve; Sylvester Stallone promotes protein candy chews. This is maybe the only place in the world where you will ever sidestep someone throwing up from too many protein samples. Bodybuilding forums are full of complaints about “protein farts,” and, in the crush of the expo floor, the problem is clear. Stallone is whisked around by bodyguards and hidden behind sunglasses and a frozen smirk, but miraculously Jen Selter (@jenselter), the “Butt Selfie (or #belfie) Queen” of Instagram, is standing alone, almost blending into the crowd with her velvet sweatpants and her Louis Vuitton bag. Selter, who has more Instagram followers than all the bikini pros at the Olympia combined — 5.1 million — says that she has a lot of respect for the bikini division and wouldn’t rule out the possibility of competing one day. “I love that clean, healthy lifestyle,” she explains. According to Kaltwasser, Selter would probably not do well in a bikini competition. “Symmetry is important,” she tells me, tactfully.

Prejudging for the women’s divisions happens on Friday morning, on a makeshift stage near a booth selling Isobags, which are the most intense lunch boxes you’ve ever seen. Kaltwasser has been up since 5, doing the tanning, the makeup, the hair routine. She’s eaten mostly carbs today — rice cakes, oats. The glycogen from the sugar will fill out her muscles in these last crucial hours. She’s in a silk bathrobe with her name embroidered across the back above the words “IFBB Pro.” She opens the bathrobe to reveal a tanned, waxed body and the bikini: emerald, her trademark color, and studded with first-cut Swarovski crystals. Kaltwasser says it’s worth about $3,000 but the company gave it to her for free, along with some serious bling for her fingers and wrists.

Kaltwasser is jittery as she puts the final touches on her makeup. For her and the other bikini competitors, prejudging is the most important part of the day. It’s when the judges make their decisions, and those decisions rarely change at the finals show. The women are judged on their bodies, of course, but also on their walks, their smiles, their skin tones, and how they interact with the judges. “Hooker makeup” will detract from the score, they tell me. Kaltwasser’s weakness is her presentation. Sometimes her legs shake or she forgets to smile. “I get nervous because I care so much,” she says.

The competitors strut out one by one and pose to a frenetic mash-up of club songs. They’re allowed to pose however they want to show off their figures, and the results are sometimes bizarre to the untrained eye — hips popped out, waists dramatically torqued, backs arched and legs spread like a farm animal doing its business. Butt-wiggling and shoulder-shimmying are frowned upon, one judge tells me, but they happen a lot.

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There are 27 women — more than any other division, men’s or women’s — at the Olympia. If you’ve only seen these women on Instagram, the most remarkable thing about seeing them onstage is how small they are in real life. Kaltwasser is one of the tallest at 5-foot-5. Onstage they all wear clear, sky-high heels.

Yeshaira Robles comes out toward the end in a pink suit with gold-highlighted hair. She looks ripped and gorgeous, of course, but maybe a teensy bit bored. Her gaze doesn’t smolder so much as say, “Just give me the trophy and let’s get this over with.”

Because she’s the defending champion, Kaltwasser goes last. She looks poised and confident. Her legs stay steady, even when she crosses them for the back pose. There’s something refreshing about her routine; she doesn’t wink or pout at the judges but keeps her smile wide. The judges bring six women to the center, including Kaltwasser and Robles. This is first callouts, and it means these are the six women in the running for a top spot. The judges move the women around to compare them. Robles gets moved to the far end — that means she’s out of the running for first. Kaltwasser gets moved to the middle. They move a first-time Olympia competitor named Janet Layug next to her. The thing everyone seems to know about Layug is that she won a Hooters pageant of some kind earlier this year. She’s stunning in a Victoria’s Secret runway model-type way, long and lean with a face that one webcast commentator described as “a pillar of beauty.” She poses with a winner’s cockiness, smiling just enough to show she’s having a good time. Here, next to Layug, Kaltwasser looks almost (almost) stocky, her smile like Miss Ohio’s at the state fair.

