Weider Publications has signed IFBB Pro Bodybuilder Flexonline.com. Flexonline.com will publish more details about his contract in an interview with Gustavo Badell to be published on their website. Gustavo will discuss his preparations for the first contest of the year and plans for the future.

Gustavo tells Allan Donnelly of FlexOnline.com, "FLEX and Muscle & Fitness are the only magazines I got a chance to read when I started bodybuilding 15 years ago. My idols, my role models, bodybuilders like Lee Haney and Lee Labrada were in FLEX magazine and Muscle and Fitness. The magazine gave me a lot of inspiration in the sport, so this is a dream come true for me."

On Saturday, January 19, 2008, One 2 One Training Center in Houston, Texas for the grand opening of their Sugarland location. One 2 One is owned by IFBB judge Lee Thompson. Also on hand for the grand opening of the Sugarland One 2 One Training Center will be IFBB Ms. Olympia Fitness Adela Garcia, Bodybuilding.com's John Sherman aka "The Tank".

Lee Thompson is also the promoter of the 2008 IFBB Houston Pro in Houston, Texas on July 4-5, 2008.