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WATCH: Dennis Wolf, Flex Lewis, And More Looking Strong In The Off Season

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Fazi Fitness
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Bodybuilders looking impressive in the off season.

The off season is the time in which bodybuilders put in a ton of work in order to grow and build quality muscle. During this time fans have grown to understand that competitors sometimes appear to look a bit soft, not as shredded and chiseled as they usually do when they’re on stage. But ever so often their are bodybuilders who dial everything in and remain in some pretty solid condition, avoiding the off season bloat.

Currently on their off season, veterans Dennis Wolf, James “Flex” Lewis, Josh Lenartowicz and a host of other top bodybuilders appear to be in some truly impressive condition, avoiding that dreaded off season bloat. The video provided Fazi Fitness shows these top bodybuilders in tremendous off season condition as well as Victor Martinez passing the torch to Chris Bumstead.

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V-Bar Pulldown – Exercise Guide

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GI Team
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V-Bar Pulldown (Lats) – Exercise Guide

Muscles worked: Lats

Equipment needed: Lat Pulldown Machine, V-Bar

Instructions

1. Sit down at a pull-down machine with a V-Bar attached to the top pulley.

2. Adjust the knee pad to fit your height.

3. Grab the V-bar with your palms facing each other. Stick your chest out and lean yourself back slightly (around 30-degrees).. This is your starting position.

4. While exhaling pull the bar down as you squeeze your shoulder blades until your chest nearly touches the V-bar. Hold on the contracted position.

5. While inhaling, slowly bring the bar back to the starting position.

6. Repeat for the prescribed number of repetitions.

 

Alternate Exercises for Lat Pulldown

Chin-Ups

Pullups

Josh Coyle Targets The Men’s Physique Olympia Title

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Nicholas Bell
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Josh Coyle’s stated goal is to win Mr Olympia Men’s Physique title.

He recently won his class and the overall Men’s Physique category at the International Federation of BodyBuilding and Fitness (IFBB) Muscle Contest Ireland.

That victory earned the 22-year-old his pro-card.


Coyle works as a personal trainer at Iron Gym in Lisburn. In primary school he was a talented rugby player and pursued that through college. The decision to drop out of university and pursue bodybuilding was a positive turning point, despite how his family perceived it. He told the Banbridge Leader:

“I stopped partying and drinking after rugby matches etc. and devoted my life to eating a strict diet and going to the gym every day. I became obsessed with the sport, watching everything bodybuilding related on the internet for hours on end.”


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Josh began competing in 2016, and quickly racked up wins in amateur shows including the Irish Open 2016 and the Saxon Classic 2017 in England. He says he’s extremely excited to finally take stage in the IFBB.

“The IFBB is the world’s professional league of the sport. All the guys I watched on the internet and aspired to be are now going to be on stage beside me competing for the chance to get to the Olympia stage in Las Vegas, which is like the Superbowl of bodybuilding. It’s a very surreal and humbling feeling knowing this and just means I’ve to work even harder for my 2019 pro debut.”


He says that perspective is his greatest motivator.

“As taxing as it is, looking back and seeing how far I have progressed as an individual really makes me happy. I’ve shown to myself that no matter how hard anything gets in life, if you stay on track and keep consistent one day it pays off.”

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Weeks Out From Pittsburgh Pro, Steve Laureus Shows Off Some Of The Craziest Proportions Ever

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GI Team
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Steve Laureus is a beast to keep an eye on.

Many times praise is heaped on new prospect that even the slightest potential. People claim they will be the future, the next big thing, but often times they tend to fall flat or simply disappear from competitive bodybuilding all together. In the case of Steve Laureus, also known as “Mr. Propahhh”, it seems that the praise is all deserved.

Weeks out from the Pittsburgh and New York Pro shows, “Mr. Propahhh” is looking to be in some insane condition. His inhuman proportions add to his impressive work ethic to construct a physique on par with some of the best classic bodybuilders out there.

A recent Instagram post makes a comparison to the legend Arnold Schwarzenegger. While some may say it’s far too soon for such comparisons, Steve Laureus is proving that he truly has some insane potential going forward.

Do you think “Mr. Propahhh” Steve Laureus is the future of the Classic Physique division?

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Generation Iron Camo Collection In The GI Store Now!

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GI Team
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Looking to have that versatile style whether on the road or at the gym? Then look no further!

