2023: The Year of Death, Resurrection & Muscles
A look back on the rollercoaster ride that was 2023. Death, resurrection and muscles, the terrible people and heroes we met along the way and our favorite words and events that shaped our lives.
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Marc Felion
My First Bodybuilding Competition
Last weekend in Bloomington, Illinois, over 210 bodybuilders showed up to go for the glory at the NPC Mid-American Winter Classic. The competition was intense, but surprisingly friendly and juiced up with sportsmanship.
In this series, we’re taking a look at the passion for muscle, adventures in bodybuilding, muscle gods, muscle worship and practical advice to put on the gains.
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Marc Felion
Tyler Fluitt on Harm Reduction for Steroids
There’s always risks to consider when supplementing to get big muscles and many doctors just don’t have the training or knowledge to help prevent serious complications. So what do you do?
Today, bodybuilding coach Tyler Fluitt joins us to look at harm reduction for anabolic steroids.
Tyler specializes in training natural athletes to compete as well as helping enhanced athletes compete in safer ways.
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Fausto Fernós
Interview: Varla Jean Merman is the Beauty & the Beast
Folks fell in love with the she-larious Varla Jean Merman in the iconic camp film Girls will Be Girls but she stunned everyone when she recently took off her top and showed the world that the beauty is also a beast- a stunning, muscular hairy beast, with a fish tail! Today, Varla joins us to talk about how folks react to her rocking bod and how she alters her drag to make room for bodybuilding.
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Marc Felion
FOF #2787 – Scott Herman is Still Going Strong
For folks who grew up with the internet, Scott Hermnan’s workout videos inspired a whole generation of people to lift weights and be their best. Scott’s no-nonsense approach to working out has made him one of the top fitness video bloggers of all time.
Today fitness icon Scott Herman joins us to talk about his decade making workout videos and being an LGBTQ ally.
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Marc Felion
FOF #2786 – Diary of a Muscle God
Bodybuilder Thomas Terry is well known for his Instagram account Game of Swolls, which he started to show off his biceps and to make new friends. But it came as a shock last week when Thomas announced that he was undergoing chemotherapy– prompting him to say “Everyone loves you when you’re dying.”
Today bodybuilder Thomas Terry joins us to talk about his side hustle as a muscle god in erotic muscle worship videos and overcoming Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia which requires weekly chemotherapy treatments.
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Marc Felion
FOF #2785 – The Bodybuilding Soul Singer Mekole Wells
One of our more memorable podcast guests is singer Mekole Wells, who was stabbed in the throat ten times by her neighbor and left for dead.
Today singer, PhD candidate, personal trainer and bodybuilder Mekole Well joins us to chat about her new journey as a bodybuilder and why it’s so hard for some people to take the first steps to transform their body, mind and life.
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Fausto Fernós
FOF #2659 – Work the Runway Paulo Batista
At this past New York Fashion week in September, designer Marco Marco made history for celebrating the beauty of being trans by featuring 34 openly trans models in his new clothing line.
Today, bodybuilder and leatherman Paulo Batista joins us to talk about the groundbreaking experience of celebrating trans bodies at New York Fashion Week.
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Marc Felion
FOF #2658 – Varla Jean Merman, Beauty & the Beast
Folks fell in love with the she-larious Varla Jean Merman in the iconic camp film Girls will Be Girls but she stunned everyone when she recently took off her top and showed the world that the beauty is also a beast- a stunning, muscular hairy beast, with a fish tail! Today, Varla joins us to talk about how folks react to her rocking bod and how she alters her drag to make room for bodybuilding.
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Fausto Fernós
FOF #2480 – The Best Worst Star Trek TV Episodes Ever
The new Star Trek series, Discovery, is late- either it’s having a hard time initializing the show’s warp core or the inertial dampeners are offline but will it ever get off the ground and launch into space?
Today, comedian Brian Sweeney joins us to take at what we know so far about the series and to also take a look at our favorite worst Star Trek TV episodes.