Super Muscular Man - Sonny Schmidt, New Zealand-born professional bodybuilder

Sonny Schmidt was a New Zealand-born professional bodybuilder.

He was born Edmond Alten Schmidt on 9 September 1953. He grew up in Western Samoa. He later lived in Melbourne, Australia and occasionally travelled to the United States for competitions.

He placed in many events between 1989 and 1999. A highlight for him was when he won the 1995 Masters Olympia. He was 5'10" and weighed 240 pounds at competition weight.

He dated Karen McDonald (Nee West) when he was younger. He was arrested in 2000 on allegations that he assisted Australian drug lord Tony Mokbel to import cocaine from Mexico City into Australia.

 

 

Super Muscular Man - Gunter Schlierkamp, German IFBB pro bodybuilder

 Il Classico Günter Schlierkamp (born February 2, 1970) is a German IFBB pro bodybuilder.

Schlierkamp was born in Olfen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, where he grew up on a farm. Given his friendly demeanour and the fact that he is almost always smiling, Schlierkamp is one of the sports' most popular pros and commonly a fan favourite. In 1996 he married Carmen Jourst and moved to the USA, but they divorced in 2003. Four years later, he married American personal trainer Kim Lyons in March 2007.

After a fourth place showing at the 2005 Mr. Olympia contest, Schlierkamp started training with legendary trainer Charles Glass. Schlierkamp had trained with Glass in 2002, and finished above 8-time Mr. Olympia Ronnie Coleman at the GNC Show of Strength. Hoping to gain an edge for the 2006 Mr. Olympia Title by training with Glass, Schlierkamp didn't manage to improve on the previous year's finish and ended in 10th place.

In 2006 he had a role in an American movie Beerfest, released by the Broken Lizard comedy group.

 

 

 

Super Muscular Man - Marko Savolainen, professional heavy-weight IFBB bodybuilder

Marko "Supermass" Savolainen (born 13 February 1973) is a Finnish professional heavy-weight IFBB bodybuilder.

Savolainen, who was born in Oulu, Finland, retired in 2003, but made a comeback in 2006. He weighed 120 kg or 270 lb in on-season shape, and boasted a pumped 24 in. arm. In the off season he weighed 310 lbs. at a height of 5 ft. 9 in. So far in his professional career, his best placing was in the 1997 IFBB Grand Prix Finland, resulting in 7th place. Marko also made a training DVD/video, titled Supermass--Return. In 2007, as a result of kidney failure, Marko left bodybuilding and started kickboxing. Marko is also engaged. In late November 2008, doctors said they had found him a kidney donor. He started bodybuilding again, saying he would be a natural bodybuilder, which means no use of anabolic steroids.

 

 

Top Muscular Man - Miloš Šarčev, an IFBB bodybuilder from Bečej, Serbia

Miloš Šarčev (b. January 17, 1964) is an IFBB bodybuilder from Bečej, Serbia known for his excellent muscular proportion and symmetry.

Šarčev owns the Koloseum Gym in Fullerton, California. He was married to fitness competitor and actress Ursula Sarcev until they divorced in 1997.

Šarčev nearly died when he struck a vein in one of his triceps while injecting Synthol, a popular site enhancement oil.

As of 2011, Šarčev is shooting the documentary film Get Big, Get Cut produced and directed by Alex Ardenti of Ardenti Films.

Top Muscular Man - Silvio Samuel, an IFBB professional bodybuilder

Silvio Samuel (born 1975 in Brazil) is an IFBB professional bodybuilder.

Silvio is a Brazilian native who went from amateur to pro, when he was discovered by MuscleGallery in 2005 and received pro status in 2006. Silvio moved to Nigeria at a young age and joined the Nigerian national weightlifting team at age 14. Over the next few years he set powerlifting records for Nigeria and Africa that still have not been broken.

Top Muscular Man - Markus Rühl, an IFBB professional bodybuilder

Markus Rühl (born 22 February 1972 in Darmstadt, Germany) is an IFBB professional bodybuilder. Rühl began training at the age of 19 following a doctor's recommendation after sustaining a knee injury while playing soccer. At 120 lb., Rühl began training hard six days a week until deciding to compete on a professional level four years later. During this period he worked as a used car salesman. He possesses some of the biggest shoulders in bodybuilding history, and is one of the strongest bodybuilders alive along with Johnnie O. Jackson, Stan Efferding, Dennis Wolf, and Ronnie Coleman.

Top Muscular Man - Ronny Rockel, professional bodybuilder from Germany

Ronny Rockel is an IFBB professional bodybuilder from Germany.

Ronny Rockel was born and raised in Germany. Like many other professional bodybuilders from Europe such as Milos Sarcev and Pavol Jablonicky, Rockel grew up under communist rule. Because of this Rockel was not aware of bodybuilding and other things of the outside world. This soon changed in 1989 when the Berlin Wall was taken down. At seventeen years of age, 143 pounds decided that he wanted a body like Arnold Schwarzenegger's after seeing the film Conan the Barbarian, but at the time commercial gyms in his hometown of Chemnitz, East Germany, were non existent. Instead of abandoning his interest in bodybuilding, he created his own weight set. Following the demise of communism, entrepreneurial activities in the East of Germany spawned and with that the first gym opened in Ronny's hometown. He soon joined and began absorbing information about diet and weight training from other members and fitness magazines. At his first competition, the Hessian Championships, he placed last in his class. But he did not become discouraged, he came back a year later and won the 1995 NABBA German Nationals and placed third at the NABBA Mr. Universe. From then Rockel decided that he had the potential to become a professional bodybuilder. It was not until 2002 that Ronny Rockel achieved professional status by winning the International German Championships. After this victory he won a contract with a nutritional company and relocated with his girlfriend to Venice, California for some time while competing.