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I’M REALLY HAPPY TO see so much local talent showcased in this issue. While it’s easy to get your mind blown by some of bodybuilding’s true greats, it can be easy to forget that there are burgeoning champions right here under our noses. Mick Galley graces our cover, and we couldn’t have chosen a nicer or more down-to-earth guy for it. He’s a super hard worker whose genuine love for the sport of bodybuilding is written all over his face. Check out his story on page 36 and be inspired by his attitude and determination to succeed. Speaking of determination, we were really impressed by Zoe-Claire Yaworsky featured on page 70. This IFBB Bikini Pro maintains a gruelling training program but also runs THREE separate businesses! We’re hard pressed to…
RECOVERY THE 212 CHAMP DOES DOWNTIME HIS OWN WAY Q Were you able to relax after the 212 Olympia was over? Did you at least get a good night’s sleep after you won? That’s a night when it’s a challenge to fall asleep, especially after you’ve won! There is a lot going on, on many levels, and all that excitement and energy doesn’t just vanish. And it’s inevitable that you start thinking about next year. It’s inevitable. After Olympia Weekend this year, I couldn’t relax – the following week I went to Seoul, Korea, to compete in the Korean Grand Prix, where I won, and then I made a guest-posing appearance at the NPC Greater New York Championships in the middle of October before I closed it down for the…
“A PERSONAL TRAINER WITH MUSCLES, EXPERIENCE, HUMILITY, COMPASSION AND CONVICTION, AND WHO SPEAKS KINDLY AND WISELY CAN BE WORTH HIS OR HER WEIGHT FOR THREE ONE-HOUR TRAINING SESSIONS AND AN OCCASIONAL FOLLOW-UP CONSULTATION.” Having spent considerable time in the gym in the pursuit of physical development, I’ve devised a random yet comprehensive list of problems I suspect might represent us all. Though I often use “you” to make a point, don’t take it personally. Or, maybe, do. 1 Purpose, the lack thereof You’re lazy and unmotivated, without spirit or enthusiasm, and feel no excitement or desire. In the ’60s we said you were a bummer on a bad trip. Today I say you are without purpose. If your purpose were strong and well-defined, none of the aforementioned negatives would materialise.…
STATS DATE OF BIRTH January 23, 1983 BORN Shaqlawa, Kurdistan LIVES Sydney, Australia HEIGHT 175cm WEIGHT 96kg competition 105kg offseason INSTAGRAM sam_m_ifbbpro SNAPCHAT sammymo83 FAVOURITE SUPPLEMENT BSN Syntha-6 Edge Salted Caramel Sam Mohammad arrived in New Zealand in 1999 as a refugee after his parents gave up everything they had, including the family business and wealth, to escape the threat of dictatorship. In the land of the long white cloud they found a fresh start, but it wasn’t easy at first for then 16-year-old Sam. “I hated school, he says. “I was bullied, I was picked on, I was made fun of, because of my different culture and the fact that I had no English when we first moved over. I hated lunchtime as I had no one to hang…
SHAPE-SHIFTER CAN YOU SHAPE YOUR BICEPS? HYPOTHESIS Every now and then a bodybuilder comes along with an exceptional body part that gets everyone asking what the secret is to developing such amazing muscle shape. Larry Scott, for example, was known for the long muscle bellies and an impressive peak of his biceps. One of his favourite exercises for biceps was preacher curls, which started the belief that doing “Scott curls” would allow anyone to develop the same shape of their biceps. Is it really possible to grow specific areas of a muscle to change or improve its shape? RESEARCH Brazilian researchers performed an experiment to determine if doing curls would lead to muscle growth in specific areas of a biceps or if growth occurs evenly throughout the muscle. Subjects performed…
FLEXFACT AFTER MOVING TO AMERICA IN 1969, COLUMBU HAD A BRICKLAYING BUSINESS WITH ARNIE. There are a lot of things that make Franco Columbu unique. At 165cm, he’s the shortest Mr Olympia, winning the Sandow in 1976 and, at 40, in 1981. Pound for pound, he’s arguably the strongest champion bodybuilder of all time. He deadlifted 340kg, squatted 300 and bench-pressed 240, all while weighing less than 91kg. In 1977, he finished fifth in the inaugural World’s Strongest Man despite some competitors weighing more than 40 kilos more than him and his dropping out after dislocating a knee. And he must be the only chiropractor to have cameos in both Conan the Barbarian and The Terminator. What really stood out about Franco, however, was his torso in the ’70s. Despite…
