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  • Amateur Tales and a Pro Sensation Returns

    Another Monday wrap-up of stories that made me smile last week. Incident at the Excalibur Sometimes it takes a photo to...

    Blog PostRuth SilvermanDecember 13, 2010
  • Change in the Wind?

    A week or so ago I gave in to a bad impulse and replied to a group e-mail discussion among some...

    Blog PostRuth SilvermanAugust 20, 2010
  • Bits and Pieces for the Fourth

    Just call these the ramblings of an editor who could use a holiday weekend… • I thought it was just me,...

    Blog PostRuth SilvermanJuly 2, 2010
  • Sass vs. Crass

    I could not sleep last night. At 4 a.m. a song I haven’t thought about in a long, long time was...

    Blog PostRuth SilvermanApril 30, 2010
  • Nationals Bouquet—Fit Flowers Murrell, Smith and Anderson Take Top Titles

    The NPC National Bodybuilding, Figure and Bikini Championships, which took place this weekend, November 20 and 21, in Hollywood, Florida, produced...

    Blog PostRuth SilvermanNovember 23, 2009
  • Figure Update—They Don't Treat Icons Like They Used to, Eh?

    Last week I got a note—and a press release—from Jenny Lynn regarding her announced retirement from competition subsequent to her landing...

    Blog PostRuth SilvermanNovember 5, 2009
  • Fitness Olympia-"Bring Me the Head of Adela Garcia."

    If the above obscure film reference isn’t what Tracey Greenwood and the rest of the gang are chanting as they head...

    Blog PostRuth SilvermanSeptember 17, 2009
  • Ms. Olympia—Will Kyle Stay in Style?

    Duh. Would You Bet Against Iris Kyle’s earning her fifth Ms. Olympia crown on September 25 at the Orleans Arena in...

    Blog PostRuth SilvermanSeptember 17, 2009
  • Figure Olympia—Not So Easy to Figure

    I’m looking at a photo of the top five finishers from the ’08 Figure Olympia, thinking about predicting the winner of...

    Blog PostRuth SilvermanSeptember 17, 2009
  • No Damper in Tampa

    Always catching up here in the IM Hollywood office. Though the Pro Bodybuilding Weekly—a.k.a. Tampa Pro—Women’s Bodybuilding Championship was the female-physique...

    Blog PostRuth SilvermanAugust 19, 2009
  • Doin' the Stride and Snap

    Time for a confession. No one would accuse me of welcoming bikini competition with open arms, but now that I’ve seen...

    Blog PostRuth SilvermanJuly 8, 2009
  • Good Show at the Cal Pro-and a Few Thoughts

    Anytime you get 29 fine-bodied women in bathing suits to lineup on a stage you’re likely to start a riot. Especially...

    Blog PostRuth SilvermanMay 29, 2009
  • Of Dobbins, Isabelle and the Pittsburgh Pro

    The July ’09 IRON MAN is on press as I tap this out, and though I finished my part yesterday, I...

    Blog PostRuth SilvermanMay 5, 2009
  • Flexin' in Florida—Again

    Fairy tales can come true; it can happen to you. That’s what Tampa Pro Bodybuilding Weekly Championships promoter Tim Gardner must...

    Blog PostRuth SilvermanApril 6, 2009
  • Kenny Kassel–A Friend Is Gone

    A dear friend passed away this week, and I, along with all in the physique world who knew Kenny Kassel—promoter, talent...

    Blog PostRuth SilvermanDecember 26, 2008