Ivan Nikolov was born in Bulgaria, East Europe. He moved in the United States when he was 28. Since then Ivan has been continually working to establish himself as an a role model, as an inspiration for all those, who seek the way to better their physiques through living a healthy lifestyle.
Ivan has competed in many national and international contests. He has consistently placed among the top five natural athletes in his class in all his international shows. In three of these shows Ivan has placed 3rd. His best achievement was his winning of the NPC Tampa Bay classic in 2004, while competing with non-tested athletes.
Ivan has also been featured in many online and offline publications. His articles on exercise and sports nutrition appear in numerous web sites around the globe. He has been photographed by some of the best photographers - masters of the representation of male’s physique. Some of them are Pat Lee, J.D. Kirkpatrick, Impact Photography, Charles Worthington. Ivan’s photographs have appeared in EMO, Best of Men’s Workout (published only once a year), Natural Muscle, Olymp, Olympian’s News. He was featured as Mr. Superfit in the October’s issue of Men’s Exercise.
In 2004 Ivan took part as an extra in the Hollywood production “The Manchurian Candidate”, featuring Denzel Washington and Maryl Streep. The same year Ivan was invited to participate in another project, showcasing 5 top bodybuilders. The project became popular with the name Prime Cuts: Volume One.
Ivan holds Masters Degree in Industrial Management, as well as certifications as Bodybuilding Trainer and Massage and Chinese Remedial Gymnastics.
Ivan’s most recent project is FitNA - a fitness nutrition software program, which is available to members of his web site IvanNikolov.com. Together with his wife he also works on another project Sivani-Beaded-Jewelry.com - a web site, which showcases unique handmade jewelry for women and men.
