Stan Mcquay, The Rising Sun (Coming Soon)

Biography

Born in Yokosuka, Japan in 1973 to a Japanese mother and Irish father,^[1] Stan McQuay moved to the United States with his family at an early age, living first in Illinois before settling in Van Nuys, California. Growing up in the San Fernando Valley, Stan spent most of his free time surfing and skateboarding. Stan became steadily employed and enrolled in community college. At a maximum height of 5’ 7” and weighing 135 lbs, Stan began weight-training in order to gain the muscle-mass necessary for college football.

Most recently, Stan moved a competitive middleweight to a light-heavyweight, and was able to win his pro-card as a light-heavyweight at the 2006 NPC Nationals. He has appeared on the cover of several publications.

Vital Stats

• Full Name: Stan Michael McQuay
• Birthday: July 12
• Place of Birth: Yokosuka, Japan
• Current state of Residence: Canoga Park, California
• Occupation: personal trainer, fitness model, professional bodybuilder.
• Marital Status: single
• Height: 5'7" - 170 cm
• Weight (In Season): 185-190 lbs (84/86 kg) - (Off-Season):205-210 lbs (93/95 kg).
• Eye Color: Brown
• Hair Color: Black

His Sport Car! Audi R8

Contest history

1998

Musclemania, WelterWeight, 2nd

1999

Musclemania, WelterWeight, 1st

2000

California Championships - NPC, MiddleWeight, 1st
Musclemania, Professional, 2nd
Musclemania Superbody, Winner
USA Championships - NPC, MiddleWeight, 4th

2001

Musclemania Superbody, Professional, 1st

2002

USA Championships - NPC, MiddleWeight, 1st

2003

Nationals - NPC, MiddleWeight, 2nd

2004

Nationals - NPC, MiddleWeight, 2nd

2006

Nationals - NPC, Light-HeavyWeight, 1st

2009

Europa Supershow - IFBB, LightWeight, 8th
Jacksonville Pro - IFBB, Winner
Olympia - IFBB, LightWeight, 14th

2010

Detroit Pro Championships - IFBB, Winner
Olympia - IFBB, LightWeight, 7th
Sacramento Pro Championships - IFBB, 3rd

Magazine Covers

• 2002 Muscle and Fitness December Vol 63, Num 12
• 2004 Muscle Mag International April Num 262
• 2005 Planet Muscle April Vol 8, Num 2
• 2006 Planet Muscle June Vol 9, Num 3
• 2006 Muscle and Fitness October Vol 67, Num 10
• 2008 Muscle and Fitness March
• 2008 Muscle and Fitness May

Stan McQuay, interviewed by Ron Avidan

• What is your full name, including middle name?

Stan Michael McQuay

• When and where were you born? Your Astrological Sign?

I was born July 12, 1973 in Yokoska, Japan, which means I am 26 now. My sign is Cancer.

• Your height and weight (Normal / Contest).

My height is 5'7". My off season weight is around 200 pounds, and my last contest weight was 176 pounds.

• Eye Color / Hair Color

I have brown eyes, and black Hair

• Where are you currently working now? In the past?

I am currently a personal trainer. In the past, I worked for a sports nutrition distribution company selling many different types of products.

• Do you have any brothers / sisters?

I have one brother named Michael Stevens McQuay, who is younger than me. He is 21, I am currently 26. He is not a bodybuilder, although he has gone to a number of my shows.

• What religion are you?

I am a Christian.

• What is your mother and father's name? Where did they meet?

My mother's name is Mari, she is Japanese. My dad's name is Steve, he is Irish. My dad was in the American Navy, and he was on a base in Nagasaki, Japan when they met.

• How was your childhood? Where did you grow up?

I was born in Japan, and my family moved to Southern Illinois. When I was 7 or 8, we moved to Van Nuys, California, and then to Canoga Park, California. I went to Hale Junior High School, then to Canoga Park High School.

• Did you play any sports when you were growing up?

I loved to play football. I started with Pop Warner (a football organization for kids), and then in high school, I was on the varsity team. I played running back, and score quite a number of touchdowns. Our team did not do well though, we did not make the playoffs.

• What did you do after high school?

Hang around for a while, then started to go to college. Currently I am going to California State University of Northridge, studying on a double major, Finance and Kenesiology.

