1. Frank Zane was born on June 28,1942 and is a retired American professional bodybuilder and author.
20 Facts About Frank Zane
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Frank Zane previously reigned as Mr Universe in 1965,1968,1970,1971 and 1972, and Mr America in 1966,1967 and 1968.
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Frank Zane's physique is considered one of the greatest in the history of bodybuilding due to his meticulous focus on symmetry and proportion.
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Frank Zane was inducted in the IFBB Hall of Fame in 1999.
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Frank Zane was born in Kingston, Pennsylvania on June 28,1942.
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Frank Zane started bodybuilding as a teenager after reading Muscle Magazine.
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Frank Zane went from 130 pounds at 14 to 160 pounds at 17 through weightlifting.
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Frank Zane earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from California State University, Los Angeles in 1977.
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Frank Zane was awarded a master's degree in experimental psychology from California State University, San Bernardino in 1992.
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Frank Zane's reign represented a shift in emphasis from mass to aesthetics.
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Frank Zane's physique featured the second-thinnest waistline of all the Mr Olympias, with his wide shoulders making for a distinctive V-taper.
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Frank Zane famously trained with light weights which saw him to many victories, but Joe Weider urged him to train with heavier weights.
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Frank Zane then found the size necessary for success at the Olympia.
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Frank Zane is one of only three men to have defeated Schwarzenegger in a bodybuilding contest and one of the very few Mr Olympia winners under 200 pounds.
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Frank Zane is the founder of Zane Gallery in Laguna Beach, CA which features bodybuilding art and photography and is dedicated to bringing Golden Era Bodybuilding back into the mainstream.
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In 1994, Frank Zane was inducted into the Joe Weider Hall of Fame.
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Frank Zane received the Arnold Schwarzenegger Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2003 Arnold Classic for his dedication and longtime support of the sport.
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In 2005, Frank Zane played the IFBB Announcer and worked as the consulting producer in the movie "See Arnold Run".
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In 2011, Frank Zane appeared in the documentary Challenging Impossibility describing the weightlifting odyssey of spiritual teacher and peace advocate Sri Chinmoy.
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In June 2020, Frank Zane began filming a feature documentary on his life directed and produced by filmmaker Alex Ardenti.