Paul George
Paul is 45 years old and stands 5ft 3, at his heaviest he weighs 14st7lb.
Paul has had the pleasure of competing at nearly every level of bodybuilding you can imagine, from local shows through to national, international, amateur and IFBB professional contests. In his first IFBB comp he placed 8th, an admirable result considering the people placing above him were Ronnie Coleman, Chris Cormier, Marcus Ruhl, Chris Dim, Ronnie Rockel and Mike Sheridan. Paul was the lightest and shortest man in the contest but his condition made EVERYONE look soft, so much so Ronnie Coleman declined to have his photo taken with Paul backstage!
Paul says "I may never beat the likes of Coleman or Cutler but I can say that I have stood my own on a stage with them and didn't look out of place and no one can take that away from me and very few can say " Oh I've done that too!"
In 1994 Paul bought The Olympic Gym in Eccles in partnership with Allen Brett, who remains my business partner to this day. From this point on Olympic Gym became and still is THE hardcore gym you go to in Manchester if you want to become a REAL bodybuilder or strength athlete.
Summing up where he is in life now Paul says "Although competitively I have gained so much on a personal level I also lost a lot now as I approach my 45th year I feel a lot calmer and can see bodybuilding for what it is and that is still fun, exciting, hard work and rewarding. I just love the sport. I love competing, standing on stage after months of hard work enjoying the crowd hopefully as much as they are enjoying me and showing off all my hard work and dedication. I don't want to do just one show a year and I can't afford to jet off all over the world even though both my sponsors, Dougie at Extreme Nutrition and Sam at SK Sports, have been fantastic over the years and I wouldn't swap their support for any big buck sponsor, it still costs an arm and a leg to compete abroad. So for that reason I've made the decision to compete nearer home whenever I can. I want to give back to all of you who have supported me over the years and cheered me on and I want to have fun again doing it and maybe inspire somebody else to pick up the baton and run with it.