Isaac Hinds - LIFTstudios Blog

I received an email from Chris Faildo who will be representing the USA in the World Championships this weekend. Wish him luck as he goes for gold. He wanted to let everyone on bodybuilding.com that he appreciates the support and the USA team is ready to kick some ass.

Wish him luck!

Great weather, great show and incredible women in West Palm Beach. Tough gig, I know.

Here’s a few of the pics off the stage. More with Heather Green, Kristal Richardson and Sandra Wickham to follow.

Enjoy a couple of Gina and Julie until then.

I had the honor and priviledge to shoot the Mr. Olympia contest once again. It’s a ton of work but one that is very rewarding, knowing that you’re capturing a part of bodybuilding history. Recently, I started working with Tony Blinn and the new IFBB website. Tony is the chairman of IFBB Technical Committee and General Secretary of the IFBB Professional League. He is a great guy, who works directly with Mr. Ben Weider on the website.

Today, much to my surprise and delight, Tony posted some of my photos as a feature section on the website. Check out the feature and the new website. They have individual judges’ scores and more on the site.

Check out the Wallpaper of the week section and download Oksana to your desktop.

Congrats to Jess Steffens for her win this weekend at the NPC North Americans. Jessica has moved her way up in the placings this year and has come a long way in a short amount of time. I shared a towncar with her and her husband Travis in New York. They are both great people and equally hillarious. Jessica is part of Carla Sanchez’s Performance Ready Team.

Did you know Jessica used to race motorcycles?

Keep an eye out for the newest IFBB fitness star - Oksana Grishina. She recently qualified for the Olympia by placing third at the IFBB All-Star Classic. I had the chance to shoot with Oksana and she is simply stunning. Her husband Boris was a tremendous help and a funny guy. He helped translate the poses we were looking for while shooting. (Oksana is from Russia and learning English). You’ll be seeing a lot more of Oksana in the months to come and don’t be surprised if you see her on the cover of a fitness magazine or three.

You can see more of my photos with Oksana on my Myspace page.

As our shuttle van was leaving the airport; security was blocking off a road, but we didn’t think anything off it. Apparently there was a suspicious bag in the airport shutting down the national airport for a bit. Story from local Little Rock news…

The Little Rock National Airport has reopened after being closed this afternoon.

TSA spokesperson Chuck Polk says the airport was evacuated for about 20 min after a suspicious package was in the checked baggage at the Delta security check point.

Little Rock police, fire and bomb squad were called to the scene. From what we are told they are still there investigating the suspicious package.

TSA did not evacuate the passengers who were boarding planes.  Planes were still able to leave but they did keep airplanes from coming in during the evacuation..

Stay tuned throughout the weekend on the Pro/Am blog as update everyone on the happenings in Little Rock. This is my first time to Little Rock and looking forward to covering this show for the NPC. Chad and Kim look to be doing a great job of promoting the show and making all the little details right for those who are competing and attending. I have a couple photoshoots planned on Sunday and I think everyone will be quite pleased when the see the photos and the subjects posted here later.

BODY WELL NUTRITION SIGNS FITNESS SENSATION OKSANA GRISHINA
Body Well Nutrition, one of the nutrition and supplement industry’s fastest growing companies, announces the signing of international fitness champion and cover model Oksana Grishina.  After winning the 2006 Fitness World Championship, Grishina has emerged as one of the world’s elite fitness athletes.

"I am so thrilled to join the team at Bodywell", explains Grishina.  "I am commited to finding every natural advantage to take my fitness and health goals to the next level.  Bodywell shares that passion and we will work together to ensure that all of our goals are achieved."

Body Well CEO Jimmy Mentis explains, "Oksana embodies everything that we believe in.  She is a hard working, dedicated, intelligent, world class athlete.  She will fit right in as we bring our cutting edge products to the mass market."

In recent years, the natural nutritional supplement market has exploded among bodybuilders and other athletes seeking dramatic, safe and healthy performance enhancement. That market is now expanding to increasingly health and fitness-conscious consumers. BodyWell Nutrition stands poised to capitalize on this development.

Originally from Russia, Grishina is currently working towards earning a spot on the Ms. Fitness Olympia stage.

BodyWell Nutrition, LLC, founded by internationally renowned bodybuilder, personal trainer, and fitness personality Jimmy Mentis, and entrepreneurs Tom Richardson and Gus Vidaurreta, rolls out its first products in June. The company formulates and markets natural nutritional supplements and provides scientifically validated information on nutrition, exercise, fitness, and health through its Website and other venues.

“We’re applying nutritional science to the product category in new ways,” says Mentis, the company’s CEO. “That means natural, balanced formulations that harness body chemistry to bring consumers, as well as athletes, measurable results they can see and feel.”

The company’s first two products—Tight Curves, a protein supplement developed specifically for women, and First Order, an stamina and performance enhancer for men and women—roll out in June, 2007. Backed by scientific research and vigorous advertising, the products will be sold by trusted vitamin and supplement retailers.  For more information, please visit  http://www.BodywellNutrition.com

It feels like ground hog day as I sit in DIA waiting to board the plane bound for Dallas. I’ll be reporting in throughout the weekend on what is happening at The Europa Super Show. Stay tuned for more tonight after the competitors checkin.