The gorgeous Emeri Connery

Emeri Connery is a entrepreneur, fitness competitior, personal trainer, NPC bikini competitor and model from Coolville, Ohio, USA.

Possessing a beautifully sculpted body that impresses, has participated in numerous competitions where she has exhibited her incredible figure, which we both admire and inspire.

Who Is Joe Weider?

Josef E. "Joe" Weider was born on November 29, 1922 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 

He is the Canadian co-founder of the International Federation of Bodybuilders (IFBB) together with his brother Ben Weider. Joe Weider also created Mr. Olympia and Ms. Olympia. 

What few people know is that Joe Weider started his empire with just $7 at the tender age of 17. He built barbells out of car axles and wheels. Later he became a manufacturer of gym exercise equipment and one of the first people ever to focus on nutrition as a part of bodybuilding. 

His line of nutritional supplements is one of the most recognized across the world.

Joe Weider introduced the mental approach to working out. He never claimed to be an innovator. He always said he took different elements from different sources and synthesized them into bodybuilding. To sum it up, Weider is one of the first that put together and introduced a series of training principles that successful bodybuilders use today:

1. Pre-Exhaustion Training
2. Pyramiding
3. Super sets
4. Muscle Priority Training
5. Set System Training
6. Instinctive Training
7. Giant Sets
8. Tri-Sets
9. Staggered Sets
10. Compound Sets

We have a lot to thank Weider. Without him bodybuilding would not have been the way we know it today!

Great Body - Eugen Sandow

Now I am sure that most bodybuilders today have no ideea who Eugen Sandow was and that is why I decided to pick him as today's Great Body of the Day. Eugen Sandow was born Friederich Wilhelm Mueller on April 2 1867. He died on the 14th of October 1925 but he is the individual that people refer to as the "Father of Modern Bodybuilding". We basically have to thank this guy as much as we have to thank Weider or Arnold for promoting this sport.

Sandow loved Greek and Roman statues of gladiators together with other statues of heroes. He loved them so much that he considered the physique depicted in them to be how a man should look like. By the tender age of 19 he had already reached part of his goals and was performing stunts in different side shows. People din not care about how much he lifted, they were amazed of how he looked. That is when a famous promoter, Florenz Ziegfeld, became his manager and had him perform shows in which Sandow showed off his body. They were called "muscle display performances". This can be considered the "father" of bodybuilding shows and competitions as later on in time a competition was also organized, the first ever bodybuilding competition. Eugen Sandow even built the first ever line of equipment and was among the first people in history to market a product by using as brand his own name.

Eugen Sandow did a lot for this sport and so few people know about him that I just had to let at least some know about him.

Great Body - Bill Davey

Our great body of the day is a guy that is labeled as a natural bodybuilder, is a trainer and has quite a lot of success in the busines! Bill Davey definitely has a physique others would kill for. He was born in 1966 and has started bodybuilding between junior and senior high school years. The reason behind it was that he was involved in football and the coaches wanted him to become bigger. Bill Davey is 6 feet tall and his weight during off season is 225 to 230 pounds. During competition he weighs 215 lbs. His competitive record includes:

# Musclemania - 2002 SuperBody - 1st place (Professional Division)

# Musclemania - 2002 World Championship -- 6th place

# 1997 AAU Mr. America - 1st Heavyweight and Overall

# 1996 Musclemania Natural Championships -- 1st Heavyweight

# 1996 WNBF World Championships -- 12th Open Division

# 1996 NPC Team Universe -- 7th Heavyweight

# 1996 NPC Junior Nationals -- Didn't place Heavyweight

# 1995 ANBC USA Nationals -- 1st Tall Class

# 1995 NPC Junior Florida Heavyweight and Overall

# 1995 ANBC Tampa Bay Natural -- 1st Tall Class and Overall

# 1994 NPC Florida West Coast -- 1st Light-heavyweight and Overall

# 1994 NPC Sarasota Championship -- 1st Heavyweight and Overall

# 1994 NPC Naples Championship -- 1st Heavyweight and Overall

# 1992 Florida West Coast -- 1st Light-heavyweight

Davey had a lot of success in his career and even launched a special DVD with his personal training routine. I saw it and it is quite good, very motivational. I saw it on Repetrope Here

