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WBFF Pro Obi Obadike Graces The Cover Of Ultra-Fit Magazine With WBFF Pro Natalia Muntean- 6th cover in the last 4 and half months- More Covers Than Any WBFF Athlete Thus Far in 2010

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WBFF Pro Obi Obadike graces the cover of Ultra-Fit Magazine along with WBFF Pro and Diva Fitness Model Champion Natalia Muntean. It is the 6th cover in the last 4 and half months for this WBFF Pro and three covers out for the month of March which is more covers in one month than any fitness model thus far. This WBFF Pro currently has more covers in 2010 than any WBFF male or female athlete. This magazine is in the shelves all over Europe, some stands in Australia and some stands in the U.S. The photo Credit is GW Burns. For non-europeans you can buy the magazine at www.ultrafitmagazine.com

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WBFF Pro Obi Obadike Is Officially Signed As The New Master Of Ceremonies For the 2010 Asia Pacific Championships in Goldcoast, Australia On May 29, 2010

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WBFF Pro Obi Obadike is officially signed as the special guest Master of Ceremonies guest for the 2010 Asia Pacific Championships in Goldcoast, Australia on May 29, 2010. This is an incredible honor for this American fitness model who isn’t Australian and doesn’t live in Australia. Every MC has always either been Australian or lived in Australia. You can view the official announcement on the Australian Natural Bodybuilding site at http://www.anb.com.au/

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Julie Bonnett @ MuscleMag Photoshoot with Pro Joel Stubbs

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Check out video exclusives from WBFF Pro Fitness Model Julie Bonnett’s September 2009 MuscleMag photoshoot with IFBB Pro Bodybuilder Joel Stubbs in Las Vegas!

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LAmuscle.tv interviews Julie Bonnett, FUSION Bodybuilding Booth (2009 Olympia Expo)

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LAmuscle.tv: “Host Amanda Olsen interviews with celebrity bodybuilders and fitness stars! Exclusive coverage of the Mr Olympia 2009 Expo.” Check out the full line of interviews at www.lamuscle.tv! This video features WBFF Pro Fitness Model, ContestPrep.ca’s Julie Bonnett (nee Julie Coram), who was at the 2009 Olympia Expo with WBFF Pro Bodybuilder Craig Bonnett representing Fusion Bodybuilding. (more…)

ASK BIG FRANK B. -Issue #3

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Once again I want to thank everyone for their questions and support for not only this column, but also the WBFF. Hopefully everyone has had the chance to see the new online magazine at www.fitandfirmmag.com. It is a one of a kind revolutionary FREE magazine that the WBFFs owner Paul Dillett has come up with to once again show how different this organization truely is. Yes we have sponsors. Sponsors that we selectively pick from and believe in and support. However the magazine is for YOU. With no BS information. Not pushing anyone or anything on you. Simply offering real world information. In other words THE TRUTH! There are no corporate big wigs pulling our strings telling us what to say or push or endorse. Just like the WBFF is the organization that supports and promotes it’s athletes, it’s magazine is truely for it’s fans. If there is something you want to see? Tell us. It’s YOUR magazine.

Frank, I want to say I really enjoy your column. It is informative, well written and humorus. I was just wondering where you work out to build a physique like that. I moved to a small town and I know there are a few small gyms, but nothing like what I am used to since I’ve been a member of Gold’s Gym for years. I’m considering just buying my own equipment! -Jim P.

