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facebooktwitteryoutubeinstagramDave PalumboBodybuilder (retired)Born: 1968A New York native, David Palumbo wasn’t always into pumping iron. Heplayed soccer and was a distance runner in high school and college. It wasn’t until 1990 when he started lifting. A short 9...
facebooktwitteryoutubeinstagramJay CutlerProfessional Bodybuilder (Retired)Born: 1973Jay Cutler grew up in Massachusetts, the youngest of 7 kids. He started doing construction work with his brother at age 11, which he says helped develop his muscles. At age 18, he...
facebooktwitteryoutubeinstagramRonnie ColemanProfessional Bodybuilder (Retired)Born: 1964From Louisiana, Ronnie Coleman and his 3 siblings were raised by a single mom. Coleman won a scholarship to play football in college and graduated cum laude with a degree in...
facebooktwitteryoutubeinstagramJeremy BuendiaBodybuilderBorn: 1990Jeremy Buendia grew up in California and played the position of linebacker on his high school football team, but after incurring injuries, he switched over to bodybuilding. Buendia was always...
facebooktwitteryoutubeinstagramHafthor BjornssonProfessional StrongmanBorn: 1988Once upon a time, Hafthor ‘Mountain’ Bjornsson was a skinny basketball center, but a broken ankle ended his basketball career at age 20. That same year, strongman Magnus Magnusson...
facebooktwitteryoutubeinstagramBrian ShawProfessional StrongmanBorn: 1982Brian Shaw was a natural basketball player growing up in Colorado, and he won a full scholarship to play basketball at Black Hills State University. Still, he always loved lifting weights and in...
facebooktwitteryoutubeinstagramJack LaLanneFitness ExpertBorn: 1914Jack LaLanne is often called ‘The Godfather of Fitness,’ but he called himself a ‘junk food junkie’ with a bad temper and a sugar addiction until he happened to attend a lecture on the importance of a...
facebooktwitteryoutubeCharles PoliquinStrength CoachBorn: 1961Charles Poliquin aka the ‘Strength Sensei’ was born in the French-speaking part of Ontario, Canada. He was 1 of 8 children in a devout Catholic family. Always disciplined, he did martial arts in his youth,...
facebookyoutubeVince GirondaProfessional BodybuilderBorn: 1917‘Iron Guru’ Vincent Gironda was born in the Bronx, New York but moved to Los Angeles when he was young because his father, a stuntman, found work in Hollywood. Always athletic, Gironda was also interested...
facebooktwitteryoutubeinstagramEddie HallProfessional StrongmanBorn: 1988Eddie ‘The Beast’ Hall is from England. As a teen, he swam competitively and and played rugby. Hall was expelled from high school and so instead he began going to the gym. He then got a job as a...
facebooktwitteryoutubeinstagramrssLazar AngelovBodybuilderBorn: 1984Lazar Angelov was always an athlete and played pro basketball in his home country of Bulgaria, joining the national team when he was just 16 years old. But it was during his stint in the army that he...