Looking at the historical data of the development of Chinese bodybuilding, we can see that in fact, China's bodybuilding did not start very late, and in the 30s of the last century, Zhao Zhuguang and others introduced American fitness into China. Now that nearly a century has passed, what has Chinese bodybuilders experienced? These people have witnessed and promoted the development of bodybuilding in China, how many do you know?
Representatives of the first generation of Chinese bodybuilding: Zhao Zhuguang, Tan Wenbiao
Zhao Zhuguang is known as the "father of Chinese fitness", and in the 1930s he personally heard the cannon sound of the Battle of Songhu, and after the cannon fire, he saw that the country was weakened and the people were weak. In order to "strengthen the country and get rid of the hat of the sick man of East Asia" to study fitness in the United States during college, he returned to China and founded the first fitness organization in China: Hujiang University Bodybuilding Club.
Tan Wenbiao founded China's first fitness academy: "Tan's Fitness Academy", they have been promoting fitness sports and advocating the dream of strengthening the body and strengthening the country all their lives, laying a solid foundation for the development of Fitness and Bodybuilding in China.
Representatives of the second generation of Chinese bodybuilding: Yang Xinmin and Wang Lijin
Yang Xinmin, the first generation of competitive bodybuilders after the reform and opening up, he began to practice bodybuilding in 1985, began to participate in bodybuilding competitions in 1991, this year has been 69 years old, he is still old and strong, active in the bodybuilding industry, known as: "China's bodybuilding evergreen"
Wang Lijin, and Teacher Yang is the same period of bodybuilding coffee, he also began to practice bodybuilding in 1985, but his bodybuilding career is earlier than Teacher Yang Xinmin, in 1985 after the systematic fitness 3 months, in Shandong Province bodybuilding competition won the 65 kg champion! He began his bodybuilding career. Unfortunately, Teacher Wang died in a traffic accident in August 2003, only 44 years old, it is worth mentioning that Teacher Yang Xinmin and Teacher Wang Lijin are both from Shandong, and the name of Shandong Dahan is worthy of the name!
Representatives of the third generation of Chinese bodybuilding: Qian Jicheng, Jiang Xi, Liu Xinggang
Qian Jicheng is the first Chinese athlete to win the World Bodybuilding Championship, he began to work out at the age of 17, has opened a gym with a friend in 1991, and won the World Bodybuilding Championships in 2005.
Jiang Xi, China's first major weightbuilding top athlete, finished second at the 2014 Amateur Arnold Tournament! Liu Xinggang is a disciple of Yang Xinmin, and was once the youngest bodybuilding champion in China, with the title of "Lion King".
Representatives of the fourth generation of Chinese bodybuilding: Lu Chenhui, Mou Cong, Wu Long, Chen Kang, Yuan Guosheng, Cheng Yishan
Lu Chenhui, Mou Cong, Wu Long, Chen Kang, Yuan Guosheng, these contemporary bodybuilders have all obtained IFBB professional cards. This is a leap forward for Chinese bodybuilding! The efforts of so many predecessors before have now been successfully honored by these new generation of bodybuilders after the 80s and 90s! In addition to obtaining professional cards, there are cheng yishan, Zhou Dawei and other post-90s bodybuilding rookies, they will be the future of Chinese bodybuilding!