Natural Athlete
2009 FAME Masters Pro World Championships
On June 13, 2009, I achieved one of my two goals for my 5th Pro Show and 28th contest overall. For the 2009 FAME Masters Pro World Championships in Montreal, Canada, I wanted to step onto the stage about 10 pounds heavier, with the conditioning I had at the same event last year. I came in at 148 pounds, exactly 10 pounds more than last year, and I was just as conditioned. My second goal was to mo...
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Training Journal—Chapter 5
Saturday, April 18, 2009 Weight: 156.0 pounds It's show time. Two months to go until the FAME Pro Masters World Championships in Montreal, Canada. I'm in my Game Day contest prep mode. I'm ready to lock and load and take dead aim at the prize. With eight weeks to go, I'm about eight pounds from my stage weight. I will spend the next two months lifting hard, increasing my cardio...
Read more...Training Journal—Chapter 4
Friday, March 20, 2009 Weight: 157.0 pounds 12 weeks to go until the 2009 FAME Master Pro World Championships on June 13. After week one of my contest diet, I'm down two pounds. I had a good week of heavy lifting, cardio and contest diet. The three low-carb days and one high-carb day plan is tracking well. I plan to come in for my contest at around 148 pounds, 10 pounds more than the same con...
Read more...Training Journal—Chapter 3
Friday, March 13, 2009 Weight: 159.0 pounds It's 13 weeks until the 2009 FAME Master Pro World Championships on June 13. On Monday, I officially start my contest prep diet in preparation for my 28th contest and fourth Pro Show. My goal for the next 13 weeks is to focus on continuing to lift heavy, increase my cardio, and maintain a strict contest diet. My diet will begin with a series of lo...
Read more...Training Journal—Chapter 2
Saturday, March 7, 2009 Weight: 160 pounds I am continuing on my slow pre-contest diet. I actually put on two pounds after a re-feed day yesterday. Earlier in the week, while I was on three low-carb days, I dropped to 158. I'm looking OK mostly, except for the small pouch around my mid-section that's a little troubling. I still have 15 weeks until the contest and only need to drop no mor...
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Training Journal—Chapter 1
Weight: 159 pounds On Monday, March 2, 2009, I officially began my contest prep for my 28th contest and 5th Pro Show, the 2009 FAME Master Pro World Championships in Montreal, Canada, on June 13. After my last show in June 2008, I took the rest of 2008 and the first half of 2009 off from competing in order to add some needed size. I was 138 pounds on stage at my last show and have been sitting at ...
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Training Hard in the New Year
It's New Year's Eve and I am enjoying having my two daughters and my two grandchildren home for the holidays. My oldest grandchild, Gianna, is 10 months old and my grandson, Jayden, is three months old. My personal training work at the Birmingham, Alabama YMCA is going great. I average 28 hours of training each week. Among my clients are one female bodybuilder and three male bodybuilder...
Read more...Fluids and Sports
You’re scheduled for a tough match tomorrow and it might be a very hot day. What drink do you put in your tennis bag? A fluorescent-colored sports drinks? Electrolyte beverage? A high-caffeine soft drink? Sugar water? Glucose polymer? Fruit juice? Or just plain water? What about a few glasses of beer after the match to rehydrate or, at least, relieve the many aches and pains? High intensity exerci...
Read more...Choosing Effective Bodybuilding Supplements
When the average person thinks of bodybuilding, the dangers of anabolic steroids, muscle-bound giants (Arnold, The Hulk, and others), and the “no pain, no gain” philosophy always seem to come to mind. But anyone who wants to look trimmer and feel stronger can become a bodybuilder. Bodybuilding is for women, too. In fact, a record number of health-conscious women are avid bodybuilders. Weight and s...
Read more...Why Take Creatine Monohydrate?
Creatine monohydrate is the supplement on the minds of all athletes, bodybuilders, and even those with a chronic muscle illness of one kind or another. Never has so much been said by so many in the mainstream media about a nutritional supplement than it has about creatine monohydrate. Wrongly associated with banned steroid muscle builders, creatine monohydrate has been the victim of much unwarrant...
