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37 year old Spanish bodybuilder Manuel Manchado, who was one of the new crop of IFBB pros from 2008, has been sentenced to two years in prison for steroid possession in his native Spain. A former NABBA bodybuilder, Manuel had just won the 2008 IFBB European Heavyweight class, his highest level win to date. Click to enlarge [...]

Click through to read a comprehensive wrapup of Australian bodybuilding and figure for 2008. The year started off great with the return of Australia’s best bodybuilder Lee Priest not only to the IFBB, but also to live in Australia. Lee re-signed with American publication Muscular Development and secured a great contract with Australian Supplement Company Body Ripped [...]

We have compiled names, photos and a touch of information on the new male IFBB pro bodybuilders who were granted pro status throughout 2008. They come from Australia, Britain, Caribbean, New Zealand, Spain, Sweden, Quatar, United States. The female divisions produced many more pros, so we will have the new female pros of 2008 up [...]

Tis the season so below we feature Christmas Trees - bodybuilder style of course. Keeping in tradition there are 12 photos for the 12 days of Christmas. For the uninitiated a ‘Christmas Tree’ is a term used to describe a very shredded lower back that then resembles a tree and is fairly uncommon to see unless [...]

With defending champion Dexter Jackson out, the 2009 Arnold Classic looks to be crowning a new champion. Last years runner up Phil Heath’s name is also missing. Victor Martinez is listed, but doubtful with a knee injury, and Dennis Wolf is out with a hernia. The highest placer at the Ironman pro without an Arnold Invite normally [...]

The 2009 Arnold Classic female competitor list is out and we have it below courtesy of Hardbody.com, as well as a look back at Australian involvement in the Arnold Classic throughout history, including the one Australian pro division win. Fitness Champion Adela Garcia is listed as competing in figure, and figure icon Monica Brant will be back [...]

Our new bodybuilding wallpapers section is now live. We have just over 1,000 desktop wallpapers to start in various genres: bodybuilding, fitness models, diet/training, sports, Australian celebrities, Australia scenery etc. They come in various sizes ranging from 1920×1440, down to 800×600. As always this section is a work in progress and we will be updating it constantly [...]

Sad news from across the pond that Derek Gates, the husband of reigning IFBB Figure Olympia Champion Jennifer Gates, passed away suddenly on December 8th.
Jennifer was in her early 20’s and divorced with a young son when she met Derek while studying in nursing school and they married a few years later and had a [...]

Just a few more previews from our upcoming bodybuilding wallpaper section; this time of one of the most well known bodybuilders of all time - Arnold Schwarzenegger. You can see our first set of previews which featured a few Australian competitors here. The complete wallpaper section will be fully live by the end of this week. The wallpapers [...]

The largest bodybuilding message board in the world is under scrutiny due to the online suicide of one of their members. 19 yr old Abraham Biggs of Florida USA posted [screenshot below] a thread saying he would overdose and then invited members to watch him on live webcast. The thread was deleted, but the first page remains [...]

Ben Weider, the founder of the IFBB passed away yesterday in Montreal, Canada at 85 years old. The I.F.B.B., founded by the Weiders in 1946, has 173 member national federations worldwide and sanctions thousands of amateur and professional competitive events.
 
Ben Weider was born in Montreal Feb. 1, 1923, to Jewish Polish immigrants. He and [...]

Ever been so pissed by your placing you wanted to have a massive rage right onstage and smash things? Well this guy did just that and had the misfortune to be caught on video too. Watch below..