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Epic Transformation! You’ll Never Believe What Roelly Winklaar Looked Like Before Bodybuilding

Jon Salmon Managing Editor Generation Ironby Jonathan Salmon Published on Sep 11, 2020

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Roelly Winklaar has made massive physical changes throughout his life.

Becoming a massive bodybuilder isn’t an over night process. It takes a great deal of training and a ton of consistency. Many will look at a bodybuilder and aim to attain the same kind of results in a short period of time. But what every novice needs to realize is that it will take many, many years before they attain even close to the same kind of physique.

For the supposed human creature known as Roelly Winklaar, the story was pretty much the same.

To think, Roelly Winklaar wasn’t always a massive beast is a bit mind boggling. You see the end product and you can’t imagine the man as anything other than musclebound.

But like any other novice, Roelly Winklaar had start somewhere. For Winklaar it was as a slim young 18 year old with a mind geared more towards soccer than bodybuilding.

 

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Here’s a major throwback. Back when I was 18 and living in the Netherlands. I was a soccer player then. And didn’t know much of bodybuilding. I wish I looked like @brandon__curry though when he was 18 ? . How times have changed and how things have changed since then ?? . #forevergrateful #throwback #tbt #roellywinklaar #humbleheart

A post shared by Roelly Winklaar ” THE BEAST” (@roellywinklaar) on Sep 10, 2020 at 12:53pm PDT

To see Roelly Winklaar turn from that into the below is truly something else.

 

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A post shared by Roelly Winklaar ” THE BEAST” (@roellywinklaar) on Aug 31, 2020 at 12:22pm PDT

It just goes to show that if you want something enough you can make it happen. What do you think of the radical transformation of Roelly Winklaar?

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Managing Editor at Generation Iron, Jonathan Salmon is a writer, martial arts instructor, and geek culture enthusiast. Check out his YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and Sound Cloud for in-depth MMA analysis.

Jon Salmon Managing Editor Generation Iron

About Jonathan Salmon

Managing editor of Generation Iron, Jonathan Salmon is a writer, martial arts instructor, and geek culture enthusiast. He has been writing about bodybuilding, combat sports, and strength sports for over 8 years. Check out his YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and Sound Cloud for in-depth MMA analysis.

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