When you think "bodybuilder," the Olympic Winter Games isn't the first thing that comes to mind. Yet PyeongChang, South Korea, is exactly where former physique competitor Hakeem Abdul-Saboor now represents Team USA in both the two-man and four-man bobsled competition.
Abdul-Saboor began his career as a multi-sport high school athlete, but a torn ACL playing football in his senior year at the University of Virginia at Wise forced him to make a drastic change. With his muscular physique and competitive nature, bodybuilding was the next logical choice.
Competing in the men's physique division, Abdul-Saboor did very well in several competitions, going so far as to place fourth in the 2012 Bodybuilding.com FIT USA event.
But the stage alone was not enough to satisfy his athletic drive, and after spending a couple of years as a speed, agility, and quickness coach in Knoxville, Abdul-Saboor's athletic abilities eventually caught the eye of Dr. Brad DeWeese, former head of physiology for...
Source: Olympic Interview: The Bodybuilder Who Became A Bobsledder!
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