The GI Store is filled with all your fitness apparel needs and our new arrivals are sure to be a hit. Generation Iron is proud to introduce our new camo collection, adding a bit of that military spice to our unflinching and bold style.

From the traditional hoodie to the camo tank top to the even more bold digital camo tee, the Generation Iron camo collection will meet all your needs and then some. Join the GI Team and head over to the Generation Iron store to grab some of the new camo collection before its sold out!

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After Punishing Weight Cuts, Kevin Lee Calls For A 165 Lbs Division

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Nicholas Bell
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Kevin Lee thinks there should be more weight classes.

Fresh off a dominant win over Edson Barboza at UFC Fight Night 128. Kevin Lee stopped by the famous Joe Rogan Experience podcast to discuss, among other things, his future in the fight game.

Before his previous fight against Tony Ferguson, Lee suffered a staph infection and barely make weight, even with a time allowance. For this fight against Barboza, Lee missed weight completely, and forfeited 20% of his purse.


Lee had spoken about moving up to Welterweight before, but told MMA Junkie that it’s not his best option.

“It’s some options to be had at 170. Right now they (expletive) around with this whole interim title (between Rafael dos Anjos and Colby Covington at UFC 225) and the top of that division is kind of muddy right now. It don’t really seem like there’s too much there right now.”


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Lee’s preferred solution would be for the UFC to create a 165 pound weight division. Currently the weight classes start at 125, increasing by 10lb intervals until 155, where it jumps to 170. That abnormality is a relic from boxing. Lee thinks the ten pound increments should continue until 205, where it jumps off to Heavyweight.

“I would love a 165 weight class. I’ve been calling for it for a long time. I wish more guys would call for it. A ’65 weight class definitely needs to be made. I still feel like that’s where I’ll truly shine, you’ll see the best version of me. But in the meantime I’ll make my adjustments, and we’ll see how this whole thing works.”


It’s unlikely for state commissions to adopt new weight classes with any form of efficiency, so Kevin Lee will have to stay on at 155 for some time. After a dominant win over Barboza, Lee is now a top contender for champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. He might have even been a shoe-in for Khabib’s next fight (assuming McGregor doesn’t return this year), but the UFC doesn’t like to give big event slots to fighters who struggle to make weight. That simple mistake made his fat significantly less certain.

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Phil Heath On How Recalled Almond Butter Ruined His Abs And Midsection

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Nicholas Bell
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The midsection has always been a critical aspect of physique.

It continues to be one of the most vexing aspects of elite competition because the goal is not growth, but tightness. This defies the general practices of most elite bodybuilders. Recently the dreaded ‘bubble gut’ has been an object of harsh criticism from the bodybuilding community.


Massive Muscle recently posted a video in which Phil Heath talks about his endeavors to keep a relatively trim waistline. He says that one episode with recalled almond butter gave him particular trouble.

“Ten weeks out from the Olympia I was ingesting almond butter that was on recall – did not know it. I was doing it for two whole months. So about two weeks out I started noticing like wow I’m having these problems. I can’t keep my stomach in- my diaphragm- everything hurts really really bad. I thought ‘Okay I need to go to the store.’ Find out it was on recall, holy shit, what do I do? There’s this thing called magnesium citrate try to flush out my whole system. It didn’t work but also it ruined my electrolyte balance which in turn left me with more bloating.”

Phil adds that that experience steered him away from nuts in general. Although he doesn’t say he has an allergy too them, he is wary of their potential to cause devastating bloating.


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That’s Phil’s main point on the diet. As far as training – he says ab work is critical.

“Training the abs obviously helps, especially when you’re a bigger guy. Its always easy when you’re 150 lbs even 200 pounds trying to get abs. It’s pretty basic. But as you get bigger – we’re talking 225, 235, 250 range, it’s very difficult. Because everything seems to want to grow. It’s gonna grow proportionate with your body. It’s very hard to manage that. So what you have to do is really focus on a lot of cardio. Focus on types of ab work -hanging leg raises, jackknifes, suitcase crunches, bicycle kicks – stuff like that.”


Phil says that the best way to identify bloating agents in the diet is to keep a food and physique log – otherwise you are stuck without any real data from which to make decisions.

“Be more in tune with your body and WRITE THINGS DOWN.”

Watch the full video below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUGB0SRVgrU

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Cody Montgomery Is Looking Insanely Jacked And Shredded With His Move To Classic Physique

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Jacob Ladon
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Cody Montgomery is in insane condition.

