Bruce Emerson Randall (August 17, 1931 – August 23, 2010) was an American professional

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who competed in the late 1950s.

Life and career

Randall won the 1959 Mr. Universe, after famously slimming down from 425 pounds to 223 pounds after extensive training and

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. Randall had gotten himself up to this weight in order to increase lifting strength for the sake of

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, but decided to quit due to economic reasons (as a result of the extensive diet needed to sustain it). Before slimming down, Randall ate between 12 and 18 eggs per day and drank an average of 8 to 10 quarts of milk. He later embraced a balanced diet, with vegetables, nuts and 2 boiled eggs for breakfast. Randall later lived in

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. He died on August 23, 2010, at the age of 79.

Publications

*''The Barbell Way To Physical Fitness'' (1970)

References

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