The Black Prince: My Life in Bodybuilding: Muscle vs. Hustle

Copyright © 2011 by Robby Robinson,- 573 p. This book is a chronicle of Robby Robinson’s exceptional life and the journey upon which it has taken him. You can glimpse his spirituality and his soul in the stands and positions that he takes. The history is, in some ways, well known. He was and is a superstar bodybuilder; one of the most successful professional bodybuilders ever to take the stage. He won an IFBB Mr. America in 1975, drug-free, with a 29 waist and 20 biceps. His illustrious career included numerous World and Universe titles, Pro victories and culminated in a number of Masters IFBB Mr. Olympia titles 1994 - 2001. And yet an even richer history lies in the background. A childhood in the Tallahassee woods, an extraordinarily different home life and the experience of racial prejudice in the southern states in a less enlightened era. His formative history made him a man of remarkable resolve. His gift to us? Robby Robinson, enigma though he may be, is what bodybuilding always has been about, what it should be about, and hopefully, what it may become again. "Diary of the Black Prince" tells the story of how Robby Robinson, a black man from the south, overcame the limitations of his time to become one of the greatest bodybuilders the world has known and a legend in the bodybuilding cult. As a longtime advocate against steroid abuse and in contrast to their destruction to the body, Robinson shares his unique outlook on life and secrets that have allowed him to retain his trademark/remarkable physique.