If you never saw this guy before here is a presentation of natural bodybuilder Bill Davey:

As a bodybuilding trainer Bill Davey also has some tips written in All Natural Muscular Development that I think you should take a look at:

1. GO HEAVY----- OR GO HOME.

2. CHANGE YOUR WORKOUT EVERY THREE WEEKS.

3. TRAIN ONE MUSCLE GROUP PER SESSION.

4. MAKE EVERY REP OF EVERY SET COUNT.

5. WHEN YOU THINK YOU CAN'T TO ANY MORE REPS IN A SET, DO TWO MORE.

6. KEEP WEIGHT TRAINING SESSIONS TO ONE HOUR MAXIMUM.

7. ALLOW FIVE TO SEVEN DAYS BEFORE TRAINING MUSCLE GROUP AGAIN.

8. LEARN EACH MUSCLE GROUP'S RANGE OF MOTION -- AND WORK THAT MUSCLE THROUGH THAT FULL RANGE OF MOTION.

9. STRIVE TO DEVELOP NEUROMUSCULAR CONTROL.

10. DON'T NEGLECT SPECIFIC ROTATOR CUFF EXERCISES.

Bobby Lashley Workout with Maxim

The WWE superstars seem to be very researched on the web these days, especially their workout routines. After discussing John Cena's workout yesterday let us now talk about Bobby Lashley. This individual has an incredibly great body. Actually, most WWE superstars have great bodies but Bobby Lashley stands out. He once went at a photoshoot with Maxim Magazine for an interview in the Expert Fitness column they publish. Bobby gave some advice and also showed some of his secrets. If you want to find out about a superstar's workout regime there is a big chance it will be published in a magazine, especially with somebody that has a body like Lashley. He stated :

"I’m going to give away a couple of my secrets to my successes with my body and build. "

Lashley did something nice in that shoot. He immediately built a makeshift pull up bar out of photo equipment as you can see from the picture attached and did a total of five exercise. He said that:

"We did have to rig the bar a little bit to get that exercise in; however, my back is my strong point when I work out, so a pull up is pretty easy for me. I do a lot of core work, so I work my abs a lot, so that was easier for me. For the average person it’s probably going to be more difficult to do."

Isn't it interesting how every great body out there always say that they work a lot in order to have that body? That is what you should do as well! Work out, work out hard and you WILL see results! Just in case you do not know who Bobby Lashley is maybe you should read our Great Body Bobby Lashley dedicated post some time ago.

John Cena's workout

I see that many people ask around: What is John Cena's workout? I must say that I did not know but I imagined what it should be like, with a lot of cardio and less concentration on becoming stronger during competitional fighting times. I did a search and documented myself on John Cena's workout and this is what I found out.

Cena is usually on the road 4 days a week and is also pretty active with his rap career and the launch of a movie that I think was a flop ("The Marine") although it was pretty succesful. This WWE superstar has a great body as everybody realizes and the facts stay simple: he has to get to the gym. In an interview for Men's Fitness he said that:

"I have to make it to the gym--it's the only way I'll survive in the ring. But I can't train heavy because I'm wrestling all the time or in places where I can't get good food, so it's hard to recover. Instead, I circuit-train one body part per session. If I'm working chest, I'll do six exercises--one after the other--with no rest in between. It doubles as a cardio workout, and it keeps me pumped. That allows me to stay big, but I can't really get stronger."

This is basically how all WWE and TNA superstars survive. It is not easy to be a professional wrestler and to be a succesful one is even more difficult. Cena for instance said around a year ago that he only benches around 315 pounds which is less then you would actually think he can when you take a look at his body. Genetics is a big part of John Cena's body and everybody must realize this. There is no sense in wanting arms like this wrestler and doing a research on his arm routine, adopting it and thinking you will have his arms. You need to find what is best for you, not for John Cena.