• What started you in bodybuilding?

Towards the end of high school, I wanted to play football in college and I need to get bigger. So I started to train with some friends at 24 Hour Fitness in West Hills. From there, I switched gyms to Powerhouse in Chatsworth where I am at now.

• When did you actually get serious in bodybuilding?

When I was 23. I met two competitive bodybuilders and they talked me into doing a show.

• What contest was that?

A small federation called the 'UNBA', which is a natural sanction. I took second place in the Short class in my very first show.

• And after that?

After that I went to the ABA federation. In my First ABA Show, I won the Short Class and the Overall. Then I went to the 1998 Musclemania, and took second as a Welterweight. Then I did the 1998 NPC Ironman and took third in the Middleweight division. I took almost a year off, and came back at the 1999 Musclemania and won the Welterweight division. After that, I went to the 1999 NPC Ironman and took second as a Middleweight. This year, I went to the 2000 NPC California and won the Middleweight. A week later, I went to the Superbody World Champions in New York City and won the Middleweight and the Overall. I am now working on getting ready to compete in the NPC USA in Las Vegas.

• Wow! Impressive! What is your best and worst experiences in bodybuilding?

The best experiences involve meeting a lot a great people. The worst experience is the agony of dieting (oh man!).

• What is your best and worst bodypart?

My best bodypart is my abs; my worst is my back.

• What is your favorite and least favorite exercise?

My favorite exercise are Lats; my least favorite exercise are Biceps.

• Any interesting diets when you train?

No, I stay real basic. Nothing weird. I don't rely on supplements so much, I rely more on high protein, low carb, low fat.

• How many weeks before a contest do you start to train? Any secrets?

Normally, I start to train eight weeks before. If I start my dieting eight weeks out, I still lift heavy because it helps keep more thickness in your muscles, and not until the last two weeks I start going really high rep stuff. Also, I prefer free weights over machines.

• What supplements do you use?

I use a lot of L-Glutamine, Creatine, Vanadyl Sulfate, ECA Stack.

• What things need to be changed in the sport of bodybuilding?

I wish they would stop being so political in terms of competitors competing in different sanctions, and help just promote the sport, but unfortunately that won't happen because of the money involved.

• What makes you happy?

When people come up to me and say 'I want to look like you', or 'I really like your physique', or "You made a lot of improvements'.

• What do you tell people who want to start bodybuilding?

That you better be prepared to diet. The main thing about bodybuilding is not the weights, but the diet. 75% of being a bodybuilder is dieting correctly.

• Tell me something we do not know about you?

When I was growing up, I was a gang banger. I hung with the wrong people in high school, got tattoos, just plain bad. I went to jail a couple of times. When I started working out in the gym, I felt that ever since I began training, I quite being on the street, and that made me a better person. It gave me something to do, to look forward to.

• Tatoos? Any symbolic meanings on them? How many?

Three of them. I got my tattoos when I was 18. A friend of mine did them for me. There are no symbolic meanings for me about them. I was young and dumb. One of them are Japanese symbols which translate into 'Live a long life of blood and guts'. Which to me means live hard and train hard. If you work hard, and train hard, it will lead to a long prosperous life.

• Have you done any television / magazine covers / film / commercials?

I currently have been on American Muscle on ESPN, and I would love to do commercials but have to go to acting school first. On magazine covers, my first cover will be out in a week or so, on a magazine titled 'X-Cercise Files', with Sherry Goggin-Giardana. I also shot a cover for Physical Magazine, and just the other day, I shot one for MuscleMag Magazine.

• Has anyone been your inspiration?

Not really. I never really idolized anybody.

• Where do you see yourself 10 years from now?

I am not sure. I can see myself as CEO of some company.

• What do you feel about the judging in the contests?

The judging is normally pretty fair, I just wish that they would get more on the same page, meaning the judges. I wish they would go more on the aesthetically pleasing look as opposed to the big freaky look.

• What do you think about the drug situation in bodybuilding?

What about it? I think with all of the new drugs lately, it is not about how much steroids one is taking, but the guys that are taking growth hormones and diuretics, which are really dangerous. Unfortunately, you can't test for growth hormones, but I think they should find a way.

• What are your best and worst qualities as a person?

