619 MUSCLE Seminar Series - 2012!

Last year, we had 4 amazing seminars, covering topics such as:
Fat Loss 101
The Mechanics of Fat Loss
Answering the Million $$ Question
Fat Loss 201, Supplements to help you burn fat and preserve muscle. Attendance was amazing, participation was dynamic, and the vibe was positive!



This year, we're doing it again! -

Attention Physique Athletes and Trainers!!

619 MUSCLE Seminar Series commences this year with 2 powerful new events!

February 4th, 2012:
Contest Prep, Nutritional Breakdown for the Physique Competitor:
Learn How top athletes get their physiques dialed in!

1. Can You Really Gain Muscle while Losing Fat?
2. The Truth about Carbohydrate-Cycling
3. Water Manipulation -the Good, Bad, and the Ugly
4. High-Performance Sports Nutrition To Take You to the Next Level

(*Attendance is 50% off for attendees of Meriza's Art of Figure & Bikini Posing Clinics, also held Feb 4th!)
**Special Guest** Special Guest, Tommy Reynolds, NPC National Physique Competitor, Myotropics Physique Superstar, Physique Specialist & Fitness Model

March 19th, 2012:
Physique Athletes - This is How We Do It!

1. The New Breed of Physique Culture
2. Nutrition for The Physique Athlete
3. Physique Training - The Old School Approach to a New Sport
4. The Presentation - The Physique Strut

**Special Guest Speaker** Vince Andrich, Author of "The Physique Athlete's Guide 1.0"

Hosted by Pete Ciccone, with more than 25 years in the field of physique competition and nutrition, The 619 MUSCLE Seminar Series events are LOADED with priceless, real-world, in-the-trenches wisdom and experience - Don't Miss Out! Sharpen Your Own Knowledge base and Elevate Your Game!
Sponsored by iSatori Technologies! come and learn more about cutting edge Performance Nutrition from one of the industries leading companies!

Contact Pete Ciccone today to reserve your spot!

Seating is limited to the first 40 people! sign up NOW!

We have several more dates in the works, with top industry guest speakers scheduled! It's going to be an awesome year - Stay Tuned!

- Pete

It's a New Year, a New Look for 619 Muscle! - and...

A NEW YOU!
It's time to get serious about your fitness goals...whether you've got just a few more pounds to lose, or it seems like you've got mountains to overcome, let us show you what we've learned with over 50+ cumulative years of training experience between us here at 619 Muscle! Make the commitment to yourself to exceed yourself, blast through those old plateaus and barriers to progress, and UNLEASH YOUR OWN HARDCORE ATHLETE, hiding inside, screaming to get out!

We've had an amazing year - with many of our family members taking their hardcore inside up to the national stages, we've had enough excitement to last a lifetime...but we've got even more coming in the new year! See you around the corner!

Tis the Season...

It's been another great year, and 2011 is almost behind us. As a family, we've had some tremendous successes! Many in our family have achieved previously unreached levels of fitness, or have overcome obstacles and challenges to exceed themselves - several athletes we work with dialed it in this year, breaking new ground as first-time competitors, or hitting national level for the first time, or even turning Pro, achieving levels that few individuals ever realize in our sport.


We have had a tremendously successful freshman year for our new franchise location, 619 MUSCLE LONG-BEACH, and THIS SATURDAY, DEC 10TH, 2011, We'll be unleashing our first ever Holiday Bash and Charity Event!! I want to personally thank Martin and Khay for all of their hard work this year, making this event, and 2011, a year we'll look back on as a huge success! All big things start with small seeds; but, planted wisely, and nurtured faithfully, the smallest of acorns will grow into the mightiest Oak Tree!

2012 promises to be far better than this past year, so we're thankful for our positions and firm foothold in the game - playing hard, and looking to the next inning...we've only just begun to build, to create, to re-invent and to thrive!

NEW WEBSITE:
YES, finally, within the next several days, we'll be launching the NEW 619MUSCLE.COM - it'll be jam-packed and ever-growing, with ideas and information, training programs and nutritional articles, motivation, inspiration, recipes, updates on the regional scene and much more! We'll have a store as well, featuring, like our own brick-and-mortar locations, only the best products in the Sports Nutrition game. So, bookmark this site, www.619muscle.com...and enjoy!
2012 is going to be an amazing new year!

God bless,

Pete

IT'S BEEN A HELLUVA SUMMER! But now, back to Business!

