{"id":1727,"date":"2022-09-21T09:17:55","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T19:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/?p=1727"},"modified":"2022-09-21T09:18:14","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T19:18:14","slug":"rey-ronquilio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/rey-ronquilio\/","title":{"rendered":"Solid As A Rock"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1728\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1728\" src=\"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/mw-cover-091422-rey-ronquilio-ac-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/09\/mw-cover-091422-rey-ronquilio-ac-9.jpg 800w, https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/09\/mw-cover-091422-rey-ronquilio-ac-9.jpg?resize=450,300 450w, https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/09\/mw-cover-091422-rey-ronquilio-ac-9.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/09\/mw-cover-091422-rey-ronquilio-ac-9.jpg?resize=335,223 335w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1728\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rey Ronquilio trains one of his clients, Andy Rabon, at The Jungle Gym.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em><strong>Former national bodybuilding champ Rey Ronquilio is still doing his share of heavy lifting these days by building rock-hard physiques and immovable muscle contests.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>If anyone knows how to burst onto a scene and steal a show, it\u2019s Rey Ronquilio. More than a quarter-of-a-century ago, he plunged himself into the world of cast-iron weight plates and stainless-steel barbells and, coupled with strict dieting, quickly fashioned his body into chiseled granite. Then, blessed with a newfound Greek godlike physique, he found himself flexing for large crowds and judges at local bodybuilding contests \u2014 and guess what?<\/p>\n<p>The novice competitor upstaged everyone.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1729\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1729\" src=\"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/img_2937.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1000\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/09\/img_2937.jpg 800w, https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/09\/img_2937.jpg?resize=360,450 360w, https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/09\/img_2937.jpg?resize=768,960 768w, https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/09\/img_2937.jpg?resize=335,419 335w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1729\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">As a competitive bodybuilder, Ronquilio captured two national titles in the early 2000s. <strong>CLAUDE AYAKAWA PHOTO<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cMy first contest I entered was the Hawaiian Classic in 1996 at the Hyatt Regency \u2026 and I won the whole show,\u201d recalls Ronquilio, who followed that title up with victories at the Hawaiian Islands and Big Island Classic contests.<\/p>\n<p>But Ronquilio wasn\u2019t done. Determined to prove those wins were no fluke, he went up against the big boys on the mainland and, true to form, still wound up bringing home the bacon at the 2002 Masters National and 2003 Mr. USA contests. He might have even walked away with the 2001 Masters National lightweight title as well had it not been for his last-minute decision to jump into the next weight class \u201cjust for the hell of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"720\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xUjkvWgadTM\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI went to the contest thinking I was going to blow everyone away,\u201d he recalls. \u201cI was 1 pound overweight at 155 pounds, and even though I could have made weight the next day, I wanted to see how I would fare against the middleweights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ronquilio didn\u2019t win, but neither did he bomb out. Fact is, he snatched away the division\u2019s second-place trophy from the crowded field, despite weighing 20 pounds less than every other middleweight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were 30-something competitors in that class and I still took second, so I was happy with my showing,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>Glory days as a competitive bodybuilder aside, Ronquilio remains a showstopper two decades later, even though he now does most of his work behind the scenes. His annual bodybuilding contests in Honolulu \u2014 April\u2019s Stingrey Classic and this month\u2019s Aloha Muscle (see story on page 5) \u2014 continue to be rock-steady, and still serve as foundational showcases for hundreds of bodybuilders and fitness enthusiasts each year.<\/p>\n<p>And while they\u2019re known in part for their triumphant endings when the overall winners pull a trophy sword from a rock and stab the air in victory, the contests\u2019 greatest value is this: As sanctioned competitions by the National Physique Committee, the largest amateur bodybuilding organization in the country, they are viable launching points for those hoping to make the leap into the ranks of professional bodybuilding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo this day, we have over 50 pros because a lot of them have come to my shows, won and then qualified themselves for nationals,\u201d states Ronquilio with pride.