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"Holistic muscle development. You will have to do heavy and light weight, high and low reps, fast tempo and slow tempo, eccentric overloads, isometric emphasis ALL these different techniques to holistically develop the muscle. That is why Fred Hatfield was the greatest bodybuilding trainer even though he was known for his power-lifting."

Josh Bryant has been programming Ed Brown's training for years now. Ed, being a competitive bodybuilder, has benefited from Josh's programming evidenced by a strong and densely muscled physique. Josh has programmed in lifts, rep ranges and tempos to complement Ed's base level of strength and added in time under tension techniques to work around existing injuries.

Check out what you can learn here from Josh Bryant and Ed Brown on base strength and holistically developing your own physique.

(Using Prime Fitness cable station) 3 second concentric, 1 second pause, 5 second eccentric

3 x 10 reps with 1 second isometric squeeze each rep

3 reps followed by a 10 second rest for 5 minutes

Ed Brown’s Holistic Back Training with Josh Bryant

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"It's not a point to live forever, it's leaving something back that will."

 Johnnie Jackson talks about the legacy every man needs to leave behind.

When you work day in and day out, no one should strive to just get by, be average or do the bare minimum. If you don't have a desire to be the absolute best at your chosen craft then it is probably time for you to do something else.

"It has been a while since Branch and myself have trained together. We trained together in China but it was more exhibition style and not true gritty, old school training sessions. Felt great to be back."

Johnnie Jackson is revving up his workouts and energy around some big things including seminars with the ISSA, events and appearances with GASP and Mutant. Whether or not another pro bodybuilding competition is on the horizon is to be determined.

Back To Back Training In Texas

What kind of pressure do the best bodybuilders in the world feel when they prepare for the Mr. Olympia each year? Just ask 13 time Olympian Johnnie Jackson.

Johnnie Jackson explains what it takes from training and diet requirements from months out to the final week preparations in Las Vegas including taking everything necessary on the flight, eating and carbing up properly, news media and fans and making all the meeting and interview appointments.

"You can get caught up in what you're doing and note enough, and that is detrimental to your look on stage. You have to be prepared food wise and water wise."

Stay tuned for updates from Derek Lunsford, Shaun Clarida, Courage Opara and Ahmad Ahmad from for the Mr. Olympia.

Olympia Q&A With Johnnie Jackson

"I have to wake up in the morning driven for a purpose. If I have no purpose when I wake up in the morning I think that would make me crazy."

Derek Lunsford is a week out from the 2019 Mr. Olympia with the title open for grabs now that Flex Lewis had retired from the 212 division.

Being at the top of his game Derek talks work ethic, muscular overload and his mental game towards his goals every day.

Stay tuned for more from Derek Lunsford and Shaun Clarida as they go head to head for the 212 Olympia title.

Derek Lunsford – Olympia Chest Training

Shaun Clarida is 4 days out from the 2019 Mr. Olympia here.

What's diferent from last year to this year?

Shaun was able to focus 100% on the Mr. Olympia, grow into it and show up fresh and energized up. He will be a full 10lb heavier than last year. He attributes the huge progress to his consistency of his training, prioritizing what is needed for his physique and also attributes to his diet being on point in the offseason as well as pre contest.

Stay tuned as we bring you updates from Las Vegas this week!

Shaun Clarida – Days Out From Mr. Olympia

"To be the best in the world you have to set the standard."

Derek Lunsford is hitting one of his last leg workouts before the 2019 Mr. Olympia. The calories are low at this point with no backing off of intensity in the gym. This state has become a comfort zone for Derek.

"I just think that in this moment is a good feeling. Being this tired is the best feeling. I dont want to feel comfortable. I want to feel the struggle."

Stay tuned to gaspofficial.com as we catch up with Derek Lunsford in Las Vegas during Olympia weekend.

Derek Lunsford – Setting The Standard For The Olympia

"I dont do this to myself to aim for second place. I ALWAYS go for gold!"

Shaun Clarida is 2 days out from prejudging for the 2019 Mr. Olympia 212 and talks about everything he has done over the past year, from training prioritization, to detailed nutrition catering to building mass and recovery to having an entire year off to mentally and physically focus 100% on the most important contest in the history of bodybuilding.

I ran the gauntlet last year competing over and over to earn the qualification to be able to focus exclusively on the Olympia this year!

Stay tuned. We are just getting started with Olympia coverage with Shaun Clarida, Derek Lunsford, Courage Opara and Ahmad Ahmad.

Shaun Clarida – 1 Day Out

Working for the man and letting your own dreams, goals and ambitions fall by the wayside is no doubt a disservice to yourself. Derek Lunsford preaches finding what you want in life, finding what brings out the drive and the passion because that is ultimately you will be best at.

"If you dont find your real passion, that won't be fair for your life or the world."

Derek is joined here by his coach James Brown, his mother Javona Miller and videographer Drew Bland. Check out what drives Derek according to this crew here and stay tuned for more updates from Las Vegas!

In Depth with Derek Lunsford – One Day Out From The Olympia

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The 212 Olympia title is up for grabs so the expo arena is standing room only as prejudging starts and the head judge makes the first call out. It is known, at any level of bodybuilding competitions where a class has too many competitors to be compared at once, call outs are used to compare athletes instead of comparing the class as a huge group. This is why being in the first call out usually determines a top placing. Here at the 2019 Mr. Olympia 212 Derek Lunsford, Shaun Clarida, Hidetada Yamagishi, Ahmad Ashkanani and Sami Al Haddad and Kamal Elgargni were in the first callout.

The clear top 3 after this round are Shaun Clarida, Derek Lunsford and Kamal Elgargni as they were told to leave the stage and the rest were kept on for a second call out with other 212 pros.

First Callout in 212

Courage Opara made his Olympia debut and cracked the top 10 earring him a top tier ranking in the world as a classic physique pro. This year he is viewing the Olympia as "a business trip" to improve on not only last year's placing but last year's physique as well.

Here is an in depth Q&A with Courage Check it out as he answers the following:

Courage Opara - Classic Physique Olympia Q&A

"Who is to say you CAN'T? Go out and shoot for it. Do it. Be it!

No man has a right to tell another man he can't do something. If you have the work ethic, self belief and relentless drive you can f***ing do it."

Shaun Clarida setting himself way ahead of the best in the world and stirring up Olympia weekend living up to his nickname the Giant Killer!

Shaun Clarida – The Sky Is The Limit, 2019 Mr. Olympia

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 visited the GASP homebase in Dallas while being in town with his heavy metal band Kataklysm for a gig at Gas Monkey Live.

Just like Branch Warren and Johnnie Jackson, Oli tours the world to be on the big stages and in front of many thousands of people. They are all hardcore and 

We made sure that Oli signed the wall at ...destination and CEO Michael Johansson gave him a tour of both the current facility and the new one being under construction. He also got a chance to shake hands with Johnnie Jackson.