Doug Brignole
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Douglas Paul Brignole (1959-2022) was an American bodybuilder, fitness coach, biomechanics expert, and author. Brignole attained fame as a multiple-time winner of the AAU (Amateur Athletic Union) Mr. Universe and Mr. America titles.[1] Known for his long competitive career, Brignole was the oldest man to win the title of Mr. Universe. Beyond his bodybuilding achievements, Brignole was well known for his research and application of biomechanics principles to resistance training and his use of cables, dumbbells, and isolation exercises rather than the barbells and compound exercises most commonly used by other titled bodybuilders. As a recognized luminary in the fitness industry, Brignole was consulted by fitness industry professionals on topics including training protocols, [2] trainer-client relations and many other body building topics.
Biography[edit]
Born in Pasadena, Californ, Brignole began weight training at the age of 14. At the age of 15, he joined the gym of Bill Pearl, four-time Mr. Universe winner, provided guidance and instruction to the budding bodybuilder.[3] At the age of 16, he began competing in bodybuilding competitions, which he would continue for the next 4 decades. Never a professional bodybuider, Brignole spent the majority of career in the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) and National Amateur Bodybuilding Association (NABBA). By the age of 22, won the 1982 AAU Mr. America in the medium-tall division and topped this achievement by winning the 1986 AAU Mr. Universe in the Light Heavyweight division.
In 1984, at the age of 24, Brignole opened the Brignole Fitness Training Club in his hometown of Pasadena.[4] Like other competitive bodybuilders including Frank Zane, Dorian Yates, Mike Mentzer, Brignole worked for several years as an independent personal trainer in West Los Angeles. In 2005 Brignole temporarily left the fitness industry. In 2007, Brignole returned to Los Angeles and resumed his work as a personal trainer, while also writing for various publications, including Iron Man (magazine).[5]Brognole authored several well known and respected books.
Competition career[edit]
Brignole’s bodybuilding competition career spanned 43 years, ranging from the age of 16 to the age of 59. At 16, after only two years of training, he entered and placed 2nd in his first competition, the 1976 Teenage Mr. Compton Contest.[6] He subsequently placed 1st in eleven national and international bodybuilding competitions, including 1983 AAU Mr. America, 1986 WABBA (World Amateur Bodybuilding Association) Mr. Universe, 1991 AAU Northwestern Mr. America, 2000 NPC (National Physique Committee) Championship, and 2014 Muscle Beach International.[7]
In 2019, at the age of 59, Brignole won the title of AAU Mr. Universe not only in his age category (the “Master’s Division”), but also in the “Open Division,” competing against bodybuilders of all ages.[8] To date, he was the oldest person to have captured the title Mr. Universe in the Open Division of any bodybuilding association.[9]
Bodybuilding titles and awards[edit]
- 1976 AAU Teenage Mr. Compton, 2nd place
- 1977 AAU Teenage Mr. California, 5th place
- 1979 AAU Teenage Mr. California, 1st place in division
- 1979 AAU Teenage Mr. America, 3rd place in division
- 1979 NBA (Natural Bodybuilding Association) Teenage Mr. America, 1st place overall
- 1982 AAU Mr. California, 1st place overall
- 1983 AAU Mr. America, 5th place in division
- 1986 AAU Mr. America, 1st place in division
- 1986 AAU / WABBA (World Amateur BodyBuilding Association) Mr. Universe, 1st place in division
- 1991 AAU Northwestern Mr. America, 1st place overall
- 1991 AAU Mr. America, 5th place in division
- 1991 NABBA (National Amateur BodyBuilders Association) Mr. Universe, 12th place in division
- 2000 NPC (National Physique Committee) Los Angeles Championship, 1st place in Master’s Division
- 2010 Muscle Beach International, 1st place in Master’s Division
- 2010 NPC West Coast Classic, 2nd place in Master’s Division
- 2011 NPC West Coast Classic, 2nd place in Master’s Division
- 2011 NPC Masters Nationals, 9th place in Master’s Division
- 2012 NABBA World Championship, 7th place in Master’s Division
- 2014 Muscle Beach International, 1st place in Master’s Division
- 2014 NABBA World Championship, 7th place in Master’s Division
- 2016 WFF (World Fitness Federation) World Championship, 8th place in Master’s Division
- 2019 AAU Mr. Universe, 1st place in Master’s Division and Open Division
- Brignole was inducted into the NABBA Hall of Fame on December 18, 2012, and was awarded the AAU Legends of Bodybuilding trophy on September 16, 2017.
Training philosophy and controversy[edit]
After capturing the 1986 AAU Mr. America title, Brignole's body "was a mess" from the pain of training.[11] Consequently, Brignole gradually became a proponent of the use of cables and dumbbells for isolation exercises instead of more traditional training methods that employ barbells in compound exercises.[12] Breaking from long-held beliefs that particular exercises can target specific areas of individual muscles, Brignole expressed his training protocols in interviews and articles for Iron Man Magazine and other publications.[13] [14] [15] As done by other competitive bodybuilders such as Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dave Draper, and Lee Priest, among others, Brignole not only wrote articles, but authored a book about his training and competition techniques and philosophy (the 2017 work The Physics of Fitness, retitled in 2020 The Physics of Resistance Exercise[16]). In addition, Brignole co-authored the book, Million Dollar Muscle: A Historical and Sociological Perspective of the Fitness Industry[17] with Dr. Adrian J. Tann.