Hey Jim, thanks for the letter. You bring up a great point! Buying your own equipment? Bro if you have that much money? GIVE ME SOME haha! Seriously, if you are saying you don’t want to join a gym because it isn’t Gold’s, yet you are thinking about buying equipment? Hmmm… how should I put this? WAKE UP!! Thats an insane amount of money. GO to the gyms in your town. Just because they are not a Gold’s or World’s gym, SO WHAT? Maybe they will surprise you and be as good if not better! I’ve been a member of Gold’s for 20years. I was also a consultant for one that we opened and set sales records. I have seen the franchise change quite a bit over the years. And I have to say I miss the sound of the clanging weights since everything is rubberized. I miss machines that FIT me, since now machines are designed unisex and I am not a… small guy. I miss throwing on the sweats and getting a good workout. Not having the anxiety of… oh my god! I cannot find the underarmour shirt that matches these pants haha! Well, just a few weeks ago I was at work which happens to be in the small town of Batavia, NY. Guys I work with kept talking about this guy who opened a gym in town named Next Level Fitness. Partial to my Gold’s, I didn’t think to check it out. As the weeks went by, more and more friends told me I really should see it. To appease my friends at work I went a just to look at it. Set on the historical Main street, I saw a cozy (yeah I said cozy! deal with it!!!) coffee shop in the front. I pulled into the back lot, and when I entered I was shocked. I was no longer in small town Batavia. I felt like I was in a club in New York City. The Architecture, design, colors, everything was absolutely beautiful. Now I started thinking… ok well, this must be just a fancy club. Until I got a tour. The gym is three floors. The top floor has a 3,000sq ft womens gym, beautiful lockerooms with steamrooms, and an aerobics room that also has brass poles for pole dancing classes. The middle floor where the reception area is has the state of the art cardio equipment, and the first floor or basement was a dream come true for me. A cross between old school and new. The best of equipment both old and new. Whatever truely works. Not one peice of equipment am I not comfortable on. And ready for this? Dumbells up to 200 pounds. Yes you read that correctly. I have not seen dumbells go that high in ANY gym anywhere close to where I live. And there are plenty of gyms. I was so excited about the gym I started that very day. After my workout I met Ken Mistler and his lovely wife Andrea who own the club. Both truely wonderful people who take pride in their club, and unlike many club owners, you will see Ken mopping and cleaning the bathrooms, walking around seeing what he can do for members, etc. It is such a unique and rare experience. And there has not been a day or time that I have not seen Andrea working at the counter assisting members, giving tours, etc. And unlike in this day of games and sales techniques, they greet people with a smile, show the gym, show the price, and allow the potential member to make their choice. No high pressure sales here. They feel joining their club should be a positive experience. Not one filled with anxiety. And my reception to the club by members has been nothing short or humbling. I will be bringing a new package to the stage this year and it will be due to one of those “small town gyms”, so never assume. Go into the clubs and see what they have to offer. (more…)

WBFF Pro Obi Obadike Graces The Cover Of Iron-Pinoy-Magazine Making Him The First American Fitness Model To Grace This International Cover- 5th Cover In The Last 4 Months

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WBFF Pro Obi Obadike Makes history as the first American male fitness model to grace the cover of the only bodybuilding magazine in the Philippines in IronPinoy Magazine. This is the 5th cover in the last 4 months for this WBFF Pro. I want to Thank the publisher Bong Pico for giving me the opportunity to grace the cover of his magazine.

Anytime you can grace the cover of an international magazine and not be from the country it truly is an honor. To the Filipino readers and Non-Filipino readers please go buy your copy of the magazine. I want to thank Chaz for taking the time to shoot me and Matt Weik for taking the time to write the cover story as well as FMI alumni Noemi Jaramillo for taking the time to shoot with me at such a last minute notice for the cover shoot.See More

WBFF Pro Obi Featured In Natural Muscle Magazine For The Issue Of Feb of 2010 With An In Depth Interview In The Magazine

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WBFF Pro Obi Obadike featured in Natural Muscle Magazine with an in depth Q and A interview by Muscle and Strength writer Steve Shaw. You can read the entire Q and A interview at http://www.obiobadike.com/2010/01/top-fitness-model-obi-obadike-featured-in-natural-muscle-magazine-for-the-feb-issue-of-2010/

Stirlings’ Sexy & Sculpted Series: Back & Tri’s

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Since i had such a great response to my Sexy and Sculpted Showstopping Legs Workout, I have decided that I am going to start a new series of my favourite workouts, labeling them “Stirlings Sexy & Sculpted Series”

This month i am featuring a combo that most would not commonly think to put together, Back and Triceps. Since these are two areas that are not visible to the eye, they can sometimes be overlooked. Since I never like to show my weakest points, I make sure i try to incorporate as much of the back side of my body, as the front side. In bodybuilding, fitness, figure or any fitness modeling, the ones that have it complete from front to back, are usually the ones that walk out with the show!

Back and Tri’s … here we go! (more…)

WHO NEEDS TO WARM UP?

