Forgotten bodybuilder named kids after Egyptian gods and fed them meat for breakfast
dailystar.co.ukbest bodybuilders is now forgotten.Read more: 'Chunky' Brit now unrecognisable after ripped transformation and says abs make you happyDespite winning Mr World three times and being named Mr Universe twice, because John Brown was black, the racist attitudes of the sport in 1970s and 1980s America meant his achievements were downplayed.But the apple didn't fall very far from the tree as the three sons Brown went on to have all inherited his sporting genes and are now all successful American Football players.And their unusual names and upbringing makes them stand out even more from other players on the field.His sons are all named after Egyptian gods.
They are: Equanimeous Tristan Imhotep J St Brown, Osiris Adrian Amon-Ra J. St Brown and Amon-Ra Julian Heru J St Brown.When asked why he chose such unusual names, Brown said simply that he didn't want his children to have the same "boring name" he did.John Brown grew up in the notoriously tough and violent Los Angeles suburb of Compton.
A keen American football player, he only took up weightlifting aged 14 to improve his performance on the field.But a chance encounter with a passer-by while he was working out in a local park changed his life.
The stranger suggested that because of his physique, he'd be better suited to bodybuilding rather than football.The teenage Brown took his advice and started bodybuilding and by the age of 16 was competing and winning against adult men who'd been in the sport for years.From that point on Brown dedicated himself to the sport.
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