Jusup wilkosz biography

Bodybuilding great Jusup Wilkosz passed away on November 19, 2019, at 71. This is his story.

JUSUP WILKOSZ: BODYBUILDER

Jusup Wilkosz was born on November 8, 1948, in Heilbronn, Germany.

He was a national weightlifting champion before he turned from the clean and jerk to the abs and thighs.

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Of this transition, he mused:

“Why did I turn from the logic of weightlifting where if you lift more weight than the other guy you are clearly the winner to the subjectivity of bodybuilding? In Olympic lifting, emotion is minimal as you compete.

The crowd are not shouting and screaming. You concentration approaching the bar is total.

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In weightlifting, the fascination to the crowd is the bar you are about to lift. In bodybuilding, the fascination is your own body and how with your mind you can change it. That’s why bodybuilding fascinates me.”

As a bodybuilder, Wilkosz ascended rapidly, winning the German and World heavyweight titles in 1979.

The following year he prepared for his pro debut