Kali Kirkendall
Kali Kirkendall (born 1975), better known by his YouTube pseudonym Kali Muscle, is an American professional bodybuilder, YouTube personality, writer, and actor.
Early life
Kali Kirkendall was born in 1975. He was one of three children in a black family who resided in Oakland, California. He had a troubled family background and "80 percent" of his family members were in or went to prison. Neglected by his parents, Kirkendall took solace in football and weight lifting and got accepted into Fresno state university to play football. But being hard on money from living on his own he decided to commit a few robberies. One in particular the one that got him caught he was driving and seen a man taking money out of an ATM and robbed him at gun point the man caught the plate number as he made his get away resulting in him doing 7 years for armed robbery. Being jailed at age 19 Kali had to survive prison life making his way up in the prison from his fierce physique and becoming a gang leader of Kumi 415 a notorious prison gang. a
Competitions
2009
California Championships - NPC, HeavyWeight, 3rd Contra Costa (CA) Championships - NPC, Super-HeavyWeight, 1st Orange County (CA) Classic - NPC, HeavyWeight, 1st USA Championships - NPC, Light-HeavyWeight, 11th
2010
Contra Costa (CA) Championships - NPC, Super-HeavyWeight, 1st USA Championships - NPC, HeavyWeight, 13th
2011
Los Angeles Championships - NPC, HeavyWeight, 2nd
2012
Amateur Grand Prix (Los Angeles) - NPC, HeavyWeight, 1st California Championships - NPC, HeavyWeight, 1st California Championships - NPC, Overall Winner Contra Costa (CA) Championships - NPC, HeavyWeight, 1st Contra Costa (CA) Championships - NPC, Overall Winner USA Championships - NPC, HeavyWeight, 9th