Body By Ian

Bodybuilding legends Ed Corney, Jim Morris, Dr. Leroy Perry, Lou Ferrigno, Samir Bannout, Flex Wheeler, Shawn Ray and 8x Ms Olympia Lenda Murray sit down to answer fan questions at the 2014 IFBB Ferrigno Legacy.

They cover:
- What did the old school bodybuilders do differently than the guys now
- Why did Lou wait this long to start his Ferrigno Legacy contest
- What does Lou see himself doing in the future
- Why Lou chose to do 11 reps over all other numbers
- If Lenda had to start over & compete again, would she choose bodybuilding or women's physique
- The role genetics & the mind play in bodybuilding success
- How to bring up weak bodyparts and much more!

PART 1

PART 2

PART 3

PART 4

After his disqualification at the Arnold Classic Brazil on Saturday, Cedric McMillan has decided to toss his hat into the ring at the New York Pro on May 25th.

McMillan was disqualified after he missed a mandatory meeting held one day before the Arnold Classic Brazil.

While some thought Big Mac might still be able to compete despite the infraction, Cedric opted not to appeal the decision. McMillan took the penalty in stride and hopped a plane back to the States with a firm focus on the New York Pro.

But he didn't get away without Shawn Ray to ask him about the details of his disqualification drama in Rio!

Click Here to watch Cedric McMillan's interview after Being DQ'd from the ASC - Brazil

Interview courtesy of MD

Cedric is doing the Arnold Rio. He's always ready to improve on himself. He hit some poses.

Cedric's routine

Jay talks about his show that had over 300 competitors. He also talks about his Olympia prep, loss of Joe Weider & he hopes to make his show a national qualifier next year.

In the second video, Dennis Wolf takes about his new sponsorship, last year's Olympia & he's going to be doing the Olympia & a few shows after the Olympia. He's doing a lot of guest posing coming up. He's around 300 lbs now.

Arnold Classic Preview and Predictions with Shawn Ray and Lonnie Teper

Well, it looks like Shawn & Lonnie have Dexter winning the show. I don't think Dexter will win. I got Cedric for the win, Dexter in second & Freeman in third. Ben Pakulski will be fourth & win the Most Muscular Award. It's a well-balanced lineup but I wish there were a few more big names in this show but they're gonna be there for the Olympia.

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Shawn Ray and Lee Labrada Talk Arnold 2013

Lee talks about what the Arnold Classic means to him. The Arnold Classic was just a another show but now it's a conglomerate with the show & trade show. So many venues for this event.

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Shawn Ray and Giles Thomas Wrap Up the British Grand Prix 2012

Shawn Rhoden killed this lineup. JOJ looked great & deserved second. Freeman got 3rd & some people would argue with that. Robert P. got 4th but a lot of people had him 3rd. Ronny Rockel came in 5th & he deserved it. Roelly got 6th. He's becoming the incredible shrinking man. He got rewarded in Spain but not here.

In 212, Bonac should've been in 3rd but he got 6th. Butt got 5th & he deserved. Correa got 4th & he deserved. 3rd was Jose Raymond. He looked better here & getting better & better. In 2nd, Sami. He looked great but I know he wasn't gotten beat the hometown favorite, Flex Lewis. In that Flex wins again. He looked great & brought out a great package.

Posedown, Awards and Top 3 Routines in the British Grand Prix 2012 Finals

Great routines by the athletes. Awesome posedown!

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Shawn Ray and Bob Cicherillo Wrap up the 2012 NPC Junior Nationals Bodybuilding Championships
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Interview with the Overall Winner Anthony Pasquale

Anthony felt comfortable winning his class & in the posedown as well. He's going to do the USA's next. Smart move for him. He thanked his support group.

Shawn & Bob like Anthony Pasquale to make a splash at the USA's but he's gonna have to fill out more since he's gonna have a better group of competition awaiting him. The craziest thing is only 1 bantamweight in the class but at the USA's, there's gonna be 25 of them in a class. Some should do the Junior shows to make a name & get trophy, then jump into a national level show.

Women's Events Final Wrap up from the 2012 NPC Junior Nationals

LaDawn McDay won Women's BB overall title & she'll be competing at the Masters National to get her pro card.Women's Physique winner Lauren Lessnau competed in 3rd show & wins this show & receives a pro card. Bikini Winner Lacey Deluca kicked butt. The Fitness winner Darrian Tissenbaum had a great performance & a great physique. Figure Winner Mallory Haldeman had great symmetry & looked full. Vanessa also interviews Shannon Dey & she's got 4 new pros in Team Bombshell.

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Shawn Ray and Don Long preview the 2012 NPC Junior Nationals Bodybuilding Championships

We got some new blood on the men's & women's side of things. This is a good way to get these athletes onto the before the jump into the deep end of the national level shows. You can make an impact because the same judges will judge you here and the National level shows.

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Evan Centopani catches up with Shawn Ray at BODYPOWER 2012

Evan talks about being at the BodyPower for the second time. He's doing the business of bodybuilding. He talks about what he can change from the Arnold prep to his Olympia prep.

Australian Pro Grand Prix Results and Report

Branch Warren and Erin Stern Interview with Shawn Ray after Victory in Australia!

Branch & Erin are happy to win. Branch & George wanted to make no mistake & making Branch better than what he did at the England Grand Prix last year. Erin says she's gonna compete before the Olympia. Both of them thanked their support group.

Branch Warren Wins Australian Pro Grand Prix 2012! Results!

