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AAU Mr. America
The Mr. America contest is a bodybuilding competition started by the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU). It was first held on July 4, 1939, and the winner was named "America's Best Built Man". In 1940 this was changed to what is now known as the Mr. America contest. In the mid-1940s, Joe Weider, Joe and Ben Weider started the International Federation of BodyBuilders, IFBB as an alternative to the AAU. They held their opposing contest, the IFBB Mr. America, in 1949 and then from 1959 through 1977. Rights to the Mr. America name have been sold several times after AAU discontinued holding the contests in 1999. History The AAU voted to discontinue holding bodybuilding competitions in 1999. In 2004, the World Bodybuilding & Fitness Association (WBFA) announced they had acquired the rights to the Mr. America name and would resume running contests under that banner. In 2006 Bob Bonham acquired the rights and from 2011 through 2013 held the Mr America contest under the sanction of the INBF ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bodybuilding
Bodybuilding is the practice of Resistance training, progressive resistance exercise to build, control, and develop one's skeletal muscle, muscles via muscle hypertrophy, hypertrophy. An individual who engages in this activity is referred to as a bodybuilder. It is primarily undertaken for aesthetic purposes over functional ones, distinguishing it from similar activities such as powerlifting and calisthenics. In competitive bodybuilding, competitors appear onstage in line-ups and perform specified poses (and later individual posing routines) for a panel of judges who rank them based on conditioning, muscularity, posing, size, stage presentation, and symmetry. Bodybuilders prepare for competitions by exercising and eliminating non-essential body fat. This is enhanced at the final stage by a combination of carbohydrate loading and dehydration to achieve maximum muscle definition and vascularity. Most bodybuilders also Sun tanning, tan and shave their bodies prior to competition. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Six Flags America
Six Flags America is an amusement park in Woodmore, Maryland, United States,2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP (INDEX): Woodmore CDP, MD " United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on January 13, 201 Detail map p6 "13710 Central Avenue, Upper Marlboro, MD 20721." near Upper Marlboro, Maryland, Upper Marlboro, adjacent to the Washington, DC metropolitan area. Founded as a wildlife center in 1974 by Ross Perot, American Broadcasting Company, ABC television operated the park as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Corney
Edward Charles Corney (November 9, 1933 – January 1, 2019) was an American professional bodybuilder. He won many prizes in his 30s, including Mr. Universe in 1972, and was featured in the 1977 bodybuilding docudrama '' Pumping Iron''. Known for his excellent posing routines, he continued competitive bodybuilding into his 60s, winning the 60+ division of the Masters Olympia twice. Corney was inducted in the International Federation of Bodybuilding Hall of Fame in 2004. Early life Corney was born on November 9, 1933, in Honolulu, then in the Territory of Hawaii. After graduating from the Saint Louis School in 1952, he served four years in the United States Coast Guard. After his service, he worked first as an aviation radio mechanic in Oakland, California, and then "a full-time bar owner and bouncer" in San Jose. Bodybuilding career Corney began bodybuilding at the age of 27 after being impressed with the physiques of an opposing volleyball team made up of bodybuilders. Standi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Waller
Kenny Waller (born March 20, 1942) is an American former bodybuilder featured in the 1977 movie '' Pumping Iron'', which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger. Waller also won the 1975 International Federation of Bodybuilders (IFBB) Mr. Universe contest in Pretoria, South Africa. He was known for his curly red hair, freckles and his graceful, confident posing style. Early life Ken Waller was born on March 20, 1942, in San Francisco, California. At the age of 12 his family moved to Jeffersonville, Indiana. He attended Western Kentucky University at Bowling Green (class of 1965), where he was a member of the undefeated 1963 Tangerine Bowl football team. A photograph of Waller still hangs in the WKU football team's locker room. Ken could often be found at the 13th St. Barber Shop near WKU where his buddies, Howard Poindexter, Fred Turner, and Slick Thurman cut hair. He went on to play professional football in Canada, after serving in the United States Marine Corps and teaching high scho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Katz
Michael Katz (born November 14, 1944) is an American former IFBB professional bodybuilder and former professional football player with the New York Jets, most famous for his appearance with Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 1977 bodybuilding documentary film '' Pumping Iron''. He was paid $1,000 to sign a release for appearing in the film. On 1 March, 2025, Mike Katz was presented with a Lifetime Achievement award by Arnold Schwarzenegger at the 2025 Arnold Strongman Classic in Columbus, Ohio. Mike Katz played football for Southern Connecticut State University and pro football for the New York Jets before ending his football career with a leg injury in 1968. He was inducted into the Southern Connecticut State University Athletics Hall of Fame in 2004. Katz appeared in the documentary '' Challenging Impossibility'', commenting on the weightlifting odyssey of spiritual teacher and peace advocate Sri Chinmoy. The film was an Official Selection of the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Zane
Frank Zane (born June 28, 1942) is a retired American professional bodybuilder and author. Known as "the Chemist", Zane is a three-time Mr. Olympia winner, having won the competition every year from 1977 to 1979. He previously reigned as Mr. Universe in 1965, 1968, 1970, 1971 and 1972, and Mr. America in 1966, 1967 and 1968. Typically competing at a bodyweight of less than 200lbs, he regularly placed higher than people much bigger than him. His physique is considered one of the greatest in the history of bodybuilding due to his meticulous focus on symmetry and proportion. With one of the smallest, tightest waists in bodybuilding, he was renowned for his vacuum pose. Since his retirement from competitive bodybuilding in 1983, Zane has written several books on bodybuilding, operates a fitness mail order business, and teaches the ''Zane Experience'' program to clients. He was inducted in the IFBB Hall of Fame in 1999. Biography Zane was born in Kingston, Pennsylvania on Jun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chester Yorton
