Dexter Jackson

‘The Blade' as Dexter Jackson is rightly addressed is indeed a reflection of his passion, his grit and the fervor to stand second to nothing and no one. This IFBB professional body builder today is an inspiration for not only novices but his peers as well. Jackson stepped into this world on November 25 th , 1969 and made his presence felt in his first ever contest , National Physique Committee where he placed third in 1992.

After that, there has been no looking back for Dexter who stood first NPC USA National Championships, Light- Heavyweight in 1995. In 1996, he bagged the sixth place at the NPC Nationals, Light- Heavy weight. Jackson has competed in Arnold Classic without a year's pause from 1999 to 2008, finally standing first in the years 2006 and 2008. He other score of awards include Night of Champions,3 rd (1999,2000), Word Pro Championships (1999), Ironman Pro Invitational ,3 rd (2000, 2004) ,and Toronto Pro Invitational, 2 nd (2000),Maximum Pro Invitational (2003) and San Francisco Pro Invitational (2004). The year 2008 saw him winning the IFBB Australian, New Zealand and Russian Grand Prix followed by his winning the Mr. Olympia title. Jackson 's list of achievement will be incomplete without mentioning his Grand Prix titles from countries like Australia , Austria , England , Holland , New Zealand and Russia .

Jackson 's competitive stats consists of his chest-52”, arms-21”, waist-28” and thigh – 30”. He is 5'6” with off season weight wavering between 245-255 lbs. His competition weight for Arnold and Mr. Olympia has been 233lb and 236 lb respectively.

Dexter has been broadly featured in many fitness articles, not to mention his picture featured on the cover page of the magazine, Muscular Development. He is being heard of as taking a break in 2009 and is not likely to compete until 2010 Mr. Olympia Contest. He is currently residing in Jacksonville , Florida .

Thus we see that Jackson has not only been a body builder par excellence but has also ensured that he stays among the top brass in all the competitions. His journey from 1992 to 2008 has been extremely eventful and anyone aspiring to become like him must know that its passion and passion alone that can make a person work hard reach such echelons of achievement.