Contest History

I started lifting weights around 1986, my sophomore year in High School. I wanted to strengthen up for gymnastics and also look good for the girls (it worked on both aspects). I was always a fan of bodybuilding from day one. I was fascinated with the muscular look. It was mind blowing to see how massive the pro’s were. To me it was an impossible dream to even come close to these super humans, so as a result my first two years of weight training were not taken seriously. I drank a lot of beer, partied every night of the week, did not follow any type of diet, and my training was off and on. Even with all of these negative influences my body was responding to the weights. I just kept getting bigger and better every month. So, when I graduated from High School, I decided to join the local gym, IRONWORKS. Here is where I met my mentor, Mr. DC James Bryant. This man pulled me aside and took me under his wing. He showed me how to train properly, eat correctly and stop all of the partying I was so accustomed to. He gave me confidence, not just in bodybuilding but life as a whole. I was now ready to compete.

So I started my journey to the Pro ranks. I knew deep down in my heart that if I gave 100% to the sport, I would one day achieve my dream of becoming a professional bodybuilder. In a span of 10 years as an amateur competitor, I overcame many obstacles: injuries, full time college schedule, disapproving parents, insane girlfriends, lack of funds and sponsors, and last but not least the constant barrage of doubters who found it necessary to remind me everyday that I would fail and had no chance of becoming anything in this sport. But the interesting thing is that these idiots who constantly put me down did not realize that the more they hounded me the more dedicated I got. These morons kept adding fuel to my fire; every time they opened their mouth, I just kept getting bigger and better. Well to make a long story short they all walk around with their heads down every time they see me and most have done nothing with their lives. It goes to prove the old saying : "What goes around comes around", and did it ever!

Now that I have achieved my pro status in the IFBB, it’s time to go back into the oven and come back and shock the world. Competitively , I will take the 2000 season off . In my mind I am not ready to compete as a pro yet. You see, I don’t like losing, and second place sucks! I want to win, and both myself and my good friend and trainer Mr. Chad Nicholls have put together a master plan for 2001. We are going to stun a lot of people with a crazy freaky package of symmetry, muscularity, and out of this world posing. The next time I step on a competitive stage, I will be a nasty 250+ pounds ripped beyond comparison. It’s time to chop some heads in the IFBB and I am coming for every single on of them!

King Kamali
IFBB PRO