The Flexr6 2022 INBA PNBA Global World Tour saw me travel to the USA for the fifth time this year! I had a fantastic day onstage at my 6th INBA PNBA Pro AM World Cup! My first place medal tally for this year now sits at 38!

Updated Results:

5 NOVEMBER – PNBA PRO AM WORLD CUP: 1st Ink/Tattoo, 2nd Classic Physique Masters, 1st Classic Physique Grandmasters, 2nd PNBA Pro Bodybuilding Grandmasters

Next up on the Flexr6 World Tour:

10-13 NOV: INBA PNBA PRO AM NATURAL OLYMPIA XXV

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Your author, Ken Ross is a current competitive natural bodybuilder with INBA PNBA Global. Ken has competed in 137 INBA PNBA Global competitions, is a PNBA Pro Bodybuilder, is the INBA PNBA Global World Ambassador for Natural Sports, has created 27 INBA PNBA Global Olympia, Universe, World, Champions, is the world record holder for INBA competitions and is in the INBA Hall of Fame. Ken also coaches athletes globally for natural bodybuilding competitions.

You can contact Ken through the contact form on flexr6.com or Instagram: @flexr6 or Facebook: Flexr6 Fitness Solutions

The Flexr6 2022 INBA PNBA Global World Tour continued in Australia throughout October. I was the first athlete to have ever competed in every INBA Global Australia show available in one calendar year. INBA Global Australia presented me with a nice award to commemorate my achievement.

Updated Results:

2 OCTOBER – INBA DEFENCE & EMERGENCY SERVICES PHYSIQUE TITLES: 1st Ink/Tattoo, 3rd Classic Physique Masters, 4th Classic Physique Open

9 OCTOBER – INBA VICTORIAN STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS: 1st Ink/Tattoo, 2nd Classic Physique Masters 40+, 2nd Classic Physique Open Short, 2nd Classic Physique 30+, 1st Mixed Pairs

15 OCTOBER – INBA NSW STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS: 1st Ink/Tattoo, 1st Classic Physique 30+, 1st Classic Physique Masters 40+, 1st Mixed Pairs, 2nd Classic Physique Open Short

29 OCTOBER – INBA PNBA PRO AM TEAM AUSTRALIA: 1st Ink/Tattoo, 2nd Classic Physique 30+, 5th Classic Physique Masters 40+, 1st Mixed Pairs, 3rd Classic Physique Open Short

Next up on the Flexr6 World Tour:

3 NOV: INBA PNBA PRO AM WORLD CUP Burbank, California
10-13 NOV: INBA PNBA PRO AM NATURAL OLYMPIA XXV

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Your author, Ken Ross is a current competitive natural bodybuilder with INBA PNBA Global. Ken has competed in 136 INBA PNBA Global competitions, is a PNBA Pro Bodybuilder, is the INBA PNBA Global World Ambassador for Natural Sports, has created 27 INBA PNBA Global Olympia, Universe, World, Champions, is the world record holder for INBA competitions and is in the INBA Hall of Fame. Ken also coaches athletes globally for natural bodybuilding competitions.

You can contact Ken through the contact form on flexr6.com or Instagram: @flexr6 or Facebook: Flexr6 Fitness Solutions

The Flexr6 2022 INBA PNBA Global World Tour continues onstage in my 6th country – Argentina! I have now competed with INBA PNBA Global in Australia, Europe, Asia, North America, Africa & South America. Only Antarctica is left on my continental list of competition goals…..never say never!

Updated Results:

3 SEPTEMBER – INBA PNBA PRO AM NATURAL UNIVERSE: 1st Ink/Tattoo, 2nd Classic Physique Grand Masters, 6th PNBA PRO Bodybuilding Grand Masters.

10 SEPTEMBER – INBA PNBA PRO AM INTERNATIONAL ZEUS CLASSIC 1st Ink/Tattoo, 1st Classic Physique Masters, 2nd Classic Physique Grandmasters, 1st PNBA PRO Bodybuilding Masters, 2nd PNBA PRO Bodybuilding Grandmasters

17 SEPTEMBER – INBA PNBA PRO AM INTERNATIONAL LATIN AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS: 1st Ink/Tattoo, 1st PNBA PRO Bodybuilding Grand Masters, 1st PNBA PRO Bodybuilding Open, 3rd Mixed Pairs

Next up on the Flexr6 World Tour:

Join today – for you first, or next competition preparation:

Your author, Ken Ross is a current competitive natural bodybuilder with INBA PNBA Global. Ken has competed in 132 INBA PNBA Global competitions, is a PNBA Pro Bodybuilder, is the INBA PNBA Global World Ambassador for Natural Sports, has created 27 INBA PNBA Global Olympia, Universe, World, Champions, is the world record holder for INBA competitions and is in the INBA Hall of Fame. Ken also coaches athletes globally for natural bodybuilding competitions.

