Jay Cutler Wins The 2009 Olympia
Jay Cutler at the 2009 Olympia Pre-Judging
Here’s the results for the Men’s 2009 Olympia.
1.) Jay Cutler
2.) Branch Warren
3.) Dexter Jackson
4.) Kai Greene
FDA Raids Bodybuilding.com
The federal government’s crackdown on the nutritional supplement industry continued Thursday as FDA agents executed a search warrant on one of the country’s most popular bodybuilding Web sites, Bodybuilding.com, which the government accuses of marketing and distributing illegal anabolic steroids.
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Jack LaLanne Turns 95
Fitness icon Jack LaLanne turns 95 years young this coming Saturday September 26. For many birthday celebrations, LaLanne’s legend grew by performing feats of strength often involving swimming handcuffed and shackled while towing boats filled with people. For this upcoming birthday, LaLanne will demonstrate his still considerable strength by blowing out all 95 candles with one breath. However the flames will pass to another LaLanne. Grandnephew and San Francisco CrossFit Personal Trainer Chris LaLanne will attempt to break Jack’s world record of performing 1,000 pull-ups and 1,000 pushups in 1 hour and 22 minutes.
Chris believes that CrossFit is yet another Jack LaLanne tradition. “Jack LaLanne was CrossFit before CrossFit was CrossFit. Jack was a gymnast. He was a bodybuilder and a strongman. That is CrossFit. It incorporates free weights, body weight exercises, high-intensity aerobic and anaerobic systems. I was a bodybuilder in college and several years thereafter until I found CrossFit. CrossFit is far more athletic than bodybuilding. I can tell you that before I found CrossFit, I did not believe I was capable of doing a thousand pull-ups and a thousand pushups. Now after CrossFitting for several years, I believe I will finish this workout. CrossFit has allowed me to become not only mentally but physically capable of attempting this workout.”
FLEX Bikini Model Search
The Final month of the FLEX Bikini Model Search has arrived. Presented by Amazon.com and brought to you by Ed Hardy, Month Three of the FLEX Bikini Model Search Online once again includes over 100 beautiful women!
Hunt for mastermind who shipped tainted syringes
Federal authorities are hunting the mastermind behind a “horrific case” in which bacteria-laden syringes shipped from an Angier, N.C., plant sickened hundreds of people and killed five.
Two men pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court in Raleigh for their roles in ignoring sterility standards at the former AM2PAT Inc. plant. The court heard of conditions at the plant more consistent with a Third World textile factory than a pharmaceutical facility.
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3 Steroid Tests Barred From Barry Bonds Trial
A federal judge has barred prosecutors from using three positive steroid tests and other key evidence in Barry Bonds’ perjury trial next month because of his personal trainer’s refusal to testify.
The ruling issued late Thursday was expected. The judge had said earlier she was troubled by the admissibility of the test results because prosecutors couldn’t conclusively tie them to Bonds.
The cousin whom Alex Rodriguez claims repeatedly injected him with a substance from the Dominican Republic has been found living in Miami. Yuri Sucart and his wife, Carmen, live in a south Miami home. Those at the home refused to comment …
Olympia Weekend 2009
The updated Joe Weider’s Olympia Weekend 2009 site is up and revamped, with ticket sales beginning on February 28, 2009. The site is located at www.mrolympia.com, so go check it out. The Olympia Weekend is the biggest bodybuilding event of the year, with almost all of the top competitors in bodybuilding, fitness and figure competing.
The event begins on Thursday, September 24th with the Mr. Olympia Press Conference at 1pm at the Orleans Hotel’s Showroom, followed by the Meet the Olympians at the Orleans Hotel’s Mardi Gras Ballrooms.
The Olympia Expo begins on Friday, September 25th, opening at 10am, with early access at 9:30am to VIP and Platinum members. The expo is located at the Las Vegas Convention Center and ends Saturday at 5pm.
Friday, at 11am, the Figure, Fitness and Ms. Olympia prejuding will be held at the Las Vegas Convention Center stage. On Friday at 7pm, the Men’s Prejudging and the Finals of the Fitness and Ms. Olympia will be held at the Orleans Arena.
Saturday, at 10:30am at the Las Vegas Convention Center, the Men’s 202lb and Under Showdown Prejudging will be held on the stage. At 7pm in the evening, the finals of the Figure Olympia , 202lb and Under Showdown, and the Mr. Olympia will be held at the Orleans Arena. Afterwards, at 11pm, the Olympia Victory Gala will be at the Mardi Gras Ballroom.
Nutrabolics endorses IFBB Pro Ben White
Nutrabolics is on a role, first signing MMA fighter Frank Mir, who will appear at their booth at the 2009 Arnold Classic Weekend, and now also has signed IFBB pro Ben White. Ben White was the 2007 NPC USA Overall champion, and startted his IFBB pro career at the 2008 New York Pro, only to fall short of a qualification to the 2008 IFBB Mr. Olympia by one place.
This year, Ben is going to try again by competing in the 2009 New York Pro bodybuilding contest. In a press release, Ben said “I would like to thank my new sponsor Nutrabolics for helping me to get ready for the 2009 New York Pro Show. I am very happy to be part of such a great time of athletes and I would like to thank all my fans for their contrinuing support. As everyone knows, I took the whole 2008 off to work on impriving and perfecting my physique. I have made great strides and gains, and I look forward to competing in the 2009 IFBB schedule in the best shape of my career.”
Detour Bar Suffers From Peanut Butter Recall
Forward Foods LLC, the maker of Detour energy bars, filed for bankruptcy protection on Tuesday after a tainted peanut recall by its supplier, Peanut Corp of America, forced the company to recall many of its own products on fears of possible salmonella poisoning.
Forward Foods, which makes high-protein, snack and meal replacement bars primarily under the Detour name, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Delaware, saying that a “significant” amount of its inventory must be condemned.
Alex Rodriguez aka A-Rod
Convicted steroid dealer Kirk Radomski is not surprised that Alex Rodriguez used steroids, believes the government has more evidence about Roger Clemens’ alleged use of performance-enhancing drugs and suggested the players’ current drug of choice is human growth hormone because “they’re not testing for that.”
In an interview with Evan Roberts and Kimberly Jones on WFAN yesterday to promote his book, Radomski said he was “not at all” surprised by Rodriguez’s admission of steroid use because “other players told me. I knew.” Radomski also said he did not believe that Rodriguez did not know what steroids he was taking. “The guys I know who played with him talked about him,” Radomski said. “He was a perfectionist … He’s very picky about everything. He likes to be in control. Why would he not be in control of this?”
recalled how he found a mailing receipt under his television in the summer for a package of drugs he sent to Clemens several years ago. He said he knew he had it and had been looking for it for quite some time before finding it, as well as “8 or 10″ receipts for other players.
Regarding whether Clemens committed perjury when he denied taking performance-enhancing drugs before Congress last year, Radomski said, “There’s so much more evidence that hasn’t been leaked out. Look at Miguel Tejada. He didn’t even fight it. They didn’t have much on him. Roger, they got so much, they can go after him for so many perjuries. He just hung himself. It’s all about ego.”