Tag: Sport: Bodybuilding
From Best to Worst, Jeff Nippard Ranks Chest Exercises for Hypertrophy
There’s a continuous debate in bodybuilding about which exercises are the most effective for building muscle. On March 11, 2024, bodybuilding coach and fitness content creator Jeff Nippard published a video on his YouTube channel wherein he rated the 20 most popular chest exercises based on their effectiveness for hypertrophy. Nippard’s Key Factors For Analyzing Chest Exercises Nippard rated…
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How Figure Bodybuilder Ashley Lakomowski Trains Back 2 Months Before a Pro Show
In the Figure division, athletes are judged heavily on balance and shape, specifically in the back, shoulders, hamstrings, and glutes. Figure bodybuilders train their backs to build the coveted V-taper. Pro Figure competitor Ashley Lakomowski pulled back the curtain on her back workout eight weeks out of a bodybuilding show in a video published on her YouTube channel….
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Opinion: Stop Doing Deadlifts if You Want to Build Muscle
At the risk of making four-time World’s Strongest Man Jón Páll Sigmarsson turn over in his grave, I’ll say it: Deadlifts kind of suck for building muscle. Sigmarsson (who passed away in 1993) famously said, “There is no reason to be alive if you cannot do deadlifts,” and in a way, he’s right. Just about nothing feels better…
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Luciana Santos Wins 2024 Musclecontest Campinas Pro Bikini Division Show
Luciana Santos has won the 2024 Musclecontest Campinas Pro show. The IFBB Pro League Bikini division contest was held on Saturday, March 16, 2024, in Campinas, Brazil, featuring five athletes from the host country. Along with her pro show win, Santos qualified for the 2024 Olympia Weekend in Las Vegas, NV, on the weekend of Oct. 10-13, 2024. Maria Aleksandra Rocha and…
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Corey Morris Wins 2024 Arnold Classic UK Men’s Physique
Corey Morris is the 2024 Arnold Classic UK Men’s Physique champion. On Saturday, March 16, 2024, Morris made his Arnold Classic UK debut as a part of the 2024 Arnold Sports Festival UK in Birmingham, England. Morris defeated Arnold Classic UK runner-up and 2024 Arnold Classic US champion Diogo Montenegro and third-place finisher Vitor Chaves to be crowned champion…
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Gabriele Andruilli Wins 2024 Arnold Classic UK Wheelchair Show
Gabriele Andruilli is now a two-time Arnold Classic UK Pro Wheelchair champion. Andruilli was a late entry into the 2024 edition of the contest, which took place in Birmingham, England, on Saturday, Mar. 16. Andruilli’s decision to enter the show paid off as he left with the championship trophy over second-place finisher Nick Hewitt, representing the host country. They were…
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Hadi Choopan Wins 2024 Arnold Classic UK
Hadi Choopan is the 2024 Arnold Classic UK Men’s Open champion. The competition was held on the weekend of March 15-16, 2024, at the NEC in Birmingham, England. Choopan beat six other Men’s Open competitors to win the title, including runner-up and home country favorite Samson Dauda and bronze medalist Akim Williams of the United States, to clinch the $130,000…
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Vania Auguste Wins 2024 Bikini International UK
Vania Auguste of the United States scored the biggest win of her IFBB Pro League career at the 2024 Bikini International UK in Birmingham, England, on Saturday, March 16, 2024. Auguste defeated 12 opponents en route to victory American Tara Grier was the runner-up, and Marie-Eve Duchesneau of Canada took bronze. Two-time Bikini Olympia winner Angelica Teixeira clinched fourth place…
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Wesley Vissers Wins 2024 Arnold Classic Physique UK
Wesley Vissers is the 2024 Arnold Classic Physique UK champion. Vissers was the last man standing out of seven contestants at the NEC in Birmingham, England, during the opening night of the 2024 Arnold Classic UK on Friday, March 15, 2024. Former two-time Classic Physique Olympia winner Breon Ansley finished runner-up, and Urs Kalecinski won bronze. The results are…
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Jaclyn Baker Wins 2024 Fitness International UK
Jaclyn Baker is the winner of the 2024 Fitness International UK contest, held as part of the 2024 Arnold Classic UK weekend in Birmingham, England. The American was one of nine athletes who competed in two rounds — physique and routine — and left the stage with the first-place trophy and 2024 Olympia qualification. Baker ousted runner-up Ariel Khadr, who…
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