Showing posts with label Australian bodybuilder. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Australian bodybuilder. Show all posts

Monday, November 28, 2011

Top Muscular Man - Lee Priest, former IFBB professional bodybuilder and a current NABBA Professional athlete

Lee Andrew Priest McCutcheon nicknamed "The Blond Myth" (born 6 July 1972 in Newcastle, Australia) is a former IFBB professional bodybuilder and a current NABBA Professional athlete.

Lee Priest grew up in Wallsend Australia. Lee's mom was also a bodybuilding competitor, and posed with Lee onstage. Lee started training at the age of 12 with the help and support of his grandfather. He competed for the first time at the age of 13 and won. He went on to win numerous other competitions leading up to him winning the IFBB Mr Australia at 17,18,19. Lee competed at the World's Championship at 17, where he placed 4th. He was not allowed to get his pro card in Australia because of his young age. It was then Lee decided to enter an amateur competition, Niagra Falls. While there, Lee was discovered and given his pro card. Lee became one of the youngest man to turn IFBB pro at the age of 21.

Lee competed successfully within the IFBB. In 2010 Lee decided to switch to NABBA and and in 2011 was invited by Paul Dillet to compete with The WBFF.

Lee has his own supplement company called Assassin Nutrition in Australia. The company decided the easiest way to reach the legion of fans Lee has garnered over his 20+ years in bodybuilding, was to sell online.

Besides a successful and well known bodybuilding career, Lee is also a champion race car driver. Lee started racing in 2002 with road-racing and circle track. He then progressed to drag racing in 2004. Lee won numerous races and titles in road and circle track. His most successful bid came within drag-racing. He won Rookie of the Year in 2005. The following year, 2006, nothing stood in his way and he won the Championship.

Lee has also done some tv and movie work. He did all the bodywork for The Hulk Movie and also for the video game. He recently appeared in a local Australian tv series ( Rescue Special Ops) and will have a brief role in an upcoming Australian movie. He is currently working on a few more tv and print projects, proving that he is and always will be more than just a bodybuilder.






Monday, November 7, 2011

Top Muscular Man - Guy Grundy, Australian bodybuilder and actor

Guy Anthony Grundy (born 9 July 1970) is an Australian bodybuilder and actor.

Born in Penrith, NSW, Australia, near Sydney, Grundy has placed first in the Mr. Australia championships twice and placed 2nd in the Mr. World competition twice: in 1999 and 2001. As a professional bodybuilder he was photographed regularly for major muscle and fitness magazines. He has also written articles for magazines such as MuscleMag. Since retiring from professional bodybuilding Grundy has appeared as an actor in films, advertisements and television shows.

When Grundy was only two years old, his parents separated, and he was raised by various family members. Grundy was forced to switch schools so often that he was still unable to read or write at age thirteen, when he finally received remedial education. Estranged from his family at 16, and suffering from severe acne and other health problems, Grundy nevertheless stayed in school, competed in athletics (such as rugby and wrestling), and eventually entered his first bodybuilding competition in 1987 at the age of 16, finishing in third-to-last place. Grundy continued to train, with the ultimate goal of getting a green card as an exceptional athlete and emigrating to the United States.

Following his first major competition in 1991, Grundy competed virtually every year for the rest of the 1990s. He became the only person (to date) who has won both the titles of "Mr Australia" and "Mr Australasia" (IFBB and NABBA). Grundy moved to the United States in 1998 and began to study acting and the martial arts. He has appeared on television on the BBC, NBC, and the Oprah show, among others including a feature in Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends , and in national commercials for Pepsi and in other advertising.

In 2002, Grundy's training in martial arts and preparation for the world bodybuilding championship title caused him to overtrain and badly damage his rotator cuff. He lost the championship title by a single point and still believes that his required surgeries cost him the title. He retired from competition in the sport shortly afterwards.

He has worked as a trainer with bodybuilders Melissa Coates, Dave Nelson (Mr. Los Angeles), Flip du Toit (Mr. South Africa), and Kal Savi (Mr. Ironman Amateur).

After retiring from professional bodybuilding, Grundy had a two-year period where he underwent three shoulder reconstructions (he tore the rotator cuff of the bone three times and tore his labrum three times). This was a tough period for Grundy as he became a father and for two years he was unable to train or lift weights.

Grundy has been focusing on acting since 2008 and has appeared in numerous national commercials for Foster's Beer, Verizon and AT&T. In 2009 he appeared in Spike TV's The Deadliest Warrior where he was cast as The Gladiator. He has also appeared in several films.