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Whether it’s your first time strength training or you are a seasoned “Veteran of Iron” all of us need to warm up thoroughly before starting to exercise no matter what your age is.  Athletes do it, actors & actresses do it, singers do it as well.  To perform at your best and to help prevent against injury a warm up is absolutely necessary, especially before you throw down your initial set of Front Squats or you run your first mile.  When I speak of warming up I mean so much more than just popping on a treadmill and walking at a speed that would make a turtle look like Usain Bolt.  Warm ups should also simulate what you are about to do, whether that may be an athletic event like basketball, a strength training session or a few laps around the local High School track.

MOVEMENT PREP BREAKDOWN

  • Tissue work
  • Static Stretching (Can be added here)
  • Re & Prehab exercises
  • Activation exercises
  • Mobility exercises
  • Dynamic Stretching

WHY EACH ASPECT OF THE WARM UP IS IMPORTANT (more…)

WBFF Pro Obi Obadike Is The New National Fitness Columnist For African-American’s Golfer’s Digest

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The publisher Ms Debert Cook has just named me the new national fitness columnist to African-American Golfer’s Digest. My Q and A column will start in the summer edition called “Ask Obi” and will feature every issue of the magazine. My very first fitness article launches in the spring edition within a month from now which I am very excited about.

The national magaazine is a quarterly magazine with over 80,000 readers and is distributed in over 250 Golf events across the country. This is an incredible honor to be able to touch into a completely different audience than fitness and bodybuilding. As a fitness model the ultimate goal is to connect with the mainstream of society. This opportunity gives me a such an incredible platform to help educate many people on health and fitness through this column that may not be fitness magazine readers. Obi will be a columnist for 6 different national and international magazines in 2010 more than any fitness model in the world.

A little Information about the magazine: African-American Golfer’s Digest is the nation’s leading publication for avid golfers, the magazine has been profiled on The Golf Channel, ESPN, Golf For Women, Meetings & Conventions Magazine, Black Enterprise, Ebony, The Network Journal, Crain’s New York business, The New York Amsterdam News and many others.

Ashton Hurley – ContestPrep.ca 2010 Junior Sponsored Athlete!!

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The sport of bodybuilding is quickly growing in Canada, and the addition of bikini & fitness modeling categories has motivated young men and women to get involved!! Competing can help teach & inspire participants to lead a healthier lifestyle -- and it’s a fantastic way to network with like-minded individuals from across Canada and, with the WBFF, internationally!

19-year-old Ashton Hurley wanted to learn properly weight training techniques, as well as how to organize her lifestyle and diet in order to build her ideal physique. With the help and guidance of ContestPrep.ca, she has now leaned up by nearly 20 lbs and dropped 10% bodyfat in preparation for her debut 2010 competitive season! (more…)

WBFF Pro BBer Craig Bonnett featured in Inside Fitness Magazine!

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Craig Bonnett in IFM!!

Be sure to pick up the latest Inside Fitness Magazine to read the 4-page feature article on WBFF Pro Bodybuilder & ContestPrep.ca Partner, Craig Bonnett!

In IFM’s words, Craig has proven that he has what it takes to reach greatness – and if you’re up for the challenge, he can take you along on the ride! Email info@contestprep.ca to find out how you can work with this leading fitness professional to reach your competitive goals!

Congrats on this accomplishment, Craig!

It’s exciting to see Canadian athletes getting such great media coverage and opportunities, and we would once again like to thank Paul & Allison Dillett @ WBFF and Terry at IFM!

Dream big!!!
~Jewels

Natalia Muntean – the WBFF Pro Athlete Graces the Cover and Becomes the Columnist of the Only Hardcore Bodybuilding Magazine in Dubai, Physique Magazine, and is Featured in Nationwide Infomercial Power Plank!

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Natalia Muntean – the WBFF Pro Athlete graces the cover of Physique Magazine, the only hardcore bodybuilding magazine in Dubai and the Middle East. Also, Physique Magazine made Natalia their monthly columnist! Natalia is featured as a fitness star in the Nationwide, soon to be Worldwide, infomercial Power Plank : https://www.buypowerplank.com/Power-Plank-How-It-Works.dtm

There is a lot more news to come soon, so stay tuned! Go WBFF!

