Randall (right) at the Special Olympics in 1970

Bruce E. Randall (August 17, 1931 – August 23, 2010)[1] was an American professional bodybuilder who competed in the late 1950s.[2]

Randall won the 1959 Mr. Universe, after famously slimming down from 425 pounds to 223 pounds after extensive training and dieting.[3][4] 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).[5]

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.[6]

Publications

  • The Barbell Way To Physical Fitness (1970)

References

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


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