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Some of the rewards are obvious. On February 8, Meadow won the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) sponsored "Mr. New England" contest in Nashua, New Hampshire. In addition, a story appeared in February's "Strength and Health" magazine on Meadow's accomplishments, and as a result of the article he has received several fan letters...
Contests and recognition, however, are of negligible importance to the Winthrop House resident. Meadow has participated in football, wrestling and track while at Harvard. He used to train for these sports by weightlifting, until last year when he decided to shift his focus specifically to bodybuilding...
...sustained a wrestling injury last year, and felt I wasn't really going anywhere nationally in the sport, so I decided to pour all my time into bodybuilding," Meadow recalled. He soon discovered he had other motivations for the switch, as well. "In other sports I always had a coach making demands of me. When I started my program, I realized it was my own head that was getting me to work four and a half hours a day," Meadow said...
...also saw it as a type of religious thing," Meadow added. "I feel that I have been given a healthy body and mind, and should do as much with them as possible...
...Meadow's major motivation became clear, even to himself, only recently. An athlete and art enthusiast for most of his years, Meadow found that bodybuilding "allows me to incorporate art and sport. I built myself into a hulk of flesh and now am sculpting myself out. Self-discipline is my chisel...