Rope Crunches. Lee Labrada inspired me to start these back when I first started training in the 90s. #fitness | Jay Cutler

IFBB Pro Lee Labrada breaks down what modern bodybuilding has lost — patience, discipline, and respect for the process. In this interview, Lee explains why pro cards are given out too easily today, why rushing from amateur to professional can actually hurt long-term progress, and how bodybuilding used to demand years of development before earning elite status. Drawing from his own journey — balancing a full-time engineering career while climbing the bodybuilding ranks — Labrada shares powerful l