Robby
Robinson
There is properly no black bodybuilder
in the history of bodybuilding that has motivated more young black men to
get into the gym and start lifting weights than Robby Robinson. I put him
first in my list of legends of bodybuilders because he was my motivation.
 In
October of 1978 I got my first issue of Muscle Builder Robby Robinson was on
the cover this guy who they called
The Black Prince of
bodybuilding looked just like the superheroes I
used to draw as a kid. Big arms, wide shoulders, and small waist I knew
right then what I wanted to do with my life.
Robinson was
born in Damascus, Georgia on May 24,1946, and raised in Tallahassee,
Florida. He attended Florida A&M University, where he competed in both
football and track & field. While training for those sports he noticed his
body's great responsiveness to weight training, which motivated him to enter
his first bodybuilding competition. After competing in over three hundred
amateur competitions, Robinson turned professional in 1975.
Some of the
titles he has won include Mr. America, Mr. world, and Mr. Universe, even
though he has competed in the Olympia he has never won it. possibly due to
his outspoken demeanor during a very dark time in the sport of bodybuilding.
From 1997 to
2001 he completed dominated the Master Mr. Olympia which was a form of
redemption for the Mr. Olympia loses that he may not have actually lost.
In September
of 2003 Robby Robinson joined fellow Black bodybuilder Rick Wayne in claims
that California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has a history of making
racist comments.
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