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Dave Draper

Dave Draper was born in New Jersey and began lifting weights when he was only ten. At 21, he won the Mr. New Jersey title. Six months later he moved to California and worked for a barbell company. Draper is 6'0" (1.83 m) tall, and his bodybuilding competition weight was around 225 lb. (102 kg). Dave Draper trained with Schwarzenegger, and other famous body builders in the 60’s and 70’s. Now in his 60’s Draper continues to weight train.

Lou Ferrigno

Lou Ferrigno was born in New York. His father was a weight training enthusiast, and Ferrigno started weight training at age 13. After graduating high school in 1969, Ferrigno won his first major titles. In 1974, he came in second on his first attempt at the Mr. Olympia competition. Ferrigno played football in Canada and competed in the first World’s Strongest Man contest in 1977, where he finished fourth in a field of eight competitors. During competition, the 6 ft 4½ in (1.94 m) Ferrigno's contest weight was 285 lb (130 kg) in 1975,^[3] and 316 lb (143 kg) in 1992; he was one of the tallest professional bodybuilders at that time. Ferrigno might be most famous for his role as the Hulk in The Incredible Hulk tv show, which ran from 77 to 1981.

Frank Zane

Frank Zane is a three-time Mr. Olympia. His reign represented a shift of emphasis away from mass in bodybuilding. Zane's winning physique featured the thinnest waistline of all the Mr. Olympias while his wide shoulders made for a distinctive V-taper. He stood at 5'9" and had a competition weight of 180-190 pounds. Zane is one of only three people who have beaten Schwarzenegger in a bodybuilding contest and one of the very few Mr. Olympias under 200 pounds.

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