• Steve Kuclo's Road to the Olympia, Part 2

    Steve Kuclo's Road to the Olympia, Part 2
    Watch the entire Olympia competition on a double-DVD set available through www.IFBBTV.com.  
  • Phil Heath's Strive for Five

    Phil Heath's Strive for Five
    QUESTION Everyone focuses on the top two. What do you think about the other athletes? ANSWER It’s definitely not a two-man show. There are many great athletes out there. It’s my job to knock the up-and-comers down. I have to be ready to do the work, and it’s not easy because they all want to kick my ass out there. In the end, though, it’s not about beating the others. I have to respect myself, and I have to compete against myself. To win, I have to be better than Phil Hea
  • Fred Smalls: Road to the Olympia, Part 2

    Fred Smalls: Road to the Olympia, Part 2
     FRED SMALLS  As I was getting closer to the target date of the Arnold Brazil, I noticed something different in how I was mentally approaching my training. I was used to working fast and increasing my intensity through drop sets and giant sets, or decreasing time between sets. Then I had an epiphany about this. It had led me to less mind-muscle connection during training because my effort was to get through the workout fast, and simply get the sets and reps in. I had lost th
  • Flex Lewis: Ready for a Showdown

    Flex Lewis: Ready for a Showdown
    QUESTION To get to the O stage, what’s more important: hard work or natural talent? ANSWER It’s a double-edged sword. I know guys who are the hardest workers in the world, but they don’t have the genetics to make a go of it in bodybuilding. You’ve got to work hard, because natural talent will take you only so far. But I think genetics plays a huge role, and a person might not ultimately succeed without genetics on his or her side. What I can say for sure is that
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