Bong Pico

Despite the shared purpose of providing a format for natural bodybuilders to compete on a level playing field, the natural organizations continue to have many differences to be resolved among …

Finding sponsors for natural bodybuilding has always been a challenge. When I founded the North American Natural Bodybuilding Association (NANBA) – now NANBF – in 1984, it was like pulling …

Just like in the Disney version of the fairy tale “Snow White” when the wicked stepmother queen looks in her magic mirror and asks ‘Magic mirror on the wall, who is …

Bodybuilders and their fans have lamented over the years that bodybuilding is not in the Olympics. That scenario is not very likely. In the first place, it’s a stretch for …

Posing. I’ve seen a lot of it over the years – good, bad, and everywhere in between. It never ceases to amaze me at the number of bodybuilders – in …

It should be no surprise to the bodybuilding community that the use of performance-enhancing drugs (PED) is on the rise. After all, we see it every day in gyms across …

The term “choice” is casually bantered around among natural bodybuilders as though the only thing that matters is that THEY choose to compete without the use of anabolic steroids or …

Press Release, November 21, 2014, Senate of the Philippines (16th Congress) Senate OKs P3 B fund for free public WiFi– Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph G. Recto The Senate version of …

From time to time I see bodybuilders posing faux pas – facial expressions, gestures, and acrobatics, in particular – that either detract from their routine or add nothing to it …

Editor’s Note: Originally published in January 2010 in Ironpinoy Magazine. All photos courtesy of World Wrestling Entertainment. When most people hear the name Batista, they think of the imposing figure …