And we ain't messin' around no more....Part of the reason this blog has taken so long to update is because I've been busy, competing, trying to push our interests on a broader, wider scale....Team 619 MUSCLE, we been here since 2006...we ain't goin' away, and we only gettin' stronger...I brought the best game I had this year to the USA's, coming away third, but really putting 100% plus another 10% into my prep and presentation, leaving no stones unturned, exhausting all resources, in an effort to stand on stage with the best physiques in the game at my weight...
After the smoke cleared on the USA's, with my good friend and brother in iron, Tamer El Guindy, taking top honors in our weight class, I had to take a minute to re-group, collect and gather myself...and that minute has turned into almost 6 weeks of reflection...and what I've found is that I love this sport, the lifestyle we live, and the people around us who share the journey...so it's back on the horse, back in the game, and back to business!

This summer, Martin and Khay opened up 619 Muscle Long Beach (Weider Publications top dawg, Alan Donnelly, visited us during the Long Beach grand opening in June) and the store is starting to rock, thanks to the blood, sweat and tears of our extended family members...thanks to everyone - vendors and customers - for helping to keep us goin' and growin'...spreadin' the good word of fitness, sports nutrition and the Hi-Performance Lifestyle to our friends in the greater Los Angeles region.
And our trip back from USA's this year left me with mixed emotions. 619 Muscle is growing, our energy, our passion and our family is expanding. Several of our family members made the journey this summer, and left some amazing impressions on those that got to see the show...Here's a few of the beautiful physiques that got to do their thing on that stage, in the biggest show ever for our sport!

Molly!

Steph!

Tommy!RoseMarie!

Jennifer!

Paulina!
And congrats to IFBB Pro's in house - PD Devers, Derik Farnsworth, Michelle Bates and Deena Walsh, who got up on stage, strutted their PRO stuff, and each rocked at their respective shows - showing everyone what we as a collective family can do!
And the ever incredible, 619 MUSCLE Long Beach owner, the one and only Khay!
This one was from her butt-kickin' performance at the North Americans last month...go Khay! And our TEAM 619 that headed out to Master's Nationals included:
Jack
Jack took 2nd place in his class in the 50+ category, rockin' the stage with a powerful, compact physique! Rory achieved his own best condition, and pushed a deep class of over 2o competitors, flexing his way into 7th place. Steph L., Roz G., Kris W. and Meg K. went on to show their own best ever conditions at in Pittburgh at the Master's Figure Nationals, showin' em all that we got what it takes here in the 619!
Yep, it was another amazing summer! Congrats to all of our family - let's keep the energy flowing as we keep on going and growing!

And thanks to our own dear Bikini Champ, Steph P., this is a beautiful way to end this blog!

619 MUSCLE, the original, and always, the Essence of Hardcore!

We are SoCal's Sports Nutrition Authority!

IT'S GROWIN' TIME!

SO-CAL'S SPORTS NUTRITION AUTHORITY...est 2006

As it is with all things "619 MUSCLE", it's about the journey forward, onward and upward...like the sport of bodybuilding and the lifestyle of physical culture that flows as the lifeblood of what we are in the "essence of hardcore", the real deal, 619 MUSCLE, it's always been about the mission to be better than we were yesterday.

When I first opened 619 MUSCLE, my San Diego based business, on July 1st, 2006, I took my two decades + of experience as an athlete, as a bodybuilder whose own personal journey of self-exploration had led across a continent, with the passion for the sport that represents by its very nature the journey of ongoing self-analysis, brutal honesty, self-exploration and self-improvment, and I infused all of this into my business.

Over the past 5 years, 619 MUSCLE has become a Southern California staple. You don't come to the SoCal bodybuilding experience without some degree of connection to what we have created here in Southern California. And, like as not, if you're into bodybuilding, or a fan of Mr. Olympia, Jay Cutler, who is a dear friend and has been a generous, gracious supporter of our business since the very first year, if you're a fan of Jay, you've heard of us - big thanks, Jay, for the friendship over the years.
Whether through our ongoing involvement with the NPC and IFBB, supporting the contests and the mission of any number of competitors on their own journey of physique and internal development, or our annual 619 MUSCLE BASH supplement expo's (the industry's biggest one-day supplement expo and party this side of Los Angeles Fit Expo!), if you're "in the game", chances are you've heard of us... And that's not bragging, it's simply a testament to the "like-mindedness" of bodybuilders, figure and physique athletes and the way I've built my business.
619 MUSCLE is like "Cheers" for physique athletes..."you wanna go where every body knows your name." And if you train hard, if you push yourself to be better than you were yesterday, then you are hardcore - and that means inside YOU, there's a superhero screaming to get out, too! And that means you are a part of our family - and you've got a home in "the 619".

