Can a seventeen year old boy get into serious bodybuilding training, compete and win? Ronnie Singson is living proof that bodybuilding can start at a young age. Right after turning 17 in July 2002, last year, he went to lift weights at the Powerhouse Fitness Gym in Baguio City. Guided by his uncle, the owner of the gym, he learned the proper ways of weight training and soon after got into the competition bug.

These are the events he's competed in so far:

• Dec, 2002 - Mr. Powerhouse Gym novice 2nd place
• Jan, 2003 - Mr. La Trindad Pageant novice 2nd place
• Feb, 2003 - Mr. Panagbenga novice
• March, 2003 - Mr. Highlander novice 3rd place
• May, 2003 - Summer Hunk novice 2nd place

To think that he is the only teenager in all the novice division contests he's joined, it's most amazing! It's a shame we don't have enough shows for teenagers to compete in.

 

Currently, Ronnie just completed his freshman year at the Baguio College Foundation with a major in Electronic and Communication Enginnering. Before he got into the sport of bodybuilding, he was a varsity basketball star player at his high school.

Needless to say, Ronnie will go a long way in this competitive sport of bodybuilding. Keep up the good work, guy! We'll keep in touch with you in the next 3 years or so.

Summer Hunk Bodybuilding Competition May 2003, Novice 2nd place at rightmost below.