“[Layug] had the stage presence that I didn’t have,” Kaltwasser tells me later. Based on prejudging, Kaltwasser thinks she has a spot in the top two, but second won’t make history. She spends the afternoon glued to her iPhone, reading comments and predictions on social media. All the events are live-streaming, and people are weighing in from around the world. A popular bodybuilding Twitter account @musclephone thinks Kaltwasser “won it from the back,” but will the judges agree?

Kaltwasser’s manager is J.M. Manion, owner of the Fitness Management Group and a man whose influence in the bodybuilding world is both obvious and hard to quantify. His father, Jim Manion, is president of the IFBB Pro League in the U.S. The younger Manion manages not only Kaltwasser but also Robles, Layug, and every other top contender at the Bikini Olympia. Every Bikini Olympia winner since the division began was managed by Manion at some point in her career. It seems like an unspoken rule that no one has a shot at the top spot until they sign with FMG.

Manion’s email address is also registered as the owner of two active porn sites devoted to IFBB competitors. One, called “Lacey D.” (tagline: “For All Of You To See”), features Lacey DeLuca, an FMG client who competed alongside Kaltwasser on the Bikini Olympia stage. According to DeLuca, 26, Manion photographed her for his porn site in 2012, soon after she became a bikini pro. “Everything that J.M. does with me like that is very classy,” she says. She adds that, as a manager, Manion “always steers us in the right direction,” telling them which shows to enter and which to avoid. DeLuca declined to comment on whether she’s seen any profits from “Lacey D.” Manion did not respond for comment about the relationship between his bikini competition endeavors and his pornographic ones.

The bikini division is a blatant attempt to revive the sex appeal that women’s bodybuilding had in its early days, before a steroid-fueled arms race turned the division into a carnival show of the impossibly huge. Back then, most female bodybuilders looked like the women in the bikini division today. For evidence, look no further than 1985’s Pumping Iron II: The Women, hornball sequel to Pumping Iron, the film that helped make Arnold Schwarzenegger a star. For over an hour and a half, the camera ogles them up and down: in spandex at the gym, in bikinis by the pool, naked in a communal shower, all set to a synth-pop soundtrack. “Well I’ve always considered myself a powder puff, but I consider myself a really strong powder puff,” says one woman who looks like Jennifer Beals in Flashdance. “Got to get that fat off,” says a male trainer to another competitor. He pushes her through some T-bar rows, then they make out.

Iris Kyle, the 10-time Ms. Olympia whose quads are thicker than most horses’, is not going to get a GQ spread anytime soon, but Ashley Kaltwasser very well could. (Standing behind her at the podium, the male emcee jokes about having “the best seat in the house.”) Kaltwasser got breast implants in 2011, not long after she started competing. Most women at the pro level do, because, as Kaltwasser put it, “when your body fat gets down, your boobs go.” Kaltwasser wanted to stay athletic-looking and she was aware that the judges don’t go for the “bimbo look,” so she went for a sensible D-cup. But she also says she’s not interested in being a sex symbol for guys. “What are boys? I’m all about the Olympia,” she jokes. The posing, the getup, the hour-long makeup routine: She treats it as seriously as the training and the diet. She treats it all like a job, because it is. When I ask if there’s a hookup scene at the Olympia, she gives me a strange look. “Probably [among] the fans,” she says.

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A few hours after the morning’s prejudging, Kaltwasser heads to the arena for the bikini finals. Tonight’s show feels a bit like a warm-up to Saturday, when Phil Heath and rival Kai Greene will pack the arena with fans paying over $200 a seat. But the arena still sparkles with smartphone flashes, and the TV cameras swoop and soar. NBC’s sports channel is planning to air two 90-minute specials about this year’s Mr. Olympia, the competition’s first major television coverage in 30 years.

As the bikini competitors parade out one by one under the bright lights, I can see why Kaltwasser calls these competitions “Miss America for the fit girl.” It is a pageant in its purest form, a beauty contest without any of that fuss over saving sea lions and tap dancing. And the women are lovely, but the whole thing is a little mind-numbing. Twenty-seven pairs of breasts, round and high, twenty-seven flat bellies, twenty-seven winning smiles. Say what you will about performance-enhancing drugs; the most arresting moment of the night was watching a strapping, square-jawed female bodybuilder lip-synch to Cat Power’s cover of “Sea of Love.”

