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Surround yourself with people who push you to be better. That is what this team and this community is all about.

 drove up from San Antonio, Texas with his wife and daughter to visit the GASP and Better Bodies headquarters and to see what we are all about.

Andy has a powerlifting background, is an IFBB physique pro and is the head instructor at Orange Theory. He linked up both days with Jon Irizarry for chest and back training and to experience Destination and the huge team environment and atmosphere.

_"I love this vibe here. Y'all are going to make me move here."

Andy gets his nickname from his incredible back development that was built from deadlifts and chins and of course grit and lots of love for physical culture. Andy is also known for his extremely positive energy which makes him a valuable addition to the team and the mission.

"This is what I am all about. Doing collaborations like this as much as I can along with networking and building each other up."

Jon Irizarry and Andy share stories of how they got started in the gym and where it has taken them thus far.

Andy "Backzilla" Perez Visits Our Home Base

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Check out this video taken at Destination by Muscle & Strength. Take a look as they highlight all the various training styles and areas that are housed under the 20,000 square foot facility that we at GASP call our home base.

"This is the first video in a brand new series call Epic Gym Tours! In this series we travel to some of the most iconic gyms in the world where some of the best bodybuilders train and hangout."

Muscle & Strength Epic Gym Tours - Destination

Leading up to Olympia 2020 we will release a series of Pro Tips from 

If you have a lagging muscle group or a lift that you're trying to get better at PRIORITIZE IT. Put the muscle group or the exercises at the beginning of your workout.

"I want to improve my lats for bikini competition so I always start my back workout with 2 to 3 sets of bodyweight chin ups. I always aim to hit 13-15 reps and if I happen to come up short in the last set I utilize the assisted pull up machine."

Prioritize Exercises - Jennifer Ronzitti Pro Tip 1

Advice to ladies who have a similar passion for fitness?

From childhood and growing up in a tight knit family in Chicago to

her entry into fitness to where she's been and what she has her sights on now.

We get in depth with the one and only Narmin Assria.

"I grew up in a Muslim household. We were very religious, especially my dad."

Narmin discovered her passion for fitness when she set out to gain weight and a fellow gym goer encouraged her to compete. She had to weigh out the risk of losing her family to compete in bikini given the clash between her family's culture and the nature of bikini competition. 9 pro bikini wins later and her family's acceptance, she is setting her sights on another Bikini Olympia birth here in 2020.

In Depth With Narmin Assria

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Whatever it takes... that's what goes into events and contests that we go to.

Despite 2020's mishaps and speed bumps the 13th annual NPC Branch Warren Classic and GASP Supershow STILL took place with a super motivated team of athletes, ambassadors and competitors. The day was complete with duffel bags, wrist wraps and beanies for the crowd and competitors, training with IFBB Pros Leland DeVaughn and John Small between prejudging and finals and Hunter Labrada guest posing in the evening along with the finals, awards and posedowns of the event.

Hunter's first contest was the NPC Branch Warren and now 4 years later he is guest posing with his first professional win under his belt and in route to his first Olympia.

Big thanks to Joseph Cortez and the Forth Worth Field House for hosting the training in between prelims and finals.

GASP SUPERSHOW & NPC Branch Warren Classic - Full Day with the Team

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Olivia Gravengaard and Liv Roth are both IFBB Pro's and adopted the pro mentality very early on when it comes to proper training and even more important their approach to energy and who and what kind of influence they let into their lives and minds.

"Dont just follow someone because they look good. Follow them for their discipline, for their mental game. Follow them for their work ethic."

In addition to their intense approach to goals, Olivia and Liv have a NOTHING but intense approach to training. Even with smaller muscle groups like biceps and triceps all-out top sets that they track to progress on is key.

What kind of mental jewels can you pull from this session with Olivia and Liv? Stay tuned for more in depth discussions on Destination LIVE hosted in the Better Bodies community groups on facebook and betterbodies.com

Olivias Arm Training - Get Your Mind Right

We're meeting Shahin Daneshgari Nejad, he is 27 years old living in Skövde, Sweden.

Shahin is an IFBB Elite Pro Men's Physique athlete.

He has been training in the gym for the past 14 years and started competing 4 years ago.

He became a Swedish Champion in 2016 and took 3 years off after that. The PRO-card was in his sight and he earned his PRO-card in Greece at the first try.

Next up competition wise is the 2021 season where he aims to qualify for the IFBB Elite Pro World Championships and of course, he is going to do his best to win it. The main focus in his workout routine right now is to build a better version of himself and work on the weak muscle parts to gain a better symmetry.

Shahin thinks it's really important to have fun while working out in the gym and trying new things.

He is also really passionate about helping others with their training and nutrition to get a better lifestyle or to get in shape for the competition.

_"I'm passionate about training and everything about it."

_When he's not training, Shahin is working at a supplement store and helps people achieving their goals.

The training plan at the moment is to hit his weak parts 2 times a week and keep the rest of the body going while his weak parts get better.