My best quality is my personality. I am just really friendly with everybody. My worst quality is that I am pretty pessimistic on myself. I am way too critical on myself. Too harsh on me. I underestimate myself. I keep telling myself that I am not ready for a show, or I need more work on this bodypart.

• What kind of people turn you off / on?

People that turn me off are loud, obnoxious people. People that turn me on are real intellectual, smart people

• What's the most important thing in life to you?

My immediate family

• What was the lowest point in life to you?

When I graduated high school, because I was heavily into gang banging and fighting. I lost a few of my friends; they got shot. My best friend went to jail for 25 years.

• Do you go out much?

I go out at least once a month, to a club out here called the 'Key Club', where I have lots of fun!

• What are your favorites:
• Television Show: I don't watch much tv
• Movie: Sixth Sense
• Actor: Mel Gibson
• Actress: Allisa Milano. She can't act, but she is fine!
• Foods: Sushi!
• Bar Drink: Long Island Ice Tea
• Regular Drink: Water
• Type of Music: Trance, which is a type of Techno music.
• Artist: Dr. Dre... he works out at my gym.
• What are the last:
• Movie you saw: Gladiator
• Video rented: Scream 2... it was terrible.
• Music CD bought: Limp Bizkit.. the latest CD.
• Contest you saw: I have not been to a concert in years.
• Restaurant you ate at: Something's Fishy in Woodland Hills, California
• Do you have any pets?

I do not have any pets?

• What are your favorite Internet web sites?

The American Body Building web site is the best, I am always on it. But I really do not have any favorites, I just like to surf.

The Legend of Kris Dim

Krisna "Kris" Dim (born May 7, 1973) is an IFBB professional bodybuilder.

Kris Dim is among the few professional Asian bodybuilders in the industry.His first national bodybuilding competition was the NPC (National Physique Committee) USA Championships, where he took 6th. After many years of hard work, he finally got his "ProCard" after winning the overall light-heavyweight division in the NPC USA 2003. From there, he began his career as a professional bodybuilder and competed in his first IFBB Mr. Olympiacompetition in 2004, where he placed 12th—a milestone for an Asian bodybuilder. His first Arnold Classic was in 2006, where he placed 14th, followed by his first Ironman Pro Invitational in the same year, where he placed 10th. He also competed in the mr olympia Europe in 2009 where he placed 3rd overall after Ronnie Colomen who was 1st.

Kris has been featured in many fitness and bodybuilding articles, the cover of FLEX magazine and Muscular Development.

Early life

Dim was born in Cambodia. When was four years old, him and his family moved to Arlington, Virginia. They moved again to Sacramento, California when he was twelve years old. He joined a professional gym at the age of fifteen. Two years later, he entered and won his first contest, the teenage division of the North Bay Bodybuilding Championships. He married, dropped out of college, and since then, his career has taken off.

Stats

• Height: 5 ft 6 inch
• Competition weight: 185 lb

Heart attack

Kris suffered a heart attack on June 8, 2007. Muscular Development magazine's editor David Palumbo reported the following day, "Kris collapsed yesterday and had emergency heart surgery to repair a split in his aortic valve. The split in his valve caused a significant stroke that could have caused significant damage or death."

Contest history

• 1997 NPC USA Championships, Middleweight, 6th
• 1998 NPC Nationals, Middleweight, 10th
• 1998 NPC USA Championships, Middleweight, 10th
• 1999 NPC USA Championships, Middleweight, 3rd
• 2000 NPC USA Championships, Light-Heavyweight, 4th
• 2001 NPC Nationals, Light-Heavyweight, 7th
• 2001 NPC USA Championships, Light-Heavyweight, 7th
• 2002 NPC Nationals, Light-Heavyweight, 2nd
• 2002 NPC USA Championships, Light-Heavyweight, 1st
• 2003 NPC Nationals, Light-Heavyweight, 1st
• 2003 NPC USA Championships, Light-Heavyweight, 2nd
• 2004 Grand Prix England, 3rd
• 2004 Grand Prix Holland, 4th
• 2004 Grand Prix Russia, 5th
• 2004 Mr. Olympia, 12th
• 2004 San Francisco Pro Invitational, 3rd
• 2005 Mr. Olympia, Did not place
• 2006 Arnold Classic, 14th
• 2006 Grand Prix Australia, 7th
• 2006 Ironman Pro Invitational, 4th
• 2006 San Francisco Pro Invitational, 10th
• 2007 Ironman Pro Invitational, 11th
• 2007 Sacramento Pro Championships, 6th

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Cambodia bodybuilding Sok Sopheak

28-year-old Cambodian Sok Sopheak, aka Polo, claimed his best-ever placing of fourth in the 2009 Asia Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships in Thailand

CAMBODIAN body builder Sok Sopheak, also known as Polo, has finally seen all his hard work payoff, claiming fourth in the 2009 Asia Bodybuilding and Fitness Championship held August 11-17 in Pattaya, Thailand.

