The Big Inside

TBI-036 Powerlifting with The MoonCat and Dave Jergens

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:00:07 -0400

Everyone’s got their hand on the bosom. WE MEAN THE BUTTON. XN is tongue tied for some reason. But he has a very cool new hat.
Meanwhile Chris Villani in the booth is no longer alabaster, but a bright pink. He also ate WAY too much ice cream.
Two weeks stale, we jump into the Loose News . . .
The Loose News! With a loose treatment of physique information  like it was current events, and current events like it was physique information,  these are the physique stories inside today’s big stories  for the week ending July 21, 2008.
CHAPTER TWO OF THE ARROYO DEBAUCLE! Albert Arroyo, the firefighter on disability who became a pro natural bodybuilder, is ordered back to work by the Boston Fire Commission. Think we went back? Nope.
Eat lobster today, and get sick tomalley! No you eat the lobster liver! if it’s green and gooey, stay away . . .
The John Cena report. Nothing..
SOY NEWS! Meat eaters get a break as we discover excess soy can lead to . . . wait for it . . . DEMENTIA! Especially if you’re from Indonesia.
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Our Big Mouth of the Week is a guy named Christian, which automatically makes him cool. And he’s from Alaska, which makes him DOUBLE cool!
Then we get into an argument about Gerard Butler’s abs in 300.
NEXT up, THE BIG DEAL:  Professional powerlifter dave jergens, a/k/a the mooncat.
Dave is 26 and has been powerlifting for nigh on five years. He competes nationally, and is darn diesel.

Dave is seriously one of our most fun guests. A veritable repository on all information related to powerlifting form, culture and history. He also pulls 672 pounds off the floor. (But not actually during the show.)
Dave sets us square on the powerlifting thing. And also on how nerds really are the best powerlifters. He has also competed in Highland Games, which makes him qualified to be a drunken farmer.
LOUD NOISES!!!
THE BIG OUTSIDE:  OUR COMPETITIVE PHYSIQUE SPORTS ROUND UP!
FROM THE WORLD OF POWERLIFTING:
Dave gets us heads ups on how there are no real meets in New England this month. And Big Inside regular Scott Bottorff calls in ,throws down the gauntlet and is going to step up and do some powerlifting.
UPCOMING LOCAL COMPETITIVE PHYSIQUE SPORTS:
BLNPA RHODE ISLAND Bodybuilding & Figure Contest
2008 events are posted at their website.
Wheelchair Bodybuilding
2008 events are posted at their website,
INBF

2008 events are posted at their website.
OCB
2008 events are posted at their website.
NGA
2008 events are posted at their website.
NPC
2008 events are posted at their website.
MuscleMania Fitness Atlantic
Nothing until 2009; follow details and watch videos at their website.
BELLY UP!
Oprah loves ‘em. XN thinks their crap. They;re called the Flt Flops and they claim to help you build muscle. Could a Belly Up award BE more obvious? Kick them shoes to the curb . . .

TBI-035 Women's football training with Allison Cahill

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:00:44 -0400

MIKE McKAY IS BACK ON THE SHOW! A guest spot on the show! Mike is looking diesel and svelt. XN is still the small guy.
It is hot as a malfunctioning toaster oven in the studio.
Two weeks stale, we jump into the Loose News . . .
The Loose News! With a loose treatment of physique information  like it was current events, and current events like it was physique information,  these are the physique stories inside today’s big stories  for the week ending July 14, 2008.
Fast food chains in New York now have to post the calorie counts on their menu boards. Great. And just when it was hard enough to choose what you want . . . we also have a link tot he actual law here.
CHAPTER ONE OF THE ARROYO DEBAUCLE! Finally a crossover from real life into bodybuilding. Firefighter Arroyo is on disability . . . and ALSO a pro natural bodybuilder. Can you have it both ways? We turn the heat on . . .

The John Cena report. TWO WEEKS AND NO TALENT.
MEEF NEWS! The baddies from the biggest beef recall in U.S. history start pointing fingers at . . . the OTHER baddies! Retailers get the finger.
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Trevor from Pittsburgh who RULES THE WORLD!
NEXT up, THE BIG DEAL:  QUARTERBACK OF THE BOSTON MILITIA ALLISON CAHILL! HARD HITTING WOMEN OF FOOTBALL!
In a twist of irony Mike McKay in the booth has, in the past, been the announcer at Boston Militia games. The Boston Militia is the OTHER kick-ass football team from New England.
Alison has been playing on the women’s league for 5 years. She has always been an athlete and is basically one of the toughest 130 pound women you will ever meet.
Allison lets us know what it takes to transform a women into a hard-hitting football machine. Some stereotypes are true, of course, but she reveals that many are not.
Alison is WAY cool and WAY chill. Even Kevin Quinn is smitten.
THE BIG OUTSIDE:  OUR COMPETITIVE PHYSIQUE SPORTS ROUND UP!
FROM THE WORLD OF PHYSIQUE SPORTS:
NPC TEAM NEW ENGLAND in Derry NH
Kevin Quinn brings us the report from the contest
UPCOMING LOCAL COMPETITIVE PHYSIQUE SPORTS:
BLNPA RHODE ISLAND Bodybuilding & Figure Contest
Saturday June 28. Get details at their website.
Wheelchair Bodybuilding
2008 events are posted at their website, www.wheelchair-bodybuilding.com!
INBF

2008 events are posted at their website.
OCB
2008 events are posted at their website.
NGA
2008 events are posted at their website.
NPC
2008 events are posted at their website.
MuscleMania Fitness Atlantic
Nothing until 2009; follow details and watch videos at their website.
BELLY UP!
A Red Sox fan goes belly up. And goes ape sh*t on a Yankee fan.

TBI-NEWS-002 A WEEK OFF FOR XN!

Mon, 7 Jul 2008 00:35:00 -0400

XN takes a short hiatus . . .

No The Big Inside this week. (Hey! EVERYONE needs a vacation SOMETIMES, right?!)

TBI-034 Male cheerleading and Oedipus with Ethan Matyi

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:00:39 -0400

The show is on time because XN’s BROTHER drove. If ONE Matyi boy is scary, this show has TWO!
IT’S INDEPENDENCE DAY! (Big big deal.)
Chris Villani is still dreaming of our previous show guest Jenny Barry.
With TONS to do, we jump into the Loose News . . .
The Loose News! With a loose treatment of physique information  like it was current events, and current events like it was physique information,  these are the physique stories inside today’s big stories  for the week ending June 30, 2008.
Presidential Candidate Barack Obama gets kicked out of a Washington D.C. gym. Not because he was making too much noise while lifting . . . but just because no one recognized him! Nice job, Tekia.
XN reveals his school colors were plaid. Why? Because presidential Candidate John McCain was seen at XN’s alma mater Carnegie Mellon University. Ethan ate a McCain potato chip, thus making him related to McCain.
12-year old’s with pecs! A surreal story on kids pumping iron. Where is it? Wait for it . . . yup, you guessed it: FLORIDA.
The John Cena report. Sorry -- still NO TALENT.
iPod is now in cahoots with Nike AND 24-hour fitness. Let the monopoly dollars roll!
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XN thinks his fans are the BEST! (AND YOU ARE!)
Our Big Mouth of the Week is a guy named Donato. As I that alone wouldn’t nominate him for Big Mouth of the Week, the guy is ALSO a soldier IN IRAQ, and listens to us there! WAY COOL! Donato asks about whatever happened to Mike Aubert.
Our next big mouth is Matt from Cambridge, MA, who writes a love letter to Jenny Barry.
Next we have our old buddy Scott from new York. He has drunk the Kool-Aid and joined the Cult of CrossFit. The dude is deadlifting 375lbs! And he is one of the only TBI listeners who caught my little Brenda Dickson reference a few shows back.
NEXT up, THE BIG DEAL:  MALE CHEERLEADER ETHAN MATYI -- yes, that’s right -- HE’S my BROTHER!!!
The last time we scheduled Ethan to be on the air he blatantly blew us off. Well, he’s BACK!
Ethan is here to learn us on whether or not male cheerleaders are or are not really athletes. Are they all pansies? We look at how.
During the interview we get a call from our MOM. (Could have seen THAT coming!)
Ethan cheered at William & Mary for two years, then went on to coach high school cheerleading for nearly a decade. He has a ton of experience coaching young people, which he does to this day in many sports. But in the end, we know him as a cheerleader.
he breaks the stereotypes and learns us on the ins, outs and -- believe it or not -- the dangers of cheerleading for guys!
THE BIG OUTSIDE:  OUR COMPETITIVE PHYSIQUE SPORTS ROUND UP!
FROM THE WORLD OF PHYSIQUE SPORTS:
THE BLNPA RHODE ISLAND in Warwick, RI
XN COMPETED! Sparse details, but he mentions himself anyway.
Half the contest shows up on the show!
We are joined by Ahmad Badr, an athlete XN coached. Ahmad was on a 6 man bodybuilding team, named Team Epic. Ahmad came in third in the heavyweights. (Yes, XN came in first.) Ahmad gives props to his teammate Marc Bristol.

UPCOMING LOCAL COMPETITIVE PHYSIQUE SPORTS:
BLNPA RHODE ISLAND Bodybuilding & Figure Contest
Saturday June 28. Get details at their website.
Wheelchair Bodybuilding
2008 events are posted at their website, www.wheelchair-bodybuilding.com!
INBF

2008 events are posted at their website.
OCB
2008 events are posted at their website.
NGA
2008 events are posted at their website.
NPC
2008 events are posted at their website.
MuscleMania Fitness Atlantic
Nothing until 2009; follow details and watch videos at their website.
BELLY UP!
This week we recognize the ULTIMATE controlling mother, THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND!

TBI-033 Salmonella, flat tires and American Gladiator Jenny Barry

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:00:44 -0400

XN gets not one, but TWO flat tires. He has GOT to unload that jalopy of his soon . . .
Chris Villani nearly decides to not produce the show, but then re-engages.
With that, we giddily jump into the Loose News the Loose News . . .
The Loose News! With a loose treatment of physique information  like it was current events, and current events like it was physique information,  these are the physique stories inside today’s big stories  for the week ending June 23, 2008.
TOMATOES ARE OUR FRIENDS! In spite of the recent salmonella-in-tomatoes scares, we find that tomatoes are not the culprit to the recent salmonella attacks -- it’s them dirty HUMANS putting poop on our food! Farms and shipping routes are more at issue than the cute little fruit.
GO USA! THE UNITED STATES IS THE GLOBAL LEADER IN SALMONELLA CASES-PER-POPULATION-SAMPLE! Take THAT China! We Americans are WAY dirtier than you!
LOOK AT A BIKINI AND SPEND MORE MONEY! XN finds an obvious story about how men really do think with their little heads!
The John Cena report. Sorry -- still NO TALENT.
Yoga for U.S.-Mexico border peace!
NEXT up, THE BIG DEAL:  AMERICAN GLADIATOR, FITNESS COMPETITOR AND ALL AROUND COOL CHICK JENNY BARRY COMES AND KICKS OUR BUTT!
She was going to be known as “Blast”, but is now her own brand of gladiator. Jenny Barry has the body the strength and the abilities people crave -- whether guys or girls.
Currently, Jenny Barry is kicking your butt in her Jenny Barry Boot Camp, which she runs out of the legendary Boston destination-gym, Revolution Fitness. She has been competing in figure, fitness and bodybuilding for the past few years, and is constantly on the go.
Jenny talks to us about the “reality” of having your physique excellence be your career, and also sounds off on the social state of things.
Meanwhile, all the guys in the 1510 The Zone studios were pressed against the glass. Classless radio at it’s finest moment!
THE BIG OUTSIDE:  OUR COMPETITIVE PHYSIQUE SPORTS ROUND UP!
IN THE WORLD OF STRENGTH AND POWER PHYSIQUE SPORTS:
THE CROSSFIT GAMES in Aromas CA
They’re coming . . .
IN THE WORLD OF LOCAL COMPETITIVE PHYSIQUE SPORTS:
THE OCB JUDGEMENT DAY
This past Saturday at Cape Cod Community College in Brewster, MA was a small but impressive contest. Congrats to friend-of-the-show, pro bodybuilder James Carron for yet another amazing win. More details at the OCB website.
UPCOMING LOCAL COMPETITIVE PHYSIQUE SPORTS:
BLNPA RHODE ISLAND Bodybuilding & Figure Contest
Saturday June 28. Get details at their website.
Wheelchair Bodybuilding
Our buddy Nick Scott just gave us the heads up on the Annual Wheelchair Nationals. They’ll be held in West Palm Beach, FL this year, and he will keep developing details updated at his website, www.wheelchair-bodybuilding!
INBF

2008 events are posted at their website.
OCB
2008 events are posted at their website.
NGA
2008 events are posted at their website.
NPC
2008 events are posted at their website.
MuscleMania Fitness Atlantic
Nothing until 2009; follow details and watch videos at their website.
BELLY UP!
TOMATOES ARE NOT THE DEVIL! This week’s Belly Up award goes to all those news outlets who scare America into eating crap.

TBI-032 No one's in shape except John Gilson from Crossfit

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:00:23 -0400

It’s fitness matchmaking! Yes, XN busts on tech producer Chris Villani for developing a crush on last weeks’ guest, Sarah Stockwell.
Today XN just exaggerates every single statement today. It’s the hyperbole episode.
Meanwhile, XN explains how his slip was based on reading an email, and not being rude.
Our guest John Gilson adds his snarky takes on the Loose News . . .
The Loose News! With a loose treatment of physique information  like it was current events, and current events like it was physique information,  these are the physique stories inside today’s big stories  for the week ending June 16, 2008.
Bodybuilding is back . . . IN THE MIDDLE EAST?! Talk about biceps like weapons of mass destruction . . . disturbing, yet cool, yet disturbing.
Kids with pimples are less likely to play sports . . . at least according to a bunch of kids with acne.
Congressional Dietary Supplement Caucuses held! Something stinks of lobbyists around here. (Points for not giggling at the mention of the word “caucus.”)
The John Cena report. Sorry -- still NO TALENT.
From the dieting department: MINDLESS EATING . . . woops, I ate fifteen bags of Doritos. By accident. Get a smaller plate.
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Our Big Mouth of the Week is a guy named Bob from Quincy, who actually caught the fact that the podcasts have lapsed! YIKES! NOT GOOD. Thanks for getting our back, Bob.
NEXT up, THE BIG DEAL:  the snarky, strong John Gilson from crossfit, Boston is here to tell us all why we are out of shape.
John manages to (once again) press the patience of the FCC by dropping an s-bomb. Otherwise, he gives us a lively interview to tell us what CrossFit is all about.
A few weeks back we posed a LOT of doubt in the CrossFit brand. We love the workouts, but were uncertain about the cult aspect.
Jon Gilson is a Crossfit Certified Instructor, a USA Track and Field Coach I, and a USA Weightlifting Club Coach. He serves as an Instructor at Crossfit Boston, teaching classes and one-on-one sessions with a focus on proper mechanics and escalating intensity. Jon also serves as the General Manager, overseeing day-to-day operations at the Facility. Jon is the Owner and Editor-in-Chief of AgainFaster.com, an online organization dedicated to training philosophy and progression. Again Faster publishes articles on Crossfit-related topics, offering motivation and knowledge to its readers.
John fills us in on his take on the arketing-versus-quality burden that is placed upon the CrossFit plan. Meanwhile, he needs to wash his mouth out with soap.
THE BIG OUTSIDE:  OUR COMPETITIVE PHYSIQUE SPORTS ROUND UP!
IN THE WORLD OF STRENGTH AND POWER PHYSIQUE SPORTS:
THE NORTHEAST BEAST in Princeton New Jersey
Thanks to our Strongman field reporter Big Mike Ambrose for the update -- Congrats Mike for coming in second!!!

THE CROSSFIT GAMES in Aromas CA
John Gilson tells us about the annual “cult happening”.
Wheelchair Bodybuilding
Our buddy Nick Scott just gave us the heads up on the Annual Wheelchair Nationals. They’ll be held in West Palm Beach, FL this year, and he will keep developing details updated at his website, www.wheelchair-bodybuilding!
IN THE WORLD OF LOCAL COMPETITIVE PHYSIQUE SPORTS:
Not much to report, except the usual new schedule announcements:
INBF

2008 events are posted at their website.
OCB
2008 events are posted at their website.
BLNPA
2008 events are posted at their website.
NGA
2008 events are posted at their website.
NPC
2008 events are posted at their website.
MuscleMania Fitness Atlantic
Nothing until 2009; follow details and watch videos at their website.
BELLY UP!
So, we bust on something Red Sox, it only makes sense that we also bust on something Yankees . . .
Anyone who talks about Jason Giambi’s bum crack goes belly up.

TBI-031 FCC Regulations and nutritionist Sarah Stockwell

Mon, 9 Jun 2008 17:00:54 -0400

This is the most disturbing episode yet. Period. XN gets a parking boot on his car and has to improvise a route to the studio. Thanks Boston Transportation Department.
Tech producer Chris Villani is very talkie today . . . and develops a small crush . . . only you can answer if it shows on the air. He thinks we’re winning a Peabody Award.
With the guest WALKING IN THE DOOR ON THE AIR, we cut to the chase and get into the Loose News . . .
The Loose News! With a loose treatment of physique information  like it was current events, and current events like it was physique information,  these are the physique stories inside today’s big stories  for the week ending June 9, 2008.
“Bigger, Stronger, Faster: The Side-Effects Of being An American.” A Big Inside movie review! It’s like Michael Moore on steroids! No wait -- the appropriate term is “performance enhancing substances.” On the surface this film from Chris Bell poses as a “steroid documentary”, but in fact you get a hilarious riff on America, sports and all things competition. A MUST-WATCH for anyone who plays sports, loves sports, or is just an American."Bradford Maine, where America turns for virility!" The product Xiafadil VIP gets recalled. Nicolosi fills us in on the clever moniker, and the world is a little safer, if not more flaccid.

