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With less than a week left to go before the IFBB Phoenix Pro, speculation as who is going to win the contest always is brought up. Everyone has an opinion, and the debate rages on as more pictures, videos, and past contest results render an opinion. But one thing is certain. Until that Saturday morning at prejudging, anything can happen. With Bob Cicherillo, Dan Solomon and Larry Pepe discussing the Phoenix Pro on the PBW Radio program, and Lonnie Teper, Isaac Hinds, and Ron Avidan adding their opinions, here is what they chose as their top five. Bob Cicherillo 1. Toney Freeman 2. Melvin Anthony 3. Troy Alves 4. Hidetada Yamagishi 5. Micheal Liberatore Larry Pepe 1. Melvin Anthony 2. Toney Freeman 3. Troy Alves 4. Tarek Elsetouhi 5. Hidetada Yamagishi Dan Solomon 1. Toney Freeman 2. Melvin Anthony 3. Troy Alves 4. Hidetada Yamagushi 5. Moe Bannout Lonnie Teper 1. Toney Freeman 2. Quincy Taylor 3. Hidetada Yamagishi 4. Troy Alves 5. Tarek Elsetouhi 6. Melvin Anthony 7. Micheal Liberatore Isaac Hinds 1. Melvin Anthony 2. Toney Freeman 3. Tarek Elsetouhi 4. Troy Alves 5. Micheal Liberatore 6. Hidetada Yamagishi As for Ron Avidan, I looked into the RAS…

With 27 IFBB Pro Men’s competitors on this new list, and still missing both Troy Alves, and Stan “The White Rhino” Efferding (most likely because of contracts and paperwork needing to be signed), the Phoenix Pro is going to be a great start to the first contests of the year. Here is the lists so far that we have… Here are the IFBB Men’s Pro Bodybuilding list. 1. Eddie Abbew (United Kingdom) 2. Oliver Adzievski (Sweden) 3. Melvin Anthony Jr (USA) 4. Grigori Atoyan (USA) 5. Moe Bannout (Lebanon) 6. Lionel Beyeke (France) 7. Gus Carter (USA) 8. AD Cherry (USA) 9. Omar Deckard (USA) 10. Alfonso Del Rio (Spain) 11. Constantinos Demetriou (Australia) 12. Tarek Elsetouhi (Germany) 13. Toney Freeman (USA) 14. DeShaun Grimez (USA) 15. Andy Haman (USA) 16. Daniel Hill (Germany) 17. Johnnie Jackson (USA) 18. Randy Jackson Sr. (USA) 19. Rusty Jeffers (USA) 20. Michael Liberatore (USA) 21. Cesar Mendible (Venezuela) 22. Franklin Roberson (USA) 23. Heinz Senior (Venezuela) 24. John Sherman (USA) 25. Quincy Taylor (USA) 26. Hidetada Yamagishi (Japan) 27. Mehmet Yildirim (France) Rumored to be competing, but not on the list… Troy Alves, Stan “The White Rhino” Efferding, Figure Competitor List 1. Listy…

Something tells me that the 2010 NPC USA’s are going to be the biggest and best ever. This year, the NPC USA’s will award 4 IFBB pro cards to the Men’s Bodybuilders and 2 IFBB pro cards to the Women’s Bodybuilders. Additionally, there will be 6 IFBB pro cards each for both the Figure and Bikini divisions. The event hotel for this years event has also changed, to the Embassy Suites – Convention Center, at 3600 Paradise Road, Las Vegas, Nevada. Here is the latest flyer for the NPC USAs.

Joe Wheatley Productions is proud to announce that MuscleTech will be the Title Sponsor for all 3 shows this summer, The Muscle Beach International Classic & Armed Forces Championship (Memorial Day), Mr. & Ms. Muscle Beach (July 4th) and the Muscle Beach Championship (Labor Day). Beginning with the Memorial Day contest, it will be open to all amateur athletes and active, reserve and retired members of the Armed Forces. This competition celebrates and acknowledges health and fitness and recognizes the contributions of the members of the Armed Forces to the United States. Featured that day is a flyover from a C-17 Globemaster stationed at March AFB. Opening remarks from a high ranking Officer from Los Angeles AFB, an induction ceremony of new recruits, and static equipment displays are also highlighted at the event. The flyover is extremely moving. I’d like to share the following story. Three years ago as the C-17 roared overhead when the National Anthem reached it’s crescendo, Lonnie Teper, “writer extraordinaire” for Iron Man Magazine stood next to me. I noticed a tear trickling down his cheek. I asked him if he was okay. He sheepishly replied, “Yeah, I ah got some suntan lotion in my eye”….