Archive for the 'Bodybuilding' Category

Outta The Way, Muscle Marys!

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

At a recent bodybuilding show held this past August, latin muscle king Roberto Neder Rocha got a little ballsy during the final posedown line-up.

The best part happens right off the bat at 0:05, when Roberto pushes another bodybuilder out of his way so he can flex his muscular arms for the judges one last time.

After that, he tries to outshine the rest of the guys on stage by walking across the stage and posing down beside each of his competitors.

What a fucking stage hog!

Wanna Know How to Measure
Your Body Parts to Track
Muscle Growth Progress?

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

This is an excellently done video which will guide you in measuring the muscles on your body in order to gauge your progress in the gym.

We highly suggest that any serious muscle rat document their measurements in this way so you can modify your diet or daily workout regimen to facilitate fast muscle growth.

The only thing we’d do different from the advice given in the video below is measure the chest from the outer most part of one pec to that of the other…. That will help you measure your chest muscle increases without your lats/back included.

But the tips given below are the “accepted correct” way of measuring though… so pay attention.

Chinese Bodybuilding Show

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

For those who have always wondered about the level of bodybuilding sport that exists in communist China, here’s some footage from a recent 2008 bodybuilding show.

Looks like some serious muscle on many of these gym rats, but chances are that they’re all under 5′6″ tall….

Practicing His Most Muscular Pose

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

A bodybuilder practices his most muscular muscle flexing pose in the backstage pump room before competing in a bodybuilding show.

His pecs and abs are absolutely incredible… WOW! We are utterly amazed by how beefy yet ripped he is…

Too bad we don’t know who he is since the clip doesn’t show his face… but the body is bangin! Wouldn’t you agree?

Shredded Muscle Man Bodybuilder
Christopher Smith

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008


Bodybuilder and fitness model Christopher Smith is the perfect example of dense, vascular and hard as rock definition.

At 28 years-old, this badass muscular motherfucker has a lot to be proud of.

He made his competitive bodybuilding debut at the 2004 NPC Teen & Collegiate National Championships where he placed 1st in the Middleweight division.

He stands at 5′7″ tall and normally weighs in at a competition-ready 175lbs when he competes as a Middleweight… though we hear he’s beefed up in the last year or so in order to compete as a Heavyweight… which is two divisions heavier than Middleweight!

He’s apparently quite ambitious, eh?!

As always, just click on the pics of Chris in action below to enlarge & download the full sized images:

Argentinean Bodybuilder & Muscle Monster
Simon Gimenez

Friday, November 14th, 2008


Simon Gimenez (also known as Simon de Argentina in muscle worship videos) is the hot 38 year-old muscleman from South America whose seriously big muscles come with a charming smile.

In these photos, he weighed in at 6′ tall and 236lbs… INSANELY HUGE!

Take a close look at Simon and you’ll see muscular development that is so big and so symmetrical that you might not be able to find one single flaw.

In addition, Simon possesses such a perfect set of muscular and huge legs that you may have to pick your jaw up off the floor… see for yourself:

Fitness & Muscle Building Advice for
Hard Gainers

Friday, November 14th, 2008


Hard gainers are those individuals who train equally hard as other people but somehow fail to make any muscle gains comparable to others. To achieve the big muscle results they seek, hard gainers usually need a lot more than hard training.

Hard gainers need to incorporate many different principles in order to achieve their muscle building ambitions and goals. Many bodybuilders get to discover this through the hard way of personal experience, which results in wasted time, energy and money.

Most aspiring muscle jocks go to the gym believing that there is no such thing as training too often, too much, or too long. They don’t bother to spend a respectable amount of time in constructing an effective training regimen for themselves.

Training on these principles ultimately results in lack of muscle growth… and to counter this problem hard gainers mistakenly put in more training hours at the gym. But in doing so, their results go from bad to worse.

Well it’s a good time to start facing the truth, folks!

