Muscle & Fitness (December 2019)

David Morin & Kendall Pasley


DUMBBELL ROW NEW

SETS: 2–3 warmup sets,
3 working sets (including dropset)
REPS: 6–8

LUNSFORD’S TAKE: “It’s my
favorite isolation exercise.
I’ll always work my weaker
arm first on these.”
LUNSFORD’S TWEAK: “Again,
I like to put my thumb over
the dumbbell to avoid using
my biceps. I prefer to drive
the dumbbells back toward
my hip instead of pulling up,
so I can work the lower lats.
You can still drive up—which
will work the traps and rear

delts. As I explained with
the lat pulldown, neither THE BEST GRIP
way is incorrect.” IN THE WORLD
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2020 WELLNESS
Well, That’s New CONTESTS USA
To qualify to compete
in an IFBB Pro League
qualifying contest,
In just one month, the NPC’s and IFBB Pro wellness competitors

League’s new wellness divisions are set to debut. must compete in one

Here’s everything you need to know. NPC contest prior to
the IFBB Pro League
qualifying contest they
THE ANNOUNCEMENT WELLNESS plan to enter.

of the new women’s wellness di- HEIGHT CLASSES The first NPC well-
visions in the National Physique In 2020, the NPC will allow up ness contest will be the
Committee and IFBB Pro League to only four height classes in the NPC MuscleContest
has been met with great excite- wellness division. Challenge at the Fit
ment. Thousands of competi- TWO CLASSES Expo (L.A.) in February
tors are eagerly waiting to step (not an IFBB Pro quali-
onstage in 2020. If you plan on CLASS HEIGHT fying contest).
competing, go to npcnewsonline Class A Up to 5'4" NPC Jr. USA and NPC
.com for the official wellness Jr. Nationals will not
Class B Over 5'4"
rules and regulations. Also, have wellness.
npcnewsonline.com will be post- The first IFBB Pro
ing official updates and press re- THREE CLASSES League qualifier will
leases over the coming months. CLASS HEIGHT be the NPC Universe,
Here is the latest contest and with the top two in
Class A Up to 5'4"
qualification information. each height class of the
Class B Over 5'4", up to and open qualifying (just as
WHAT IS WELLNESS? including 5'6" with bikini and figure).
This division is for females with Class C Over 5'6" More information
athletic physiques that show- will be forthcoming
case more body mass in the FOUR CLASSES for NPC contests and
hips, glutes, and thigh areas. also IFBB Pro League
The upper body is developed CLASS HEIGHT and NPC Worldwide
but not to the same degree as Class A Up to and contests on npcnews
the lower body. J.M. Manion and including 5'2" online.com and ifbb

Mike Davies announced that the pro.com.
first-ever IFBB Pro League pro Class B Over 5'2", up to
and including 5'4"
card for the women’s wellness ELIGIBILITY
division in the USA will be given Class C Over 5'4", up to The Arnold Amateur
at the 2020 NPC Worldwide and including 5'6" will again affiliate with
Arnold Amateur in Columbus, the NPC and be open to
Class D Over 5'6"
OH, on March 5 to 8. all competitors around
the world, regardless
of federation affilia-
tion. No qualifications
are necessary for any
division or class. USA
athletes must be a
member of the Nation-
al Physique Commit-
tee. NPC cards can be
purchased online at
npcnewsonline.com or
at the show.



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JOSE Who was your first
RAYMOND celebrity crush?
Birth Date: Oh, that’s an easy one:
Dec. 29, 1974 Madeleine Stowe. She was
Height: 5'4"
Weight: 215 lbs incredible in [1992’s] The Last
Residence: of the Mohicans. She was so hot,
Boston, MA and I was only 17 at the time. I
Instagram:
@theebostonmass just loved her.

What is your all-time
favorite movie?

The Outsiders. Patrick
Swayze, Tom Cruise, Emilio
Estevez, Matt Dillon, Ralph
Macchio, Rob Lowe. How can
you even come close to that
cast? You can’t.


Which movie sequel
would you eliminate?
Anything after the
original Jaws got pretty redun-
dant. It’s a shark. It eats people.
Did we really need four movies?


If you could time
travel, where would
you go?
I’d travel back to the ’80s, when
music was great and social
Jose media didn’t exist!




Raymond What’s one song you
have to sing along to
when it comes on?

Patrick Swayze’s “She’s Like the
FLEX asks the hard-hitting questions to bodybuilding’s Wind.” Every single time.

best that have nothing to do with bodybuilding.
Who would play Jose
Raymond in a movie
about your life?
YOU KNOW WHAT TITLES they’ve won, you know what their Esai Morales from the original
favorite workouts are, but how well do you really know your favorite Bad Boys. Not like the Will
IFBB Pro League superstars? This month, we hit 212 bodybuilding Smith and Martin Lawrence Bad
legend Jose “the Boston Mass” Raymond with some questions that Boys. I’m talking the one from
have absolutely, positively nothing to do with lifting weights or flexing 1983. Look him up!
muscles! Time to put Jose on the hot seat.
If you could have
What was your How old were you? dinner with one
very first concert? I was 10. I went with person from history,
Oh, man, it was a great my older brother. We who would it be?
one. Madonna in 1985. The True went in a limo, and I may have I’d have to have dinner with
Blue tour at Sullivan Stadium in even had a drink. It was a day I’ll Elvis. That man knew how to
Foxborough, MA. never forget. party!



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