Mohamed Makkawy

One of my favorite bodybuilders of all time is Mohamed Makkawy. Fluent in 4 languages, he tore up the IFBB pro scene in 1982 and 1983, winning more than his fair share of Grand Prix titles. Short, at 5’4″, he possessed a ruggedness and chiseled musculature that was far ahead of most of his peers.

He did his contest training with Vince Gironda, who took awesome artwork in the form of a body and turned it into a masterpiece.

For all of that, Mohamed Makkawy is #20 in Muscle-Build.com’s Hall of Fame!