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Calvin Brock
Age: 28
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 230 lbs.
Why Is He A Scary Bad Ass? Because he earns a living by stepping into a boxing ring and knocking people out. And he's pretty good at it, too.
Bad Ass Credentials: National Golden Gloves Champion, 1998; US Champion, 1999; Two-time Silver Medalist at US Championships; Super heavyweight on the 2000 US Olympic team. Since turning pro his record is 17-0.
Bad Ass Background: Brock first started boxing in 1987. "I was 12 and had just finished 6th grade and my uncle gave me some boxing gloves for Christmas. I would box in the front yard with my friends. I was good at it, and decided to make a future out of it."
His parents took him to Charlotte Boxing Academy, where he still trains, and his father, Calvance, is still his coach. His training regimen consists of four miles of roadwork four days a week, and Monday through Saturday he's in the gym shadow boxing, working the heavy bag and speed bag, sparring, jumping rope and lifting weights. Brock is scheduled to fight Don Steele Nov. 8th at Cricket Arena. "I want to be the undisputed heavyweight champion and go down as an all-time great," Brock says.
Demi GoodmanAge: 33
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 148 lbs.
Why Is She A Scary Bad Ass? Because she not only looks killer in a bathing suit, but she can kill you for real as well. As a personal trainer and a figure/fitness competitor, she can put most guys in the gym to shame.
Bad Ass Credentials: International Sports Science Association, Reebok Core Board Instructor; 2nd place, 2001 NPC Mountaineer Bodybuilding Fitness and Figure Championships; 3rd place, Metrolina Bodybuilding Fitness and Figure Championship; 2nd place, Western Bodybuilding Fitness and Figure Championship.
Bad Ass Background: Demi grew up an athlete, running track in high school and playing football with her three older brothers. She started training seriously about seven years ago, and after working with a trainer for four years, decided to pursue it as a career. She's been a full-time personal trainer and group exercise instructor at the uptown YMCA since 2000. She teaches a number of classes, including the high-intensity Plyometric Interval Training (PIT), which involves doing hundreds of pushups, squats, lunges, jumping drills, as well as strength training and sprints. "I've had college football players and ex-NFL players take the class and it wore them out," she says.
Her own personal exercise regimen calls for running both long distance and sprints three times a week, and weight training four to five days a week. She can bench press 135 pounds, squat 200 pounds, and do 12 regular pull-ups, and hundreds of crunches. (She's packed on 20 pounds of muscle over the past few years.) She's currently gearing up for next year's NC Bodybuilding and Fitness Figure Championships.
Contact Sam Boykin at Sam.boykin@cln.com or 704-944-3623.