However, Brignole’s promotion of single-joint exercises, paired with rejection of many traditional compound (multi-joint) exercises, was not greeted with universal approval. Brignole's methods garnered pushback from some bodybuilders who prefer compound exercises such as the overhead press,[18] [19] [20] an exercise singled out by Brignole as especially problematic.[21]
COVID-19 Death Hoax[edit]
Brignole was vocal in denouncing dissenting views concerning the safety of COVID-19 vaccinations. On April 5, 2021, having recently received his COVID-19 vaccine he posted the following on social media[22]:
I’m vaccinated ! Well, the first of two. Let’s get this done so we can get back to traveling, going to concerts, and having fun.
My vaccine was yesterday, and I had no problem with it. My deltoid was a bit sore, but otherwise fine. We’re all in this together, so let’s do our share to beat it.
I have enough confidence in the vaccine, based on my research, to get it done. Those of you who think the vaccine kills people can use me as a test.
If I die, you were right. If I don’t die, and have no ill effects, you were wrong, and should admit it (at least to yourselves).
Better yet, you should admit to the world who misled you, so other people can benefit by avoiding those fear mongers.
Shortly after his unexpected death on 13 October 2022, while preparing for a bodybuilding competition, Brignole was a target COVID-19 sudden death hoax. Anti-vaccination activists falsely claimed that Brignole died as a result of vaccine-induced sudden death[23] (SADS / VIDS). These allegations have not been substantiated. There is no evidence that he suffered any ill effects after being vaccinated.
Tributes[edit]
Numerous tributes [24]poured the fitness fitness community poured for the much loved fitness veteran at this unexpected passing. On Thursday, October 13, bodybuilding promoter Joe Wheatley announced in a Facebook post that the veteran champion had passed away.
In the post, which tagged individuals from the bodybuilding and fitness community, Wheatley began: “This one hurts really bad! May he rest in peace. Doug Brignole – 62 years old.”
References[edit]
- ↑ "Doug Brignole". C'est La Vie with Sela V!. November 5, 2013. Season 1, episode 4.
- ↑ Schuler, Lou (May 1998). "Rules to Lift By". Men's Health. 13 (4): 14–18.
- ↑ "About Bill Pearl". Bill Pearl. Retrieved June 2, 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Doug Brignole". Greatest Physiques. Retrieved June 4, 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Tepper, Loni (October 8, 2009). "Doug Brignole: Back in the Game". IronManMagazine.com. Retrieved June 2, 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Harris, Mark Jonathan (October 11, 1976). "California's New Child's Play: Teenage Bodybuilding". New West: 91–104.
- ↑ "Rewind: Doug Brignole, Part 1". InForm Fitness. April 28, 2021. Retrieved June 4, 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Drasin, Ric (November 7, 2019). "Doug Brignole Wins AAU Mr. Universe at Age 59". Ric's Corner. Retrieved June 4, 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Holman, Steve (2019). "Moment of Bodybuilding Zen: Doug Brignole, 59-Year-Old Mr. Universe". X-Rep. Retrieved August 23, 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Bodybuilding Legends: Doug Brignole". Bodybuilding Legends Show. Retrieved June 4, 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Ceselkoski, Mirco (March 17, 2011). "Brave New Exercises". Muscle & Fitness. pp. 114–115.
- ↑ Davis, Grant S. (June 1998). "Life in the Fast Lane". Men's Health. 13 (5): 52–55.
- ↑ Murphy, P.M. (September 1998). "Be Your Own Personal Trainer". Men's Health. 13 (7): 85–92.
- ↑ Hunt, Cornell (April 2016). "Pressing Matters". Australian Iron Man Magazine: 25–32.
- ↑ Samuels, Mike (April 25, 2018). "Most Productive Dumbbell Exercises for Pectoral Muscles". Chron. Retrieved June 4, 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Brignole, Doug (2020). The Physics of Resistance Exercise (1st ed.). Monterey, CA: Healthy Learning. ISBN 978-1606794975. Search this book on
- ↑ Tan, Adrian (2012). Million-Dollar Muscle: A Historical and Sociological History of the Fitness Industry. San Diego, CA: Cognella Academic Publishing. p. 269. ISBN 9781609278502. Search this book on
- ↑ Starr, Bill (September 13, 2010). "In Defense of the Overhead Press". IronManMagazine.com. Retrieved June 4, 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Mike Israetel & Doug Brignole - Physics of Resistance Exercise". Revive Stronger. March 2022. Retrieved June 4, 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Israetel, Mike (December 2021). "Doug Brignole Methods Analysis". Renaissance Periodization. Retrieved June 4, 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Brignole, Doug (2021). The Physics of Resistance Exercise. Monterey, CA: Healthy Learning. p. 269. ISBN 9781606794975. Search this book on
- ↑ Wong, Dr Adrian (2022-10-17). "Doug Brignole : Vaccine Sudden Death Hoax Victim!". Tech ARP. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
- ↑ Ittiwut, Chupong; Mahasirimongkol, Surakameth; Srisont, Smith; Ittiwut, Rungnapa; Chockjamsai, Manoch; Durongkadech, Piya; Sawaengdee, Waritta; Khunphon, Athiwat; Larpadisorn, Kanidsorn; Wattanapokayakit, Sukanya; Wetchaphanphesat, Suppachok; Arunotong, Surachet; Srimahachota, Suphot; Pittayawonganon, Chakrarat; Thammawijaya, Panithee (2022-08-05). "Genetic basis of sudden death after COVID-19 vaccination in Thailand". Heart Rhythm. doi:10.1016/j.hrthm.2022.07.019. ISSN 1547-5271. PMC 9352648 Check
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