Ryan Irwin, Author at Natural Iowa Muscle

Beta Alanine supplementation clinically shown affective

Research continues to bring us the latest and greatest in sports nutrition supplementation. One supplement that has been a stand out for quite some time is Beta Alanine. As the position stand article in the JISSN lays out, beta alanine has been shown to be effective to improve performance in exercise performance, specifically lasting in […]

2015 NANBF Nutri-Sport Natural Iowa & Central Midwest Results

This year marked the 21st annual NANBF Natural Iowa competition with a record number of 126 competitors entered from all over the United States. Additionally, it marked the first year that it was ran as a continuous format (no break between prejudging and finals) which was well received by competitors and spectators alike! Held on […]

2013 NUTRI-SPORT NATURAL IOWA RESULTS

2013 NANBF Nutri-Sport Natural Iowa & Central Midwest Championships Hoyt Sherman Place, Des Moines, IA June 1, 2013 Central Midwest Women’s Bodybuilding Open 1st Harper, Dianne IFPA Pro card winner, Best Female Poser 2nd Takes, Lisa 3rd Smith Jenae 4th Fevold, Peggy 5th Spence, Robin 6th Hendricks, Angel Central Midwest Men Bodybuilding open short 1st […]

Tickets are now on sale for the 2015 NANBF Natural Iowa!

Tickets are officially on sale for the 2015 NANBF Nutri-Sport Natural Iowa! You can purchase tickets at the Hoyt Sherman box office or at any Ticketmaster location. Click here to go to the Hoyt Sherman ticket box office.

CBC/NIC Weight lifting competition

GIRLS & BOYS CLEAN & BENCH Nashua-Plainfield High School; Thursday, March 12, 2015 7-12 grade students Questions: ttysdahl@nashua-plainfield.k12.ia.us Central Springs High School in Manly IA. The lifters did Bench and Hang Cleans, there were four schools with competitors from Nashua-Plainfield, West Hancock, West Fork and Central Springs. Overall, Nashua-Plainfield had 16 division champions, 21 division […]

Training Tip: Motivation

Often the question and topic of motivation comes up. Usually, it stems from “I’m losing motivation” or “trying to get motivated”. Both of these are misguided and really the wrong question to the wrong person. In fact, they shouldn’t be directed to anyone else other than yourself. Motivation needs to come from within, not from […]