Guy Grundy

I was born in the small outer west town of Penrith in Sydney, Australia in 1971. My father left us just after I was born, so I lived a great deal of my young life with various family members and sometimes even complete strangers. In those years I was shuffled around so much, that by the age of 13, I had attended no less than 15 schools, and I was still unable to read, write, count or communicate. Furthermore, due to parental neglect, I was diagnosed with and suffered from malnutrition for
much of my early life.

By the age of 16, I was living on the streets and due to my detrimental circumstances, I also developed and suffered from a severe form of acne for about a 4-year period. My case was so bad and dangerous, that specialists prescribed me one of the most powerful drugs ever developed, Roacutane. Roacutane is a schedule 7 drug, which is in the same class as heroine, morphine and the like. The side effects were horrendous. I developed kidney and liver problems (which also stunted my growth), chronic depression, massive mood swings and my skin became so dry that sometimes it would crack open and bleed, all of this while living on cold and windy streets. For 99.9% of the population, one course of Roacutane would be sufficient, but as luck would have it I was one of the few patients who had to have two courses. By the time I was removed of it, I had taken a dose never before seen in my country.

--- Vanity Fair photo shoot, with Guy Grundy (far right), Chris Cormier (middle), Dennis Newman far left and The Red Hot Chili Peppers. ---

Anyway, I have battled these obstacles and many more like them on my way to becoming the number 2 amateur Bodybuilder in the World. Testament to this, I have been awarded my US Green Card, under the category of an exceptional athlete. This has provided me with the opportunity to live and work in America, my greatest dream and achievement thus far and one of the proudest moments of my life. I am also a regular columnist for the international Bodybuilding magazine, Ironman, as well as having written over 16 published articles worldwide. Not bad for a so-called, uneducated illiterate. I have also been featured on numerous magazine covers and filmed and stared in two documentaries on professional Bodybuilding. One of these documentaries was commissioned by the British Broadcasting Corporation or the BBC, and was seen by over 24 million viewers, as well as being screened regularly on British Airways flights to this day.

As well as the Bodybuilding profession, I have also appeared in all of the major Health and Fitness publications. I have also had the great fortune to tour around the world, where I perform seminars and guest spots to packed auditoriums and lecture halls. I have won both my country's national titles, IFBB and NABBA, as well as placing 2nd at the last 2 World Championships in the traditionally Blue Ribbon event, the heavyweight class.

Sometimes I look back on my life and I laugh, and sometimes I look back and I cry. The last few years of my life have been great (and believe me my friends, they will only get better), and I regret none of it. All of these things are what make me who I am today, Guy Grundy.

This is just a brief outline of my life thus far but if you would like to know more about me, then you can go to my personal web site at www.GuyGrundy.com. Anything you ever wanted to know about me will be there and more than likely, things you didn't want to know as well. There will also be many features which will be truly unique to GuyGrundy.com. I have developed this site for one real reason; I have learned that in life, honesty is the best policy. People really deserve and need to know what
really goes on sometimes in the cut-throat world of professional sports, especially when it is they, the fans, that make these sports what they are. I also do it because it enables me to do something that I truly love and it enables me to share and pass on some of my hard-earned knowledge, hopefully saving some of you some painful lessons. At the same time I get to promote myself and make a living. Being so under educated, I have had to primarily rely on my body to achieve the things that I have in my life.

As I have matured in life, both physically and mentally, I learned to focus all of my energies into who I chose to become and what I can do with what I have been given, instead of dwelling on past misfortunes and 'what ifs'.

PERSONAL STATS

Date of Birth- 9th July 1971
Born- Penrith, NSW, Australia
Height 180cm or 5ft 11 inches
Weight Contest 235lbs or 107 kg
Off season 245lbs or 112 kg
Eye Color- Blue
Hair Color- Blonde
Favorite Movie- Young Guns 1 & 2
Favorite TV show- Friends
Favorite Actor- Robert De Niro
Favorite Color- Royal blue
Favorite Food- McDonalds

TV APPEARNCES

Wonder world
Nines wide World of Sport
Infinite power w/o show ­Hosted own segment
BBC Documentary
The Louis Therox show
South Africa's leading sport show
Belgium TV show
Channel 49 Bravo
In house BBC special on Bodybuilding on all British international flights
Discovery channel

COMMERCIALS

National Pepsi commercial

MAGAZINE APPEARNCES

Ironman magazine
Musclemag
Flex
Muscle & Fitness
Max Muscle
Natural Muscle
Max's health & fitness magazine
Florida muscle
Workout world

COVERS

Sunshine Coast daily-Only bodybuilder to have ever been featured on cover
Workout world
Natural muscle

PUBLISHED ARTILCES

Over 16 to date

TITLES

Mr. Australia
Mr. Australasia
Mr. New South Wales
World Champion 2001
Have held both national titles IFBB & NABBA only person to accomplish this feat

TRAINER OF CHAMPIONS

Miss international- Melissa Coates
Mr. Los Angeles- Dave Nelson
Mr. South Africa- Flip Du Toit
Mr. Ironman Amateur- Kal Savi

NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL SPOKESMAN FOR

Vital Strength
Weider
Balance
Nutra life
Typhoon data products
Globalmuscle
Fitnetusa
Tan towel

TOURS

United states of America
South Africa
Austria
New Zealand
Japan
Canada

For any more information, please contact me through my email address GKGRUNDY@aol.com