VENICE BEACH, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- In Venice Beach, pumping iron - and showing off the results - is a tradition that dates well back to before even Arnold Schwarzenegger made his fame there as a ...

Gold's Gym will celebrate its 60th anniversary Monday at its famous Venice Beach location, known as the "Mecca of Bodybuilding," with a day-long event featuring fitness competitions, celebrity guests ...

Superintendent of the City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks Sonya Young-Jimenez and tennis professional Daniel Wulff joined KTLA to preview the competitions, classes, meditations, ...

There is perhaps no better place in the world to see and be seen lifting than Muscle Beach. The beachside outdoor gym has been a fixture on the Southern California coastline for nearly a century - as ...

Lil Jon made a surprising debut on Labor Day at the 2025 Muscle Beach Championship in Venice Beach, California, and walked away with an impressive third-place finish. The King of Crunk proved there ...

You'll find plenty of creative artwork throughout the city, including the graffitied Venice Art Walls, street art, public art ...

VENICE, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- It's a Labor Day tradition in Venice -- the Muscle Beach Championships, and this year an award-winning musician joined the bodybuilding competition. It's billed as the ...

The bodybuilding and fitness world is in mourning after the larger-than-life Venice Beach icon, ‘Big’ Craig Monson, bid his final goodbye to the world on March 10. On March 11, an Instagram post from ...

Rapper and DJ Lil Jon made his fitness competition debut at the annual Muscle Beach championship in Venice Beach on Monday. The 54-year-old didn’t leave empty-handed. He placed third in the Men’s ...

"Today it's easy to take our gyms and culture of fitness for granted, but it all started with this wild group of bodybuilders as a tiny subculture in a little dungeon gym in Venice Beach," says ...