The newest Oxygen magazine is hitting stores on Febuary 9th and if features on of the brightest stars of the IFBB Pro Figure Division. Could you spot who it was by her hardbody? She has a sic set of abs as you can see from the cover image. She’s competing in the upcoming Figure International…

It looks like there are a few more IFBB pros on the inside of the newest issue as well. Check out a preview of the new issue.

If you guessed Alicia Harris you know your hardbody women. Congrats to “Smiley” for making the cover.

If you’re an IFBB Pro in Canada, you’re kind of a big deal. If you’re on the cover of Inside Fitness’ Annual Hot & Fit 100, you’re doing something right. The Canadian Cutie Leigh Brandt is not only an IFBB Pro but she’s also the newest cover girl for 3rd annual issue. She’s rock’n a white bikini and a hard body on the Feb/Mar 2012 issue.

When asked about the cover, Publisher Terry Frendo shared, “It’s truly an honour to have Canada’s first IFBB Bikini Pro Leigh Brandt grace the cover of our latest issue, she is our #1 selection for the 3rd annual Hot and Fit 100!”

Congrats Leigh!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
OAKVILLE, Ontario (January 10th, 2012) - Inside Fitness, Canada’s #1 Fitness Magazine, is proud to announce the release of their third annual Hot & Fit 100 issue, which, at more than 275 pages, is the biggest issue in the magazine’s history! The special collector’s issue features more than 40 exclusive pages of Canada’s hottest, fittest and sexiest fitness models, including the gorgeous Leigh Brandt, Canada’s first IFBB bikini pro, who was selected as the 2011 Hot & Fit 100 winner, amongst a bank of hundreds of submissions.

In addition to the official release of the complete Hot & Fit 100 list for 2011, this issue of Inside Fitness is also jam packed with motivating health, fitness, wellness, bodybuilding and strength & conditioning editorial content to help readers start the new year off on the right foot. Leading the editorial charge is a feature on the top 10 food sensitivities, a debate centered article that pits a raw vegan against a meat eater in a battle for nutritional and health supremacy, a how-to on taking control of your life as a means to reverse the aging process, commentary on firing up your metabolism, and a feature that examines the role gluten plays in your diet. Also part of the editorial line-up for this Winter super-issue of Inside Fitness is an excellent block of exercise and training content, including a feature on triceps training, a step by step instructional guide on how to execute the split squat, the merits of periodization training examined, a specific biceps building Q&A and a feature on advanced training tactics for athletes.

At more than 275 pages, the February/March 2012 issue of Inside Fitness is the biggest issue in the magazine’s history, and also comes complete with its regular line-up of Health, Food, Exercise, Strength, Science and Sex Notes, a Sports Nutrition Insider column that reveals the latest on some of the industry’s hottest ingredients, a Muscle Food section that highlights delicious and nutritious physique-friendly recipes, a protein bar profile that spotlights no less than 19 popular bars, and a brand new Inside Transformations section, that details 5 amazing physique transformations. This, plus a 7-day diet feature and the magazine’s usual line-up of the best of the best inside experts in the industry dealing up the training, diet and supplementation advice you need to get in the best shape of your life in 2012 makes this issue a must read!

The February/March 2012 issue of Inside Fitness Magazine will be on sale January 16, 2011 at all major newsstands across Canada, including Shoppers Drug Mart, Sobey’s, Walmart, Chapters/Indigo, Mac’s, and many more retailers from coast to coast, including all of the country’s major airports; perfect for Winter snowbirds. In the United States, this issue will be available at all major bookstores, including Barnes & Noble, Borders, Books-A-Million and Hastings. Worldwide newsstand circulation includes Australia, England, Italy, Germany, Austria, Brazil and Sweden to name just a few.

About Inside Fitness Magazine
Inside Fitness (www.insidefitnessmag.com) is Canada’s #1 fitness magazine and is published by IFM Media Inc.; one of Canada’s fastest growing publishing companies. The magazine caters to readers all over the world, and is a collaboration of some of the brightest and most knowledgeable fitness, health, injury prevention and bodybuilding experts in the industry; including the likes of Dr. Jose Antonio, Dr. John Berardi, Dr. Carla Cupido, Slice TV’s Tommy Europe, Frank Sepe, Nancy Ripton, Rehan Jalali, and many more! You can subscribe to Inside Fitness Magazine at www.insidefitnessmag.com, and also follow the magazine on Facebook (www.facebook.com/insidefitness, Twitter at @Inside_Fitness) and on the magazine’s dedicated YouTube channel.

Congrats to Florida HARDBODY, Erin Stern on her second Oxygen cover. Erin is rock’n a hard body and sic abs on the February cover of the popular fitness magazine.

See a preview of the magazine that hits store shelves on January 17th. You can see Erin compete for the Figure International title in Columbus, Ohio on March 2, 2012. See what’s up with the E-Train on her facebook page and Youtube channel.

