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La Cour has established himself as a leader in the bodybuilding world with his outstanding
physique and by unselfishly communicating his training philosophies to others.
In his passionate effort to propel training, nutrition, supplementation, and
mental strategies forward, he has authored ten books, produced six videos, and has frequently
contributed to several international magazines. He has accomplished all of this
and more while simultaneously becoming
one of the world’s best drug-free bodybuilders.
Peak
Performance and Success Coach Skip La Cour is considered to be a master for
teaching strategies for personal and professional success. In his powerful
speaking engagements around the world, he empowers, inspires, and motivates
individuals to realize their personal potential.
Competitive
Bodybuilding Career
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La Cour has been
training for more than 14 years and has been competing in bodybuilding contests for over
13 years. During
that time
span, La Cour has competed in 29 bodybuilding show around the world. At 5’ 11", La
Cour’s competition weight ranges from 213 to 230 well-conditioned pounds.
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La Cour has won the NPC (National Physique Committee) Team Universe Overall
titles twice (in 1998 and 2002). No other man has won the overall title twice.
He has won the heavyweight class five different times (1995, 1998, 2000, 2002,
and 2003). Those five victories are
the most class wins in the history of the NPC
Team Universe contest. He is also the only man who has competed in all 10 of the NPC's top
drug-tested annual amateur event. The contest started back in 1994.
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La Cour is also the only man to have ever won the overall titles at both the NPC Team
Universe and the Musclemania Natural Bodybuilding Championships—the two most competitive and most recognized drug-tested shows
in the United States.
In
August of 2002, La Cour competed in what many feel was his all time best
condition. He convincingly won his second overall Team Universe Heavyweight
Class and Overall titles.
La Cour
also won the heavyweight and overall titles the 1998 NPC Team Universe. Dropping
16 pounds from his previous year’s physique that only earned a disappointing
fifth place finish in his weight class, La Cour competed in unbelievably
shredded condition and set a new standard of conditioning for drug-free
heavyweights. The 1998 NPC Team Universe victory earned him the position
of captain of Team USA. Unfortunately, Team USA was unable to compete in the
IFBB World Amateur Championships (formerly known as the Mr. Universe) in Izmir,
Turkey due to political unrest at the time.
The
Academy of Bodybuilding, Fitness and Sports Awards named La Cour “Natural
Bodybuilder of the Year” in 1998 for his outstanding efforts.
He
became know as one of the top amateur drug-free bodybuilders in the nation by
becoming the 1995 NPC Team Universe Heavyweight National Champion and earning a
spot on the five-man USA Bodybuilding Team competing in the Mr. Universe contest
in Guam, where he placed sixth.
Drug-free
for life, La Cour first appeared on the national scene in 1994, when he won the
Musclemania Natural Bodybuilding Championships, which aired on ESPN television.
Two years earlier in 1992, he became the first man in the history of the AAU to
win the Mr. California and Mr. Natural California in the same year.
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Skip La Cour Career Highlights
Peak Performance and
Success Coach
Skip La
Cour is considered to be a master for teaching strategies for personal and
professional success. In his powerful speaking engagements around the world, he
empowers, inspires, and motivates individuals to realize their personal
potential.
La Cour
is hired by companies looking for a competitive edge. After one of his
presentations, they have an assortment of effective and easy-to-implement
strategies that takes those companies and the personal lives of their employees
to the next level.
La
Cour is currently a contributing writer for Ironman
Magazine. He is also a featured writer NutriMag, a publication produced by the
NutriSport Nutrition Stores. This magazine is given out at all 80+ store
locations. In addition, he is regular contributor to Natural Muscle, a
monthly bodybuilding and fitness magazine.
Over
the years his work has appeared in MuscleMag
International, Muscular
Development, Great Lakes Fitness Guide,
AST Sports Science's High-Performance Muscle, Steele
Jungle and in such international publications as Bodybuilding
Monthly Japan, Ironman
Japan, andNatural
Pressin England.
La Cour’s Books and Videos
He
has accomplished much as a writer, in his books
Thinking Big, Thinking Big: The Next Level Workbook, Thinking Big II: Aspiring
to a Higher Level of Bodybuilding Achievement!, Skip La Cour’s Daily Training
Journal, Skip La Cour’s Daily Training Journal 2000and
Skip La Cour’s Answers The
101+
Most-Often Asked-Questions about Bodybuilding
and Training;his
special report How I Packed-On 16 Pounds
of Drug-Free Muscle in Just One Year!;and his contributions to several regional, national, and
international bodybuilding publications and Internet websites.
His
latest contributions to up-and-coming bodybuilders around the world are his
hot-selling videotapes Skip La Cour’s Mass
Machine Hardcore, Skip
La Cour's Mass Machine Heavy, and
Intense!
Training Video,
II Training and Instructional Video, Dare To Dream!, Success is a Planned
Event: A Day in the Life of Skip La Cour, and Skip La Cour’s Live!
Bodybuilding and Training Seminar.
Before
thrusting his total time, focus, and energy into his passion for bodybuilding
and helping others become the best they can be, Skip La Cour worked for the
Raley’s Superstores for 15 years. He worked from the bottom all the way up to
the top, becoming one the company’s youngest store managers at the age of 27.
Skip La Cour is a elite trainer for
Podfitness. La
Cour’s successes in the business of bodybuilding and fitness include earning
multi-year, paid endorsement contracts with large supplement companies such as
Met-Rx, TWINLAB, and AST Sports Science, all of which he has earned while still
only an amateur bodybuilder. Impressed by La Cour’s efforts, Champion
Nutrition and Musashi have also supported his efforts in the past by supplying
him with free product.
In
addition to negotiating those business relationships, he created other
opportunities with House of Pain (the workout clothing company), Jan Tana (the tanning supply
company), and Jagware (the competition suit maker).He has also starred in national
television commercials and currently appears on Anthony Robbins' Personal Power II infomercial.
La Cour lives in Walnut Creek, California (San Francisco Bay
Area).
