07/27/2025
Why I Didn't Do Competitive Bodybuilding
I started training for bodybuilding since secondary school in Haiti but never competed.
In Orlando, Florida, I won an audition to advertise for Guinness at a bodypainting festival. I was asked by casting directors what I do for my oblique muscles. No special exercise. The casting directors said that I have the body aesthetics and genetics to be a future Mr. Olympia.
Nonetheless, in 1999, Ronnie Coleman, nicknamed ' Big Ron ' , won the Mr. Olympia title, with Flex Wheeler, ' The Sultan of Symmetry ,' placing second in the prestigious bodybuilding competition.
Bodybuilding is no longer an art due to a shift in focus from aesthetic presentation to extreme mass.
Photo: Hugues Gentillon, Gainesville FL, 1999