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What’s In Jeremy Buendia’s 800-Carb, Nearly 6,000-Calorie Refeed?
Professional bodybuilders enter a calorie deficit in the weeks leading up to a show to cut fat to improve their muscle conditioning and definition. However, a side effect of the cutting phase is hampering muscle fullness and appearing flat. Bodybuilders sometimes eat a hefty cheat meal during their shredding phase to replenish muscle glycogen stores and add some…
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How Bikini Bodybuilder Phoebe Hagan Trains Shoulders For the 2023 Olympia
British pro bodybuilder Phoebe Hagan entered the upper echelons of the pro-Bikini circuit by finishing seventh at her debut Olympia in 2022. She qualified for the 2023 Olympia by winning the 2022 Battle of Texas Pro on Dec. 10, 2022, and dedicated a long off-season to improving her physique. On Oct. 2, 2023, Hagan shared a video on…
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United States Air Force Will Now Require New Recruits To Perform Deadlifts
Icelandic strongman great Jón Páll Sigmarsson and the United States Air Force (USAF) have something in common: They both think you should be doing more deadlifts. According to Oct. 9, 2023, reporting by The Air Force Times, the USAF recently updated the fitness standards of its entrance exam, removing the clean & press in favor of the standard deadlift. …
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Terrence Ruffin’s 2023 Olympia Back Training with Fellow Classic Physique Competitor Mike Sommerfeld
Bodybuilder Terrence Ruffin is a two-time Arnold Classic Physique champion looking to make a run at the 2023 Classic Physique Olympia title on Nov. 2-5, 2023, in Orlando, FL. He’s training with last year’s fifth-place finisher in the division, Mike Sommerfeld, to accomplish this goal. On Oct. 1, 2023, Ruffin published on his YouTube channel the back-day workout he…
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Elite Powerlifter Heather Connor’s (47KG) Full Day of Eating
Elite powerlifter Heather Connor lifts raw in one of the lighter weight classes — 47-kilograms. However, she deadlifts like a heavyweight, as proven by her all-time world record raw deadlift of 200 kilograms (440.9 pounds). With so much strength packed into such a tiny frame, Connor’s nutrition has to be on point. Connor works with nutrition coach Kedric…
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2023 Strongman Champions League Cyprus Results — Pavlo Kordiyaka Victorious
The 2023 Strongman Champions League (SCL) Cyprus competition took place on Oct. 7, 2023, in Limassol, Cyprus. Eleven athletes competed in five events through the single-day contest: Truck Pull, Car Deadlift, Loading Race, Log Lift, and Atlas Stones. Pavlo Kordiyaka of Ukraine emerged with the gold when all was said and done, winning two of five events and…
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2023 Olympia-Qualified Athlete List
2023 Olympia-Qualified Athlete List
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Brett Wilkin Withdraws From the 2023 Mr. Olympia Contest
IFBB Pro League Men’s Open bodybuilder Brett Wilkin was the first athlete to qualify for the 2023 Mr. Olympia contest when he won the 2022 Bigman Weekend Pro. On Oct. 9, 2023, Wilkin officially withdrew his name from the 2023 Mr. Olympia, slated for Nov. 2-5, 2023 in Orlando, FL. Wilkin announced that he had to bow out…
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Theo Leguerrier Wins 2023 Italian Olympus Pro Bodybuilding Show
Milan, Italy, served as host of the 2023 Italian Olympus Pro bodybuilding show on Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023, and it featured three contests – Men’s Open, Men’s Physique, and Bikini. Each contest winner would qualify for the 2023 Olympia Weekend in Orlando, FL, on Nov. 2-5, 2023, if they had not qualified already. The main event was the Men’s Open,…
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2023 Balkan Grand Prix Pro Bodybuilding Show Results
The 2023 Balkan Grand Prix Pro was held on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023, in Sofia, Bulgaria, and it featured the 212 Bodybuilding, Classic Physique, and Figure divisions. For the 212 show, it was the final qualifying show for the 2023 Olympia Weekend in Orlando, FL, on Nov. 2-5, 2023. The man who claimed that spot was Radoslav Angelov,…
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