MY FAVOURITE MUSCULAR ATHLETES









1.Arnold Schwarzenegger


In 1967, Schwarzenegger competed in and won the Munich stone-lifting contest, in which a stone weighing 508 German pounds (254 kg/560 lbs.) is lifted between the legs while standing on two foot rests.Schwarzenegger's goal was to become the greatest bodybuilder in the world, which meant becoming Mr olympia.His first attempt was in 1969, when he lost to three-time champion Sergio olivia. However, Schwarzenegger came  back in 1970 and won the competition, making him the youngest ever Mr. Olympia at the age of 23, a record he holds to this day.He continued his winning streak in the 1971–1974 competitions.In 1975, Schwarzenegger was once again in top form, and won the title for the sixth consecutive time,beating Franco Columbu. After the 1975 Mr. Olympia contest, Schwarzenegger announced his retirement from professional bodybuilding.




                                     2.Mariusz Pudzianowski
During his career as a strongman, Pudzianowski has won five World's Strongest Man titles - more than any other athlete - as well as two runner-up titles (including his most recent performance in the 32nd edition). In 2009, Pudzianowski debuted as a mixed martial arts fighter.Mariusz Pudzianowski was born in Biała Rawska, Poland. His father, Wojciech, was a weightlifter. Pudzianowski quickly became interested in sports. Since the age of 11, he has been training the Kyokushin style of karate. His current grade is 4th kyu green belt.He began strength training at the age of thirteen.When he was fifteen, Pudzianowski also started training boxing, quitting after seven years.On May 1, 1999 Pudzianowski entered his first Strongman competition, held in Płock, Poland.He achieved his first major success at the international level in 2000 when he finished fourth in his first World's Strongest Man (WSM) competition.




                                3.Ronnie Coleman


Ronnie coleman is a bodybuilder that won Mr Olympia 8 times.After Arnold and Lee haney is the greatest King of Muscles in the world.Coleman graduated cum laude from Grambling State University (GSU) in 1986 with a b.s.degree in accounting.While attending Grambling State University Coleman also played football as a middle linebacker with the GSU Tigers under famous coach Eddie Robinson. After graduation, Coleman became a police officer.Coleman supports the Inner City Games, an organization that California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger co-founded in 1991. He was the recipient of the 2001 Admiral in the Texas Navy Certificate Award from Texas Governor Rick Perry for outstanding achievements in bodybuilding and for the promotion of physical fitness.




4.PREM CHAND DOGRA


Born on December 1, 1955 (age 54) at Babri Nangal village in Gurdaspur district of Punjab, Premchand Degra has striven hard to mould his body into a muscular delight. He began his sports career as a wrestler after completing his matriculation from Government High School of the neighbouring Tibber village in 1973. It was only in 1980 that he developed an interest in body building and rose to be crowned Mr. Punjab, Mr. North India, Mr. India (9 times in a row), Mr, Asia (8 times) and finally Mr. World (Middle-weight class and Mr. Universe


Dogra stuck to Middle-weight Class in all the five appearances he made at the World Championships. He first competed for the world title in 1984 at Las Vegas where he finished 14th, He moved up to 4th position in 1985 in Sweden and was named the Most Improved Bodybuilder of the year. He won Silver Medal at Tokyo in 1986 and was again placed at 4th place at Madrid (Spain) in 1987. The climax came in 1988 when at Queensland in Australia he won the Gold in Middle-Weight class and was crowned Mr. World. Prem Dogra turned professional in 1989 and the same year participated in Mr. Olympia contest. He then went on to win the 1st Pro-Am Classic of Mr. Asia in 1990 and the 2nd Pro-Am Classic of Mr. Asia in 1991. Five years later, he returned to win the Gold in Light Heavy-weight category of Mr. Asia championship held at Delhi in 1996.




5.MANOHAR AICH


Manohar Aich, (born 1912) is an Indian bodybuilder. He won the 1952 Mr Universe championship. He is also three-time Asian Games gold medalist in body building. Being only 5' tall, he was given the name "Pocket Hercules". He currently lives near Kolkata and has retained an excellent physique even at the age of 97 years.His chest measured 54 inches with a waist of 23 inches giving him the best v-cut.He is one of the oldest bodybuilders in the world. Aich continues to train for 90 minutes at his own gym Studio de Physique in Kolkata which has produced Indian champs like Satyen Das, Satya Pal and Hitesh Chatterjee. Aich's diet: dal, bhaat, curry and maach (fish).