European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 6, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A amps photos by John Bohmer Marco Dengel or. Germany 1993, puts in a guest appearance. Bodybuilders muscle their Way to Al service championships by John Bohumir Kaiserslautern Bureau Antaeus Hercules and Titan step aside. A new Breed of Power gods a and goddesses a has taken Center stage. T fourteen muscular contestants flexed grunted and bulged their Way through the sixth annual All services All european bodybuilding championships at Sembach a cer Riany late last month. When they were done Steve Williams was named Overall Winner in the men s category and Joy Crawford was the women s Champion. The athletes were Given a set of compulsory poses they had to perform for judges then had 60 seconds to perform their own routine to music during the Quot pose Down Quot phase according to Mark Schroeder president of the european forces bodybuilding federation and one of the Competition judges. The contestants Are evaluated on symmetry proportion definition and presentation. Crawford a civilian substitute teacher and fitness Trainer at the gym on Ramstein a Germany was judged the better of two female contestants. Williams a civilian employee at the Meckenheim defense re utilization marketing office near Mannheim Germany won the men s lightweight division 154 pounds and less before being named Best Overall. Staff sgt. Ray Hudson from Wiesbaden Germany won the men s middleweight division 176 and below and Cerman Friedhelm. Geiger won the men s Light heavyweight 198 and below category. There were no contestants in the heavyweight division. Williams who has been working on his physique for seven years is a Power lifter turned bodybuilder. He has been competing throughout Europe at various military bases and was named or. Mannheim in september. W Illiams Hopes to Branch out into the european circuit where he will be competing against a broader Range of contestants. Quot i want to go pro in about four or five years and one Day Hope to be or. Olympia Quot he said. Or. Olympia is considered the top professional bodybuilder title in the world a Arnold Schwarzenegger won it seven times. A a body like Charles Atlas a or Williams for that matter a does t happen overnight Quot it s a combination of diet and exercise Quot said Williams. He advised anyone getting into bodybuilding to Start slowly and gradually work up to heavy flexing. Solomon Mccluster said he got into bodybuilding because Quot your body is the Only thing you own and when people see your body they see  the army staff sergeant stationed at Grafe Wohr Germany said that most people Are shocked when they see him up on stage a because he looks so different out of uniform. He said he and two other bodybuilders he works out with at a local gymnasium in Grafen Wuhr usually Quot attract a crowd. A lot of people go to the gym to see us Quot he boasted. Mccluster who says he enjoys working with kids said that he has put on a few shows at the school and said his bodybuilding is something positive for the kids. Quot it has a big affect on the kids it gives them something to look up to Quot Mccluster said. Bodybuilding does have its drawbacks. Finding clothes and especially military uniforms is one of them Mccluster has discovered. Quot getting a uniform for my official military photo was difficult Quot he said. Quot it took about a year to get a uniform to fit right Quot guest appearances by Marco Dengel or. Germany 1993, and Yolanda Hughes 1992 miss world and the world Amateur heavyweight Champion gave the crowd a glance at some world class bodybuilders. After the show several struck poses with Hughes. Chris Millsap a program director for morale welfare and recreation services at Sembach which put on the contest said there is a lot of demand for bodybuilding in the military Community and the competitions have always been popular shows. He estimated attendance at 700. The stabs and stapes