Great Body Jessica Alba

The great body I decided to pick today is Jessica Alba. This woman here is one of the most wanted celebrities alive by men of all ages. A recent study published in USA actually showed that Americans think that she and Halle Berry are the two female superstars with the hottest bodies today. I don't think anyone would say something against this statement. As she is our Great Body Of The Day I also researched some facts about her you might not have known:

1. Jessica enjoys playing golf, swimming and moved frequently in the first nine years of her life due to her father's military career. In the meantime, she lived in Mississippi, Texas and California.
2. Jessica is of Mexican, French and Danish descent.
3. She was chosen as one of People Magazine's annual 100 Most Beautiful People in May 2007.
4. She adores Harley Davidson motorcycles (who doesn't?)
5. Jessica Alba had asthma as a child and currently owns two sweet puppies called Sid and Nancy
6. The bra that she wore in Sin City drew a bid of $1,025 in an eBay auction.
7. As a child, she used to cook her own meals to control her weight and maintain her health. She used to avoid the food cooked in her family because it caused her health and weight problems

Aerobics Workout

We all know by now that aerobics are trully great and that the amount of information we can find about it online and in magazines is in a whole different quantity than it was years ago. In the past this type of workout was actually in fashion and it would have been a raised probability to meet friends or family at the gym while doing aerobics. Today this changed and thanks to the appearance of many aerobic types of workouts like Tae Bo or oriental disciplines and international workouts fewer people are doing aerobics in a gym every day.

The good news is that people still realize that the simple, classic aerobic workout is still one of the best and it is currently one of the most developed and researched types of weight loss workouts we can find. This basically means that there is a higher possibility that you will find information on how to loose weight with an aerobic workout than with any other type of weight loss workout out there. You even get info about what to wear, what to buy, what influences the quality of workouts, when to eat, what to eat and so on.

An aerobic workout is still a great way to work out your entire body and simply keeping it in shape together with loosing weight and getting discipline through a strict workout schedule. Socially speaking it is also a lot easier to make friends in a gym and finding a good workout partner is also a benefit usually achieved during aerobic workouts. This is because any bodybuilder that sees another bodybuilder paying attention to cardio workouts and aerobics in general realizes that the individual is no novice and really know what he is doing. There would only be a step till trusting him on aiding in a heavy weight lifting session.

A good aerobic workout is still a basic way to get in shape and must not be put aside.

Workout Routines for Women

Most women are always looking for a killer body and want to be more physically appealing. Out of them only few succeed because they do not realize that the real key to it all is just finding a regime that is effective and sticking with it. It does not matter if it is swimming, fitness, jogging, biking, there are many ways to suceed in this task.

The goal is always the same. It does not matter what method is used. The problem with it all is that the workout that works best for a woman is not the same one that works for a man. There is a need to adopt a different approach. Bodybuilding and weights training is usually not considered by most women. They don't even think about this although this is a wrong approach. Women always want toned legs and a flat abdomen. Only after that they think about biceps, triceps and other muscles. The approach is of course suitable but free weight training must not be ignored. In fact, such training is essential in building a great body.

Women have to build muscles in order to have a good body and you have to realize that week arms make you look unbalanced and there is no symetry there so it does not look good basically. Any trainer out there will tell you that the best workout is one that offers diversity and you need to look at the whole body and not just your belly or butt.

Be sure to include weight training exercises in your routine as they are as important as your cardio regime. If you are not sure on how to do this you can find the information online on hundreds of websites so there is no excuse in being lazy.

Bodybuilding Helps You Loose Weight

Right before I go to sleep there is one thing I want to point out here! Bodybuilding is a great way to loose weight even if you might not realize it! In such a resistance/bodybuilding workout you do burn more calories than you think and if hit with a simple and proper diet and good sleep you WILL be loosing weight in no time!

Common Mistakes in Bodybuilding

There are a lot of mistakes that one can do when working out and the list is quite big and can take months if not years until a bodybuilder can achieve the proper discipline to practice this sport. It is always a good thing to know what the most common mistakes are and should be a reality in training for novices and professionals.

First of all there is a need to talk about cardio workout. Most of us know that you can not loose waith and get a great waist without cardio. The problem is that a lof of people overdo it and this has a bad effect just as with any excess in one's life. The best way to handle this situation is analyzing your workout. If you are lean but do not look lean and cardio is not doing anything you should cut all cardio workout to 50% of what you normally do for some time. If results appear then this is your problem. A lot of people fail to understand this.

