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Bruce Randall

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Randall (right) at the Special Olympics in 1970

Bruce Emerson Randall (August 17, 1931 – August 23, 2010) was an American professional bodybuilder who competed in the late 1950s.[1]

Life and career

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Randall won the 1959 Mr. Universe, after famously slimming down from 425 pounds to 223 pounds after extensive training and dieting.[2][3] Randall had gotten himself up to this weight in order to increase lifting strength for the sake of weightlifting, but decided to quit due to economic reasons (as a result of the extensive diet needed to sustain it).[4]

Before slimming down, Randall ate between 12 and 18 eggs per day and drank an average of 8 to 10 quarts of milk. He later embraced a balanced diet, with vegetables, nuts and 2 boiled eggs for breakfast.[5]

Randall later lived in Syosset, New York. He died on August 23, 2010, at the age of 79.[6]

Publications

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  • The Barbell Way To Physical Fitness (1970)

References

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  1. ^ City University of New York. Caribbean Research Center (2006). Wadabagei: a journal of the Caribbean and its diaspora. Caribbean Diaspora Press.
  2. ^ "NABBA International Hall of Fame". World Fitness Federation. Archived from the original on April 3, 2012. Retrieved October 10, 2011.
  3. ^ "Bruce Randall". Muscle Memory. Retrieved October 10, 2011.
  4. ^ "I've Got A Secret (11/4/59)". YouTube.
  5. ^ "Profile of 1959 Mr. Universe, Bodybuilder Bruce Randall". Muscle & Brawn.
  6. ^ "Bruce E. Randall". Legacy. Retrieved August 6, 2024.