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With the IFBB Men’s Pro season now complete, the 2009 season starts a litle earlier than normal.  For the IFBB Ironman Pro contest has been moved up next year. Instead of being two weeks before the 2009 Arnold, it is now 6 weeks before, on Saturday, January 24th, at the Los Angeles Convention Center.  That means that in order to compete in this contest, you need to start dieting now. It also means that with the top FIVE at this contest qualifying for the 2009 Olympia, we are going to have a pretty diverse and interesting contest as to who will compete. For many of the seasoned veterans have to decide whether to peak here and also at the Arnold, or just forgo the Ironman, and assume they have an invitation for the Arnold. Never is a better time for someone who thinks they deserve to compete at the 2009 Olympia to do his best, and snag a top five placing here.  The Ironman is one of my favorite contests of the year, as we never know who is going to be in shape and who will surprise us for the new season. This year is the 20th anniversary of…

Dexter Jackson will be going to Timosoara, Romania to compete in the 2008 Romanian Pro Grand Prix, which will be held on October 11th. The top three at this event will qualify for the Olympia. Here is the competitor list so far… 1.  Khalid Almohsinawi, Netherlands 2.  Hanni Glanville, United Kingdom 3.  Dexter Jackson, USA 4.  Martin Kjellstsrom, Sweden 5.  Cesar Mendible, Venezuela 6.  Migger Milazzo, Germany 7.  Manfred Petautschig, Austria 8.  Ronny Rockel, Germany 9.  Armin Scholz, Germany 10.  Sergey Shelestov, Russia 11.  Tommi Thorvildsen, Norway 12.  Ricky Welling, United Kingdom

Thanks to Bodybuilding.com, we will have another free webcast for all you unable to make it to Dallas .Bodybuilding.com announced an agreement with the Europa Pro Super Show to provide a free live webcast of the IFBB Pro Pre-judging and Finals Championship portion of the event. Estimated time for the webcast is as follows… All Divisions Prejudging: Friday August 15, 2008, 5:30pm All Divisions Finals: Saturday August 16th, 2008, 1:45pm Event locaiton will be the Dallas Convention Center Downtown Dallas 650 South Griffin Street (Hall F) Dallas, Texas  75202    For more information on the show and how to get tickets and visit the expo, check out below http://www.supershowexpo.com/

Here are the competitors that are due to compete at the two pro contests (regular and 202 and Under) on August 9th. 1. Fouad ABIAD, Canada 2. Khalid ALMOHSINAWI, Netherlands 3. Jorge ALVES, France 4. Pablo AREVALO, Peru 5. Paul BAKER, Jamaica 6. Marcus BECHT, Germany 7. Lyndon BELGRAVE, Barbados 8. Omar BORRELLI, Argentina 9. Elvis BROWN, England 10. Raul CARRASCO, Spain 11. Marcos CHACON, Spain* 12. Darrem CHARLES, Trinidad 13. Fedel CLARKE, Canada 14. Clarence DEVIS, Belgium 15. Guy DUCASSE, USA 16. Mark DUGDALE, USA* 17. Tarek ELSETOUHI, Germany 18. Anthony FINOCCHIARO, USA 19. Vonne FRANCIS, Grenada** 20. Toney FREEMAN, USA 21. James HAMPTON, USA 22. David HENRY, USA 23. Jaroslav HORVATH, Slovakia*** 24. Roland HUFF, USA 25. Richard JACKSON, USA 26. Dennis JAMES, Germany* 27. Ken JONES, USA 28. Michal KINDRED, Czech Republic*** 29. James LEWIS, England*** 30. Vincent LIU, Canada*** 31. Jeffrey LONG, USA 32. Daron LYTLE, USA 33. Yildirim MEHMET, France* 34. Evgeny MISHIN, Russia 35. Istavan NEMETH, Hungary 36. Jerry NICHOLLS, Barbados 37. Bola OJEX, Nigeria 38. Gian Enrico PICA, Italy 39. Carlos Majid RABIEI, Canada 40. Frederic SAUVAGE, France 41. Roc SHABAZZ, USA 42. Clifton TORRES, USA** 43. Mike VALENTINO, USA** 44. Bob WEATHERILL,…

Here is the 2008 IFBB Europa Pro current competitor list. The men’s list is for two contests – the regular show, and the 202 pounds and under contest. MEN 1. Fouad ABIAD, Canada 2. Ahmad AHMAD, Sweden 3. Khalid ALMOHSINAWI, Netherlands 4. Jose ALVES-JORGE, France 5. Flavio BACCIANINI, Italy 6. Marcus BECHT, Germany 7. Lyndon BELGRAVE, Barbados 8. Lionel BROWN, USA 9. Troy BROWN, Canada 10. Brian CHAMBERLAIN, USA 11. Darrem CHARLES, Trinidad 12. Fedel CLARKE, Canada 13. Rodney DAVIS, USA 14. Omar DECKARD, USA 15. Clarence De VIS, France 16. Guy DUCASSE, USA 17. Mark DUGDALE, USA 18. Tarek ELSETOUHI, Germany 19. Erik FANKHOUSER, USA 20. George FARAH, USA 21. Derik FARNSWORTH, USA 22. Anthony FINOCCHIARI, USA 23. Toney FREEMAN, USA 24. Andy HAMAN, USA 25. Will HARRIS, USA 26. Milton HOLLOWAY, USA 27. Jaroslav HORVATH, Slovakia 28. Roland HUFF, USA 29. Johnnie JACKSON, USA 30. Randy JACKSON, USA 31. Richard JACKSON, USA 32. Dennis JAMES, Germany 33. Ken JONES, USA 34. Michal KINDRED, Czech Republic 35. James LEWIS, England 36. Vincent LIU, Canada 37. Yildirim MEHMET, France 38. Cesar MENDIBLE BAPTISTA, Venezuela 39. Evgeny MISHIN, Russia 40. Istavan NEMETH, Hungary 41. Jerry NICHOLLS, Barbados 42. Gian Enrico PICA,…

