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Can you guess which Bodyspace Member this is? We met up in my studio recently for a photo shoot…

Rock’n the tops and bottoms with bodybuilding.com logo.

Bodybuilding.com’s resident Richard posted a blog about me not eating peanut butter before. Well, that wasn’t entirely true. I hadn’t tried the special blend of peanut butter that is made in the great state of Idaho. He failed to mention that little detail. This blend of nutty goodness contains rare nuts found in undisclosed locations. Most people are aware of Idaho’s famous potatoes but you rarely hear anyone talk about their peanut butter. Yesterday, I tried a vat of the nutty butter and it was in fact very good.
I strayed away from this hidden gem out of fear I’d turn into the elephant man. Richard and his handy man Dean convinced me otherwise and I’m happy to report I didn’t end up looking like this…

I’m in Boise shooting with with Sean Harley this week and he’s in great shape. Soon you’ll seen new exercise photos and video on here on bodybuilding.com site. We’re about to hit day 2 of shooting in the gym now. Here was a quick test shoot from yesterday. Look for this new workout top in the store soon.

Ms. Fitness International, Jen Hendershott was selected as a coach for MTV’s MADE. Jen tells me she will be coaching a 16 year old boy as he prepares for his first bodybuilding competition. Filming is set to begin next week and Hendy will be keeping us in the loop on how it goes. Filming will be done in North Carolina. Congrats Jen!

- Originally Posted on HARDBODY.com

One more day until things get started in Columbus! Bodyspace will be busy this week. I’ll be front and center photographing the Bodybuilding, Fitness and Figure events. I’ll be doing double duty on Sat and photographing the UFC fights. It will be a busy but fun weekend. See ya in C-bus!

I had the unique opportunity to follow UFC fighter, Nate Marquardt through out his day on Friday. Look for the video here on bodybuilding.com in the coming days. It was awesome to see how Nate balances his family life with training and the importance of supplementation and a proper diet. We had an awesome day of shooting and you might even see some of the UFC’s biggest super stars show up in the video.

This is an interesting holiday treat
LAKE GROVE, N.Y. (AP) — That’s a lot of latkes. A 23-year-old mechanical engineering student has downed 46 of the potato pancakes in eight minutes to win a contest at a Long Island deli.  Pete Czerwinski (sir-WIN’-skee) says he’d never eaten a latke (lot-kuh) before consuming about seven pounds of them Sunday at Zan’s in Lake Grove. The Toronto bodybuilder says he’s just "a power eater" whose brain never signals that he’s full.  Association of Independent Competitive Eaters Chairman Arnie Chapman says Czerwinski demolished the contest’s previous record of 31 latkes, set in 2006.  Brooklyn college student Will Millender took second place Sunday with 29 latkes.  The pancakes are a traditional treat for Hanukkah, the eight-day Jewish Festival of Lights. It started Sunday evening.

Information from: Newsday, http://www.newsday.com

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From http://www.hardbody.com/news/2008/12/22/hardbody-exclusive-arnold-classic-lists-revealed/

Arnold Classic:
Gustavo Badell
Moe El Moussawi
Toney Freeman
Kai Green
Ahmad Haider
Marcus Haley
Johnnie Jackson
Dennis James
Victor Martinez
Ronny Rockel
Silvio Samuel
Sergey Shelestov
Branch Warren

Ms. International
Heather (Policky) Armburst
Dayana Cadeau
Iris Floyd Kyle
Maria Del Carmen Gomez
Rosemary Jennings
Debi Laszewski
Cathy LeFrancois
Mah-Ann Mendoza
Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia
Betty Pariso
Brenda Raganot
Isabelle Turell
Betty Viana-Adkins
Dena Westerfield

Fitness International
Jessica Clay
Regiane Da Silva
Nicole Duncan
Tina Durkin
Heidi Fletcher-Sullivan
Bethany Gainey
Tracey Greenwood
Oksana Grishina
Jen Hendershott
Tanji Johnson
Shannon Meteraud
Mindi O’brien
Julie Palmer
Erin Riley
Trish Warren
Nicole Wilkins-Lee

Figure International
Gina Aliotti
Huong Arcinas
Monica Brant
Heather Mae French
Amy Fry
Adela Garcia
Jennifer Gates
Sonia (Adcock) Gonzales
Lenay Hernandez
Georgina Lona
Juliana Malacarne
Zivile Raudoniene
Kristal Richardson
Felicia Romero
Sherlyn Roy
Chastity Slone
Brenda Marie Smith
Erin Stern
Latisha Wilder

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Ron "Yogi" Avidan and I caught up with the overall figure nationals champ, Erin Stern. Erin and her sister are two hilarious young ladies. Look for Erin to make an impact in the IFBB Figure ranks in 2009.