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In the latest installment of Bodybuilding.coms pre-Olympia video series Bob Cicherillo travels to Las Vegas, Nevada, to meet Jay Cutler for an interview in Jay’s home, and a back workout in “Jay’s” Gold’s Gym in Vegas. Five weeks out from Mr. Olympia, what are Cutler’s thoughts?

Watch Mr. Olympia himself, Jay Cutler, get ready for the 2007 Mr. Olympia rematch. Can he beat Ronnie Coleman and Victor Martinez again this year and successfully defend his crown?

Complete Olympia: The Series Listing with links:

• Introduction: Series Trailer - Date: 6/29/2007
• Episode #1: Marcus Haley - Date: 7/09/2007
• Episode #2: Annie Rivieccio - Date: 7/17/2007
• Episode #3: Silvio Samuel Saviour - Date: 7/20/2007
• Episode #4: Toney Freeman - Date: 7/24/2007
• Episode #5: Darrem Charles - Date: 7/27/2007
• Episode #6: Dayana Cadeau - Date: 7/31/2007
• Episode #7: Melvin Anthony - Date: 8/3/2007
• Episode #8: Quincy Taylor - Date: 8/7/2007
• Episode #9: Ronnie Coleman - Date: 8/14/2007
• Episode #10: Johnnie O. Jackson - Date: 8/17/2007
• Episode #11: Monica Brant-Peckham - Date: 8/21/2007
• Episode #12: Mr. Olympia Jay Cutler - Date: 9/04/2007

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The new September issue of Muscletime Magazine has just been posted online. From the Content:

• News & Gossip! New Pro - Erik Fankhouser; PLUS - Eddie Abbew 4 weeks out!
• 2007 Olympia predictions! heck out our photo preview of the 2007 Mr. Olympia - the Re-Match
• More Europa pics & clip! Check out some new awesome photos and a video from Dallas Europa comparisons
• NEW Europa Snapshots: Check out some more snapshots we took in Texas
• MT Poster & Muscle History: On the poster - Ronnie Coleman; MT history - Achim Albrecht
• MT Digitorial & Reps: News from the MT crew and MT Reps with Sami Al Haddad
• Transformer - new series! Quincy Taylor in 2000 and in 2007 !
• Coming up: A sneak peak into our 2nd September issue…

Click on the image below to go to the home page of the excellent online magazine from Austria:

Yesterday the European Commission and the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) kicked off football season with a campaign promoting physical activity. From the press release:

The advert encourages viewers to get out of their armchairs and be physically active, using the slogan “Go on, get out of your armchair’. Millions of Europeans are expected to view the advert, as it will be screened free of charge during the half-time break of this season’s televised Champions League football games.

EU Health Commissioner Markos Kyprianou said: “Europeans are eating too much and exercising too little, which explains why more than half of European adults are overweight or obese. Through this TV advertising campaign we aim to help viewers better understand the importance of physical exercise in living healthier lives and encourage them to introduce physical activity in their daily routines.”

In related news a Danish pilot project has shown that regular football practice is much more successful at boosting fitness than regular jogging. The blog Conditioning Research (publishes summaries of scientific research on fitness, strength, diet and performance) explains the effects of interval training:

I have put up a few posts about the benefits of interval training - short intense intervals of work separated by rest periods. I’ve also mentioned some problems with respect to the standard prescription for aerobic exercise of long slow endurance type training / “cardio”.

The researchers examined the effect of training on a football team, comparing their performance to a group who were just jogging. The sport - the power law application with high intensity work and lots of low intensity stuff too - led to improvements in insulin sensitivity, balance, muscle mass and body composition.

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Australia’s GMV Bodybuilding har the largest selection of bodybuilding movies on DVD. Their new venture with UK’s Globalfibre.tv enables you to rent streaming titles from GMV. They also plan to offer selected movies from other producers. 500 titles is planned by the end of the 3rd year, yikes!

SHREDDED.TV is a new joint venture between GMV and Globalfibre.tv presenting the world’s first internet TV station devoted exclusively to bodybuilding and fitness. This website is like a TV station on the internet and features both professional and amateur athletes. It will also include contests from around the world. Shredded.tv is not a video download site, it is a streaming media internet TV station.

Also note that all the people involved in this project either currently is or has been a competitive bodybuilder. A guarantee for a dedication to the hardcore soul of bodybuilding…

On June 25th a dog got her day, but not for saving Timmy from the well or her racing abilities. The Canadian newspaper Victoria Times Colonist then published the story about a muscular dog, which has a mutation of the myostatin gene. The owner is now juggling the international media attention and Wendy even has an offer of a role in a sci-fi series! Read the original article and the followup:

Wendy the Whippet has a genetic disorder that has resulted in an exceptionally muscular appearance. You might mistake her for a pitbull with a tiny head, but she is a whippet. Whippets usually are quite muscular, and at the same time petite. Wendy is a 27-kilogram rippling mass of muscle, two times the size of normal female whippets.

I’m a nice doggy. Really, don’t be afraid…

Check out the ham development below! Tom Platz is green with envy…