Shahin is usually doing 5 sets on each exercise with the following rep ranges: Set 1: 20 reps

, Set 2: 15 reps, Set 3: 12 reps, Set 4: 8 reps, Set 5: 5-6 reps

He's increasing the weight and lowering the reps for each set going. This is to first get some blood flowing to get more pump in the muscle and reduce the risk of injury.

IFBB PRO Shahin Daneshgari - Classic Shoulders and Arms Workout

Jennifer Ronzitti just sealed the deal on her 2020 Olympia Bikini qualification by winning the Savannah pro. In addition to being a bikini champion on stage she is a premier professional off stage. From training advice to offering great product feedback to interacting with the Better Bodies community and being an ambassador for health fitness and enjoying the process and journey, Jen is a great example to follow.

Here Jen along with Jeremy Potvin visit Destination and Better Bodies headquarters. It was a hectic few days of non stop content and product shoots but Jen (being the professional that she is) still fit in training and here are some of her techniques and advice on building a proportionate bikini body.

Stay tuned for more Jen Ronzitti leading all the way into this years olympia and Iron World Tour Vegas!

Jen Ronzitti - Bikini Olympia Bound Shoulder Training

What is it about great buns that is innately ultra attractive?

_"I think great glutes really complete a physique and makes women look very shapely and feminine. Don't get me wrong, a guy with a great booty is nice too. My husband has a great booty and MMMMmmm..."

Needless to say whatever the gender, developed glutes is a sign of a balanced and strong physique which in tern, by way of innate instincts, hormones or what ever the case may be are attractive to people in general.

Nathalia Melo recommends doing this specific workout only once per week as it is a very intense glute workout that is comprised of 3 super sets of 3 exercises each with both compound exercises and isolation exercises.

Intense Glute Training with Nathalia Melo

To be the best you have to surround yourself with the best BUT those people have to want to bring out the best in you!

It is a common saying in and around any iron sport whether it be powerlifting, bodybuilding or strongman that iron sharpens iron meaning people sharpen each other until everything from strength to mind power is the best it can be. The sharper one iron can make the other is exactly what it'll reap itself so the better one man can make his lifting partner he will receive in making himself sharper.

This is the type of team work and camaraderie GASP and Better Bodies is all about. Keone Pearson and Hunter Labrada have the common interest of becoming the best in the world at their craft. No easy feat by any stretch of the imagination, however that's the common ground and they hit it off immediately when coming together at destination for a non stop week of training and recording.

"The camaraderie is second to none here. I was making him better and he was making me better!"

"Keone is one of the best 212 bodybuilders on the planet and he hasn't even competed in a 212 contest yet."_ Hunter Labrada

Hunter Labrada and Keone Pearson - Bodybuilding Camaraderie & Team Work

To be successful long term, it's important to have fun through the whole journey. Don't live life in the form of one transaction to the next. Enjoy every experience, learn from them, improve from them, and build on relationships that compliment the journey. This is the essence of the Iron World Tour.

We kicked off August with 2 of the most epic weeks in terms of events, collaborations and team building in and around the GASP home base and the work hard play hard lifestyle.

First we ended July and kicked off August in Tampa with the equivalent of an Iron World Tour Tampa with a heavy hitting GASP team of athletes traveling to, training and preparing for the Tampa Pro. Hunter Labrada ended up winning the event and earning his spot in the 2020 Mr. Olympia.

Flash forward a week and we have the most jam packed days of training collabs and feature productions with Muscle and Strength, Muscular Development's Hector Mendoza and interviews and team building with Lee Labrada, Branch Warren, Johnnie Jackson, Keone Pearson and Hunter Labrada. Throughout all of the action we have some epic documentation via Kyle Wurzel, Hector and video producer Wake Wilder.

The purpose of this video is to show what a non stop, epic week we had at Destination and to illustrate the mission of GASP, Better Bodies and Destination as well as the mission of who we all collaborate with. The common denominator is always to improve the lives of others and to change the world through the fitness platform.

"We all become part of each others journeys. Everything is intertwined and everybody is walking the same direction with the goal to get better and make others better."

We wrap up the week at Branch Warren's farm where Guardian Response hosts their one stop shop to improve proficiency with shooting, assessing threats and being fit to be an immediate responder. Hunter, Branch and GASP CEO Michael Johansson join Butch Steinle and Tony and Mike from Guardian Response to "have a little fun."

Stay tuned for an even more jam packed 2020.

Iron World - Epic Week at GASP & Better Bodies Headquarters

Don't be afraid to lift heavy weights. A very common misconception among ladies who want to get in shape is that if they lift heavy weight they will get big and bulky. Nathalia Melo explains that it is not the weight to be afraid of and quite the opposite - heavy weight can set your metabolism on fire and help you to attain that lean physique you're busting your butt for.

Here Nathalia Melo is training at destination with another intense training session composed of 8 exercises performed in superset fashion (each pair of exercises performed back to back without rest until both are done).

"I love supersets. They really get me going."

Nathalia also explains that it is 100% OK to not "kill" every training session or to be ultra motivated all the time. The main thing to emphasize is the importance of consistency and ALWAYS showing up no matter what!