Carbs are vital to your workout. Starting a diet with small quantities of carbs can lower your metabolism because this is how the body reacts to the lack of carbohydrates. If you take on this type of a diet you have to realize that carbs are important and you should take in some shakes with high carbs as they are the ones that give you energy. If you do not have energy for your heavy workout the body can only suffer!

Many individuals (when trying to loose weight) will use lighter weights. In order to achieve your goal you have to maintain the same standard of training and using lighter weights will not help you loose pounds. Keep on training hard and work on your diet and supplements rather than lowering your workout!

Fitness and Life

Take a second to think about fitness in general! What do you gain from this? The only thing that usually comes to mind is: a fit body! The truth as I see it is that you have a lot more to gain from fitness, bodybuilding and sports in general. First of all you get discipline and good habits are developed. You also learn about moderation and how everything in one's life needs to be moderated in order to succeed. You can not workout every single day as your body will crash. In life you can not sleep just a few hours per day without getting tired or keep on going with your job without a vacation. It's the same thing and fitness teaches you this! As you keep on working out you immediately learn that priorities are important and that you have to set your goals in order to suceed. For every action there is a consequence always and learn the fact that you should focus on the travel and not the destination. You must not look at where you can get but how you are going to get there. Fitness keeps you motivated and teaches you all of these and a whole lot more. There is no reason whatsoever why you shouldn't keep on practicing fitness!

One Gram of Protein per pound

Today's athletes and mostly bodybuilders are aware of the importance of protein in their raily diets. This is a very good thing to notice as I can see many individuals that start going to the gym who are interested in nutrition facts. One of the real problems that appear is closely linked to protein as few people realize the correct amount a body really needs. Some will continue to state that 70-80 grams of protein per day is enough. It has been proven to be wrong. A bodybuilder will put more stress on his muscles than a regular athlete and this causes an immediate need for extra nutrients. Eating food that is rich in protein like eggs, milk, red meat and chicken is the second most important thing in bodybuilding training after the workout itself. A good starting point for every begginer and some more experienced bodybuilders is to apply a simple formula of 1 gram of protein for 1 pound of bodyweight (although there is a need for even more with pros taking even double the amount in their organisms). For instance, if you weigh 100 Kg. you should have 220 grams of protein in your daily diet. For an average bodybuilder the grams of protein needed rise to 375.

Great Body Frank Shamrock

Frank Shamrock is quite an interesting fellow. For those that do not know he is involved in mixed martial arts and ultimate fighting competitions and has seen quite a lot of fights in his career. You could say he is a tough dude but he is also very generous and treat to be around. Many people will think that he is Ken Shamrock, "the world's most dangerous man". Well they are two different people and Ken is actually Frank's step brother as he was an orphan. His dad was Bob Shamrock and Ken Shamrock was the first one to go into mixed martial arts. Frank soon followed. His real name is Frank Alisio Juarez III and he was the first fighter in the middleweight class to hold the title and actually retired as the five time undefeated champion. As you can see he was not sloppy at all and he is quite well known in MMA circles.

Great Body - Bobby Lashley

Bobby Lashley is currently a wrestler involved with World Wrestling Entertainment. He gained a lot of popularity recently thanks to a match in this year's Wrestlemania, which he won. The match involved two other important wrestling superstars: his opponent Umaga and special guest referee "Stone Cold" Steve Austin. The match also involved billionaires Donald Trump and WWE chairman Vince McMahon. Here are some raw facts about Bobby Lashley:

Real name: Franklin Roberto Lashley

Height: 6'3"

Current Weight: 273 lbs.

Date of birth: July 16, 1976

Born in: Kansas City, Kansas

Pro Wrestling debut: 1999

Trained by: OVW (Ohio Valley Wrestling)

Finishing move: Dominator

Bobby Lashley was very impressive when he debuted on WWE and this was because he did not talk match but his in ring intensity and his moves (especially the suplexes with the belly-to-belly suplex as a crowd favorite) are spectacular. He is currently wrestling under ECW banner and he is actually the ECW world heavyweight champion there. Hope to see more of him soon as he does look very good and has huge power and intensity. Bobby Lashley is trully a great body.