These days many bodybuilders are looking for different pathways to success. Unlike in the old school era where there was only two divisions, bodybuilding has evolved. These days there are so many different categories and divisions for competitors to enter that options are limitless. Gone are the days where a competitor must feel obligated to pack on massive slabs of muscle in order to compete in the Open Weight division.

The creation of the Classic Physique division has completely changed the game. Now bodybuilders have the opportunity to compete in a category that fits their body type. It’s one of the reasons the young bodybuilding prospect Cody Montgomery decided to make the move.

When Cody Montgomery made his pro debut he had the courageous idea to compete at one of the biggest shows of the year, the Arnold Classic. Up against some of the best bodybuilders in the Open Weight division, Cody Montgomery found that he was outsized by nearly every competitor on stage and ended up with a less than stellar placing.

While he acquitted himself when in the Open Weight division, Cody Montgomery realized that packing on more and more muscle simply wasn’t the road he wished to go down. In order to be competitive in the Open Weight division he would have had to gain upwards of thirty to forty pounds of muscle. for Montgomery, his health and well being was more important and decided that making the change to Classic Physique was a healthier option for himself. From the looks of things, the change could truly be the best decision of his career.

Cody Montgomery has been hard at training and is showing that despite making the change it doesn’t mean he isn’t working just as hard.

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Disgraced NFL Football Player Will Fight For A Spot In The UFC

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Nicholas Bell
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From football to MMA.

One common criticism of MMA is that it does not attract the best athletes in the world. That criticism will likely continue to have merit for some time. There is no doubt that the best athletes in America (depending on your definition of athlete) opt for more traditional sports. The NFL has arguably the greatest talent pool at its disposal.


In recent years the UFC has began featuring NFL-caliber athletes, and a new acquisition could be days away. After three amateur wins, Greg Hardy will be making his professional MMA debut on UFC president’s Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series on June 12.

Hardy will fight Brandon Sayles, who is 5-1 as a professional, the only loss coming against UFC veteran Chase Gormley.


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Hardy has something of a controversial history in athletics. Originally drafted by the Carolina Panthers, he made the Pro Bowl in 2013 and was second-team All-Pro. His best ability was rushing the quarterback.

In 2014, Hardy was arrested on domestic violence charges and later found guilty of assaulting a female and making communicating threats. Both offenses were prosecuted as misdemeanors, and Hardy was given a suspended 60-day jail sentence, plus 18 months of probation.

The highly publicized case went to appeal, and Hardy missed almost all of the 2014 season and a handful of games in 2015.

Ultimately, the charges were dismissed and expunged from his record, as the victim failed to appear in court. However, details from Hardy’s accuser, Nicole Holder, can be read in TIME magazine.


Hardy currently trains out of American Top Team in Florida. All of his victories have been knockouts, and he boasts an average bout duration of just 47 seconds.

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Mr Novice Gerald Woodend Cites Arnold Schwarzenegger As Inspiration

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Nicholas Bell
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Gerald Woodend, age 18, dominated Harare’s Mr Novice competition last month.

Five years ago, he told The Standard that his life changed when he first saw the iconic Arnold Schwarzenegger documentary ‘Pumping Iron.’


“Watching Arnold Schwarzenegger got me hyped, motivated, inspired and driven all at once to witness what you can do with your body.”

He says that Arnold put bodybuilding on the map, that all up-and-coming competitors or commercial players owe him a great debt. Woodley himself holds a highly romantic view of bodybuilding as an elegant and vexing art form.

“This art requires one to carefully and intelligently sculpt and construct a balanced and proportioned physique, which is pleasing to the eye. This requires you to be honest, self-critical, analyse your strengths and weaknesses — then use your diet as your tools to make changes.”


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He said that bodybuilding quickly became an obsession.

“If someone was talking about a car engine, I would switch off, but if someone was talking about nutrition or training, my ears would perk up and I’d be really involved. I absolutely loved it.”

And his ambitions were followed by a plan:

“I adopted a schedule, which involves 5-6 weight training sessions per week. Sessions would be roughly 45 minutes to an hour of intense but controlled weight training,” Woodend said.

Now, Woodend eats six to eight meals throughout the day, with 8 liters of water.


Woodend said that those around him were not always encouraging, as bodybuilding is an uncertain and unconventional path. But he says a deep conviction guided him.

“I think if you listen to people and don’t do what you love, then you end up living someone else’s life and being unhappy.”

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