Giraffe meat is kosher! Tribal African Jews rejoice!
Don’t sneeze on my peanuts! Public Schools begin adjusting school lunch menus to accomodate rising allergy issuers.
The John Cena report. Sorry -- still NO TALENT.
High school kids who get picked on the most? THE HOT CHICKS. Sorry, nerds, you got it easy.
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Spike made me bleep! Yikes.
NEXT up, THE BIG DEAL:  registered dietician and nutritionist Sarah stockwell takes us off the hook.
Sarah is a very chilled out guest, but with a powerful message of not to torture yourself. She works with both athletes and “regular folks”, but has a focus on “normalcy”, not extremity.
Sarah Stockwell, MS, RD received her Master of Science in Nutrition from Boston University. Now a full-time clinical dietitian, Sarah is also a member of the SCAN dietetic practice group for Sports, Cardiovascular, and Wellness Nutrition. A marathoner and yoga practitioner, Sarah is passionate about fitness and disease prevention. Sarah takes a whole-body approach to nutrition counseling, promoting a healthy body image for all of her clients.
THE BIG OUTSIDE:  OUR COMPETITIVE PHYSIQUE SPORTS ROUND UP!
Not much going on this week . . .
Wheelchair Bodybuilding
Our buddy Nick Scott just gave us the heads up on the Annual Wheelchair Nationals. They’ll be held in West Palm Beach, FL this year, and he will keep developing details updated at his website, www.wheelchair-bodybuilding!
IN THE WORLD OF LOCAL COMPETITIVE PHYSIQUE SPORTS:
Not much to report, except the usual new schedule announcements:
INBF

2008 events are posted at their website.
OCB
2008 events are posted at their website.
BLNPA
2008 events are posted at their website.
NGA
2008 events are posted at their website.
NPC
2008 events are posted at their website.
MuscleMania Fitness Atlantic
Nothing until 2009; follow details and watch videos at their website.
BELLY UP!
Boston Red Sox fans. Best fans in the world. Unfortunately, their approval of Coco Crisp’s on-field antics sends them belly up.
Listen to the crowd’s obnoxious approval after Crisp is pulled from the melee:

Belly Up Award halfsies shared with XN himself for his bleep-gaff earlier in the show . . .

TBI-030 On-time infotainment with Dr. Mike Nicolosi

Mon, 2 Jun 2008 17:00:11 -0400

So today XN is right on time, but it’s that Chris Villani in the booth who adds some delay! With the extra time, XN has been able to find headphones that do not actually make him deaf.
Chris actually whips out a “good gum” this time. Good Gum . . .
So, with everything shaken up, we attempt to get through the news . . .
The Loose News! With a loose treatment of physique information  like it was current events, and current events like it was physique information,  these are the physique stories inside today’s big stories  for the week ending June 2, 2008.
WHAT THE HELL IS CROSSFIT?! A Big Inside review and editorial for the newest trend in old-fashioned exercise. It works. It’s fun. It’s a quasi-cult. And it’s basically a brand name for stuff you can do on your own. Enjoy. Thanks Mr. Glassman, for selling us what we didn’t need to buy.
"Bradford Maine, where America turns for virility!" The product Xiafadil VIP gets recalled. Nicolosi fills us in on the clever moniker, and the world is a little safer, if not more flaccid.
Oh, Craig Titus . . . when WILL you leave the media. We find out that what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas as Titus is FINALLY ready to be named guilty.
The John Cena report. Sorry -- still NO TALENT.
Timing health events via a woman’s period may be the make-or-break factor in achieving success in a variety of pursuits.
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Our Big Mouth of the Week is ANOTHER guy named Christian, and he is listening from THE UNITED KINGDOM. Cool, mate.
Our old buddy Spike writes in discussing the politics of underground drug-dealing rings. He gives his comments on the Dave Jacobs deal.
We leave Terrence from Tulsa hanging . . . sorry Terrence.
NEXT up, THE BIG DEAL:  Our regular segment of INFOTAINMENT WITH Dr. Mike Nicolosi, bodybuilder, powerlifter, and medical professional.
Mike is back! Mike has some STRONG opinions about all things diet and how America ius prety much up it’s own pie hole on this topic.
Meanwhile, let us remind you that Mike is an osteopathic doctor working in physical medicine and rehab. He’s also been a fitness professional for a long, long time, and still competes in bodybuilding on the side.
Plus, we get a call from Spike! Very cool!
THE BIG OUTSIDE:  OUR COMPETITIVE PHYSIQUE SPORTS ROUND UP!
OCB Rhode Island Natural
Check out specifics on the website. CONGRATULATIONS TO DREW SCOTT, the overall winner.
Wheelchair Bodybuilding
Our buddy Nick Scott just gave us the heads up on the Annual Wheelchair Nationals. They’ll be held in West Palm Beach, FL this year, and he will keep developing details updated at his website, www.wheelchair-bodybuilding!
IN THE WORLD OF LOCAL COMPETITIVE PHYSIQUE SPORTS:
Not much to report, except the usual new schedule announcements:
INBF

2008 events are posted at their website.
OCB
2008 events are posted at their website.
BLNPA
2008 events are posted at their website.
NGA
2008 events are posted at their website.
NPC
2008 events are posted at their website.
MuscleMania Fitness Atlantic
Nothing until 2009; follow details and watch videos at their website.
BELLY UP!
The WAR FOR THE ROADS! It’s the law versus the cyclists in Colorado! Pettiness ensues! “Wearing spandex causes people to lose their sense of humor.” The whole damn city of Boulder goes belly up.

TBI-029 Trash Regatta and wheelchair bodybuilder Nick Scott

Mon, 26 May 2008 17:00:47 -0400

Stay in the SHALLOW END. DON’T GO IN THE DEEP END! XN muses on the annoying beach-mom’s who have invaded the beaches for this Memorial Day show. The show broadcasts from sunny Quincy, Massachusetts right on Marina Bay, and so the throngs of boat fools nearly made XN late to start the show.
Tech Producer Chris Villani swapped shifts with big Joe Murray. Joe has a REALLY cool radio voice . . . but is also in agreement about the comedic scenery which makes up Marina Bay, Quincy.
So, with everything shaken up, we attempt to get through the news . . .
The Loose News! With a loose treatment of physique information  like it was current events, and current events like it was physique information,  these are the physique stories inside today’s big stories  for the week ending May 26, 2008.
Paraplegics and amputees make it to Olympic equality! Pistorius and Du Toit change the face – and body – of the Games forever!
Body fat can be GOOD for diabetics? Well, CERTAIN TYPES of body fat are good . .. the rest is a no-no.
Fat guys in diapers! INSTANT COMEDY! Japan starts cracking down on the Dennis Rodmans of the Sumo world.
The John Cena report gets extended as Joe actually comes to John’s defense. Sorry -- NO TALENT.
Exercise plays a pivotal role in cutting breast cancer risk in woman.
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Our Big Mouth of the Week is Matt from Cambridge, MA who managed to call out our music! And he FLUFFS THE BIG INSIDE! Meanwhile, we give him some tips on free personal training.
Our old buddy Spike also writes in flattering the Northeast bodybuilding scene.
NEXT up, THE BIG DEAL:  WHEElChair bodybuilding is a big deal, and one of the biggest deals in the sport is athlete Nick Scott.
Okay, XN completely GUSHES over this guy. One of the most inspiring and cool guys we have EVERY had on our show.
Nick Scott has been wheelchair bound for several years, and has been reinventing bodybuilding the whole time.
Nick has mobilized the world of wheelchair athletics with a message that the sport of bodybuilding is not only accessible to paraplegics, but perhaps the BEST sport.
Hands down, one of the most inspiring and laid-back guests we have ever had.
PLEASE check out Nick’s website wheelchair-bodybuilding.com. His mission is nothing short of brilliant, and is perhaps crucial for both the sport of bodybuilding, as well as for wheelchair athletes everywhere.
Thanks Nick.

THE BIG OUTSIDE:  OUR COMPETITIVE PHYSIQUE SPORTS ROUND UP!
Field Reporter Kevin Quinn calls in and sings his own praises for Nick.
Nick also gives us the low down on several wheelchair contests.
Wheelchair Bodybuilding
Our buddy Nick Scott just gave us the heads up on the Annual Wheelchair Nationals. They’ll be held in West Palm Beach, FL this year, and he will keep developing details updated at his website, www.wheelchair-bodybuilding!
IN THE WORLD OF LOCAL COMPETITIVE PHYSIQUE SPORTS:
Not much to report, except the usual new schedule announcements:
MuscleMania Fitness Atlantic
Nothing until 2009; follow details and watch videos at their website.
INBF

2008 events are posted at their website.
OCB
2008 events are posted at their website.
BLNPA
2008 events are posted at their website.
NGA
2008 events are posted at their website.
NPC
2008 events are posted at their website.
BELLY UP!
P-90X! What the?! Now you can pay for something that is neither new, nor worth paying for. The weird part -- it probably works.

TBI-028 Soapy discharge with Navy SEAL Dave Rutherford

Mon, 19 May 2008 17:00:23 -0400

The opening to today’s show probably made you all go deaf . . . but that’s half the fun, right? Our guest Dave Rutherford from Frog Logic is on hand to make mayhem today, and XN can once again barely get a handle on the chaos.
Meanwhile, our old buddy Derek from The Revolution stops by to taunt Christian with a very unsightly donut.
Tech Producer Chris Villani finally has air conditioning and he’s wide awake and ready to go. Unfortunately he did not wear hair gel today and looks like a 9 year old boy . . . .
But somehow we manage to squeeze out the news...
The Loose News! With a loose treatment of physique information  like it was current events, and current events like it was physique information,  these are the physique stories inside today’s big stories  for the week ending May 19, 2008.
HEY PROTEIN EATERS! TAINTED BEEF! E. Coli scare for beef shipped to eleven states . . . yeah, what’s new. But at least you get to learn about gooseneck and clods!
Positive attitudes help burn fat! A study proves that having confidence in a program is more important than a weight-loss program itself. (Yeah, we sorta already knew this.)
Care for some fresh steamed excuses? Your distaste for veggies might be a genetic predisposition.
Next, our John Cena Report. Still nothing to report. And that was our John Cena report.
Nintendo Wii Fit sends thousands of slackers running for the pot fields.
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Our Big Mouth of the Week is a guy named Spike (yes, SPIKE) from Lafayette, Indiana. (That’s his pic with the red curtain and killer tan.) He sings our praises, and the praises of Evan Centopani. he also makes note of the fact that he will be competing in the NPC Junior Nationals in a few weeks, and wanted to plug himself . . . and potentially bid for a spot on the Big Deal interview!
In fact YOU TOO can become a guest on the show. Think you have a cool angle or funny take on fitness, training, diet or sports performance? Drop us a line at info@thebiginside.com and let us know -- maybe we’ll set an interview up!!!
Next, we take an email from long-time listener and old friend of the show, Barry from Boston. He tells us that he’s too scared to call in . . . and also pokes fun at XN’s constant tongue-tied flubbing, especially at the end of The Big Inside episode TBI-027.
NEXT up, THE BIG DEAL:  Navy seal and team leading dynamo dave rutherford from frog logic.
Dave is so high energy he had to do the whole episode standing up! We touch on topics ranging from obesity to how children are being under-serviced by physical education programs, and also discuss what motivates people to work.
Dave is an expert at team building and mobilization. From Boca Raton, he served his country in Afghanistan and began his business Frog Logic 8 years ago.
Froglogic™ is a motivational program developed by David B. Rutherford. David is a Former US Navy SEAL who served eight years in the Naval Special Warfare Community. During that time David had the chance to travel world in support of Freedom and Democracy.
Derek from The Revolution is also on hand, brimming with chocolate logs -- er -- we mean “donuts.” Of course, XN eats one. On the air. (Professionalism just OOZES from us, no?)
And, just to punctuate the complete lack of professionalism, XN nearly drops an S-bomb.Meanwhile, we get an AWESOME conversation from Dave who has an endless amount of insight into building teams.

THE BIG OUTSIDE:  OUR COMPETITIVE PHYSIQUE SPORTS ROUND UP!
XN HOSTS THE FITNESS ATLANTIC BACKSTAGE VIDEOS! That’s right, XN moonlighted this weekend! His talent (or lack thereof) was hijacked and he hosted the video clips that will be posted on FitnessAtlantic.com.
XN ran around all day with microphones and cameras, doing interviews and offering insight . . . as well as just making his usual mess of things. Check him out there, and see what a bodybuilder does when they’re not competing.  
UPCOMING POWERLIFTING: THE USAPL NEW ENGLAND STATES Held this past weekend in Whitman, MA Congrats to Nick Winters who placed first in the bench press pushing up 650 lbs. Nick weighs a svelt 350 pounds himself. Also, Congrats also to brian Siders who’s combined Bench, Deadlift and Squat totaled 2,200 POUNDS!
Wheelchair Bodybuilding
Our buddy Nick Scott just gave us the heads up on the Annual Wheelchair Nationals. They’ll be held in West Palm Beach, FL this year, and he will keep developing details updated at his website, www.wheelchair-bodybuilding!
IN THE WORLD OF LOCAL COMPETITIVE PHYSIQUE SPORTS:
It’s slow . . . it’s January. Not much to report, except the usual new schedule announcements:
MuscleMania Fitness Atlantic
Nothing until 2009; follow details and watch videos at their website.
INBF

2008 events are posted at their website.
OCB
2008 events are posted at their website.
BLNPA
2008 events are posted at their website.
NGA
2008 events are posted at their website.
NPC
2008 events are posted at their website.
BELLY UP!
Too bad the planes cant get off the ground . . . fat Air Force pilots go belly up, or rather, belly out!

TBI-027 Bitchy Mini-Fridge vs Scott Bottorff and Mike D'Angelo

Mon, 12 May 2008 17:00:04 -0400

The volume in the headphones is WAY too loud and it makes XN deaf. So he pretty much yells the entire show today. Scott Bottorff is right there with him today, giggling in the background like a goon.
Chris Villani gets a new nickname today, The “Bitchy Mini-Firdge.” Listen and learn.
But first the news...
The Loose News! With a loose treatment of physique information  like it was current events, and current events like it was physique information,  these are the physique stories inside today’s big stories  for the week ending May 12, 2008.
JOCKS AND STOCKS! XN finds us a story showing that guys with high testosterone are awesome day traders. Looks like finance is a contact sport after all.
U.S. has a beef with big beef! Brazil is gonna own all the cows! Beef monopolies! So much for cheap protein . . . XN finds a bunch of stories on the big beef merger.
Bodybuilding supplement may help schizophrenics. Aren’t bodybuilders sort of schizophrenic anyway . . . ? Scott helps us out and enlightens us as to what the heck NAC is. Science heads rejoice. Boozehounds take note.
Next, our John Cena Report. Still nothing to report. And that was our John Cena report.
High school injuries are NOT due to sports being too dangerous, but rather that students are cheating too much. MOST injuries are due to illegal behavior on the part of students. Cheaters may not always win, but they sure beat the tar out of their opponents.
BIG MOUTH LISTENER MAIL!
Where we talk about what you want to talk about. Here’s where our voice (or at least emails) gets heard on the show! Write us at info@thebiginside.com to sway the course of The Big Inside.
The Big Mouths are brought to you by Liberation Week at Revolution Fitness. Check out our sponsor. FREE STUFF. You can’t beat it.
Then, we have a little fun at The Big Inside’s tech guy Mike McKay’s expense . . . wherever you are Mi,e, we love ya.
We have an email from a college student trying to get more nutrition in college.
And we get the new nickname for Chris Villani . . . THE BITCHY MINI-FRIDGE.
NEXT up, THE BIG DEAL:  IT’S THE personal TRAINER SHOW! INFOTAINMENT AT IT’S FINEST HOUR WITH SCOTT BOTTORFF AND MIKE D’ANGELO on the big inside trainer panel
We bring back some of our show regulars today for some good old trainer talk. Our regular goons prevail.
Scott Bottorff is semi-pro hockey player, and a PRO INLINE HOCKEY PLAYER (who knew there was such a thing?!). Scott has also competed in bodybuilding for many years.
Pro natural bodybuilder Mike D’Angelo joined forces with Derek to make the gym a reality. Mike’s background in bodybuilding and training is unrivaled, and Mike tells us more about his experiences with both the competitive physique world, as well as with the gym and training industries.
It’s infotinment at it’s finest as we talk about basic exercises, and trainer’s opinions on how people train . . .

THE BIG OUTSIDE:  OUR COMPETITIVE PHYSIQUE SPORTS ROUND UP!
XN HOSTS THE FITNESS ATLANTIC BACKSTAGE VIDEOS! That’s right, XN moonlighted this weekend! His talent (or lack thereof) was hijacked and he hosted the video clips that will be posted on FitnessAtlantic.com.
XN ran around all day with microphones and cameras, doing interviews and offering insight . . . as well as just making his usual mess of things. Check him out there, and see what a bodybuilder does when they’re not competing.

THE NPC NORTHERN STATES May 12, 2008 in Providence, Rhode Island SMALL SHOW on the men’s side of things . . . we found the results, but not much else. We do know it was right down the street from us, though! 
UPCOMING POWERLIFTING: THE USAPL NEW ENGLAND STATES May 17 2008 Whitman, MA
Wheelchair Bodybuilding
Our buddy Nick Scott just gave us the heads up on the Annual Wheelchair Nationals. They’ll be held in West Palm Beach, FL this year, and he will keep developing details updated at his website, www.wheelchair-bodybuilding!
IN THE WORLD OF LOCAL COMPETITIVE PHYSIQUE SPORTS:
It’s slow . . . it’s January. Not much to report, except the usual new schedule announcements:
MuscleMania Fitness Atlantic
Nothing until 2009; follow details and watch videos at their website.
INBF

2008 events are posted at their website.
OCB
2008 events are posted at their website.
BLNPA
2008 events are posted at their website.
NGA
2008 events are posted at their website.
NPC
2008 events are posted at their website.
BELLY UP!
Hey ladies. Want to get thin off Orlistat? Better stock up on the Charmin . . .

TBI-026 In a broadcast sauna with steroids and Evan Centopani

Mon, 5 May 2008 17:00:41 -0400

We’re all serious today for some reason. Maybe because XN is finally not out of breath after running up the WWZN stairs to get to his show. Late as always, of course.
Chris Villani nearly dies during the show because somehow the temperature in the booth is absurdly high. He spends most of the show sweating, melting and half-conscious.
In all our seriousness, we jump into the news...
The Loose News! With a loose treatment of physique information  like it was current events, and current events like it was physique information,  these are the physique stories inside today’s big stories  for the week ending May 5, 2008.
The biggest steroid kingpin in America gets caught! Ties to the NFL, the baseball scandals, police forces, and just about everyone else make this guy David Jacobs the ultimate sports world leech. Well, they finally landed him in court. Our money is on this guy’s name being all over the news for weeks . . .
Science guys make a strong link between folks who barely sleep and folks who are fat. Not cause-and-effect, but still an interesting line-up.
The Fastest man in America is now also the HIGHEST man in America. At least this time the Olympic champion drug controversy is NOT based around steroids . . . and so soon after his fraud charges, too!
Next, our John Cena Report. Still nothing.
Countries with smarter women also have healthier weight levels among women. A study shows how education and money correlates to fat. You got it: more books = more fat, less books = more under-nourished.
NEXT up, THE BIG DEAL:  THE BIGGEST DUDE WE’VE EVER SEEN, PRO BODYBUILDER EVAN CENTOPANI
Right out of the gate we decide that Evan will be The Big Inside’s very own Mr. America. To the rest of the world he is one of the youngest IFBB pro bodybuilders.

