Powerlifter, psychologist to sign book here

Published 11:04 pm Tuesday, November 22, 2011

By Staff Reports
The Moultrie Observer

A record-setting power lifter and sports psychologist will sign copies of his books at 6 p.m. Thursday at Books & More.

Dr. Judd Biasiotto’s appearance will be part of the Lights! Lights! celebration on the courthouse square. All the proceeds from the book signing will go to Dr. Judd’s Love Foundation, a corporation he founded to help the disabled and impoverished.

Biasiotto is the president of World Class Enterprises, a sports fitness corporation. He has worked as a sports psychologist with numerous amateur and professional athletes and sports teams including the Kansas City Royals, the Pittsburgh Pirates, and the Cincinnati Reds.

He is the author of 71 books and more than 700 articles and is considered one of the top sports writers in America. His most recent book, “Reflections,” received a Sports Emmy from the American Sports and Science Academy. He was a feature writer for 6 national magazines including Muscle and Fitness, Shape and Natural Physique. He is also the editor-in-chief for Exercise for Men Only and Natural Physique.

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Biasiotto was recently selected to the International Platform Association, a non-profit organization that honors the best speakers and orators in world. Over the last three decades, he has presented well over 1,000 talks and seminars, according to a press release from Books & More.

In addition to his professional achievements, Biasiotto also has the rare distinction of being a world-class powerlifter and bodybuilder. During his lifting career he has won 14 world titles including four world championships. He has set 101 state records, 47 region records, 23 American records, 16 national records, and 14 world records.

In 1987, Powerlifting USA ranked Biasiotto as the fourth best powerlifter of all time. In the year 2000, he was named as one of the top 50 lifters of the millennium by Powerlifting USA. That same year he became the oldest man to win the ANPC national and world open bodybuilding championships.