Congrats and Erin says, “Train hard y’All!”

Jaime Baird is wicked smart, as she’s proved in her successful branding and marketing career. Add a hard body to those brains and you’ve got yourself a winner. “Winning” would describe Jaime’s year to a tee and to cap off a great year, she landed her first magazine cover. It’s not often you see a woman on the cover of a bodybuilding related magazine and especially not solo. Jaime managed to do both as she appears in IRONMAN magazine’s February 2012 issue. Props to Jaime for the cover and the crew at IRONMAN for the solid work.

Jaime is joined by fellow IFBB Pro Oksana Grishina in the 19 page swimsuit spectacular. Also featured in issue;  Jessica Ryan Jordan, Courtney Prather, Aspen Brandy Lea and Heather Clay. The issues shows the women in a variety of settings and swimsuits from Sexy Swimwear and Wicked Temptations. The suits are all pretty sweet and look good on the hard body women. The issue should be arriving in subscriber’s mailboxes this week and hitting store shelves around the first of the year. Until then here’s a peek at the cover and an inside image of Jaime Baird.

Jaime on the cover of the IRONMAN swimsuit issue.

A sneak peek at an inside image from the issue.

Stop by Jaime’s facebook page and tell her how you saw her on HARDBODY or tweet @JaimeBaird her and tell her congrats, be sure to include #hardbody with your tweet.

Last weekend the IFBB figure women competed on both sides of the USA. The California Pro took place in Culver City while the New York Pro went down in the Big Apple. Cheryl Brown was victorious in New York while Felicia Romero took home gold in Cali. Now the two winners square off in a Muscle & Fitness Hers feature and a possible cover.

You, the fans, get to decide the article you want to see featured and who is in it. Visit the Muscle & Fitness HERS page and cast your vote for not only who you want to see featured but what they will showcase. It could be Brown’s Booty or maybe it’s Felicia’s arms. Hurry the contest will end soon, so be sure to make your opinion heard!

Click here to visit the HERS Facebook page!

IFBB Bikini Pro Amanda Latona continues to heat things up on the newstands. Hitting shelves and mailboxes now is Amanda’s latest cover, her second this month! The May/June 2011 issue of Muscle & Fitness HERS features the stunning bikini pro and inside you’ll find a number of other hardbody women. Amanda is also featured on the current issue of FLEX magazine.

Check out Cindy aka the Sports Stylist’s kick ass shoe review in this issue and don’t forget the HARDBODY “Twist & Turns” in every issue.

Join the M&F HERS facebook page to stay updated on all the latest news and info with the magazine.

IFBB Bikini Pro, Amanda Latona has been a stand out in the bikini division since turning pro at the NPC USAs. She’s been in the winner’s circle more than once but she brings more to the industry than a hot bikini body. Her striking good looks combined with her fun personality and never quit attitude propel her to greater heights.

Today Amanda celebrates her birthday but she received a gift a little early when she saw the newest FLEX Magazine cover. Amanda found out that she made the cover of the latest FLEX magazine, something only a few women have done. Usually, the women will appear in a small photo in the upper right hand corner but not this time. Latona is featured front and center. Pick up the issue to see more hardbody women from the NPC and IFBB.

Happy Birthday Amanda! This won’t be her last cover, you can bet on that.

This is a sweet opportunity for all IFBB Figure Pros. The New York Pro Figure has moved to May 28, 2011 and will be held in conjunction with the New York Pro Men’s Bodybuilding show. In previous years, the IFBB NY Pro Figure had been held during the Team Universe weekend. The show happens to fall on the same weekend as the California Pro Figure. What does this mean for competitors? A showdown of the winners from each contest to decides who will be on an upcoming issue of Muscle & Fitness HERS.

Considering how much the sport of figure has grown in recent years, it was only a matter of time before one coast wasn’t big enough for the IFBB Pro League. That’s why, on May 28, IFBB Pro League will feature the first-ever “East vs West Figure Showdown” by holding two contests simultaneously on separate coasts, where the overall winners will compete in an online vote for an upcoming cover of Muscle & Fitness Hers.

“It shows the strength of the figure division,” said IFBB Pro League President Jim Manion. “The sport has been growing in the NPC and IFBB Pro League for years, so this was a natural progression. I think it’s great that Muscle & Fitness Hers is doing this, it’s going to hype both contests even more. May the best woman win.”

In one corner is the California State Pro Figure Championships; in the other, the New York Pro Figure Championships. Whoever comes out on top in each of those contests will be featured in a first-ever online vote, presented by Muscle & Fitness Hers, where fans will be able to vote in a pose-by-pose showdown for the East Versus West Figure Showdown winner. Whoever wins will be flown out to Los Angeles for a photo shoot and cover try with Muscle & Fitness Hers magazine!

