Mike Christian Bodybuilder used
hypnosis
Born on December 5th 1955, in
Cleveland, Ohio, Mike became the leader of a local gang
and started to train with weights in order to size up his
body. Mike found his early inspiration in the pages of
the various muscle magazines. Mike overcame his aversion
to posing in front of an audience and entered, and won,
his first contest, the 1976 Mr. Portland. He named
himself "Iron Warrior". He thought that it was a fitting
tribute to both his earlier street-smart gang persona as
well as his new reputation for strong onstage
competitiveness.
In 1979 Christian placed third
at the AAU Mr. Pacific Northwest contest and third in the
AAU Junior Mr. America. In 1982, he switched to NPC
contests and placed fifth in the heavyweight division at
the NPC Nationals.
In 1984 a heavyweight win at the
World Amateur Championships. Seven months later, he
entered his first pro event, The Night of Champions,
landing fourth place. Christian competed in five Olympias
(1985, fifth; 1986, third; 1987, fourth; 1989, sixth; and
1990, fourth). In 2005 Mike was inducted into the IFBB
Hall of Fame.