Kaltwasser looks relaxed onstage, strutting and posing to the brassy beat of “Timber” and working her All-American, girl-next-door vibe. When it comes time to award the top six, Robles takes fourth, smiling gamely. Layug and Kaltwasser are the final two. When the emcee names Layug as the runner-up, Kaltwasser gasps and starts clapping just a second too soon.

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Commentators on Bodybuilding.com’s live wrap-up remark that the judges went for the athlete over the model, that Kaltwasser’s body is setting an attainable standard, and that this is a good thing for the sport. But they’re wrong. There will never be a truly mainstream physique on a professional bodybuilding stage, because there’s simply no place for “maintainable” in a world where bodies must be built, sculpted, and improved. It’s the bodybuilding mind-set, the body reflecting the inner self, that’s gone mainstream, not the other way around.

From the smoking balcony of The Orleans Arena you can see the whole Strip, all that sparkle and sex laid out from head to toe. Inside, Kaltwasser will stand for the next two hours in her green bikini and heels, giving interviews to NBC and the muscle press. Tomorrow she’ll work all day at her sponsors’ expo booths; she’ll go to the Victory Gala and eat her real salad and some rolls with butter too. Sunday she’ll get back in her bikini and pose for a Norwegian magazine, then she’ll drive to a Gold’s Gym and do hamstring exercises for another photo shoot. This year she may not have an off-season at all. From Vegas she flies straight to South Korea for the Korea Pro. Then there’s a competition in Russia in November. (She will win them both.) The 2015 season starts three months later with the Arnold Classic.

But, for now, all Kaltwasser has to do is raise her arms up and smile. Stars glitter on the screen behind her as another pop song plays. She’ll get $25,000 for her win, the most ever awarded to a bikini competitor. In a Bodybuilding.com wrap-up video, Kaltwasser will say that her goal is to prove that the bikini division is about more than “genetics and diet and cardio.”

“I know firsthand we’re athletes,” she’ll say. “I’ve worked for this body my whole life.” By this time tomorrow, her Instagram followers will hit 100,000.

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Researchers make sustainable beer from dairy waste Cornell professor Sam Alcaine’s research has yielded an alcoholic drink made from leftover acid whey from New York’s Greek yogurt industry, according to the Dairy Reporter . Alcaine is working on a few different approaches to convert the lactose into alcohol. The methods have so far produced a 2.7% alcohol by volume beer with a sour and salty flavor comparable to gose beer.  "Brewers use farm products like corn, rye and barley to make alcohol. Dairy is a natural addition, especially now when consumers are demanding novel and interesting flavors,” Alcaine told Dairy Reporter.  Does a dairy-based beer have what it takes to make it to the mainstream? In the early 2000s, consumers may have wondered the same about fruit-infused beers, which have since helped bolster the craft beer market . Alcaine told Dairy Reporter the dairy brewing opportunity opens up “an entirely new economic arena for entrepreneurs to explore and innovate.” As the former product innovation manager at Miller Brewing Co., he has some experience in recognizing R&D potential. Consumers have indicated they want more diversity in their beer choices, as illustrated by the craft brew category’s rapid growth  in the U.S. If the concept gets off the ground, it would most likely start at a smaller craft brewer willing to take a risk in exchange for the product's novelty and differentiation.  There are a number of angles a producer could leverage to excite consumers and get them beyond a potential ick factor. Alcaine told WNBF Radio that the beer's creation came after the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation asked Cornell researchers to find a solution for the leftover acid whey from Greek yogurt. A marketing campaign should talk up the beer's waste-saving aspects because a recent survey from Nielsen indicates that millennials are interested in sustainability, and willing to spend more for a product if it’s sustainable.  The taste could also be a hook for some. Acid whey is rich in sugars, producing a sour and salty flavor comparable to German-style gose beer and Mexican-based pulque, according to the Dairy Reporter. Sour beers are on quite the upswing: According to the Brewers Association , 45,000 cases of sour beer were sold in the U.S. in 2015, versus 245,000 cases in 2016.

