Arnold Classic on Outdoor Life Network in August 2006
Arnold Sports Festival Newsletter tells us (update: OLN has resheduled the broadcast of the Arnold Classic. It is not being presented as announced. We will let you know the new dates when they are announced.):
Beginning
Saturday, August 5 at 3:30 p.m.Monday, August 7 3:00 p.m., Outdoor Life Network (OLN), the home of the world’s greatest sporting events broadcast to more than 69 million homes nationwide – will televise the Arnold Classic Semi-Finals and the Arnold Classic Finals from Columbus, Ohio’s legendary Veterans Memorial stage.
The Arnold Classic – the Mecca for professional bodybuilders – showcases the greatest physiques in men’s bodybuilding. Some of the sport’s biggest names including Lee Haney and Tom Platz have said that their decision to compete as bodybuilders was inspired from first sitting in the back row at the Arnold Classic. Each went on to become champions in the sport and of the Classic.
The Arnold Classic – the elite event in men’s bodybuilding – features top competitors who have endured years of grueling training to be honored with an invitation to this annual competition and the chance to win the richest purse in men’s bodybuilding.”
You can sign up here for email show reminders from OLN.
From 2007 Arnold Sports Festival includes amateur Bodybuilding, Fitness, and Figure championships
For Immediate Release: August 4, 2006:
“The Arnold Sports Festival 2007 will premiere the two-day Arnold Amateur Bodybuilding, Fitness, and Figure Championships Friday, March 2 and Saturday, March 3 in Columbus, Ohio. This exciting and inspirational two-day event will showcase the aspiring talents of top male and female competitors from across the United States vying for top amateur status in men’s and women’s bodybuilding, and women’s fitness and figure.
The Arnold Amateur Bodybuilding, Fitness, and Figure Championships is expected to attract high caliber athletes from across the United States who have already placed in the top five or won at national qualifiers. The event will be judged by top judges from the NPC (the National Physique Committee). The total number of athletes accepted to compete will be limited. The first 15 athletes who register and meet the qualifying requirements to enter the men’s and women’s bodybuilding divisions will be accepted. The first 20 Fitness athletes and Figure athletes that register and meet the eligibility requirements will be accepted into the competition. The registration deadline is January 15, 2007.
Sponsorship inquiries are welcome for the Arnold Amateur Bodybuilding, Fitness, and Figure Championships by telephoning Bob Lorimer at 614/430-5962 or Mike Davies at 614/521-3510 or visit www.arnoldclassicamateurbodybuilding.com.
For more information please visit www.arnoldsportsfestival.com.”
There is also a blog to answer any questions you may have concerning the Arnold Classic Amateur Bodybuilding, Fitness, and Figure Championships.
There is now a discussion tread on the subject over at Muscle Mayhem, everyone seems optimistic about this development.
Video: Treadmill dance (OK Go – Here It Goes Again)
Once again the band OK Go uses viral marketing to get their music spread. Previous they made a video of the band members dancing syncronized in a backyard to their song “A Million Ways”. They are back, and this time they’re dancing on treadmills! More on the video at spin.com. If you like the video, the band asks you to vote on them on VH1’s Top 20 Countdown.
August 2006 edition of NSCA Performance Training Journal online
The August edition of NSCA Performance Training Journal is avaliable for download. NSCA’s Performance Training Journal is the NSCA’s online publication targeted at non-professionals. About NSCA:
“For more than 28 years the NSCA (National Strength and Conditioning Association) has served as the worldwide authority on strength and conditioning by supporting and disseminating research-based knowledge and its practical application to improve athletic performance and fitness.
Here you’ll find the latest strength and conditioning news. We want to be your first source for reliable, research-based health and fitness information.”
Video: Ronnie Coleman doing 2300lbs Leg Press at Metroflex Gym
Ronnie Coleman training with 2300lbs on the leg press at Metroflex Gym (the same gym you see in Ronnies amazing videos). Gymowner Brian Dobson seems to be a little worried that his equipment can’t match Ronnies strength:
About the author
The gymrat (aka Magnus Branzén) works for THE Swedish bodybuilding and fitness magazine. This blog will feature some of the many news items I come across – from my perspective. Most of them should be useful for weight training athletes. Or at least good for a laugh.
Contact me at magnus@body.se.
A small blurb for BODY: “The magazine BODY, formerly B&K Sports Magazine, has written about and developed Bodybuilding and the fitness industry in Sweden since 1981.”
Recommended resources
Book: Precontest Bible by Larry Pepe. Finally, there is one book, one comprehensive reference source, that gives you the EXACT CONTEST PREPARATION BLUEPRINTS of over 30 of the world’s best bodybuilders. Now you can see the exact ins-and-outs of how Mr. Olympia winners and top pro & national champions get into incredible, shredded, contest-winning condition. 475 pages with over 700 training and contest photos.
Book: Bill Pearl's "Keys to the INNER Universe" is the most complete and comprehensive manual ever published on bodybuilding and weight training. 638 pages (8 1/2 x 11) of photographs, anatomical drawings, charts, exercises and sound reading covering every aspect of bodybuilding and weight training from the novice to the heavy weight.
Book: In The New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding Arnold Schwarzenegger covers the very latest advances in both weight training and bodybuilding competition, with new sections on diet and nutrition, sports psychology, the treatment and prevention of injuries, and methods of training, each illustrated with detailed photos of some of bodybuilding's newest stars. 832 pages (10.9 x 8.6 x 1.8).
DVD: Still fascinating 30 years later, Pumping Iron follows the 28-year old five-time Mr. Olympia, Arnold Schwarzenegger, as he competes for his 6th title in 1975 Mr. Olympia. The 25th Anniversary Special Edition DVD has Iron and Beyond a new featurette looking at the impact of the film and Raw Iron The making of the film including outtakes.
Book: If you're not into your training and don't know what to do, Brother Iron, Sister Steel will teach you. If you were once and forgot, the book will remind you. Dave "The Blond Bomber" Draper , one of the Golden Age bodybuilders, stills practices what he preaches. In this book he delves into everything bodybuilding.
336 pages, 6x9 paperback, 80 photos, indexed, 17 page resource appendix.
Magazine: Flex is the voice of champions, and shows dedicated bodybuilders how to add size and symmetry for extraordinary results with scientific nutrition updates, champion-level workout routines, competition profiles, and international contest coverage.
Magazine: Muscular Development features the latest information on all aspects of training, nutrition and supplements from the world's leading experts and athletes.
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