Two senators introduced a bill that will limit your freedom of choice when it comes to supplements
February 25, 2010
FLEXONLINE.COM
• On February 3, 2010, Senators John McCain and Byron Dorgan introduced S. 3002, a bill entitled, The Dietary Supplement Safety Act. The supposed purpose of the bill is to make dietary supplements “safer.” This is ironic because dietary supplements are already hundreds of times safer than either prescription
or over-the-counter drugs.
• The real purpose of this bill is to limit your access to dietary supplements. The government would tell you, the consumer, …

Do you know those guys who train only their biceps or chest? Or triceps and abs? These are those guys with huge arms and underdeveloped calves or quads. This is not good brothers. We as bodybuilders must be well developed everywhere. I mean each muscle and body part.
For sure the most important part is our mind. We need to be intelligent guys and not like those pumped stupid idiods who do not know how to say two words, who do not know what means to respect their parents, old people, …

Nicole Wilkins-Lee looks to make history at the ‘10 Figure International
February 27, 2010
By Zack Zeigler
In 2009 at the age of 25, Nicole Wilkins-Lee became the youngest competitor in IFBB history to capture the Figure Olympia, the sports most prestigious honor. Now, the third-year pro looks to make the 2010 Figure International another history-making event.
If Wilkins-Lee, who turned pro by winning the overall figure and fitness titles at the ‘07 Team Universe, can manage to capture the ‘10 Figure International crown on Friday, March 5 in Columbus, Ohio, it would do …

Iris Kyle goes for a record fifth Ms. International title
February 24, 2010
By Dave Lee
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Four. That’s the championship tally for Iris Kyle as she attempts to defend her title at the 2010 Ms. International on March 5 in Columbus, Ohio. That, combined with five Ms. Olympias [in '01, Kyle won the heavyweight division but lost the overall to lightweight winner Juliette Bergmann], has made Kyle the dominant force in female bodybuilding for a good part of the past decade.
Kyle, who earned her pro card with a heavyweight and overall victory on …

We weigh in on our five favorite physiques ever to grace the Arnold Classic stage
February 23, 2010
Shawn Perine
This year Columbus, Ohio will play host to the 22nd edition of the Arnold Classic Bodybuilding Championships, a contest second only to the Mr. Olympia in terms of prestige, and one with a great history of its own. Starting in 1989, with Rich Gaspari edging out Robby Robinson for the win, ‘The Arnold’ has seen its share of great bodybuilding champions leave Ohio not just with a massive check in hand, but the …

Yogurt vs. Cottage Cheese: Which does a body better?
By Jordana Brown
A flexonline reader is hard to trick. Not only are you driven to attain mammoth muscle, you’re extremely well educated in how to do that in the quickest, healthiest manner. You know, for example, that dairy products are great sources of protein. But in our never-ending quest to stump you, we have a doozy of a dairy question: Which is better for muscle — yogurt or cottage cheese?
On one hand, yogurt is heaving with calcium, particularly when compared to cottage …

Dexter Jackson on turning negatives into positives
He started competing as a bantamweight. He turned pro, unceremoniously, as a light-heavy a dozen years ago at the North America. He didn’t win a pro show for another four years, but Dexter Jackson has done a lot of winning since then. Of current pros only Jay Cutler has more pro victories, and it’s a close race (Jackson has 12, Cutler 14). Both Mr. Olympias own three Arnold Classic trophies, a tie Jackson hopes to break on March 6 in Columbus, Ohio. As he …

How to train when gym is full of people
By MusclesProd
How many times you went to the gym with a serious attitude to make your muscles “burn” but when you entered the gym you saw it is full? What was your first thought? To move your training routine to other day? To have a light training? No, that is not an attitude of a winner. Let’s change clothes and start warming up, meanwhile we will see how to get maximum out of your workout in this situation:
1.Turn the music louder. A …

Following a quiet 2009, Melvin Anthony started the new year off on the right foot by winning the Phoenix Pro on Saturday night. The California native edged out Hidetada Yamagishi, who continues to make strides in the division by finishing as the runner-up.

Medycinex Gets Busted
February 16, 2010
By: Johnny Justice
A business owner has pleaded guilty for her role in a conspiracy to fraudulently market dietary supplements over the Internet with illegal claims that these supplements could prevent, treat or cure a number of diseases. The supplement bandit made off with nearly $12 million by selling supplements that did not deliver on their promise (what else is new). Mai Lor pleaded guilty before a judge for her role. Lor was co-owner (along with her husband) of a company called “Medycinex”. None of the dietary …