ASK BIG FRANK B.- Issue #2

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Wow guys and girls! The response to last months issue was incredible! My myspace page was hit with so many questions, and comments it may take a while to get to them all. BUT I will try my best. I just want to thank everyone who has taken the time to write and show your support not only for myself, but for the WBFF! My column is YOUR column! If you have a favorite athlete? Let me know! I will try to post your comments. These men and women (myself included) work and train very hard to give you a show, and to help inspire and motivate you . I know they all love to hear your feedback and support. Also, if you click on athletes at the top of the main WBFF page, you can leave a personal comment for any of the athletes. Tell them what you think of them! How they have influenced you, etc! Unlike other organizations where your best chance of connecting with your favorites is by standing in line like cattle to get a quick picture with them at a competition? The WBFF athletes are very accessable! Always appreciative of your comments and support. Amateur as well as professional! (more…)

WBFF Pro Obi Obadike Featured In The National Weider X Factor Commercial

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WBFF Pro Obi Obadike featured in the new Weider X Factor National Commercial that is playing all over the U.S right now and will be playing in Canada on the television set very shortly. The only fitness model with a speaking part in this commercial. He is also featured in the Weiderfitness.com site.

Congrats to Ashton Hurley! 2010 ContestPrep.ca Sponsored Junior Athlete!

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ContestPrep.ca 2010 Sponsored Junior Athlete, Ashton Hurley!!

Each year, ContestPrep.ca, physique consulting and online personal training, chooses an aspiring bodybuilding, fitness, figure or fitness modelling athlete to sponsor during their contest preparation. WBFF Pro Athletes Craig & Julie Bonnett hope to make the selected athlete’s competitive experience even more rewarding by removing some of the pressure and expense of competing, allowing the selected athlete more time to dedicate to their training.

ContestPrep.ca is proud to announce their choice for the 2010 ContestPrep.ca Sponsored Junior Athlete: 19-year-old bikini & fitness model Ashton Hurley! This fulltime university student has been working with Craig and Jewels since May 2009, and has made an amazing transformation in physique and lifestyle. Ashton was chosen this year because of her continued dedication and growing interest in the sport and industry.

Watch for this new competitor to hit the stage for this first time this March in Winnipeg – and then Ashton will start her prep for the 2010 WBFF Alberta Championships this July!
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WBFF is PROUD to welcome IFBB PRO- Michele Ralabate

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I have some very exciting news for ALL competitors both amateur and professional looking to take their physiques to a level they never thought possible. Also fans out there with dreams or plans to compete in the WBFF. IFBB Pro Michele Ralabate has dedicated herself to helping, coaching, and motivating competitors to be their absolute best. Michele is an icon in the sport and has seen ALL sides of it, good and bad. So impressed with what Paul Dillett is doing with the WBFF, she has decided to become a huge part of the organization. At first considering a return to the stage as a competitor, Michele has decided that she has SO much to offer, that she would be better working with our athletes making them the best they can be. Sharing her vast knowledge and expertise in every facet of the sport. I am proud to make this announcement since I have been a fan as well as a friend of hers for many years, and KNOW what she can offer all who utilize her!

Michele Ralabate has been a world-class athlete and fitness trainer for more than twenty years. Her early athletic endeavors were in gymnastics, with a scholarship to the University of Pennsylvania.. Michele graduated with a B.S. in Physical Education / Sports Management. As an elite level gymnast, Michele was invited to the 1984 Olympic Trials. Unfortunately injury prevented her from finishing the competition but that would not deter her from pursuing other physical feats. Michele then went on to earn professional status in both figure and bodybuilding. As a result of her bodybuilding success, she has been featured on ESPN. Her articles on training and nutrition have been published in several magazines. Featured in well over thirty magazines both nationally and internationally. Michele has even graced the cover of several muscle & fitness magazines.

Michele is one of only three women to compete in both the IFBB Ms. Olympia bodybuilding and the IFBB Fitness Olympia. Michele won the lightweight and overall title at the 1994 Nationals and then went on to win her first pro show at the 1995 Jan Tana Classic. Michele also won the Women’s Strength Extravaganza two years in a row, beating Ray Hollett the gladiators records. Michele has always won the best poser award taking advantage of her vast athletic abilities as a gymnast and dancer.

Michele is now available for pre-contest prep or off season training. What ever your goal is Michele will make it happen. Take it from a Pro who has been on both sides of the sport and knows what it takes to be a winner! She can be contacted at: 716-200-3124 or e-mail her at micheleralabate@yahoo.com.

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