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“LAS VEGAS (AP) - Married professional bodybuilders Craig Titus and Kelly Ryan have been sentenced to prison in the slaying of their live-in assistant in December 2005.
The 43-year-old Titus was sentenced Friday to 21 to 55 years. He pleaded guilty May 30 to second-degree murder, kidnapping and arson in the slaying of 28-year-old Melissa James.
Ryan [...]

A 21year old European man suffered extreme side effects from apparent steroid use. Apparently he did not stop taking the steroids once skin problems developed because he was more concerned with losing muscle mass.After treatment the wounds healed but left permanent scars. The irony being if you look at the photo below the steroids hardly [...]

The promoters of the IFBB Europa Super show sent this eye-opening email out, discussing various concerns related to the behaviour of IFBB pro female bodybuilders who competed in the 2008 Europa Pro. It came from promoters Ed Pariso and his wife Betty Pariso, a veteran IFBB pro bodybuilder and IFBB female bodybuilding rep.

“First let me [...]

In the Men’s Open Tony Freeman made it two in a row by winning the Europa shortly after winning the Tampa Pro last week. Dennis James was 2nd and Canadian newcomer Fouad Abiad placed 3rd, gaining an Olympia qualification. Fouad has said he may not do the Olympia next month however, possibly preferring to wait [...]

The full results and photo gallery of the 2008 Country Classic Invitational held earlier today are posted on our main site. The class winners were:

Mens Open: Alex Simays
Mens Open Qualifier: Fab Marchand
Novice Mens: Sachin Jayawickrame
Masters: Peter Gringel
Womens Bodybuilding: Cathy Adams
Figure: Anna Hetzel

We have over a hundred CCI photos of all divisions, here are a few [...]

An autopsy released of Dave Jacobs detected nandrolone, an anabolic steroid, in Jacob’s system, and the 22 to 1 testosterone to epitestosterone ratio revealed in the autopsy was more than five times greater than the World Anti-Doping agency’s normal ratio set at 4 to 1.

Dave Jacobs shot and killed his girlfriend, top IFBB figure pro [...]

22 year old Ukrainian weightlifter Olha Korobka will be the heaviest woman in history to ever participate in the Olympics, weighing in at a whopping 364 pounds [166kg]:

Australian IFBB pro Con Demetriou appears in two ads in the August 08 issue of Muscular Development magazine for supplement company Anabolic Xtreme, an American based company [scans of ads shown below].
The ads were for two mass building supplements; Mass FX [here] and Hyperdrol [here].
This is an interesting juxtaposition, as Demetriou was signed earlier this year [...]

The IFBB Atlantic City Pro will be held in New Jersey next month on Sept 12th -13. The competitor lists are out and list four Australian IFBB pros who look to be confirmed as competing; Luke Wood , Con Demetriou , Rosa-Maria Romero  and Donna Jones. 

In addition to the strong Aussie presence, Jacqui Jarrett of [...]

32 year old Radek Suchomel, the IFBB European under 80kg winner in 2000, and a three time IFBB World Championship competitor, is reported to have [shot] killed his parents and then himself in the Czech Republic on the 9th of August 2008.
Radek Suchomel has operated two fitness centres since he ended his bodybuilding career in [...]

Most people within the bodybuilding community would have heard some member of the ‘general public’ make disparaging remarks about muscular females looking manly.
Ironically enough, while bodybuilding seems to catch the brunt of gender confusion commentary, the Olympics which is the pinnacle of mainstream sports have actually had men compete as women!
There have been cases of [...]

Australia’s world champion rower Amber Halliday has pulled no punches and called her competitors, the team from Finland “fat”.
The AP quoted her as saying: “They competed in the heavyweights this year and they weren’t just big, they were fat. You could tell they were tubby and we’re thinking that that may help us.”
Halliday, of Adelaide, [...]