Retro Athlete: Tom Prince

It was only his third contest, and he had no titles to his name. So when Tom Prince finished second in the loaded heavyweight class of the 1995 NPC Nationals, he shocked the bodybuilding world. “I was so blown away that this was really happening. I went back to the room and lay in bed for like an hour, crying with my wife. I saw it all then. My dream had come true.” That feeling was the apex of his career, even better than winning the overall 1997 NPC Nationals. Subsequently, in eigh