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Hunter Labrada is competing in his 3rd Mr. Olympia and going for the top spot this year. He qualified for 2022 after placing 4th giving him over a year to build what he needed to be a legitimate contender this year.

Here we catch up with Hunter at Elev8tion Fitness 2 days out with Ben Chow and get insight to how he is looking and feeling before the big dance.

Hunter Labrada | Mr. Olympia - 2 Days Out

Reduce pain, reduce risk of concussion and build a "no nonsense physique" - just some of the reasons to train and increase the strength of your neck.

Josh Bryant has advocated neck training for years for performance benefits along with it's "Gas station ready" benefits of building an intimidating and all around ready-to-go physique. We did the neck training 101 video a few years ago. Josh is back to reiterate some of the benefits of neck training and to show it "in style" now with the StrongNeck apparatus.

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Josh Strong Neck

Destination Dallas's Nick Bagley leads Ben Pruitt through a classic low volume high intensity push day! This style is pretty new for Ben, who's used to high volume, but Nick doesn't let down-The sets and reps keep coming!

High Intensity Push with Nick and Ben

Olivia Gravengaard and Thomas Allen visit from North Carolina to train push.

"We both need shoulders so here we will prioritize the session starting with laterals."

Olivia and Thomas both state they need more shoulder development and they lead off with delts when their energy is the highest.

They are obviously very different in stature and strength so they adjust on different machines, explain the setup, and how to execute the movement for what they need to get out of the session.

PUSH IT | Olivia Gravengaard and Thomas Allen

Hunter Labrada back again, now with Liv Roth and Ben Chow at American Barbell during the Arnold Classic week.

As with the last training session for biceps and triceps, Hunter explains his movements here, how to execute them and alternate movements if some machines may not be available at your gym.

For this crew's push day they include, chest and shoulders and explain the switch up from dumbbells in the past to cable presses along with the higher rep ranges for the lateral movements for shoulders.

If you like this, share it and we will link up with Hunter to get more instructional training as he builds into his offseason for this year's Mr. Olympia

Win The Day: Hunter Labrada | PUSH DAY

Jen Ronzitti and Friday Paulsen are at Destination during the Iron World Tour DESTINATION-WEEK and link up with Ian Gaines for a complete shock training session that is out of both of their norms.

"Sometimes things get stale and you are kind of just craving a total shocker of a workout."

Jen and Frida start off with plate pushes on the turf for 4 sets followed by 40 rep sets on the leg extension. They go to a dynamic unilateral bench step/pulse for 20 reps each leg followed by leg presses with 20 reps close stance and 20 reps wide stance. Followed this all up with some concentric work pushing Ian himself down the turf, moved to earth movers on the treadmill, and finished with pulse jumps under a band for 2 sets of 40 reps.

"if you're conditioned, you are going to look good." Ian Gaines

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Dynamic Conditioned Leg Training | Jen Ronzitti Frida Paulsen & Ian Gaines

Martin Fitzwater& Keone Pearson return to Metroflex Gym Arlington to train legs with Brian Dobson.

"Training in the same gym as them (i.e. Branch Warren & Ronnie Coleman), kinda means everything to me. Training where my heroes trained, it's nostalgia, but not only that though, we are training with Brian. Brian is the most notorious trainer. He trained Ronnie (Coleman) forever, he trained Branch and he's the person that killed those guys for years and years everyday and turned them into champions...We're working on becoming champions and doing so we're having Brian whip our ass a couple days a week." -Martin

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"You Ain't Working Out Like This" | Metroflex 2.0 with Martin Fitzwater & Keone Pearson

Ivana and Brett have made a great life together with a successful training business, supportive teams, and successful competitive careers. This didn't come easy or over night. It came with prioritization, eliminating distractions, and hustling nonstop for years.

With the nature of "the hustle," sometimes you can be left feeling exhausted and just tapped out BUT this is where Ivana's love for training and making it a priority each day comes in.

"Training is a way to give back to yourself. It is a form of self love and when I take care of myself, I can then pour myself 100% into supporting Brett and all of our other endeavors."

Why I Love Training - Ivana Ivusic

"I dont have a bubble butt, so I had to build it..."

Jen Ronzitti tells you how she earned her glutes since 2013 and how she fought her way back into the top 10 at an ultra competitive Bikini Olympia this year.

"I eat a lot of food already, but with this prep I had to keep my food even higher. It is healthier and I never got that drawn in, skeleton face."

Bikini has returned to its fuller and rounder look which gives a much more appealing, healthy and SEXY aesthetic. Check out the supersets that Jen does and comment on what you want to hear from her next as she prepares to visit Texas for the Battle of Texas in December.

Bikini Bubble Butt with Jen Ronzitti

If you love what you do you'll never work a day in your life... Everyone has heard this saying when it comes to having a regular job and making a living doing what you love.

Martin Fitzwater is a step above that when it comes to bodybuilding. The "suck" as most competitive bodybuilders refer to it is not unpleasant for Martin.

First lets define what "the suck" is. This refers to the extreme zone of bodybuilding, pecifically when you FORCE the body to do what it does not want to, what goes against innate survival instincts and against the usual path of least resistance. For example, forcing food down during offseason. Eating is not a pleasure, it is part of the "suck." Literal force feeding yourself to build on what the increased stimulus from the heavier weights, more demanding workouts and building up you metabolism so that the shred process comes more efficiently. Next in this suck zone would be the diet process. This diet/shred process is not what would be considered healthy. Its purpose is to expose every striation in every muscle group and getting as close to skinless as possible.

Now that we have defined (more or less) what the suck is, we can explain that Martin wouldn't define it as the suck but the opposite i.e. "pleasure." This is what is actually enjoyable for Martin. So imagine that these processes of pushing food and pushing your body's ability to appear skinless and the pain associated with intense training are actually enjoyable, THEN you understand the extremes that are possible from Martin and people who shift their perspective like him.

Fresh off a flight and straight to Destination Dallas, Martin Fitzwater did not waste any time training chest and hitting a personal PR on dumbbell presses. Martin is set to compete at the 2021 IFBB Chicago Pro this coming July, so keep your eyes peeled for the shreds that are about to come.

Hitting PR's and Posing with Martin Fitzwater

How do you get to Carnegie hall? Practice a.k.a work.

Blindly working and not looking up to see either traction or progress is not a smart approach to anything. Guy Cisternino took a hard look at his approach to training and found there to be areas he could improve on.

Fast forward to teaming up with John Meadows and we get Guy Cisternino STILL training heavy with more exercises and volume BUT charging head first into the 2021 competitive season.

Here he gives a brief run down of all the lifts he does and the intensifier technique along with the other methodology of John's he is implementing in his leg training session.

As Guy says "I still have a lot left tin the tank." Check out his full session and see what you can take from Guy and John Meadows.

Guy Cisternino - Leg Volume

"I think its pretty prevalent in all of bodybuilding - an underdeveloped posterior chain including back and hamstrings and even glutes."

Martin Fitzwater is of the mindset to have no weak links in his physique. Martin turned pro by winning the heavyweight class at the North American championships last year. The feedback he got at one of his earlier competitions was to really work on his back development as it was a bit underdeveloped than his other muscle groups. Now he is committed and focused on the IFBB Tampa pro but is heading there with back and hamstrings being a major strong point for him.

Here Martin again delves into how he establishes connection with his hamstrings, the variety of curls he uses and some of the intensifier techniques he uses to get the most out of every lift.

We have one more day with Martin here at destination before he heads back to Denver so tune in when he trains with Jon Irizarry who is preparing to take on the NPC USA's.