In 2011, Jack King was invited to speak at the 1st Annual OCB No Gear Classic in Greensboro, North Carolina — a natural bodybuilding competition that embodied everything he'd been advocating for decades.
"No Gear" meant exactly what it sounded like: no drugs, no shortcuts. Just training, diet, and the iron. For a man who had won 29 competitions drug-free, it was the right stage.
Jack King on Bodybuilding
In this video from the event, King shares his philosophy on bodybuilding — the same principles that guided his training from a Greensboro attic in the 1950s through to his Mr. America and Mr. Universe titles.
The OCB (Organization of Competitive Bodybuilders) represents the natural bodybuilding tradition that King helped establish in the Southeast. Competitions like the No Gear Classic carry forward the standards he set: build the physique through work, not chemistry.