1. Branch Warren - $10,000
2. Michael Kefalianos $ 5,500 (qualifies for 2012 Olympia)
3. Omar Deckard $ 4,000
4. Darryn Onekawa
5. Luke Timms - Luke Wood Memorial Award- $2,000 (Australia's Highest Placing Pro)
6. Lionel Brown
7. Abe Elzaibek
8. Varinder Singh
9. Beat Meschberger

IFBB Pro Figure
1. Erin Stern
2. Nicole Wilkins
3. Larissa Reis
4. Alicia Harris
5. Jennifer Hernandez
6. Laura Keddie
7. Daniela OMara
8. Summer Bernard
9. Lisbeth Halikka
10. Kristy Thomson
11. Kelli Johnson

Check out the Australian Pro Grand Prix Photos

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Arnold Classic 2012 Wrap Up with Coleman, Levrone, Ray and More!

I like the way Ronnie talks smack. Kevin likes the way Branch looked & Shawn had Wolf winning it. Branch fought for this title. Kevin thinks that Wolf should be 10-12 lbs heavier so his back can stand with the boys with the detailed & thick back. Evan is making his climb to the top. Pak Man surprised everyone. Dexter was a tad off. He wasn't as sharp as he could've been. Beyeke was better than he was at the Flex Pro but he still needs some more conditioning. Can Branch go knock Heath at the O?

Pre-Judging Individual Posing Video

Look at all of the athletes pose. You can see how some of them were getting harder & drier posing while others were fading away. Plus, you can hear the camera shutter many pics & the crowd going nuts for their favorite guy(s).

Pre-Judging Callouts Video

I love this!! The fans let you know who they love!!! In the 1st callout, the crowd loves Branch & Evan. I'm glad the judges moved them around & you see how guys were getting harder & drier posing while others were fading away. The 2nd callout could've been better. The 3rd callout was lackluster. 4th & 5th callouts were awesome!!!

Pre-Judging Wrap Up with Dan Solomon and Bob Cicherillo

Branch made a statement just by being here. Wolf & Evan were pretty much even. Maybe Wolf is a slight ahead of Evan. Pak Man brought & pushed Dexter out for the 4th place. Dexter wasn't as sharp as he should've been.

Pre-Judging Wrap Up with Shawn Ray, Kevin Levrone and Flex Wheeler

Branch was pushed by Wolf & Evan. Wolf's X frame was huge in this show. Evan made his improvements. Pak Man brought his "A" game. Dexter didn't bring the right package. To me, he's tired. He competed a lot all of last year & he had no rest.

Evan Centopani Interview After Pre-Judging!

Evan felt great. He was more confident at this go around. He felt he belong on that stage.

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Al looks so different & a lot thicker. This was a small lineup that Al destroy. Now, he's gonna get ready for the Europa in Orlando. Don Long & Al are just gonna work on a few things to big Al's physique even better.

We had the 1st Women Physique show & with 11 girls involved, they looked great. Dana Linn Bailey aka DLB looked good but placed 4th. She presented a physique well but a little too hard up top & her lower half was spot on. Remember, WPD is brand new so they are gonna be some playing on what physique the judges will like. Mark Dugdale who placed 2nd behind Al Auguste was pissed at his placings. Milton Holloway in 3rd place, looked great & Rusty Jeffers placed 4th, looked great especially with his posing. He's over 50 & to be competitive is awesome on its own.

Karina is out 1st Women's Physique champ. She was trained by Darrem Charles. She got her pro card in bodybuilding. She placed well at the Arnold Classic but she didn't wanna get bigger so she stepped off stage for a bit. She had 3 kids & she'll be doing more shows this year.

Stacy won her pro debut. She dieted for 10 weeks for this show. She doesn't know what show she'll be doing next.

Darrem was there to help out the winner of the WPD Karina & Bob Chic thought Darrem should stepped on stage. He thought about it & he said no. He wanted to look great not good.

2012 Flex Pro Preview With Sugar Shawn Ray

This will be the 1st show that I've seen where no one has won an open class show before. I got Shawn Rhoden to win this but Fouad, Correa or Pak man can push him out of the way to get that winner's spot. And we have fitness in this show as well. Adela to me will win this show but Tanji will give her a run for her money.

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2011 IFBB Pro "Year in Review" with Sugar Shawn Ray

Shawn talks all the shows of 2011 season except for the Europa Dallas show. From Evan winning the Flex Pro show to Dexter winning the Masters Pro show. The good & tragic events that happen. Overview, a great video.

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Dexter Jackson Wins 2011 IFBB Pro World Masters Championships!

Masters Men
1. Dexter Jackson
2. Toney Freeman
3. Bill Wilmore
4. Edward Nunn
5. Troy Alves
6. Darrem Charles
7. Ricky "Tricky" Jackson
8. Roland Cziurlok
9. Pavol Jablonicky
10. Lee Apperson
11. Samir Bannout
12. Stan Frydrych
13. Andreas Cahling

World Masters Wrap Up and Interviews with the Big Dawgs!

Dexter won this show hands down! He looked really good. I can't believe this was his sixth show he competed this year. Freeman placed 2nd. He looked good but not good enough. I wanna see Freeman at 100%. He was close to it. Wilmore placed 3rd & he won most improved. He took the year off & he showed a great physique. Nunn took 4th. He looked awesome & he was rewarded for his physique. Also, he thinks he should've been in the top 3. Troy Alves placed 5th & he was a little mad but still looked great. It's a bodybuilding show not a glute & ham show. He gets judged a lot about his glute & hams. Shawn & Sean talked about the Evolution of Bodybuilding movie.

Special Guests
Lee Haney
Dorian Yates
Dan Soloman
Ronnie Coleman
Lou Ferrigno
Frank Zane