Evan has been a one-sport dude for his whole life, and that sport has been bodybuilding. Yet even he is cynical about whether bodybuilding is truly a sport. (XN plainly disagrees, of course.) When Evan was a kid, he was overweight, and it was in his teen years he discovered that his size actually had an advantage in bodybuilding.
Even talks to us about how his life is pretty laid back, and he spends his time helping his folks and destroying his chiropractor’s office. He is really a regular guy, but not so much into the sports world. Yet, obviously, he is front row to the steroid scene.
It is rare and a pleasure to have a pro bodybuilder offer insight into the world of how steroids infiltrate the world of athletes. Evan’s standpoint is that the damage being done is more due to the need to covert behavior rather than due to the drugs themselves.
Evan takes his niche celebrity status in stride, and really has an interesting standpoint on sports celebrity.
Even is one of the most humble “bug guys” you will ever meet, and really not concerned with putting on airs or towing any corporate line. Meanwhile, he hates every presidential candidate, but LOVES The Big Inside.
THE BIG OUTSIDE:  OUR COMPETITIVE PHYSIQUE SPORTS ROUND UP!
XN HOSTS THE FITNESS ATLANTIC BACKSTAGE VIDEOS! That’s right, XN moonlighted this weekend! His talent (or lack thereof) was hijacked and he hosted the video clips that will be posted on FitnessAtlantic.com.
XN ran around all day with microphones and cameras, doing interviews and offering insight . . . as well as just making his usual mess of things. Check him out there, and see what a bodybuilder does when they’re not competing.

THE NPC JAY CUTLER CLASSIC NEW ENGLANDS May 4, 2008 in Boston MA Tons of new talent and a lot of old talent made for a day that felt more like a show than a contest.  
UPCOMING POWERLIFTING: THE USAPL NEW ENGLAND STATES May 17 2008 Whitman, MA
Wheelchair Bodybuilding
Our buddy Nick Scott just gave us the heads up on the Annual Wheelchair Nationals. They’ll be held in West Palm Beach, FL this year, and he will keep developing details updated at his website, www.wheelchair-bodybuilding!
IN THE WORLD OF LOCAL COMPETITIVE PHYSIQUE SPORTS:
It’s slow . . . it’s January. Not much to report, except the usual new schedule announcements:
MuscleMania Fitness Atlantic
Nothing until 2009; follow details and watch videos at their website.
INBF

2008 events are posted at their website.
OCB
2008 events are posted at their website.
BLNPA
2008 events are posted at their website.
NGA
2008 events are posted at their website.
NPC
2008 events are posted at their website.
BELLY UP!
He’s such a big story we just couldn’t resist giving Mr. Jacobs one more minute in the bonehead spotlight. What sends him Belly Up? His excuse for doing all that he did . . . we’ll never see The Great Wall OF China quite the same way ever again.

TBI-025 The 25th Episode Clip Show Extravaganza

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:00:59 -0400

WE’VE DONE 24 SHOWS, AND THIS ONE IS EPISODE 25. We never figured we’d last even this long.
Our buddy in the booth Mike McKay once again has the day off, so Chris Villani fills in and tells us how he “rocks a salad” . . .
We change up the format a little for today, because we’re gonna do some clip action.
The Loose News! With a loose treatment of physique information  like it was current events, and current events like it was physique information,  these are the physique stories inside today’s big stories  for the past 25 weeks!
We look back at some of our favorite news stories of the past 24 episodes, as well as some stuff we just plain made up.
NEXT up, THE BIG DEAL:  A BUNCH OF GUESTS, AND KEVIN QUINN
Field Reporter Kevin Quinn joins us to reminisce on some high point moments that resulted from some of our most interesting guests . . . madness ensues.
THE BIG OUTSIDE:  OUR COMPETITIVE PHYSIQUE SPORTS ROUND UP!
XN HOSTS THE FITNESS ATLANTIC BACKSTAGE VIDEOS! That’s right, XN moonlighted this weekend! His talent (or lack thereof) was hijacked and he hosted the video clips that will be posted on FitnessAtlantic.com.
XN ran around all day with microphones and cameras, doing interviews and offering insight . . . as well as just making his usual mess of things. Check him out there, and see what a bodybuilder does when they’re not competing.

THE FITNESS ATLANTIC MUSCLEMANIA April 26 in East Haven, CT Over 20 athletes in bodybuilding, figure, fitness, modeling and bikini competitions.
Promoter Brian Cannone won the “Promoter of the Year award from the MuscleMania league.  
IN THE WORLD OF NATIONAL COMPETITIVE PHYSIQUE SPORTS:
Wheelchair Bodybuilding
Our buddy Nick Scott just gave us the heads up on the Annual Wheelchair Nationals. They’ll be held in West Palm Beach, FL this year, and he will keep developing details updated at his website, www.wheelchair-bodybuilding!
IN THE WORLD OF LOCAL COMPETITIVE PHYSIQUE SPORTS:
It’s slow . . . it’s January. Not much to report, except the usual new schedule announcements:
MuscleMania Fitness Atlantic
Nothing until 2009; follow details and watch videos at their website.
INBF

2008 events are posted at their website.
OCB
2008 events are posted at their website.
BLNPA
2008 events are posted at their website.
NGA
2008 events are posted at their website.
NPC
2008 events are posted at their website.
BELLY UP!
THE BIG INSIDE GOES BELLY UP!

TBI-024 Teenage bodybuilders go racing with Kenyans.

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:00:36 -0400

The show starts late due to a little problem with Boston’s traffic . . . seems a little roadrace they call “The Boston Marathon” drove a gash down the center of Boston causing the annual Patriot’s Day traffic debaucle.
Our buddy in the booth Mike McKay has the day off, so old friend Chris Villani is on hand to fill in and shoot condescending looks at XN through the glass . . .
So, squeezed in in record time, we begin with the verbal marathon we call the Loose News . . .
The Loose News! With a loose treatment of physique information  like it was current events, and current events like it was physique information,  these are the physique stories inside today’s big stories  for the week ending April 21, 2008.
So, there’s this little race in town called the “112th Boston Marathon.” Man, those guys are skinny . . . but they sure are rich. Congratulations, Cheerio.
Marathon runners may be fast, but they are are fat and boring! XN finds a very interesting fat-loss story that once again shows how fun is more fat-burning then jogging. TAKE THAT KENYA!
Next, a report on why you should not ever try to run any race in which you are less popular than McCain.
Then our newest segment: the John Cena Report.
We end on a VERY interesting story on how exercise may effect treatment of prostate cancer.
BIG MOUTH LISTENER MAIL!
Where we talk about what you want to talk about. Here’s where our voice (or at least emails) gets heard on the show! Write us at info@thebiginside.com to sway the course of The Big Inside.
Hey Eric Lancaster from Lexington Kentucky! Drop us an email! You won the WHO THE HECK IS XN?! Contest! Drop us an email and get us your address so we can send you a The Big Inside hoodie sweatshirt.
Joe from Yonkers gives me a hard time about our recent online show mess-ups. (Belly Up for us.)
And we revisit a dangling, unanswered email from the infamous vegetarian “Momo.”
NEXT up, THE BIG DEAL:  What’s it like to be a teenage bodybuilder? We are joined by Mike Cavaliere and kris buhagiar, new competitors and (duh) teenagers
Mike Cavaliere is an 18 year old who is less of a jock and more of an academic type of guy. he comes from Westborough, Massachusetts and took up lifting at age 13. His first contest was the OCB Spirit of America contest, where he placed second, and even beat people 20 years older than himself.
Kris Buhagiar is from Long Island and competed in his first show on April 12, in the BLNPA New Englands. Kris was a long time athlete, a regular all-American high school jock. Then, the classic story: injuries pulled him away from both wrestling and football, yet Kris still wanted to remain athletic. He currently coaches wrestling for his younger brother, and is a freshman in college.
In spite of the wisdom which these young men display, we learn that, just as we suspected, the main reason they both got into lifting was the girls. Go figure.
Insightful talk showing us the minds inside teenagers at the forefront of physique training. Their opinions on how bodybuilding is as a sport for young people, their thoughts on steroids, peer pressure, and of course, they both want girlfriends.
Find out how Kris is dying to get out of Long Island and how bodybuilding may be a way to keep focused on this goal, and how Kris has been, for many years, sort o a “secret” bodybuilder.
Surprisingly articulate and both phenomenally built for their age, this is one of the most insightful shows we have yet had.
And of course Kevin Quinn calls in and tells us he wishes he had started back when he was Kris and Mike’s age.
But nonetheless, Kev is still the man . . .

THE BIG OUTSIDE:  OUR COMPETITIVE PHYSIQUE SPORTS ROUND UP!
DR. NICOLOSI COMPETED THIS PAST WEEKEND! That’s right, our own Dr. Mike Nicolosi did the OCB Spirit of America and comes on the air to offer his insight.
Mike placed 3rd out of 14 competitors in a very tough competition.
He ends with a “capital M and then ARSHIE!” (Don’t ask.)

OCB SPIRIT OF AMERICA April 19 in Mashpee MA Dr. Nicolosi and teen competitor discuss the judging and both agreed: the contest did NOT favor the big guys. Dr. Nicolosi considered it a bit of a scndal, and Mike somewhat agreed.
However, BOTH Dr. Nicolosi and Mike BOTH thought the competition was of VERY high quality. Mike Cavaliere also announces his next contest -- watch for this kid!

XN WILL BE HOSTING THE VIDEO PORTIONS OF THE FITNESS ATLANTIC ON APRIL 26 IN NEW HAVEN, CT. 
IN THE WORLD OF NATIONAL COMPETITIVE PHYSIQUE SPORTS:
Wheelchair Bodybuilding
Our buddy Nick Scott just gave us the heads up on the Annual Wheelchair Nationals. They’ll be held in West Palm Beach, FL this year, and he will keep developing details updated at his website, www.wheelchair-bodybuilding!
IN THE WORLD OF LOCAL COMPETITIVE PHYSIQUE SPORTS:
It’s slow . . . it’s January. Not much to report, except the usual new schedule announcements:
MuscleMania Fitness Atlantic
2008 events are posted at their website.
INBF

2008 events are posted at their website.
OCB
2008 events are posted at their website.
BLNPA
2008 events are posted at their website.
NGA
2008 events are posted at their website.
NPC
2008 events are posted at their website.
BELLY UP!
Nepal goes for Olympic glory this week, showing how athletic nobility ain’t no match for a round of ammo!

TBI-023 Science day mind control with Eric Petersen

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:00:52 -0400

IT”S SCIENCE DAY! That means XN and Mike look stupider than normal. XN opens the show with his lesson about why one should NOT run up the stairs at 1510 The Zone’s studios . . . And we make an executive decision to not take ANY MORE GUESTS NAMED MIKE for a month.
Mike McKay has a complete absence of sound effects in the opener, but is otherwise totally on point today
No distractions. No discussions. Only the Loose News . . .
The Loose News! With a loose treatment of physique information  like it was current events, and current events like it was physique information,  these are the physique stories inside today’s big stories  for the week ending April 14, 2008.
OPENING DAY for bodybuilding in New England! Go BLNPA New England competitors! Now if we could only figure out where Seekonk, MA is located . . .
A Big Inside Follow Up Story . . . it’s the House of Hard Knox. HGH anyone?
Worcester, MA cops on the sauce? You bet. Thomas “T Vig” Vigliatura to blame? You bet. Bodybuilding looking better and better by the minute? Not so much . . . 51 months for T-Vig; one for each inch of his chest measurement.
From the Creepy Science department: University of California have created artificial muscles . . . and they’re using them as batteries. Weird.
BIG MOUTH LISTENER MAIL!
Where we talk about what you want to talk about. Here’s where our voice (or at least emails) gets heard on the show! Write us at info@thebiginside.com to sway the course of The Big Inside.
THIS WEEK THE BIG MOUTHS ARE BROUGHT TO YOU BY ASPIRE SPORTS TRAINING, who want to work with you to “fight the myth”. Please visit our sponsor.
We have a winner in the WHO THE HECK IS XN?! Contest! Eric Lancaster from Lexington, PA -- YOU WON YOURSELF A HOODIE!! Drop us an email and get us your address so we can send it out! His answer was correct:
XN is to Christian as XMAS is to Christmas.
Next we hear from Dale who is debating becoming a competitor. XN breaks out in one of his famous car analogies.
NEXT up, THE BIG DEAL:  SCIENTIST ERIC PETERSEN, researcher of how human beings move, and how science is studying movement.
Before we get into it, Mike McKay spikes the John Cena ball, and XN blows a gasket.
It seems like nothing to do with training, but in fact it has EVERYTHING to do with training. Eric has been in the field of research studying how people move, and helping the paralyzed regain movement via prosthetics.
In short, Eric studies how our brain controls our movement. He has studied how our brain can control machinery through thought alone. The implications for prosthetics are huge. Meanwhile, the understanding of how a human being moves is useful for athletes.
Eric is not approved by the FDA. Perfect for our show.

THE BIG OUTSIDE:  OUR COMPETITIVE PHYSIQUE SPORTS ROUND UP!
BLNPA NEW ENGLANDS April 12, 2008 in Seekonk MA Special Guest reporter Ahmad Badr fills us in on the contest. he has some great insights and tells us his thoughts on how shows run and what constitutes cheating. Ahmad competes as a heavyweight, where he placed fourth place.  
IN THE WORLD OF NATIONAL COMPETITIVE PHYSIQUE SPORTS:
Wheelchair Bodybuilding
Our buddy Nick Scott just gave us the heads up on the Annual Wheelchair Nationals. They’ll be held in West Palm Beach, FL this year, and he will keep developing details updated at his website, www.wheelchair-bodybuilding!
IN THE WORLD OF LOCAL COMPETITIVE PHYSIQUE SPORTS:
It’s slow . . . it’s January. Not much to report, except the usual new schedule announcements:
MuscleMania Fitness Atlantic
2008 events are posted at their website.
INBF

2008 events are posted at their website.
OCB
2008 events are posted at their website.
BLNPA
2008 events are posted at their website.
NGA
2008 events are posted at their website.
NPC
2008 events are posted at their website.
BELLY UP!
BRAIN DOPING?! SCIENTISTS DOPED UP TO GET SMARTER! Seems that more nerds are using drugs than jocks! It’s revenge of the nerds all over again!

TBI-022 The Revolution of Derek Christensen and Mike D'Angelo

Mon, 7 Apr 2008 17:00:52 -0400

Complete chaos in the studio for this episode. meanwhile nobody has yet gotten over the profanity of Troy Schoeller from Episode TBI-021.
Mike McKay is declared the ONLY one who can control the insanity.
So, to reground ourselves, we jump into the Loose News . . .
The Loose News! With a loose treatment of physique information  like it was current events, and current events like it was physique information,  these are the physique stories inside today’s big stories  for the week ending April 7, 2008.
Supplement recall! LG Science is producing crap and toxicity. FEEL THE WRATH!!
From the investment department, you can take your pick: either a new house or some growth hormone. OR BOTH! Thanks to the WWE!
In the NO-DUH Department: Science discovers old men are stronger than old women. Go science. Way to grab the obvious.
Now some CREEPY science for those of you trying to look and feel younger. A story about how we complex human beings share some aging genes with creepy crawlies. Go roundworms!
BIG MOUTH LISTENER MAIL!
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THIS WEEK THE BIG MOUTHS ARE BROUGHT TO YOU BY ASPIRE SPORTS TRAINING, who want to work with you to “fight the myth”. Please visit our sponsor.
Once again we ask, what does “XN” stand for?! Whatever you want it to! Enter the WHO THE HECK IS XN?! Contest! Drop us an email and let us know what YOU think it means. If you’re the first one to get it right, we’ll send you a The Big Inside hoodie sweatshirt. But even if you get it wrong, we’ll send you a The Big Inside T-shirt so long as you make us laugh a little. ALL ENTRIES will be read on the air . . . send an email and tell us what you think “XN” stands for at info@thebiginside.com.
Then we look into an email from Momo, a vegetarian trying to bulk up . . .

NEXT up, THE BIG DEAL:  the headaches and glory of startinG a gym with derek christensen of revolution fitness, along with pro natural bodybuilder mike d’angelo.
We talk with two guys who are at the forefront of the gym industry with innovative ideas and daring new concepts.
Ever wonder what it would be like if you tried to open your own “perfect gym”? Derek Christensen wondered precisely that a few years back. The result? Revolution Fitness.
In a sea of chain gyms, Derek has decided to strike out on his own, building the kind of facility most other chain gyms can not hold a candle to.

The WHOLE time, XN coweres behind the mic because BOTh these guys are HUGE.

THE BIG OUTSIDE:  OUR COMPETITIVE PHYSIQUE SPORTS ROUND UP!
Mike talks to us about contests, and dodges the question entirely on which he likes better, being in a contest or hosting it.
Then Mike D’Angelo plays Three Words with us.
IN THE WORLD OF NATIONAL COMPETITIVE PHYSIQUE SPORTS:
Wheelchair Bodybuilding
Our buddy Nick Scott just gave us the heads up on the Annual Wheelchair Nationals. They’ll be held in West Palm Beach, FL this year, and he will keep developing details updated at his website, www.wheelchair-bodybuilding!
IN THE WORLD OF LOCAL COMPETITIVE PHYSIQUE SPORTS:
It’s slow . . . it’s January. Not much to report, except the usual new schedule announcements:
MuscleMania Fitness Atlantic
2008 events are posted at their website.
INBF

2008 events are posted at their website.
OCB
2008 events are posted at their website.
BLNPA
2008 events are posted at their website.
NGA
2008 events are posted at their website.
NPC
2008 events are posted at their website.
BELLY UP!
Turning Belly Up into Up Chuck, it’s PIZZA BEER! Pass the stomach pumps, fatty.