The 2008 2008 NPC USA Bodybuilding and Figure Championships will be held on July 25-26, 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event will be held at the Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall on the Campus of UNLV, at 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154. This is the tentative list, as there is always more competitors by contest date, as well as some weight changes perhaps.. Men’s Bodybuilding Getbig’s Super Heavyweights Competitor List Sean Allan Grigori Atoyan Robert Burneika Mark Byers Zinjun Croon Franco Dattilo Kirk DeFrancesco Eric Domer Ryan Fasano Kenny Gipson Alex Jacobsen Drew Jemmott Todd Jewell Allen Mallad Malcolm Marshall Kenny Milne Kalani Nelson Korbie Nitiforo Sherwin Pagtakhan Eric Posejpal Aaron Rhea Eric Sanders Ron Stevens James Swanson Eboni Wilson Getbig’s Heavyweights Competitor List Mark Alvisi Lee Banks Erich Blancaflor Mark Christensen Brian Copeland Brandon Curry Parenthesis-PD Devers Darin Dudash David Fenty Les Galloway Chulsey Graham Gary Harden Harry Johnson Doug Lang Michael Liberatore Jeff Long Ricardo Ocampo Vladimir Sizor Kevin Sperling Adam Young Getbig’s Light-Heavyweights Competitor List William Ayoubi Elton Bates Curtis Bryant Peter Ciccone Nathan Detracy Tamar El-Guindy Rene Endara Joshua Fred Garrett Hawkins Allen Hicks Shawn Mack Omar Monroig Jimmy Nguyen Gregory Peeples John…

From Dubai, my friends who run Physique Magazine have informed me that there will be an IFBB Dubai Grand Prix show come October of this year. Although I have not seen anything official, here is a preview of the poster and the beginnings of a great contest.

Yes, there will be another IFBB Men’s Pro Contest along with the IFBB Houston Pro. For competitors 202lbs and under, this show will go on, despite not being on some of the contest schedules. The top three will be able to compete in the special Mr. Olympia 202 and Under contest. Total contest prize money is $3,000, but competitors can compete in both shows. As in the past 202lbs and under shows, these shows are designated to showcase the smaller bodybuilder, who often gets overlooked when the big guys are on stage.

Vyotech and Muscletech present the 2008 GNC Series 2008 IFBB California State Pro Figure Championship, which will be held on May 24, 2008 at the Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium, located at 4117 Overland Ave, Culver City, CA 90230. Prejuding begins at 11am, Finals will be at 6:30pm.  With this show, the NPC California State Bodybuilding and Figure Championships will be held. Here is the current California IFBB Pro Figure List as of May 5th.1. Huong Arcinas, USA 2. Darlina Brown, USA 3. Stacy Clary, USA 4. Meriza DeGuzman, USA 5. Andrea Dumon, USA 6. Maria del Figueroa Consuelo Rojas, Mexico 7. Heather Mae French, USA 8. April Fortier, USA 9. Celese Gonzalez Leandro, Spain 10. Nancy Georges, USA 11. Heather Green, USA 12. Yamanaka Kiyoko, Japan 13. Anna Larsson, Sweden 14. Michele Mayberry, USA 15. Petra Mertl, USA 16. Leslie Morris, USA 17. Hazal Nelson, USA 18. Kirsten Nicewarmer, USA 19. Nicole Pitcher-Scott, UK 20. Felicia Romero, USA 21. Zhanna Rotar, USA 22. Tammy Strome, Canada 23. Masae Tagami, Japan 24. Kristi Tauti, USA 25. Angela Terlesky, USA 26. Waleska Valle, USA

On Saturday, May 10th, at the Tribecca Performing Arts Center at BMCC, New York, the 2008 IFBB New York Bodybuilding Contest will be held, along with the Shawn Ray IFBB Men’s 202 and Under Contest. For those of you in the New York and surrounding areas, here is your chance to check out some of the best IFBB Men and Women competitors make it to the stage to qualify for the 2008 Olympia. Here is more information on the contests. The top five men on the main contest qualify for the Mr. Olympia. The Tribecca Performing Arts Center is located at 199 Chambers Street, New York. The athletes meeting is Saturday at 10am. For more information, you can go to www.bevfrancis.com. Here is the list of competitors, in alphabetical order. Men 1. Jason Arntz, USA (202) 2. Elvis Brown, United Kingdom 3. Jimmy Canyon, USA (202) 4. Gianluca Catapano, Italy 5. Brian Chamberlain, USA 6. Alfonso Del Rio, Spain 7. Charles Dixon, USA 8. Guy Ducasse, USA 9. Tarek Elsetouhi, Germany 10. Oleg Emelyanov, Russia 11. Abiu Feliz, USA 12. Kai Greene, USA 13. David Henry II, USA 14. Roland Huff, USA (202) 15. Neset Icli, Netherlands 16. Leo Ingram,…

On Memorial Day Weekend, one of the largest California NPC shows is once again coming to town, in Culver City, which is located about 15 miles from downtown Los Angeles. Also, the IFBB California Pro Figure Competition will be held on the same day in the same location, bringing some of the biggest figure pros back to California. It should be a great day. See you there.  For more information, please go to: 2008 NPC / IFBB California Pro Info