The irony that Sergio Oliva was born on the fourth of July, 1941, is lost on no one who knows the man or his reputation. For throughout his six decades Sergio has shown nothing if not a burning desire for his own independence, the very kind the forefathers of America, his adoptive country, proclaimed their right to 165 years earlier. But when Fidel Castro’s opposition movement overthrew Cuba’s Batista government in 1959 Sergio suddenly found his homeland was no longer a place where personal freedoms could be savored.
A prodigiously gifted athlete from childhood, Sergio realized that his involvement in state sponsored sport could be his ticket to, if not freedom itself, then the opportunity to escape the stifling confines of the Cuban working class. Blessed with an almost preternatural combination of strength, speed and flexibility, Sergio wisely decided to channel his efforts into Olympic-style weightlifting.
Not surprisingly, he took to the sport immediately and, by the age of twenty, had already become Cuba’s top lifter and consequently its 198-pound class representative in the 1961 Pan American Games held in Kingston, Jamaica.
From Jamaica Sergio emigrated to the United States; first to Miami, where he performed odd jobs ranging from TV repair to unloading trucks. Then, in 1963, he made his way north to Chicago.
It was at Chicago’s Duncan YMCA that the weightlifter was introduced to the sport of bodybuilding by top local bodybuilder Bob Gajda. Gajda recognized the young man’s incredible physical potential and took him under his wing. As predicted, Sergio’s muscles ballooned immediately under the unique stresses of a bodybuilding regimen. He took to bodybuilding as an eagle to soaring and by the end of the year had won his first title, Mr. Young Chicagoland.
By 1966 Sergio Oliva had had enough of the vicissitudes of the AAU and decided to turn professional by joining the International Federation of Bodybuilders (IFBB). In short order he won the 1966 Mr. World and 1967 Mr. Universe titles and finally, with little resistance, the 1967 Mr. Olympia title. Only four years after getting his start in competitive bodybuilding Sergio Oliva was the undisputed king of the walk.
While Sergio handled his teutonic threat to win his third consecutive Olympia, the lessons learned in defeat served the young Schwarzenegger well the following year as he came back to edge out Sergio in one of the closest results in the sport’s history.
Sergio, disappointed but undaunted, redoubled his efforts and returned to the Olympia stage in 1972 bigger than ever, and ready to upset the applecart of the now two-time defending Mr. Olympia Schwarzenegger.
But it was not to be. Whether it was due to politics, as some assert, or Arnold’s uncanny ability to will himself to victory, Sergio, now known as The Myth, would take the runner-up spot that night in Essen, Germany, despite reaching his all-time best condition.
It was a huge blow to the man, one which would ultimately lead him out of the IFBB and into relative bodybuilding obscurity for the next 12 years.
* 1985 World Games, 7th (amateur)
* 1990 Night of Champions, 2nd
* 1991 Night of Champions, 1st
* 1991 Mr. Olympia, 2nd
* 1991 English Grand Prix, 1st
* 1992 Mr. Olympia, 1st
* 1992 English Grand Prix, 1st
* 1993 Mr. Olympia, 1st
* 1994 Mr. Olympia, 1st
* 1994 Spanish Grand Prix, 1st
* 1994 German Grand Prix, 1st
* 1994 English Grand Prix, 1st
* 1995 Mr. Olympia, 1st
* 1996 Mr. Olympia, 1st
* 1996 Spanish Grand Prix, 1st
* 1996 German Grand Prix, 1st
* 1996 English Grand Prix, 1st
* 1997 Mr. Olympia, 1st
Competitive stats
* Height: 5' 10" (1.78m)
* Peak competitive weight: 268 lbs(122kg)
* Peak off-season weight: 308 lbs(140kg)
* chest 57"(144.78cm)
* arms 21"(53.34cm)
* waist 34"(86.36cm)
* thigh 32"(81.28cm)
* calf 21"(53.34cm)
Dorian Andrew Mientjez Yates (born April 19, 1962 in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, England), is an English professional bodybuilder, winning the Mr. Olympia title six consecutive times beginning in 1992.
His reign ended with his retirement, prompted in large part by an accumulating list of chronic and career-threatening acute injuries; Yates had suffered both a torn biceps and triceps, the latter just three weeks prior to his final contest, his successful defense of the Mr. Olympia title in 1997. His professional record on retirement consisted of 15 wins and two second-place finishes.
