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
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 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.
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:
2 OCT: INBA DEFENCE & EMERGENCY SERVICES TITLES Brisbane, Australia 9 SEP: INBA VICTORIAN STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS Melbourne, Australia 15 SEP: INBA NSW STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS Sydney, Australia
29 SEP: INBA PNBA PRO AM TEAM AUSTRALIA Brisbane, Australia
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.
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
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 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.
The INBA PNBA PRO AM World Championships were held in Florence, Italy from 25/26 JUNE. The INBA PNBA PRO AM Mr & Mrs USA was the following weekend in Dallas, Texas, USA.
Updated Results:
25/26 JUNE – INBA PNBA PRO AM World Championships: 2nd Mixed Pairs, 4th Classic Physique Masters, 4th PRO Bodybuilding Masters
2 JULY – INBA PNBA PRO AM Mr & Mrs USA: 1st Ink/Tattoo, 2nd Mixed Pairs, 1st PRO Bodybuilding Grandmasters, 3rd PRO Bodybuilding Masters, 2nd Classic Physique Open Short
Next up on the Flexr6 World Tour:
30 JULY: INBA PNBA PRO AM International Iron Man Magazine, Hermosa Beach, CA, USA 6 AUG: PNBA PRO Wolfpack & Cougar Classic, Petaluma, CA, USA 6 AUG: INBA 34th Annual California Naturals, Petaluma, CA, USA 2-3 SEP: INBA PNBA PRO AM Natural Universe, Tampa, FL, USA 10 SEP: INBA PNBA PRO AM Zeus Classic, San Leandro, CA, USA 17 SEP: INBA PNBA PRO AM International Latin American Championships, Cordoba, Argentina
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 126 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.
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.
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
Join today:
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.
To train the mind and body is a symbiotic process. One cannot excel, or regress, without the other.
At Flexr6, we will unlock the power of your mind and divert that energy into creating the physique that you have longed for. Your visual physical improvement will drive your mind to a higher level. It is motivation building upon motivation.
We all want to feel and look amazing, that is human nature. By prioritising your mind and body you will achieve this in a surprisingly short period of time.
Make 2022 your year of change. Flexr6 will train your mind and body. You will unleash your untapped potential and awaken a new found confidence to propel you onto your next success!
Your author, Ken Ross is a current competitive natural bodybuilder with INBA/PNBA. Ken has competed in 118 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.
2018 – INBA PNBA World Championships Brno, Czech Republic – PNBA Pro Open Bodybuilding
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.
There are of course many aspects to constructing your physique however, these are the five essentials we will discuss in a chronological sequence.
Genetics
You need to play the cards you’ve been dealt with, right?
Of course, you do. Or do you?
We are all human in appearance and our DNA is consistent within our species. But we all look so different.
Some cultures are more prominent in strength related sports. Strongmen and women are predominantly from the Scandinavian region and the Baltic States. Frozen skeletons from thousands of years ago have been discovered and examined. They have displayed larger than average bone structures indicating these people were just plain big. Their bloodlines have produced the strongmen and women we see today.
Go to any bodybuilding show and look at the abdominal definition of each competitor. There are six packs, eight packs, four packs, thick, shallow, symmetrical, and off-set abs. They all serve the same purpose for us humans, but some are more appealing to the judges’ eye.
Disillusioned already? Not a chance! You can change your appearance to be far more appealing everyday and onstage. Keep reading.
Mindset
So, you have your cards in your hand. Which ones do you throw back and which ones do you keep? What card or cards are you hoping to receive to have the strongest and winning hand?
You throw some, or all back and you live in hope that you will be touched by an angel and receive the hand from heaven. But you may get the hand from hell.
But I digress….and therein is the lesson. Don’t be distracted by the myriad of tricksters, frauds and dare I say it, card sharks that will attempt to alter your mindset so they can cash in your chips!
Set your goals, stay on your path, don’t stray from your end state. Block out the external noise, the negative people and leave the soul-destroying job you hate. Surround yourself with positive people, embrace a healthy lifestyle and be amazed how everything you touch from this point on will turn to gold.
I know this, as this is me.
Nutrition
The fuel and the recovery! The most underrated weapon in your arsenal. Most of the medicines today are synthetic versions derived from nature. For thousands of years cultures, such as the Chinese have known the secrets of traditional effective remedies and longevity.
Unfortunately, today we are overpowered with non-nutritious, affordable, timely and often harmful food options. Our body is extremely resilient and adaptive to what we put into it, up until a point.
It isn’t just what we eat it is how we are programmed to eat it. In Western society we are told to eat three meals per day, and bread at lunchtime is a tradition. Well guess what? That doesn’t work! Just look at most people in the Western World.
If you want to construct an efficient machine you must supply it with the right fuel and recovery options using precise timing. I can best describe this as an individual science. There is only one person who knows your body. That person needs to self-educate or source a reputable educator to optimise the building of the ultimate physique.
Knowledge is indeed, power!
Training
You have been training for something since the moment you were born. To breath walk, talk, eat, drink, sleep, cry, laugh, etc. In fact, the list is endless.
We go through life becoming interested and maybe less interested or even disinterested in a range of topics, issues, and endeavours.
Some people are in constant training to be the world champion at having a heart attack. Whilst some others train as hard and as often as they can to contract lung cancer or liver failure. If you do something for long enough you will get good at it!
Whatever you are training for do it with passion. If you do not absolutely love the training and the result, then you need to change your focus. You may find it all too hard or it may be a mockery and you need a higher challenge.
Consistency
As a species we learn through repetition. The constant imprinting of our brain, positive or negative will work.
Identify your ideal physique and the steps it requires to attain your Michelangelo or Venus. Follow these steps every single minute of every single day. Live it, breathe it and it will happen.
I have supplied four crucial and malleable overarching key strategies in this document. These can be broken down into steps that can be followed. If you have the fifth; genetics you still need to apply the other four to construct your physique. If you don’t then hell, pretend you do!
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.
Fitness and nutrition for everyone. YOU WILL REACH YOUR GOALS! Ken Ross has been a natural bodybuilder for 34 years and has recently competed at the international level. Ken has competed in 109 INBA PNBA Bodybuilding Shows. Ken is a PNBA Pro, INBA Australia Team Captain, INBA Global Victoria Director and an INBA Hall of Fame Inductee. FLEXR6 offers a unique analytical based approach to its clients. The collation, assessment and analysis of your data enable FLEXR6 to provide individual and effective training and diet programs to enable you to reach your goals quickly. Learn more about Flexr6 Personal Fitness Services
