Monique Cormier, who has overcome obesity and severe depression en route to becoming a world class amateur bodybuilder, joins Dave [ ... ]
I've known Nikki Roxx for her entire wrestling and fitness career, mostly because I started her in the business. I met her about ten years ago, when she would quietly sit on the bench of Killer Kowalski's pro wrestling dojo taping other student's drills. She'd tag along to post-class dinner and gym with us and I'd found out that she was clearly interested in wrestling. Back then, I put her through grueling ab or glute workouts, which she never once complained about. After admitting she didn't have the money to join the school, I pleaded my case to Walter "Killer" Kowalski (as the only female at the school) that I needed another girl to work with and I asked him to consider her. He said, "Let me think on it." The next day he came in and said, "I thought about it. Yes." She ended up being so good, I asked her to become my tag team partner...and The Killer Babes were born.
What's the deal with women and breast implants? I was at the Arnold Classic last weekend, and I saw a lot of very un-natural looking breasts-too big, too close, too far apart. What's up with that?
While I would like to say that we, as plastic surgeons, get it right every time, that's just not the case. Sometimes what you see is the function of poor planning or poor surgical technique, and sometimes what you see is the result of a patient pushing her surgeon beyond what might be ideal for her body. The result in such cases can be peculiar or even downright disfiguring; and often, fixing the problem is much more difficult than you might think. I'll focus on a few examples of things that I saw last weekend as I wandered the Arnold Expo.
I heard about Figure competitor, Lauren Jacobsen, from her trainer Eric DiLauro at last weekend's IFBB FLEX Pro. When I investigated further, what I discovered was that she's way more than just a pretty face and great physique. She's educated to the max and she's held some pretty impressive jobs in the "real world". On top of all that, she's very good friends with the number one bodybuilder in the world, 4x Mr. Olympia Jay Cutler. Wanna know more? In the following paragraphs, Lauren answers all my inquiring questions without hesitation.
If It Were Easy To Look Good...Everyone WOULD.
Baby, it's COLD outside! Some days the hardest part of working out is getting out the front door. Fifty percent of Americans quit their workout program within a year of starting. HALF! That's a lot of quitters! To make sure you remain a non-quitter, here are some motivational tips to help you get your rear in gear during cold weather.
They say that a picture is worth a thousand words. If that's a fact, then the accompanying photos that complement this article have to be a New York Times best-seller!
Yes, there's no doubt about it, Sandra Lombardo is one HOT competitor but there is so much more to this woman than meets and greets the eye. Sandra happens to be an extremely intelligent business woman whose demanding career centers on a subject that affects us all...SLEEP.
Sandra is a Respiratory Therapist and Sleep Consultant when she is not repping out in the gym or ripping it up on stage. Ah yes, it's that fatal beauty and brains mix that leads to Sandra being totally deserving of the title "Class Act".
With gyms packed full of New Years Resolutionists, here are 15 Commandments of the Gym you shouldn't be without...
Picture this scenario: While super-setting at the gym, you leave your water bottle next to machine A (to let others know you're using the machine) as you progress to machine B. As you're finishing up your last reps on machine B, you notice two people sit down on machine A and start conversing. You walk over and explain that you have two more sets on this apparatus (as you point to your water bottle), but they are welcome to work in with you. They shoot you a dirty look and walk off.
For Zoa Linsey the year 2010 may not be ending with her being a champion on stage and claiming the Ms Olympia title. However, in my opinion it is ending even more significantly with her emerging from an overwhelming injury stronger, wiser and indeed a champion of life itself. For most of us reading this, the pain of a headache is enough to send us whimpering to the cupboard in search of solace in an Advil bottle. It is beyond the boundaries of our imagination to even begin to understand the pain Zoa endured this past year due to an increasingly serious injury. That she has remained positive throughout is a testament to her strength of will, determination and true warrior spirit.
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