Kingmaker: Mike Rashid's Story

When Mike Rashid played his first professional boxing match at the age of 40, there was more than just a prize pool at stake. The fight was the culmination of decades of serious training, as well as the whole life spent on fighting for progress, composure and just for survival.

Take some time, because as soon as you start this 40-minute film, you will not be interested in stopping. And then get ready to continue your life. Kingmaker: 4 weeks before Fighting Shape, Mike Rashid’s exclusive bodybuilding and warrior mindset, is available only on Bodybuilding.com. Full access.

Rashid’s life, like his training, was everywhere on the map. He was a powerlifter. Bodybuilder Entrepreneur Health Boxer … and things that were not so healthy. While he earned fans around the world with his hardcore lifting videos and philosophical “mental jewels,” he also hid from the dark in his past, fully aware that someday he would catch up with him.

Maybe you first encountered him on YouTube, training (or “overtraining”) the chest over the rhythm of hip-hop. Maybe you saw how he conducted the Iron Marathon and seemed to barely survive. But no matter where you met Mike Rashid, you know that he is a man who does not waste a word, says exactly what he means and gives incredible physical and mental tension to everything he does.

In the exclusive documentary Bodybuilding.com "Kingmaker: The Mike Rashid Story" this iron icon is revealed like never before, telling about every part of its history, starting with the first boxing fight at 8 years old and ending with when it was behind the bars three decades later. This is the story of one battle and fight, which is the life of Mike Rashid.