Yates is considered to have revolutionized training in the sport of bodybuilding.[citation needed] He is a noted proponent of Mike Mentzer's espoused style of training, known as HIT or "High Intensity Training". Though as his interviews and published workouts show, in practice Yates himself sometimes modified his application of Mentzer's theories considerably. HIT advocates several different exercises and very few sets for a bodypart allowing it to be hit from all angles for optimum development. He believed that muscle stimulation could be caused in a shorter period of time with the proper intensity rather than working out for extended periods of time. Yates recommended only one working set for compound exercises and Yates' less-is-more philosophy wasn't shared by many of his contemporaries.[citation needed]
In 1994 Dorian incorporated with Mike Mentzer and Ray Mentzer the California corporation, "Heavy Duty Inc."
* Height: 5'6" * Off Season Weight : 245 lbs. * Competition Weight:(2008 arnold) 233 lbs. * Competition Weight:(2008 olympia)233 lbs * chest (in-season) 45" to 46" * arms (in-season) 21 1/2" * waist (in-season) 27 1/2" * Bench Press 600 lbs * Barbell Curl 205 lbs x 4 to 6 reps * Squat 600 lbs x 6 to 8 reps * Motto : Never Say Never
Contest history ::
* 1992 NPC Southern States, Lightweight, 3rd * 1995 NPC USA Championships, Light-Heavyweight, 1st * 1996 NPC Nationals, Light-Heavyweight, 6th * 1998 North American Championships, Light-HeavyWeight, 1st and Overall * 1999 Arnold Classic, 7th * 1999 Grand Prix England, 4th * 1999 Night of Champions, 3rd * 1999 Mr. Olympia, 9th * 1999 World Pro Championships, 4th * 2000 Arnold Classic, 5th * 2000 Grand Prix Hungary, 2nd * 2000 Ironman Pro Invitational, 3rd * 2000 Night of Champions, 8th * 2000 Mr. Olympia, 9th * 2000 Toronto Pro Invitational, 2nd * 2001 Arnold Classic, 5th * 2001 Grand Prix Australia, 3rd * 2001 Grand Prix England, 4th * 2001 Grand Prix Hungary, 3rd * 2001 Night of Champions, 2nd * 2001 Mr. Olympia, last * 2001 Toronto Pro Invitational, 2nd * 2002 Arnold Classic, 3rd * 2002 Grand Prix Australia, 2nd * 2002 Grand Prix Austria, 2nd * 2002 Grand Prix England, 1st * 2002 Grand Prix Holland, 3rd * 2002 Mr. Olympia, 4th * 2002 San Francisco Pro Invitational, 3rd * 2002 Show of Strength Pro Championship, 6th * 2003 Arnold Classic, 4th * 2003 Maximum Pro Invitational, 3rd * 2003 Mr. Olympia, 3rd * 2003 San Francisco Pro Invitational, 3rd * 2003 Show of Strength Pro Championship, 1st * 2004 Arnold Classic, 3rd * 2004 Grand Prix Australia, 1st * 2004 Ironman Pro Invitational, 1st * 2004 Mr. Olympia, 4th * 2004 San Francisco Pro Invitational, 1st * 2005 Arnold Classic, 1st * 2005 San Francisco Pro Invitational, 2nd * 2006 Arnold Classic, 1st * 2006 Mr. Olympia, 4th * 2007 Arnold Classic, 2nd * 2007 Mr. Olympia, 3rd * 2008 Arnold Classic, 1st * 2008 IFBB Australian Pro Grand Prix VIII, 1st * 2008 IFBB New Zealand Grand Prix, 1st * 2008 IFBB Russian Grand Prix, 1st * 2008 Mr. Olympia, 1st * 2009 Mr. Olympia, 3rd * 2010 Arnold Classic, 4th * 2010 IFBB Australian Pro Grand Prix, 2ndstill counting........................................
Dexter "The Blade" Jackson (born November 25, 1969) is an IFBB professional bodybuilder and the 2008 Mr. Olympia bodybuilding champion. He currently lives in Jacksonville, Florida.
