YOGA A GREAT GYM EXERCISE

It’s just way of lifestyle when you think and care for your body, mind and soul.
It is nothing different than any type of exercise know to experts. Yoga is not just asanas or mudras. It is a scientific way of overhauling the physical and mental health. Yoga is known for its various benefits for all the system of body particularly respiratory, digestive, neuro-psychiatric, reproductive and musculo-skeletal.

Right movements of stretching, compressing and  holding the body is the physical yoga , the ventilation, cleaning and streamlining all the orifices or opening of body is also yoga and decongesting, vibrating, humming, thumping, stimulating the neuro transmitter of body is also yoga.

Other physical exercise are good, truly speaking they all are part of yogic exercises.  It has no limits, using your body weight, your joint flexibility, physiological bio mechanical movements, flexion and extensions of muscles, using your breath and heart beats is all YOGA.

Yoga is a great pre-workout warm up and great post workout cool down.  All gym exercise must be followed with yogic movements to ease-out the tired muscles, ligaments, tendons and joints. Yogic stretches and postures are best ways to squeeze out the waste toxins from the tried muscles. This helps in getting better recovery, more flexibility, more power and muscle mass. Stretching of the straining muscles during the gyming after every set helps in avoiding unwanted injuries of all kind.

In elderly yoga improves the dynamic balance, mental health, better breathing and good heart. In women yoga imparts more flexibility and strength needed for various stages of life right from normal house hold work to bearing a child to menopausal stresses.

Indian Arnold Premchand Dogra

Sir Premchand Dogra 

Prem Chand Degra comes from the village of Babri Nangal, Gurdaspur district in Punjab. Born on December 1st, 1955, he started his bodybuilding journey from Punjab and North India Championships in Jalandhar in 1980 when he won the tittle in his very first competition.  From Punjab Police he joined TISCO in 1984 after winning his first Mr. Asian, Gold medal in 1983 in Karachi.

 

 Prem Chand won Asian gold medal 5 years in a row. He won silver medal in 1986 World championships and won his World gold medal in the IFBB world championships in Australia in 1988. He is the only Indian, who has represented India in the Mr. Olympia. He won the Mr. Universe title in the short-height 80 kg category in 1988. He was also awarded the “Achievement Medal” by the International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness (IFBB) in 2003, for winning its World Middleweight Champion title in 1988.

 

 Mr. Degra lives in Hoshiarpur (Punjab) and trains budding body builders in his own gym. He was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India. Premchand Degra has striven hard to mould his body into a muscular delight. He began his sports career as a wrestler after completing his matriculation from Government High School of the neighboring Tibber village in 1973. It was only in 1980 that he developed an interest in body building and rose to be crowned Mr. Punjab, Mr. North India, Mr. India (9 times in a row), Mr, Asia (8 times) and finally Mr. World (Middle-weight class) and Mr. Universe.

 The world title earned him the Padma Shri in 1990. Earlier he had received the Arjuna Award in 1986. He is also the recipient of the Punjab Government’s Maharaja Ranjit Singh Award (1994), Tata best Sportsman Award (1986) Charminar Challenge Trophy. Prem made his national debut by claiming a Bronze Medal in Middle-Weight Class at Darjeeling in 1980. He followed it up by winning three Gold Medals next year that made him Mr. Punjab, Junior Mr. India and Senior Mr. India 1981. He retained the title of Mr. India in middleweight category 1984. Thereafter he moved over to Light Heavy Weight Class and for next five years (1985–1989) won the title of Mr India in this class too. He began his international career by bagging the title of Mr. Asia in Middle-weight Class at Karachi in 1983, a feat he was to repeat at Seoul in 1984. Subsequently he switched over to Light Heavy-weight Class in Mr. Asia contest too, winning the title at Colombo in 1985, Taipei in 1986 and Malaysia in 1987.

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Lou Ferrigno , born Louis Jude Ferrigno is unique in bodybuilding circles. Iconic and known to almost everyone, few knew that he was near deaf from birth. Born on November 9th 1951 he won Mr America 2 consecutive Mr Universe titles and appeared with bodybuilding icon Arnold Schwarzenegger in the cult bodybuilding classic “ Pumping Iron and several European produced fantasy films . He started weight training at 13 after inspiration by stars such as Steve reeves. He won his first bodybuilding title in 1973 and won the Mr. Universe at 21 which , to this day , is still the youngest anyone has ever won the prestigious title.

