With martial arts, CrossFit, sumo wrestling and TWO Best Body contests, the 2014 Olympia Weekend is much more than a meathead convention. For years, the Mr. Olympia contest was a very exclusive affair. Limited to one very big contest—the Super Bowl of bodybuilding—the Mr. Olympia was the ultimate prize in the sport of bodybuilding. Over… read more
Photo by Jeffrey Sygo. Bodybuilder Lawrence Ballenger has perfected the art of growing quality mass. The story of the scrawny teenager who becomes a mass monster sounds like a tired bodybuilding myth, but Lawrence Ballenger has lived it. It started with a single incident (details in interview), which lead to the 6-foot-tall Illinois resident to… read more
MEET DAN “BOOMSAUCE” TYMINSKI, A NATIONAL-LEVEL CROSSFIT COMPETITOR WHO HAS TURNED THIS RIGOROUS STYLE OF TRAINING INTO AN ART FORM. CrossFit Games standout Dan “Boomsauce” Tyminski represents the new ideal of all-around physical excellence. Many character-building epiphanies occur while serving in the U.S. Armed Services, and so it was with Dan “Boomsauce” Tyminski. The… read more
TWO YEARS AGO, HEAVYWEIGHT FABRICIO WERDUM SHOCKED THE MMA WORLD WHEN HE BEAT FEDOR EMELIANENKO. TURNS OUT, HE’S JUST GETTING STARTED. Fabricio Werdum shocked the MMA world when he beat Fedor. Turns out that’s just the appetizer. It was one of those classic moments in sports that happens once a decade or so: The unbeatable… read more
HOW AMERICAN LE MANS SERIES DRIVER GREG PICKETT STAYS IN THE FAST LANE WELL INTO HIS 60S. Greg Pickett proves that barriers are meant to be broken. Greg Pickett may be 64 years old, but he’s not about to slow down. In fact, he’s more likely to floor it to 200 mph in a… read more
A NEW FAT BURNER IS REWRITING THE RULES ON WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THERMOGENIC TECHNOLOGY. We demand a lot from our fat burners these days. MethylHex 4,2 is OK with that. When the sale of ephedra-containing supplements was banned in 2004, the diet industry scrambled to find a replacement. The results have been mixed, with… read more
GET A SUPERPUMP BY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE REVERSE NITRIC OXIDE PATHWAY. A little-known nitric-oxide pathway is transforming workout nutrition. Nitric oxide (NO) boosters have become a staple of bodybuilding supplementation, and these nutritional blockbusters are now being adopted by athletes in all sports. There’s good reason for it. NO boosters help increase blood flow,… read more
POWERFUL FAT BURNERS IN LIQUID FORM ARE REVOLUTIONIZING THERMOGENICS. Using extreme fat burners can now be as easy as putting a drop under your tongue. Today’s thermogenics continue to push the limits of what a fat burner can do. Not only are they more powerful than ever, but manufacturers are continuing to devise ingenious delivery… read more
