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The Golden age of Bodybuilding On Tape!
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<blockquote data-quote="Mountain Man" data-source="post: 103043" data-attributes="member: 14411"><p>I remember that John DeCola was going to compete in the 1968 Mr. America, but was injured getting a vitamin B 12shot in his hip. I believe he may have tried a steroid that year and had a bad reaction and just decided steroids weren't worth it. Guy was unbelievable to look at. His gym was tiny, the living room of a small ranch house and dining area had been converted to a gym. No machines except lat pull down and a calf machine. Dumbells and barbells. Everyone was given a program that he walked you through, and monthly he'd tape your measurements. </p><p></p><p>The guy was 5'8 or 9, 205-210 and was always in contest shape. Never did any bulking and cutting, just kept in great shape. He'd workout in the afternoon in absolute silence. Technically, the gym was closed, but he'd let my buddy and I workout. We weren't allowed to talk until he was done. He was incredibly focused and would stare down each muscle he was working like it was his enemy. If the phone rang, there was no shortage of unbelievably good looking women that were chasing this guy at the time, we would take a message and tell him who it was after his workout. One day after his arm workout, my buddy Mike measured his arm at 20 inches pumped. He usually won the best arms category in contests he competed in. There was no better place for a 14-15 year old kid to be introduced to the Iron Game. The two summers I worked out at his gym there was never any hint of or mention of steroids. In 1970 or so, he sold his gym to one of those huge national chains, the tiny ranch house was leveled and a huge “health spa” with shiny machines and little chrome dumbells replaced his old school bodybuilding gym. I used to walk one hour to get there and one home to workout. Ever since those days, I hated commercial gyms with all the chaos. When we were raising our kids, I always had a home basement gym with the same equipment he had in his gym.</p><p></p><p>I know that some consider the Golden Age of bodybuilding to be the 1990s, but to me it will always be the 1960s and guys like John DeCola, Larry Scott, Chris ****erson, and Dave Draper. Once Arnold came along, he was so far ahead of the curve that guys had to up the drugs to compete with him. That started the trend toward freakdom and turned competitive bodybuilding into the unhealthy pursuit it has become.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mountain Man, post: 103043, member: 14411"] I remember that John DeCola was going to compete in the 1968 Mr. America, but was injured getting a vitamin B 12shot in his hip. I believe he may have tried a steroid that year and had a bad reaction and just decided steroids weren't worth it. Guy was unbelievable to look at. His gym was tiny, the living room of a small ranch house and dining area had been converted to a gym. No machines except lat pull down and a calf machine. Dumbells and barbells. Everyone was given a program that he walked you through, and monthly he'd tape your measurements. The guy was 5'8 or 9, 205-210 and was always in contest shape. Never did any bulking and cutting, just kept in great shape. He'd workout in the afternoon in absolute silence. Technically, the gym was closed, but he'd let my buddy and I workout. We weren't allowed to talk until he was done. He was incredibly focused and would stare down each muscle he was working like it was his enemy. If the phone rang, there was no shortage of unbelievably good looking women that were chasing this guy at the time, we would take a message and tell him who it was after his workout. One day after his arm workout, my buddy Mike measured his arm at 20 inches pumped. He usually won the best arms category in contests he competed in. There was no better place for a 14-15 year old kid to be introduced to the Iron Game. The two summers I worked out at his gym there was never any hint of or mention of steroids. In 1970 or so, he sold his gym to one of those huge national chains, the tiny ranch house was leveled and a huge “health spa” with shiny machines and little chrome dumbells replaced his old school bodybuilding gym. I used to walk one hour to get there and one home to workout. Ever since those days, I hated commercial gyms with all the chaos. When we were raising our kids, I always had a home basement gym with the same equipment he had in his gym. I know that some consider the Golden Age of bodybuilding to be the 1990s, but to me it will always be the 1960s and guys like John DeCola, Larry Scott, Chris ****erson, and Dave Draper. Once Arnold came along, he was so far ahead of the curve that guys had to up the drugs to compete with him. That started the trend toward freakdom and turned competitive bodybuilding into the unhealthy pursuit it has become. [/QUOTE]
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