European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 21, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday May 21, t987 the stars and stripes Page 3 Muscles Ripple crowd roars tension builds  . Bureau Raf Lakenheath. England Peggy Kerns was excited. Where cow. Yeah she whooped number 16." her hoots joined by scores at streams whoops and yells  inc hangar turned auditorium. The cheers were for the body builders on stage who were grunting through muscle flexes. Of Man you just gel into i said Kerns an air Force medic whose Hus band Ray no. 16, was from and Center with the other men in his weight class. All were trying to impress the crowd and the judges with he bodies they had built. Nearly 1,000 people flocked to  saturday to cheer the win ners of Safe Baw Vel body building contests in their quest for the title of or. Or is. Safe.  men and ii women came from 19 bases in eight countries to compete. Mary Kahn from Lindsey As Germany and Billy Yokly from Tilburg a Germany went Home with the titles. Among the com slams was Janel Smith an air Force staff sergeant and Mother o two from Raf Crouch on who won the Safe women s heavyweight Competition. Body building she Sard makes her feel Good. "1 like looking Strong said the s-foot-8-Inch, 139-Pound competitor from fort Worth Texas. I like the wait makes me look. I m not too much for the feminine curvy  Smith has been pumping Iron for four years. She said the workouts helped Hershey a big behind and have Given her a welcomed cleavage she never had. She now weighs 1 j pounds less than before she began weightlifting. Smith an air Force program manager had to work extra hard to compete Inthis year s contest. Only two weeks ago she finished breastfeeding her j 4-Montb old boy. She said thai helped her lose 10 unwanted pounds for the contest. But the Lack of Sunshine in England forced her to use a skin Dye to get the Ian she needed to go with her Pink Bikini. This body building business is a serious Pursuit. Behind the Muscles Are years of sweaty dedication. Chuck Mickey one of five judges an organizer for this year s contest and body builder himself explained the important factors that the serious body Sis Poloi by div Pilar flexing heir Muscles Are from left Elizabeth Mayer Gina Disalvo Peggy Lee Durlene Griffin Neil Cynthia Mcclung. Builder must incorporate into his life. One is he workout. Hickey said most body builders spend two to three hours six out of eight Days at the gym. Another Factor is food essential forsaking muscle. Body builders have la gel the right amounts of proteins carbohydrates an calories. Hickey said a 200-Pounder will eat five to six meals a Day Lang in some 4.soo calories about twice a average Man s needs. It gets to the Point where you can l ingest enough food Hickey said. But then in the final weeks before the Competition the food intake May Plum met. The idea is to gel the skin closes to the muscle. Kerns said she suffered through Hus band Ray s two month regimen of boil ing his food in Boll a water broiling everything and giving up things like chewing gum to avoid the wafer holding sodium. And then Ray went through the misery of starving himself o lose 20 pounds to make his weight class. But As a result wife Peggy says he is ripped to  translation his Muscles show. He is Well Cut in bodybuilders Lingo. And there s the i love Rne part the vanity Side of bodybuilding. Men like1985 armed forces body building Champ Calvin Franklin shave heir legs spread Olive Oil All Over their bodies and strip la their skivvies for hundreds to scrutinize. And Franklin a Black is no stranger to tanning lamps for evening up his color. But is Hickey says who in t vain ? is it any More vain than spending $300 on a suit or $500 on a Mink coat the body building regimen however does t always mesh easily with military duties. Franklin at 233 pounds probably the biggest ground equipment no the air Force has spent a week in the Field train ing with his cruise missile unit fro Comiso As Sicily. He had to take in 2 a cases of res meals ready to cat in a week  to maintain himself but a lot of the life sustaining food in the boxed meals was t what he wanted to gel to his idea shape. The interruption in diet and workouts Means he carried 12 unwanted pounds in the Competition and finished second inthe heavyweight category his year in Stead of his usual first. But Franklin said the benefits of body building efforts have spilled Over into his Job. More than a decade of pumping Iron has Given him More than 20-Inch arms. My troops have a lot of respect for me. I never have any problem getting them to do things the soft spoken Lech sergeant said. Franklin said he thinks his subordinates Admire him for his dedication this training. They see him head for the gym even after the toughest Days or Long shifts. But to spectators like Kerns who look a week off and flew space available from Torrejon a Spain to cheer her Hus band to third place in the men s Middle weight division the Appeal of body building is More than respect. Kerns said she developed a fondness for he muscular shapes. "1 like the  to her it s sexy. I would never go for a Skinny Little Bird Chest  the winners Are Raf Lakenheath England is Mary Kahn Cap lured the title of is. Safe and Billy Yokley won or Safe in the fifth annual command body building contest a Fth from Lindsey As Germany and Yokley from bit Burg a Germany look the top awards saturday night in Competition among 52 air Force men and women from 19 bases in eight countries. Kahn Winner of the women s lightweight Cal gory and Yokley the men s middleweight Winner were also picked by judges As the most muscular. Each of the 11 women and 41 men came to the tournament after winning their respective titles it their Home bases. Other winners in the six weight categories were men s lightweight first. Daniel Saurbe Pitburg second Marion Mancra Sembach a Germany. Men s middleweight Firel Yoke by second Calvin Todd Raf Alconbury England i hid Ray Kerns apr Cjon . Men s Light heavy weight first. Rick Johnson Torrejon second Rory Davis Hahn a Germany third Allen Hud son san Vito Dei Normanna Italy. Men s heavyweight first William Dawson rms twin a Germany second Calvin Franklin Comiso As Sicily third Mil Iati Lewis Ramstein. Women s lightweight first Kahn second Lisa Stumbo sin Vito third Deanna Hayward Pitburg. Women s heavyweight first. Janci Smith Raf Crough ton England second Elizabeth Mayer Pitburg third Dar Lene Griffin Raf Mildenhall England. Best posers male Michael Barker Raf Lakenheath female Stumbo. From left Are competitors Billy Yokley and Rick juju Sam in b pose Down