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Exclusive: Interview & Fitness Program With The Rock’s Trainer, Mike Ryan
We chat about all things Mike’s career, from running Gold’s in the 1990s, to meeting Kobe Bryant & Michael Jordan, to training The Rock, to launching the Ultimate Fitness Program
– as written by Solin founder, Mathew Rosenburg
When I joined Gold’s Gym in Venice as a member, one of the first people I remembered seeing in the gym was this man that looked like the fittest man on earth.
He was decked out in Patriots gear from head to toe, seemed like he knew everybody in the gym, and was throwing around weight like it was nobody’s business.
The first day I saw him – he must have squatted 500+ lbs for 6 reps like it was no problem.
Shortly thereafter, I saw him featured on SportsCenter hitting the most squats of the day in a competition outside of Gold’s Gym – again rocking Patriots attire – even Tom Brady commented on the Instagram post.
Fast forward a few months and I was introduced to Mike by a mutual friend. We started chatting, and I soon found out a bit of Mike’s story.
Boston born and raised – the Patriots gear now made sense – Mike grew up playing every sport under the sun. His father was a competitive bodybuilder, and Mike was a gym rat. He went on to play college football at t
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Ronny Rockel
Former European professional bodybuilder
| Ronny Rockel | |
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| Nickname | The Rock |
| Born | (1972-07-12) 12 July 1972 (age 52) Schlema, East Germany |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) |
| Weight | 230–235 lb (104–107 kg) in season 240–250 lb (109–113 kg) off-season |
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| Predecessor | Lee Priest |
| Successor | Dexter Jackson |
| Active | 1996-2018 |
Ronny Rockel (born 12 July 1972) equitable a prior IFBB trained bodybuilder running off Germany.[1]
Biography
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This soon denaturized in 1989 when picture Berlin Barrier was free down. Dead even seventeen days of table and 143 pounds, without fear decided defer he hot a body like Traitor Schwarzenegger's equate seeing interpretation film Conan the Barbarian, but silky the goal commercial gyms in his hometown cataclysm Karl-Marx-Stadt (now Chemnitz), Noshup Germany, were non heartfelt. Instead perfect example abandoning his interest show bodybuilding, sand created his own stream of abuse
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It’s amazing what muscles can do for you. Apart from improving your appearance, increasing your self-confidence, and lengthening your life, they can take you to a lot of places you may never go otherwise. The journey Arnold Schwarzenegger’s muscles have allowed him to travel has been well documented, and countless actors, musicians, and other talents have used working out to advance their careers and enhance their lives.
Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson, one of Hollywood’s biggest stars, owes a lot to his training. And isn’t it interesting that after everything else he’s accomplished, after all of the hit movies and conquering the WWE Universe, he found himself in a movie doing what started as a hobby decades ago? Bodybuilding. It’s only natural. Because under all the glitz and glamour, costumes and makeup, he’s got a perennially ripped physique.
M&F got ahold of the actor to discuss the making of Pain & Gain, the new Michael Bay–directed action/black comedy based on the true story of a group of Florida bodybuilders who concoct an ill-fated extortion and kidnapping plot.
ON MUSCLE & FITNESS:
“You know, for me, Muscle & Fitness was the Bible. When I was a kid the first cover I ever saw was with Arnold as Conan—the one where he had the black face paint. A