Despite failing to make the podium, he was delighted with his best-ever placing in an international event.

Training out of Phnom Penh's Rama Fitness Club, Sok Sopheak entered the competition at the 1.65-metre division of the Men's Classic Body category. Iran's Seyed Roohollah Mirnoorollahi took the gold medal, with Daljit Singh of India coming second and Thailand's Kittipong Jansuwan taking third.

Polo, who has adjusted his weight between 60 and 75 kilograms to suit his competitions, has never gained such a good placing in overseas competition. In the same tournament last year, he ranked ninth in Men's Body Building category, while at the 2007 South East Asia Championships, he took eighth in the same classification.

Polo explained that experience from previous events has helped him significantly to improve his placings.

"I didn't know clearly what food was necessary for bodybuilding," he said. "But experiences from several competitions, and through acquaintance with foreign bodybuilders, I got to know how to eat properly."

Polo remembered meeting a Thai athlete in Hong Kong last year, who set him straight on the correct way to balance his diet. "He told me what food to eat and what not to eat."

The 28-year-old Cambodian expressed his pleasure at achieving at something that came out of his own effort, thanking the encouragement of Cambodian youngsters around him.

Rama Fitness club owner Ky Sao, who recommended Polo to travel to Pattaya to join the competition, applauded the bodybuilder's success, saying: "This is the pride of Cambodian sportsmen."

Polo said he had gone through various difficulties in building up his body and attending international competitions, initially without the support of sponsors. However, support from Paul Chua, secretary general of Asia Body Building and Fitness Federation, and Pakpong Kriangsa, director of the Thailand Fitness Federation, eventually allowed him to participate.

Moreover, Polo noted that his food requirement was extremely expensive, with six daily meals including eggs, fish, vegetables, fruit and chicken breast, costing between US$15 and $20 per day. "My mother always scolded me because she was not sure what my money was spent on when she gave it to me," Polo revealed.

Unfortunately, the Cambodian received no cash prize for his fourth rank, with just the prestige and a medal to reward his efforts.

Kong Phalla, secretary of the Cambodian Fitness Federation, acknowledged that the institution was lacking in funds to support the daily fees incurred by its registered athletes, stating there was not even enough to subsidise travel and accommodation costs. However, he praised Polo's achievement, saying: "The result of Sopheak makes me pleased."

Cambodia is going to send Sok Sopheak, to the First World Bodybuilding and Physiques Sports Education (WBPF) Men’s World Body Building Championship. The world competition will be organized by WBPF and scheduled to be held from the 3rd to the 8th of November in Dubai, in UAE. There are over 30 countries in the world will send contestants to the competition.

“This is the first time for CBBF to send Sok Sopheak to join the World Bodybuilding Championship,” said Kong Phalla, Executive Member of the Cambodian Body Building Federation (CBBF).

Phalla said the main purpose of his participation is competing with other participated athletes from other countries in order to win a medal for the Kingdom of Cambodia.

He pointed out that Sok Sopheak is the only qualified lower weight body building trainee and capable young Cambodian in Cambodia. He has attended many competitions, both local and international tournaments, and as result, he won many medals.

“I think that Sok Sopheak is the only qualified and capable lower weight bodybuilding man for the WBPF Men’s World Bodybuilding Championship. I believe that with his hard training, hard work and previous competing experiences, he will be able to win a medal in international competitions in the future,” he said during an interview with The Southeast Asia Weekly on October 8.

Phalla pointed out that last month, Sopheak has attended the international body building tournament in Pathaya in Thailand, along with other athletes from over 30 countries in the world where he won the fourth class from the competition.