In the sport of bodybuilding, effort and effect do not show any evidence of a linear relationship. On the contrary, our bodies are fuel burning entities which are very complex and depend upon delicate balances. Improper and excessive training breaks downs these balances. Simply put, if you burn your energy reserves faster than they get replenished, you’ll deplete the entire mechanism of strength, stamina and ability to recuperate.

If you are a beginner bodybuilder, you MUST get your body conditioned to handle increased levels of stress rather that jump right into the drive to achieve your goals quickly. It is wise for beginners to keep their workout schedule to a maximum of three days per week, training the whole body in each workout and training each muscle group with a maximum of three sets per exercise. Each set should be taken to total failure… not mental failure but physical failure. In other words, don’t quit mentally before your body physically forces you to quit.

Bring variety in the types of exercises employed. If you take up exercise “A” for a muscle group in one workout, then take up exercise “B” for the same muscle group in the next workout.

Split training is suggested for advanced bodybuilders. If your workout schedule is comprised of training four days a week - Monday, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays - separate body parts so that half of the body is worked on Monday and the other half on Tuesday.

As a muscle building addict you need to increase your protein intake with significant amounts than you take up in a normal active life. As soon as you substantially increase your protein consumption, your muscle size will gradually increase.

In fact, if you are a hard gainer then this may be your root problem. As per modern standards you need at least 1.5 to 2 grams of protein per pound of your body weight in order to provide the scenario for muscle mass growth. Unfortunately, most hard gainers don’t even consume fifty percent of this requirement.

Lastly, your training program should emphasize more on the use of free weights over machines. And always be sure that you have warmed up adequately before you start lifting weights for muscle building.

We’ll have more info that hard gainers can use in future posts, so stay tuned gym freaks!

Bodybuilder & Egyptian Muscle Hunk
Tamer El Shahat

Friday, November 14th, 2008


Tamer El Shahat is seriously ripped….

He has one of the leanest physiques in the world…

Don’t believe us?

Here are some pics of Tamer at the top of his game, looking chiseled like a statue.

As always, just click the thumbnails below to view the enlarged images:

Muscles Made In Taiwan

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

Check out this bodybuilder from Taiwan as he poses down during a Chinese bodybuilding competition.

We don’t know his name, but his proportions are very well-balanced.

It’s nice when the upper body development matches the lower body development, isn’t it?!

Off-Season Dieting:
When Bodybuilders Start Eating Shit

Thursday, November 13th, 2008


We want to talk about the off season bodybuilding diet for a quick second… this is mostly geared towards serious-minded amateur bodybuilders… but it involves everyone, even if you don’t ever plan to compete.

It seems to us that too many bodybuilders look great for about 2 weeks out of the year and the rest of the time they look like crap. They diet to look their best for a contest event and then pig out on cinnabons and pizza the rest of the year… showing absolutely no restraint of the food intake.

We realize that contest diets are a bit extreme since the goal is to look your best for that one day. But really, folks… do you have to look like an overweight Sumo wrestler for the other 50 weeks.

As gym jocks, we spend gobs of hours in the gym all year to build peak size, symmetry and proportion. So why would we want to cover it with 30-40 pounds of fat in the off season?

An overweight bodybuilder looks no different than a football lineman with his big belly hanging out from under his spandex shirt.

Bodybuilding is about looking your best… not just for two weeks out of the year. That means maintaining some off-season definition by watching your diet and eating right.

You need to look 80% of your best whether you are training, shopping, swimming, partying, or dining out. At any given day during the year, it should be obvious to everyone that you spend time in the gym. It should be obvious to your waiter that you’re not gonna even consider ordering Crème Brulee for dessert. It should be obvious to your friends that pigging out on beer and chips won’t cut it with you. Bring on the protein bars and healthy snacks because tomorrow you may be taking your shirt off.

By the way, need we remind y’all that a crap diet affects your performance in the gym? Ever eaten a pizza buffet and then hit the gym about 4 hours later? The body sweats grease and your muscles scream for mercy. Not only that, but you feel like shit!

Okay, we have ranted and raved long enough… You be the judge.

Check out the attached pics to see what we mean… these guys don’t even look like the same men!