<\/p>\n<p>He says the idea for the Stingrey Classic materialized shortly before his professional bodybuilding career ended. As for its name, he gleaned it from his moniker \u201cthe Hawaiian Stingray,\u201d which he earned from fellow competitors at the Mr. USA contest.All he did was slightly alter the spelling to match his first name.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI started the Stingrey Classic in 2007, two years after my last show,\u201d he says, noting that injuries resulting from heavy lifting and a lack of proper stretching prematurely brought the curtains down on his career as a competitive bodybuilder. \u201cSince there weren\u2019t many pros coming out of Hawai\u2018i at the time, I thought I could put on some quality shows and become the liaison in growing the bodybuilding market in Hawai\u2018i.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of those to help Ronquilio with the inaugural Stingrey Classic and who later became the inspiration for his second bodybuilding contest, Aloha Muscle, was Pebblz Lee, a female competitor and his soon-to-be wife.<\/p>\n<p>In recalling how their paths first crossed, Ronquilio notes, \u201cShe had called me out of the blue one day wanting me to train her to get ready for my Stingrey Classic. We ended up going out to lunch, then to dinner, and ever since then, we were together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thus began a beautiful, rock-solid relationship born out of a common devotion to pumping iron. But despite the couple\u2019s work together in promoting the sport of bodybuilding, Ronquilio says it was important for his wife to eventually have a competition she could call her own.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reason I put on Aloha Muscle in 2016 was because of Pebblz,\u201d he explains. \u201cShe was so passionate about the sport and the competitors, and I wanted to give her her own contest where she could do her own thing, where I would be helping her instead of running things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, before Ronquilio could completely hand the show over to his wife, she was diagnosed with ALS, or Lou Gehrig\u2019s disease. On Jan. 2, 2021, she died following a nearly 16-month battle with the debilitating neurological illness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s probably the hardest thing I\u2019ve ever dealt with \u2026 watching my wife slowly deteriorate,\u201d admits Ronquilio.<\/p>\n<p>To honor her life and her contributions to the sport, he plans on holding a tribute immediately after intermission at Aloha Muscle. Additionally, shirts that Pebblz had made will be handed out to the crowd to preserve her memory among local bodybuilding fans.<\/p>\n<p>And maybe most importantly, she\u2019ll continue to have a presence at the annual show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll have a picture of her that will be sitting in the front row just so she can watch every show, every year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite his background as a high school athlete who was particularly fond of wrestling and jiu-jitsu, Ronquilio didn\u2019t set out to become a professional bodybuilder. Sure, he admits to reading Muscle &#038; Fitness magazine as a teenager and wanting to be ripped like three-time Mr. Olympia Frank Zane (\u201cHe had nice symmetry, and he\u2019s the one who brought conditioning to the sport\u201d) and fellow local bodybuilder Alan Ichinose (\u201cHe was my idol. My thinking was, \u2018If he can do that, I want to do that!\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>But the truth is, Ronquilio was simply looking for a way to drum up business as a new personal trainer when he jumped into the sport in the mid-\u201990s.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBack then , there weren\u2019t many trainers around and nobody knew how to get clients,\u201d remembers the Radford High School graduate who grew up in nearby Salt Lake. \u201cSo after I became nationally certified as a trainer, I was like, \u2018What am I supposed to do now?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBodybuilding was a way for me to do that \u2014 to use my body as a tool and get clients. Once my body started changing and I started looking good, that\u2019s when more people began asking to train with me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Today, Ronquilio still works as a personal trainer and runs his sessions out of The Jungle Gym on Ward Avenue. Most of his clients are what he calls \u201cthe everyday professional such as lawyers and doctors,\u201d but he maintains that he isn\u2019t averse to training athletes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI still train others for about 50 to 60 hours a week, and my preference is to work with the everyday professional because with bodybuilders, I only have them for three months and then I have to go and look for another client,\u201d he explains. \u201cBut also, with the everyday professional, I can train them year-round and I don\u2019t really have to do things like manipulate their diets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As busy as he is, Ronquilio admits that life is much easier for him now. In fact, when asked if he misses those days as a competitive bodybuilder, he didn\u2019t hesitate one bit with his reply.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo,\u201d he says with a laugh. \u201cI loved it back in the day because I was young at the time and hungry (to win). But at my age now, I just want to relax.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>ALL PUMPED UP, ALOHA STYLE<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_1730\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1730\" src=\"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/mw-cover-091422-aloha-muscle-sidebar.