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Vít Chaloupka was born on April 12, 1960, in Benešov. After studies at the Prague-based Academy of Art and Design he took a variety of part-time jobs. From 1983 he was employed in the hotel Europe, Prague, where he worked as a receptionist and exchanged currency for foreigners. After the Velvet Revolution he left the hotel, ran his own business and opened his own fitness centre. He was interested in body building since his youth, in 1990 he won the Czech Championship in the under 165cm category. Later he became a member of the executive committee at the Association of Body Building and Fitness (1999–2001), the spokesman of the Association of Body Building and Fitness (1999–2001) and the coach of the Czech National Fitness Team (1998–2001). He is the author of a number of books on healthy eating. Currently he works as a dietics expert and fitness consultant; in his free time he works with children and organizes summer camps inspired by the culture of Native Americans.