I used to do a lot of really heavy weightlifting, nothing like a pro bodybuilder, but have always been impressed by the Mr Olympia. Last weekend the Mr Olympia took place and Dexter Jackson won the Sandow (Mr Olympia trophy) and the title as Mr Olympia 2008.

Dexter has been a very high level bodybuilder for many years first placing 9th in the 1999 Mr Olympia so it has taken him until his 10th Olympia to win one.

There are many many bodybuilding contest but the Mr Olympia has overshadowed all of them except maybe the Arnold Classic, which is a contest sponsored by Arnold Schwarzenegger. Even the Mr Universe, which was popular in the 1960’s and 1970’s, does not have nearly the hype surrounding it as the Mr Olympia has.

The local sports shows as you may have noticed do not seem to talk about bodybuilding or this contest although there are a lot of hardcore followers that knew exactly what was happening this weekend in Las Vegas. Read the rest of this entry »

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Well the Blue team won the weigh in last week and they got a weekend trip to las Vegas which led to some trouble lots of fun and a losing weigh in.

There were two uncomfortable times in the show last night, first there was Dan the young 21 year old with long blond hair strumming on a guitar and singing. First of all I only think of Dan as the guy that is losing weight, not as a young Bob Dylan. Anyway the trip to Las Vegas was great and was fun to watch, except first, I can’t believe Dan and Roger going out until 6 o’clock in the morning. Wow, the ranch must really be weighing on them to stay our soooo late. The trip looked like fun though. Second, I still can not believe that the guys all got tattoos. And third I was shocked that Dan did not work out at all but still lost the most out of anyone on his team. Read the rest of this entry »

I was going to write a little article today on how to make Christmas shopping more pleasant and funny enough I see that Laura over at Starling Fitness beat me to it just a few days ago.

Anyway Laura had some ideas on the subject and I would like to add my two cents as well. Here are six tips to make Christmas shopping a little better for you than it was last year and years past as well.

1. Don’t eat the food. If you are going to spend a few hours at the mall try to make sure that you are well fueled up beforehand. Eat lunch or dinner before you go so that you are not stuck eating that crappy food fair fare.

2. Chop the trips up. In the past I would go out on December 24th with the plan of buying everything for everybody in one long day of shopping. Not only did I feel horrible when I left the house having all this pressure on me but with this pressure I had no choice but to get all my purchases done no matter how poorly. Instead, start a few weeks early and only go out for a couple or three hours at a time.

3. Shop for one person a trip. The most important thing about Christmas shopping is that Christmas is supposed to be about the people around you. Go out with ideas of what you would like to get that one or maybe two people that day and have a list of their interests and small ideas to help guide you.

4, Stretch, Drink water, and take care of yourself while you are out. This includes making sure that you stash your heavy jacket somewhere. Malls are notoriously dry and they really feed on you going and buying drinks and snacks to keep yourself going. With all the walking, noise and people cutting you off you want to be limber and hydrated so that your Christmas shopping will be successful and pleasant and you do not feel beat up when you get in the car.

5. Try to shop with only one or two people with you. The last thing that you want to do when rushing around a mall is getting lost and being dragged in every direction because you are with so many people trying to go to so many places. You want to have fun being with one or two people but at the same time you want to make sure that you are not having to try to keep up or wait for the rest of your crew while you are out.

6. Stay away from the hype to save money. I find that sometimes the money flows a bit easy at the mall with all the excitement and the ringing of the cash registers being more than a little reminiscent of Las Vegas. If you keep a budget for the day you will be much happier once January and the Christmas credit card bills come around. If you see a great deal first make sure that it is a great deal compared to what you were planning to spend and remember that just around the corner you will need to pay for an unexpected big purchase.

This list was just a few thing that I thought of off the top of my head. We all know how stressful Christmas can be and I think that the shopping is the worst. So if you can break up your shopping and not feel as rushed I believe that this Christmas will be a much easier shopping time for you.

Well this week the contestents were in Las Vegas and got ot play a card for money and lose their Coach if they did so. Out of 10 people 5 took the money. In the end all of the people lost quite a bit of weight so apparently the muscle is starting to pack on an the cardio is definitely working.

The trainers both were horrified when they found out that 5 people took $1,000 to $5,000 to not have a trainer for a week, you have to agree with them as getting kicked out early may stop your weight loss in it’s tracks and having all time access to a trainer is a once in a lifetime experience.

For drama the women were fighting and not working as a team while the men were working really hard, together and as a team.