TBI-021 Yellow Discipline with punk bodybuilder Troy Schoeller

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:00:50 -0400

OY! Veering scandalously close to an R-rating today, we are joined by the hilarious punker Troy Schoeller. XN can barely keep the show afloat, and this is NOT the episode for the frail at heart. Three minutes into the show we have a penis reference . . . and it’s ALL downhill from there . . .
Troy pops in thgroughout the show. Definitely pull the kids away from the speakers today . . .
Mike McKay blunders on the intro, but then work his broadcasting gold, yet is blushing in embarrassment for half the show.
But, before we completely lose our broadcasting licenses, here is the very kid-friendly Loose News . . .
The Loose News! With a loose treatment of physique information  like it was current events, and current events like it was physique information,  these are the physique stories inside today’s big stories  for the week ending March 31, 2008.
The USA Men’s Weightlifting Team qualifies for the Olympics! No wait a sec -- they’re out! No wait -- yup, yup they’re in again! No wait they’re, no, yes, no . . . we try desperately to follow the complexities of the story of the 2008 U.S. Men’s Olympic Weightlifting team. A series of travesties, and -- oh DAMN -- there’s also also a math portion to the test!
The USA Women’s Weightlifting Team makes it look easy . . . once again the ladies out do the men.
Japanese Olympic weightlifters get banned due to not quite understanding the “rules” of NO DRUG USE at the Olympics. Woops.
Want to prevent laziness?! Get off your butt!
A certain type of painkillers may cause loss of memory. But we’re not sure if we can remember the story.
BIG MOUTH LISTENER MAIL!
Where we talk about what you want to talk about. Here’s where our voice (or at least emails) gets heard on the show! Write us at info@thebiginside.com to sway the course of The Big Inside.
THIS WEEK THE BIG MOUTHS ARE BROUGHT TO YOU BY ASPIRE SPORTS TRAINING, who want to work with you to “fight the myth”. Please visit our sponsor.
Once again we ask, what does “XN” stand for?! Whatever you want it to! Enter the WHO THE HECK IS XN?! Contest! Drop us an email and let us know what YOU think it means. If you’re the first one to get it right, we’ll send you a The Big Inside hoodie sweatshirt. But even if you get it wrong, we’ll send you a The Big Inside T-shirt so long as you make us laugh a little. ALL ENTRIES will be read on the air . . . send an email and tell us what you think “XN” stands for at info@thebiginside.com.
Our Big Mouth of the Week is a dude with a million questions about defined abs. Troy chimes in to let us know about how he manages his ab structure.
Then we go to the break on one of Troy’s songs.
NEXT up, THE BIG DEAL:  PUNK HARDCORE ROCKER TROY SCHOELLER, BOTH A JEWISH SKINHEAD AND A COMPETITIVE BODYBUILDER
So, what do you get when a scrawny punk kid from Florida gets all obsessed with healthy eating and heavy lifting? You get a hardcore punk who wins bodybuilding contests.
A lot of guys who lift want to feel “bad-ass”, but Troy Schoeller lies the part. Bodybuilding for well over a decade, he is also a successful competitor in the MuscleMania leagues.
Troy is also a very successful business owner of the only alternative hardcore clothes and music store in Boston, Horror Business (yes, named after the Misfits song).
Troy talks to us about the hardcore underground scene, and enlightens us on how the world of punk shows is a lot closer to the world of bodybuilding than you might suspect.
We get our weekly call from Kevin Quinn during the interview, and also a great call from Greg from Cambridge, MA, who literally causes XN to lose it right on the air . . .

THE BIG OUTSIDE:  OUR COMPETITIVE PHYSIQUE SPORTS ROUND UP!
Before we get into the contest stuff, we get a call from Troy’s girlfriend Lauren. Lauren had been texting Troy the whole interview, an XN finally calls her out to get on the air. Lauren is an athlete and also the drummer in her own band, Vagiant.
And things get even more pervy . . .
Then Mike and XN’s stomach gets turned by punk rockers baby talk . . . good gum . . .
MAINE GAIMES POWERLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIPS On March 28 and 29, 2008, the annual events took place in Brewer, Maine with Powerlifting being featured prominantly.
The two day event had a huge turnout. Congratulations Travis Adams for winning, to Troy Varnum for benching 525 lbs.! The coolest highlight of the day was Chris Page, 220 lbs. and came in second place - COMPETING WITH A RE-ATTACHED THUMB! THAT’S hardcore!

INAUGURAL CENTRAL MAINE STRONGMAN On March 28, 2008, the FIRST ever Maine Strongman took place with over 30 huge competitors! The events included the log carry, yolk walk, lifting a car, and of course, the Atlas stones. The winner? Get this: a guy named “HARLEY DAVIDSON”. (For real.) And congrats Nicolin Blanchard for winning the teen division. 
IN THE WORLD OF NATIONAL COMPETITIVE PHYSIQUE SPORTS:
Wheelchair Bodybuilding
Our buddy Nick Scott just gave us the heads up on the Annual Wheelchair Nationals. They’ll be held in West Palm Beach, FL this year, and he will keep developing details updated at his website, www.wheelchair-bodybuilding!
IN THE WORLD OF LOCAL COMPETITIVE PHYSIQUE SPORTS:
It’s slow . . . it’s January. Not much to report, except the usual new schedule announcements:
MuscleMania Fitness Atlantic
2008 events are posted at their website.
INBF

2008 events are posted at their website.
OCB
2008 events are posted at their website.
BLNPA
2008 events are posted at their website.
NGA
2008 events are posted at their website.
NPC
2008 events are posted at their website.
BELLY UP!
What the hell is a “Ripster”? A guy or gal who doesn’t care about fitness, who is still working out.

TBI-020 A bunch of Mike's and Dr. Nicolosi have a sick day.

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:00:16 -0400

It’s sick day at The Big Inside, and everyone’s been going down hard. XN gets a bad flue, an barely crawls into the studio for the show. Hear him hacking up gobs of phlegm all episode long while being jacked up on Sudafed . . . !
Mike McKay discovers that the booth is an immune safety zone, and refuses to enter the studio.
But, sick or healthy, we manage to hack up the news . . .
The Loose News! With a loose treatment of physique information  like it was current events, and current events like it was physique information,  these are the physique stories inside today’s big stories  for the week ending March 24, 2008.
WOOPS! Looks like there’s no scientific proof supporting the idea that Growth Hormone helps athletes. Looks like a lot of careers were put on the line based on little more than a hunch.
Boston cops may soon be tested for steroids. The Hub may become one of the few cities actually testing their cops. (Insert Ronnie Coleman joke here.)
$14.5 BILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF EASTER CRAP! And Newsweek thinks its news to report that candy is bad for you. A story about how we are spending less on candy, and how that JUST AIN’T REALLY NEWS!
Fat moms do not make fat babies! If you got big hips, don’t blame your mom!
BIG MOUTH LISTENER MAIL!
Where we talk about what you want to talk about. Here’s where our voice (or at least emails) gets heard on the show! Write us at info@thebiginside.com to sway the course of The Big Inside.
THIS WEEK THE BIG MOUTHS ARE BROUGHT TO YOU BY ASPIRE SPORTS TRAINING, who want to work with you to “fight the myth”. Please visit our sponsor.
Dr. Mike Nicolosi helps us out with the Big Mouths today. And it is a SPECIAL EXTENDED VERSION of your listener emails!
Big Mouth of The Week is another email from Mike (making the count THREE MIKE’S so far). Our old buddy from the south wants either to win the “Who The Heck is XN?” contest or wants a plane ticket.
What does “XN” stand for?! Whatever you want it to! Enter the WHO THE HECK IS XN?! Contest! Drop us an email and let us know what YOU think it means. If you’re the first one to get it right, we’ll send you a The Big Inside hoodie sweatshirt. But even if you get it wrong, we’ll send you a The Big Inside T-shirt so long as you make us laugh a little. ALL ENTRIES will be read on the air . . . send an email and tell us what you think “XN” stands for at info@thebiginside.com.
The next big mouth is a 16-year old from Michigan. He has a few questions about injuries and shoulder pain. Definitely something for Mike. (Dr. Nicolosi, that is.)
NEXT up, THE BIG DEAL:  DR. NICOLOSI RESPONDING TO TOPICS YOU GUYS BRING UPIN YOUR LISTENER EMAILS! PLUS, A SPECIAL GUEST VISIT FROM BODYBUILDER MIKE DISANO
Old friend of the show, Dr. Mike Nicolosi comes by on one of his regular visits to The Big Inside. Mike gives us some incredible insights on shoulder pain, youth training, and uses a lot of big words that totally fly right by XN in his cold medicine haze . . .
Most notable is our discussion of an email that we received during TBI-019 from Drew of Provo Utah. The email deals with prohormones, and specifically with Gaspari Nutrition’s product Halodrol. Dr. Nicolosi discusses the ethics of the product, as well as weighs in on his opinion of the product.
However, the crux of Drew’s question is a problem with motivation. Seems Drew is curious abut Halodrol as a means to get a boost. Yet, ironically, using a supplement to get motivation may be the worst idea.
We get a bunch of calls from you guys weighing in on the topic, but the most notable is a call from a surprise guest, bodybuilder Mike Disano. Mike is an all natural bodybuilder who (arguably) looks like he is on steroids. But he ain’t. (XN used to be his coach and swears by it as well.) So how does Mike manage to look like he uses the juice? Mike tries to put words to how the secret is to remain motivated, not supplemented.

THE BIG OUTSIDE:  OUR COMPETITIVE PHYSIQUE SPORTS ROUND UP!
GRIP ASSAULT IV CONTEST RESULTS On March 22, 2008, the contest took place at TOTAL PERFORMANCE SPORTS in Everett MA. (Report furnished by our old buddy C.J. Murphy.)
Nine athletes competed, whic is actually a great turnout for a sport as fringe as grip.
1st Place Overall winner: Jedd Johnson from DieselCrew.com, who also set a record in the Plate Grip event.
2nd Place: John Eaton
3rd Place: Brenden Dwyer

TOTAL PERFORMANCE SPORTS STRONGMAN CONTEST August, 2008 LOCATION TBD 
IN THE WORLD OF NATIONAL COMPETITIVE PHYSIQUE SPORTS:
Wheelchair Bodybuilding
Our buddy Nick Scott just gave us the heads up on the Annual Wheelchair Nationals. They’ll be held in West Palm Beach, FL this year, and he will keep developing details updated at his website, www.wheelchair-bodybuilding!
IN THE WORLD OF LOCAL COMPETITIVE PHYSIQUE SPORTS:
It’s slow . . . it’s January. Not much to report, except the usual new schedule announcements:
MuscleMania Fitness Atlantic
2008 events are posted at their website.
INBF

2008 events are posted at their website.
OCB
2008 events are posted at their website.
BLNPA
2008 events are posted at their website.
NGA
2008 events are posted at their website.
NPC
2008 events are posted at their website.
BELLY UP!
BLACK MARKET CANDY?! See how an sleepy little town gets fat-phobic and goes Belly-Up.

TBI-019 Lifting in prison with smart squirrels, Jesse and Terrence

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:00:57 -0400

XN eats a bad mint right before going on the air. But he is still psyched that Chris Villani plugged us like 20 times on Time Out For Trivia. Then Mike and XN congratulate themselves SHAMELESSLY for the great job they did on the last show . . .
Mike McKay in the booth will be sapling C.J Murphy soon enough to add to our bevy of interjections.
In spite of too much mint saliva and over-sized egos, we still manage to squeeze out the news . . .
But, as if the universe was keeping our ego’s in check, Mike McKay once again bombs the intro . . . sigh . . .
The Loose News! With a loose treatment of physique information  like it was current events, and current events like it was physique information,  these are the physique stories inside today’s big stories  for the week ending March 17, 2008.
CANDIDATES GET BUFF!!! To heck with health care -- what the heck are the presidential candidates doing to STAY FIT?! (But NO, sorry; Obama-mania is NOT found in hotel ROOMS . . . !)
Next XN FINALLY explains what that banging in the background is.
SMART SQUIRRELS! Want to get wicked smaht? Start by getting a REALLY REALLY scary squirrel . . . A cool report on how the “fitness bad guy” hormone cortisol actually MIGHT be making us smarter! Put those acorns away.
Overweight women are LESS LIKELY to go to college. It’s a report that reveals a wacky, double-ironic, stereotype reversal!
FAT RATS! (Hide the nerdy squirrels . . . !) An interesting report on how artificial sweeteners confused rats brains. Fortunately, we are smarter than rodents at last check. (This statement is not yet approved by Science.)
BIG MOUTH LISTENER MAIL!
Where we talk about what you want to talk about. Here’s where our voice (or at least emails) gets heard on the show! Write us at info@thebiginside.com to sway the course of The Big Inside.
THIS WEEK THE BIG MOUTHS ARE BROUGHT TO YOU BY ASPIRE SPORTS TRAINING, who want to work with you to “fight the myth”. Please visit our sponsor.
First off: a Big Mouth, Dr. Ben from Texas let’s us know WE ARE SAGVED! The crazies at this show will NOT burn in hell! WE HAVE AN OFFICIAL CHAPLAIN! Let the Indulgences pour!
VAN LOOMIS IS BACK! He has some requests for guests, and then self-plugs. CALL IN VAN! You and Kevin can have a throw down for field reporter honors!!
And Van reminds you all to NOT FORGET THE CONTEST! What does “XN” stand for?! Whatever you want it to! Enter the WHO THE HECK IS XN?! Contest! Drop us an email and let us know what YOU think it means. If you’re the first one to get it right, we’ll send you a The Big Inside hoodie sweatshirt. But even if you get it wrong, we’ll send you a The Big Inside T-shirt so long as you make us laugh a little. ALL ENTRIES will be read on the air . . . send an email and tell us what you think “XN” stands for at info@thebiginside.com.
And Drew from Provo Utah lands an AWESOME email . . . CRAY important . . . it WILL be revisited on another program! TOO MUCH SCIENCE, not enough motivation!
NEXT up, THE BIG DEAL:  TRAINING FROM THE BIG HOUSE! THEY ARE POWERLIFTING CHAMS! THEY ARE BODYBUILDING PRO’S! THEY ALSO DID TIME IN PRISON!

You thought it was difficult for YOU to keep training! Jesse and Terrence both trained and mastered the physique sports from within prison.
Jesse did time a few years ago, and in the course of his incarceration managed to put on 30 rock solid pounds of muscle. Remember, this is on a liited diet and, obviously, no steroids. He went on to become a succesful trainer and competitive bodybuilder.
Terrence was in and out of jail for several years, and even won a powerlifting championship while still within prison! Terrence continued to bodybuild after prison, and is even qualified to compete in the NPC as a pro. AND HE’S ALL NATURAL.
A curious spin on a type of training we have seen in movies and on TV, yet that we rarely get any insight into.
Plus, find out how to put milk in the toilet for freshness and how to cook with toilet paper!

THE BIG OUTSIDE:  OUR COMPETITIVE PHYSIQUE SPORTS ROUND UP!
TERRENCE IS OFF TO COMPETE AMONG NPC PROS! IN TEXAS!
And he hasn’t even ever used steroids . . .
Terrence sounds off on the famous Drew from Provo, Utah question . . .
GRIP ASSAULT IV CONTEST March 22, 2008 12:00 NOON TOTAL PERFORMANCE SPORTS, Everett MA How much weight can you grip, how much can you lift, what can you bend, plus a MYSTERY event . . . FREE TO ENTER!

TOTAL PERFORMANCE SPORTS STRONGMAN CONTEST August, 2008 LOCATION TBD 
IN THE WORLD OF NATIONAL COMPETITIVE PHYSIQUE SPORTS:
Wheelchair Bodybuilding
Our buddy Nick Scott just gave us the heads up on the Annual Wheelchair Nationals. They’ll be held in West Palm Beach, FL this year, and he will keep developing details updated at his website, www.wheelchair-bodybuilding!
IN THE WORLD OF LOCAL COMPETITIVE PHYSIQUE SPORTS:
It’s slow . . . it’s January. Not much to report, except the usual new schedule announcements:
MuscleMania Fitness Atlantic
2008 events are posted at their website.
INBF

2008 events are posted at their website.
OCB
2008 events are posted at their website.
BLNPA
2008 events are posted at their website.
NGA
2008 events are posted at their website.
NPC
2008 events are posted at their website.
BELLY UP!
STEROID CONTROVERSY! Try not to have a bird over THIS one!

TBI-018 My guest is stronger than yours, and it's CJ Murphy

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:00:07 -0400

Somewhat out of breath, XN flies in to the studio, almost missing the show due to the strange “ghost traffic” of Massachusett’s South Shore. After that, he can barely hit any of today’s cues. This show’s on auto-pilot today.
Meanwhile my old buddy Chris Villani (check out the old episodes) took over the show Time Out For Trivia (which airs immediately before The Big Inside), and COMPLETELY BLEW US OFF FOR A PLUG!
Of course Mike McKay manages to have HIS best show, making XN just look like a goon with a microphone . . . what’s new, right?
And Jasmine Corbett (TBI-017) becomes our new mascot . . . “Whatever . . . “
But in spite of the chaos, our guest CJ Murphy makes sure XN hits all his cues, and somehow we manage to squeeze out the news . . .
The Loose News! With a loose treatment of physique information  like it was current events, and current events like it was physique information,  these are the physique stories inside today’s big stories  for the week ending March 10, 2008.
BIG OIL GETS IN ON THE DOPE TESTING GAME! It’s called “hydropyrolosis.” Xn can barely pronounce it, and steroids can barely escape it.
BABY FARMING! Fix your tendons and ligaments by having lots of kids! Let the umbilical harvest begin!!!
DRUGWATER! DRUGWATER! DRUGWATER! Tap yourself a nice tall glass of mood stabilizers . . .
BONUS ROUND GUESSING GAME! Rat poo and cockroach legs in me chocolate . . . !
In the “SO STUPID IT’S NEWS DEPARTMENT”: redecorate your weight bench in blue for maximum lifts!
AND DON’T FORGET THE CONTEST! What does “XN” stand for?! Whatever you want it to! Enter the WHO THE HECK IS XN?! Contest! Drop us an email and let us know what YOU think it means. If you’re the first one to get it right, we’ll send you a The Big Inside hoodie sweatshirt. But even if you get it wrong, we’ll send you a The Big Inside T-shirt so long as you make us laugh a little. ALL ENTRIES will be read on the air . . . send an email and tell us what you think “XN” stands for at info@thebiginside.com.
BIG MOUTH LISTENER MAIL!
Where we talk about what you want to talk about. Here’s where our voice (or at least emails) gets heard on the show! Write us at info@thebiginside.com to sway the course of The Big Inside.
THIS WEEK THE BIG MOUTHS ARE BROUGHT TO YOU BY ASPIRE SPORTS TRAINING, who want to work with you to “fight the myth”. Please visit our sponsor.
Our Big Mouth of the Week is Joe from Wayland, Massachusetts. Joe used to be a dancer . . . and he wrote a long email . . .
Then we have a Big Mouth from Jeff from Niles, Ohio who has an email that inspires so much conversation between XN and Murph that we pursue it right on into The Big Deal interview . . .
NEXT up, THE BIG DEAL:  HE AIN’T SCARY - HE’S JUST MURPH! PROFESSIONAL POWERLIFTER, STRONGMAN, TRAINER WRITER AND BULLDOG FAN C.J. MURPHY.
If XN’s voice is a verbal wrecking ball, well today it collides with the proverbial wall of words.
Owner of Total Performance Sports in Everett, MA, he has helped build a gym heralded as among the top “real lifting gyms” in America. XN has been there. It’s as scary as Murph’s beard.
Murph is a veritable powerhouse of knowledge, as well as a powerhouse of strength. He fields comments from you guys as well as plays some free association with XN.
He claims he was a wimpy guy when he was young, and became a big scary freak later in life. At 6’0”, 290 lbs. Murph is not someone you want to argue with. Trust us, he’s right.
Murph’s curveball questions were around the “toughness” of strongmen and powerlifters. So much curveball Murph accidentally drops a “P-bomb”. There goes episode TBI-018 . . .
Insightful yet opinionated, Murph has a terrific way of summing up competitive training to make it downright appealing. In fact, he encourages us to all lift a bit more intensely . . . and had Mike McKay convinced.
BONUS BIG MOUTH!!!!
Ben from Texas blows XN out of the water, makes everyone pee their pants, and threatens to take a picture with a cow. BEN YOU ROCK!!!
THE COMPETITIVE ROUND UP!
MURPH COVERS POWERLIFTING CONTESTS OF NOTE!
Murph tells us a bit about a few contests . . .
GRIP ASSAULT IV CONTEST March 22, 2008 12:00 NOON TOTAL PERFORMANCE SPORTS, Everett MA How much weight can you grip, how much can you lift, what can you bend, plus a MYSTERY event . . . FREE TO ENTER!

