Why We Train

WHY WE TRAIN

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Produced by Guile Branco and Directed by Darin Mangan.

This documentary has as its main purpose to shine a positive light on bodybuilding and power lifting. It shows the benefits of weight training to inspire people of all walks of life to adhere to a fitness lifestyle.

Why do you train?

“WHY WE TRAIN” explores the wonders of weight training, going back in history, to early champions like, Steve Reeves, John Grimek and Reg Park. Moving on to modernity, several subjects who have accomplished some form of success through weight training talk about their achievements. All of this is tied together through Guile Branco’s journey, from Muscle Beach, to the Arnold Sports Festival in Ohio, the Excalibur NPC show in Culver City and several other places. Guile is a bodybuilder preparing for his last competition. As he prepares he goes on this quest to meet with several champions and get their insight into their lives and why training is so important.

Some of our athletes:

Barbie Barbell: To date Amanda has never been defeated in competition and will give any elite female adult lifter in the amateur 123 pound weight class stiff competition. Her skill levels are that of a seasoned veteran and are ready for the adult world of competition. She has trained hard and earned her place on the platform with the world’s best female Powerlifters.

Scot Mendelson: World Champion power lifter who overcame an almost fatal accident. He is one of the World’s strongest bench-pressers, lifting over 1000 lbs.

Carlos Laguna: He is a power lifter over at 72 years old! And he holds a record for his category. Born in Argentina, he overcame an obstacle inherent to all of us: aging. He is trying to break a world record for his category.

Victor Konovalov: Five-time NPC National Wheelchair Bodybuilding Champion and first-ever IFBB Professional Wheelchair-Bodybuilder! Victor’s most recent national overall title (2007) came at the age of 45, 24 years the senior of the runner up.

Appearances and/or interviews with: Frank Zane, Ed Corney, Jon Jon Park, Ronnie Coleman, Flex Wheeler, Franco Columbu, Jack Lalanne, Lee Priest, Phil Heath, David Henry, Edson Prado and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Below: SCOT MENDELSON: