Video: B&K Fitness Classic 2002
70 athletes started at B&K Fitness Classic 2002, Helsinki Culturehouse, Finland, September 28 2002. The competitors held high class and the routines also, and the comparisons took place fast (thanks to all the judges).
The competition had Junior Class, Novice Class, Body Fitness, the official Finnish Championships and Kike Elomaa Classic. The later was also qualifier for top-3 to the World Championships on October 5. The Swedes that visited Helsinki all agreed; We lack fitness competitions of this class in Sweden! In BODY Magazine issue 11/2002 you can find a large photo report from B&K Fitness Classic 2002.
There were many contestants, it took four lines to fit them all on stage!
The comparison round in two-piece bikini – look at the differences in height!
Here we see the winners, Marjo Krishi, routine, trophy and get an interview.
B&K Fitness Classic, routines, part 1
B&K Fitness Classic, routines, part 2
B&K Fitness Classic, routines, part 3
Video: Rachel McLish, Ms. Olympia 1980 & 1982, posing on stage
Read more on Rachel McLish at Wikipedia. Rachel became an inductee to the IFBB Hall of Fame in 1999:
“Rachel McLish merits special historical significance in the sport of women’s bodybuilding. This honor comes by virtue of winning the inaugural United States Championships in 1980, as well as that year’s first-ever IFBB Ms. Olympia contest.
In an unparalleled period of mainstream exposure, Rachel was the center of much attention; the 1985 movie release Pumping Iron II: The Women focused on her participation in the 1983 Caesar’s World Cup.”
Hat tip: loribraunblog.com
Schwarzenegger accepts challenge from 80-year-old pingpong champ
The blog Think Progress reports:
“Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will play a game of table tennis with an 80-year old pingpong champion “who said he would only donate to the governor’s re-election campaign if he agreed to a match,” the AP reports. “The odds appear to be stacked against the governor.””
Even more bacground from The Record in an article called “Arnold vs. the Pong-inator“:
“Schwarzenegger may have made his fortune as a champion bodybuilder, but he’ll need whatever speed his 59-year-old muscles can muster when he faces Lodi resident Byng Forsberg. Forsberg is no ordinary octogenarian: He’s won just about every table tennis trophy available to the senior set.
His first competitive match was in 1950, and he’s played – and won – ever since.
After he retired at age 70, Forsberg branched out into track and field, in-line skating, cross-country skiing, snowshoe racing, even a little weightlifting. A hip replacement ended most of those endeavors, but not pingpong.”
HardFitness Online Magazine Issue #19 is now online
Editor Juan Carlos Lopez has just finished the 19th issue of HardFitness Online Magazine. Cover model is new IFBB Pro Jamie Senuk:
“We have a new section that should be running monthly: “Ask Misty Green”. Some noteworthy articles are “How to Stay Relaxed” by Kaisa Piippo, 3 different stories about Canadian Nationals and a review with photos of the Tara Scotti party. Reviews of the USA’s and Team Universe shows are also included.”
FitSights.com is busting Juan Carlos chops a bit in the Eye of FitSights blog:
“JC Lopez does a great job of capturing multiple images of just about every competitor, which is helpful to athletes and fans alike. I have to bust his chops, however, on the amount of bandwidth he must have used on thesaurus.com to come up with some of the outlandish terminology sprinkled throughout his NPC USA report.
Come again? Quotidian task? An omen or augury? Betide? What the.. am I reading a report from a bodybuilding show, or a Tolstoy novel?”
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
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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.
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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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