Tag: bodybuilding
With her amateur bodybuilding competition, Atlanta’s Cydney Gillon is giving back to her community
On May 31 at the Atlanta Marriott in Alpharetta, nearly two-hundred swimsuit-clad competitors gathered to flex onstage at the 4th Annual Cydney Gillon Peach Classic, one of the premier amateur bodybuilding competitions in Georgia. The show was founded in 2022 by Atlanta’s Cydney Gillon, a homegrown heroine in the world of professional bodybuilding. Gillon retired from competition in October 2024 after an eighteen-year career that she concluded by winning her eighth consecutive title at The Olympia, the crème de la crème of pro bodybuilding shows.
Eight-time Mr. Olympia Lee Haney returns to the site of his iconic gym
“Man,” Lee Haney says, “I am puzzled! Golly. Oh my goodness. Mass confusion! I feel like Captain America when he fell in the ice and woke up years later.”
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