Building an impressive body is not as easy as many people think. If this were so, the planet would be inhabited by 8-10 billion people with magnificent pumped up bodies.
But this is not so, many do not know how to set specific goals and understand their true desires. But there are those among us who shock the world in the good sense of the word. They proved that with perseverance and a positive attitude we can reach heights we never dreamed of.
Below is a list of six bodybuilders, and you will learn the transformation stories of each of them since they first began to engage in bodybuilding.
All of them are true champions who have demonstrated gradual progress.
Lazar Angelov
Lazar became interested in bodybuilding in 2006. Before that, he played professional basketball for 10 years. Lazar was one of the leading players and repeatedly led his team to victory, but later realized that his calling was bodybuilding and inspiring millions of people around the world.
Currently, Lazar is widely known as a popular fitness model with one of the most prominent and ideal abdominals in the world, obtained naturally (without the use of substances that stimulate muscle growth).
Denis Masino
Denise Sanchez, known to many bodybuilding fans as Denise Masino, was born in New York (Brooklyn) on May 1, 1968. At the age of 14, the young Puerto Rican became interested in heavy sports. Denis received professional status as a bodybuilder in 1995. Throughout her subsequent career, she embodied the idea of combining bodybuilding and eroticism, proving to the whole world that strength is sexy, and female bodybuilders are not only a mountain of pumped up muscles. Proving this thesis, Denis Sanchez constantly and successfully performed on stage until 2007. One of the clearest proofs was the triumphant victory at the sports show “Night of Champions” in 2003.
Beautiful, artistic and erotic Denis could take her rightful place in cinema. Unfortunately, her talent was not appreciated. She starred in second-rate horror films about vampires.
Ulysses William Junior
Ulisses began making his dream come true as a teenager, working hard day after day in the gym. Today, Ulisses is the top fitness model on the planet with numerous titles.
The bodybuilder strictly monitors nutrition, which helps to maintain excellent shape all year round. Ulisses regularly appears on the covers of famous American and European magazines such as Men's Health, Musclemag, Men's Fitness, REP's and FLEX Magazine.
He is one of my personal favorites.
Ulysses William Junior is a bodybuilder with one of the best naturally built bodies. I especially admire his arms and abs.
Who is Natalia Kuznetsova?
Natalia Kuznetsova is a Russian athlete who, at the age of 26, became a professional powerlifter, bodybuilder and international master of sports in deadlift and armlifting. The girl can handle weights that men can envy: chest press - 165 kg, and deadlift - 240 kg. The athlete set three world records in deadlift and bench press and became the owner of 12 European and national records in these disciplines.
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With a height of 168 cm, the Russian bodybuilder weighs 90 kg, the volume of her biceps is 47 cm, her hips are 72 cm, and her waist is 76 cm. The girl used the services of a plastic surgeon, explaining this by the fact that a woman’s breasts cannot be pumped up in the gym. Kuznetsova believes that girls who try to do this are doomed to failure.
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Zyzz, Aziz Shavershyan
Zyzz, his real name is Aziz Sergeevich Shavershyan, was very thin during his school years. He was inspired to go to the gym by his older brother, who, like Aziz, was an avid World of Warcraft player.
Aziz's transformation continues to be admired by millions of fans around the world even after the young man's death. Azis died suddenly in 2011 after suffering a heart attack. He was 22.
Olga Kurkulina
Olga Kurkulina is a bodybuilder from Israel. She gained universal fame after the release of the acclaimed film “Kick-Ass 2” in 2013, where she played the role of a bodyguard, a former KGB agent nicknamed “Mother Russia”.
Olga's family lives in Israel in the city of Haifa. Kurkulina was born on May 18, 1971 in the Soviet Union, where she spent her childhood. She is married and has two children - son Danila and daughter Anna.
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Mark Fitt
Mark Fitt is a rising bodybuilding star who will soon prove to the world that he is one of the best “natural” bodybuilders on the planet. He began his path to the top in 2010, and since then he has been purposefully pursuing his dream.
I remember the moment when I saw Mark in one of the videos dedicated to the transformation of the popular fitness model Greg Plitt, and today Mark inspires millions of his fans with his example.
Not only did Mark’s body change, his sense of self changed. Before bodybuilding, he was terribly shy; concentrating his attention on achieving his dreams gave the young man a lot.
How did Natalia Kuznetsova come to this physique?
The girl was born in Chita and began bodybuilding as a teenager. The Russian woman did not dream of a sports career. But Kuznetsova’s father decided that physical exercise would raise his daughter’s self-esteem, and sent 14-year-old Natalia to the gym. As a teenager, she weighed only 40 kg, but now she weighs almost twice as much. In one interview, the athlete admitted:
As a child, I was a timid little mouse.
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Kuznetsova received her first offer to compete in bodybuilding competitions just six months after she started training. And at the age of 16 she became the absolute champion of the Trans-Baikal Territory and showed good results in powerlifting. In 2009, the girl moved to Moscow and continued to train with renewed vigor.
Now more than half a million people follow the bodybuilder’s Instagram. Some of them admire the athlete’s body, others are horrified by the impressive size of female muscles.
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Jeff Seid
Finally, we present to you Jeff Seid's makeover.
Jeff, born July 12, 1994, is a rising star in bodybuilding and is considered one of the top five fitness models on the planet.
Let’s add that the number of subscribers to Jeff’s Facebook page has already exceeded a million and currently stands at 1.2 million people.
Strength training, steroids and fatty foods
Before the competition, Natalia follows a strict diet. The athlete also uses protein and nutritional supplements. She does not hide the fact that she uses anabolic steroids, so she competes in the category without doping control. Kuznetsova claims that she resorts to substances only before competitions and only in small doses. The girl also allows herself junk food.
They sent me a link to an article in one online publication, where it was written about me: “He eats right, and instead of seasonings, he adds protein and amino acids to his food.” And I’m reading this while eating pizza, warm waffles with ice cream and drinking a pina colada.
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Kuznetsova usually trains 5-6 times a week. The bodybuilder devotes her training to strength exercises that pump up the back, chest and other muscle groups.
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Life outside of sports
Natalia is married, she met her lover Vladislav Kuznetsov on Odnoklassniki. He is also an athlete, master of sports in freestyle wrestling. According to the bodybuilder, she doesn’t care that her husband has smaller biceps than her. Now the couple not only trains together, but also runs a joint catering business.
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Director Dmitry Polyanycin decided to make a documentary about Natalia in 2022, which has already been released.
Kuznetsova also managed to conquer the theater stage. She took part in the production of Manon Lescaut at the Bolshoi Theater along with star Anna Netrebko and her husband. Director Adolf Shapiro decided to introduce into the opera the image of a muscular woman who would symbolize strength and the desire not to give up.
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