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1730\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/09\/mw-cover-091422-aloha-muscle-sidebar.jpg 800w, https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/09\/mw-cover-091422-aloha-muscle-sidebar.jpg?resize=337,450 337w, https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/09\/mw-cover-091422-aloha-muscle-sidebar.jpg?resize=768,1024 768w, https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/09\/mw-cover-091422-aloha-muscle-sidebar.jpg?resize=335,447 335w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1730\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This year\u2019s Aloha Muscle contest will be dedicated to Pebblz Ronquilio (left), who helped establish the annual competition with husband Rey (right). Pebblz passed away in 2021 following a battle with ALS. <strong>PHOTO COURTESY REY RONQUILIO<\/strong><br \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>A year after being canceled due to statewide social-distancing restrictions, Aloha Muscle returns to its familiar indoor setting in Waik\u012bk\u012b later this month, ready to \u02da ex its muscle again as one of the state\u2019s premier bodybuilding contests.<\/p>\n<p>According to owner and co-founder Rey Ronquilio, the national qualifying event is expected to draw \u201cbetween 200 and 300\u201d fitness buffs who will compete in several divisions, including men\u2019s physique, men\u2019s classic physique, women\u2019s physique, women\u2019s figure and women\u2019s bikini. There also will be divisions for teenage boys and girls.<\/p>\n<p>This month\u2019s competition will also mark the \u02db rst time it\u2019s being held since the death of event co-founder Pebblz Ronquilio, who battled ALS for over a year before succumbing to the disease in early 2021. Fittingly, the event is being dedicated to her memory.<\/p>\n<p>Hosted by master of ceremonies and local comedian Champ Kaneshiro, Aloha Muscle 2022 is set for 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30, at Sheraton Waik\u012bk\u012b Hawai\u2018i Ballroom. Prejudging will be held earlier that day at 8 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are $46.50 for the show, $31.50 for prejudging. For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/alohamusclehawaii.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">alohamusclehawaii.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former national bodybuilding champ Rey Ronquilio is still doing his share of heavy lifting these days by building rock-hard physiques..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1731,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cover-story"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Solid As A Rock - Hawaii Island MidWeek<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/rey-ronquilio\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Solid As A Rock - Hawaii Island MidWeek\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former national bodybuilding champ Rey Ronquilio is still doing his share of heavy lifting these days by building rock-hard physiques..\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/rey-ronquilio\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Hawaii Island MidWeek\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-09-21T19:17:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-09-21T19:18:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/hmw-cover-2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"684\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"gokailuamagazine\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"gokailuamagazine\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"8 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\\\/midweekhawaii\\\/rey-ronquilio\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\\\/midweekhawaii\\\/rey-ronquilio\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"gokailuamagazine\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\\\/midweekhawaii\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d466549467cb8d8ad10660a518490a0f\"},\"headline\":\"Solid As A Rock\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-09-21T19:17:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-09-21T19:18:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\\\/midweekhawaii\\\/rey-ronquilio\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1582,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\\\/midweekhawaii\\\/rey-ronquilio\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\\\/midweekhawaii\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/13\\\/2022\\\/09\\\/hmw-cover-2.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"MW Cover Story\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\\\/midweekhawaii\\\/rey-ronquilio\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\\\/midweekhawaii\\\/rey-ronquilio\\\/\",\"name\":\"Solid As A Rock - Hawaii Island MidWeek\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\\\/midweekhawaii\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\\\/midweekhawaii\\\/rey-ronquilio\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\\\/midweekhawaii\\\/rey-ronquilio\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\\\/midweekhawaii\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/13\\\/2022\\\/09\\\/hmw-cover-2.