Isaac Hinds - LIFTstudios Blog

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.

Check out the latest Wallpapers from the Europa Super show. Winners Silvio Samuel and Adela Garcia were victorious this past weekend in Bodybuilding and Fitness. Download yours today!

I had a chance to shoot with new IFBB Pro, Desha Rodriquez on Sunday. This was her first time shooting and she did great. Yes, I know everyone show pity on her for her first shoot being with me.  Desha is planning on making her pro debut at the West Palm Beach show in October. This was the best she’s looked and was the top figure A competitor in Las Vegas. Below are a couple shots from our Sunday shoot. Her makeup artist did a tremendous job for this shoot as well.

I had the chance to meet up with Team Universe overall bodybuilding champ, Chris Faildo in Las Vegas over the weekend. The last time Chris and I shot we only had about 10-15 minutes before we were booted from the gym. This time we secured a gym, the one where Jay Cutler has filmed his DVDs in the past, Gold’s Gym on Flamingo Road. We shot for about an hour and as we shot more and more people showed up. It seemed like every pro that was in town ended up being at Gold’s that morning. Chris is an awesome competitor and a lot of fun to shoot. We got some great shots and here are a couple of them from the shoot. I’ll be posting more of them later in the week…

Sorting through some shots from past shows, I came across this one of Ava Cowan. Need I say more…

I had the chance to shoot with Krissy Chin today and she is an awesome model. No question about it, she will turn pro at Team Universe. She placed second this weekend by one point to one of the eventual pros in the figure D class.

Check her out.

This photo says it all from the Olympia 2005. Ronnie defeating Jay Cutler. How will it play out this year? You’ll be able to see it all live here at bodybuilding.com via the webcast.

Keep your eye on Toney "The X-Man" Freeman in ‘07. He’s pretty tough to miss at nearly 300lbs. Toney will definitely be competing at the Arnold Classic and may throw his name in the mix for the IRONMAN PRO.

A couple shots from the Europa Super Show…

Ali is 20 years old from Omaha, Nebraska and is one to watch in 2007. She recently competed at the Rocky Mountain / Carol Semple Figure classic and looked incredible. This is a shot of Ali in the pump-up room before going on stage. She looks great and look for more on her soon.

Check out all the photos from the Rocky Mountain show here. Tomorrow we should have a report and video segment here on bodybuilding.com

He may have lost his Olympia title this year but the man is beyond HUGE…