TOTAL PERFORMANCE SPORTS STRONGMAN CONTEST August, 2008 LOCATION TBD 
IN THE WORLD OF NATIONAL COMPETITIVE PHYSIQUE SPORTS:
Wheelchair Bodybuilding
Our buddy Nick Scott just gave us the heads up on the Annual Wheelchair Nationals. They’ll be held in West Palm Beach, FL this year, and he will keep developing details updated at his website, www.wheelchair-bodybuilding!
IN THE WORLD OF LOCAL COMPETITIVE PHYSIQUE SPORTS:
It’s slow . . . it’s January. Not much to report, except the usual new schedule announcements:
MuscleMania Fitness Atlantic
2008 events are posted at their website.
INBF

2008 events are posted at their website.
OCB
2008 events are posted at their website.
BLNPA
2008 events are posted at their website.
NGA
2008 events are posted at their website.
NPC
2008 events are posted at their website.
BELLY UP!
Hey fatties! Take your butts out to the ball game! Major League Baseball stadiums go belly up with a healthy dose of plumber’s crack . . .

TBI-017 Fun things to do with Ben-Gay and Jasmine Corbett

Mon, 3 Mar 2008 17:00:27 -0500

We started a little late today . . . the hilarious Time Out For Trivia show ran a little long, bumping us a little and making us rush. But we make up for the delay by declaring today’s show WOMEN’S DAY!
And Mike McKay in the booth is ECSTATIC. In spite of being distracted by “the hot chick”, he swears he is going to have a TIGHT show . . .
We try to pull ourselves together to bring you the news . . .
The Loose News! With a loose treatment of physique information  like it was current events, and current events like it was physique information,  these are the physique stories inside today’s big stories  for the week ending March 3, 2008.
SUPPLEMENT RECALL! This is an important one, but not what you think . . . Let the penis jokes FLY . . . . ! XN barely makes it through the report . . .
On a SERIOUS note, Vitamin E may be linked to increased lung cancer. XN takes a VERY SERIOUS story but when it comes to the name of the journal, the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, he COMPLETELY fumbles the ball . . . what’s new, right? TOO MUCH VITAMINS IN HIGH CONCENTRATIONS CAN CAUSE TOXICITY, PEOPLE.
NEW BIG INSIDE TERMINOLOGY: the first ever CLOW! Cloned cows = clows! The first cloned cow gets sold at market. A cool beef story for you protein afficionadoes. (bad joke writers have been sacked!)
Thousands of yoga practitioners can’t be wrong. Mike gets a call from India, and the first Ben-Gay reference of the day.
Sports drinks may help . . . if they don’t kill you first!! Moderation once again prevails in our “No Duh” news segment of the week.
The computer your on right now might be powered by a Japanese guy on a treadmill . . . a cool fitness concept from Japan that may solve two problems at once.
BIG MOUTH LISTENER MAIL!
Where we talk about what you want to talk about. Here’s where our voice (or at least emails) gets heard on the show! Write us at info@thebiginside.com to sway the course of The Big Inside.
THIS WEEK THE BIG MOUTHS ARE BROUGHT TO YOU BY ASPIRE SPORTS TRAINING, who want to work with you to “fight the myth”. Please visit our sponsor.
Mike McKay has his first fumble of the day in the booth . . .
But our Big Mouth of the Week is Eric from Lexington Kentucky Sets XN up for the contest promo . . .
What does “XN” stand for?! Whatever you want it to! Enter the WHO THE HECK IS XN?! Contest! Drop us an email and let us know what YOU think it means. If you’re the first one to get it right, we’ll send you a The Big Inside hoodie sweatshirt. But even if you get it wrong, we’ll send you a The Big Inside T-shirt so long as you make us laugh a little. ALL ENTRIES will be read on the air . . . send an email and tell us what you think “XN” stands for at info@thebiginside.com.
Then we have Field Reporter Kevin Quinn phone-ogle Jasmine . . . (perv) . . . we also learn about Kevin’s teeth.
Then Kevin shows his soft side and makes a Jasmine Corbett love-in . . .
NEXT up, THE BIG DEAL:  QUEEN OF THE WORLD (SORT OF) JASMINE CORBETT, ONE OF THE YOUNGEST WORLD CHAMPION FIGURE COMPETITORS
She says she’s shy (which you can tell by the fact that she is often in a bikini, right?!), but we get her hyper on Laffy Taffy and Jasmine lines us up for a hilarious interview.
Jasmine has surprisingly only been competing for one year, and rose like a rocket to the top ranks of the sport, including taking the Overall Tall Class award at the Fitness America World Figure Championship. 2007 was a string of high profile wins in several leagues, and she is still going strong.
Jasmine let’s her casual side show, and we talk all about creative ways to use Ben-Gay, shyness, and the climate of competition. Jasmine’s curveball question is all about word counts, and Mike McKay keeps CAREFUL tally.
Hilarious and compelling insight into the world of Fitness Competition from a newcomer star.

THE COMPETITIVE ROUND UP!
IT’S THE COMPETITION FREE-ASSOCIATION GAME!
We abbreviate the Round-Up this week . . . but as usual, here’s some league info . . .
And we get Jasmine to play our famous “three words:” game
IN THE WORLD OF NATIONAL COMPETITIVE PHYSIQUE SPORTS:
THE ARNOLD FEAST OF FOOLS - er - EXPO!
150,000 misfits suddenly feel safe to emerge from their basements and wear clingy shirts all weekend long! And then some guy named Dexter Jackson won a prize or something.
Wheelchair Bodybuilding
Our buddy Nick Scott just gave us the heads up on the Annual Wheelchair Nationals. They’ll be held in West Palm Beach, FL this year, and he will keep developing details updated at his website, www.wheelchair-bodybuilding!
IN THE WORLD OF LOCAL COMPETITIVE PHYSIQUE SPORTS:
It’s slow . . . it’s January. Not much to report, except the usual new schedule announcements:
MuscleMania Fitness Atlantic
2008 events are posted at their website.
INBF

2008 events are posted at their website.
OCB
2008 events are posted at their website.
BLNPA
2008 events are posted at their website.
NGA
2008 events are posted at their website.
NPC
2008 events are posted at their website.
BELLY UP!
Six women from Harvard University send a Harvard fitness center belly up . . .
Pays to have a vagina, we guess.

TBI-016 207 Listener Questions for Tattoo-Face, aka Lee Priest

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:00:42 -0500

The Rock on the Academy Awards, a million technical difficulties, and more listener mail than we’ve ever received: THE WORLD HAS GONE UPSIDE DOWN! At least pro bodybuilding legend Lee Priest is here to add a touch of credibility. (Sort of.)
Mike McKay is still trying to get the hang of the show, and swaps our themes around all crazy. We sort things out eventually and bring you the news . . .
The Loose News! With a loose treatment of physique information  like it was current events, and current events like it was physique information,  these are the physique stories inside today’s big stories  for the week ending February 25, 2008.
Spit out that meef! “Downer cattle” cause the LARGEST BEEF RECALL IN U.S. HISTORY! If you take your protein by biting a cow, you’ll want to hear the report.
Keep hydrated! The best water you can drink from a tap? You’ll never guess from where it was poured . . . (The producers of The Big Inside would like to apologize for the manner in which this story was reported. The writers have been taken out back, fed lousy beef, and shot.)
What does “XN” stand for?! Whatever you want it to! Enter the WHO THE HECK IS XN?! Contest! Drop us an email and let us know what YOU think it means. If you’re the first one to get it right, we’ll send you a The Big Inside hoodie sweatshirt. But even if you get it wrong, we’ll send you a The Big Inside T-shirt so long as you make us laugh a little. ALL ENTRIES will be read on the air . . . send an email and tell us what you think “XN” stands for at info@thebiginside.com.
Perfectionists suck! We pulled an interesting study from the Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology about “incompetence avoidance” that may just explain why poor sports are, well, BAD sports.
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An AWESOME email this week from Van Loomis from Matthews Virginia. He’s got a ton of questions for XN, and is a VERY VERY LARGE MAN . . .
NEXT up, THE BIG DEAL:  One of the biggest DEALS we have yet had on the show: PRO BODYBUILDER (AND DRAG RACER) LEE PRIEST.
Although the gods of technology were against us, Lee Priest was all about the show. After almost locking himself out of his own house, being hung up on by Mike McKay, and the cell phone satellites giving out on him, he nonetheless pulled through and joined us for a terrific interview.
Fans of competitive bodybuilding will know Lee Priest without any introduction, yet many of you regular types may not even know who he is. Lee talks to us about the kind of fame he enjoys, his fans and what it’ lie to be 5’5”, 280 pounds, and on a roller coaster.
Lee is also a professional drag racer, and tells us about what he does when he is not a bigger then life bodybuilder. One of the most chilled out guests we have had on the show, and an honor to interview.
Lee’s fans went bonkers submitting questions. We literally received something like 207 questions from you guys – which was awesome. We try to wade through as many as we can, and somehow get some interesting facts out of the whole deal.
And, as this is XN’s show, you know he had to “go there” . . . and yes, he asks Mr. Priest what’s the deal with “tattoo face” . . . .

THE COMPETITIVE ROUND UP!
IT’S THE COMPETITION FREE-ASSOCIATION GAME!
We abbreviate the Round-Up this week . . . but as usual, here’s some league info . . .
IN THE WORLD OF NATIONAL COMPETITIVE PHYSIQUE SPORTS:
Wheelchair Bodybuilding
Our buddy Nick Scott just gave us the heads up on the Annual Wheelchair Nationals. They’ll be held in West Palm Beach, FL this year, and he will keep developing details updated at his website, www.wheelchair-bodybuilding!
IN THE WORLD OF LOCAL COMPETITIVE PHYSIQUE SPORTS:
It’s slow . . . it’s January. Not much to report, except the usual new schedule announcements:
MuscleMania Fitness Atlantic
2008 events are posted at their website.
INBF

2008 events are posted at their website.
OCB
2008 events are posted at their website.
BLNPA
2008 events are posted at their website.
NGA
2008 events are posted at their website.
NPC
2008 events are posted at their website.
BELLY UP!
BE GONE FISH AND CHIPS! WE CENSOR YOU FOREVER FROM CHILDREN’S BOOKS!
In a surreal story from New Zealand, we learn how the solution to childhood obesity is to censor any mention of . . . wait for it . . . fish and chips.
True story. Truly the epitome of belly up . . .

TBI-015 Infoheavy infotainment with Scott Bottorff & Dr. Nicolosi

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:00:39 -0500

The Big Inside gets completely blown off by it’s scheduled guests. We were SUPPOSED to have professional male cheerleaders, but apparently, they were not too professional . . . so instead, we have put together our most info-heavy program yet! Both Dr. Mike Nicolosi AND Scott Bottorff go head to head on a series of topics. Medicine meets training in the gym, with supplements, and of course making fun of XN . . . Plus, we have YET ANOTHER producer in the booth (yes, that means yet more blunders).
So, trying desperately to talk slower this week, XN tries to scream the news so that you can hear it over the sound of the news theme . . .
The Loose News! With a loose treatment of physique information  like it was current events, and current events like it was physique information,  these are the physique stories inside today’s big stories  for the week ending February 4, 2008.
Just when you thought it was safe to go back to Congress! The steroid hearings in sports continue . . . and trickle down to the inane! In a story that nearly made it into the Belly Up Awards this week, we report on how Congress has dragged thoroughbred horse racing into the steroid controversy. However, Mr. Ed still denies using drugs, even when sworn under oath.
Candy sales are down for kids, but up for coffee achievers! Sports drinks give confection markets a beating, so the confectioners strike back with buzzed gummies ! CAFFEINATED CANDY becomes the latest merger of sports nutrition with slovenly eating. AND IT’S A MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR SWEET TOOTH!!!
Prison food is better than what you get at McDonald’s! But this ain’t prisoner pampering – it’s a program designed to save you thousands!
Mountain biker’s may be nuts, but they may also end up damaging their testicles!

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Our Big Mouth listener this week is none other than our jolly Field Reporter Kevin Quinn, who sets up Mike Scott Bottorff with an awesome squat squat question.
And Mike in the booth learns how to do Good Mornings.
NEXT up, THE BIG DEAL:  HEAD TO HEAD INFOTAINMENT WITH Dr. Mike Nicolosi, bodybuilder, powerlifter, and medical professional, along with Scott Bottorff from aspire sports training.
Flexibility, strength training, squat form, flax seeds, supplement concerns, callers . . . YOU ASKED FOR IT AND HERE IT IS: THE INFO-HEAVY VERSION OF THE NEXT LEVEL. We have our two most info-heavy guests go at it on a range of cool topics. (FINALLY! XN shuts up and allows for REAL content.)
he Big Inside favorite Dr. Mike Nicolosi comes back to pitch hit and once again regales us with yet more stories of how his life is perhaps the most unlucky existences ever. (TWO FLAT TIRES AT ONCE?! Come ON, Mike . . . pull it together!)
Meanwhile, let us remind you that Mike is an osteopathic doctor working in physical medicine and rehab. He’s also been a fitness professional for a long, long time, and still competes in bodybuilding on the side.
Scott’s back and once again throwing in his brilliant, expansive and even arcane information.
Scott Bottorff is semi-pro hockey player, and a PRO INLINE HOCKEY PLAYER (who knew there was such a thing?!). Scott has also competed in bodybuilding for many years.
Scott eagerly brings more hard info this week about strength training, proper form and supplements.
BIG MOUTH CALL-IN MEGA DOUBLE BONUS!
And now . . . “Minier’s Way” . . .
And we find out that Momentum Organizational Fitness tunes in The Big Inside and plays it live in their gym.

THE COMPETITIVE ROUND UP!
IT’S THE COMPETITION FREE-ASSOCIATION GAME!
We abbreviate the Tound-Up this week . . . but as usual, here’s some league info . . .
IN THE WORLD OF NATIONAL COMPETITIVE PHYSIQUE SPORTS:
Wheelchair Bodybuilding
Our buddy Nick Scott just gave us the heads up on the Annual Wheelchair Nationals. They’ll be held in West Palm Beach, FL this year, and he will keep developing details updated at his website, www.wheelchair-bodybuilding!
IN THE WORLD OF LOCAL COMPETITIVE PHYSIQUE SPORTS:
It’s slow . . . it’s January. Not much to report, except the usual new schedule announcements:
MuscleMania Fitness Atlantic
2008 events are posted at their website.
INBF

2008 events are posted at their website.
OCB
2008 events are posted at their website.
BLNPA
2008 events are posted at their website.
NGA
2008 events are posted at their website.
NPC
2008 events are posted at their website.
BELLY UP!
NOTHING CREEPIER!
Thanks are given to the London newspaper, The Daily Mail, who show us what it is to go too far and insult two classes of people in one fell swoop. They’re heralding Aditya “Romeo” Dev as “the world’s smallest bodybuilder”, and printed the CREEPIEST photo shoot yet.
Our sympathies to the exploited Mr. Dev, and of course to bodybuilders and little people everywhere . . .
Way to do, Daily Mail. Maybe next week you can do quadrapelegic ballet dancers?

TBI-014 Mental masturbation with Scott Bottorff and Kevin Quinn

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:00:47 -0500

It’s the show held together with duct tape! Our special Supplement call-in episode turns into a hilarious free-for-all! The live show was pre-empted and aired late due to Bean Pot Hockey, so perhaps that was why we were all a little loopy . . . either it was that or Christian fueling up with Runts candies . . .
In order to get right to the good stuff, we abbreviated the news this week . . .
The Loose News! With a loose treatment of physique information  like it was current events, and current events like it was physique information,  these are the physique stories inside today’s big stories  for the week ending February 4, 2008.
Where do the candidates stand with fitness initiatives? The Big Inside calls to mind the fact that fitness is perhaps the greatest boone to healthcare reform; yet none of the candidates has yet said boo on the topic!
VITAMIN BEER! NOW YOU CAN GET DRUNK AND GET FIT AT THE SAME TIME! God bless the Philippines!
Australians are fat -- but don’t even know it! Denial down under!
Not only do Australians not realize that they are fat, they also have fat ambulances!
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We skip over an email from DENMARK! (Yes, Denmark!)
We get an AWESOME email from Mike in South Carolina. Mike calls for retribution for a comment XN made about Derek Poundstone. If one of them is going to get the heat, then ALL of them should get the heat!
BIG MOUTH CALL-IN BONUS!
XN gets a call from a VERY angry guy . . . thanks Anthony from Revere, MA!
Next up, Dan from Boston tells XN that he is talking too fast. He also has an AWESOME question about losing fat and ingesting carbs.
Jason from Colorado calls, and after singing Scott’s praises, likewise calls out a philosophy of “clean eating.” He urges Scott to comment on all-day eating.
NEXT up, THE BIG DEAL:  Scott Bottorff from aspire sports training answers complex, science-ey questions along with his sidekick field reporter Kevin Quinn.
Scott tells us about himself. Kevin tells us about Scott. XN tells Scott about Kevin. Eventually we start talking about ourself.
Scott Bottorff is semi-pro hockey player, and a PRO INLINE HOCKEY PLAYER (who knew there was such a thing?!). Scott has also competed in bodybuilding for many years.
Scott brought along The Big Inside regular “field reporter” Kevin Quinn. Kevin is trained by Scott. He really buys into that script he’s reading.
Scott handles some tough questions, and also some science-ey questions. And, of course, he has XN’s back.
BIG MOUTH CALL-IN MEGA DOUBLE BONUS!
Scott takes a call from Justin who talks about crappy trainers, and has questions about soy protein and glutamine.
THE COMPETITIVE ROUND UP!
IT’S THE COMPETITION FREE-ASSOCIATION GAME!
Scott and Kevin give their free-association descriptions for the leagues we feature here on The Big Inside.
IN THE WORLD OF NATIONAL COMPETITIVE PHYSIQUE SPORTS:
Wheelchair Bodybuilding
Our buddy Nick Scott just gave us the heads up on the Annual Wheelchair Nationals. They’ll be held in West Palm Beach, FL this year, and he will keep developing details updated at his website, www.wheelchair-bodybuilding!
IN THE WORLD OF LOCAL COMPETITIVE PHYSIQUE SPORTS:
It’s slow . . . it’s January. Not much to report, except the usual new schedule announcements:
MuscleMania Fitness Atlantic
2008 events are posted at their website.
INBF

2008 events are posted at their website.
OCB
2008 events are posted at their website.
BLNPA
2008 events are posted at their website.
NGA
2008 events are posted at their website.
NPC
2008 events are posted at their website.
BELLY UP!
The Hawaii Chair! This one speaks for itself. If ONLY The Big Inside were a TV Show rather than a radio show.
Suffice to say, the fitness industry has hit a pathetic new low . . . pass the poi and have a laugh.