Dexter's first NPC (National Physique Committee) competition was the NPC Southern States Championship of 1992, where he took 3rd. He first competed professionally in the 1999 Arnold Classic, Night of Champions, and Mr. Olympia contests, placing 7th, 3rd, and 9th, respectively.
At the 2007 Mr. Olympia, Jackson placed 3rd, and many critics said he would not likely place any higher. On September 27, 2008, he defeated the reigning two-time Mr. Olympia Jay Cutler to become the twelfth man to win that title, and only the second to have won it and the Arnold Classic title in the same year.
2008 was a great year for Dexter, as he won the Arnold Classic, Australian Pro Grand Prix VIII, New Zealand Grand Prix, Russian Grand Prix and the Mr. Olympia. Jackson placed 3rd in the 2009 Mr. Olympia contest.
Dexter has been featured in many fitness and bodybuilding articles, including being pictured on the cover of Muscular Development and Flex magazine. He is currently shooting his new documentary DVD titled Dexter Jackson: Unbreakable with filmmaker Alex Ardenti of Ardenti Films in Florida and California to be released in 2009.
Listing of Mr Olympia Winners
1965 -Larry Scott
1966- Larry Scott
1967 -Sergio Oliva
1968-Sergio Oliva
1969 -Sergio Oliva
1970-Arnold Schwarzenegger
1971- Arnold Schwarzenegger
1972 -Arnold Schwarzenegger
1973- Arnold Schwarzenegger
1974- Arnold Schwarzenegger
1975- Arnold Schwarzenegger
1976- Franco Columbu
1977 -Frank Zane
1978 -Frank Zane
1979- Frank Zane
1980 -Arnold Schwarzenegger
1981 -Franco Columbu
1982- Chris Dickerson
1983 -Samir Bannout
1984 -Lee Haney
1985 -Lee Haney
1986 -Lee Haney
1987- Lee Haney
1988 -Lee Haney
1989 -Lee Haney
1990 -Lee Haney
1991 -Lee Haney
1992 -Dorian Yates
1993 -Dorian Yates
1994 -Dorian Yates
1995 -Dorian Yates
1996 -Dorian Yates
1997 -Dorian Yates
1998 -Ronnie Coleman
1999- Ronnie Coleman
2000- Ronnie Coleman
2001 -Ronnie Coleman
2002- Ronnie Coleman
2003 -Ronnie Coleman
2004 -Ronnie Coleman
2005- Ronnie Coleman
2006-Jay Cutlar
2007-Jay Cutlar
2008-Dextar Jackson
2009-Jay Cutlar
Stephen L. Reeves was born on January 21, 1926 and was an American bodybuilder and actor.Born in Glasgow, Montana, Steve Reeves moved to California at the age of 10 with his mother Goldie.After his father Lester Dell Reeves died in a farming accident.
Reeves developed an interest in bodybuilding while in high school and trained at Ed Yarick's gym in Oakland. By the time he was 17 he had developed a Herculean build, long before the rise in general interest in bodybuilding. After graduating from high school, he entered the army during the latter part of World War II, and served in the Pacific.
After his military service, Reeves invested in an acting career. In 1954 he had a small role in his first major motion picture, the musical Athena playing Jane Powell's boyfriend. The same year Reeves had a small role as a cop in the Ed Wood film Jail Bait. This is one of the few movies where his voice was not dubbed.
In 1957, Reeves went to Italy and played the lead character in Pietro Francisci's Hercules, a shot-on-a-shoestring epic based loosely on the tales of Jason and the Argonauts, though inserting Hercules into the lead role.
Later in his life, Reeves promoted drug-free bodybuilding and bred horses. The last two decades of his life were spent in Valley Center (Escondido), California. He bought a ranch with his savings and lived there with his second wife Aline until her death in 1989. On May 1, 2000, Reeves died from complications of lymphoma.
Proper adrenal breathing releases tension from the body and clears the mind, re-connects the body to the mind, reduces fatigue, and improves both physical and mental wellness. This is accomplished through enhancing the parasympathetic nervous system’s function. It shifts the body's basal resting mode from a sympathetic to a parasympathetic bias.