Read more...Getting My Kicks on “Route 66"
"Get Your Kicks on Route 66," often rendered simply as "Route 66," is a popular song, a rhythm and blues standard, composed in 1946 by American songwriter Bobby Troup. It was first recorded in the same year by Nat King Cole, and was subsequently covered by many artists including Chuck Berry in 1961 and The Rolling Stones in 1964. There was even a popular TV show in the early 60...
Read more...2008 FAME World Championships
Friday, June 13, 2008 I got up at 4 a.m. and left my home in Birmingham, Alabama at 5 a.m. for my 6 a.m. flight to Atlanta and on to Toronto, where I arrived at noon. One nice surprise was that I was upgraded to First Class on both of these flights and again on my Toronto to Atlanta leg on Sunday. Nice After checking in at the Novotel Toronto hotel, one of two host hotels for the FAME Worlds, I he...
Read more...On TV Again!
Here is another transcript of a feature on me in the local CBS news program in my town. Bodybuilding Senior by John Marc Green Aired: April 13, 2008 CBS 42 News There are plenty of people working out every day at the Mt. Brook YMCA. But there's only one who's also a World Champion Grand Masters Amateur and North American Grand Masters Pro Champion Bodybuilder. "He's really ...
Read more...On TV!
I was recently featured as the lead segment in a CBS News Sunday Morning program. Here is the transcript. Fighting the Passage of Time with Fitness: An Exercise Old-Timer Shares Some of His Secrets With Sunday Morning's Emily Senay Aired: April 13, 2008 (CBS) Forget frail old age: A growing number of aging baby boomers have discovered the world of serious weight-training. From overweight f...
Read more...Old Navy Is in the News
I was recently interviewed by The New York Times. Here is my Times story: 60-Plus, Ripped, and Natural Competitors By Jessica Kourkounis for The New York Times Published: April 3, 2008 Until nine years ago, Dr. Neal Grossman didn’t make a habit of parading around his bedroom in his skivvies and admiring his physique in the mirror. Nor did he ever imagine that his oldest son, then a teenager, wo...
Read more...Doing What I Want to Do with the Rest of My Life
On February 1st, I started my third career. My first career was as a member of the U.S. Navy, where I served as an enlisted sailor and as an officer for a total of 30 years. I started as a Recruit and retired a full Navy Captain in 2003, when I turned 60 years of age. While I was serving as a Navy Reserve Officer, I pursued my second career in the business world. I spent more than 30 years in the ...
Read more...Does Age Affect Your Training?
In a word, yes. Age does affect your training. That's the short answer. But how it affects your training is really up to the individual. If you are 20-something, you can train until you drop, and other than being tired and maybe a little sore, the effects wear off quickly and soon you are ready to hit it again. It's not that easy if you are in your late middle age or early old age. I am ...
Read more...Living an Active Lifestyle—with Health Issues
My journey into fitness began in the US Navy. When I turned 50, during a Navy physical exam, I discovered I had several symptoms of diabetes, the disease that took the life of my father and grandfather at an early age. That's when I began a workout and diet plan that eventually led me to competitive bodybuilding. I made up my mind that I wasn’t going to go the way my father and grandfather ha...
Read more...Age-Defying Workouts
To me, age is a statistic, not a burden. I am a world-class master professional bodybuilder. I train “natural”—that is, I do not use any illegal muscle enhancers that promote growth by chemistry. I do it the good old fashion way, with hard work. I offer myself as an example that you can get into and maintain the best shape of your life at any age. I have competed in 26 bodybuilding competitions an...
Read more...It’s Never Too Late to Start
I began training for my first bodybuilding competition in May of 2004. I was 61 years old and had retired the previous year as a Captain in the US Navy. As a naval officer I always tried to stay fit. From the time I was 50, I visited the gym at least five days a week. After my retirement, I continued to work out at least five days a week and maintain a modest diet that kept me in shape. One day, I...
Read more...The Natural Athlete
My name is Scott “Old Navy” Hults. I am a retired US Navy Captain. I am also a natural pro athlete in a sport that, for the most part, is not natural. I am a professional bodybuilder. Bodybuilding, like major league baseball and several other pro sports, is going through the painful process of self-examination to determine how steroid use has affected an athlete’s performance. It’s not a pretty pi...
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