Israel Hernandez is a 30 year old bodybuilder from Jacksonville Florida. He stands 5’7″ tall with a contest weight of 154 lbs. and off season weight of 185 lbs. He has 16″ biceps, a 29″ waist, 42″ chest, 23″ quads and 14″ calves. Israel has entered several bodybuilding contests leading to the National stage, including the 2004 NPC Southeastern USA Championships (Novice Lightweight 1st Place), the 2004 NPC Debbie Kruck Classic (Novice Lightweight 4th Place), 2004 NPC Deke Warner Mid-Florida Classic (Novice Lightweight 1st Place), 2005 NPC Southeastern USA (Novice Lightweight 1st Place & Overall Champion), 2006 NPC Florida State (Lightweight Open 1st Place), 2006 NPC Southeastern USA (Lightweight Open 1st Place), 2007 NPC Deke Warner Mid-Florida Classic (Middleweight Open 2nd Place), 2007 NPC Dexter Jackson Classic (Middleweight Open 2nd Place), 2008 NPC Mid-Florida Classic (Middleweight Open 2nd Place),2008 NPC Ancient City Classic (Middleweight Open 1st Place), 2010 0CB Southeast Classic (Short Class Open 2nd Place), 2010 NPC Tampa Classic (Lightweight Open 1st Place), 2010 NPC Florida State (Lightweight Open 1st Place), 2010 NPC Jr. USA (Lightweight Open 1st Place), and 2010 NPC Nationals (Lightweight Open 4th Place). Israel has a sports background which set the foundation for his bodybuilding, including ten years in Martial Arts Shotokon Karate and Taekwondo Karate plus five years in Kickboxing and Wrestling. He started weight training at the age of 16 and started bodybuilding at the age of 17, entering his first competition in Jacksonville. Israel works with trainers and mentors like Skip Silvestor, Jeff Cervero, John Mier, Dexter Jackson, and now he trains with his trainer Jaime Ibone of Team Ironclad Physiques in Altamonte Springs, Florida. Israel is now sponsored by Labrada Nutrition and has worked with Select Modeling Agency in Jacksonville from 2000- 2006 doing fitness modeling, underwear modeling and In 2001 he was a background actor for the movie “Tigerland” with actors Collin Farrel and Clifton Collins. Israel also was a double for Collin Farrel in Tigerland in some of the scenes. His goal is to win his Pro card in Nationals as a Lightweight bodybuilder and then he wants to be an actor and fitness model to be featured in movies like “Gladiator”, or playing a superhero like the next new Batman or Superman! Israel is certainly focused. We photographed Israel when he competed at the NPC Nationals in Atlanta, and we are very pleased to add Israel Hernandez to our roster of top bodybuilders and fitness models at NorthAmericanBodies.com!
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