STEP-1
Lay down facing the sky (supine), with your back on a flat but comfortable surface, arms and palms facing up and slightly away from the body with legs apart at shoulder width. Loosen your cloths as needed. You can also do this in a sitting position with your spine vertical (do not arch your back because the abdominal muscles wrap around to the rear); do not cross your legs.Make a conscious effort to relax and allow the body to rest on the floor with natural gravity pull. Feel the weight of the body against the floor. Those who are weak should start this exercise in the supine position. As the body gets stronger, doing this excercise in a sitting or standing position is acceptable. If space does not permit the use of supine position during adrenal breadthing excercise, then do it in a sitting or standing position is acceptable.
STEP-2
Close your eyes. You can cover them with a small towel. Drop your tongue to its natural relaxed resting position towards the back of the mouth without obstructing air flow. It is very important to keep your spine straight, drop your shoulders and let it relax. Make sure you check yourself on that before you go any further.
STEP-3
Exhale completely through your mouth, making a small whoosh sound. Now you are ready to start.
Close your mouth and inhale quietly through your nose to 80-90% of capacity depends on your level of competancy. Do not breathe through the mouth henceforth. Imagine that the air is going into your body through your left nostril which according to ancient tradition, is calming. Your belly should be expanding outward as you inhale comfortably. If you put your hands on your stomach, it will be pushed away from the back. This ensures that you are breathing properly. Imagine that you are filling your body with air from the bottom up. Focus your attention at the flow of air in and out of the nasal passages, in through the left and out through the right. Breathe evenly and nasally. Do not force the breath.The chest wall does not move singnificantly. The abdominal muscles have to be completely free and relax. If they are even mildly tensed you will not be doing this properly. The rest of the body is stable except for a slight backward movement of the head during inhalation. Don't forget that eyes are closed, with shoulders are dropped and relaxed thourghout.
STEP-4
Do a mental count of four slowly and comfortably (about 1-2 seconds per count).
At the end of the inhalation, spontaneously progress to exhale naturally and without effort. While inhalation can only take place as a result of muscular activity, exhalations are different. The lungs have the capacity to get smaller because their elasticity keeps pulling them, along with the rib cage, to a smaller size. Do not hold your breath intentionally at the end of inhalation or exhalation.
Exhale completely through your nose (imagine the air coming out of the right nostril) quietly and smoothly. There is no counting required on exhalation. Feel your stomach contract slowly until most (but not all) of the air is out naturally. Exhalation is normally a little longer than inhalation. Do not force, overextend, or hold after the exhalation which will activate the SNS. Simply let the body control the exhalation time and intensity naturally.
STEP-5
This is one full breath. Now inhale again and repeat the cycle seven more times for a total of eight full breaths. This is one set. A full set is therefore 8 complete full breaths and takes most people from 1-2 minutes.
ROUTINE:::::
Day 1-3 - Start by doing one set (8 breaths) twice a day. Once when you wake up before breakfast, and once at bed time right before going to sleep. The entire session should only take 1-2 minutes each time.
Day 4-6 - Increase to one set five sessions a day, on awaking, mid morning (10-11am), early afternoon (1-2pm), late afternoon (4-5pm), and at night before going to sleep.
Day 7-9 - Continue five times a day, but increase from one set to two sets each session (16 complete breaths). This should take 2-3 minutes per session.
Day 10-12 - Continue five times a day, but increase from two sets to three sets each session (24 complete breadths). This should take 3-4 minutes each session.
Day 13 onwards - If you feel up to it, continue five sessions a day, but increase from three sets to five sets each time (40 complete breaths and will take about 5-6 minutes per session). If you do not feel well with this intensity, decrease back down to three sets per session, but keep the five sessions a day unchanged.
