Introduction
Hello, I am Kim Min-sung! I started working out relatively late in 2022 at the age of 21, and I am currently preparing with the dream of earning a Pro Card. I enlisted in the military in July 2022 at 173cm and 50kg and began exercising then. My body was so weak that I failed every category, including push-ups and sit-ups, during my first boot camp physical fitness test. Driven by an insecurity about being skinny and a shattered sense of pride, I resolved to build my physique and prepared for a body profile shoot during my military service. I bulked up using weight gainer shakes, and knowing nothing about diet, I went on a diet for about 3 months eating 150g of rice, low-sodium chicken breast, and 3 pieces of kimchi. I remember preparing my meals using an empty Hetbahn container because I had no scale to measure the grams. After being discharged in January 2024, since I had already done a body profile, I wanted to compete in a contest. Although I felt sorry to my girlfriend who had waited for me while I was in the military, I immediately went on a diet for about 5 months to prepare for a show..... haha. With whatever little knowledge I gained from studying and with the help of a few people, I managed to finish, but with too few carbs and calories, my body melted away, and sadly I ended up finishing just as a background filler on stage. Coming off the stage in just trunks without any placement made me want to cry because I felt so sorry to my parents and especially to my girlfriend. In 2025, somehow I ended up preparing for an August competition. Determined to place no matter what this time—to put a trophy in my girlfriend's hands and hang a medal around my parents' necks—I dieted for 3 months while working as a public gym trainer. Because I was desperate and didn't want to let go of my work, over those 3 months I taught an average of 180 classes and generated sales of 16M/13M/12M KRW. In the end, I achieved my goals: placing 3rd in Novice at NPCA to give my girlfriend a trophy, and placing 1st in Novice and 3rd in True Novice at Monsterzym to hang medals around my father's neck. Having experienced growth and seen my potential to some degree, and having never properly taken an off-season, I am now building my physique targeting an NPCA Pro Card in the first half of 2029. Thank you to everyone who took the time to read this long post and support me!
Awards
- NPCA Cheongju · Bodybuilding · 3rd place
- Monsterzym borntowin natural regional · Bodybuilding · 1st place
- Monsterzym borntowin natural regional · Bodybuilding · 3rd place