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NEWS ARTICLES

• "If [Michael] Jordan were to be matched up with Sonki Hong in a multi-discipline physical fitness contest the smart money would be on Hong." -- The Honolulu Advertiser newspaper (Jun 14, 1998)   ...read more

• "Read [Sonki Hong's fitness scores], and either weep or use them as motivation to get in shape." -- Men's Fitness (Apr 98)      ...read more

• "Among all the athletes and fitness buffs…[Hong] may very well be the most all-around physically fit person in the world considering the fact that he is the reigning world champion in the STREND Fitness Challenge." -- The Honolulu Advertiser newspaper (Jun 15, 1997)

• "Sonki Hong…performed a total of 130 strength repetitions, including 36 bar dips [with added weight], and ran his three miles in 17:27 for a world record STREND factor of 7.449." -- The New York Times (Jun 1, 1999)

• "If Sonki Hong, arguably the most physically fit man in the world, can do what he does on only three hours training a week, one has to wonder what he might do if he trained three to four hours a day like most successful athletes." -- The Honolulu Advertiser (Oct 22, 2000)    ...read more

• "It seems the only competitions Capt. Sonki Hong doesn't win are the ones he doesn't enter." -- Soldiers magazine