Tony Emmott (born 1938) is an English

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champion, who won the 1977 Mr. Universe (professional) competition.

Biographical

Emmott was a postal deliverer, by occupation, prior to becoming a successful bodybuilder. He owned his own gym, Olicana Health Studio, in

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, UK, which had a health food restaurant extension, added by Emmott. In 1979, well-known bodybuilding writer and photographer, Chris Lund, visited Emmott at his gym to conduct an interview about Emmott's training techniques, Emmott at the time being one of the country's top bodybuilders. Emmott has appeared on the cover of a number of

bodybuilding magazines Bodybuilding is the use of progressive resistance exercise to control and develop one's muscles (muscle building) by muscle hypertrophy for aesthetic purposes. It is distinct from similar activities such as powerlifting because it focuses o ...

including ''Health and Strength'', ''Muscle Training Illustrated'', ''Athletic Sport Journal'', and ''Muscle World''.

List of competitions

References

External links

* http://www.classicbodybuilders.com/classicbodybuilders4.html * http://contest.bodybuilding.com/bio/923/ * http://bodybuilding_workout.home.insightbb.com/trainingarticles/tonyemmott/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Emmott, Tony 1938 births English male bodybuilders Living people People associated with physical culture People from Ilkley Sportspeople from the City of Bradford Professional bodybuilders