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The club

Muscle Art Sport Club was founded in 1990 and is the first gym in Plovdiv.

Sport Club Muscle Art – 100% life (the club’s registered slogan, “100% живот”)

The hall of champions

Led by Kim Merdzhanov, the gym has raised more than a few champions. The club has a strong culture of its own and keeps attracting new and future club, national and European champions.

The gym is right in the centre of Plovdiv, at 15 Gladston St. Besides a gym with equipment for the whole body it has a boxing room, sunbeds and a sauna, a protein bar and a hall for group sports and dance.

A group photo in the gym with Kim Merdzhanov

Instructors

  • Kim Merdzhanov in the gym
  • Kim Merdzhanov, in profile

Kim Merdzhanov

Founder and owner

Kim Merdzhanov is the founder and owner of Muscle Art fitness club. His long and successful career in bodybuilding continues in finding and preparing many new bodybuilders, who keep up the club’s tradition of confirming champions and making new ones.

  • Rumyana Prisadova in the gym Rumyana Prisadova by the treadmills

    Rumyana Prisadova

    Multiple Balkan and national champion in bodybuilding. Her own success helps her work as an instructor: those who train with her reach remarkable results.

  • Todor Urumov in the gym

    Todor Urumov

    Bodybuilding and fitness instructor.

  • Rosen Georgiev in the gym

    Rosen Georgiev

    Bodybuilding and fitness instructor.

  • Petar Dobrev in the gym

    Petar Dobrev

    Bodybuilding and fitness instructor.

  • Milen Siromashki in the gym

    Milen Siromashki

    Bodybuilding and fitness instructor.

  • Yordanka Nikolova in the gym

    Yordanka Nikolova

    Fitness instructor.

  • Rashko Zaykov in a yoga pose outdoors Rashko Zaykov in a yoga pose on a lawn

    Rashko Zaykov

    A yoga teacher of many years.

  • Aneliya Nencheva in a yoga pose

    Aneliya Nencheva

    Yoga instructor.

  • Magi leading a dancelo-zumba class

    Magi

    Dancelo-zumba instructor.

  • Nasi on a mat in the hall

    Nasi

    Aero dance and step aerobics instructor.

Athletes of the club

The athletes of Muscle Art, as the club presents them. Tap a photo to see it large.

  • Dani Bahchevanova

    Dani Bahchevanova

  • Orlin Stoyanov

    Orlin Stoyanov

  • Gergana Zaharieva

    Gergana Zaharieva

  • Daniela Zaharieva

    Daniela Zaharieva

  • Vladimir Kurdov

    Vladimir Kurdov

  • Krasimir Sarafov

    Krasimir Sarafov

  • Georgi Kiryakov

    Georgi Kiryakov

  • Zdravka Maksurova

    Zdravka Maksurova

  • Tsvetelina Dankova

    Tsvetelina Dankova

  • Vanya Garigova

    Vanya Garigova

  • Georgi Karamishev

    Georgi Karamishev

  • Georgi Telcharov

    Georgi Telcharov

  • Toshko Todorov

    Toshko Todorov

  • Petar Borisov

    Petar Borisov

  • Vesko Dimitrov

    Vesko Dimitrov

  • Milena Ivanova Milena Ivanova – 2 Milena Ivanova – 3 Milena Ivanova – 4

    Milena Ivanova

  • Videlina Bochukova Videlina Bochukova – 2 Videlina Bochukova – 3

    Videlina Bochukova

  • Genadi Simeonov

    Genadi Simeonov

  • Veselin Peev

    Veselin Peev

  • Ilina Boyadzhieva Ilina Boyadzhieva – 2 Ilina Boyadzhieva – 3 Ilina Boyadzhieva – 4 Ilina Boyadzhieva – 5 Ilina Boyadzhieva – 6

    Ilina Boyadzhieva

  • Mariyan Fringiev

    Mariyan Fringiev

  • Nikolay Mitev Nikolay Mitev – 2 Nikolay Mitev – 3

    Nikolay Mitev

  • Team Bulgaria, Barcelona 2017

    Team Bulgaria, Barcelona 2017

On the walls of the gym

Posters of the club’s champions, cups and photos from competitions.

Licence, certificate and diplomas

The documents are photographed as they hang in the gym, and are in Bulgarian unless noted. The year of each is given below it.

  • Licence No 015 of 2003 from the Bulgarian Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness
    Licence No 015 of 2003 from the Bulgarian Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness for bodybuilding and fitness training, issued to the Muscle Art sport club for bodybuilding, fitness and powerlifting, 15 Gladston St, Plovdiv. Issued under the Physical Education and Sport Act and Decision No 2 of the board of the federation of 14 June 2003, minutes No 6.
  • Certificate from the Bulgarian Bodybuilding Federation
    Certificate from the Bulgarian Bodybuilding Federation: “The fitness centre meets all conditions for practising this kind of activity and is included in the official catalogue of the Federation.” Signed by the secretary, Y. Tacheva, and the chairman, A. Agontsev; the document carries no date.
  • IFBB diploma for Evdokim Mladenov Merdzhanov, 2003
    Diploma of the IFBB and the EBFF, in English: Evdokim Mladenov Merdzhanov attended the International Judges, Coaches and Trainers Course held in Izmir, Turkey, on 23–24 May 2003.
  • Diplomas from the Bulgarian Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness for Muscle Art sport club
    Diplomas from the Bulgarian Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness awarded to Muscle Art sport club for its team ranking among sports clubs at national championships.
  • A thank-you print from Graf Ignatievo air base, 2009, next to a nutrition poster
    On the left: “To Kim, with gratitude for the support!” – from Graf Ignatievo air base, 23 June 2009.
  • A wall in the gym with documents and photos
    The wall with the documents and photos in the gym.

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