Great Body - 50 Cent

I am definitely not a 50 Cent fan but I have to admit and we all have to recognize the fact that he has a great body. Because of this I thought about letting you know some facts about 50 cent that you might not have known. We are not talking about his workout or anything, just about this rapper that has enjoyed and still enjoys quite a big success.

FULL NAME: Curtis Jackson

BIRTHDATE: July 6, 1976

BORN IN: South Side Jamaica, Queens , New York

EDUCATION: Andrew Jackson High School, HE got kicked out in 10th grade for posession of crack

SON: Marquise Jackson (6 years old)

FORMER JOB: Hustling since he was 12 years old, mostly selling drugs

INSPIRATION: Jam Master Jay

WAS ALMOST KILLED ON: May 24, 2000 - He was Shot 9 times in a drive-by near his grandma's house. One of the bullets went through his left cheek and knocked out a tooth and a piece of his gum. This actually created his rap voice!

Other FACTS:

- He is left handed

- A big part of 50's reputation was given by JAY-Z as the rapper attacked Jay on one of his tracks and he retaliated on one of his songs. This gave Curtis Jackson a street credibility quite hard to gain.

- Before signing 50 Cent Eminem battled him to see if he is worth to sign. Slim Shady won but 50 Cent claims it was because he was forced to go first.

- He was given many other contract opportunities but signed with Shady because he knew he could say anything on a record with EM as a producer.

Lovely Model Ahmo Hight

Ahmo Hight is a very beautiful fitness model with a great body and an actress. As a child she moved from town to town until she finally chose her career. She was born in Newport Beach, California and is now 38 years old. Her small acting career started in 1997 when she appeared in "Pacific Blue", followed next year by a role in "Erotic Confessions". Ahmo Hight also starred in 4 more movies: Club Wild Side 2, Hotel Exotica, Secret Pleasures and Insatiable Wives. As you can see for yourself she is quite an adept of fitness and has one great body. This is why I decided to post a little information about her here as I am sure most of you never even heard of her. I also found three picture galleries in case you are interested in seeing more of her:


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The European Parliament Helps Out

I am sure all of you saw a lot of commercials for "incredible" products that are labeled with something like "Eat and loose weight". These statements are put there to mislead instead of help out. We all know how important it is to eat properly and most of us should know (if you don't already) that there is not one single product out there that will make you lose help without exercise. It's very simple: you eat you put on weight! If you eat healthy and exercise you can lose weight. The good news is that the European Parliament is set to talk about and discuss the situation. It is said that soon there will be a change in reglementations that will not allow companies to write fictious statements on their products. I'm sure all people that now how to live healthy will salute this!

Ronnie Coleman is in danger

Ronnie Coleman is in danger but not of loosing his Mr. Olympia rain. He is in danger of loosing the number one spot in a unofficial Best Biceps ranking. The one that is about to beat him is young Daryl Gee. Just as Ronnie Coleman he has massive and cut biceps from one edge to the other. The only real difference is that Daryl's are bigger and that is very important in bodybuilding as we all know. I think Daryl will go a long way with the help of these biceps. All around he looks pretty good but he still has a lot of work before challenging the top bodybuilders in the game. Gee is already getting noticed and specialists are taking a closer look at him every day.

Rachel McLish is 48 years old

The lovely Rachel McLish has just got to the age of 48. If this scares most women today for her it's nothing as she still looks as well as 26 years ago. That's when she won Miss Olympia, in the first year if its existance. As you can see from the picture the standards of female bodybuilding were definitely different. This is the main cause, at least from my point of view why this side of bodybuilding is constantly dropping in fans. It is a shame that women forget that they are women and it is an even bigger shame that influent people in this sport encourage this attitude. Most men today say that they really like a woman with a hot body but there is simply too much muscle on today's bodybuilding models. It's one thing to look at Trish Stratus for instance and another one to look at a woman that looks exactly as a man from the back. Leaving that aside, Happy Birthday Rachel and may your life be as beautiful as it was until now.