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Halloween was coming soon, which my faithful readers, all four of them, know to be my favorite holiday of the year. I have been a horror fan since around the time I was potty-trained, which was not twelve as some scurrilous malcontents have erroneously suggested, but more like two. Long before I entered kindergarten, I was spending endless hours glued to my TV watching Frankenstein, the Wolfman, Dracula, the Creature from the Black Lagoon, and an endless assortment of monsters and ghouls. I could never get enough of Halloween and lived for the one night I could dress up like...

Fred Rowlett has been a fixture on the Midwestern health and fitness scene for two decades. Fred is a classical American entrepreneur and at any one point in time is involved in a half dozen different projects. Fred is a top bodybuilding promoter and the President of one of the largest natural bodybuilding federations in the United States: the North American Natural Bodybuilding Federation. Mr. Rowlett is a personal trainer without peer; his day job is revamping physiques. He works with all types of “normal” people and routinely administers astounding makeovers. Fred has a special place in his heart for...

Adah began working out at the gym at age 50, when she stopped the excuses and just went for it. Now she loves working out and loves who and what she’s becoming. “At a height of 5’7”, I have gone from a weight of 175 lbs.to 120 lbs. of “lean” muscle. I started by winning a gold medal in weightlifting at the Senior Olmpics 2004, I then participated in three major figure competitions, placing in two, United States Natural July 2007, Las Vegas Classic Nov. 2007.” She then went on to win 2nd place Grand Masters Figure at the United...

Better Bodies of River’s Bend is a 3,000 square foot personal training facility in Maineville, Ohio owned and operated by long-time Parrillo adherent Lauren Dudzinski. Open since 2007, Lauren has a unique approach towards building better bodies. “Each and every client that walks through our door has a different situation. In one sense they all want the same thing – a better body – yet in each instance each client has a completely different set of circumstances and requires a completely different approach towards training and eating.” Lauren takes the time and exerts a real effort to understand each new...