“I am very proud at Sok Sopheak’s hard work and I hope that with his talent and experience he will gain good results at the competition in Dubai,” he said.

Sopheak, 60 kg, was born in Kandal province in 1980. He has two brothers and one sister. He is the only body builder in his family. He now is training with Rama Fitness Center in Phnom Penh. He started training Bodybuilding in Phnom Penh in 2003 to improve his health and to promote this sport.

“I like training because I wanted to improve my health and to be a strong man in my country,” he told The Southeast Asia Weekly. “It has always been my dream to reach the top ten of bodybuilding in Cambodia.”

Sopheak said that since he has been training the bodybuilding in 2003, he has been attended many national and international bodybuilding competitions in Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Thailand, as results, he won a total of four medals from the these competitions.

He received a silver medal in 2005; he won the first class of Cambodian-Thai Friendship Bodybuilding tournament in 2006; he won the second class of the Cambodian-Thai Friendship body building tournament in 2007; and he won the fourth class in Thailand in September 2009.

“I am happy that I was selected again for the World Bodybuilding Championship in Dubai,” he said. “I am now training very hard and I will try my best to get a medal and honor for my country in competitions in the future.”

To prepare for the future international tournaments, Sok Sopheak said that he now is training four hours per day. Besides training, Sok Sopeak now is also working as a bodybuilding coach with Parkway Gyms in Phnom Penh. He used also to work as a bodybuilding coach with Sunway Hotel’s training club in 2006 and Cambodiana Hotel’s training club in 2007.

Cambodia Body Building And Fitness Federation

Get even ripper with Mr. Shally!

Mr. Shally as know as Jackie Chan in our gym. His fascinating ripped muscle make everyone envious. Here are some tips which can help you guys to get ripper in a short period of time.

For most guys in the gym, figuring out how to get ripped is a priority. Some just want to be "big," but they make up a very small group of the population. Most men want more: They want to not only be big, but also be lean enough that all of their muscle definition is visible. After all, for most of you, part of the reason for going to the gym is to help you look better. Learning how to get ripped will certainly accomplish that.

Diet

Potentially, the single most important factor in your quest to get ripped will be your diet. Getting lean is about 70% dietary effort, 20% proper workout programming technique, 5% psychological (because, let’s face it, temptation is around every corner), and 5% sheer determination.
Be certain that you are consuming fewer calories than you need to maintain your weight. Fat loss is really just a simple mathematical equation; it considers the compounding factors of where calories come from, times when your meals are being eaten, and so on.

The one exception would be Protein intake, as you should be consuming a minimum of one gram per pound of body mass in order to prevent muscle loss. Losing weight is of no use if you aren’t losing fat weight. That’s the critical factor that will determine whether you end up looking like a smaller version of your current self at the end of the diet or a version that is leaner and appears more muscular.

Weight-Lifting Workout

When trying to get ripped, the workout does not play an incredibly huge role, as already stated. As long as you are not on a crazy setup that has you doing volume overload (a surefire recipe for burnout when on a diet), you should be able to maintain your muscle mass.
When designing your workout to get ripped you'll want to cut back on the total number of reps and sets since you won’t have the fuel to recover from strenuous workouts. At the same time, however, try to maintain intensity since it will preserve your strength and muscle tissue mass.

You can hit pretty much all the muscle groups in the body with the following exercises:

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Obviously, you can swap these exercises around; do a pull-up instead of a row or do an incline bench press instead of a shoulder press. Getting these core movements in, however, will keep you on top of your game.

Cardio Component

To round out your workout to get ripped, we have the cardio component. Now, when it comes to cardio, you want to do as little as you can get away with in order to get the results you’re looking for. Problems will start to occur when you begin doing hour-long cardio sessions combined with your already intense lifting workouts, both coupled with a reduced calorie intake.

On The Road To Ripped Glory

The issue with doing long, moderately paced cardio is that at some point you will likely start to plateau as far as fat loss is concerned, which then means you’ll either have to up the cardio again or further reduce your calories. If you’re already eating at a very low calorie level, reducing them further may cause you to sacrifice proper nutrition.

Make sure you take a well-rounded approach to getting lean this time around. Far too often, men will only focus on one aspect of the equation -- be it diet, weight lifting or cardio -- which only shorts them of the results they could be seeing when they try to get ripped.