At that time bodybuilding wasn’t the multimillion dollar industry it has grown into today. Lou left bodybuilding and worked as a sheet metal worker and also tried a stint in the Canadian football league as a defensive lineman for the Toronto Argonauts.At 6’5 and 285 pounds Ferrigno was a Giant of a man and earned a well deserved spot on our biggest bodybuilder list

Competitions

1971: Pro Mr. America – WBBG, Teen 1st

1971: Teen Mr. America – AAU, 4th, Most Muscular 5th

1972: Pro Mr. America – WBBG, 2nd

1972: NABBA Mr. Universe, Tall 2nd

1973: IFBB Mr. America, Overall Winner

1973: IFBB Mr. Universe, Tall 1st, Overall Winner

1974: IFBB Mr. International

1974: IFBB Mr. Universe, Tall 1st, Overall Winner

1974 Mr. Olympia, Heavyweight 2nd

1975 Mr. Olympia, Tall class, 3rd place

1992 Mr. Olympia, 12th

1993 Mr. Olympia, 10th

1994: Olympia Masters, 2nd

Dorian Yates, mr high intensity himself brought the big into the biggest bodybuilder countdown. Yates was born in England and took a new revolutionary approach to working out . Less was more was yates approach to working out . Taking a page out of another bodybuilders mantra( mike Meltzer) yates took size and strength in bodybuilding to new heights with numerous Mr Olympia titles. He could have gone on to challenge for the record but was cut down by just as numerous of injuries that , at times, threatened his very life . Any way you cut it Yates was the biggest bodybuilder to ever come out of Brittan

Stats [edit]

Height: 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)

Off Season Weight: 132 kg (290 lb)

Competition Weight: 119 kg (260 lb)

Arm Size: 53 cm (21 in)

Leg Size: 77 cm (30 in)

Waist Size: 86 cm (34 in)

Calve Size: 56 cm (22 in)

Chest size: 145 cm (57 in

1985 World Games, 7th (amateur)

1986 British Championships, 1st Heavyweight

1988 British Championships, 1st Heavyweight and overall

1990 Night of Champions, 2nd

1991 Night of Champions, 1st

1991 Mr. Olympia, 2nd

1991 English Grand Prix, 1st

1992 Mr. Olympia, 1st

1992 English Grand Prix, 1st

1993 Mr. Olympia, 1st

1994 Mr. Olympia, 1st

1994 Spanish Grand Prix, 1st

1994 German Grand Prix, 1st

1994 English Grand Prix, 1st

1995 Mr. Olympia, 1st

1996 Mr. Olympia, 1st

1996 Spanish Grand Prix, 1st

1996 German Grand Prix, 1st

1996 English Grand Prix, 1st

1997 Mr. Olympia, 1st

KAI Greene best known for his flowing dreadlocks and rhythmic posing routines that are unique in bodybuilding circles. However, kais ridiculous mass ( particularly in his back and legs) made him shoot to near the top of our biggest bodybuilder top ten

Stats 

Height: 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)

Off Season Weight: (300–320 lb)

Competition Weight: (260–270 lb)

Arm Size: 56 cm (22 in)

Leg Size: 85 cm (33 in)

Chest size: 148 cm (58 in)

Contest history

Shawn Ray Colorado Pro/Am Classic 2007 — 1st

New York Pro 2008 — 1st

Arnold Classic 2008 — 3rd

Australian Pro Grand Prix 2009 — 1st

Arnold Classic 2009 — 1st

2009 Mr. Olympia — 4th

Australian Pro Grand Prix 2010 – 1st

Arnold Classic 2010 — 1st

2010 Mr. Olympia — 7th

New York Pro Show 2011 — 1st

2011 Mr. Olympia — 3rd

Sheru Classic 2011 — 3rd

2012 Mr. Olympia — 2nd

Sheru Classic 2012 — 2nd

Markus Ruhl is so big its ridiculous. In the top three of our biggest bodybuilder countdown he dwarves nearly anyone he stands next to . Maybe it was his proportions , or lack of contest success at the highest level but he was close to receiving top honors and was always knows as having some of the best shoulders and upper body in the business. One thing is without dispute Ruhl has always been known as the strongest bodybuilder in history regularly bench pressing more than 600 pounds for repetitions in the gym

Stats

Height: 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]

Off Season Weight: (320–320 lb)

Competition Weight: (270–280 lb)

Arm Size: 58 cm (23 in)

Leg Size: 84 cm (33 in)

Waist Size: 96 cm (38 in)

Chest size: 153 cm (60 in)

Competitive record [edit]

2009 Mr. Olympia – 5th[2][3]

2009 New York Pro – 3rd

2006 IFBB Austria Pro Grand Prix – 3rd

2006 Mr. Olympia – 8th

2005 Mr. Olympia – 15th

2004 Mr. Olympia – 5th

2003 Arnold Classic – 3rd

2002 Mr. Olympia – 8th

2002 Night of Champions – 1st

2002 Toronto Pro Classic – 2nd

2001 Mr. Olympia – 14th

2000 Mr. Olympia – 7th

2000 Joe Weider’s World Pro Cup – 5th

2000 Grand Prix England – 5th

2000 Night of Champions – 2nd

2000 Toronto Pro – 1st

1999 Grand Prix England – 7th

1999 Joe Weider’s Pro World – 7th

1999 Night of Champions – 4th

1999 Mr. Olympia – 12th