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Mark Durando

@media_mark26

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Las Vegas, NV
🎤 Founder | @stage_ready_media
🏆 NPC Bodybuilder
🔥 @officialgasp Ambassador
🛡️ @trtdefenseshootingsimulator
📩 Media • Fitness • Events

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Good luck to all the athletes competing for their ProCard in the 2026 NPC USA, represented by @musclecontest !!

Every single one of you is already a champion by showing up and stepping on one of the most prestigious stages in the Bodybuilding industry. Tell the world your story!!

-Mark Durando
Founder of @stage_ready_media

#StageReadyMedia
#MuscleContest
#NPCUSA
#ProCard
#FYP taken in Las Vegas, Nevada by @media_mark26

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Keeping it real as I learn new techniques. Narrow stance endurance back squats followed by heavy wide stance belt squats under the direction of @media_mark26 #fitover50 #strengthtraining #strokesurvivor by @media_mark26

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The team is preparing for the next BIG side quest…. Train for purpose and cause. GET AFTER IT!!

#TacticalTraining
#Endurance
#ExecutiveProtrection
#NextMission
#Purpose taken in Strength Culture Gym by @media_mark26

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Just some of The @stage_ready_media X #NewWorldAudio boys, making some noise, with some of our toys! 🦾🎬🎤🎛📽📡

#LasVegas
#productions
#media
#entertainment taken in Las Vegas, Nevada by @media_mark26

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What a day for @npcusanevada kicking off the 2nd half of the season with a NPC Workshop ‼️

Hosted by @nate_seredich @brunaseredich and thanks to @coachlisamaloy at @rawfitnesslv_southwest

Amazing crew @stage_ready_media with all the setup and capturing the day!!! taken in Raw Fitness by @media_mark26

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Another tense full body workout session, as we quickly held our pose before gasping for air🤣💀🔥
Keeping our bodies ready. STAGE READY.

#HybridTraining #BuiltForPurpose #ExecutiveProtection #StageReadyMedia taken in EōS Fitness by @media_mark26

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WAY BACK WEDNESDAY.

Before the cameras…
Before the interviews…
Before STAGE READY MEDIA became a vision…

There was simply a desire to serve.

Looking back on this day in Bakersfield, standing alongside @fongressman , @instarugger , and an incredible Captain America at a community charity event, I’m reminded that making a difference doesn’t require a stage—it requires showing up.

Those smiles, those conversations, and those moments with families are memories I’ll always carry with me. They helped shape the purpose behind everything I continue to build today.

Whether it’s through fitness, media, entertainment, or community outreach, the mission has never changed:

Use your gifts to leave people better than you found them.

This wasn’t just a photo…
It was another chapter in a journey that’s still being written.

Be the light that inspires strength in others. 💙❤️

#WayBackWednesday #StageReadyMedia #CommunityImpact #Superman #BeTheLight taken in Bakersfield, California by @media_mark26

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The body is earned. The mindset is built. Discipline creates both.

#StageReadyFitness #Discipline #FunctionalStrength #HybridTraining #StageReadyMedia taken in Strength Culture Gym by @media_mark26

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Out with the team supporting the @musclecontest 2026 Patriots Challenge yesterday and doing what I love—connecting with athletes, capturing stories, and continuing to build @stage_ready_media one event at a time.

Every show reminds me why this mission matters. It’s about more than competition—it’s about the people, the passion, and the journey.

Grateful to be part of this incredible community. On to the next. 🎥💪

#StageReadyMedia
#MuscleContest
#IFBB
#NPC
#Media taken in Alexis Park Resort by @media_mark26

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Strive to be better💪
Find a purpose🛡️

#HybridTraining #BuiltForPurpose #ExecutiveProtection #StageReadyMedia taken in Fit Club NW by @media_mark26

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Always STAGE READY.

#StageReadyMedia
#ExecutiveProtection
#Purpose
#SetTheStandard
#Lead taken in Strength Culture Gym by @media_mark26

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FRIDAY CHECK-IN | DOCUMENTING THE PROCESS

About 2½ months into a completely different style of training, and I’m starting to see—and more importantly, feel—the changes.

As I continue documenting my workouts, I’m also becoming more disciplined about documenting the physical side of the journey. Weekly check-in photos. Tracking the changes. Paying attention to how my body is responding. And giving my trainer and me an honest look at the progress as we continue building this functional hybrid training program.

For years, my training focused on heavy compound lifts, moving weight, and building as much muscle as possible. I’ll always love that style of training, but right now, the mission is different.

More endurance. More conditioning. More functional strength. More capability.

The goal is to continue cutting down toward 205–210 lbs while maintaining healthy muscle mass and building a body suited for the demands of executive protection—while still keeping me STAGE READY for the media side of my life. 😎🎥 @stage_ready_media

What I’m enjoying most is how much my body is responding to the endurance side of this program. I feel stronger. Healthier. More athletic. And it feels good to take a break from constantly chasing heavier numbers and challenge myself in a completely different way.

This journey has also been humbling.

After 12 years away from a hybrid training style, I’m being reminded that there are always new ways to grow as an athlete. New weaknesses to work on. New levels of discipline to build. And new ways to keep this body strong, capable, and healthy for many years to come.

I’m truly thankful for the process—and for the opportunity to keep learning what my body is capable of.

A huge thank you shout-out to my pro trainer for a long time, friend @corey_lindner, as he continues to guide me and us to showcase the benefits of functional training, such as this.

Still strong. Still growing and just becoming strong for a different purpose.

The process continues.

#FridayCheckIn #HybridTraining #BuiltForPurpose #ExecutiveProtection #StageReadyMedia taken in Las Vegas, Nevada by @media_mark26

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