A Reader's Countdown to Competition: 12 Weeks Out


Updated 03/11/10 1:10 PM · Posted by · 3 comments

Training For NPC Figure Competitions

Check out the latest progress report from Figure Princess, who is training for several National Physique Committee figure competitions. You can read about her entire journey on the OnSugar blog Live. Laugh. Love. Lift. OK, this last Saturday was the 12 week mark. I was really happy with my progress pictures this week and can see my glutes and hamstrings starting to catch up. Like many women, Read more

Iraqi Rebuilding — Starting With the Rock Hard Bodies


Updated 08/12/08 8:47 PM · Posted by CitizenSugar · 7 comments

Bodybuilding in Iraq

Moving around a lot, the gym has always been my center — my home sweat home. In conflicted Iraq finding a place to work out can be a challenge and safety is an issue. That hasn't stopped these Iraqi bodybuilders in Sadr City preparing for a muscleman competition at the end of this week. The workout scene in Iraq is decidedly different from the 24-hour Fitness you may be used to — according Read more

4 Tribeca Docs With Sex Appeal


Updated 04/26/12 2:05 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Tribeca Documentaries

This week is the Tribeca Film Festival in NYC, and while there are plenty of indie rom-coms to catch our eye, it's the documentaries we're really dying to see. One film contrasts the women of the Miss India beauty pageant with the girls of a fundamentalist Hindu camp, another looks at our culture's obsession with beauty, and there's even one on the manscaping trend (with Jason Bateman and Will Read more

5 Muscle Myths You Should Stop Believing


Updated 04/28/12 6:53 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

The Biggest Strength-Training Myths

Muscle building is an important component of any exercise routine, but are you strength training the right way? Here are five common myths about muscles, and why they aren't true. Heavy weights make you bulk up: It's a common belief: lifting heavy weights will have you looking more bodybuilder than long and lean. But in reality, your muscles won't get Ms. Olympia-sized from lifting a 20-pound Read more

Shirtless Mark Wahlberg Makes a Poolside Splash With His Family


Updated 04/12/12 12:07 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

Shirtless Mark Wahlberg at Miami Pool Pictures With Family

It was a fun afternoon at a hotel pool in Miami for Mark Wahlberg and his family yesterday. He took a break from filming nearby to hang with his wife, Rhea Durham, and four kids. Ella, Michael, Brendan, and Grace put on their swimsuits to splash in the water and play with their parents. The whole crew was back in the sun after also soaking up rays on the beach on Easter Sunday. Mark went swimming Read more

Shirtless Mark Wahlberg Spends Easter With Family and Bikini-Clad Rhea Durham


Updated 04/09/12 1:32 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

Shirtless Mark Wahlberg and Rhea Durham Bikini Pictures

Shirtless Mark Wahlberg spent Easter Sunday in Miami hanging out on the beach with kids, Ella, Brendan, Michael, and Grace, and his wife Rhea Durham. The family split the day lounging under a red umbrella and joking around in the Atlantic waves. Rhea modeled a polka-dot bikini for her dip in the water, and got a sweet kiss from Mark. Mark's been in South Florida for the past two weeks filming Read more

Mark Wahlberg Shows Off His Amazing Muscles Shirtless


Updated 04/08/12 6:45 PM · Posted by · 4 comments

Mark Wahlberg Shirtless Pictures in Miami

Mark Wahlberg soaked up the sun from the balcony of his Miami hotel room yesterday. It looks like Mark's gotten into top shape to work on his latest project Pain and Gain. While shirtless, Mark Wahlberg showed off some big muscles in just a pair of salmon shorts on set Friday. Mark's portraying a bodybuilder in the film, which is directed by Transformers' Michael Bay. Dwayne Johnson plays another Read more

Shirtless Mark Wahlberg Shows Off His Bulging Muscles


Updated 04/02/12 9:12 AM · Posted by · 4 comments

Shirtless Mark Wahlberg in Miami Pictures

Mark Wahlberg stripped down to a red pair of shorts and soccer sandals today on the Miami set of his latest project, Pain and Gain. He's teaming up with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson in a story about a group of bodybuilders who get mixed up in a kidnapping that goes wrong. Mark looks like he's been working out to get ready for the role, and his partner in crime, The Rock, has likely been hitting the Read more

From the Community: Everything You Need to Know About CrossFit


Updated 03/28/12 1:25 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

What Is CrossFit?

FitSugar reader meetcasey interviewed CrossFit expert Robert Sax, owner of the CrossFit Amped Gym, and posted the Q&A in our Get Fit For 2012 community group. Check out what Robert had to say about this rising fitness trend! Meet the Expert: Robert Sax Can you begin by telling us a little about yourself? I am 27 years old and a Capricorn (yes, that’s the goat). I’m originally from Read more

Bernhard Willhelm Does Some Serious Gender Bending


Updated 03/02/12 12:25 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Bernhard Willhelm's Makeup For Fall 2012 Paris Fashion Week

Designer Bernhard Willhelm made his Paris Fashion Week show extremely memorable with models who gave the phrase "dude looks like a lady" a whole new meaning. On one side, models had demure, pulled-back hair and typically feminine makeup. But on the other, they looked more like Captain Jack Sparrow. Other models had half-mime, half-cartoon, or half-checkerboard faces as well. It was all very Read more