THE IRON NATION

Phil Heath recently posted a physique update on his instagram stating that he had completed his first day of prep. In this update definitely phil is looking himself with those crazy arms and insane round shoulders. Now this is the first time phil has given his physique update after announcing that he is returning to the olympia this year. Intrestingly the current MR.OLYMPIA champion brandon curry has been regularly posting his physique updates inorder to keep his momentum going. It is intresting that phil posted this after brandon posted a physique update in almost a similar pose. It will be intresting to see if phil dethrones brandon or  if brandon defends his title successfully. In my opinion if phil comes with a tighter mid section then I do think  phil is going to win his 8th Olympia title. Do let me know what do you guys think.

Big Ramy recently uploaded a picture showing his current physique and he appears to be in very good shape. Even though his participation in this years olympia is not sure as he is not qualified for the olympia. Also due to the current pandemic situation he cannot compete in the pro shows inorder to win them and qualify for the olympia. Let us even assume if he was qialified for the olympia even then his participation in olympia would not have been guaranteed due to the travel restrictions in the wake of pandemic. There is still a ray of hope for the ramy's fans as there is going to be a Europa pro qualifier in spain in which the top 3 will qualify for the olympia . Hope that he can travel to spain rather easily than states and win the show and qualify for olympia.Going by his update it looks like he is still prepping for a show and looks to be in really good shape. Obviously it would be great to watch ramy at olympia stage as phil is also making a return this year. Let us just ...

So we have very big news coming regarding the 2020 olympia and that is that phil heath is coming back. He has announced this on his instagram handle and wrote "IT'S TIME TO HANDLE SOME UNFINISHED BUSINESS". Now it is obvious that he is coming for his 8th olympia title and will be trying to join the club of ronnie coleman and lee haney who have won 8 olympia titles. This has made this years olympia line up even more intresting. Even though due to this pandemic situation many top olympia competitors may not be able to compete this year but still the line up has multiple olympia title holders which includes dexter , brandon curry, flex lewis and phil heath himself. Now it will be intresting to see if brandon can defend his title or phil will have his 8th olympia title. Do let me know what you think in the comments!!!

Larry wheels has brought about a new trend in the fitness industry and that is the strict curl. He has been off late posting his pr's and has been challenging others to post theirs as well. This has brought the strict curl into the limelight all of a sudden. Going as per his updates he looks as if he could break the strict curl world record. His recent pr was of 209 lbs around 40lbs less than the record , after just practicing for two weeks almost. In reply to his challenge former NFL star james harrison posted a video of him strict curling approximately 205lbs which is pretty amazing. After larry has uploaded his strict curl videos there are many people who are posting their videos of strict curl and it has brought strict curl back in the fitness industry talks. So, it will b e intresting to see who breaks the world record or will it be larry himself  setting a new strict curl world record.

A strongman competitor by the name Ivan Makarov is in line to break Thor's 501kg deadlift world record. He will be attempting this lift in september. He has already attempted it previously but unfortunately could not complete it although he has lifted insane amount of weight during his gym training sessions which include 505kg deadlift and a 520kg of the block deadlift. He is a really strong guy and is expected to be the guy who would break hafthors record. In his recent training video he is seen deadlifting 440kgs for 2 reps and with him attempting the lift in september, it will be intresting to see if he can pull off this lift and become the world record holder for the  heaviest deadlift.

Will Barotti has broken the equipped bench press world record by benching 1105lb. The previous record was held by tiny meeker.This lift is really impressive considering benching or even deadlifting 1105lbs is no joke. It is not be confused with 800 lbs bench attempt made by julius maddox as it was the raw bench press and this one is a equipped. But this does not actually take away anything from Will because benching this amount of weight is not a peice of cake.

Reg park was an english bodybuilder , businessman and actor. He is famously known for being arnolds idol and mentor.   Reg was born on 7th june 1928 in leeds , west yorkshire. During his teenage years he excelled at football. In the year 1940 he suffered an knee injury which ruled him out of soccer. While using wwights for rehabiliation , reg encountered a bodybuilding magazine and decided to have a similar body. He was not only muscular but also very strong as he was the only second man to bench press 500lbs during that time , first being Doug Hepburn. At 21 , Reg moved to America where he stayed for 6 months and was noticed by Joe Weider. After which he was featured in alot of magazines. The most impressive thing about reg was that he was a drug free athlete. John Grimek and Steeve Reeves were his inspiration. He was inducted into IFBB hall of fame in 1999. He died on 22 november 2007 in south africa. STATISTICS:    WEIGHT : 225-235lbs     HEIGHT: 1...