TBI-013 Getting ahead with stereotypes and Paul Desimone

Mon, 4 Feb 2008 17:00:28 -0500

Lots of “air quotes” on today’s show. And Chris Vilani is back with us in the booth after a short hiatus. All kinds of chaos ensues.
To get right into the action we begin with . . .
The Loose News! With a loose treatment of physique information  like it was current events, and current events like it was physique information,  these are the physique stories inside today’s big stories  for the week ending February 4, 2008.
TOP STORY: BODYBUILDING REDUCES CHRONIC PAIN! Good old fashioned weight training and old folks come together in a very fascinating study found in the Journal of Sports Science & Medicine.
Then there was this football thing-a-ma-jig the other day, and all them Giants were caught on camera eating bananas. Why do athletes love bananas? What’s the deal with electrolytes? And why did Potassium get called “vitamin K”? XN gives a quick run-down and explains how bananas work like a PT Cruiser and how potassium is maybe like a muscle cell . . . or something like that . . .
A real case of bodybuilder bigotry! Well, if YOU weight above 265 pounds of muscle, then watch out -- you may be TOO BIG to work out!
“HEY FATTY! WE DON’T SERVER YER KIND HERE!” That’s right, bigotry against fat people is perfectly legal. Well, as long as you’re in a restaurant in Mississippi. The legislators down south have just tons of time to come up with these absurd laws.
You better fall in love with Pro Bodybuilder Craig Titus, or else some crazy guy with three last names will put a hit out on your sorry life.

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YOU GUYS WERE LAZY THIS WEEK. We got TONS of junk mail, but not too many comments or questions from you folks. PICK UP THE PACE FOLKS!!!
So, our Big Mouth of the Week goes to a guy named MotoMaster from Utah. He wants us to give more information in our reports. We politely disagree . . . but thanks for the email!
NEXT up, THE BIG DEAL:  MUSCLEHEAD-AT-LARGE PAUL DESIMONE TALKS TO US ABOUT WHETHER HE IS A CELEBRITY ON THE RISE, OR JUST A BIG GOON DJ ACTOR WHO ALSO COMPETES IN BODYBUILDING, POWERLIFTING AND STRONG MAN.
Endlessly polluting youtube.com with crazy videos of him dancing to 80’s gay nightclub music, Paul is one of the most shameless self-promoters in the bodybuilding world. Paul talks to us about how he has been stereotyped as a goofy meathead, and how he has even managed to occasionally use that image to his advantage in his career aspirations.
Paul is also a DJ, an aspiring actor, a performer, and has also spent over a decade in the physique sports. He has managed to compete in bodybuilding, powerlifting and strong man all within one year, a rare accomplishment. He has set a USA Powerlifting bicep record, as well as having several titles and records under his belt. Paul also owns Gym Warriors in Peabody, MA where he has his shirt off most of the time.
Will Paul become an actor? Will we all watch him shoot to the stars? Rarely do we get to see the “before-they-were-a-star” moment of celebrity. Now all that has to happen is Paul has to become world famous. He might just make it.
In the meantime, you can hear Paul spinning on February 14th, Valentine’s day just outside of Boston. Contact Paul directly for details and cover costs, and come check him out. (Don’t worry, he assures us he won’t be playing “Supermodel” by RuPaul when he spins . . . )

THE COMPETITIVE ROUND UP!
BONUS REPORT! PAUL DESIMONE GIVES A FIRST HAND ACCOUNT OF HIS RECENT STRONG MAN COMPETING!
Paul was bleeding out the hands, yet refuses to say what he LIKED about a recent Strong man contest in which he competed. LIVE CONTENT! Totally worth the price of the show.
IN THE WORLD OF NATIONAL COMPETITIVE PHYSIQUE SPORTS:
Wheelchair Bodybuilding
Our buddy Nick Scott just gave us the heads up on the Annual Wheelchair Nationals. They’ll be held in West Palm BEach, FL this year, and he will keep developing details updated at his website, www.wheelchair-bodybuilding!
IN THE WORLD OF LOCAL COMPETITIVE PHYSIQUE SPORTS:
It’s slow . . . it’s January. Not much to report, except the usual new schedule announcements:
MuscleMania Fitness Atlantic
2008 events are posted at their website.
INBF

2008 events are posted at their website.
OCB
2008 events are posted at their website.
BLNPA
2008 events are posted at their website.
NGA
2008 events are posted at their website.
NPC
2008 events are posted at their website.
BELLY UP!
Chris Vilani goes koo-koo in the booth by playing the WRONG THEME and INSTANTLY goes belly up!
But originally the winner we honor this week was Pat Robertson who threatened the life of Mr. Natural Olympia competitor Philip Busch. On the flip side, Philip Busch is suing Pat Robertson and a whole bunch of other people with money. What’s it all about? A protein shake.
Yes, Pat Robertson has a protein drink . . .
The profundity of it all . . .

TBI-012 Fat Brits and face-punches from Graeme Prue

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:00:17 -0500

Tons of stuff to cover this week, but we try to tread lightly and refrain from our usual glut of England jokes . . . and XN muses about the trivia show that immediately proceeds The Big Inside on 1510 The Zone . . .
To get right into the action we begin with . . .
The Loose News! With a loose treatment of physique information  like it was current events, and current events like it was physique information,  these are the physique stories inside today’s big stories  for the week ending January 28, 2008.
TOP STORY: as if high school wasn’t weird enough, now teenagers have to learn how to pee in a cup. That’s right, steroid mania has impacted high schools in four states, including Florida and big spending Texas. Tax payers foot the bill.
Sly Stallone says; LET’S ALL DO HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE! Silly Rambo; everyone knows black market HGH is for criminals.
247lbs. of NFL beef gives up on beef! Kansas City Chiefs lineman Tony Gonzales turns Vegan. He’s also better than all of us at EVERYTHING, and makes a ton of cash. The moral of the story? Go out, eat some twigs and hug a rock and then you too can be an NFL superstar!
On the topic of football and eating, XN reveals just how fat you folks will be getting on Super Bowl Sunday. It ain’t pretty . . .
In a related story, XN discovers that there is, believe it or not, an actual SNACK FOOD ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA! Surreal.
The United Kingdom drops a ton of pounds in order to drop a ton of pounds. Them chubby brits are going on a massive group diet.
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Our first Big Mouth, is a very complimentary guy named “Nomad” from Tennessee . . . his intelligence completely eclipses the call we received from another bubba from Tennessee, the infamous Boomer from TBI-006.
The next Big Mouth has a HUGE axe to grind with XN. It’s Mike from Cambridge, MA, and he is tee’ed off about a story we reported in TBI-010 about testosterone.
Our last Big Mouth is Joe from Yonkers, NY. He makes a terrific format suggestion about more complete tips on the show.
NEXT up, THE BIG DEAL:  GRAEME PRUE, MIXED MARTIAL ARTIST, EXERCISE EQUIPMENT INVENTOR AND OLYMPIC ATHLETE TRAINER
Grame Prue talks funny. But he also sounds smarter than all of us because he is from the United Kingdom.
Graeme somehow doesn’t notice when he is in a cage and getting the crap beaten out of his face. In other words, he has competed in UFC mixed martial arts tournaments, and likewise trains fighters.
Graeme has trained all sorts of Olympic athletes including a bronze-medal-winning javelin thrower. Graeme also finally lets us know why Grand Prix drivers are some of the most intense endurance athletes around.
We also get a call from our Field Reporter Kevin Quinn during the interview who throws this week’s Big Mouth curve ball question, stumping us all.
Graeme Prue’s company is named S5 Personal Training. He travels all around the country – and internationally – to train professional athletes and likewise continues to train himself.
We close the interview with a GREAT set of questions from a caller named Dan from Boston.
THE COMPETITIVE ROUND UP!
IN THE WORLD OF NATIONAL COMPETITIVE PHYSIQUE SPORTS:
Wheelchair Bodybuilding
Our buddy Nick Scott just gave us the heads up on the Annual Wheelchair Nationals. They’ll be held in West Palm BEach, FL this year, and he will keep developing details updated at his website, www.wheelchair-bodybuilding!
IN THE WORLD OF LOCAL COMPETITIVE PHYSIQUE SPORTS:
It’s slow . . . it’s January. Not much to report, except the usual new schedule announcements:
MuscleMania Fitness Atlantic
2008 events are posted at their website.
INBF

2008 events are posted at their website.
OCB
2008 events are posted at their website.
BLNPA
2008 events are posted at their website.
NGA
2008 events are posted at their website.
NPC
2008 events are posted at their website.

SPECIAL BONUS BIG MOUTH!!!
The caller Dan who phoned in during the Big Deal segment stayed on the line and sneaks in one more question, and introduces us to the wonderful exercise called “Das Arms” . . . Uluski cracks up in the booth.
BELLY UP!
This week we honor the marathon officials from Bangalore India. They single-handedly improved the race times of International runners by allowing them to get chased by angry street dogs . . .
Nice try, Bangalorians . . . next time try a sack race.

TBI-011 Listener call-in mania and Dr. Nicolosi

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:00:55 -0500

It’s the show where nothing goes right! XN lost his voice covering the World’s Strongest man Contest this past weekend, and our guest for this week, Shaun Assael, is stuck in an airplane and can;t be with us! The show carries on, however!
In spite of the troubles, we begin with . . .
The Loose News! With a loose treatment of physique information  like it was current events, and current events like it was physique information,  these are the physique stories inside today’s big stories  for the week ending January 21, 2008.
Your kids are fat, but we don’t care! Fitness Trend predictions stories for the 2008 year are all over the place . . . here’s our little spin on what the watchdogs and reporters are saying will be hot. We look at a bunch of pundits and glean the basics.
Suddenly, The Big Inside breaks out in CALL-IN MANIA! Our listeners ROCK!
First, a fellow named Ben calls. Seems Ben has SEEN XN in the REAL WORLD! He delivers a friendly -- but slightly creepy -- compliment to XN about leg development.
Next, we hear from Rose, who just wants to goof on around. VERY FUNNY STUFF! And, she’s over fat kids.
Next, we have a VERY COOL call from powerlifter and occasional email contributor BIG MIKE AMBROSE!
XN then moves on to some REAL news, sort of, by making fun of new Pepsi Max.
Like sugar? TURN ATHLETIC! A very interesting story that has determined athletes can handle MUCH more sugar than the rest of us. BRING ON THE PEPSI!
Finally, The Big Inside calls out congress! That’s right, in a story we found on Rueters, commenting on how Congress is all up in the steroids-in-baseball controversy, XN throws his own 2¢ in on how “convenient” the image mongering is for Congress during this election year . . .
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Where we talk about what you want to talk about. Here’s where our voice (or at least emails) gets heard on the show! Write us at info@thebiginside.com to sway the course of The Big Inside.
Our first Big Mouth, and winner of “Big Mouth Of the Week”, is Erin from Fort Lauderdale with a VERY cool email that inspires Brian in the booth to add a Big Inside Laugh Track.
The BIGGEST BIG MOUTH AWARD for this week goes to our youngest Big Mouth, Mike from Kentucky. He asks a question about lats . . . XN quickly tries to fill in the blanks left by his high school Phys. Ed. coach . . . He’s also someone else who’s seen XN in real life.
NEXT up, THE BIG DEAL:  Dr. MIKE NICOLOSI PINCH-HITS  AND FILLS IN TALKING ABOUT  HIS CONTEST DIET STRUCTURE AND KEEPING IT REAL WITH OTHER SHORT BODYBUILDERS!
As our original guest could not make it today, Dr. Nicolosi fills in. The doc is getting ready for a contest in late April, and talks about his tactics to make diets successful.
Mike joined XN at the World’s Strongest Man contest this past weekend, and is equally hoarse in the voice.
During the interview we get a call from another shorter bodybuilder, as well as some conversation from our own Field Reporter, Kevin Quinn.
Mike also offers his recipe for e. coli unclean lettuce and cajun manure chicken . . . yum . . . !
THE COMPETITIVE ROUND UP!
SPECIAL REPORT!
World’s Strongest Man Super Series - Mohegan Sun Grand Prix
Saturday, January 19, 2008, Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, CT
This past weekend XN, Dr. Nicolosi and a a few of the guys and gals from The PhysiQulture Collaborative went down to Connecticut to check out the incredibly funny World’s Strongest Man Contest.
At moments the event was like a Polish Citizenship exam one minute, and a low-budget American Gladiators show the next.
the show had the BIG GUYS, folks like Mariusz Pudzianowski and Derek Poundstone. Incidentally Poundstone took the title for the day.
XN offers our report, as well as his musings on how Mariusz may well be the next Schwarzenegger.
We here accompany the report with a few pics XN took from the front row of the contest.

IN THE WORLD OF LOCAL COMPETITIVE PHYSIQUE SPORTS:
It’s slow . . . it’s January. Not much to report, except the usual new schedule announcements:
MuscleMania Fitness Atlantic
2008 events are posted at their website.
INBF

2008 events are posted at their website.
OCB
2008 events are posted at their website.
BLNPA
2008 events are posted at their website.
NGA
2008 events are posted at their website.
NPC
2008 events are posted at their website.
Wheelchair Bodybuilding
Check out the website of our buddy, Nick Scott, to keep abreast of news from the wheelchair bodybuilding world!
BELLY UP!
This week we honor the International Olympics Committee, who recently set back the disabled athletics movement about 70 years. The consequence is an absurd ruling against Oscar Pistorius, a track star from South Africa.
Thanks IOC. Maybe next time “fair” can mean “ethical” as well . . .

TBI-010 The SNOW DAY homebrew episode

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:41:22 -0500

SNOW DAY! A massive storm shut down the Boston area this week, so the studio The Big Inside normally broadcasts from is closed!
Never fear, loyal listeners – The Big Inside trudges on with a snow emergency home-brewed version!
Just like on sunny days, we begin by putting you in the driver’s seat:
BIG MOUTH LISTENER MAIL!
Where we talk about what you want to talk about. Here’s where our voice (or at least emails) gets heard on the show! Write us at info@thebiginside.com to sway the course of The Big Inside.
Keeping with the snow theme, our first Big Mouth was from a guy who goes by the name “St. Nicholas,” and he’s from Canada. He brings up the topic of motivation.
The BIGGEST BIG MOUTH AWARD for the week goes to a guy named CJ who wrote one of those questions that’s easier to ASK than it is to ANSWER! He wants to know why
HERE’S The Loose News . . .  With a loose treatment of physique information like it was current events, and current events like it was physique information,  these are the physique stories inside today’s big stories for the week ending January 7, 2008.
Our top story: if you want to learn facts, start with fiction! A recent book by author Mark Brake talks about how the brain prefers stories when learning over straight-up facts. Nature also did a story that prompted this report.
Mega-site Bodybuilding.com gets bought by Liberty Media for a whopping $100 MILLION! Hey buddy, can i write you a check?
Some cool info on what some of the nerdiest jocks eat: CHESS GRANDMASTER DIETS! Eat chocolate and go swimming.
Testosterone boosters for older dudes? Go for it. Sure, you’ll get jacked, but you’ll still be an old fart. A study from JAMA indicates testosterone won’t actually help you stay young. Sorry, gramps.
NEXT up, THE BIG DEAL:  SNOW DAY SPECIAL REPORT: PHYSIQUE SPORTS IN DETAIL!
Our guest gets snowed out, but nonetheless, LUCKY BONUS FOR YOU! XN gives a special report!
Unfamiliar with physique sports? Or, think you actually DO know about them? Today on the Big Deal we XN explaining the “basics” of physique sports, how they work and how they are “played”.
Informative and in-depth, this is an explanation you won’t often hear out there in the media realm, based in the athletic pursuit, not the cultural stereotype.
THE ROUND UP!
It’s slow . . . it’s January. Not much to report, except the usual new schedule announcements:
MuscleMania Fitness Atlantic
2008 events are posted at their website.
INBF

2008 events are posted at their website.
OCB
2008 events are posted at their website.
BLNPA
2008 events are posted at their website.
NGA
2008 events are posted at their website.
NPC
2008 events are posted at their website.
Wheelchair Bodybuilding
Check out the website of our buddy, Nick Scott, to keep abreast of news from the wheelchair bodybuilding world!
UPCOMING IN THE BIG WIDE WORLD OF PHYSIQUE SPORTS:
World’s Strongest Man Super Series - Mohegan Sun Grand Prix
Saturday, January 19, 2008 Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, CT
The biggest, scariest and most impressive guys in the world, right here in New England. Stuff like the Pillars of Hercules, The Atlas Stone lift, and other strength and power stunts punned after Greek mythology. Tire flipping, dragging semi truck tractors, and other things you will probably never see again accomplished by men who are stronger than, well, anyone else (hence the contest name).
XN may go check it out to get the “field report”. Meanwhile, you have GOT to check out this contest -- truly something you will see only once in a lifetime!
ADDED BONUS: Xn and the crew from The PhysiQulture Collaborative will be attending the contest and offering a report next week on the big Inside! TUNE IN!
BELLY UP!
Our winner this week is none other than . . . THE DEVIL HIMSELF! Yes, this weeks award is shared by MuscleMissions.org who seems to think that bodybuilding is, without question, entirely the work of the Dark Lord himself.
That’s right, these loonies are claiming that fitness buffs are really actually worshipping Satan.
The upside to burning in eternal hellfires? Well, at least all these jacked guys will get a great sunburn.

