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2009 NPC Excalibur – Dec 5th

The 2009 NPC Excalibur is the last NPC contest of the year in Southern California, where over 170 competitors are going to meet up. The location is the Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium in Culver City. The featured guest poser will be Kris Murrell, who just won the overall at the NPC National’s in women’s bodybuilding. [...]

Muscle Beach Toy Drive and Time Capsule

Joe Wheatley Productions is pleased to present the 3rd Annual Muscle Beach Toy Drive. Presented by Bodybuilding.com and Iron Man Magazine and Hosted by the LAPD Pacific Division and L.A. City Recreation and Parks. The event will take place on December 12 & 13, 2009.
Please bring a new unwrapped toy between the hours of 10 [...]

2009 NPC National’s Pictures

Mark Mason and Ron Avidan took a number of pictures for bodybuilding.com, both from the stage, backstage, expo and even some beach shots from the 2009 NPC National’s at Hollywood, Florida. Here is a link to Getbig’s Picture Section, where the various pictures are sorted out. See if you can spot your favorite competitor there.

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2009 NPC National’s Contest Results

The 2009 NPC National Contests are over and here are the results. Please click on each link to check out the winners of bodybuilding, figure and bikini and to find out which latest NPC competitors have now become our new pros.

NPC National Men’s Bodybuilding Results
NPC National Figure Results
NPC National Women’s Bodybuilding Results
NPC National Bikini Results

Jay Cutler on ESPN.com

Today on ESPN.com a comparison was made between Mr. Olympia Jay Cutler and Chicago Bears Quarterback Jay Cutler.
What’s in a name? Well, if you’re named Jay Cutler, a lot.
Everyone’s familiar with the Chicago Bears quarterback. You know — 6-foot-3, 233 pounds, threw five interceptions last week, fined $20K for abusive conduct toward a game official. [...]

Ironman Pro contest is postponed – official release

For Immediate Release
(November 13, 2009 – Oxnard, California) Iron Man Magazine Publisher John Balik reported today that the Pro Fight Supplements Iron Man Pro bodybuilding contest, originally slated to take place on Saturday, January 23, 2010, is being rescheduled for an as of yet undetermined date. The contest, which celebrated its 20th Anniversary in 2009, [...]

2009 IFBB Kentucky Pro Figure Complete Results

Cheryl Brown continued her incredible run, and won her first IFBB pro figure contest here in Kentucky. Last week, she was second at the Sacramento Pro Figure. Julie Ann Kulla, which placed 4th last week (via a tie-breaker with Huong Arcinas) took 2nd place, and qualified for the 2010 IFBB Figure Olympia. Also, congratulations to [...]

2010 IFBB Ironman Pro is postponed

The new updated 2010 IFBB schedule came back out today, and one event was noticeably missing – the 2010 Ironman Pro. What? This has got to be a mistake, people wondered, but as the day progressed, the emails and calls kept coming. The 2010 Ironman Pro, alas, was not going to be, and [...]

NPC National Bodybuilding, Figure & Bikini contest – Nov 20-21st

HOLLYWOOD, Fla.– (BUSINESS WIRE) –The big guns are loaded and the bombshells will be out in full force! The NPC Nationals returns to South Florida – this time at one of the classiest resorts in Florida – the Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa in Hollywood! With more than 500 of the ultimate bodybuilding, figure and [...]

Weider Global Nutrition to Pursue Pending Lawsuit Against GLG Life Tech

From the PR Newswire, by Weider Global Nutrition
SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ — GLG-Weider Sweet Naturals (”Sweet Naturals”) is a joint venture between GLG Life Tech Corporation (”GLG”) and Weider Global Nutrition (”Weider”), combining GLG’s knowledge of stevia and Weider’s expertise in marketing, sales and distribution of health and nutritional products. In their Shareholders’ [...]

Kraft Foods selling its Balance Bar business

Kraft Foods has agreed to sell its Balance Bar business to Brynwood Partners of Greenwich, Connecticut. The transaction is expected to close on November 21, 2009. The new company plans to operate as Balance Bar Company.
Kraft Foods will continue to distribute, provide HQ/retail coverage and manage the Balance Bar business for an extended period [...]

2009 IFBB Sacramento Pro Results

Toney Freeman was the favorite, and Toney Freeman won the show, but not without a fight by Craig Richardson, who in many people’s opinion, almost took the title from Toney. Robert Portrokowics from Poland qualified too for the 2010 Olympia here, with Kris Dim and Ed Nunn just missing it. Here for the results for [...]

Moe El Moussawi enters the 2010 Ironman

Moe El Moussawi was up in Sacramento, as Pro Fight, the company in which he partially owns was the title sponsor for the contests. Speaking to Moe, he said that he will be ready for the 2010 Ironman, and he is also going to win it! Last year, Moe placed second over Silvio Samuel in [...]

Bodybuilders on Conan O’Brien

Did you happen to catch Conan O’Brien the other night? Conan brought on a few bodybuilders during is opening bit. The oiled up fellas come in at about the 9 minute mark. Anyone recognize who these guys are? One guy kinda looks like our forum visitor “BLOCKHEAD”.

IFBB / NPC Sacramento Pro Competitor Lists

The IFBB/NPC Sacramento Pro contest is shaping to be a great one, with over 200 competitors on track to be on stage at the Crest Theater in Sacramento on Saturday, November 7th.
No less than 14 countries will be represented in the IFBB Men’s Pro Sacramento this weekend, with a chance for three of the competitors [...]