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World Bodybuilding Federation. The World Bodybuilding Federation (WBF) was a bodybuilding organization founded in 1991 by Vince McMahon. It operated as a subsidiary of his company Titan Sports, the owners of the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). Tom Platz announced the WBF during the closing ceremonies of the International Federation ...
1981 – 2009. Bodybuilding is the practice of progressive resistance exercise to build, control, and develop one's muscles via hypertrophy. [1] 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 ...
Dickerson was the first African-American AAU Mr. America, the first openly gay winner of the IFBB Mr. Olympia contest, and one of only two bodybuilders (along with Dexter Jackson) to win titles in both the Mr. Olympia and Masters Olympia competitions. [11][12] He won the Mr. Olympia once (1982), a distinction he shares with Samir Bannout (1983 ...
Mr. Olympia. Mr. Olympia is the title awarded to the winner of the professional men's bodybuilding contest in the open division at Olympia Fitness & Performance Weekend —an international bodybuilding competition that is held annually and is sanctioned by the IFBB Professional League. [1] Joe Weider created the contest to enable the amateur Mr ...
At 64 and the same month of the 30-year anniversary of my organ transplant, I competed in my first championship. I won, and I was hooked. Getting strong and feeling confident in my body is tough ...
Website. www.mramerica.com. 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 and Ben Weider started the IFBB as ...
1992–2020. Dexter "The Blade" Jackson (born November 25, 1969) is an American retired IFBB Pro League professional bodybuilder and the 2008 Mr. Olympia bodybuilding and 2012 Masters Mr. Olympia champion. [3][4] With 29 wins, Jackson has the most professional men's bodybuilding titles. He has the distinction of winning the Arnold Classic a ...