Jusup Wilkosz was born November 8, 1948, in Heilbronn, Germany, and began weightlifting at age 16 in 1965. He initially excelled as a national weightlifting champion, winning numerous titles in youth and junior powerlifting categories before transitioning to bodybuilding in the late 1970s. Standing 6 feet tall with a massive, aesthetic physique, he trained alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger in the mid-1970s and became known as the "German Zeus" for his Herculean appearance and thick, grainy conditi