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JAMES KOHLER
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James Kohler is from a small town in Wisconsin, and
has a twin brother, Matt, who is also a bodybuilder.
Both were active and athletic in various sports: soccer,
cross-country, basketball and football. At the age of
15, James became the Wisonsin state Tae Kwon Do
champion, with a mere 123-pound fram. He wanted to begin
working out with weights and it was not long before
James began noticing change - his strength and size
increased dramatically. He gained a solid 25 pounds of
muscle in his first year of training. Obsessed with
working out, James wanted to learn more and more each
day. He soon discovered Arnold Schwarzenegger's
Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding. It was this book
that opened his eyes to bodybuilding. He became
fascinated with the sport and decided to not continue on
with Tae Kwon Do competitions.
And wow - by the time James graduated from high school,
he weighed 215 pounds and had 18 inch pipes. After
watching the documentary Pumping Iron, which made Arnold
famous, James decided to start training for his first
bodybuiding competition. He entered the Mr. Wisoconsin
contest in 1999, and posing to a song from the Conan the
Barbarian soundtrack, and imitating Arnold's posing
style, he ended up winning his weight division. James
continued on with his training regimen. He became a
certified personal trainer and competed in 6 more
bodybuilding contests throughout his college studies at
the University of Wisconsin. He entered the Mr. Wisonsin
contest again in 2004, and easily won his weight class.
James now felt like it was time to a national level
competition for more exposure, so that is what he did.
James entered the Musclemania Superbody Championships,
in Miami Beach, and placed 3rd in the heavyweight class.
He was pleased with this finish for his first national
show, but seriously wanted to become a Pro. In November
2005 James Kohler realized a lifetime goal - he earned
his Pro card in bodybuilding, winning the heavyweight
class at the Musclemania World Bodybuilding
Championships held in L.A.
Having relocated to California, James has also begun
marketing himself as a fitness model and is studying
acting. James Kohler plans on taking his bodybuilding
and fitness modeling to the next level, and only time
will tell what happens next. But we know this much, we
are very pleased to welcome James to
NorthAmericanBodies.com and know our members will enjoy
his gallery!
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