Trick D

In honor of the best short bodybuilder ever (imo)... Lee Priest is the bodybuilder of the week after his first win at the Ironman in 14 tries (maybe 15).

Lee Priest was born Lee Andrew McCutcheon on July 6, 1972 outside of Sidney, Australia. Lee was about 9 lbs at birth and even in his young days he was stronger than an ox. His mother has said that he would rather carry his bike instead of riding it, and would love to carry his big sister around everywhere.

After a divorce and several years, at the age of 12 Lee found that his biological father was homosexual. Lee changed his last name to Priest and had to get a new phone number because Lee was made fun of so bad by "very sick people".

Soon Lee Priest was introduced to lifting weights by his grandfather. He started competing and did quite well. He even competed in a competiton along side his mother who was also a great female bodybuilder.

His first competition was the 1986 Sydney Bodybuilding classic in which he took 1st place at 14 years old. From 1989-1991 he was Mr. Australia three consecutive years. Lee took two years off and competed at the 1993 Niagara Falls Pro, his first show and finished 9th.

Since then Lee has been one of the most popular bodybuilders. In a world where a lot of pros don't start until they are in their 30's, Lee is just 33 years old and has been competing professionaly since 1993.

Lee has recently won the 2005 Australian Pro over fellow competitor Chris Cormier and the 2006 Ironman Pro over competitor David Henry III.

-info generated from leepriest.com and other sites.

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Trick D

Feel free to post pictures, information, etc about the people's champ!

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warriors

I wish i had his arms

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Not Around...

DarkFalcon

Is that first pic chopped Trick? His arms look disproportionately huge!! It's nice to see one of the smaller guys finally win, it seems for years the little guy has been overlooked in top comps. Good for Lee.

_Underdog_

Lee Priest
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Origin:
Lee Andrew Priest McCutcheon, also known as “The Blond Myth” (born July 6, 1972 in Newcastle, Australia) is a world-class Australian bodybuilder.

Biography:
- Lee was raised together with his two-year older sister by their mother, who also practices bodybuilding in Walls End, New South Wales, Australia where he attended Platsburg Primary school.
- Lee has gained popularity in the bodybuilding world due to his down-to-Earth manner, laconic sense of humour and willingness to talk to and help young up-and-coming bodybuilders. At 162 centimetres, he is one of the shortest professional bodybuilders. When not competing, he weighs as much as 130 kilograms, but he cuts down to 90 kilograms in competition season.
- On July 1, 2000 he married Cathy, a female bodybuilder.

Rankings
Mr. Australia - 1st place (1989)
Mr. Australia - 1st place (1990)
World Amateur Championships - 4th place (1990)
World Amateur Championships - 4th place (light weight) (1990)
Niagara Falls Pro Invitational - 9th place (1993)
Arnold Schwarzenegger Classic - 7th place (1994)
Ironman Pro Invitational - 4th place (1994)
Night of Champions - 12th place (1994)
San Jose Pro Invitational - 7th place (1994)
Arnold Schwarzenegger Classic - 7th place (1995)
Florida Pro Invitational - 4th place (1995)
Ironman Pro Invitational - 4th place (1995)
South Beach Pro Invitational - 3rd place (1995)
Ironman Pro Invitational - 4th place (1996)
San Jose Pro Invitational - 6th place (1996)
Arnold Schwarzenegger Classic - 7th place (1997)
Grand Prix Czech Republic - 5th place (1997)
Grand Prix England - 6th place (1997)
Grand Prix England - 9th place (1997)
Grand Prix Germany - 3rd place (1997)
Grand Prix Hungary - 3th place (1997)
Grand Prix Russia - 9th place (1997)
Grand Prix Spain - 3rd place (1997)
Ironman Pro Invitational - 2nd place (1997)
Mr. Olympia - 6th place (1997)
San Jose Pro Invitational - 4th place (1997)
Mr. Olympia - 6th place (1998)
San Jose Pro Invitational - 6th place (1999)
Mr. Olympia - 9th place (1999)
Night of Champions - 5th place (2000)
Mr. Olympia - 6th place (2000)
Ironman Pro Invitational - 7th place (2001)
Ironman Pro Invitational - 2nd place (2002)
Arnold Schwarzenegger Classic - 4th place (2002)
San Francisco Grand Prix - 1th place (2002)
San Francisco Pro Invitational - 1th place (2002)
Mr. Olympia - 6th place (2002)
Mr. Olympia - 15th place (2003)
Ironman Pro -2nd place (2004)
WSA bb.com Tourney - 1st place (2005)
Arnold Schwarzenegger classic - 4th place (2005)
**Ironman Pro - 1st place (2006)**

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Current lifts / My goals (end of August):
Squat - 135 / 215+
Bench - 130 / 160+
Barbell Rows - 105 / 150+
Deadlift - 235 / 300+

So I’ll stand with arms high and heart abandoned, in awe of the One who gave it all.
I’ll stand, my soul Lord to You surrendered, all I am is Yours.

Trick D

Good info! I am not sure if it is chopped or not, when I saw it the first time it was a lot smaller on google images but once it got on here it got a lot bigger!... anyway, it could be, but oh well.

He is engaged to Adela Garcia (I do believe that is her last name) now, so no more Cathy Priest.

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NNTB

when did this happen??

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Trick D

Recently, he has adela tattoed to his delt.

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