Bodybuilding, Supplements and Competition News
American Gladiator hopefuls will get another chance to try out for the NBC show at the Fit Expo on Los Angles. The tryouts will be held on February 16 & 17th from 10am-4pm both days. For more information visit: www.thefitexpo.com
Nope. You won’t catch any of the new American Gladiators on the sauce. According to a recent article, NBC states that it tested all of the Gladiators for steroids. NBC executives may have been juiced over American Gladiators’ stellar debut, but the gladiators themselves were all natural. That’s because NBC Universal subjected the gladiators to steroid testing before they could appear on the show. The 12 cast members were tested as part of their medical examinations and then required to sign a document saying that they were clean and that they could be tested at any time. NBCU co-chairman Ben Silverman confirmed the testing but declined to comment further. NBC insiders said the testing was done more for medical reasons than anything else. > > Read the Full Article Here.
USA Today ran a story on the new American Gladiators show where Mike (Titan) is quoted as saying: “This is real. Everybody’s going 100%,” says O’Hearn, a former bodybuilding champion. During taping, “I broke a guy’s leg.” Mike O’Hearn gets things crack’n as Titan. Watch Titan and the other Gladiators this Sunday on NBC.