MIKE BEST

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Name:: MIKE BEST
Alias:: "Big Daddy"
Age:: 32
Home Base:: Phoenix, AZ
Day Gig:: Sales
Body Props:: 1999 Evergreen State Bodybuilding Championships 3rd Place, Light Heavyweight. 2001 Rocky Mt. State Bodybuilding Championships 1st Place, Light Heavyweight. 2006 Empire Classic Bodybuilding Championships 3rd Place Light Heavyweight. 2007 Empire Classic Bodybuilding Championships 2nd Place, Light Heavyweight. 2008 Vancouver Bodybuilding Championships 1st Place And Overall Champ. 2008 Emerald Cup Bodybuilding Championships 3rd Place, Light Heavyweight. Featured in Andrew Oye's “The Oyé Body Survey” Physique Profile Series.
Body Battle Cry:: "Leave the ego at the door! Train hard! Train smart!"
Connect:: www.myspace.com/mbestman

1. What two words best describe your build/physique/figure? Why?: Balanced and Symmetrical. I have the “X-Frame”…wide shoulders, narrow waist, big legs. A work of art that never stops.
2. What part of your body deserves to be honored in the “Physique Hall of Fame?” Why?: I really don't have a favorite body part. My whole body is what I’m most proud of. Balance!!! But I would select my shoulders and lats. My shoulders are wide with round muscle bellies. My lats are wide, like a sea ray. (Wanna go for a ride?)
3. When did you first realize your body was sexy, appealing or exemplary?: When I was a teenager. I have always been in great shape (good genetics). It wasn’t until I was in my late twenties that I realized I was in the 1% who actually took care of their bodies. All I had to do was go out to a bar and see all the guys my age who were fat.
4. In the quiet moment before you begin a workout, what’s the first thing that goes through your mind? And what is the last thing that goes through your mind as you conclude a workout?: Before I begin, I think, “It’s time to go to work! Don't be a motherf---ing wimp! Move the effin’ weight!!!” The last thing to go through my mind is, “Thank God it’s over,” and, “Why do i do this sh-t to myself?!”
5. Who is your physique/fitness idol or role model, and what body part would you steal from that person for a day?: That's easy. Dorian Yates!!! I would steal his back! Lights out with that.
6. Who or what inspires you to accept the daily challenge of building your physique/figure?: Me. I believe in myself. I’m self-motivated because I want to win! I just think about the “other guy," and what “he” might be doing. That makes me work twice as hard as " him."
7. If someone wrote a book or song about your body, what would it be called?: “Physical Presence”
8. Your name appears as an option on a restaurant menu, and you order the dish/beverage. What food/drink does the waiter deliver to your table?: The Porterhouse!!!!
9. What would a talking mirror say about your body if you stood naked in front of it?: “Damn!!! Twisted Steel and Sex Appeal!”
10. If you received the ultimatum: workout or die— but your other favorite thing was simply too hard to resist— what is that one other thing you love (besides loved ones, family, friends, etc.) so much that you would actually choose it over your “final workout?”: Laughing!!!