Chester Yorton (June 1, 1940 – November 21, 2020) also known as Chet Yorton, was an American bodybuilder who became known as "The Father of Natural Bodybuilding" for his advocacy of steroid-free bodybuilding. He defeated Arnold Schwarzenegger at the 1966 NABBA Mr. Universe (amateur) held in London London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Wester .... Early life Yorton was born in 1940. While not athletic during his youth, Yorton was in a life-threatening auto accident in high school. He sustained several severe cuts and shattered bones in his pelvis, legs, and elbow. One of his legs was to be amputated but doctors were able to save it with a metal plate. His doctors agreed he could rehabilitate himself with light weight training from his wheelchair. Personal life On December ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Draper
David Draper (April 16, 1942 – November 30, 2021) was an American bodybuilder, actor and author. Early life Draper was born in Secaucus, New Jersey, on April 16, 1942. His weight training began at the age of ten and was a well-formed habit by the time he was about 12, in the mid-1950s. In high school he participated in wrestling, gymnastics and swimming, but was most inspired by training with weights. In 1962, his physique having attracted the attention of Joe Weider, he began working at the Weider Barbell company in New Jersey as a part-time shipping clerk. Career Bodybuilding At age 21, he won the Mr. New Jersey title. Six months later he moved to Santa Monica, California, where he worked for the Weider Barbell Company until 1969. Weider magazine coverage and advertising made Draper an icon of the California beach and muscle lifestyle. "That I was a West Coast beach boy to a world of bodybuilding fans eluded me," Draper wrote. At the time, he said, "There wasn't a whole bunc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Poole
Harold Poole (December 25, 1943 – August 7, 2014) was an Amateur Athletic Union, AAU, International Federation of BodyBuilders, IFBB and WBBG Professional bodybuilding, professional bodybuilder. Biography Born in Louisville, Kentucky Poole's athleticism was apparent very early on. He was quarterback on his American football, football team at Shortridge High School in Indianapolis, placed fourth in the state high school wrestling championships, ran 440 yards in 50 seconds and put the 12 pound shot 55 feet. In 1960, Poole entered the AAU Mr. America and, at the age of 16, took 18th place. His final AAU teen opportunity came in June 1963, where he won most muscular, but was the runner-up to Vern Weaver. Three months later, Poole switched to the IFBB and, at age 19, he won the Mr. Universe. In 1964, he became the first African-American to be named IFBB Mr. America. Starting in 1965, Poole became the only man to compete in the first three Mr. Olympia contests finishing runner-up to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reg Lewis (bodybuilder)
Reginald Bernie Lewis (January 23, 1936 – February 11, 2021) was an American bodybuilder and actor. Biography Lewis was born in Niles, California on January 23, 1936. In 1954, Lewis joined Mae West’s Revue as the youngest in her crew when he was 18. Lewis won the overall title in the following bodybuilding competitions: * 1955, Mr. California (AAU) * 1956, Mr. Pacific Coast (AAU); 1963 * Mr. America (IFBB); 1982, Natural Mr. America—Masters (NBA). * He placed third in the 1970 Mr. Olympia (IFBB). He appeared as contestant with his wife, June, on a November 1959 episode of the television gameshow ''You Bet Your Life'', with Groucho Marx. In the 1960s and 1970s, Lewis appeared in several films, notably the Italian picture '' Fire Monsters Against the Son of Hercules'' (1962) in which he played the lead role alongside Margaret Lee. His last screen appearance was in Mae West's ''Sextette'' (1978). Lewis died in Los Angeles on February 11, 2021, at the age of 85. Filmo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Scott (bodybuilder)
Larry Dee Scott (October 12, 1938 March 8, 2014), nicknamed "the Legend" and "the Golden Boy," was an American International Federation of BodyBuilders, IFBB Professional bodybuilding, professional bodybuilding, bodybuilder. He won the 1965 Mr. Olympia, inaugural 1965 Mr. Olympia competition and defended the crown at the 1966 Mr. Olympia contest before retiring. He also won the Mr. America title in 1962 and the Mr. Universe title in 1964. With his Olympia victory in 1965, Scott became the first man to win the three major titles of his era. A student of Vince Gironda, he became best known for his arm development, particularly his impressive and unusually long biceps. He was inducted into the IFBB Hall of Fame in 1999. Early life Larry Dee Scott was born in Blackfoot, Idaho to Thea Scott and machinist Wayne Scott. He began training at age 16 and won the Mr. Idaho competition in 1959 at age 20. After moving to California, he promptly won Mr. California (1960), Mr. Pacific Coast (196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaétan D'Amours
Gaétan D'Amours (1933 – April 25, 2007) was awarded the title of Mr. Québec in 1960, Mr. World Canada in 1961, Mr. America also in 1961, and a 5th place as Mr. Universe in 1967. In 1997, he received the gold medal presented by Ben Weider, president of the IFBB (International Association of BodyBuilders) for his major contributions to the bodybuilder movement and physical fitness of the Quebec youth. He had a bodybuilding studio for 50 years where he was a professor of physical education. He was also a believer in the Ben Weider food supplement A dietary supplement is a manufactured product intended to supplement a person's diet by taking a pill, capsule, tablet, powder, or liquid. A supplement can provide nutrients either extracted from food sources, or that are synthetic ( ... products. He died April 25, 2007, at the age of 74.Sonia Lévesque, Hebdomadaire Régionale L'information 27-04-2007 References 1933 births 2007 deaths Canadian male bodyb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
