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Airman dreams of becoming Mr. Olympia
By Airman 1st Class Jake Carter Costante said. “I was working out one U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jake Carter
day and I saw this really big dude and I
99th Air Base Wing Public Affairs asked him about it. So I started looking Senior Airman Vincent Costante, 99th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels laboratory
into bodybuilding and (decided) I want technician, performs a shoulder dumb bell press with the assistance of his trainer, Staff Sgt.
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. to do that.” Travis Mitchell, 99th LRS, NCO in charge of fuels preventive maintenance, at the Warrior Fitness
— The solid sound of metal on metal Center on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., May 26. Costante wants to one day be a professional
clashes, causing a loud ring; sweat rolls Costante has been assigned to the bodybuilder with the hopes of becoming Mr. Olympia.
down foreheads and groans from those 99th LRS for over five years, and received
exerting all they have to complete a seem- the push to compete when a fellow Air-
ingly simple task — weightlifting — can man saw his potential.
be heard throughout the gym.
“I never really had the drive to work
Senior Airman Vincent Costante, out, and just recently I got the drive to
99th Logistics Readiness Squadron get into shape, build muscle and lose
fuels laboratory technician, is among fat,” Costante said. “My goal was to get
those that call the gym their second into a bodybuilding competition. I just
home, but he lifts with a different never stepped up and did it until Staff
purpose than most of the other gym Sgt. (Travis) Mitchell came in.”
patrons.
Mitchell, 99th LRS NCO in charge
Costante is preparing for his first of fuels preventive maintenance, has
bodybuilding competition. A competi- guided Costante along his bodybuilding
tion he hopes one day will lead him to his journey as his trainer and coach.
ultimate goal of becoming Mr. Olympia,
the title awarded to the winner of the “I’ve pretty much have been manag-
most prestigious annual men’s body- ing his diet, workout plans, poses and
building contest. The title and honor of rest periods because he likes to go to the
Mr. Olympia has been held by the likes gym excessively,” Mitchell said. “So as
of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lou Fer- his coach, I’m going to show him how
rigno, but Costante knows he is just in it’s really done and how much effort he
the beginning of a long process. has to give to reach the big stage.”
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