BODY BUILDING CONTEST 2008-2009
MR. & JR. MR. INTER TOWN CENTRAL

Organized By Mehran Gold GYM on 15 & 16 August 2009. Three Bodybuilders selected from The Young Bodybuilding Club
Junior Class 3rd Position Mr. Rehan Ahmed Senior Class 4th Position Mr. Sheikh Khurrem Rehman Senior Class 6th Position Mr. Zubair Ahmed

Schwarzenegger says drugs have no place in sports

WASHINGTON (AP) - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is no stranger to athletic competition - or to steroids. And the former champion bodybuilder says there's no place for drugs in sports these days. Schwarzenegger says top athletes are inspirations to young people and to people trying to lose weight and stay fit.

The former action star says competition drives athletes to use drugs. His advice: "Come out, be clean and say, 'Look, I used that, I made a mistake."'

In an appearance Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union," the California Republican added that not using drugs or alcohol should always be a part of the message aimed at children in sports.

Schwarzenegger has said in the past that he used steroids in his bodybuilding days, long before they became illegal without a prescription.

Belgium bodybuilders flee anti-doping officials

BRUSSELS (AP) - The Belgian bodybuilding championship had to be canceled after anti-doping officials showed up and all the competitors fled. "I have never seen anything like it and hope never to see anything like it again," said anti-doping official Hans Cooman. He said some body builders just grabbed all their gear and ran off when he came into the room. Twenty bodybuilders were entered in the weekend competition.

"The sport has a history of doping and this incident didn't do its reputation any good," Cooman said.

Belgium's bodybuilding federation did not dispute the facts but said it could not explain why the competitors had suddenly rushed off.

"There is only one conclusion I can think of and that is doping," Cooman said.

During in-competition testing of body building events last year, the doping authorities of northern Belgium's Flanders region found three-quarters of the competitors tested positive for doping, with most showing excessive levels of anabolic steroids.

Cooman said he would report the case to the Flemish disciplinary committee, which will have to decide whether it can sanction competitors who refused to be tested.

Bodybuilders run from drug testers but can't hide

BRUSSELS (AP) - Ready to flex their pecs and strike a pose, bodybuilders at the Belgian championships scattered when doping officials showed up. After a spate of positive doping tests in recent years in Belgium, the event had been moved across the Dutch border to Vlissingen for the weekend competition.

"They must have felt safe out there," doping official Hans Cooman told the Associated Press on Monday.

But Cooman and two colleagues got the necessary papers to check the tournament in the Netherlands. And when they identified themselves just before the event - with the 20 bodybuilders weighing in and preparing themselves - the testers drew quite a response.

The bodybuilders got up and left, preferring to quit rather than submit to doping tests. Some grabbed their gear and headed straight out the door.

"They must have been flabbergasted," Cooman said.

Bodybuilders usually take months to prepare for such championships, yet the sight of controllers was too much for them.

"I have never seen anything like it and hope never to see anything like it again," Cooman said.

Bodybuilding has a long history of doping, and Cooman said this latest flap "didn't do its reputation any good."

Last year, 22 of 29 tests were positive, either for steroids or for refusing testing, a failure rate of a staggering 75 percent.

"This was the first time though we turned up in the Netherlands," Cooman said.

Minutes before the start of the championships, before even one gleaming pose was on display, organizers had no option but to tell a few hundred fans that had come to the Arsenaal theater that there was not point in staying.

Now Cooman and his colleagues will report the case to the disciplinary committee, which will have to decide whether the bodybuilders can be punished because they refused to be tested.

A man who refused to give his name at the NABBA Belgium bodybuilding federation could not explain why the competitors had suddenly rushed off and would not discuss the matter.

Creatine 'boosts brain power'

The dietary supplement creatine - known to improve athletic performance - can also boost memory and intelligence, researchers claim.

The supplement is favoured by some athletes

Creatine is a natural compound found in muscle tissue, and has been popular with athletes looking for ways to increase fitness.

However, experts say that it has a role in maintaining energy levels to the brain, and have the theory that taking more creatine might actually improve mental performance.