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How did you get started with bodybuilding? I grew up active in sports and have been on stage since I was 3 in dance and pageants. It’s like second nature to me! I’ve always been interested in competing in “fitness” and it just took me a little bit of time to find my way into it! I met my trainer, Greg McCoy, at a local bikini competition and from t[...]

How did you get started with bodybuilding? I’ve always been into physically orientated activities ever since I was a child and have played everything from Tennis to American Football, which in Britain is not easily done! I first found an interest in weights after growing up watching Arnold and Sly and thinking “that’s what a man should look like!” S[...]

If you’re like most people, from time to time you’re going to find your motivational levels starting to wane, which can seriously derail your goals. Now let’s talk about what it’s going to take to increase your will to succeed. We hope this feature will help light that fire under your butt to go to the gym and push yourself to levels you never though[...]

How did you get started with bodybuilding? After high school, I got a desk job and was starting to pack on weight. I did go to the gym but only when I felt like it and I was finding it hard to stay motivated. I was online one day and saw some pics of a figure competition and decided I wanted to do it! So I called a local supplement store and asked the owner[...]

How did you get started with bodybuilding? I started working out when I was 15 in my high school weight training class. Fortunately, it was through an educated strength and football coach whom I learned the basics from. Results came fast as newbie gains of course, but I noticed that I could continue progressing as long as I applied the foundational concepts[...]

As the summer comes to an end and the list of contests on my calendar gets shorter, my mind starts to wander. I will admit that even I try to look a bit past the horizon at times and I start to day dream about muscle gain, and how I'll improve my physique in the next few cold months even before the competition season is over. I know I am not the only one gui[...]

How did you get started with bodybuilding? Throughout my life I have always been very active and involved in athletics. Growing up with an older brother, I took an immediate interest in sports from a very young age. Not only did I follow him around trying my very best to be his little brother, but I wanted to excel in every sport I played, as he did. I have[...]

How did you get started with bodybuilding? At 12 years old, I was a skinny weakling and an easy prey for bullies as I stood out in absolute contrast to a schoolmate who was a muscle machine. At first, I got into lifting weights only to protect myself. But soon, I was also determined to put myself on a physical par with this schoolmate, my odd twin. Here was[...]

Featured Model: Erin Stern - Photo Credit: Harben Pictures “We must train from the inside out. Using our strengths to attack and nullify any weaknesses. It’s not about denying a weakness may exist but about denying its right to persist.” Vince McConnell Inspirational Physiques [nggallery id=198] “Make the most of yourself, for that is all the[...]

How did you get started with bodybuilding? In high school I had to lift for sports but never got serious about lifting until I got in a wreck and broke my back three weeks into football season of my senior year. After about 2 months of bed rest, and 3 months of rehabilitation I began to lift weights to regain some strength. Missing all sports in my senior y[...]