TBI-009 Dropping s-bombs and denting arms with Eddie Robinson

Mon, 7 Jan 2008 17:00:35 -0500

No, that smell is NOT XN’s “b.o.”, it’s the scent of a pizza someone left in the studio . . .
We get right to it today, putting you in the driver’s seat:
BIG MOUTH LISTENER MAIL!
Where we talk about what you want to talk about. Here’s where our voice (or at least emails) gets heard on the show! Write us at info@thebiginside.com to sway the course of The Big Inside.
Our first Big Mouth is from Jack who hails from Massachusetts. He’s “227 lbs. of much” as he puts it, and XN lets him know that “what makes a work is the work not the diet.”
The BIGGEST BIG MOUTH AWARD for the week goes to a guy named Scott from New York. He levels us with some pretty direct suggestions about the show. Well, we sort of agreed with him . . . but refuse to admit he was right. And, he actually referred to today’s guest, Eddie Robinson as . . . wait for it . . . a JUICY FRUIT! (Good gum . . . LITERALLY this time!) Hey -- we just report this stuff, folks!
Back in the SANE world, we get a VERY flattering email from Angel in Nebraska who calls XN out and makes him admit on the air that, yes it’s true, he is an authentic physique competitor (even though he tries to hide it). XN also offers a little insight into “normal level” physique sports.
HERE’S The Loose News . . .  With a loose treatment of physique information like it was current events, and current events like it was physique information,  these are the physique stories inside today’s big stories for the week ending January 7, 2008.
Our top story: we all already knew that men don’t have the stomach to handle child birth. Now we find out men are spineless as well; at least when it comes to carrying children.
Staying with the theme of Loose News about women, XN finds a story about how reduced fat diets can result in more injuries for female joggers.
In a related story, XN FINALLY pronounces “The Journal Of The International Society Of Sports Nutrition” correctly!
Next, following the ever-unfolding baseball steroids controversies, a quick report on how Roger Clemens is suing an ex-trainer of his because the guy falsely suggested Clemens was a juicebag. Liar liar . . .
And finally, in the “no duh” department, comes a quick story about how the stars of NBC’s physical challenge game show American Gladiators are not really, um, well, they’re not really ATHLETES. Although fun to look at, the only real athletic experience these so-called “gladiators” have in their backgrounds are pursuits like romance book cover models, physique competitors, and “adult media” models . . . you do the math on THAT one. Ah yes, another generation gets fed the idea that there’s no need to BE genuine as long as you LOOK genuine and keep a solid publicist handy.
NEXT up, THE BIG DEAL:  Interview with IFBB PRO BODYBUILDER, MR. OLYMPIA COMPETITOR AND PROFESSIONAL ARM WRESTLER, EDDIE ROBINSON.
Eddie Robinson is a BIG fan of T-back (NOT tea-bag) tanktops, and so that’s why he happily lives in Florida with his wife and kids.
Eddie’s proportions are nothing short of monstrous compared to us normal folks. Currently, at age 42, he is still 246 lbs on a 5’7” frame. Another reason he likes them Y-back tanktops.
Eddie has intense memories of his years in the IFBB, the International federation of Body Buiolding (the largest pro level organization, partly founded by the bodybuilding legend Joe Weider), In particular Eddie “suicide dieting” of his Mr. Olympia competitions.
Eddie talks about his intense sense of competition, and how this more than anything drove his desire to build bigger and bigger proportions, and also was the driving force behind his early teenage powerlifting world records.
Eddie takes a call from The big Inside’s bodybuilding field reporter Kevin Quinn, and has a brief discussion of bodybuilding attitudes. He also comments on his past, steroids in the sport, and XN teases him about his immense collection of spandex gear. However, Eddie insists that those “super hero” type costumes were the idea of the media . . . .
Eddie plans on expanding his website services in the upcoming months, and is happily continuing to write and work in the fitness media industry.
THE ROUND UP!
It’s slow . . . it’s January. Not much to report, except the usual new schedule announcements:
MuscleMania Fitness Atlantic
Their 2008 New England event announced for late April! Check them out at their website.
INBF

2008 events are posted at their website.
OCB
2008 events are posted at their website.
BLNPA
2008 events are posted at their website.
NGA
2008 events are posted at their website.
NPC
2008 events are posted at their website.
Wheelchair Bodybuilding
Check out the website of our buddy, Nick Scott, to keep abreast of news from the wheelchair bodybuilding world!
UPCOMING IN THE BIG WIDE WORLD OF PHYSIQUE SPORTS:
World’s Strongest Man Super Series - Mohegan Sun Grand Prix
Saturday, January 19, 2008 Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, CT
The biggest, scariest and most impressive guys in the world, right here in New England. Stuff like the Pillars of Hercules, The Atlas Stone lift, and other strength and power stunts punned after Greek mythology. Tire flipping, dragging semi truck tractors, and other things you will probably never see again accomplished by men who are stronger than, well, anyone else (hence the contest name).
XN may go check it out to get the “field report”. Meanwhile, you have GOT to check out this contest -- truly something you will see only once in a lifetime!
BELLY UP!
Our winners this week are 45% of United Kingdom citizens, who claim they absolutely can NOT live without their fast food.
Life is simply unbearable without deep fried ‘taters and lard-saturated pork cracklins . . .
Way to clog them arteries, you crazy Brits . . .

TBI-008 A car wreck involving writer Benoit Denizet-Lewis

Mon, 31 Dec 2007 21:12:25 -0500

The Absolutely-No-New-Year’s-Theme New Year’s Eve Spectacular! The big news for the New Year? AWESOME guests for the upcoming weeks as we start 2008!
IFBB Pro Bodybuilder and Professional Arm Wrestling Champion Eddie Robinson will be joining us by next Monday (January 7, 2008) to speak frankly about his adventures in the professional competitive physique sports world. No doubt he’ll also probably dish a little bit about how THAT all comes together for a guy. Eddie is pretty up-front and a lot of fun; add onto that with the typical “Big Inside” spin on interviewing, and you get a must-hear interview that you won’t want to miss next week -- even if you never had much interest in the professional physique world.
Also stopping by in a few weeks is Chris Nowinski, better known as WWE superstar Chris Harvard. Chris is also an author, and is currently a leading advocate in the education and awareness of sports-related concussions through his work with the Sports Legacy Institute. He’ll be joining us at the show to talk about a whole range of topics, and XN will try not to look like a fool going up against a Harvard guy.
In a few weeks we will also be joined by Shaun Assael, who wrote a controversial and exciting new book, Steroid Nation, chronicling steroids in sports.
Also, strong men, powerlifters, wheelchair bodybuilders, team physique athletes, those mysterious guys from Aspire Sports Training, and tons more. The new year is looking BIG on The Big Inside! Subscribe to the podcast NOW!
BIG MOUTH LISTENER MAIL!
Your voice (or at least emails) heard on the show! Write us at info@thebiginside.com to sway the course of the show.
This week we got a very cool letter from Barry in Boston. Barry wants his free loot -- specifically, a The Big Inside T-Shirt! Typically T-shirts are reserved for first time callers into the show. But Barry’s email was SO cool that -- aw, heck -- hey Barry, email us your mail address and phone number and we’ll drop one in the mail for ya!
Next, we got one of those emails that takes longer to answer than it did to write. Michael from Troy, Michigan basically wants the perfect body, so went asking for “tips.” if you’ve listened to past episodes, you KNOW what XN thinks about “tips” . . .
HERE’S The Loose News . . .  With a loose treatment of physique information like it was current events, and current events like it was physique information, these are the physique stories inside today’s big stories.
Our top story is phoned in by a listener, Greg from Cambridge, MA. He wants us to talk a bit about the sports supplements conundrum -- in short, do we think that they even necessary?
Next, a quick report on the printed apology from the L.A. Times regarding their erroneous reporting on Roger Clemens’ steroid history. There is none. Once again, Clemens shines forth as a true sports hero, even in spite of -- and in this case in the face of -- adversity.
Finally, a quick report on the growing obesity among -- wait for it -- yes, ITALIAN children. Wait a sec . . . isn’t Italy known for pasta and olive oil? Hate to say it, but all we saw it coming, Luigi.
NEXT up, THE BIG DEAL:  Interview with WRITER BENOIT DENIZET-LEWIS, OFFERING INSIGHT INTO THE HUMAN SIDE OF THE SPORTING STORY
Benoit Denizet-Lewisis currently a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine where he specializes in topics related to American culture. he has also written human interest stories in publications such as Sports illustrated, Boston Magazine, Details, Slate and many others. He is, himself, an all-around athlete involved currently in many league sports, including football, basketball and softball, and is also a weight training athlete.
This unique mixture has given Benoit unique insights into several arenas of athletic development. he has written about many athletes, including Barry Bonds, and recent stories he has authored include focuses on coaching techniques, pressures on young athletes, and even the addictive power of performance enhancing drugs. This research and reporting on “steroid addiction” is actually content for his upcoming book to be released later in the year.
Overall, Benoit has the “regular joe” take on athletic training, yet has been immersed into the controversial corners of several stories due to his job. His take on the “inside” of athletics development is invaluable.
But, in spite of all that, he is unfortunately a flighty and fickly lifting partner . . .
During the interview a caller -- jesse from Jamaica Plain in Boston, MA -- actually calls Benoit out on his gym skills.
THE ROUND UP!
New Year’s joy! The leagues have begun announcing their upcoming events!
Benoit sits in on the segment with some insightful questions . . . and corner’s XN on the steroid status of the National Physique Committee . . .
INBF

2008 events announced! Check them out at their website!
OCB
2008 events announced! Check them out at their website!
BLNPA
2008 events announced! Check them out at their website!
NGA
2008 events announced! Check them out at their website!
NPC
2008 events announced! Check them out at their website!
Wheelchair Bodybuilding
Check out the website of our buddy, Nick Scott, to keep abreast of news from the wheelchair bodybuilding world!
UPCOMING IN THE BIG WIDE WORLD OF PHYSIQUE SPORTS:
World’s Strongest Man Super Series - Mohegan Sun Grand Prix
Saturday, January 19, 2008 Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, CT
The biggest, scariest and most impressive guys in the world, right here in New England. XN may go check it out to get the “field report”. Meanwhile, you have GOT to check out this contest -- truly something you will see only once in a lifetime!
BELLY UP!
Our winner this week are the crack reporting team at Yahoo News for getting us a diet story so obvious that it could have been reported pretty much by anyone who was not in a vegetative coma . . . nice work, Yahoo.
Yes, it’s true: fat people are not helped by eating fatty foods.
Shocking. That’s sort of like saying “criminals are not helped to stay honest when offered free handguns.”
As XN always says: good gum . . .

TBI-007 The Peabody Awards Show with Big Scottie and Little Johnny

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:00:39 -0500

There was SO MUCH to cover on this week’s show! But first, XN tries to shoot his sights high on a broadcasting award . . .
BIG MOUTH LISTENER MAIL!
Write us at info@thebiginside.com to sway the course of the show.
We hear from a dude named Dashers, Chris “C-Train” from Scottsdale, Arizona (who was cool enough to buy a Big Inside T-Shirt -- thanks Chris!), and Big Mike the strong man and powerlifter from Cambridge, MA, with a HUGE question about something he read in a forum...
HERE’S The Loose News . . .  With a loose treatment of physique information like it was current events, and current events like it was physique information, these are the physique stories inside today’s big stories.
Our top story is about hundreds of near naked men and women all wearing Speedo’s seen running around Boston, MA in sub-zero temperatures. (Who cares why -- sounds like a blast to us!) Yes, it was Boston’s Annual flesh-for-funding charity stunt, The Santa Speedo Run. By far one of the most body image affirming things you can experience while working on your beer gut.
Next we learn how juicebags strike out this week with the Mitchell Report. And also, steroids is cheating. Because they said so.
High priced whey protein due to busy Asians and greedy Americans.
And in entertainment news, we take a quick peak at a bizarre “art-house” flick called . . . wait for it . . . Bodybuilder Island! Theoretical discourse on muscle vanity? Or low budget soft porn? See it and let us know!

NEXT up, THE BIG DEAL:  Interview with SCOTT MELISSA, THE GUY WHO’S SEEN THE “DARK SIDE” OF BODYBUILDING, STEROIDS, AND LITTLE JOHNNY
Scott has been following the stats of pro bodybuilding since he was just a little guy. His passion for bodybuilding is startling, and although some might be kind enough to call him just a super-fan, he himself describes himself as actually addicted to lifting, posing and the sport in general.
Scott’s official take on steroids; THEY’RE AWESOME. But also, know that once you step inside, it’s a slippery ride, usually straight down.
Immersing himself in the bodybuilding scene of the late 80’s and early 90’s on Long Island, NY, Scott became a personal trainer and bodybuilding competitor. However, so fixated he was on the sport, he soon gained a unique vantage point into the “underbelly” of bodybuilding that most of us only hear rumored about.
Witness to steroid abuse, underhanded dealings and insane behavior, Scott’s perspective on the world of performance drugs is not only relevant to today’s headlines, but also perhaps crucial. Here is a take on the steroid controversy you won’t likely hear anywhere else.
THE ROUND UP!
Sorry folks, the physique world slows down around the holidays . . . so things get VERY slow. Contests we (briefly) DON’T discuss are:
INBF

Nothin’ until spring . . .
OCB
Nothin’ until spring . . .
BLNPA
Nothin’ until spring . . .
NGA
Nothin’ until spring . . .
NPC
Nothin’ until spring . . .
FROM THE BIG WIDE WORLD OF PHYSIQUE SPORTS:
2007 NPC Rocky Mountain Wheelchair Bodybuilding Championships
A report furnished for The Big Inside. from our new buddy, pro wheelchair bodybuilder Nick Scott. (YOU HAVE GOT TO CHECK OUT HIS VIDEO! AWESOME STUFF!)
Nick came in first place in the wheelchair division, and to be frank, had such great physique balance he could have beaten us bipedal competitors hands down. The coolest moment came when Nick Scott won the "best poser" award, BEATING ALL THE BODYBUILDERS, EVEN THOSE OUTSIDE OF THE WHEELCHAIR DIVISION.
Other highlights:
1st – Nick Scott
2nd – Josh Dillaberry
3rd – Tony Salas
4th – Patrick Laugerude
Please check out the site wheelchair-bodybuilding.com. These guys represent a new hope for the physique sports as a whole. We will be having some wheelchair athletes on the show in January, and likewise will remind you of the upcoming Wheelchair Bodybuilding Nationals this upcoming spring.
THIS SPRING: NFCA Comes to Boston, MA
This report was given to The Big Inside by figure competitor Kim Caban. (Thanks Kim!)
It's RARE that bodybuilders get shut out of a contest, but indeed that looks to be the fate of the new contest taking place in Boston on April 12, 2008. Competitive divisions include NO bodybuilding classes. Instead the contest is headlining the women's divisions that have traditionally played second fiddle to bodybuilding.
Is the NFCA pioneering a braver model of the women's physique sports? Or actually further subjecting women athletes once again to the less athletic "pageantry syndrome"? We’re soon to find out which!
Ugandans (yes, as in UGANDA in AFRICA) Get Demolished In African Championship Due To Poor Planning!
A unique little glimpse into another countriy’s boydbuilding world...
Apparently, in order to compete many Africans -- including Ugandans -- need to secure sponsorship funding for athletes in order to get them to competitive events. The Ugandan coordinator kept the Ugandan athletes in the dark until he was certain of funding.
Although the INTENTION was benevolent, the result was disastrous. Better luck next year, Uganda.
BELLY UP!
Our winner this week Dennis James, who keeps bodybuilding safe for heterosexuals everywhere by not being ashamed of his fragile ego and clouded judgement. Do what you will, but ain’t no one including him in a gay joke! ESPECIALLY not Conan O’Brien! Thanks for going above and beyond the call of duty to affirm a stereotype, Mr. James . . . now quit cry-babying and get over it! THE JOKE WASN’T EVEN ABOUT YOU!

TBI-006 Meaf grinding with Boomer and the B-Good boys.

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:26:39 -0500

You made it back! THANK YOU TO OUR COOL LISTENERS!
XN gets a chance to take it slow and look closer at things because go-to guy Mike Aubert is -- once again -- AWOL.
LISTENER MAIL!
We read a few recent notes we’ve received. EMAIL US and we’ll read YOUR note LIVE on the air!
HERE’S The Loose News . . .  With a loose treatment of physique information like it was current events, and current events like it was physique information, these are the physique stories inside today’s big stories.
Our top story is about the current information glut that burdens fitness and training education.
We follow with a slightly scary story we found about a study provided by The Journal Of The International Society Of Sports Nutrition. (That’s a mouthful.) Seems that elite athletes are as dim as the rest of us in their choices of sports supplements . . .
FIELD REPORTER KEVIN QUINN! Kevin weighs in and let’s us know that creatine gives him the trots.
MIKE AUBERT RESURFACES! Stuck in sunny MEdford Massachusetts, Mike chimes in.
LISA IN THE CAR! With a GREAT question about how a beginner should start, Lisa calls out XN and challenges the news stories of the day. XN’s suggestion? DO YOUR HOMEWORK AT INDEPENDENT SCIENCE JOURNALS. Do a little “Googling” and do your homework BEFORE talking to someone about supplements.
In A VERY SCARY story about supplements (we will try to follow this one up with on the 17th if we have time), a British phorensic laboratory (by the way a GREAT RESOURCE for supplement authenticity).
NEXT up, THE BIG DEAL:  Interview with THE GUYS FROM B•GOOD  HEALTH-MINDED FAST-FOOD BURGER CHAIN
The comedy stylings of Anthony Ackil and Jon Olinto, co-owners of the delicious fast food chain B•Good, fill up The Big Deal. An enlightening interview where you will learn more about what healthful eating is all about than you ever thought possible.
The best part: NO CANADIAN COWS!
The boys and XN next take a caller from a fellow from Chatanooga, TN -- by far one of the BEST calls we have yet received on The Big Inside! This guy LOVES himself some B•Good! (FYI: Boomer benches 230.)
The guys offer what it takes to connect “good food” with “fitness dieting.” It takes a family. And these guys feel like your ultimate neighborhood buddies. And they HATE laboratory meat!
Making sure that their nutritional content is legit, the boys send their foods to Covance Labs to ensure accuracey.
While the interview takes place, XN tries to eat a burger during the silences.
THE ROUND UP!
Sorry folks, the physique world slows down around the holidays . . . so things get VERY slow. Contests we (briefly) DON’T discuss are:
INBF

Nothin’ until spring . . .
OCB
Nothin’ until spring . . .
BLNPA
Nothin’ until spring . . .
NGA
Nothin’ until spring . . .
NPC
Nothin’ until spring . . .
FROM THE WORLD OF POWERLIFTINGL:
RESULTS FROM THE 2007 APF (American Powerlifting Federation) Pine Tree Open
Westbrook, ME, Saturday, 12/8/07

Our new friends over at Total Performance Sports in Everett, MA fill us in on some contest highlights. Congrats to TPS’ Steve Delillo for coming in 2nd in his weight class, and BIG shout to Jean Stabile, 55 years young and setting records on WOMEN’S MASTERS POWERLIFTING! (The video is Jane, but NOT from the Pine Tree open -- bear with us!)

