Utti Hietala

Who is Utti Hietala?

Utti "Hulkki" Hietala is a Finnish bodybuilder competing in Classic Bodybuilding, which is the Finnish bodybuilding association for naturals. His bodybuilding-related blog is Finland's most popular bodybuilding blog based on the amount of traffic. He is known especially as a spokesman of natural bodybuilding. In addition he is the standard face in Fast's bodybuilding based GYM-TV.

Hietala started lifting weights at the age of 14, when he played basketball. He started bodybuilding type of training in the spring of 2000. In 2006 he competed in his first Classic Bodybuilding GP winning in Turku and placing second in the Finnish national championships in Lahti. Due to his success, he was selected to represent his country Finland in the Scandinavian Championships, where he placed seventh. In 2008 he won Classic Bodybuilding championships in the tall series and overall. He placed fifth in the Scandinavian Championships in 2008. Hietala plans to compete next time in 2010.