Blog Entries: Pete Ciccone

AMERICA THE MEDIOCRE?...why bother to better yourself?

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Written by: Pete Ciccone
Created on: Monday 12th of April 2010 10:12:51 PM

2010 Arnold - Another Great Start to the New Year!

It was cold in Columbus, but at least it wasn't freezing rain, sleet or hail, as it has been in years past.  The Arnold Classic, 2010 style, was another crazy weekend, as busy as it always is, with some new faces, and some regulars who did not make it, but overall, it was another amazing weekend!

The Expo was as it always is, wall to wall people!  A trip to the bathroom was a 20 minute adventure, a push through masses of elbows, sweaty biceps, fake boobs and brightly logo'd goodie bags...

Written by: Pete Ciccone
Created on: Thursday 11th of March 2010 10:31:57 PM

The Journey Never Ends...

I woke up this morning with a moan...my back was aching, deep into the lats, and from the tailbone through the erectors all the way up the traps...I rolled out of bed with an audible, "ugh", swung myself into a sitting position, poised to collect myself and get revved up for the day.  It was still dark as I slowly stood up against the soreness in my back,  smiling as I thought back to the last set of heavy rack pulls to finish off yesterday's back thrashing...it had been a while since we did them rack pulls...and my back was screaming in

Written by: Pete Ciccone
Created on: Thursday 14th of January 2010 07:19:23 PM

A NEW YEAR! A NEW YOU!

It's 2010, and you gotta ask yourself, "Whatcha gonna do?!"

Written by: Pete Ciccone
Created on: Sunday 3rd of January 2010 08:31:51 AM

Bodybuilding is Nation Building!! 5 reasons why our lifestyle can change the world

The Brutal Truth...

Take a good long look in mirror, and what do you see?

This is the part of bodybuilding or the physique lifestyle that takes the most courage...honest, brutally sincere self-scrutinization...

If you're a physique athlete, you're driven to be better than you were yesterday, if for no other reason than the nature of our sport means stripping down to nothing more than a tiny little skivvies to stand on-stage in front of the judges and the rest of the world, for the world to scrutinize, nit-pik and compare...

Written by: Pete Ciccone
Created on: Saturday 26th of December 2009 06:27:20 PM

Take it to the Experts - How Bodybuilding Can Save the World!

I was speaking to one of my clients the other day; she's a Registered Nurse, doing research in the field of obesity and cancer.  She told me, "Peter, did you realize that they've now directly linked cancer to obesity?"

So, of the top leading causes of death in the United States, Cardiovascular disease, Diabetes, Cancer, and Obesity, it seems that Obesity is linked to them all!

Written by: Pete Ciccone
Created on: Saturday 21st of November 2009 06:14:49 PM

A WARRIOR'S PRAYER

My younger brother is preparing for his first "official" fight.  He's a mixed martial artist, trained in the arts of kick-boxing, kempo karate and kung fu.  He's trained for the past 12 years in one of the above art forms or another, and also has a backbround in wrestling in high school.  He's only 149lbs tonight, not that beefy for a 5'7" dude, but he's wiry, quick and very strong.

Written by: Pete Ciccone
Created on: Saturday 21st of November 2009 06:02:39 PM

A Hall of Superheroes, in the 619

"If you're training hard, he might be training twice as hard...you gotta keep coming back stronger!"  Matty spoke these now-unforgettable words to his son, Louie, as he prepared for the 1975 Olympia.  The spirit of bodybuilding is still the same.  Bodybuilding is about gut check, the brutal truth of you against yourself, day in and day out... And the proof is in the performance at show time.  I guess that's why I love this crazy circus world game of ours...don't you?

Written by: Pete Ciccone
Created on: Saturday 21st of November 2009 05:43:41 PM
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