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-09-21T19:17:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-09-21T19:18:14+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\\\/midweekhawaii\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d466549467cb8d8ad10660a518490a0f\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\\\/midweekhawaii\\\/rey-ronquilio\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\\\/midweekhawaii\\\/rey-ronquilio\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\\\/midweekhawaii\\\/rey-ronquilio\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\\\/midweekhawaii\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/13\\\/2022\\\/09\\\/hmw-cover-2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\\\/midweekhawaii\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/13\\\/2022\\\/09\\\/hmw-cover-2.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":684},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\\\/midweekhawaii\\\/rey-ronquilio\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\\\/midweekhawaii\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Solid As A Rock\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\\\/midweekhawaii\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\\\/midweekhawaii\\\/\",\"name\":\"Hawaii Island MidWeek\",\"description\":\"Hawaii&#039;s Favorite Newspaper\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\\\/midweekhawaii\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\\\/midweekhawaii\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d466549467cb8d8ad10660a518490a0f\",\"name\":\"gokailuamagazine\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3c11f5534b2988bc489987616a4d6545c2e945efe004e5e512e8ed4606afb42b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3c11f5534b2988bc489987616a4d6545c2e945efe004e5e512e8ed4606afb42b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3c11f5534b2988bc489987616a4d6545c2e945efe004e5e512e8ed4606afb42b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"gokailuamagazine\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\\\/midweekhawaii\\\/author\\\/gokailuamagazine\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Solid As A Rock - Hawaii Island MidWeek","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/rey-ronquilio\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Solid As A Rock - Hawaii Island MidWeek","og_description":"Former national bodybuilding champ Rey Ronquilio is still doing his share of heavy lifting these days by building rock-hard physiques..","og_url":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/rey-ronquilio\/","og_site_name":"Hawaii Island MidWeek","article_published_time":"2022-09-21T19:17:55+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-09-21T19:18:14+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":684,"url":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/hmw-cover-2.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"gokailuamagazine","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"gokailuamagazine","Est. reading time":"8 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/rey-ronquilio\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/rey-ronquilio\/"},"author":{"name":"gokailuamagazine","@id":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/#\/schema\/person\/d466549467cb8d8ad10660a518490a0f"},"headline":"Solid As A Rock","datePublished":"2022-09-21T19:17:55+00:00","dateModified":"2022-09-21T19:18:14+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/rey-ronquilio\/"},"wordCount":1582,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/rey-ronquilio\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/09\/hmw-cover-2.jpg","articleSection":["MW Cover Story"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/rey-ronquilio\/","url":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/rey-ronquilio\/","name":"Solid As A Rock - Hawaii Island MidWeek","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/rey-ronquilio\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/rey-ronquilio\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/09\/hmw-cover-2.jpg","datePublished":"2022-09-21T19:17:55+00:00","dateModified":"2022-09-21T19:18:14+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/#\/schema\/person\/d466549467cb8d8ad10660a518490a0f"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/rey-ronquilio\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/rey-ronquilio\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/rey-ronquilio\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/09\/hmw-cover-2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/09\/hmw-cover-2.jpg","width":800,"height":684},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/rey-ronquilio\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Solid As A Rock"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/#website","url":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/","name":"Hawaii Island MidWeek","description":"Hawaii&#039;s Favorite Newspaper","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/#\/schema\/person\/d466549467cb8d8ad10660a518490a0f","name":"gokailuamagazine","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3c11f5534b2988bc489987616a4d6545c2e945efe004e5e512e8ed4606afb42b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3c11f5534b2988bc489987616a4d6545c2e945efe004e5e512e8ed4606afb42b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3c11f5534b2988bc489987616a4d6545c2e945efe004e5e512e8ed4606afb42b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"gokailuamagazine"},"url":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/author\/gokailuamagazine\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekhawaii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}