Vic
was born 9 of 10 children of a cardiologist father and midwifery
mother. Vic started weight training at age fifteen weighing 210
pounds while playing football, wrestling and running track. Vic
stands 5'10" at 370 pounds of solid muscle.
Unlike most bodybuilders, Vic did not start weight training in
order to become a competitive bodybuilder, training was something
that came naturally to him.
After eight months of training
at a bodyweight of 225 pounds, Vic entered his first bodybuilding
contest, & won the teenage heavyweight class and came in second
overall to a nineteen year old veteran teen named Rich Gaspari.
At eighteen years of age and weighing 240 pounds Vic competed
in teenage Los Angeles winning both the heavyweight and the overall.
Then, two weeks later, Vic entered a lesser contest named "The
Orange County Muscle Classic".
Vic came second to a local teenage
contestant who had placed fourth to him two weeks earlier at the
Los Angeles Championship.
7nbsp; At age nineteen and beefed up to 245 pounds, Vic unexpectedly
showed up at the "California Gold Cup" & walked
away crowned as the California Gold Cup Champion. Upon his arrival
to the parking lot his trophy fell apart! Vic was understandably
disappointed and from there on he decided that competition should
come from within and not from outward displays of hype. This unorthodox
philosophy (in a sport where athletes are supposed to be physical
and not philosophical) has gained Vic Richards lots of fame, infamy,
and popularity around the world among bodybuilders and fitness
buffs.
Despite Vic Richards' mythical
physical extremes, he is not stereotypical of bodybuilders. Vic
Richards attained a Bachelor degree in Psychology and Human Behavioral
Science at University of Southern California.
Vic is one CEO that will not hide behind his label.
Vic Richards
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