BELLY UP!
Our winner this week is the Make-Up and Beauty Blog, that ponders the importance of lipstick and weightlifting . . . setting back the gender equality movement about 50 years.

TBI-005 Muscle Beach bodybuilding horse tumbling with pro acrobat Mike Lanphear

Mon, 3 Dec 2007 15:06:59 -0500

XN just CAN’T cut a break! So he talks in slow motion in order to buy time because our go-to guyMIKE AUBERT IS LATE FOR THE SHOW . . . as XN always says: good gum . . .
As always, XN opens with a plug of the DIRT CHEAP advertising opportunities on The Big inside . . .
And we want to know: DO YOU WANT US TO DO “SPECIALTY SHOWS” where we focus in on a topic? EMAIL US and let us know your ideas!
HERE’S The Loose News . . .  With a loose treatment of physique information like it was current events, and current events like it was physique information, these are the physique stories inside today’s big stories.
Gatorade tragedy . . . learn a little about neoon-colored sugary sports drinks, and find out about the sad passing of J. Robert Cade, the guy who started what is arguably a cultural revolution . . .
NEWS FLASH! Go-to guy Mike Aubert finally joins today’s show!
Booth tech Billy Lanni gets punchy on the buttons and mashes the typewriter.
XN introduces high protein MEEF! It’s what’s for dinner.
You like beef -- or meef? High protein diet? In order to keep prices low, the U.S. is slackening the borders to allow more import of cows from Canada . . . where there is more Mad Cow Disease than there ought to be . . . PAY THE PREMIUM PEOPLE!
JUICED UP BRITS! SHOCKING statistics from across the pond about steroid use behavior. In England it ain’t illegal to HAVE steroids, it’s only illegal to SHIP steroids. As such, we are finally getting REAL NUMBERS about steroid users’ behavior. It is CREEPY. But 42,000 jacked guys can’t be wrong. And at least they are reducing heroin use . . .
PAMPERED PIG FARMS -- true or false for the 2008 Olympics?! XN finds a quirky story about how far dope-testing paranoia has spread leading up to the Olympic games, and then he makes a prediction -- heard it here FIRST folks!
HO HO HO . . . go-to guy Mike Aubert finds a goofy report from the Boston Globe about how Santa Claus is a HORRIBLE role model. Sorry kids, Christmas is ruined.
NEXT up, THE BIG DEAL:  Interview with PRO ACROBAT  & AMATEUR BODYBUILDER MICHAEL LANPHEAR
At 5’5”, 155 pounds, Michael Lanphaer is a little guy with a thick neck and awesome shoulders. And it’s NOT just because he is a muscle-mad bodybuilder (although he is a LITTLE bit that too), but rather because he has been a gymnast and acrobat for decades. That’s his secret for a diesel physique, and he takes it to the bodybuilders HARD.
Also in this segment, XN gives us a quickie brief overview on the history of Muscle beach, and how it is relevant to Michael’s work.
Michael is a USA Gymnastics Professional Coach, coaching competitors and Circus Arts at the New England Sports Academy. He also owns AcroArts Productions, providing professional acrobatic shows for private functions. Michael is a back up performer in the world reknown Cirque du Soleil, and was also a competitive horseback rider for 14 years.
THE ROUND UP!
Sorry folks, the physique world slows down around the holidays . . . so things get VERY slow. Contests we (briefly) DON’T discuss are:
INBF

Nothin’ until spring . . .
OCB
Nothin’ until spring . . .
BLNPA
Nothin’ until spring . . .
NGA
Nothin’ until spring . . .
NPC
Nothin’ until spring . . .
UPCOMING EVENTS/LOCAL:
2007 APF (American Powerlifting Federation) Pine Tree Open
@ 120 Main Street, Westbrook, ME 04092
Sponsored by: Dyna Maxx Training Systems
Saturday, 12/8/07 @ 9:30am.
Paxton Power Gym Strongman Contest III
PLATINUM LEVEL EVENT (top 3 in each division qualify for the 2008 Nationals)
December 8, 2007
Anna Maria College Gymnasium, Paxton MA
Check out the details at the Paxton Power Gym site, http://home.att.net/~fitz-fam/contest.htm

Mike and XN try to buy some time discussing powerlifting . . . book mark this conversation. We’re gonna come back to it.
BELLY UP!
Ronald McDonald, we THANK YOU for showing that obesity is NOT exclusively an American product, and the trend CAN truly be exported . . . “It’s too big, I CAN’T get my mouth around it.”

TBI-004 Presenting the Cadillac Corset with Ann Marie Allara

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:00:59 -0500

XN is once again flying solo this week. Good gum . . . while go-to guy Mike Aubert is stuck in Thanksgiving holiday airplane delays.
To open, XN explains how to use the internet, reminds you to buy a shirt, and warns against clicking on “papaya.”
HERE’S The Loose News . . .  With a loose treatment of physique information like it was current events, and current events like it was physique information, these are the physique stories inside today’s big stories.
SPECIAL REPORT! Thanksgiving myths and news!
Turns out that turkey does NOT make you sleepy! Get over it you over-travelled, face-stuffing football-watching, cheese and cracker munching booze bags! Here’s the deal on Thanksgiving grogginess . . .
Turkey as an anti-depressant?! XN pops a loose news story about Tryptophan that’s happier than Zoloft.
BREAKING NEWS! Greg from Cambridge MA calls in with a “discrepancy” to have XN sound off on the relation of back soreness with squats, and even references The Big Inside episode that had Lionel Pedro on the Big Deal.
A report on how the prestigious Tufts University wins a turkey of an award.
MORE BREAKING NEWS! A guy named Benoit calls out XN for pretending not to know XN. Oh yeah, and Benoit is a writer, an athlete, and loves the show . . . so much that he will probably be a guest. He is also currently working on a book that deals with steroid addiction.
FIELD REPORTER KEVIN QUINN! Our regular contributor comes on to plug Aspire Sports Training, becomes the OFFICIAL field reporter, and announces his quest for a bodybuilding title in 2008.
Fat kids? Well, XN found a story about a video game that turns off if you play it too long. (Kind of like our podcast.)
NEXT up, THE BIG DEAL:  Interview with Ann Marie Allara, a/k/a “AMA”
AMA and XN are practically family. Maybe that’s why they both go by acronyms instead of full names.
AMA rocks the interview early on with a TOTAL The Big Inside first: an apropos use of the word “brocade”.
AMA is the amazing fitness diva behind the wildly popular Rock City Body, located in the Allston Village neighborhood of Boston, MA.
AMA has a million years of experience in dance, movement and training, and is certified in Stott Pilates, Belletone and Kripalu Yoga, as well as having coached professional figure skaters, gymnasts and -- of course -- competitive bodybuilders.
In the middle of the interview AMA gets a call from a guy who raves about her skills! Yes, let us all bow to the Cadillac of the Bustier!
THE ROUND UP!
Contests we (briefly) discuss are:
INBF

Nothin’ until spring . . .
OCB
Nothin’ until spring . . .
BLNPA
Nothin’ until spring . . .
NGA
Nothin’ until spring . . .
NPC
Nothin’ until spring . . .
UPCOMING EVENTS/LOCAL:
2007 APF (American Powerlifting Federation) Pine Tree Open
@ 120 Main Street, Westbrook, ME 04092
Sponsored by: Dyna Maxx Training Systems
Saturday, 12/8/07 @ 9:30am.
Paxton Power Gym Strongman Contest III
PLATINUM LEVEL EVENT (top 3 in each division qualify for the 2008 Nationals)
December 8, 2007
Anna Maria College Gymnasium, Paxton MA
Check out the details at the Paxton Power Gym site, http://home.att.net/~fitz-fam/contest.htm

BELLY UP!
A few very brave Japanese fellows prove their worth -- and their stupidity -- in a man versus machine match-up. And the machine wins.

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TBI-003 Flying solo with Dr. Nicolosi

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:00:42 -0500

XN is flying solo this week. God save us all. Meanwhile go-to guy Mike Aubert is off making passionate love to his GPS . . .
AND HE IS NOTHING LIKE JOHN STEWART. Nothing.
We open the show taking a call from Mr. Olympia himself . . . sort of . . .
HERE’S The Loose News . . .  Where we take current events and turn them into physique information, and then physique information into current events . . .
Mike joins us via satellite for The Loose News.
• XN pulls a story about fat mommies . . . New moms who are sleep deprived tend to get fatter . . . and then XN goes off on (of ALL things) teen pregnancy. (Woops.)
• Barry Bonds is convicted, but legal pundits don’t think he’ll do much prison time, thus making Bonds the Paris Hilton of the sporting world.
In a screwy dieting story, Mike finds tigers eating a consistent diet . . . of other tigers.
Science has genetically engineered super mice, tweaking their PEPCK-C. They are the Barry Bonds of the rodent world. And thus the Paris hilton of mice. (Try to follow the running gag, people.) Pic of the jacked critters here on the show notes as promised . . .
Jammu & Kashmire kids loves them some mountain biking. Who knew?
Once again the Loose News is brought to you by Momentum Organizational Fitness in Woburn, MA. 170 lb. dumbells, on-site nutrition store, full line of FreeMotion Equipment, a designated “old-school” heavy lifting room, and instructors that go beyond just trainers. Momentum is also becoming a true “destination gym” for competitive bodybuilders, powerlifters and physique athletes. Clean, friendly and well-equipped, it is one of the of the last “non-corporate” gyms left. Call them at 800.372.7008, or visit them at www.MomentumFitnessCenter.com.
NEXT up, THE BIG DEAL:  Interview with Dr. Mike Nicolosi, bodybuilder, powerlifter, medical professional, and dessert topping
First off, Mike is single. Ladies, it’s true he’s single. A doctor with a killer body and no communicable diseases. Let’s all try to get him a date.
Mike is an osteopathic doctor working in physical medicine and rehab. He’s also been a fitness professional for a long, long time, and still competes in bodybuilding on the side.
THE ROUND UP!
Contests we (briefly) discuss are:
WNBF

Nothin’ until sprin . . .
OCB
Nothin’ until spring . . .
BLNPA
Nothin’ until spring . . .
NGA
Nothin’ until spring . . .
NPC
On the national scene, there was:
2007 NPC National Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships
Held in Texas, the winner was that same guy who we thought was part Clydesdale, Evan Centopani. Now we HAVE to get this guy on the show.
PLUS our own Radio Schwarzenegger, Mr. Scott Bottorff gives the field report on  THE NPC 2007 CONNECTICUT AND NORTHERN STATES BODYBUILDING CONTEST
Scott let’s us know the contest was well-run, with tough competition, yet perhaps not quite as authentically “natural” as it had been advertised.
UPCOMING EVENTS/LOCAL:
2007 APF (American Powerlifting Federation) Pine Tree Open
@ 120 Main Street, Westbrook, ME 04092
Sponsored by: Dyna Maxx Training Systems
Saturday, 12/8/07 @ 9:30am.
Paxton Power Gym Strongman Contest III
PLATINUM LEVEL EVENT (top 3 in each division qualify for the 2008 Nationals)
December 8, 2007
Anna Maria College Gymnasium, Paxton MA
Check out the details at the Paxton Power Gym site, http://home.att.net/~fitz-fam/contest.htm

BELLY UP!
This week goes to the fellow who drug tested the NPC Connecticut. Thanks for, um, showing up at least.

TBI-002 It's The Immasculinazation Hour at THUNDERDOME!

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:00:58 -0500

THANKS TO OUR AWESOME LISTENERS! You guys ROCK!
WE FINALLY HAVE A WEBSITE! AND EMAIL! (If you’re reading this you already know that, though). Email us at info@thebiginside.com.
Mike gets all creepy with his GPS once again . . . Then XN shamelessly begs for attention.
HERE’S The Loose News . . .  Where we take current events and turn them into physique information, and then physique information into current events . . .
• The Brits have a study on how vitamin D and sun exposure may slow the affects of aging . . . BUT THEY HAVE NO PROOF! (Meanwhile, the way they speak still drives XN nuts.)
• Mike has a report on gym O.C.D.
Gym pervert from London caught!
Mike finds a story about . . . HAM soda. YES, HAM. God SAVE us. Happy holidays, protein lovers.
Once again the Loose News is brought to you by Momentum Organizational Fitness in Woburn, MA. 170 lb. dumbells, on-site nutrition store, full line of FreeMotion Equipment, a designated “old-school” heavy lifting room, and instructors that go beyond just trainers. Momentum is also becoming a true “destination gym” for competitive bodybuilders, powerlifters and physique athletes. Clean, friendly and well-equipped, it is one of the of the last “non-corporate” gyms left. Call them at 800.372.7008, or visit them at www.MomentumFitnessCenter.com.
NEXT up, THE BIG DEAL:  Interview with Lionel Pedro, Trainer to the stars (and others)
First of, it’s, PEE-dro not PAY-dro. (All due respect to the little guy with the mule.
Lionel is a flexibility, alignment and corrective exercise specialist whose client list reads like a who’s-who of New England sports. Names like Bronson Arroyo, Alex Karalexis, Jay Leech, Gabe Kapler, triathletes, marathoners . . . and he was also a competitive bodybuilder!
Lionel’s training has been crucial for marathoners, ultimate fighters and any sport. he is keen on injury reduction, does not like applying machines in the gym, and also calls his pelvis “The General” . . .
If you’re in the Boston area and want to hire Lionel, email him at: supertrainman@yahoo.com.
And, as promised, I found an old pic of Lionel in action “back in the day” . . .
THE ROUND UP!
Contests we (briefly) discuss are:
WNBF

Pro Natural World Championships
This past weekend (Saturday)
Claimed to have 106 Competitors hailing from 12 countries
OVERALL WINNERS: Jim Cordova & Brenda Rahe
Class Winners:
HEAVY MENS: Rodney Helaire
LIGHT HEAVY: Brian Whitacre
HEAVY WOMENS: Cheryl Meyers
Amateur worlds also this weekend (NO RESULTS YET)
http://www.wnbf.net/
OCB
Nothin until spring . . .
BLNPA
Nothin until spring . . .
NGA
Nothin until spring . . .
NPC
RUMOR MILL: Jay Cutler may be showing up at the NPC New Englands in May
UPCOMING EVENTS/LOCAL:
USAPL The Thunderdome Classic
location: North Anson, ME
Hosted by: Will Power
Contact: Jack Kaplan 207-566-5727
MA/RI State Open PL Championships
Federation: USAPL
Date: November 17 2007
Hosted by : one80 Sports & Fitness
Location: 226 Andover St. Wilmington, MA 01887
Promoter: Greg Kostas
Phone: 781-447-6714
BELLY UP!
Mr. Bush goes “Wii . . . !”
And XN comes in a close second!

TBI-001 Muscle Sharks, Sinewy Wildebeasts, and Hasan Bailey

Mon, 5 Nov 2007 17:00:53 -0500

It’s the inaugural episode of The Big Inside! We wonder if anyone is listening . . .
And with the technical difficulties we’ve been having with the web broadcast . . . well let’s just say if you;re hearing this, there is a god.
So, for starters on the Big Inside, we learn XN has celery in his pocket and Mike has problems with his GPS.
HERE’S The Loose News . . .  Where we take current events and turn them into physique information, and then physique information into current events . . .
• This week the Loose news is brought to you by Momentum Organizational Fitness in Woburn, MA. 170 lb. dumbells, on-site nutrition store, full line of FreeMotion Equipment, a designated “old-school” heavy lifting room, and instructors that go beyond just trainers. Momentum is also becoming a true “destination gym” for competitive bodybuilders, powerlifters and physique athletes. Clean, friendly and well-equipped, it is one of the of the last “non-corporate” gyms left. Call them at 800.372.7008, or visit them at www.MomentumFitnessCenter.com.
• SHOCKER! (Yeah, right) Track star Marion Jones (finally) pleads guilty to using steroids. But that part isn’t the news. The news is how she breaks down in tears as if she was a victim . . . no one forced the needle to your butt, there, sweetie. Suck it up.
• TYPICAL STEROID USERS PROFILED, and the typical user ain’t who you think . . .
• XN dares to mock Lance Armstrong . . .
• Mr. Olympia Ronnie Coleman . . . now an ACTION FIGURE!
• Mini-might ultimate fighter Sean Sherk busted for steroids, then is suspended . . . and then isn’t . . . and then is . . . Mike gets his ALL in a bunch over THIS. Meanwhile, XN tries his hand at “cool fighter nicknames.”
• Miss Universe Victoria McCann from Scotland is suing a bodybuilding league because she doesn’t like losing and is apparently bored.
NEXT up, THE BIG DEAL: Interview with Hasan Bailey
Hasan Baily is a god (or as we learn in the show, a demi-god) for athletic training at UMass Boston. He is a certified strength training specialist for a bijillion Division 3 athletes, which is why he is cooler than either XN or Mike (who we learn is “a little low”).
We learn that Hasan “runs on a little track”, and then we get him to play favorites among his athletes . . . And he tells us all about developing his “phytique.”
The guy is so smart that by the end of the interview it’s man-crushes all around.
THE ROUND UP!
Contests we (briefly) discuss are:
• The INBF Monster Mash in Marlborough, MA, that XN himself saw a little bit of.

• The OCB Cape Cod Natural. which back as on October 6, in West Barnstable, MA. Promoted by James Carron, this one was a natural FREAK SHOW.
• The BLNPA Northeastern Natural Bodybuilding Fitness & Figure Championships, which happened on October 20. XN also saw this event, and let’s us know about the “new guys on the block” in New england bodybuilding. Meanwhile, Mike nearly sprains himself trying to pronounce the acronym “BLNPA.”
• The NGA Granite State Open, which was on October 27 up in New Hampshire. Yes, there are bodybuilders in New Hampshire.
• Then there was NPC Massachusetts on October 13. The Massachusetts was held in, um New Hampshire(?!). I guess they heard NH was the new hotspot. Meanwhile, XN alienates an entire league in one fell swoop, and issues a challenge to the NPC to come onto The Big Inside.
• Last was the NPC Rhode Island Muscle, held on October 20. We didn’t have details about the show . . . but what was up with the guest poser, that "Evan Centopani" guy?! Freakish. What is he . . . part horse?
BELLY UP!
This week’s belly up winner get’s interrupted by a caller, and then gets stoned. Click here for a spoiler.