Articles By: LeslieRae

I am small town girl who grew into the fitness industry by chance, on a dream that was laughed at and doubted by most but never diminished. I grew up in the south, home of fried chicken and pork and beans. I saw magazines and looked at the girls and though wow, but for a long time I never even thought “that could be me.” The day I began to dream about becoming a part of the fitness industry in a major way is still so fresh in my mind. Approached in the gym by a woman who competed, I was told “man if I started when I was your age, I would be pro by now.” Pro what, I wondered. I did the research and decided I was going to start, and I was going to become a pro in the IFBB. It took years of countless hours in the gym, training my body and mind to work in ways it never had, but in 2006, at Team Universe in NYC, all my hard work paid off. I became an IFBB Professional. The road to the IFBB was not easy. I knew nothing. To say I learned the hard way is not even the half of it, but it is not the end of it either. I have achieved my dream and made new ones. My journey is to the Olympia. It has been slowed by injury and surgery, but the road continues as do I.

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September 2nd, 2010 | Feature Box, Lori Says, Training | Read More

Build Big Biceps with Lori Braun, Part 1

Let’s face it, big biceps are very sexy on both men and women. When you’re out with your friends and you tell people you’ve been working out, they will always ask you to flex your biceps! It’s kind of a measurement of how powerful and muscular you are. If you have big biceps,...

September 1st, 2010 | Feature Box, Lori Says, Training | Read More

Super Models=Draft Dodgers?

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September 1st, 2010 | Feature Box, Misc | Read More

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August 31st, 2010 | Feature Box, Humor, News | Read More

Tonya Evinger MMA Superstar Gallery

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August 31st, 2010 | Feature Box, Female Athletes, Galleries, Wrestling | Read More

Pauline Nordin: Fighter and Figure Gallery

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August 30th, 2010 | Feature Box, Female Athletes, Galleries | Read More

Nadia Crow Biography and Gallery

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August 26th, 2010 | Feature Box, Female Bodybuilders, Galleries | Read More

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August 25th, 2010 | Feature Box, Female Bodybuilders, Galleries, Top 100 Female BBs | Read More

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August 24th, 2010 | Feature Box, Female Athletes, Galleries | Read More

“I Don’t Want to Get Too Big”

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August 23rd, 2010 | Feature Box, News, Training | Read More

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August 19th, 2010 | Feature Box, Galleries, Homegrown | Read More

Go to the Gym and Bench Press Dwarves

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August 19th, 2010 | Feature Box, News, Training | Read More

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August 16th, 2010 | Feature Box, Female Bodybuilders, Galleries | Read More

Johanna Dejager – “Blonde Bomber”

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August 13th, 2010 | Feature Box, Female Bodybuilders, News | Read More

Stretching…before, after?

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August 13th, 2010 | Feature Box, News, Training | Read More