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"It's for obvious reactionary reasons," he says of his body-building, calling it a response to the torments of middle school, when he was "overweight, with thick glasses," and teased unmercifully by classmates.
The big bad boy of the concert hall Anne Midgette 2011
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OK, moms, start hating this woman New mom qualifies for body-building competition 8 weeks after giving ...
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An airy sense of confidence gripped Kabul, which expressed itself in small ways – young lovers who defied convention and eloped in "love marriages"; palatial wedding halls modelled on mirrored-glass skyscrapers from Dubai; flourishing body-building and sports clubs.
Afghanistan is losing time for a peaceful solution – and the Taliban know it 2011
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Currently, political pundits and psychologists alike impart their "reasons" why high-profile and powerful heterosexual men commit "sexual transgressions," anything from the thrill in the risk of getting caught, to, in Schwarzenegger's case, the supposed result of taking steroids during his body-building days, which has allegedly turned him into the "sperminator."
Warren J. Blumenfeld: The 'Art' and Rhetoric of Stereotyping and Scapegoating LGBT People Warren J. Blumenfeld 2012
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While Oslo police have remained largely silent about Mr. Breivik's possible motives and background, the 32-year-old described himself on a now-shut down Facebook page as a Christian conservative with hobbies in hunting and body-building.
Breivik Railed Against Labor Party Vanessa Fuhrmans 2011
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He vanished back into obscurity, body-building's great mystery slingshot pace bowler.
Why Samit Patel's cricket skill set carries so much weight | Barney Ronay 2011
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The same friends who refuse to sweat LOVED the body-building class because they felt bad-ass.
Ditch Crunches For Push Ups And Save Your Back | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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No. 18 he likens to "something Arnold Schwarzenegger would have done in his body-building days."
A Roll of the Dice Leaves Exercise to Chance Jen Murphy 2011
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The body is continually using up its own substance which has to be replaced in the form of protein, the body-building material, it declares.
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He vanished back into obscurity, body-building's great mystery slingshot pace bowler.
Why Samit Patel's cricket skill set carries so much weight | Barney Ronay 2011
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