By Jim O’Connor – Exercise Physiologist / The Fitness Promoter After twenty plus years of celebrity fitness training in Beverly Hills, California, I would like to share with you my top six, most effective, weight lifting tips. If you follow these tips, you will know you have accomplished the maximum in the least amount of time. Here are the six best muscle building workout tips I have discovered throughout my [...]

Located off the lower east coast of Brazil in the state of Santa Caterina, a group of gladiators are invading Jaragua. Staying True to its meaning, these warriors will do battle arena style to see who can be crowned UFC on FX8 “Lord of the Valley”. The UFC is returning to Brazil this Saturday in major fashion, and who better to headline than the mighty Vitor Belfort himself. The prelims [...]

Every Friday you get to show off your progress and post your abs! It’s time for #ABSolutelyFitBody Friday! Post your abs pics on Twitter with the tag #absolutelyfitbody and we’ll post everyone on FitnessGurls.com and our favorites on our Facebook Fan Page. Photo: Emily Skye [View the story "#ABSolutelyFitBody Friday May 17th" on Storify]

Every Wednesday you get to show off your progress and post your biceps/guns! It’s time for #FitBodyGunShow Wednesday! Post your guns on Twitter with the tag #fitbodygunshow and we’ll post the best on FitnessGurls.com. Photo: Claire Rae [View the story "#FitBodyGunShow Wednesday" on Storify]

If your abs look good, your whole body looks good. Having Big arms and chest is one thing but having rock hard defined abs is so another. Everyone knows that nothing turns heads like a defined full set of abs. And hey, chicks love em. What more needs to be said. Contrary to popular belief, the abs or Rectus Abdominis is really only one muscle. It stretches from the top [...]

Every Friday you get to show off your progress and post your abs! It’s time for #ABSolutelyFitBody Friday! Post your abs pics on Twitter with the tag #absolutelyfitbody and we’ll post everyone on FitnessGurls.com and our favorites on our Facebook Fan Page. Photo: Ally Reith [View the story "#ABSolutelyFitBody May 10th" on Storify]

Ronda Rousey doesn’t just bring her sexy smile to the UFC world, she also brings a lot of positive attention to herself from her outstanding performances in the octagon. Ronda Rousey is the first and current UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion, former Strikeforce Women’s Bantamweight Champion, and the first female to win a medal in Judo in the 2008 summer olympics… and now she’s in Maxim’s Hot 100 at number 29. [...]

Every Wednesday you get to show off your progress and post your biceps/guns! It’s time for #FitBodyGunShow Wednesday! Post your guns on Twitter with the tag #fitbodygunshow and we’ll post the best on FitnessGurls.com. Photo: Katie Elkins [View the story "#FitBodyGunShow May 8th" on Storify]

Every Friday you get to show off your progress and post your abs! It’s time for #ABSolutelyFitBody Friday! Post your abs pics on Twitter with the tag #absolutelyfitbody and we’ll post everyone on FitnessGurls.com and our favorites on our Facebook Fan Page. [View the story "#ABSolutelyFitBody May 3rd" on Storify]

Every Wednesday you get to show off your progress and post your biceps/guns! It’s time for #FitBodyGunShow Wednesday! Post your guns on Twitter with the tag #fitbodygunshow and we’ll post the best on FitnessGurls.com. Photo: Katie Elkins [View the story "#FitBodyGunShow May 1st" on Storify]

How did you get started in fitness and competing? I have always been really athletic growing up, in a house full of girls I was my dads “boy”, if will. I went on to play soccer at the University of Northern Iowa, my sophomore year I had a career ending injury during one of the games, I suffered a bad concussion and permanent vision loss in my right eye. It [...]

Every Friday you get to show off your progress and post your abs! It’s time for #ABSolutelyFitBody Friday! Post your abs pics on Twitter with the tag #absolutelyfitbody and we’ll post everyone on FitnessGurls.com and our favorites on our Facebook Fan Page. Model: Claire Rae [View the story "#Absolutelyfitbody Friday 4-26" on Storify]

It’s an unfortunate reality that throughout the years there has been a growth of strength training techniques that have no scientific proof to back them up. Have a look at the facts presented in this outline of muscle gain principles and make up your own mind. Below you will find Scientific Guidelines for strength training that have always been around but are not followed by many training systems these days. [...]

Every Wednesday you get to show off your progress and post your biceps/guns! It’s time for #FitBodyGunShow Wednesday! Post your guns on Twitter with the tag #fitbodygunshow and we’ll post the best on FitnessGurls.com. Photo: Ruthie Harrison [View the story "#FitBodyGunShow Wednesday 4-24" on Storify]