The international development
The international development of “physical culture” was started by the German athlete Eugène Sandow (1867-1925), the first bodybuilder to gain a worldwide reputation and to worry about a muscular aesthetic rather than brute force alone. Presented as the father of modern bodybuilding, he has largely contributed to the development of bodybuilding, marketing his courses and methods by correspondence. It is to him that we owe the famous “Sandow” extensor devices that he used to carve his body.
Nowadays, bodybuilding is practiced by a constantly growing population. Almost all athletes add weight training sessions to their training, to gain strength, speed, endurance, power or muscle mass. To these traditional practitioners have been added many sedentary, especially in cities where many weight rooms are sometimes the only way, at least the most practical, to play sports.
Who are the most muscular men in the world ?
There are many bodybuilding personalities, all of whom have more or less won major bodybuilding competitions, or given a deeper, even more technical, meaning to bodybuilding exercises. Athletes are not just bodies with developed muscle fibers, quite the contrary. These are people who control their body as a person, from biceps to quadriceps, through abs or lumbar.
Among the most famous, we could obviously mention Arnold Schwarzenegger, who gave all his credentials to bodybuilding seven times title of Mr Olympia, and five times the title of Mr Universe. So, who says better?
1st Lee Haney
Born November 11, 1959 (age 59) , Fairburn, Georgia
winner : 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, and 1991
2st Ronnie Coleman
Born : May 13, 1964 (age 55) Monroe, Louisiana, U.S
Height : 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight Contest : 287–300 lb (130–136 kg)
Off season : 315–320 lb (143–145 kg)
Pro-debut : 1992 IFBB World Amateur Championships
Winner : 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005
3rd Phil Heath
Nickname : The Gift The Next Big Thing
Born : December 18, 1979 (age 39)
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Height : 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight Contest : 240 lb (109 kg)
Off season : 275 lb (125 kg)
Pro-debut : 2006 Colorado Pro Championships
winner : 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017
3rd Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Born : Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger
July 30, 1947 Thal, Styria, Austria
Bodybuilding career
Nickname : The Austrian Oak
Height : 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight : 235 lb (107 kg) (contest)
260 lb (118 kg) (off-season)
Pro-debut : NABBA Mr. Universe, 1968
Winner : 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1980
5th Dorian Yates
Nickname : The Shadow
Born : 19 April 1962 (age 57)
Walmley, Warwickshire, England
Height : 5 ft 1/2 in (179 cm)
Weight : 265 lb (120 kg) (Contest)
300–310 lb (136–141 kg) (Off season)
Pro-debut : Night of Champions, 1990
Winner : 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997
6th Frank Zane
Nickname : The Chemist
Born : June 28, 1942 Kingston, Pennsylvania, U. S.
Height : 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight : 185 lb (84 kg) (contest)
200 lb (91 kg) (off-season)
Pro-debut : Mr. Pennsylvania, 1961
Best win : IFBB Mr. Olympia, 1977–1979
Winner : 1977 , 1978 , 1979
6th Sergio Oliva
Nickname : The Myth
Born : July 4, 1941 Guantanamo, Cuba
Died : November 12, 2012 (aged 71)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Height : 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight : 245 lb (111 kg)
Pro-debut : 1966 Mr. World, 1966
Winner : 1967, 1968, and 1969
8th Jay Cutler
Born : August 3, 1973
Sterling, Massachusetts, United States
Height : 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight : Contest: 260 lb (118 kg)
Off season : 290 lb (132 kg)
Winner : 2006 , 2007, 2009 and 2010
9th Larry Scott
Nickname :The Legend, The Golden Boy
Born : October 12, 1938
Blackfoot, Idaho, U.S.
Died : March 8, 2014
Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
Height : 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight : 208 lb (94 kg)
Pro-debut : 1959 Mr. Idaho, 1959
Winner : 1965 and 1966
10th Franco Columbu
Nickname : The Sardinian Strongman
Born : August 7, 1941
Ollolai, Sardinia, Italy
Died : August 30, 2019 (aged 78)
San Teodoro, Sardinia
Height : 5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Weight : Contest: 185 lb (84 kg)
winner : 1974 , 1975 , 1976
