The Super Bowl of bodybuilding, The Mr. Olympia, will be without one of it’s great champions this year. Earlier this past weekend I heard the rumor that the 3x 202 Mr. Olympia Kevin English wasn’t competing in our sport’s premier contest. This is big news, so over the past few days I have verified this story with many people, and now I am certain we won’t be seeing Kevin on the Olympia stage in 2012.
At almost every National level show I have been to this year, I hear someone say that the Men’s Physique Division is taking over the men’s side of the sport. If you are a numbers guy, then this sentiment makes sense. Since the division’s inception local and national level shows regularly have several times more MPD competitor than bodybuilders. The main difference I have seen to prove that bodybuilding is still safe is the lack of money in the MPD. Smaller prize money, less contracts, and the contracts that are out there are FAR less lucrative. Till now.
On June 23rd, 2011, I had 8x Mr. Olympia Ronnie Coleman on my radio show, Access Bodybuilding, to talk about his new company, Ronnie Coleman Signature Series. When Ronnie was on the show he told about his company’s plan to start outside the United States, and at the time, I wondered how it would all turn out. Two days ago I toured the new Florida Ronnie Coleman Signature Series headquarters and was blown away by facility.
The name Jay Cutler is synonymous with success in the world of Bodybuilding. Jay has had a very successful career in the sport both onstage and off. Today, I received several calls from reliable sources about another Jay Cutler victory on the horizon.
Last weekend Shawn Rhoden shocked a majority of the bodybuilding fans and media by winning the IFBB PBW Tampa Pro. I was equally shocked a few days ago when I found out his sponsor, QNT, decided to drop him.
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