Height : 6'1" (185 cm) Contest weight : 225-250 lbs (102-114 kg) Off-season weight : 225 lbs (102 kg) Arms : 20" (51 cm)
BODYBUILDING TITLES::::
1946 Mr Britain 4th 1949 Mr Britain 1st 1950 Best Developed Athlete in America - IFBB, Tall, 1st 1950 Best Developed Athlete in America - IFBB, Overall Winner Mr Europe 1950 Overall Winner Mr Universe - NABBA, Tall, 2nd 1951 Mr Universe - NABBA, Tall, 1st 1951 Mr Universe - NABBA, Overall Winner 1958 Mr Universe - Pro - NABBA, Tall, 1st 1958 Mr Universe - Pro - NABBA, Overall Winner 1965 Mr Universe - Pro - NABBA, Tall, 1st 1965 Mr Universe - Pro - NABBA, Overall Winner 1970 Mr Universe - Pro - NABBA, Tall, 2nd 1971 Mr Universe - Pro - NABBA, Tall, 3rd 1973 Mr Universe - Pro - NABBA, Tall, 2nd
Roy "Reg" Park a.k.a "reg the leg" was born on 7 June 1928 , from Leeds in West Yorkshire, England, was a former bodybuilder, businessman and film actor.He dedicated his teenage years excelling in football. He had no interest in bodybuilding until, at age 16, Park met a muscleman named David Cohen. Upon learning that Cohen lifted weights at his friend's house, Reg Park joined in with curiosity.Upon discharge from the military in 1948, he saw his very first physique contest. This was the inaugural NABBA Mr. Universe contest, in which John Grimek edged out over Steve Reeves in controversial fashion. It was this contest that inspired Reg Park to compete himself.After one year of hard training, Reg Park earned the title of Mr. Britain in 1949. He then subsequently spent six months in the United States . There, he met up with publisher Joe Weider, who began to feature the Englishman prominently in his muscle magazines.He cemented his superstar status by winning the 1958 AND 1965 NABBA Pro Mr. Universe titles. Standing 6'1" and with a top weight of 250 pounds, Park was known for his muscular mass that was the forerunner to modern bodybuilding today. Park was also renowned for his strength, which he often demonstrated in contests and strongman exhibitions. It is on record that he was the first bodybuilder to bench press 500 lbs.As an actor, Park made five films — all Italian Hercules sword and sandal.Park died on November 22, 2007 in his home in South Africa, after an eight month battle with metastatic melanoma (a form of skin cancer).
Eugen Sandow often referred to as the "Father of Modern Bodybuilding" was born on April 2,
1867 in the ancient German city of Konigsberg in East Prussia - today it is part of Russia.
His real name was Friedrich Muller.Fortunately, Sandow was blessed with a great natural physique and the brains to use it.
The young man left his birthplace with a circus that was passing through.He became an acrobat,
honing his skills as an athlete and a performer as he traveled from place to place.He was also improving his body.
The gymnastics and acrobatics were hardening and defining his muscles to a remarkable degree.
but the circus in which he worked went bankrupt this made the turning point in his life,
he was taken by Louis Attila, a professional strongman and early instructor in physical culture.Attila trained sandow.Later
After this brief training period, the two men went from city to city displaying their feats of strength and making a scanty
living from the infrequent bookings in second-rate music halls.By 1889 Sandow and Attila had separated,
though they occasionally kept in touch by letter.Then he was joined by Florenz Ziegfeld and he started to exibit his own
physic and earned money.Sandow married the daughter of an English photographer and settled in London where
he opened an 'Institute of Health' in St James Street.
He was the author of several books on physical fitness, regimen and diet.
As recognition of his contribution to the sport of bodybuilding, a bronze statue of Sandow sculpted by Frederick Pomeroy
has been presented to the winner of the Mr. Olympia contest, a major professional bodybuilding competition sponsored by
the International Federation of Bodybuilders, since 1977. This statue is simply known as "The Sandow"
He died in London on October 14, 1925 of a stroke, age 58.
THE one who made the sport bodybuilding more successful and famous Mr arnold schwarzeneggar.In 1947 july 30 for a policeman's son born in a tiny village near Graz, Austria, Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger has done pretty well for himself.he won Mr.EUROPE in 1966 and later he won Mr.UNIVERSE( five times ),Mr.WORLD,Mr.OLYMPIA(seven times).Later he retired from competitive bodybuilding and started doing movies in hollywood.Conan the barbarian was his first commercial successful movie which made an opening gross of $39.6 million.In 1983 arnold became a U.S citizen at the shrine auditorium in Los Angeles.He got married with Maria marry and had four childrens Katherine Eunice Schwarzenegger,Christina Maria Aurelia Schwarzenegger,Patric Arnold Schwarzenegger,Christopher Sargent Shriver Schwarzenegger.And later with his interest in politics,he was elected as California's 38th Governor.But still with his passion and love for bodybuilding he promote the sport by conducting arnold sports festival once in a year.He is well respected by bodybuilders of all times.HE IS A LIVING LEGEND. BY-BAZIL .
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