“The California Pro has always kicked off the season on the west coast, so to be able to bring more fanfare to the contest is always a good thing,” California Pro Figure Promoter John Lindsay said. “Obviously the growth of figure and the number of women competing today made an event like this possible, and I’m very happy to have the California Pro be a part of this.”

The New York Pro Figure Championships were traditionally held on the same night as the NPC Team Universe, which will take place on July 8-9 this year. The even was moved to May to coincide with the New York Pro Men’s Bodybuilding Championships, one of the most prestigious events on the IFBB Pro League schedule. “The New York Pro was the first pro figure show on the East Coast, so I’m very proud to be a part of this,” New York Pro Figure promoter Steve Weinberger said. “There are great figure girls all over the country and I’m proud my show is representing the East Coast. We will put on a great show.”

Tune in to all of the action at the California State Pro Figure Championships and the New York Pro Figure Championships on May 28, then vote for your favorite on Monday, May 31 on Muscle & Fitness Hers!

WHAT: California State Pro Figure Championships
WHEN: Saturday, May 28, 2011
WHERE: Culver City, CA
FOR MORE INFO: GO HERE

WHAT: New York Pro Figure Championships
WHEN: Saturday, May 28, 2011
WHERE: Tribecca Performing Arts Center, New York, NY
FOR MORE INFO: GO HERE

- props: muscleandfitnesshers.com

 

Hardbody will be on hand covering both shows. Ron Avidan will be in California while I’ll (Isaac) will be in New York.

Congratulations to IFBB Bikini Pro, Justine Munro for landing the newest cover of Muscle & Fitness HERS magazine. Justine will be competing at the inaugural Bikini International next month in Columbus, Ohio.

The blonde, Canadian Cutie is definitely one to watch and has a solid chance of landing in the top six. She was 2nd in her Pro debut at the Ft. Lauderdale Cup and has the potential to hang with the best.

The new issue will be in stores the end of this month, just in time for the Arnold Sports Festival. Check out my “Twists & Turns” column and get some insight into the Arnold events.

Congrats Justine. Read more about Justine’s road to the Arnold in her HARDBODY.com Guest Blog.

March/April 2011 issue of Muscle & Fitness HERS.
IFBB Bikini Pro Justine Munro on the cover.

If you are a fan of the Muscle & Fitness Hers facebook group, you’ve already seen this. If you’re not “like” the group so you can info before everyone else around the magazine. The newest issue will be hitting stands soon and it features hard body Jessica Paxson-Putnam.

This isn’t Jessica’s first cover. Can anyone guess how many covers the IFBB Bikini Pro has been on in her career?

As always you can see HARDBODY.com’s column “Twist & Turns” in the issue. A subscription to the magazine would make a good holiday gift whether for yourself or for the fitness fanatic in your life.

I’m not sure what to make of the newest Men’s Fitness cover. The issue features MTV’s Jersey Shore’s Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino on the cover. One call out says, “How to drink, party and get abs like these!” Now that’s funny considering he has a pretty lame set of abs to begin with. Another call out on the cover says “Don’t Hate! Your girl wants his body, too!” HAHAHA! Comedy at it’s finest.

On one hand you could say well the guy might encourage people to work out after seeing him on the cover but does partying and drinking really lead to great abs? Not so much. I give the guy props for making the most of his reality show shtick but to grace the cover of a fitness magazine… That’s a bit much. I’m not hating, I’m laughing.

Overall NPC USA Figure Champion, Courtney West is the newest Muscle & Fitness HERs cover girl. A few subscribers have started seeing the November/Decemeber 2010 issue arrive in their mailboxes. The issue doesn’t officially hit news stands until the end of the month.

The new issue is loaded with workout tips, recipes, contest coverage and more. As always, check out the Hardbody.com “TWIST & TURNS” section for industry insight and news from yours truly.

Cover Girl, Courtney will be making her IFBB Pro debut next weekend at the Houston Pro Figure. Congratulations Courtney! Check out some of the interviews Courtney did with us at the NPC JR. USAs.

An added bonus in this issue is the first HARDBODY.com full page ad. We’ll be holding a contest for those of you who spot the ad and take your picture with it. Stay tuned for more details.

IFBB Bikini Pro, Sonia Gonzales is looking pretty in pink on the newest Muscle & Fitness Hers cover. The September/October 2010 issue hit newsstands this week and this is one you’ll want to purchase. I flipped through the magazine at the grocery store last night and it’s loaded with great information. I really like the direction the magazine has gone this year. Check it out and I’m certain you’ll agree that it’s become the best magazine for women who are serious about fitness.

Sonia Gonzales rock’n the hardbody.

Sonia will be competing in the Tournament of Champions in a couple weeks and will follow it up with an appearance at the 2010 Bikini Olympia.