You can contact Ken through the contact form on flexr6.com or Instagram: @flexr6 or Facebook: Flexr6 Fitness Solutions

Shows number 9, 10 & 11 are complete on the 2022 Flexr6 INBA PNBA Global World Tour and I’m feeling amazing! Another exciting two weeks onstage in the USA!

Updated Results:

30 JULY – INBA PNBA PRO AM International Iron Man Championships: 1st Ink/Tattoo, 2nd Classic Physique Grand Masters, 1st PNBA PRO Bodybuilding Masters, 1st PNBA PRO Bodybuilding Grand Masters.

6 AUGUST – INBA California Naturals: 1st Ink/Tattoo, 2nd Classic Physique Open Short

6 AUGUST – PNBA Wolfpack & Cougar Classic: 6th PNBA PRO Bodybuilding Grand Masters.

Next up on the Flexr6 World Tour:

2-3 SEP: INBA PNBA PRO AM Natural Universe, Tampa, FL, USA
10 SEP: INBA PNBA PRO AM Zeus Classic International, San Leandro, CA, USA
17 SEP: INBA PNBA PRO AM International Latin American Championships, Cordoba, Argentina

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Your author, Ken Ross is a current competitive natural bodybuilder with INBA PNBA Global. Ken has competed in 129 INBA PNBA Global competitions, is a PNBA Pro Bodybuilder, is the INBA PNBA Global World Ambassador for Natural Sports, has created 26 INBA PNBA Global Olympia, Universe, World, Champions, is the world record holder for INBA competitions and is in the INBA Hall of Fame. Ken also coaches athletes globally for natural bodybuilding competitions.

You can contact Ken through the contact form on flexr6.com or Instagram: @flexr6 or Facebook: Flexr6 Fitness Solutions

The INBA PNBA PRO AM World Championships are to be held in Florence, Italy from 24-26 JUNE. The Flexr6 World Tour will see me onstage at these World Championships in the following categories:

PNBA PRO Masters Bodybuilding, Classic Physique Masters & Mixed Pairs

Updated Results:

21 May – INBA Sydney Championships: 2nd Ink/Tattoo, 1st Mixed Pairs, 1st Classic Physique Masters, 2nd Classic Physique 30+, 3rd Classic Open Short

28 May – INBA National Championships: 2nd Ink/Tattoo, 1st Mixed Pairs, 1st Classic Physique Masters, 1st Classic Physique 30+, 2nd Classic Open Short

Next up:

24-26 June – INBA PNBA Pro Am World Championships, Florence, Italy

2 July – INBA PNBA Pro Am Mr & Mrs USA, Allen, TX, USA

30 July – INBA PNBA PRO AM International Iron Man Magazine, Hermosa Beach, CA, USA

6 August – INBA 34th Annual California Naturals, Petaluma, CA, USA

6 August – PNBA Wolfpack & Cougar Classic, Petaluma, CA, USA

Join today – for you first, or next competition preparation:

Your author, Ken Ross is a current competitive natural bodybuilder with INBA PNBA Global. Ken has competed in 122 INBA PNBA Global competitions, is a PNBA Pro Bodybuilder, is the INBA PNBA Global World Ambassador for Natural Sports, has created 26 INBA PNBA Global Olympia, Universe, World, Champions, is the world record holder for INBA competitions and is in the INBA Hall of Fame. Ken also coaches athletes globally for natural bodybuilding competitions.

You can contact Ken through the contact form on flexr6.com or Instagram: @flexr6 or Facebook: Flexr6 Fitness Solutions

Being unable to get onstage at INBA PNBA Global events in 2020, and only on four occasions in 2021, enthused me to plan the 2022 Flexr6 World Tour!

