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Friday, September 8, 2017
Vol. 66, No. 36
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Bodybuilder, 74, eyes stiffer competition Peter Ciraulo aims to dominate contests in Europe BY N O A H MANSKAR
PHOTO COURTESY OF PETER CIRAULO
Peter Ciraulo, 74, lifts his granddaughter, Carolyn, on a recent visit to Chicago.
Peter Ciraulo is taking his muscles across the pond. After dominating competitions around the New York metropolitan area, the 74-year-old Herricks bodybuilder will travel to Birmingham, England, for the British Natural Bodybuilding Federation British Championships on Oct. 1. The contest will be Ciraulo’s fourth this year, but his first ever in another country. He’s also seeking sponsorships to participate in the Swiss Natural Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation’s Swiss Championships on Oct. 28 in Unterägeri, Switzerland. Ciraulo — the oldest natural bodybuilder in the state — has won all three contests he’s entered this year, so he’s hoping to
find more of a challenge in his age group abroad, he said. “I’m looking for good competition,” Ciraulo said. Ciraulo started working out regularly in 2004 and entered his first bodybuilding competition at age 68. He’s lost about 50 pounds in the past 12 years, he said. Ciraulo is among just a handful of bodybuilders older than 50 in most local competitions, but there’s a larger pool that age in Europe, said Patrick Martin, Ciraulo’s trainer at the New York Sports Club gym in Garden City. Ciraulo said he has entered a total of 19 contests in his competitive career. International competitions took notice of him because of his local success and clear love for the sport, said Martin, who is confident Ciraulo will
take first place in England. “The fact that he’s very inspirational and motivational has brought him this credit at the international level,” Martin said. Ciraulo is on a stricter diet than usual and goes to the gym for about three hours each day as he trains for the British contest, he said. As a natural bodybuilder, he does not use steroids or hormones to build his muscles. The goal is to maintain his upper body and bulk up his legs, “giving him a complete physique,” Martin said. The thrill of showing off for big crowds, combined with the satisfaction of working out, has gotten Ciraulo “addicted” to bodybuilding,” he said. He’s also made many friends at competitions, he said. “When I’m on stage, I can’t tell you — it just feels so good,” Continued on Page 81
NHP Street Fair adds music in 22nd year BY N O A H M A N S K A R The New Hyde Park Street Fair will bring the usual swarm of merchants and merrymakers to
Jericho Turnpike next weekend, but some sounds will be new this year. The 22nd annual event on Saturday, Sept. 16, will feature
musical performances for the first time in more than a decade, said Janet Bevers, a deputy clerk for the Village of New Hyde Park who helps plan the fair. “Our hope is that it brings more folks down to the west end and provides a new feature,” Bevers said.
Three singers and a band have been booked to play on a mobile stage that will be set up at the corner of Jericho Turnpike and Covert Avenue between noon and 3:45 p.m. next Saturday. They are Christian Matteo, Zack Reyes, Susan Wendelken and Michael D’Amico and the Witness. Between 20,000 and 30,000 people take over New Hyde Park’s
main thoroughfare for the festival, which will feature some 130 local businesses and community organizations alongside about 175 outside merchants, Bevers said. Northwell Health, the New Hyde Park-based health care conglomerate, is returning for a third year as the fair’s main sponsor. Continued on Page 81
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