Along those lines, I'm proud to announce our first effort at expansion - yep, we're opening up another store! In addition to the original 619 MUSCLE, (located in World Gym San Diego), our new location, 619 MUSCLE Long Beach, will be located within the brand new MetroFlex Gym, Long Beach! Our dear friends, Martin and Khay Rosemond, will be in charge of keeping the vibe going strong for the hardcore athletes just to the north of us, closer to the L.A. area...and partnered with the guys of the new MetroFlex Gym Long Beach, I'm sure it won't be hard to keep things real, and keep the "essence of hardcore" vibe going strong!



Don't miss our Long Beach Grand Opening, this Saturday, June 11th, 2011!
See all you latent superheroes and hardcore athletes there!

Pete

WE'RE DOIN' IT AGAIN! YESSIREE!

WE'RE DOIN IT AGAIN!

619 MUSCLE'S PARKING LOT BASH V!
Special guest: (of course!) 4x MR. Olympia Jay Cutler!

August 20th, 2011 -
11am-3pm...Of course, once again, we'll have our Bikini Model Search, with tons of CASH AND PRIZES to give away, and a chance to be named Miss 619 Muscle, 2011 and appear in our Calendar!

Last year, we had over 40 vendors, tons of celebrities, IFBB Pros, contests, freebies, give-aways and MORE!

The Pro Creator, Hany Rambod, will also be in attendance, with FREE nutritional program advice - more details soon!

So mark your calendars! It'll be here before you know it!

619 Muscle Bash V - featuring Mr. Oympia, Jay Cutler and more!
Aug 20th, 2011
11am-3pm

2949 Garnet Ave
San Diego, CA 92109

It's the biggest event of it's kind in SoCal! See ya soon!

March Madness 2011 (part 2-San Diego championships!)

WELCOME TO THE "619!"Welcome to San Diego! It's the 2011 NPC San Diego Bodybuilding, Figure and Bikini Championships, promoted by Lindsay Productions! Check out the awesome fun we had! And also check out the brass Team 619 took home!!

Beautiful IFBB pro's, Zhanna Rotar and Meriza Deguzman-Ciccone!

The next generation of Ciccone! Check out the thighs on this lil' monster!

NPC SAN DIEGO CHAMPIONSHIPS!
It was another awesome season-opener for the 2011 NPC/IFBB competition season and Team 619 MUSCLE kicked major butt! 170 competitors converged on another sold-out show this weekend, for the 2011 NPC San Diego Championships, at San Diego's Scottish Rite center.
Several of our family took the stage this weekend, and our Team took home top honors and trophies in several classes! Our athletes stormed the stage with power, class and grace, strutting their Swagger and making a strong statement with powerful physiques!
In the Men's lightweight (novice and unlimited), competition newcomer Mike Martinez squeezed into the lightweight class and came away with top honors in both classes!
In Figure, hometown competitor and personal trainer, Kristi Romero placed 2nd in a very tight race in the "D" class. Gloria Lovidice stole the top slot in the unlimited Figure "A" class, strutting style and charisma, in her first class win!

Go Kristi! So proud of your hard work!

Super-Gloria Lovidice 1st place A class! And Miss May Strickland, 3rd!

Beautiful Tracy Rogers placed 2nd!Stephanie Perkins WINS Bikini C! and Paulina Ciccone takes 4th! Go girls!

Mike Martinez Muscles into the top slot in 2 classes! Novice and Unlimited lightweights!

Go Miss Melanie! 5th place in the Unlimited Figure C class!

2 San Diego beauties! - Meriza and Miss Francine Sablan!

Zhanna, Khay, Tony, Meriza and beautiful Miss Molly!

The 619 crew of beauties! Beautiful NPC champs, Molly Goodwin and Khay, IFBB Pro's Deena Walsh, Meriza and Michelle Bates!

Pete and IFBB Pro, PD Devers!

Khay, Pete and guest poser, Jerome"Hollywood" Ferguson and Meriza!

We had a hella good time, supporting our family, hangin', meetin' and greetin'...Congratulations to all of our hard working clients! See ya at the next show!

Pete