Muscle Building Blog

Ryan Nelson, who participated at the Organization of Competitive Bodybuilders Natural Steel Championships Pro Qualifier in Carnegie and swept three of the categories at the body-building competition, is the second personal trainer at the Center for Fitness and Health at the Mon-Vale Healthplex in Rostraver to earn a professional bodybuilder title.

Cece Brown is a trainer turned body builder.  Brown didn't expect to make quite a statement that he has in body building, it was just something to keep him in shape for his job as a personal trainer. read more

The Payson High School bullies who taunted and harassed Matt Christianer a decade ago would today have second thoughts about taunting him. That’s because the once smallish and picayune boy has blossomed into a 27-year-old body builder sporting a chiseled, well-defined muscular physique that is earning him accolades and plaudits from around the country.

Nearly 30 years ago, William Ingram decided “I could be like that” after looking at body building magazines. Although some of his friends dismissed the idea, the Kinston native began lifting — without the use of steroids. “I said, ‘I...

It took years of preparation for what amounted to a few minutes on stage but local body builder and personal trainer Jeremy DiPietrantonio wouldn’t have it any other way.