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Over 10,000 Athletes Competing in SportsFest

Promoter and Master of Ceremonies will be Legendary Bodybuilder Bill Grant, Mr. America and Mr. World. Bill Grant appeared in the new release of “Pumping Iron” starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and has also been featured in numerous movies, television shows and commercials.

Looking for some excitement on Saturday, July 18, 2009 then don’t miss this outdoor event. The 4th Annual Bill Grant Bodybuilding & Figure Classic will be staged outdoors to re-create the spirit of “old school” bodybuilding from the great days of Muscle Beach in Venice, California.  

Admission is FREE for all spectators. This event is part of the annual Lehigh Valley SportsFest, a 4-day total sports festival that draws more than 10,000 athletes, 150,000 spectators and includes over 40 athletic events. BE A PART OF IT!

In an effort to provide our athletes and sponsors with maximum publicity and exposure, The Bill Grant Classic national media coverage now includes Ironman, FLEX, MuscleMag, Muscular Development and Bodybuilding.com. We look forward to having you join us in our most successful event yet!

This event will be held at Cedar Beach Park, S. Ott Street at Hamilton Street in Allentown, Pennsylvania.  Registration will begin at 10:00 am, with prejudging starting at 1:00pm and Finals will begin 1 hour after prejudging. For more highlights and pics from last year’s event please visit www.billgrant.net/bgclassic.html. And for information of the SportsFest visit www.sportsfest.org.

For additional information about this event please contact info@billgrant.net.

Mr. America / Mr. World Bill Grant hits a double biceps!
Oh, yeah, and there’s some other bodybuilder on the right, too. ;)

Drove to New York for the IFBB NYC Pro show on Saturday, May 16. Like so many of my travel experiences, I made this a lot more difficult than necessary. Finally arrived at the Tribeca after 9 p.m., heard the top six announced for the men, purchased some Isolyze, and drove back home. lol

I worked up the nerve to get some shots of some very cool people while I was there.

Kitty Kat    and robofsteel    from Rx Muscle and Species.

Kitty Kat!    

Got to see Bev Francis,  former Ms. Olympia competitor perform an impromptu posing routine for her friends. Very cool and lots of humor involved there!

NY Pro show competitor, Nancy Lewis!    

Here’s my “end of show, GTFO NOW!” YouTube. Steve Blechman of Muscular Development magazine appears on the right side of the screen while Gregg Valentino can be seen on the left side. And, of course, Flex Wheeler and Shawn Ray are on the stage interviewing the show winner, Evan Centopani.

I woke up early (well, for me) this morning and created a post to encourage BodySpacers to vote for my friend Mary’s daughter, Jamie Sonon, in a transformation contest. Doofus that I am, I included the incorrect photo in the blog! D’OH!

Here’s a bump of the info, a clarification that the lovely Jamie is not my daughter, and a repeated request that you take a minute to vote for Mary’s daughter before May 15.

Here’s the original post and the CORRECT photo! :-)

Pitbullcavegirl has this message to share!

“Ok Bodyspacers you have until May 15th to vote. Vote for my daughter Jamie Sonon- tightcurves.net/transformation-challengers.aspx. Click on the link to vote.”

Visit tightcurves and check out Jamie Sonon’s transformation. Her mother, Mary, is a physique competitor and a member of BodySpace!

The REAL Jamie Sonon

My initial order by way of meeting the requirements for contest entry was a bottle of four-dollah Hydrazide, but I never even opened it opting instead to place another order through Bodybuilding.com for MuscleTech’s Chocolate and their Cookies & Cream. I definitely enjoyed Nitro-Tech Hardcore during the contest.

Why no Hydrazide? I never dropped enough weight for that product to make any difference, in my opinion. Two years ago I dropped to a buck fifty and looked like a stick. This contest I chose to maintain a regular workout schedule and I also started a new eating plan fashioned by BodySpacer Wavelength.

MuscleTech worked perfectly with Wavelength’s diet. I consume one solid food meal per day and then sip protein shakes throughout the rest of the day. Just 100 grams total for the shakes, but the Nitro-Tech really made that a pleasure. Very filling and great tasting!

I worked a three-day per week workout routine using a pyramid execution for most exercises. That’s a great time saver and worked well with my busy work schedule. This summer I plan on returning to a Jay Cutler routine that I first saw in a MuscleTech kit.

Working out is a lifestyle that I really enjoy. I may never look like Mr. Olympia, but I take pride in the fact that I’m still hitting the gym seriously more than thirty years after picking up my first barbell. MuscleTech wasn’t around back then, but I’m glad they’re here now supporting my favorite sport.

Cheat day.

Didn’t really eat a whole lot, though.

Ice cream cake at my niece’s party! :)

Hey, get a load of this:

Pitbullcavegirl has this message to share!

“Ok Bodyspacers you have until May 15th to vote. Vote for my daughter Jamie Sonon- tightcurves.net/transformation-challengers.aspx. Click on the link to vote.”

Visit tightcurves and check out Jamie Sonon’s transformation. Her mother, Mary, is a physique competitor and a member of BodySpace!