"Publisher's Page" by Doug Schneider
Vince Gironda Stars in the Greatest Training Video Ever Made
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- Created: 01 June 2014 01 June 2014
In the early ‘80s, I read an article in MuscleMag about Vince Gironda that forever changed my view of trainers and their training methods. The article painted Gironda, who was in his 60s at that time and in the midst of training top IFBB star Mohamed Makkawy, as this wildly eccentric gym owner whose methods were not only radically different from anyone else’s, but also far more effective. It presented his gym, which was aptly named Vince’s Gym, as more or less sacred ground where many of the bodybuilding champs of the past had trained, as well as many Hollywood actors and actresses (it was located in North Hollywood, close to Universal Studios). During the ‘60s and into the ‘70s, anyone who was anybody spent time at Vince’s – actors and bodybuilders.
Nadia Moussa Is Returning to the Stage!
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- Created: 01 May 2014 01 May 2014
I started photographing and writing about physique events in 1999. By the year 2000, I was traveling across Canada covering every major event, and, in turn, getting to know the country’s top competitors.
True Champions
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- Created: 01 March 2014 01 March 2014
I’ve been told that I’m as controversial as I’m outspoken, even in front of a crowd. I certainly wouldn’t disagree, but it’s nothing that I’m ashamed of, because I believe that if you think it you should be able to say it, even if there are others around.
Dispelling the Biggest Myth in Bodybuilding – That the Same Guys Would Win With or Without Drugs
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- Created: 01 April 2014 01 April 2014
Bodybuilding is ripe with bullshit, lies, and exaggeration. Competitors’ heights, weights, and lifting abilities are boasted about, but are rarely ever true. The magazines are full of ads from supplement companies making ridiculous claims about their products’ capabilities that could never in a lifetime be proven. But, surprisingly, I’m OK with that – embellishment and bullshittery seems to be par for the course with most sports today, not just bodybuilding.
Physique Canada Rules Québec
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- Created: 01 February 2014 01 February 2014
Physique Canada was formed in the province of Ontario in 2011, but it wasn’t long after the first contests began in 2012 that a trend started developing – more competitors than originally expected were coming from the province of Québec. Then, in 2013, something became startlingly clear: most of the top winners were from Québec. In fact, at the 2013 Physique Canada National Classic, which was held last June, every Tier 1 Elite winner was from Québec. At the 2013 Physique Canada Canadian Championships in October, two out of three were!