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Larry Pepe, on the Pro Bodybuilding Weekly Radio show, got out of Jay, the honest answer on who he thinks will be the top five at the 2008 Mr. Olympia. Here is Jay’s prediction on who they are.

1) Jay Cutler
2) Dexter Jackson
3) Phil Heath
4) Dennis Wolf
5) Kai Greene

Missing are some noteworthy competitors, including Melvin Anthony, Silvio Samuel, and Gustavo Badell. The reason that Victor Martinez is not on the list, is that we all assume he is bypassing the Olympia due to injury, and will concentrate on the 2009 Arnold Classic instead.

Muscle Beach is getting a face lift. The weight pen on the beach in Venice, California, will be closing on May 8th, and the renovated weight pen will reopen with great fanfare on May 17th, 2008 at 2pm. $50,000 in new equipment will be introduced, courtesy of Bodybuilding.com. The area will also receive a new flooring, courtesy of Headblade.Many special people will be at the Grand Opening, including the five inductees from last year’s show, as their plaques will be unveiled along the Walk of Fame.  Jack LaLanne and Franco Columbu have also confirmed they will be there.

To those who can make it, it will be a special event. See you there.

American Gladiators season Two is currently taping at the Sports Arena, and we find out that there are about 16 American Gladiators (as there is also an Australian and English version that is new too).

So far, we know of seven new American Gladiators which include Jet (female winner from last season), Pheonix (female with pink hair), Panther (female), Steel (female), Hurricane (male with pink, blond and black hair), Zen (female), and Rocket (male).

And yes, Siren and Venom, Justice and Wolf are still there, and many others from Season One are there and competing. Others, including Fury and Stealth, are still injured.

And there are lots of new events, for a total of 15 events for Season 2. New events include  Tilt, Atlasphere, Vertigo, Rocketball, Snapback, and Skytrack.

Being released in some limited theaters on May 30th, the semi documentary movie Bigger, Stronger, Faster is about steroids, and its affects on our culture and more. It was showcased at a few film festivals, the last being the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, and Magnolia Pictures is bringing it to the big screen. Here is some information on this movie, which is sure to bring more discussion on the Getbig boards and through various bodybuilding circles.

In America, we define ourselves in the superlative: we are the biggest, strongest, fastest country in the world. We reward speed, size and above all else: winning - at sport, at business and at war. Metaphorically we are a nation on steroids. Is it any wonder that so many of our heroes are on performance enhancing drugs?

From the producers of Bowling For Columbine and Fahrenheit

Congratulations to Shawn and Kristie Ray on the birth of their second daughter. Isabella Blu Ray was born on April 30th, at 9:22pm in the evening. She weighed 6 pounds 14 ounces, and measured 19 1/2 inches long.  Isabella’s big sister, Asia, is going to have a whole new person to share all her toys with now!

it’s over and it could’nt have come sooner i am knackered i did my back earlier today doing heavy deadlifts and lat pulldowns,bent-over rows and dumbell rows. it was hard work. should i do the same again next week help please!!

i have just finished my leg workout and am so tired it’s hard to walk right now [sure you know the feeling] i have done squats and hack squats,lunges and leg extensions all sets [2-3] near to my 1 rep max in the rep ranges 2-8 and have had my calories in the forms of chicken breast’s vegatables,fruit,low fat cheese, oats and nuts and some creatine tommorow come shoulders and im looking forward!!

going heavy this week keeping close to my one rep max in order to build mass and strength so far its been hard and energy draining but i still look forward to tommorow and its legs tommorow and i am going to be doing squats,hack squats, leg extensions and luges and the day after i am doing shoulders using overhead presses, arnold press, lateral raises and upright rows,thanks for reading arron

partial reps are a good way to seperate different sections of the arm or to improve on lagging parts arnold used this method to get huge arms. do 21’s where you do 7 reps at the lower part of the barbell curl and move on to do 7 at both the middle and upper part of the barbell curl

my heavy training started 3 weeks ago to great success as i have gained 6 pounds but it is really hard work and have nearly twice stopped to do some lighter work but continued on and now i am very pleased with my results and shall continue for a couple more months to see if i keep gaining the way i am now, arron.