In 2022, I will be onstage in 21 separate INBA PNBA Global events in eight different countries. To date, I have been onstage at four of these events.

Results:

19 March – INBA Africa International Championship: 1st Ink/Tattoo, 1st Mixed Couples, 3rd Classic Physique Open

23 April – INBA Dutch International Championships: 1st Classic Physique Masters, 1st Mixed Couples, 4th Ink Tattoo, Unplaced Classic Physique Open

30 April – INBA PNBA Pro Am Philip Ricardo Legends International Classic: 1st Ink/Tattoo, 1st Classic Physique Masters, 1st Classic Physique Grandmasters, 2nd PRO Bodybuilding Grandmasters

14 May – INBA Melbourne Championships: 1st Ink/Tattoo, 1st Mixed Pairs, 1st Classic Physique Open Short, 2nd Classic Physique Masters, 2nd Classic Over 30’s

Furthermore, some clarification around my eligibility for these INBA PNBA Global categories is warranted. As I am a PNBA (Professional) Bodybuilder I am not permitted to enter any bodybuilding category at any amateur event. Hence why I only enter Classic Physique, Ink/Tattoo and Mixed Pairs/Couples at these amateur events. However, if an INBA PNBA Global event offers professional categories I am also eligible to enter all professional bodybuilding divisions.

Next up:

21 May – INBA Sydney Championships

28 May – INBA Brisbane Nationals

24-26 June – INBA PNBA Pro Am World Championships, Florence, Italy

2 July – INBA PNBA Pro Am Mr & Mrs USA, Allen, TX, USA

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Your author, Ken Ross is a current competitive natural bodybuilder with INBA PNBA Global. Ken has competed in 122 INBA PNBA Global competitions, is a PNBA Pro Bodybuilder, is the INBA PNBA Global World Ambassador for Natural Sports, has created 26 INBA PNBA Global Olympia, Universe, World, Champions, is the world record holder for INBA competitions and is in the INBA Hall of Fame. Ken also coaches athletes globally for natural bodybuilding competitions.

You can contact Ken through the contact form on flexr6.com or Instagram: @flexr6 or Facebook: Flexr6 Fitness Solutions

Firstly, this is not an issue! 
Think about the first time you did gardening, or even returned to it after a lengthy hiatus. How was that lower back feeling? But, then you decide to make it a weekly habit and spend even more time in the garden and after the second week the lower back tightness has diminished greatly, or maybe even disappeared! And you look at your garden with pride and THAT sense of achievement, you know the one! You do this for three months over Summer and you develop a twinge in your lower left back which moves beyond gardening and into everyday life. Most right-handers will experience this as you are constantly bending over to the right, hence stretching the lower left of your back. Sounds a lot like the evolution of a gym injury, doesn’t it? 

For every action, there is a reaction. It may not be instant, but it will happen! 

Now, think about the first time you tried a new piece of equipment at the gym. Then, for the next two days that body part was really sore! The crescendo of delayed onset muscle soreness was probably 48hrs after the session. This is fantastic, you go back the next week, same piece of equipment, same form and you add more weight and the resulting pain is about ten percent of the original workout. How can that be, when you added more weight? You are really determined the following week knowing that this new exercise does work as you continue to reflect back on the first workout. So, on week three you add more weight and the post workout pain is even less than last week! Of course, you add even more weight on week four and you notice a twinge. Which develops into an annoying or chronic injury. So you give up on that exercise forever, deeming it dangerous and ineffective.

The gardening experience filled you with pride, a sense of achievement and a warning to not overdo it. Whilst the gym experience left you totally despondent about the whole situation. However, you had the exact same physical response in both examples! But, you didn’t recognise it mentally with the new gym exercise. Your body adapted quickly in both examples. If you maintain your form with the new exercise and increase the weight, whilst optimising your rest and recovery your muscle will grow! Just because you can’t feel it, doesn’t mean it isn’t happening. 

Things are often not always as they seem.

Your author, Ken Ross is a current competitive bodybuilder with INBA/PNBA. Ken has competed in 117 INBA/PNBA competitions, is a PNBA Pro Bodybuilder and is in the INBA Hall of Fame. Ken also coaches athletes globally for natural bodybuilding competitions.

You can contact Ken through the contact form on flexr6.com or Instagram: @flexr6 or Facebook: Flexr6 Fitness Solutions