Sangram Chougule

Sangram Chougule
Mr Universe in 2012, Bangkok
Founder and Owner of the Physc Gym
Personal details
Born	Sangram Babar Chougule (1979-11-05) November 5, 1979 Kolhapur, India
Citizenship	Indian
Website	Official website
Military service
Allegiance	India

BodybuilderPersonal infoNicknameSangramHeight5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)Weight95Professional careerPro-debut

• Mr. India
• 2010

Best win

• Mr. Universe
• 2010-2015, 2012, Two Times

Competition record
BodyBuilding
International Achivements
1st	2012	Mr Universe
1st	2014	Mr World
2nd	2012	Mr Asia
3rd	2011	Mr Universe
3rd	2011	Mr Asia
Mr India
1st	2010	Goa
1st	2011	Benglore
1st	2012	Hydrabad
1st	2012	Karnatak
1st	2013	Kerala
1st	2015	Gujrat
Mr Maharashtra
1st	2009	Pune
1st	2010	Mumbai
1st	2011	Jalna
1st	2012	Pune
1st	2014	Mumbai

Sangram Babar Chougule (born November 5, 1979) is an Indian bodybuilder from Chinchwad, Pune, who has won the title of Mr. Universe in the year 2012 in the 85 kg category for bodybuilding championship in Bangkok, Thailand. Sangram has also won the Mr. India title six times and Mr. Maharashtra five times.

Sangram Chougule a professional bodybuilder and entrepreneur, was in the city recently to inaugurate a health and nutritional supplements outlet. Belgaum Times caught up with him for a freewheeling chat on his inspiration and aspirations.

My family is very supportive. Ours is a vegetarian household, but my mother allowed Non-vegetarian food at home for me. My wife Snehal is my biggest motivator; She has been my side in the Good time and Bad time. I have been able to achieve all this only because of her. Bodybuilders usually retire after getting married, But I won all my biggest titles after I took the Plunge. -Sangram Chougule

Bodybuilding - Fateful Accident I am from the Kolhapur district of Maharashtra, and both my parents were school teachers. Bodybuilding Happens to me by accident. My father always wanted me to be one, but I never considered it. I moved to Pune to pursue an Aeronautical Engineering degree in 1999. It was same time that I was joined Gym, but I did not want to be a bodybuilder then. In 2006 I won my first competition, but it wasn't until 2010, when I won my first Mr India title, that I decided to become a professional bodybuilder.

2012: The Turning Point In 2011, I won my first international medal - bronze at the Mr Asia competition that was held in Bangkok. The same year, I bagged another bronze medal at Mr Universe in Malaysia. Then in 2012, I won the most precious title in bodybuilding I was crowned Mr Universe. That was the most memorable day of my bodybuilding carrer, considering that just three months prior of that, I won the medal at Mr Asia. I then went on to win all the biggest titles in India the same year.

The Injury halt I tore a leg muscle in 2013, due to which I had stop competing for two years, That was the worse phase of my career. But my wife, family, and friends believed in me and motivated me to bounce back, due to which I won the Mr World title in 2015, and all the other major titles in 2014 & 2015, including Mr India. The year 2014 was made even more special because that is when my daughter was born. She is my lucky charm.

Motivation My father was the first person to motivate me, Bodybuilding is an expensive sports, and being a primary school teachers it wasn't easy to fund it, but he did a lot for me. Ours is a vegetarian household, but my mother allowed Non-vegetarian food at home for me. My wife Snehal is my biggest motivator; She has been my side in the Good time and Bad time. I have been able to achieve all this only because of her. Bodybuilders usually retire after getting married, But I won all my biggest titles after I took the Plunge. I also very lucky to support of our federation the Indian bodybuilders and Physique Federation. but I am very unlucky when it comes to having a trainer and coach now someone who can help me get to next level.

Workout and Diet

During the time, he wants to bulk up on muscle, he works out for three hours. When the competition season is on, he work out for about 4-5 hours. He combines strength and cardio exercises to build muscle and to avoid fat. He also does running and does yoga sometimes to balance the workout. His daily diet is focused around 5-6 solid meals containing different sources of proteins, carbohydrates and fats and then 2-3 protein shakes. Shakes are used when his body requires quick replenishment like post workout or the first thing in the morning

As a part of his daily diet, Sangram ensures an optimum intake of protein with less carbs and less fat.

• 1 kilogram of grilled fish
• Half chicken
• Milk
• Boiled Vegetables (since for his fitness, he was advised to consume less salt, sugar, and oil)

He begins his day with a cardio routine post which he consumes a combat protein drink with multivitamins and carbs. After 2 hours he takes oats and egg whites.Before Sangram begins his workout, he takes a pre-workout drink and focuses on training 2 muscles in a day. As he finishes his workout he takes his protein shake and post workout drink. After 2 hours he eats chicken with brown rice and some salad.As a part of his mid-day meal, he takes protein shake and fruit with vitamins. In the evening, he eats grilled fish and brown rice with some salad. Dinner again consists of grilled fish and salad.Two hours after dinner, he drinks Whey Protein Isolate and casein after a gap of 20 mins. His last meal is a sleep recovery drink.

Sangram Chougule’s Workout routine

Sangram believes in the contribution of diet is 100% whereas of workout is 100% in building a great body. He says it's wrong to skip meals and then do numerous crunches because that would result in only muscle loss. Abs are made in the kitchen, all you need to do is control your calorie intake and take a well-balanced diet with a proper workout routine.

Sangram Chougule’s pre-contest workout and diet

Before contest Sangram begins with an increase in cardio and reps.He switches to a diet with high protein content that includes more fiber like green salad with less salt and sugar.

One of the recent achievement of Sangram Chougule was winning Gold medal at the 6th World Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championship 2014. It was a great moment as Sangram made all his fans proud. This is what he had to say after the victory: It feels great to represent your country and win in your homeland. Past two years have been hard for me and I was really looking forward for this competition. This award is dedicated to my wife and daughter who stood by me and supported me throughout. I would also like to thank Indian Body Building Federation for their help and support

Sangram Chougule on Bodybuilding Myths

Sangram the bodybuilder is committed to dispelling bodybuilding myths. Spot reduction is the biggest myth and many people when they begin to train, do innumerable crunches without food to build six-pack abs. Similarly, many people think that muscles will become flabby in the old age, which is not true. Strength training is the true fountain of remaining young and two-times Mr. Olympia winner Frank Zane is a living testimony of it.

For Sangram there is no age limit in bodybuilding, He has trained people as old as 60, what matters is your will to train hard.