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Drinking a lot of water to help flush out the kidneys as well as taking a calcium supplement can help in offsetting the side effects. Xtreme Pharmaceuticals , the creator of this product, combines several types of whey protein to ensure maximum results and absorption by the body. You can draw upon the information we've covered in this article, but when it comes down to it you have to find out how your body actually reacts to a certain type of protein powder. Making a decision on the optimal protein powder requires some research and we will be talking about the primary brands within this article and what they can offer you. Since so many people have gotten positive results from Myotein protein powder, it may be one you want to try for yourself. While not everyone has this problem, remember that too much protein could cause problems for your kidneys and could cause side effects like kidney stones. It is on the sweet side for some users, because it does contain sweeteners, including fructose and sucratose. This product also has specially formulated ingredients that encourage the production of testosterone. More than likely, you realize how many different brands of protein powder are out there, whether you buy the supplements in-person or online. As with everything else, a certain amount of protein is good and anything beyond that is counterproductive. Even experts have conflicting views about caffeine, and how it affects you is something you really have to decide for yourself. Find out the ideal amount of protein your body needs and do not exceed it. Don't assume that the more protein you take the better even though protein powder can help you reach your fitness goals. If you are looking for high quality protein with some extra vitamins and minerals, and with a blast of espresso thrown in, then try this supplement. Large quantities of protein can also cause calcium loss in the body. Myotein is a protein powder that has a good reputation among bodybuilders and others who want to improve athletic performance. Cow's milk that has not been treated with hormones is used by Click in their products, and they are also gluten-free and flavored naturally. While the majority of protein powders only have one kind of whey in them, this product has isolate, whey concentrate and hydrolysate. You might want to try Click Espresso protein drink, if you love coffee and it helps your workouts. To help your body make the best use of amino acids, Myotein also includes a patented enzyme called aminogen. With the hundreds of protein powder supplements available in 2018, it can take you some time and trial and error to find the one that is the best for you. To get the full benefit of any supplement you might take you also have to exercise regularly and eat a healthy diet.There is evidence that caffeine can make your workouts more effective, though some people are sensitive to it. If you are on the market for the finest protein powder of 2018, you have many to select from.

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Crissy Chromek is a Winner On and Off the Stage Chromek's routine for a champion caliber back. Cresencia or "Crissy" Chromek got into fitness like most people do nowadays—it was a way to spend time with someone she cared about, specifically her now husband, fellow competitor, and Rule One Protein’s VP of marketing, Chris. “When we started dating, we both had very busy lives, and I would come to the gym to train with him and to spend time together.” Chris was making his mark onstage, and that challenge was something that she decided she wanted to take on as well. “Many times he was prepping for a show, which involved longer cardio and limited restaurant eating. I decided I should prep for a show since I was doing the same training routine and cardio.” While Chromek embraced the challenge of stepping on a stage for the first time, she wasn’t sure about it being a long-term pursuit. “Initially, I didn’t think I would be doing multiple shows, traveling, working, and meeting so many people through bodybuilding. I now feel like I’m part of the bodybuilding community—a dedicated group of people with a common interest to improve.” While the bikini competitor has dedicated herself to being a serious NPC athlete, Chromek, who also works as a registered full-time nurse, never forgets that there is more to life than standing on a contest stage. “Understand the reason for everything in your competition plan. Even if you have a coach, make sure to ask questions and take responsibility for yourself.” Both Chromeks competed in last November’s NPC National Championships. So what’s it like prepping for the same show? “My husband brings a wealth of knowledge when it comes to supplements and body kinetics. As a registered nurse, my main concern is health. Fitness and health aren’t always intertwined, so we balance each other out.” Close-Grip Seated Row | SETS: 4 | REPS: 20

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